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For the uninitiated, this is a Bisharp
He is a Dark/Steel type Pokemon with a monster attack stat, a good speed tier, passable defenses with resistances to very common types.Such as Dragon, Rock, Ice, Ghost, Dark, As well as immunities to Poison and Psychic. Bisharp also has a fantastic move pool to take advantage of.
This Pokemon has been climbing in usage lately. Ever since XY, the nerf on steel types has made Bisharp quite viable. He managed to make it to OU this generation, when in Gen 5 he was UU. His niche is a very useful one:Being a Lati@s counter. Due to his ability Defiant, whenever his stats are dropped(let's say from Defog), his attack raises by +2. With his resists to Both of Lati@s' STABs, he will always come in on them and wreck house if he gets the defiant boost. Seeing that the Lati's are in most teams, it only seems natural that his usage would climb.Having Dual stabs that hurt most of the meta as well as having priority in Sucker Punch is very useful.
But that's not all he's good at:
Due to his ability, he can also switch in on Sticky Webs and on Intimidate users , netting some free attack and dealing heavy damage in return.
We can all admire how good Bisharp is, but he has his weaknesses, and they are crippling.
Due to his Dark/Steel typing, he carries the burden of being weak to Fighting, Ground and fire, as well as taking neutral damage from Fairy and Bug. All of those types are incredibly common in the OU metagame. He has support to mitigate this, and to be frank, that's enough to see this Pokemon being used as much as it is.
Bisharp is a Fantastic Pokemon,but now we bring it to the point of this thread, is he Worthy of being a team staple?
Let's see what he checks:
Lati@s
Aegislash(King Shield is nothing but a nuisance)
Defog Users
Ghost Types
Psychic Types
Fairy Types
Rock types(bar Terrakion)
Intimidate users(bar Landourus-Therian)
Sticky web users
Himself
And this is why he is so good right now, when running Low Kick, he can beat himself. A Pokemon that checks this much AS WELL as himself is definitely worth using. He has an offensive presence that we cannot ignore.
So, Team Nova, with all this information, is he worthy to be called a staple? I would love to hear from you guys. Let's discuss this Pokemon.
He is a Dark/Steel type Pokemon with a monster attack stat, a good speed tier, passable defenses with resistances to very common types.Such as Dragon, Rock, Ice, Ghost, Dark, As well as immunities to Poison and Psychic. Bisharp also has a fantastic move pool to take advantage of.
This Pokemon has been climbing in usage lately. Ever since XY, the nerf on steel types has made Bisharp quite viable. He managed to make it to OU this generation, when in Gen 5 he was UU. His niche is a very useful one:Being a Lati@s counter. Due to his ability Defiant, whenever his stats are dropped(let's say from Defog), his attack raises by +2. With his resists to Both of Lati@s' STABs, he will always come in on them and wreck house if he gets the defiant boost. Seeing that the Lati's are in most teams, it only seems natural that his usage would climb.Having Dual stabs that hurt most of the meta as well as having priority in Sucker Punch is very useful.
But that's not all he's good at:
Due to his ability, he can also switch in on Sticky Webs and on Intimidate users , netting some free attack and dealing heavy damage in return.
We can all admire how good Bisharp is, but he has his weaknesses, and they are crippling.
Due to his Dark/Steel typing, he carries the burden of being weak to Fighting, Ground and fire, as well as taking neutral damage from Fairy and Bug. All of those types are incredibly common in the OU metagame. He has support to mitigate this, and to be frank, that's enough to see this Pokemon being used as much as it is.
Bisharp is a Fantastic Pokemon,but now we bring it to the point of this thread, is he Worthy of being a team staple?
Let's see what he checks:
Lati@s
Aegislash(King Shield is nothing but a nuisance)
Defog Users
Ghost Types
Psychic Types
Fairy Types
Rock types(bar Terrakion)
Intimidate users(bar Landourus-Therian)
Sticky web users
Himself
And this is why he is so good right now, when running Low Kick, he can beat himself. A Pokemon that checks this much AS WELL as himself is definitely worth using. He has an offensive presence that we cannot ignore.
So, Team Nova, with all this information, is he worthy to be called a staple? I would love to hear from you guys. Let's discuss this Pokemon.
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