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Ranked Legends ZA

Anonymous Fri 30 Jan 2026 23:41:50 No.58885186 View View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>58886259 >>58886268 >>58886805 >>58890735

Let's bitch and moan about the current season, alright?

>"Lmao imagine actually playing ZA"

Ok now that that's over with let's bitch!!

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sat 31 Jan 2026 00:44:58 No.58885365 Report

Quoted By: >>58885541 >>58886807 >>58886875

Limiting legendaries to 1 per team does seem to fix the issue the previous seasons had where everyone was running full teams of them. Not seeing nearly as many legendaries as a result so variety is still present
Speaking of legendaries, dragons ascent really kills any viability rayquaza has since you physically go up instead of teleporting like with fly, giving any pokemon enough time to snipe you with ice beam and kill you in one shot. Thanks in part to it, i’ve noticed glaceon’s back in vogue

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 31 Jan 2026 01:10:33 No.58885455 Report

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Chilling Water stocks are skyrocketing.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 31 Jan 2026 01:48:04 No.58885541 Report

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>>58885365
Haven’t legendaries been limited to 1/team for the entirety of ZA’s lifespan?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 31 Jan 2026 01:54:24 No.58885562 Report

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primal groudon, charizard & baxcaliber is a good team to rank. use bax to cover for groudon and charizard weaknesses

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sat 31 Jan 2026 04:17:57 No.58885813 Report

Quoted By: >>58885880 >>58888153

I dont use legendaries because I like the challenge.

What are some mons, non legend, that are anti-meta?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 31 Jan 2026 04:59:51 No.58885880 Report

Quoted By: >>58886027 >>58887414

>>58885813
Mabosttif has utility with psychic fangs/knock off and enough bulk to survive shit with an AV.
Porygon2 is an eternal annoyance.
Marowak just works.
Armarouge is very competent at sniping stuff.
Wigglytuff of all things can rack up kills which is hilarious.
I enjoy runegrigus curse and knock off but it isn't very good.

Gholdhengo is a shillmon that is bulky enough to survive a hit and strong enough after nasty plot to steal KO's around the map, I despise it's design but it is objectively good as long as people don't spam heatran.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 31 Jan 2026 05:12:13 No.58885898 Report

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>mega swampert
>magearna
nothing stops me

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sat 31 Jan 2026 05:21:02 No.58885919 Report

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>>be me, using just regular base game mons
>consistently getting 1st or at worst 2nd 75% of games last season when it was just mythicals
>this season
>still getting 1st and 2nd 50% of games even when everyone's legendaries and mythicals up the ass
Doesn't quite make this season any less ass but btfo'ing niggas with their Primals feels pretty satisfying

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 31 Jan 2026 06:08:14 No.58886027 Report

Quoted By: >>58887450

>>58885880
Wow yeah, I actually do have an AV Mabostiff. Though the fairy menace makes it tough to use.

I was thinking of lead Runegrigus with Infesation into switching into a Gyarados to take advantage of a non switching player.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 31 Jan 2026 06:31:33 No.58886075 Report

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I just don't understand why people afk in Ranked.

I guess they want a slow constant trickle of rewards but...fuck...like...you get more from TRYING in 5 fights than placing 4th in 15 fights.

They cant be after titles because they all use the same Explosion Metagross.

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Anonymous Sat 31 Jan 2026 07:43:20 No.58886152 Report

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>we are all winners :D

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 31 Jan 2026 08:53:59 No.58886209 Report

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Lmao imagine actually playing ZA

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 31 Jan 2026 09:25:17 No.58886239 Report

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>he took the bait and bumped the thread

Yippee all according to plan.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 31 Jan 2026 09:43:33 No.58886259 Report

Quoted By: >>58886260

>>58885186
Lmao imagine actually buying ZA, Pokemon fans will never beat the slop eater allegations

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 31 Jan 2026 09:43:45 No.58886260 Report

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>>58886259
ai post

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 31 Jan 2026 09:53:27 No.58886268 Report

