I gotta say from experience, Pult + Mega Dia is such a fantastically devious pair. Mega Dia gets often boxed out by bulky grasses and waters, and Pult being able to switch in and grab momentum every time they hit the board is excellent. Additionally, Mega Dia’s dragon immunity makes bringing scarf dragons very difficult into the MU, enabling Pult’s speed to run wild. Won my first draft league with this pair a while ago!
my favourite core was Steela + M Diancie + K-Black, but the other i liked on more of a budget was cele + n-queen + umbreon, but the most busted was i ever got was magerna + M-latias (neither should have been allowed) + weavile
Super fun video! Something else I’d like to add about the my cores you went over: Valiant originally wasn’t on the Koko roster. I originally had Kartana in place of Valiant, but someone dropped Valiant before dropping the league altogether and I had to pick that thing up frame 1 LOL About Mega Zam/Kyurem-B: funny enough, both of those mons had restrictions placed on them for that season and they still went insane. Zam couldn’t use Nasty Plot, and KB couldn’t use DD or hold Loaded Dice. Now KB’s just banned altogether, and I’m thinking the same should happen with Zam
How did i miss this one lol? Anyway steela mega diancie in usum was my bread and butter, and for damn good reason. They both force so much prep and as long as you grab a great way to break steels later its very difficult to stop. For example, I had infernape alongside them in smogon usum cup and did really well with that (top 16)
torn t is unable to use knock off to support my mega lopunny as mega lopunny is really annoyed by rocky helmets. while torn t is DECENT without knock off, I wouldn't say that it is a "top" mon as that is a very good move to remove the rocky helmets that annoy my mega lopunny in this matchup. while toxapex also doesn't get knock off this gen, it can support the mega lopunny through the use of toxic spikes which are really good in the draft league format. poison + fake out mega lopunny is really cool as you can really rack up the passive damage to allow for a cleaner 2 hit ko and to put mons in range of my choice scarf haxorus for the late game. I think if you want a knock off pokemon to remove the rocky helmets for your mega lopunny, may I suggest bombirdier. while bombirdier does not have the defensive bulk as a mandibuzz, it makes up for that with the ability to set up stealth rocks as well as having rock stab, something mandibuzz is unable to use. additionally, bombirdier has access to parting shot, which is a way to lower your opponents attacking stats so that you can get your mega lopunny and choice scarf haxorus in to the battle safely. bombirdier also can use sucker punch with in tandem with your fake out mega lopunny and first impression choice scarf haxorus gives you a lot of priority options in order to get the edge on your opponents hyper offensive team. in conclusion, bombirdier is essentially a better tornadus therian therefore while tornadus therian can be looked at as a DECENT mon, bombirdier is clearly a top 3 pokemon in the draft league format despite being NU in the smogon format as it provides much more utility, stealth rocks and the ability to pivot with the use of parting shot. so sadly, I am going to have to disagree with your take that tornadus therian is a top 3 sv mon in draft with access to tera
