As I work thru the long rebalance analysis, let’s start with some #PvPfacts!
Venusaur with Sludge makes big gains in GL, including Feraligatr, Golisopod (even with Fury Cutter), Charjabug, Shadow Sableye, Shadow Annihilape, Shadow Gyarados (yes, that’s legit now!) and many more!
Venusaur with Sludge makes big gains in GL, including Feraligatr, Golisopod (even with Fury Cutter), Charjabug, Shadow Sableye, Shadow Annihilape, Shadow Gyarados (yes, that’s legit now!) and many more!
August 20, 2025 at 11:42 AM
As I work thru the long rebalance analysis, let’s start with some #PvPfacts!
Venusaur with Sludge makes big gains in GL, including Feraligatr, Golisopod (even with Fury Cutter), Charjabug, Shadow Sableye, Shadow Annihilape, Shadow Gyarados (yes, that’s legit now!) and many more!
Venusaur with Sludge makes big gains in GL, including Feraligatr, Golisopod (even with Fury Cutter), Charjabug, Shadow Sableye, Shadow Annihilape, Shadow Gyarados (yes, that’s legit now!) and many more!
Unlike other Pikachus, in Little Holiday Cup, Libre can take out things like Amaura & Auroras, Smeargle, Abomasnow, Alolan Vulpix, and Diggersby, along with stuff other Pikas can beat like Mandibuzz, Talonflame, Skeledirge, Litwick, A-Slash, A-Tails, Annihilape & more. #PvPfacts
December 10, 2024 at 12:30 PM
Unlike other Pikachus, in Little Holiday Cup, Libre can take out things like Amaura & Auroras, Smeargle, Abomasnow, Alolan Vulpix, and Diggersby, along with stuff other Pikas can beat like Mandibuzz, Talonflame, Skeledirge, Litwick, A-Slash, A-Tails, Annihilape & more. #PvPfacts
Litleo & Pyroar are thrifty heroes in Little Holiday Cup. The pair can not only take down most Grass, Bug, Ice, & Steel types (aside from some that are also Water or Rock), but also most iterations of Smeargle (without Flying Press) and fellow Fires Skeledirge & Litwick. 🔥 #PvPfacts
December 12, 2024 at 12:45 PM
Litleo & Pyroar are thrifty heroes in Little Holiday Cup. The pair can not only take down most Grass, Bug, Ice, & Steel types (aside from some that are also Water or Rock), but also most iterations of Smeargle (without Flying Press) and fellow Fires Skeledirge & Litwick. 🔥 #PvPfacts
Little Jungle Cup returns next week, and Swablu with Astonish can now handle all Ghost & Psychic types, as well as Altaria, Togekiss, Cottonee, Ferroseed, Drapion, Skorupi, Skrelp, Stunky, both Woopers, Greninja, Cubone, Ledyba, Corviknight & more, and ties Steelix too! #PvPfacts
January 22, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Little Jungle Cup returns next week, and Swablu with Astonish can now handle all Ghost & Psychic types, as well as Altaria, Togekiss, Cottonee, Ferroseed, Drapion, Skorupi, Skrelp, Stunky, both Woopers, Greninja, Cubone, Ledyba, Corviknight & more, and ties Steelix too! #PvPfacts
Seeing Dunsparce everywhere in Retro Cup? Here’s why. It beats scary Oranguru and Farifarig, all Ice but Dewgong, all Ghosts but Annihilape and Golurk, and also the Lickis, Feraligatr, Talonflame, Cresselia, Jumpluff, Altaria, Dragonite, Goodra, Toxapex and many more! #PvPfacts
November 20, 2024 at 1:45 PM
Seeing Dunsparce everywhere in Retro Cup? Here’s why. It beats scary Oranguru and Farifarig, all Ice but Dewgong, all Ghosts but Annihilape and Golurk, and also the Lickis, Feraligatr, Talonflame, Cresselia, Jumpluff, Altaria, Dragonite, Goodra, Toxapex and many more! #PvPfacts
A rising star in this season’s new version of Retro Cup, Oranguru is able to take down all the format’s Ghosts but A-Wak, all Fighters but Medicham & Primeape, and all Poison types, plus Feraligatr, Dewgong, Walrein, Quagsire, Marowak, Goodra, Altaria, Lickitung & more! #PvPfacts
November 15, 2024 at 1:27 PM
A rising star in this season’s new version of Retro Cup, Oranguru is able to take down all the format’s Ghosts but A-Wak, all Fighters but Medicham & Primeape, and all Poison types, plus Feraligatr, Dewgong, Walrein, Quagsire, Marowak, Goodra, Altaria, Lickitung & more! #PvPfacts
