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Imperial got a reaction from Edstorm in [Team Tag tournament] Time to retire 50M Prizepool! (Sunday, 28th April)
Don't ask me to join your team again, thanks xo
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Imperial reacted to NecasInTrouble in [Team Tag tournament] Time to retire 50M Prizepool! (Sunday, 28th April)
First off I wanna thank everyone who came it was a super hype turn out and such a fun tournament. I'm glad the community could get together and celebrate Bali and host a super cool tournament. Now with that being said to announce the winners
In first place we have KKKKK, with their members Ziomoji, XiaoSH, Incineroar, Konishiwa, KonBauo, and KDQ
Also gg to the runner ups Oarclight!
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Imperial got a reaction from VelociRaptorr in [Team Tag tournament] Time to retire 50M Prizepool! (Sunday, 28th April)
Don't ask me to join your team again, thanks xo
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Imperial got a reaction from RohMartinez in [Team Tag tournament] Time to retire 50M Prizepool! (Sunday, 28th April)
Don't ask me to join your team again, thanks xo
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Imperial got a reaction from Axelgor in [Team Tag tournament] Time to retire 50M Prizepool! (Sunday, 28th April)
Don't ask me to join your team again, thanks xo
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Imperial got a reaction from Shadow in [Team Tag tournament] Time to retire 50M Prizepool! (Sunday, 28th April)
Don't ask me to join your team again, thanks xo
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Imperial got a reaction from LeJovi in [Team Tag tournament] Time to retire 50M Prizepool! (Sunday, 28th April)
Don't ask me to join your team again, thanks xo
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Imperial got a reaction from RysPicz in [Team Tag tournament] Time to retire 50M Prizepool! (Sunday, 28th April)
Don't ask me to join your team again, thanks xo
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Imperial reacted to Razachu in [Team Tag tournament] Time to retire 50M Prizepool! (Sunday, 28th April)
Tag: Kentucky Fried Torchics
Players: qqqianx, LiveLaughHate, ForFour, Razachu, BMtirpitz, ArisTheFang
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Imperial reacted to Axelgor in [Team Tag tournament] Time to retire 50M Prizepool! (Sunday, 28th April)
Tag: FreeOliverXL
Players: CHUCKunso, Zhiko, Enchanteur, Axellgor, SweeTforU, Kanzo
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Imperial reacted to LeJovi in GGNORE - Best Team of 2019, 2020 & 2023 Edition [General Thread]
Best in the game
NO KIZZY
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Imperial reacted to TheLudus in [Team Tag tournament] Time to retire 50M Prizepool! (Sunday, 28th April)
Tag:The Boys
Players: Aldahirramirez, WarriorPast, Jonathangamezr,TheLudus,Incognition
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Imperial reacted to caioxlive13 in [Team Tag tournament] Time to retire 50M Prizepool! (Sunday, 28th April)
that short notice f*** me off. If i had time to breed my Untiered Team to play...
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Imperial got a reaction from YourAngst in May 2024 Movement Discussion Thread
With a very impressive base speed stat of 95, it outspeeds many of the offensive threats we have in the tier (Rotom/Rotom-F, Blaziken, Qwilfish, Braviary, Stoutland, Moltres, Kangaskhan) and speed ties with Houndoom, Sawsbuck & Drapion which is a risky 50/50. The only non-scarfers that would be faster (not including scarfers and Sharpedo with speed boost), would be Scyther, Cinccino, Charizard, Typhlosion, Galvantula, Manectric, Alakazam and potentially a few more).
It has two amazing abilities, the first one being Tinted Lens, with its already impressive 116 base special attack, we've seen how good of a wallbreaker it is in UU with Choice Specs, admittedly the only reason it dropped to NU in the first place is because of the weather MUs, Entei/Raikou and Salamence we've been consistently seeing in teams. NU, being a much more fragile tier, has several mons that will struggle to switch into this.
The special walls in the tier are the following:
Lanturn, Altaria, Audino, Cryogonal, Gigalith, Bronzor, Lickilicky, Golbat, Mantine, Milotic, Slowking (apologies if I missed a few) The most common moveset for this set would be - Bug Buzz, Air Slash, Giga Drain, Psychic (U-turn is also a very good option to pivot out and gain that momentum). However, I'll be using Bug Buzz as it's the strongest move for it considering its STAB:
252 SpA Choice Specs Yanmega Bug Buzz vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Lanturn: 93-109 (40 - 46.9%) -- 38.7% chance to 2HKO after Stealth Rock
252 SpA Choice Specs Tinted Lens Yanmega Bug Buzz vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Altaria: 76-90 (41.7 - 49.4%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Stealth Rock
252 SpA Choice Specs Yanmega Bug Buzz vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Audino: 85-102 (40.4 - 48.5%) -- 67.6% chance to 2HKO after Stealth Rock
252 SpA Choice Specs Yanmega Bug Buzz vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Cryogonal: 63-75 (35.5 - 42.3%) -- 84% chance to 2HKO after Stealth Rock
252 SpA Choice Specs Yanmega Bug Buzz vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Gigalith in Sand: 64-76 (33.3 - 39.5%) -- guaranteed 3HKO after Stealth Rock
252 SpA Choice Specs Yanmega Bug Buzz vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Eviolite Bronzor: 58-69 (35.3 - 42%) -- guaranteed 3HKO after Stealth Rock (once Bronzor rests it's a sitting duck)
252 SpA Choice Specs Yanmega Bug Buzz vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Lickilicky: 79-94 (36.4 - 43.3%) -- guaranteed 3HKO after Stealth Rock
252 SpA Choice Specs Tinted Lens Yanmega Bug Buzz vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Eviolite Golbat: 30-36 (16.4 - 19.7%) -- 8.7% chance to 4HKO after Stealth Rock
252 SpA Choice Specs Yanmega Psychic vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Eviolite Golbat: 82-98 (45 - 53.8%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Stealth Rock
252 SpA Choice Specs Tinted Lens Yanmega Bug Buzz vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Mantine: 60-72 (34.8 - 41.8%) -- 79.3% chance to 2HKO after Stealth Rock
252 SpA Choice Specs Yanmega Bug Buzz vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Milotic: 67-79 (33.1 - 39.1%) -- guaranteed 3HKO after Stealth Rock
252 SpA Choice Specs Yanmega Bug Buzz vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Slowking: 146-174 (72.2 - 86.1%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Stealth Rock
*Bear in mind that Yanmega can also run other moves which are more effective, for example Giga Drain on Milotic and Psychic for Golbat, although it requires more prediction from the user.
