what pokemon op in pro?

[Endokun]

halo guys what pokemon op in pro? im still newbie and alyws lose in pvp :Shy:

[Irafayel]

I wouldnt say any one pokemon is really op to the point of being broken, but there are certain pokemon that have more advantages than disadvantages the way the meta is right now (with certain moves/abilities working while some do not). I'll just list a few that i find the hardest to deal with.

 

Sableye

Spin blocker, prankster taunter, physical dmg crippler, tank destroyer all in one. Sableye is the answer to all those stall teams that were so good during the rain team days. It checks blissey / milo / donphan / skarmory / hippo / snorlax (curse lax as well) and almost all physical attackers that arent fire type and to some extent venusaur as well. how to stop it? special attackers such as togekiss / chandelure / clefable do well against it while azumaril can take it down as well with play rough + aqua jet.

 

Blissey

Not much to say here, Blissey pretty much stops every single sp attacker in the game right now, except for taunt users such as gengar / chandelure. But even they take huge amounts of dmg if blissey carries an attacking move that isnt seismic toss (such as ice beam or tbolt). I should say here too that nasty plot toge with twave stands a decent chance at killing a blissey though para/flinch luck will be needed. Pretty easy to counter though, most stab fighting type physical moves do take it down (though i have seen some blisseys tank a dynamic punch from champ...). Blissey also proves easy to set up hazzards against, with pokemon such as skarmory / roserade / tenta / venu all taking advantage of it (even though blissey is used to counter them save for skarm). Also certain taunt sweepers such as gyara can set up on it as well, though gyara has to watch out for tbolt.

 

Azumaril

Azu can be game changing if it manages to get belly drum off and its particular counter (venusaur) has been dealt with, though even venu cant defeat azu with speed evs + ice punch after a belly drum. It should also be noted that tolanflame can take out azu after a belly drum as well. This also doesnt mean azu sucks without belly drum. There are very very few poke that can ohko an hp/atk azumaril and it deals a lot of dmg to poke switching in on it. The best counters to azu are venusaur / skarmory.

 

Venusaur / Roserade

Venu came to prominence as one of the best answers to breloom spore spam. Even now, with breloom seeing a lot less pvp, venusaur is still good as a mixed tank that counters the likes of blissey / milotic / cleffable / azumaril while also absorbing toxic spikes / sleep powder. Venu isn't without fault though, and is easily countered by talon / staraptor / arcanine / chandelure / skarmory / gengar and most notably roserade. A bold roserade functions much like a venusaur, only, it counters venusaur as well thanks to access to extrasensory and importantly, spikes and toxic spikes. Roserade being able to function as a hazzard setter makes it invaluable as it also has the potential to ohko both common spinners in the game right now, donphan and starmie.

 

Skarmory

While blissey occupies the spot of premier special wall in the game, skarmory does the same as a physical wall. It counters dragons / azumaril / ground types / grass types / fighting types the list can go on. It also has a pretty wide move pool having access to stealth rock / spikes / taunt / counter / roar / roost making it difficult to predict while also giving it 4 slot syndrome. Skarm too isnt out of fault, becoming pretty useless once inflicted by taunt. Starmie in particular counters skarm well having access to rapid spin as well as tbolt. Besides star, good counters are sableye / electric types / arcanine / chandelure / gengar.

 

Those are the ones i can think of on the top of my head right now though to be fair a lot of pokemon come very close to being as effective as those, i'll just name them here.

 

Togekiss / Starmie / Donphan / Arcanine / Scizor / Gyarados / Dragonite / Weavile / Excadril / Hippowdon / Mew / Ferrorthorn / Clefable / Staraptor / Talonflame / Electivire / Slowbro

 

Pretty sure i forgot some important ones though :|

[Bluwara]

Arcanine deservers a place here too. He's ever handy and able to sweep an entire non resistant team by itself

[Blixion]

I know my team isn't the best for pvp, but I cover all areas.

Kabutops is the spinner.

Tyranitar (Def EV trained) is the wall.

Venomoth is the Quiver Dance special sweeper/baton passer.

Gengar is gengar. (special sweeper)

Spiritomb is the lesser equivalent of Sableye, with the same typings but lesser abilities: On a side note; Has great defenses.

Gyarados is the physical sweeper.

 

All I dont have is a prankster but I think I can get by without it.