Magcargo is ready to burn and bash its way through Color Cup! 🔥🐌 Mags can roast all Grasses but Meganium, Sceptile, & Chesnaught, all Bugs but Golisopod, all non-Water Flyers, and all non-Fighting Fires but Camerupt & Alolan Marowak, with bonuses like Dewgong too! #PvPfacts
January 3, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Magcargo is ready to burn and bash its way through Color Cup! 🔥🐌 Mags can roast all Grasses but Meganium, Sceptile, & Chesnaught, all Bugs but Golisopod, all non-Water Flyers, and all non-Fighting Fires but Camerupt & Alolan Marowak, with bonuses like Dewgong too! #PvPfacts
Pidgeot is still dominant in Retro Cup. Wing Attack beats Talon, Gatr, Licky, Dunsparce, Aboma & Walrein, while Gust takes Altaria, Clodsire & Apes. With a TON of good Grass, Ground, Ghost & Bug wins, plus wins like Cresselia, Oranguru & Toxapex, Pidgeot still rocks! #PvPfacts
November 19, 2024 at 5:02 PM
Pidgeot is still dominant in Retro Cup. Wing Attack beats Talon, Gatr, Licky, Dunsparce, Aboma & Walrein, while Gust takes Altaria, Clodsire & Apes. With a TON of good Grass, Ground, Ghost & Bug wins, plus wins like Cresselia, Oranguru & Toxapex, Pidgeot still rocks! #PvPfacts
Swinub freezes out a ton of the Little Jungle meta, including Skorupi, Stunky, and most all Flyers & Grounds. But Icy Wind is needed for Diggersby, Abomasnow, Miltank, & Onix, and Rock Slide instead beats Ducklett, Togekiss, & Wigglytuff and may be better on some teams! #PvPfacts
January 29, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Swinub freezes out a ton of the Little Jungle meta, including Skorupi, Stunky, and most all Flyers & Grounds. But Icy Wind is needed for Diggersby, Abomasnow, Miltank, & Onix, and Rock Slide instead beats Ducklett, Togekiss, & Wigglytuff and may be better on some teams! #PvPfacts
Grumping is a star in next week’s GLRemix, able to beat all Normals but Aipom, Zangoose & Lickitung, all Ices but Weavile & Froslass, and all Fighters, plus Tinkaton, Carbink, Bastie, Regi, Corvi, Steelix, Stunfisk, Charj, Greninja, Quag, Goodra, Swalot, Umbreon & more! #PvPfacts
April 21, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Grumping is a star in next week’s GLRemix, able to beat all Normals but Aipom, Zangoose & Lickitung, all Ices but Weavile & Froslass, and all Fighters, plus Tinkaton, Carbink, Bastie, Regi, Corvi, Steelix, Stunfisk, Charj, Greninja, Quag, Goodra, Swalot, Umbreon & more! #PvPfacts
Luxray with Ground-type Hidden Power buries much of the Electric Cup meta, including the Alolan Rocks, Toxtricity, Lanturn, Bellibolt, Electrode, Magnezone & Togedemaru, Electivire, and many more. Shadow can reach for Pawmot & Eelektross, but gives up Minun & Mow Rotom. #PvPfacts
March 27, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Luxray with Ground-type Hidden Power buries much of the Electric Cup meta, including the Alolan Rocks, Toxtricity, Lanturn, Bellibolt, Electrode, Magnezone & Togedemaru, Electivire, and many more. Shadow can reach for Pawmot & Eelektross, but gives up Minun & Mow Rotom. #PvPfacts
Not a ton changed in Sunshine Cup to kick off GBL Season 23, but Gligar is BACK with buffed Fury Cutter, folks. In Sunshine, the Shadow version gains Pidgeot, Furret, Lickilicky, Shadow Quagsire, Flygon, and even Abomasnow now! Get ready to see a bunch this time around! #PvPfacts
June 2, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Not a ton changed in Sunshine Cup to kick off GBL Season 23, but Gligar is BACK with buffed Fury Cutter, folks. In Sunshine, the Shadow version gains Pidgeot, Furret, Lickilicky, Shadow Quagsire, Flygon, and even Abomasnow now! Get ready to see a bunch this time around! #PvPfacts