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>>58885186
Imagine hating playing ZA and still playing it

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 31 Jan 2026 15:00:34 No.58886805 Report

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>>58885186
Sirfetch'd tears shit up still, oneshots Primal Kyogre off a SD Leaf Blade crit, oneshots Mewtwo/Mega Y off of SD Crit Knock Off, and I even had it oneshot a Mega Rayquaza with a crit Meteor Assault yesterday

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 31 Jan 2026 15:02:44 No.58886807 Report

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>>58885365
>tfw I don't play the games

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 31 Jan 2026 15:38:01 No.58886875 Report

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>>58885365
Legends were always one per team, Xern is just less common because there's now more options and one of them absolutely fucks it 1v1 (Primal Groudon)

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 31 Jan 2026 15:42:34 No.58886880 Report

Quoted By: >>58886917

Can I get ALL of the mega stones now?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 31 Jan 2026 16:03:25 No.58886917 Report

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>>58886880
Garchompite Z still hasn't been released yet so it's probably gonna be an event come Pokemon Day to keep Z-A relevant just a little longer after Gen 10's reveal puts it in the dirt ala the Daybreak update for PLA

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 31 Jan 2026 19:07:13 No.58887414 Report

Quoted By: >>58887470

>>58885880
Wait what can Wigglytuff do?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 31 Jan 2026 19:10:51 No.58887421 Report

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>legendaries allowed back in
Funs over

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 31 Jan 2026 19:22:15 No.58887450 Report

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>>58886027
Not really most fairies need a boost to break through, it can tank most unboosted moonblasts and shit on pretty much any other special attacker.

If you really hate fairies howl iron tail knock off crunch is the way to go, but you'd be giving up psychic fangs Wich is great to deal with screens.

It also has a winning matchup against garchomp one on one if you target it with a play rough ice fang it instantly croaks, if you don't want ice fang you can target it with play rough crunch knock off and it croaks too, it helps the animations are faster than SD EQ or EQ Rush Outrage.

Only bad thing for Mabosttif is that you become a first impression magnet.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 31 Jan 2026 19:27:03 No.58887470 Report

Quoted By: >>58888066

>>58887414
Normal fairy equiped with life orb, it's immune to ghost and dragon something quite valuable to be honest.

Nasty plot, hyper beam/tri attack, moonblast with solar beam/fireblast/ice beam is enough most of the time.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 31 Jan 2026 22:59:57 No.58888066 Report

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>>58887470
Sounds fun. I'll nix the normal coverage and try fire blast

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 31 Jan 2026 23:21:10 No.58888153 Report

Quoted By: >>58888160

>>58885813
>I like the challenge
>Please pick a team for me

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 31 Jan 2026 23:23:18 No.58888160 Report

Quoted By: >>58888255

>>58888153
Well the challenge of the fight, anon. I don't mind being given a team.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 01 Feb 2026 00:06:08 No.58888255 Report

Quoted By: >>58888292

>>58888160
You will probably get rolled by anyone competent using a kyo or fug, but it is a super casual ladder so fuck it I'll give it a shot.
Magearna answers fug with cannon, and +solarbeam answers swampert and does good chip to kyo. You can run tbolt too which hits for neutral on fug and chips kyo even further. Mr. Rime is basically glaceon but better and can run a ton of anti meta moves. It's also the only mon that can run nasty plot and freeze dry. Chomp is still crazy and Bax is much better in this format than last one because of the meta shift. Both porygons are also still crazy. AV Melmetal has an ok matchup into kyo and fug but does auto lose to groudon. Swampert is THE META PICK that isn't a legend right now, as it has a good physical movepool, buffing move, and walls most kyo sets.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 01 Feb 2026 00:21:32 No.58888292 Report

Quoted By: >>58888307

>>58888255
I feel everyone and their mother is tecching for pert. Solarbeam is EVERYwhere.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 01 Feb 2026 00:26:37 No.58888307 Report

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>>58888292
I mean they are. Swampert being everywhere means running the one good grass special move is excellent coverage. You can run rindo if you want.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 01 Feb 2026 02:28:27 No.58888667 Report

Quoted By: >>58888954

I love Pangoro. Can he work? I think I need sash.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 01 Feb 2026 03:35:39 No.58888954 Report

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>>58888667
six sevennnnn

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 01 Feb 2026 03:40:45 No.58888967 Report

Quoted By: >>58890668

>M-excadrill
>V-lux with quick claw
>M-gyrados
Haven't changed since the start but V-lux get the most kills each time. I want to know if M-rime with screen would be good.

