i opted for modest nidoking, which ended up putting in a shit ton of work, and i went tbolt > ice beam since it looked to be a better mid-ground option vs whatever i anticipated kt to bring. initially, i had two drafts between this one and a more offensively-oriented team with tspikes rose + aero, but ultimately decided to run the balance build here. Roar cune + tspikes was the first thing that came to mind when scouting kt, and man, did the former pay off big time. Was a fun game in the end and loved the team choice, definitely enjoyed what I did with the popular LanturnPilo concept here and would recommend trying it out, Screech Gligar is a really nasty pick to use for sure. Also made the choice to run lead Piloswine over lead Lanturn on this team compared to the original holly version, feel like its the optimal lead choice into a lot of mus for this team but especially into HSA who had a lot of lead Psychic/Electric usage as well as lead Piloswine too who I wouldn't really wanna give the free turn to, and it being fairly nice as a lead into a potential BP bring too. Decided to take the HP Elec Stoise approach in the game despite it making the team a bit weaker to Piloswine, I thought the offensive potential it offered the team was absolutely huge with its ability to better clear off Spikes vs Curse Qwilfish and potentially cripple an unsuspecting Gyarados with a massive 50-60% hit, and that the rewards this offered were more than worth having to play more carefully into Pilo. Thief Dbond Haunter let me keep the second Thiefer on the team while still having the ability to properly trade with a Curse HP Ground Bull, but it had some cooler applications in practice games than I was expecting and found it a really solid set and not a compromise at all, with it being much harder to necessarily stop it making the trades it wants with Dbond compared to Boom due to the inability to switch in stuff like Qwilfish or a low HP mob to absorb the move. Ended up playing around with the Haunter set a little in this situation as I was running it as my main Bull answer now, a situation I'm not usually fond of but found necessary and adequate in the teambuilder this time, especially since Piloswine + Lanturn can put enough pressure on it if necessary to trade Haunter with something. ![]() ![]() Ended up building an adaptation of the "standard" LanturnPilo team here, I really loved what Gligar offered the team over Pluff in a sense as it patches up a lot of the breaking issues I find the team can have into bulkier matchups, between offering a secondary Thief to target stuff like Stoise and Gyarados, extra breaking with Screech + Spikes (also forces switches nicely like Leech+Spikes+Encore Pluff does but with an actual offensive output against some stuff like Qwil/Stoise that you let in), and a way to really support Piloswine (and the reverse for Pilo to Gligar) in terms of overwhelming waters. Ended up going for a Gligar route over Nidoqueen as I found it simply made a bunch of mus more savoury to build with, and thought it was just a really cool sleeper pick in general and could really be a threat of a breaker too with the ThiefScreech + Spikes combo. ![]() I was honestly struggling to get the motivation to build for a while and was struggling to come up with ideas that I liked, I did know however that I really wanted to try using a double Ground structure vs HSA due to how deadly a Piloswine + Nidoqueen combination could be especially into fatter mus where the extra PP from both of them really compensates for some of the limited time issues in terms of breaking. This rematch was definitely hype af for me, I was excited to see what I could potentially pull off here especially in the high value situation of poffs. Fun team that I'd definitely recommend trying out, Heal Bell Bull opens up a load of options on this team in general with letting Nidoqueen get more aggressive against stuff like Jumpluff too while being able to simply clear off Paralysis later. Big ty to Adaam Wanka and Accel for drafting me and putting so much faith in me again in such an amazing tier Hypnosis on Mime to compensate for no longer needing to try and force RestTalk Mime asleep, letting it potentially aid its teammates in facing off against stuff like Piloswine and Granbull.
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