As you can see, although Yanmega has a massive drawback of having a x4 weakness to rocks, the majority of its safest checks are also vulnerable to switching in safely due to their weakness to rocks. The majority of these walls are also passive (e.g. Audino/Bronzor), meaning it's difficult to chip this down without getting rocks on the Yanmega's players field. The best check would be Gigalith, but it has no self-recovery unless you want to play a niche rest set. We've suspect tested and banned Venomoth with a similar ability and sweeping potential, and we also banned Medicham for its huge wallbreaking power for the tier.
We also have AV Eelektross, Dusknoir, Druddigon & Magmortar as potential checks but as you can see they can't safely switch in:
252 SpA Choice Specs Tinted Lens Yanmega Bug Buzz vs. 0 HP / 0 SpD Assault Vest Magmortar: 76-90 (50.6 - 60%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Stealth Rock
252 SpA Choice Specs Yanmega Bug Buzz vs. 252 HP / 0 SpD Assault Vest Eelektross: 85-102 (44.2 - 53.1%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Stealth Rock
252 SpA Choice Specs Tinted Lens Yanmega Bug Buzz vs. 252 HP / 0 SpD Assault Vest Dusknoir: 56-66 (36.8 - 43.4%) -- guaranteed 3HKO after Stealth Rock
252 SpA Choice Specs Yanmega Bug Buzz vs. 252 HP / 0+ SpD Assault Vest Druddigon: 72-85 (39.1 - 46.1%) -- 23.4% chance to 2HKO after Stealth Rock
Now let's focus on its other ability, Speed Boost. Unlike Sharpedo, Yanmega has a very high base speed where using Protect isn't mandatory compared to Sharpedo in case its outsped by faster threats like max speed Rotom, etc. Once set up, Yanmega can pretty much clean the majority of offensive Pokemon except for scarf Cincinno, Houndoom (which is rare) and potentially a few others.
(Small correction, Yanmega has the same base speed as Sharpedo but the majority of Sharpedo don't run a speed boosting nature meaning it's slower as in the examples above)
The set for this ability would be - Air Slash, Giga Drain, Bug Buzz, Psychic (swapping Giga Drain for U-Turn/Protect if needed).
This is a Pokemon where players can just brainlessly spam Bug Buzz as long as they lead correctly, pressuring several/majority of the Pokemon in a fragile tier where even Pokemon which were originally great in OU/UU (e.g. Milotic and Gigalith) can feel pressured against it.
THAT'S NOT ALL...
If we want to be really niche, Yanmega although having an average attack stat, can boost itself with Swords Dance (I know barely anyone will use this set but I thought it would be worth mentioning as it could catch people out especially with Speed Boost).
It can also tank some hits on the physical side:
252+ Atk Piloswine Ice Shard vs. 6 HP / 0 Def Yanmega: 72-86 (44.4 - 53%) -- 25% chance to OHKO after Stealth Rock
*Piloswine attempting to revenge kill with Ice Shard
252+ Atk Absol Sucker Punch vs. 6 HP / 0 Def Yanmega: 85-102 (52.4 - 62.9%) -- guaranteed OHKO after Stealth Rock
*Does not kill if crit is not activated and rocks aren't set up against Yanmega
Drawbacks
It has a x4 weakness to rocks and its typing is not the best (weak to fire, electric, rock), however, its very impressive base speed/special attack, ability and decent movepool is enough to make up for its weaknesses as the majority of the tier does not want to switch into this.
Yanmega should be suspect tested at the very minimum.
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Imperial reacted to VadimEmpoleon in May 2024 Movement Discussion Thread
Gallade
Now that new answers to Gallade are confirmed to be released in the upcoming updates I believe that the best thing to do is keep as it is until the new answers to Gallade are released just like Rache said.
Dugtrio and Arena Trap
When it comes to Dugtrio, I believe Dugtrio does not fit the Uber Support characteristic but is uncompetitive so Arena Trap+Dugtrio should be complex banned. I'd rather ban Arena Trap as a whole because even if Trapinch and Diglett are not very interesting mons if they get to be used with this ability they will still rely on the uncompetitive aspect of this ability which can't be consistently prevented like Pursuit or Magnet Pull. I know some will disagree with an Arena Trap ban so probably the best thing to do is the complex ban on Dugtrio because I don't think anyone would care much about Trapinch or Diglett having it. Not going to give many arguments now on why I think this way because there isn't a discussion going on for it right now. If the ban happened I totally disagree with doing any other thing that is not the Arena Trap+Dugtrio complex ban because removing moves or reducing stats seems like a more obtrusive way to me. It should also be removed from BL if AT+Dugtrio complex ban happens.