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Anonymous Sun 01 Feb 2026 04:30:20 No.58889103 Report

Quoted By: >>58889106

Anyone got ideas or angle suggestions for taking Emma butt pics?
Found out how to take ZA royale card pics late into the game but I feel like changing mine even though Emma doesn't really stand anymore

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 01 Feb 2026 04:32:40 No.58889106 Report

Quoted By: >>58889116

>>58889103
no
whatever you do you'll be just like the thousands of other emma ass pics

dont get me wrong she has a great ass
but its the garchomp of card pics

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Anonymous Sun 01 Feb 2026 04:38:53 No.58889116 Report

Quoted By: >>58889140 >>58889725

>>58889106
I don't care about standing out in a crowd. I just wanna take Emma bunda pics

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 01 Feb 2026 04:53:13 No.58889140 Report

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>>58889116
just do the hunched over and staring at it with the shocked expression like everyone else

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 01 Feb 2026 05:27:17 No.58889199 Report

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>6 seasons and still main heracross
Man I didn't think I would LOVE this nigga as much as I do right now, even when I ended ganked every now and then

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 01 Feb 2026 12:06:42 No.58889725 Report

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>>58889116
God I wish Espurr was me

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 01 Feb 2026 16:29:09 No.58890135 Report

Quoted By: >>58891161

Damn there's gotta be some anti meta team out there that doesn't have any of the usual Pokemon.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 01 Feb 2026 16:42:49 No.58890170 Report

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Anti meta works until around H-F rank when people start focusing on OHKOs and sharking. I’ve found some success with Screens/Leftovers Sylveon into Power Up Punch/AV Machamp.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 01 Feb 2026 19:37:29 No.58890564 Report

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im still apprehensive about EQing latis

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 01 Feb 2026 20:09:38 No.58890657 Report

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Somehow, I've been doing alright with my H-Goodra, Mega Meganium, and Blaziken team. I started using them back in the last season and they seem to have a decent answer for everything.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 01 Feb 2026 20:13:27 No.58890668 Report

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>>58888967
I've certainly seen Mr. Rime a fair amount, but I don't know how effective people have been with it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 01 Feb 2026 20:32:51 No.58890735 Report

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>>58885186
What's the deal with all the AFK players? Never seen any in previous seasons, now I see them every other round at A rank. They're not getting shit for rewards for last place. Why not AFK against Jacinthe instead?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 01 Feb 2026 23:12:02 No.58891138 Report

Quoted By: >>58891238

I don't see the Wifi general so I will ask here: does anyone have a Destiny Knot in SwSh they can trade me? I would really appreciate it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 01 Feb 2026 23:20:07 No.58891161 Report

Quoted By: >>58891218

>>58890135
I didn't go far enough to build one and test it out online, but I saw that Flamigo gets Triple Axel so that might be a really funny answer to Garchomp, maybe?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 01 Feb 2026 23:47:06 No.58891218 Report

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>>58891161
I've gone through all the Triple Axel mons. The only viable ones are Gallade and maybe Lopunny and MAYBE Flamigo.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 01 Feb 2026 23:56:15 No.58891238 Report

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>>58891138
I can get you one

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 02 Feb 2026 04:52:00 No.58891851 Report

Quoted By: >>58892113

i was scared for a second that water moves wouldnt work against groudon primal in ranked as well

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 02 Feb 2026 08:42:23 No.58892113 Report

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>>58891851
Earthquake hitting levitate pokemon feels so dirty.

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