Rain teams back on the menu
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So with these new electric abilities and possibilities, how viable is a rain going to be in the meta?
Sense Sun became the most popular weather again with mega charizard y, do you guys think they are trying to bring out more respectable weather possibilities?
>>27024749
Too many Pokemon go threads to get a weather mechanic thread responded to?
>>27025249
Pokemon GO doesnt have weather, what are you on about?
>>27026386
Reread pls
>>27024749
>Sense sun
>>27026432
Since*
2nd language
>>27024749
>Sun
>most popular weather
Nah nigga.
>2 (two) setters that are still viable outside of summoning the weather
>doesn't need to cost a Mega slot
Sand is king.
>>27027542
Mega charizard was worth the weather switch and the stat boosts for the turn easy.
Sand storm had its run away in platinum's day but let's be honest, we are so far beyond that.
Hail and sandstorm haven't been viable competitively for generations because single type teams haven't been viable. With sun and now I'm guessing rain, you can build an entire team around it and still have no duplicate typing whereas with sandstorm and especially hail, you are going to have GIANT holes in your team,
Also they nerfed excadrill the immediate generation after he ruled the meta, and with out him, setting up to sweep becomes much harder with a sand storm team.
>>27027743
First of all, Mega Charizard Y is rarely if ever used to support an entire Sun team, since it's better off just abusing the sun it summons to wallbreak alone. Otherwise, non-Mega Venusaur would see much more usage since it's the best Sun sweeper around.
Second of all, skimming usage stats show that both Tyranitar (13.8%) and Hippowdon (6.4%) were used far more frequently than Mega Charizard Y (3.7%), while Excadrill (17.9%) itself is the third most used Pokemon in OU. Not that Excadrill is even needed on a Sand team, just read this RMT: http://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/sandstorm-isnt-the-only-thing-that-is-raging-peaked-1-on-suspect.3539069/
There's also this Sand team that was just posted today:
http://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/sand-team-feat-mega-heracross.3576587/
Sand is by far the most dominant weather in OU today. Rain and Sun can't even compare, though Rain is still very viable.