Opening a discussion for it right now seems like the best option imo. I believe there is nothing in the Tier Policies against it. It would be a good idea to add a Tier Policy that sets a period of time in which a ban can't be voted again to happen after being rejected unless important changes happen within the tier (this case) to prevent situations like this.
Shaymin
It should be retested in UU, Mandibuzz always countered it. Stalling Seed Flare was also always a good way of dealing with it. And of course Entei, Salamence, Raikou, Ninetales are now in the tier and can annoy Shaymin.
Yanmega
Like I said in the NU Discussion Thread I think the best thing is doing a suspect test for 1 month.
Rhyperior
I think this mon also deserves a suspect test, it was banned long ago and all I can see in this mon is a better Rhydon, slightly better stats and better ability.
Recovery moves PP nerf
While I understand that for consistency they have 8 PP, this affects the metagame in a bad way, this increases the viability of Regenerator mons and Wish mons which were already very viable when recovery moves had 16 PP but reduces the viability of other defensive mons, it also affects the viability of some setup sweepers like Reuniclus or Sigilyph. This change adds nothing positive. A similar case are the gems which still have their 50% boost instead of the 30% and this is a good thing because they become useless with a 30% boost. Returning the recovery moves to 16 PP is just a single change and would affect positively every tier, I believe this is a very good reason to do it.
Acupressure
This move should be included in the evasion Clause along with Minimize and Double Team.
Vaporeon
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Crawdaunt
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Imperial got a reaction from CaptnBaklava in May 2024 Movement Discussion Thread
With a very impressive base speed stat of 95, it outspeeds many of the offensive threats we have in the tier (Rotom/Rotom-F, Blaziken, Qwilfish, Braviary, Stoutland, Moltres, Kangaskhan) and speed ties with Houndoom, Sawsbuck & Drapion which is a risky 50/50. The only non-scarfers that would be faster (not including scarfers and Sharpedo with speed boost), would be Scyther, Cinccino, Charizard, Typhlosion, Galvantula, Manectric, Alakazam and potentially a few more).
It has two amazing abilities, the first one being Tinted Lens, with its already impressive 116 base special attack, we've seen how good of a wallbreaker it is in UU with Choice Specs, admittedly the only reason it dropped to NU in the first place is because of the weather MUs, Entei/Raikou and Salamence we've been consistently seeing in teams. NU, being a much more fragile tier, has several mons that will struggle to switch into this.
The special walls in the tier are the following:
Lanturn, Altaria, Audino, Cryogonal, Gigalith, Bronzor, Lickilicky, Golbat, Mantine, Milotic, Slowking (apologies if I missed a few) The most common moveset for this set would be - Bug Buzz, Air Slash, Giga Drain, Psychic (U-turn is also a very good option to pivot out and gain that momentum). However, I'll be using Bug Buzz as it's the strongest move for it considering its STAB:
252 SpA Choice Specs Yanmega Bug Buzz vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Lanturn: 93-109 (40 - 46.9%) -- 38.7% chance to 2HKO after Stealth Rock
252 SpA Choice Specs Tinted Lens Yanmega Bug Buzz vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Altaria: 76-90 (41.7 - 49.4%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Stealth Rock
252 SpA Choice Specs Yanmega Bug Buzz vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Audino: 85-102 (40.4 - 48.5%) -- 67.6% chance to 2HKO after Stealth Rock
252 SpA Choice Specs Yanmega Bug Buzz vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Cryogonal: 63-75 (35.5 - 42.3%) -- 84% chance to 2HKO after Stealth Rock
252 SpA Choice Specs Yanmega Bug Buzz vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Gigalith in Sand: 64-76 (33.3 - 39.5%) -- guaranteed 3HKO after Stealth Rock
252 SpA Choice Specs Yanmega Bug Buzz vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Eviolite Bronzor: 58-69 (35.3 - 42%) -- guaranteed 3HKO after Stealth Rock (once Bronzor rests it's a sitting duck)
252 SpA Choice Specs Yanmega Bug Buzz vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Lickilicky: 79-94 (36.4 - 43.3%) -- guaranteed 3HKO after Stealth Rock
252 SpA Choice Specs Tinted Lens Yanmega Bug Buzz vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Eviolite Golbat: 30-36 (16.4 - 19.7%) -- 8.7% chance to 4HKO after Stealth Rock
252 SpA Choice Specs Yanmega Psychic vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Eviolite Golbat: 82-98 (45 - 53.8%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Stealth Rock
252 SpA Choice Specs Tinted Lens Yanmega Bug Buzz vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Mantine: 60-72 (34.8 - 41.8%) -- 79.3% chance to 2HKO after Stealth Rock
252 SpA Choice Specs Yanmega Bug Buzz vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Milotic: 67-79 (33.1 - 39.1%) -- guaranteed 3HKO after Stealth Rock
252 SpA Choice Specs Yanmega Bug Buzz vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Slowking: 146-174 (72.2 - 86.1%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Stealth Rock
*Bear in mind that Yanmega can also run other moves which are more effective, for example Giga Drain on Milotic and Psychic for Golbat, although it requires more prediction from the user.
