>>22336717Consistently doesn't equate to 100% of the time numb nuts. However it has all the right components to be the perfect support pokemon in the current metagame. It has an amazing base speed only outsped by a handful of pokemon, a giant movepool with enough coverage options to be able to customize it to take out whatever it needs to, and STAB on every fucking move it uses which combined with it's decent offensive stats and a Life Orb, lets it plow through a majority of the metagame.
It's so unbelievably easy to lure and remove threats with Grenigger, not to the level of something say like Mega Gengar, but close. If you want an example, look at this quote:
"Let's say we're in a tourney, both players are of equal skill, Player One brings pretty standard hazard stacking offense, and let's say it's the mid game and all Player One has left on his team is his Ferrothorn to stop Player Two's Agility Mega Metagross (or other physical sweeper, doesnt really matter what it is) from tearing him apart, and it's also his only switch in to Player Two's Greninja because Greninja is a monster.
Player One is a good player, so naturally he will scout for the HP Fire when it comes time to switch in his Ferrothorn on a Hydro Pump as to not lose his only check to Metagross and at the same time not have to sack everytime Greninja switches in. However, Player Two is also a good player, and all he has to do to bring the odds to his side is simply switch out to bluff he doesn't carry HP Fire.
So now the next time Greninja comes face to face with Ferrothorn, Player One is more likely to feel comfortable staying in and removing one of the major threats to his team, and will be promptly sniped by an HP Fire. This example is rather basic but can apply to a variety of pseudo Greninja checks courtesy of Greninja's treasure trove of an offensive movepool, and it makes Greninja an all-solving glue for offensive teams with otherwise crippling weaknesses to X defensive threat(s)."
