Archaludon just feels wayyyy too strong. A terrific defensive typing with its weaknesses typically bring physical attacks and having stamina. With incredible stats and a great move pool?? Too good I think
I think Wolfe’s team just flat out had no real answers. Earthpower/aurasphere or something that hits neutral on the special attack side was what he really needed before snarls went out. Bringing inceneroar which effectively did nothing for 2 games was kind of… yeah… Body press uses the user’s defense stat so intimidate does nothing, while parting shot only really lowers special attack in the interaction.
Once again we see why Archaludon is banned in 6v6 singles Smogon. Guess we all knew Archaludon and Ursaluna were gonna be easy picks with the power level. I mean the official pokemon art for reg H shows them. Sneasler is known to be broken but i think we all thought it was going to be slightly too frail for doubles. Dire claw is just an infuriating move. Arch would feel alot more balanced if it didnt have body press. Its like best of every world ever. Mixed attacker without investing while getting insane defenses without investing.
@@5knapp5 Yeah Snarl on top of his Stamina boosts plus typing with an assault vest. There's hardly any Special ground and fighting moves. It's really just Ursaluna bloodmoon right now and you just one show it with body press so it's forced to Tera. Everything else just sits back and watches you tank stuff and get hospitality, heal pulse, love dew from the side. People would probably run toxic in vgc of all things just for this mon... but its steel of course. Like I said, best of every world.
Why did Wolfe leave archaludon alone all 3 games. He let it set up and remain high hp and keep its assault vest. I wonder what his plan was to kill it he only won game 1 on RNG
If I were to guess, he figured it would be nearly impossible to kill with the support mons still active. Maushold was buffing the defences with Friend Guard, Klefki was setting up screens, and Poltchageist was playing healer and redirecter for most of Wolfe's team.
I hate watching stall strats, like watching paint dry. It sucked when Rajan Bal used encore Whimsicott to PP stall Raging Bolt and it sucks watching Archaludon sit on the field and just soak hits.