As you can see, although Yanmega has a massive drawback of having a x4 weakness to rocks, the majority of its safest checks are also vulnerable to switching in safely due to their weakness to rocks. The majority of these walls are also passive (e.g. Audino/Bronzor), meaning it's difficult to chip this down without getting rocks on the Yanmega's players field. The best check would be Gigalith, but it has no self-recovery unless you want to play a niche rest set. We've suspect tested and banned Venomoth with a similar ability and sweeping potential, and we also banned Medicham for its huge wallbreaking power for the tier.
We also have AV Eelektross, Dusknoir, Druddigon & Magmortar as potential checks but as you can see they can't safely switch in:
252 SpA Choice Specs Tinted Lens Yanmega Bug Buzz vs. 0 HP / 0 SpD Assault Vest Magmortar: 76-90 (50.6 - 60%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Stealth Rock
252 SpA Choice Specs Yanmega Bug Buzz vs. 252 HP / 0 SpD Assault Vest Eelektross: 85-102 (44.2 - 53.1%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Stealth Rock
252 SpA Choice Specs Tinted Lens Yanmega Bug Buzz vs. 252 HP / 0 SpD Assault Vest Dusknoir: 56-66 (36.8 - 43.4%) -- guaranteed 3HKO after Stealth Rock
252 SpA Choice Specs Yanmega Bug Buzz vs. 252 HP / 0+ SpD Assault Vest Druddigon: 72-85 (39.1 - 46.1%) -- 23.4% chance to 2HKO after Stealth Rock
Now let's focus on its other ability, Speed Boost. Unlike Sharpedo, Yanmega has a very high base speed where using Protect isn't mandatory compared to Sharpedo in case its outsped by faster threats like max speed Rotom, etc. Once set up, Yanmega can pretty much clean the majority of offensive Pokemon except for scarf Cincinno, Houndoom (which is rare) and potentially a few others.
(Small correction, Yanmega has the same base speed as Sharpedo but the majority of Sharpedo don't run a speed boosting nature meaning it's slower as in the examples above)
The set for this ability would be - Air Slash, Giga Drain, Bug Buzz, Psychic (swapping Giga Drain for U-Turn/Protect if needed).
This is a Pokemon where players can just brainlessly spam Bug Buzz as long as they lead correctly, pressuring several/majority of the Pokemon in a fragile tier where even Pokemon which were originally great in OU/UU (e.g. Milotic and Gigalith) can feel pressured against it.
THAT'S NOT ALL...
If we want to be really niche, Yanmega although having an average attack stat, can boost itself with Swords Dance (I know barely anyone will use this set but I thought it would be worth mentioning as it could catch people out especially with Speed Boost).
It can also tank some hits on the physical side:
252+ Atk Piloswine Ice Shard vs. 6 HP / 0 Def Yanmega: 72-86 (44.4 - 53%) -- 25% chance to OHKO after Stealth Rock
*Piloswine attempting to revenge kill with Ice Shard
252+ Atk Absol Sucker Punch vs. 6 HP / 0 Def Yanmega: 85-102 (52.4 - 62.9%) -- guaranteed OHKO after Stealth Rock
*Does not kill if crit is not activated and rocks aren't set up against Yanmega
Drawbacks
It has a x4 weakness to rocks and its typing is not the best (weak to fire, electric, rock), however, its very impressive base speed/special attack, ability and decent movepool is enough to make up for its weaknesses as the majority of the tier does not want to switch into this.
Yanmega should be suspect tested at the very minimum.
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Imperial reacted to NecasInTrouble in [Team Tag tournament] Time to retire 50M Prizepool! (Sunday, 28th April)
Description
Hey everyone, I am here today to celebrate the retirement and long lived story of @BaliAds He has asked me to host a 50M tag tournament in his honor (Don't ask my why on such short notice). This tournament with be a 5v5 tag format. Tiers are OU, UU, NU, Dubs, UT. To register either post here or DM me on Discord @necasintrouble.
Date & Time
Sunday, 28th April | 11AM EST | 3PM UTC | 4PM BST
Location
Silph Co Ch 5, Kanto
Rules
Format
5v5
OU, UU, NU, Doubles, Untiered
Standard Single and Double Battle Rules
(Please make sure when challenging doubles you chose the Ubers tier)
Bracket will be made 5-10 minutes prior to event start and randomized
Activity Wins
If a player has failed to show up by 10 minutes after the last duel starts you may whisper me to get an activity win
Registration
You must register at least 5 players (One for each tier) and at max 6 (Allowing for 1 substitute)
Prizes
1st Place
50M to split between all participating members
(Prizes may take a few days to distribute)
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Imperial reacted to DoubleJ in May 2024 Movement Discussion Thread
I do agree that Dugtrio should be revisited but the vote and final decision only ended 2 months ago. Give it some time, at least a full season.
Regarding Yanmega, it's probably too good for NU. TC will let y'all know what we plan to do.
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Imperial got a reaction from DoubleJ in May 2024 Movement Discussion Thread
With a very impressive base speed stat of 95, it outspeeds many of the offensive threats we have in the tier (Rotom/Rotom-F, Blaziken, Qwilfish, Braviary, Stoutland, Moltres, Kangaskhan) and speed ties with Houndoom, Sawsbuck & Drapion which is a risky 50/50. The only non-scarfers that would be faster (not including scarfers and Sharpedo with speed boost), would be Scyther, Cinccino, Charizard, Typhlosion, Galvantula, Manectric, Alakazam and potentially a few more).