Super under the radar, thrifty Fletchling is quietly AWESOME in Little Holiday Cup, able to beat Talonflame, Skeledirge, A-Wak, Diggersby, Miltank, Annihilape, Mandibuzz, Chikorita (most Grasses in general), A-Vulpix and more, and with good IVs, Charm A-Ninetales too! #PvPfacts
December 11, 2024 at 1:00 PM
Super under the radar, thrifty Fletchling is quietly AWESOME in Little Holiday Cup, able to beat Talonflame, Skeledirge, A-Wak, Diggersby, Miltank, Annihilape, Mandibuzz, Chikorita (most Grasses in general), A-Vulpix and more, and with good IVs, Charm A-Ninetales too! #PvPfacts
Crustle REALLY gonna like Rock Wrecker next season. In GL, the Shadow gains Lapras, G-Weezing, Dusclops, Forretress, ShadowTina, and even Clodsire. And in UL, Crusty picks up Feraligatr, Dragonite, Togekiss, Shadow Drapion, Kingdra, Turtonator, Typhlosion and many more! #PvPfacts
August 21, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Crustle REALLY gonna like Rock Wrecker next season. In GL, the Shadow gains Lapras, G-Weezing, Dusclops, Forretress, ShadowTina, and even Clodsire. And in UL, Crusty picks up Feraligatr, Dragonite, Togekiss, Shadow Drapion, Kingdra, Turtonator, Typhlosion and many more! #PvPfacts
Sableye is better than ever, and nowhere is that more apparent than Scroll Cup. With new Dazzling Geam, Sable can take out all the format’s Ghosts, Psychics, and top Fighters, plus Guzzlord, Toxapex, Lapras, Lanturn, Mantine, Mandibuzz, Swampert, Quagsire and many more. #PvPfacts
March 13, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Sableye is better than ever, and nowhere is that more apparent than Scroll Cup. With new Dazzling Geam, Sable can take out all the format’s Ghosts, Psychics, and top Fighters, plus Guzzlord, Toxapex, Lapras, Lanturn, Mantine, Mandibuzz, Swampert, Quagsire and many more. #PvPfacts
Tentacruel is better than ever in Spring Cup. Running all Poison moves, it can beat every Fairy but Dedenne, Klefki, & Carbink, every non-Ghost Grass type but Ferro, Sceptile, & Hisuian Electrode, and also Lapras, Dewgong, Mantine, Qwilfish, Araquanid, Golisopod & more! #PvPfacts
April 10, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Tentacruel is better than ever in Spring Cup. Running all Poison moves, it can beat every Fairy but Dedenne, Klefki, & Carbink, every non-Ghost Grass type but Ferro, Sceptile, & Hisuian Electrode, and also Lapras, Dewgong, Mantine, Qwilfish, Araquanid, Golisopod & more! #PvPfacts
Holiday Cup returns next week, and Furret is quite the rascal in the format now. With Swift & Trailblaze, it can beat all Water, Ghost, and Psychic types but AhChu, plus stuff like Stunfisk, Piloswine, Diggersby, Dunsparce, Licky, Miltank, Cradily Charjabug and more! #PvPfacts
December 12, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Holiday Cup returns next week, and Furret is quite the rascal in the format now. With Swift & Trailblaze, it can beat all Water, Ghost, and Psychic types but AhChu, plus stuff like Stunfisk, Piloswine, Diggersby, Dunsparce, Licky, Miltank, Cradily Charjabug and more! #PvPfacts
Clefable is AMAZING now in Love Cup. With Fairy Wind/Swift/Moonblast, it can beat literally everything in the format that isn’t Steel, Fire, Poison, Seaking, Corsola, and situationally Hisuian Electrode and Porygon2 as well. Otherwise it smacks the rest around. Neat! #PvPfacts
February 3, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Clefable is AMAZING now in Love Cup. With Fairy Wind/Swift/Moonblast, it can beat literally everything in the format that isn’t Steel, Fire, Poison, Seaking, Corsola, and situationally Hisuian Electrode and Porygon2 as well. Otherwise it smacks the rest around. Neat! #PvPfacts
Medicham can run multiple movesets (even Psycho Cut), but I lean Counter/Power-Up Punch with Ice Punch or Psychic (the move), which both add Magcargo, Solrock, Alomomola & Lickitung, with IP freezing H-Electrode & Lurantis, and Psychic instead beating Ariados & Crustle. #PvPfacts
