Monotype Discussion

monofairy?

rip paraswagplay klefki you will be missed

 

First monotype team I built was water. Lots of Pokémon to choose from, with different niches and playstyles to build around with. In my opinion water is also the most threatening, considering there are a lot of various strategies and dual-typed Pokémon.

 

Torkoal is almost a must in fire mono, since its utility options such as rapid spin, stealth rock, clear smog, and/or yawn, as well as its good bulk are invaluable. Fire-mono is full of offensive mons, so keeping rocks off on your side is pretty much required. Heatran is also another mon that has a boatload of much-needed resists; it helps you take care of leads/setup sweepers via taunt/roar and also for spreading burns/poison.

Charizard Y is usually the preferred option here since sun support helps offset the water weakness, but Zard X is still acceptable if you wanna go the Combusken Baton Pass team route.

Victini is a good option as a massive nuke thanks to band V-create, and has good coverage options in Bolt Strike, Grass Knot, U-turn and Zen Headbutt, and could also go mixed with Blue Flare, Psyshock and sometimes even Glaciate.

Other members vary from CB Entei for 50% burn rate Sacred Fire and priority Espeed, Infernape as a SD sweeper with priority Mach Punch, Volcarona as QD sweeper with Giga Drain/HP Ground to take care of fire weaknesses, Arcanine as another defensive mon thanks to Intimidate+WoW+Morning Sun support and Houndoom as a Nasty Plot sweeper or Sucker Punch Mixed sweeper with access to Destiny Bond.

 

I've found that mono-water is very dangerous. Politoad with Drizzle and Kabutops swift swim, that in culmination with different defensive and special defensive walls like Seismitoad and Jellicent and your team will be a force to be reckoned with. For the grass types you can run a water/flying like Pelliper who could also serve as a defensive wall. For the electric types you can run Swampert, Seismitoad, Whiscash, or even Lightning Rod Seaking.

 

No love for MonoGhost? Such a good offensive type now that Steel doesn't resist it. There are also plenty of solid defensive Pokémon if you want to go that route and can really become annoying for your opponent to do anything with.

I also am a huge fan of MonoGround though it does have several very noticeable weak points since so many Pokémon pack Water, Ice, and Grass moves. Still is fun to use though and can make a pretty damn devastating offensive Sand team.

 

The recent revamp of Monotype had quite a huge impact--- the gates of ubers partially opened, letting out some mons to be temporarily allowed in monotype. Deoxys, Aegislash(only in MonoGhost), Mega Mawile, Kyurem-W(only in MonoIce), Skymin(only in MonoGrass), and Genesect.

Thoughts?

 

Will definitely make the meta more difficult though Ice and Grass are generally not very common with the introduction of Kyruem-W and Skymin they may begin to become more popular due to their outright power and speed/flinch respectively. Same goes for Deoxys seeing as Psychic mono types are generally not seen often but with all three formes becoming usable, I assume all 3 any way, then they could see some new light but I am honestly doubting it...

Aegislash, Mawile, and Genesect will definitely be on A LOT of teams though due to Ghost, Steel, Fairy, and Bug all being very common monotypes. Will make things more interesting to say the least but I doubt things will change a whole lot outside of seeing both Mawile and Genesect on Steel teams as a makeshift offensive core hitting things on the physical and special side respectively.