It has two amazing abilities, the first one being Tinted Lens, with its already impressive 116 base special attack, we've seen how good of a wallbreaker it is in UU with Choice Specs, admittedly the only reason it dropped to NU in the first place is because of the weather MUs, Entei/Raikou and Salamence we've been consistently seeing in teams. NU, being a much more fragile tier, has several mons that will struggle to switch into this.
The special walls in the tier are the following:
Lanturn, Altaria, Audino, Cryogonal, Gigalith, Bronzor, Lickilicky, Golbat, Mantine, Milotic, Slowking (apologies if I missed a few) The most common moveset for this set would be - Bug Buzz, Air Slash, Giga Drain, Psychic (U-turn is also a very good option to pivot out and gain that momentum). However, I'll be using Bug Buzz as it's the strongest move for it considering its STAB:
252 SpA Choice Specs Yanmega Bug Buzz vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Lanturn: 93-109 (40 - 46.9%) -- 38.7% chance to 2HKO after Stealth Rock
252 SpA Choice Specs Tinted Lens Yanmega Bug Buzz vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Altaria: 76-90 (41.7 - 49.4%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Stealth Rock
252 SpA Choice Specs Yanmega Bug Buzz vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Audino: 85-102 (40.4 - 48.5%) -- 67.6% chance to 2HKO after Stealth Rock
252 SpA Choice Specs Yanmega Bug Buzz vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Cryogonal: 63-75 (35.5 - 42.3%) -- 84% chance to 2HKO after Stealth Rock
252 SpA Choice Specs Yanmega Bug Buzz vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Gigalith in Sand: 64-76 (33.3 - 39.5%) -- guaranteed 3HKO after Stealth Rock
252 SpA Choice Specs Yanmega Bug Buzz vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Eviolite Bronzor: 58-69 (35.3 - 42%) -- guaranteed 3HKO after Stealth Rock (once Bronzor rests it's a sitting duck)
252 SpA Choice Specs Yanmega Bug Buzz vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Lickilicky: 79-94 (36.4 - 43.3%) -- guaranteed 3HKO after Stealth Rock
252 SpA Choice Specs Tinted Lens Yanmega Bug Buzz vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Eviolite Golbat: 30-36 (16.4 - 19.7%) -- 8.7% chance to 4HKO after Stealth Rock
252 SpA Choice Specs Yanmega Psychic vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Eviolite Golbat: 82-98 (45 - 53.8%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Stealth Rock
252 SpA Choice Specs Tinted Lens Yanmega Bug Buzz vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Mantine: 60-72 (34.8 - 41.8%) -- 79.3% chance to 2HKO after Stealth Rock
252 SpA Choice Specs Yanmega Bug Buzz vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Milotic: 67-79 (33.1 - 39.1%) -- guaranteed 3HKO after Stealth Rock
252 SpA Choice Specs Yanmega Bug Buzz vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Slowking: 146-174 (72.2 - 86.1%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Stealth Rock
*Bear in mind that Yanmega can also run other moves which are more effective, for example Giga Drain on Milotic and Psychic for Golbat, although it requires more prediction from the user.
As you can see, although Yanmega has a massive drawback of having a x4 weakness to rocks, the majority of its safest checks are also vulnerable to switching in safely due to their weakness to rocks. The majority of these walls are also passive (e.g. Audino/Bronzor), meaning it's difficult to chip this down without getting rocks on the Yanmega's players field. The best check would be Gigalith, but it has no self-recovery unless you want to play a niche rest set. We've suspect tested and banned Venomoth with a similar ability and sweeping potential, and we also banned Medicham for its huge wallbreaking power for the tier.
We also have AV Eelektross, Dusknoir, Druddigon & Magmortar as potential checks but as you can see they can't safely switch in:
252 SpA Choice Specs Tinted Lens Yanmega Bug Buzz vs. 0 HP / 0 SpD Assault Vest Magmortar: 76-90 (50.6 - 60%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Stealth Rock
252 SpA Choice Specs Yanmega Bug Buzz vs. 252 HP / 0 SpD Assault Vest Eelektross: 85-102 (44.2 - 53.1%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Stealth Rock
252 SpA Choice Specs Tinted Lens Yanmega Bug Buzz vs. 252 HP / 0 SpD Assault Vest Dusknoir: 56-66 (36.8 - 43.4%) -- guaranteed 3HKO after Stealth Rock
252 SpA Choice Specs Yanmega Bug Buzz vs. 252 HP / 0+ SpD Assault Vest Druddigon: 72-85 (39.1 - 46.1%) -- 23.4% chance to 2HKO after Stealth Rock
Now let's focus on its other ability, Speed Boost. Unlike Sharpedo, Yanmega has a very high base speed where using Protect isn't mandatory compared to Sharpedo in case its outsped by faster threats like max speed Rotom, etc. Once set up, Yanmega can pretty much clean the majority of offensive Pokemon except for scarf Cincinno, Houndoom (which is rare) and potentially a few others.
(Small correction, Yanmega has the same base speed as Sharpedo but the majority of Sharpedo don't run a speed boosting nature meaning it's slower as in the examples above)
The set for this ability would be - Air Slash, Giga Drain, Bug Buzz, Psychic (swapping Giga Drain for U-Turn/Protect if needed).