February 6, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Medicham can run multiple movesets (even Psycho Cut), but I lean Counter/Power-Up Punch with Ice Punch or Psychic (the move), which both add Magcargo, Solrock, Alomomola & Lickitung, with IP freezing H-Electrode & Lurantis, and Psychic instead beating Ariados & Crustle. #PvPfacts
It may be Fuecoco’s weekend, but make sure you build up another starter too: Brionne! In Scroll Cup, it can Charm through all Fighters but Sneasler/H-Sneasel, all non-Poison Darks but Incineroar, Shiftry & Umbreon, plus Dewgong, Shadow Feraligatr, Azumarill & many more! #PvPfacts
March 9, 2025 at 3:25 AM
It may be Fuecoco’s weekend, but make sure you build up another starter too: Brionne! In Scroll Cup, it can Charm through all Fighters but Sneasler/H-Sneasel, all non-Poison Darks but Incineroar, Shiftry & Umbreon, plus Dewgong, Shadow Feraligatr, Azumarill & many more! #PvPfacts
Dewpider likes the Bug Bite buff, able now to chew through through all Grasses in Little Element Cup except sometimes Pumpkaboo, all Waters but Tentacool, Skrelp, Ducklett, and Chinchou, and even relevant Fire types like Vulpix, Fennekin, and Numel! #PvPfacts
June 30, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Dewpider likes the Bug Bite buff, able now to chew through through all Grasses in Little Element Cup except sometimes Pumpkaboo, all Waters but Tentacool, Skrelp, Ducklett, and Chinchou, and even relevant Fire types like Vulpix, Fennekin, and Numel! #PvPfacts
Articuno is a BIG Season 26 rebalance winner. Powder Snow adds Clefable, Clod, Cradily, Gatr, Florges, Furret, Gourgeist, Malamar, Stunfisk, Wiggly & both Apes in GL, and ShadowApe, Cradily, Cress, A-Tina, Kyurem, A-Mewtwo, Runerigus, Stunfisk & G-Weezing in UL! 🥶 #PvPfacts
February 25, 2026 at 12:18 PM
Articuno is a BIG Season 26 rebalance winner. Powder Snow adds Clefable, Clod, Cradily, Gatr, Florges, Furret, Gourgeist, Malamar, Stunfisk, Wiggly & both Apes in GL, and ShadowApe, Cradily, Cress, A-Tina, Kyurem, A-Mewtwo, Runerigus, Stunfisk & G-Weezing in UL! 🥶 #PvPfacts
Not only does Magcargo torch Love Cup’s Fairy, Grass, and Bug types, but it also beats all Fires but Magmar, as well as Electrode, Druddigon, Porygon2, Miltank, both Lickis, and even punchy Medicham! It remains a thrifty hero in Love Cup that’s only gotten better! 🔥🐌 #PvPfacts
January 31, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Not only does Magcargo torch Love Cup’s Fairy, Grass, and Bug types, but it also beats all Fires but Magmar, as well as Electrode, Druddigon, Porygon2, Miltank, both Lickis, and even punchy Medicham! It remains a thrifty hero in Love Cup that’s only gotten better! 🔥🐌 #PvPfacts
Fury Cutter gives Metang all the following wins now in Evolution Cup: Charjabug, Sealeo, Wartortle, Dragonair, Nidorina, Ursaring, Vigoroth, Shadow Magneton, & Fletchinder! Shadow can add Dewott, Marshtomp, Sheldon & S-Zweilous, but drops Fletch, Wartort, Ursa & S-Ape. #PvPfacts
August 8, 2026 at 10:17 PM
Fury Cutter gives Metang all the following wins now in Evolution Cup: Charjabug, Sealeo, Wartortle, Dragonair, Nidorina, Ursaring, Vigoroth, Shadow Magneton, & Fletchinder! Shadow can add Dewott, Marshtomp, Sheldon & S-Zweilous, but drops Fletch, Wartort, Ursa & S-Ape. #PvPfacts
Simple Swoobat is menacing in Retro Cup. With no Darks or Steels around, Confusion + Psychic Fangs wrecks the format’s Poison (minus G-Slows) & Fighting (minus Hakamo) types, plus stuff like Gastrodon, Quag, Marowak, Talon, Serperior, Jumpluff, Altaria, Goodra, Arctibax, Froslass & more! #PvPfacts
November 17, 2024 at 4:06 PM
Simple Swoobat is menacing in Retro Cup. With no Darks or Steels around, Confusion + Psychic Fangs wrecks the format’s Poison (minus G-Slows) & Fighting (minus Hakamo) types, plus stuff like Gastrodon, Quag, Marowak, Talon, Serperior, Jumpluff, Altaria, Goodra, Arctibax, Froslass & more! #PvPfacts