This is a Pokemon where players can just brainlessly spam Bug Buzz as long as they lead correctly, pressuring several/majority of the Pokemon in a fragile tier where even Pokemon which were originally great in OU/UU (e.g. Milotic and Gigalith) can feel pressured against it.
THAT'S NOT ALL...
If we want to be really niche, Yanmega although having an average attack stat, can boost itself with Swords Dance (I know barely anyone will use this set but I thought it would be worth mentioning as it could catch people out especially with Speed Boost).
It can also tank some hits on the physical side:
252+ Atk Piloswine Ice Shard vs. 6 HP / 0 Def Yanmega: 72-86 (44.4 - 53%) -- 25% chance to OHKO after Stealth Rock
*Piloswine attempting to revenge kill with Ice Shard
252+ Atk Absol Sucker Punch vs. 6 HP / 0 Def Yanmega: 85-102 (52.4 - 62.9%) -- guaranteed OHKO after Stealth Rock
*Does not kill if crit is not activated and rocks aren't set up against Yanmega
Drawbacks
It has a x4 weakness to rocks and its typing is not the best (weak to fire, electric, rock), however, its very impressive base speed/special attack, ability and decent movepool is enough to make up for its weaknesses as the majority of the tier does not want to switch into this.
Yanmega should be suspect tested at the very minimum.
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Imperial got a reaction from agncunhass in May 2024 Movement Discussion Thread
With a very impressive base speed stat of 95, it outspeeds many of the offensive threats we have in the tier (Rotom/Rotom-F, Blaziken, Qwilfish, Braviary, Stoutland, Moltres, Kangaskhan) and speed ties with Houndoom, Sawsbuck & Drapion which is a risky 50/50. The only non-scarfers that would be faster (not including scarfers and Sharpedo with speed boost), would be Scyther, Cinccino, Charizard, Typhlosion, Galvantula, Manectric, Alakazam and potentially a few more).
It has two amazing abilities, the first one being Tinted Lens, with its already impressive 116 base special attack, we've seen how good of a wallbreaker it is in UU with Choice Specs, admittedly the only reason it dropped to NU in the first place is because of the weather MUs, Entei/Raikou and Salamence we've been consistently seeing in teams. NU, being a much more fragile tier, has several mons that will struggle to switch into this.
The special walls in the tier are the following:
Lanturn, Altaria, Audino, Cryogonal, Gigalith, Bronzor, Lickilicky, Golbat, Mantine, Milotic, Slowking (apologies if I missed a few) The most common moveset for this set would be - Bug Buzz, Air Slash, Giga Drain, Psychic (U-turn is also a very good option to pivot out and gain that momentum). However, I'll be using Bug Buzz as it's the strongest move for it considering its STAB:
252 SpA Choice Specs Yanmega Bug Buzz vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Lanturn: 93-109 (40 - 46.9%) -- 38.7% chance to 2HKO after Stealth Rock
252 SpA Choice Specs Tinted Lens Yanmega Bug Buzz vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Altaria: 76-90 (41.7 - 49.4%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Stealth Rock
252 SpA Choice Specs Yanmega Bug Buzz vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Audino: 85-102 (40.4 - 48.5%) -- 67.6% chance to 2HKO after Stealth Rock
252 SpA Choice Specs Yanmega Bug Buzz vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Cryogonal: 63-75 (35.5 - 42.3%) -- 84% chance to 2HKO after Stealth Rock
252 SpA Choice Specs Yanmega Bug Buzz vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Gigalith in Sand: 64-76 (33.3 - 39.5%) -- guaranteed 3HKO after Stealth Rock
252 SpA Choice Specs Yanmega Bug Buzz vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Eviolite Bronzor: 58-69 (35.3 - 42%) -- guaranteed 3HKO after Stealth Rock (once Bronzor rests it's a sitting duck)
252 SpA Choice Specs Yanmega Bug Buzz vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Lickilicky: 79-94 (36.4 - 43.3%) -- guaranteed 3HKO after Stealth Rock
252 SpA Choice Specs Tinted Lens Yanmega Bug Buzz vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Eviolite Golbat: 30-36 (16.4 - 19.7%) -- 8.7% chance to 4HKO after Stealth Rock
252 SpA Choice Specs Yanmega Psychic vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Eviolite Golbat: 82-98 (45 - 53.8%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Stealth Rock
252 SpA Choice Specs Tinted Lens Yanmega Bug Buzz vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Mantine: 60-72 (34.8 - 41.8%) -- 79.3% chance to 2HKO after Stealth Rock
252 SpA Choice Specs Yanmega Bug Buzz vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Milotic: 67-79 (33.1 - 39.1%) -- guaranteed 3HKO after Stealth Rock
252 SpA Choice Specs Yanmega Bug Buzz vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Slowking: 146-174 (72.2 - 86.1%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Stealth Rock
*Bear in mind that Yanmega can also run other moves which are more effective, for example Giga Drain on Milotic and Psychic for Golbat, although it requires more prediction from the user.
As you can see, although Yanmega has a massive drawback of having a x4 weakness to rocks, the majority of its safest checks are also vulnerable to switching in safely due to their weakness to rocks. The majority of these walls are also passive (e.g. Audino/Bronzor), meaning it's difficult to chip this down without getting rocks on the Yanmega's players field. The best check would be Gigalith, but it has no self-recovery unless you want to play a niche rest set. We've suspect tested and banned Venomoth with a similar ability and sweeping potential, and we also banned Medicham for its huge wallbreaking power for the tier.
We also have AV Eelektross, Dusknoir, Druddigon & Magmortar as potential checks but as you can see they can't safely switch in:
252 SpA Choice Specs Tinted Lens Yanmega Bug Buzz vs. 0 HP / 0 SpD Assault Vest Magmortar: 76-90 (50.6 - 60%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Stealth Rock
252 SpA Choice Specs Yanmega Bug Buzz vs. 252 HP / 0 SpD Assault Vest Eelektross: 85-102 (44.2 - 53.1%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Stealth Rock
252 SpA Choice Specs Tinted Lens Yanmega Bug Buzz vs. 252 HP / 0 SpD Assault Vest Dusknoir: 56-66 (36.8 - 43.4%) -- guaranteed 3HKO after Stealth Rock
252 SpA Choice Specs Yanmega Bug Buzz vs. 252 HP / 0+ SpD Assault Vest Druddigon: 72-85 (39.1 - 46.1%) -- 23.4% chance to 2HKO after Stealth Rock
Now let's focus on its other ability, Speed Boost. Unlike Sharpedo, Yanmega has a very high base speed where using Protect isn't mandatory compared to Sharpedo in case its outsped by faster threats like max speed Rotom, etc. Once set up, Yanmega can pretty much clean the majority of offensive Pokemon except for scarf Cincinno, Houndoom (which is rare) and potentially a few others.
(Small correction, Yanmega has the same base speed as Sharpedo but the majority of Sharpedo don't run a speed boosting nature meaning it's slower as in the examples above)
The set for this ability would be - Air Slash, Giga Drain, Bug Buzz, Psychic (swapping Giga Drain for U-Turn/Protect if needed).
This is a Pokemon where players can just brainlessly spam Bug Buzz as long as they lead correctly, pressuring several/majority of the Pokemon in a fragile tier where even Pokemon which were originally great in OU/UU (e.g. Milotic and Gigalith) can feel pressured against it.
THAT'S NOT ALL...
If we want to be really niche, Yanmega although having an average attack stat, can boost itself with Swords Dance (I know barely anyone will use this set but I thought it would be worth mentioning as it could catch people out especially with Speed Boost).
It can also tank some hits on the physical side:
252+ Atk Piloswine Ice Shard vs. 6 HP / 0 Def Yanmega: 72-86 (44.4 - 53%) -- 25% chance to OHKO after Stealth Rock
*Piloswine attempting to revenge kill with Ice Shard
252+ Atk Absol Sucker Punch vs. 6 HP / 0 Def Yanmega: 85-102 (52.4 - 62.9%) -- guaranteed OHKO after Stealth Rock
*Does not kill if crit is not activated and rocks aren't set up against Yanmega
Drawbacks
It has a x4 weakness to rocks and its typing is not the best (weak to fire, electric, rock), however, its very impressive base speed/special attack, ability and decent movepool is enough to make up for its weaknesses as the majority of the tier does not want to switch into this.
Yanmega should be suspect tested at the very minimum.
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Imperial got a reaction from Necroze in May 2024 Movement Discussion Thread
With a very impressive base speed stat of 95, it outspeeds many of the offensive threats we have in the tier (Rotom/Rotom-F, Blaziken, Qwilfish, Braviary, Stoutland, Moltres, Kangaskhan) and speed ties with Houndoom, Sawsbuck & Drapion which is a risky 50/50. The only non-scarfers that would be faster (not including scarfers and Sharpedo with speed boost), would be Scyther, Cinccino, Charizard, Typhlosion, Galvantula, Manectric, Alakazam and potentially a few more).
It has two amazing abilities, the first one being Tinted Lens, with its already impressive 116 base special attack, we've seen how good of a wallbreaker it is in UU with Choice Specs, admittedly the only reason it dropped to NU in the first place is because of the weather MUs, Entei/Raikou and Salamence we've been consistently seeing in teams. NU, being a much more fragile tier, has several mons that will struggle to switch into this.
The special walls in the tier are the following:
Lanturn, Altaria, Audino, Cryogonal, Gigalith, Bronzor, Lickilicky, Golbat, Mantine, Milotic, Slowking (apologies if I missed a few) The most common moveset for this set would be - Bug Buzz, Air Slash, Giga Drain, Psychic (U-turn is also a very good option to pivot out and gain that momentum). However, I'll be using Bug Buzz as it's the strongest move for it considering its STAB:
252 SpA Choice Specs Yanmega Bug Buzz vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Lanturn: 93-109 (40 - 46.9%) -- 38.7% chance to 2HKO after Stealth Rock
252 SpA Choice Specs Tinted Lens Yanmega Bug Buzz vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Altaria: 76-90 (41.7 - 49.4%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Stealth Rock
252 SpA Choice Specs Yanmega Bug Buzz vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Audino: 85-102 (40.4 - 48.5%) -- 67.6% chance to 2HKO after Stealth Rock
252 SpA Choice Specs Yanmega Bug Buzz vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Cryogonal: 63-75 (35.5 - 42.3%) -- 84% chance to 2HKO after Stealth Rock
252 SpA Choice Specs Yanmega Bug Buzz vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Gigalith in Sand: 64-76 (33.3 - 39.5%) -- guaranteed 3HKO after Stealth Rock
252 SpA Choice Specs Yanmega Bug Buzz vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Eviolite Bronzor: 58-69 (35.3 - 42%) -- guaranteed 3HKO after Stealth Rock (once Bronzor rests it's a sitting duck)
252 SpA Choice Specs Yanmega Bug Buzz vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Lickilicky: 79-94 (36.4 - 43.3%) -- guaranteed 3HKO after Stealth Rock
252 SpA Choice Specs Tinted Lens Yanmega Bug Buzz vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Eviolite Golbat: 30-36 (16.4 - 19.7%) -- 8.7% chance to 4HKO after Stealth Rock
252 SpA Choice Specs Yanmega Psychic vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Eviolite Golbat: 82-98 (45 - 53.8%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Stealth Rock
252 SpA Choice Specs Tinted Lens Yanmega Bug Buzz vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Mantine: 60-72 (34.8 - 41.8%) -- 79.3% chance to 2HKO after Stealth Rock
252 SpA Choice Specs Yanmega Bug Buzz vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Milotic: 67-79 (33.1 - 39.1%) -- guaranteed 3HKO after Stealth Rock
252 SpA Choice Specs Yanmega Bug Buzz vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Slowking: 146-174 (72.2 - 86.1%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Stealth Rock
*Bear in mind that Yanmega can also run other moves which are more effective, for example Giga Drain on Milotic and Psychic for Golbat, although it requires more prediction from the user.
As you can see, although Yanmega has a massive drawback of having a x4 weakness to rocks, the majority of its safest checks are also vulnerable to switching in safely due to their weakness to rocks. The majority of these walls are also passive (e.g. Audino/Bronzor), meaning it's difficult to chip this down without getting rocks on the Yanmega's players field. The best check would be Gigalith, but it has no self-recovery unless you want to play a niche rest set. We've suspect tested and banned Venomoth with a similar ability and sweeping potential, and we also banned Medicham for its huge wallbreaking power for the tier.
We also have AV Eelektross, Dusknoir, Druddigon & Magmortar as potential checks but as you can see they can't safely switch in:
252 SpA Choice Specs Tinted Lens Yanmega Bug Buzz vs. 0 HP / 0 SpD Assault Vest Magmortar: 76-90 (50.6 - 60%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Stealth Rock
252 SpA Choice Specs Yanmega Bug Buzz vs. 252 HP / 0 SpD Assault Vest Eelektross: 85-102 (44.2 - 53.1%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Stealth Rock
252 SpA Choice Specs Tinted Lens Yanmega Bug Buzz vs. 252 HP / 0 SpD Assault Vest Dusknoir: 56-66 (36.8 - 43.4%) -- guaranteed 3HKO after Stealth Rock
252 SpA Choice Specs Yanmega Bug Buzz vs. 252 HP / 0+ SpD Assault Vest Druddigon: 72-85 (39.1 - 46.1%) -- 23.4% chance to 2HKO after Stealth Rock
Now let's focus on its other ability, Speed Boost. Unlike Sharpedo, Yanmega has a very high base speed where using Protect isn't mandatory compared to Sharpedo in case its outsped by faster threats like max speed Rotom, etc. Once set up, Yanmega can pretty much clean the majority of offensive Pokemon except for scarf Cincinno, Houndoom (which is rare) and potentially a few others.
(Small correction, Yanmega has the same base speed as Sharpedo but the majority of Sharpedo don't run a speed boosting nature meaning it's slower as in the examples above)
The set for this ability would be - Air Slash, Giga Drain, Bug Buzz, Psychic (swapping Giga Drain for U-Turn/Protect if needed).
This is a Pokemon where players can just brainlessly spam Bug Buzz as long as they lead correctly, pressuring several/majority of the Pokemon in a fragile tier where even Pokemon which were originally great in OU/UU (e.g. Milotic and Gigalith) can feel pressured against it.
THAT'S NOT ALL...
If we want to be really niche, Yanmega although having an average attack stat, can boost itself with Swords Dance (I know barely anyone will use this set but I thought it would be worth mentioning as it could catch people out especially with Speed Boost).
It can also tank some hits on the physical side:
252+ Atk Piloswine Ice Shard vs. 6 HP / 0 Def Yanmega: 72-86 (44.4 - 53%) -- 25% chance to OHKO after Stealth Rock
*Piloswine attempting to revenge kill with Ice Shard
252+ Atk Absol Sucker Punch vs. 6 HP / 0 Def Yanmega: 85-102 (52.4 - 62.9%) -- guaranteed OHKO after Stealth Rock
*Does not kill if crit is not activated and rocks aren't set up against Yanmega
Drawbacks
It has a x4 weakness to rocks and its typing is not the best (weak to fire, electric, rock), however, its very impressive base speed/special attack, ability and decent movepool is enough to make up for its weaknesses as the majority of the tier does not want to switch into this.
Yanmega should be suspect tested at the very minimum.
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Imperial reacted to gbwead in May 2024 Movement Discussion Thread
Looking at the January 2019 UU metagame, Yanmegga seemed very difficult to stop as well and yet it never got banned:
Most of these mons are NU today. Sure, NU doesn't have Crobat and Snorlax, but NU still has Gigalith, Mantine, Milotic, Golbat, Cryogonal (btw @Imperial you calced Cryogonal with 70 base hp instead of 80), etc.
I'm very confident Yanmegga will be unhealthy, but that's not a reason to ban something without testing it out.
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Imperial reacted to RysPicz in May 2024 Movement Discussion Thread
I meant raising another official dugtrio discussion to finally get it out from our metagame. I can't stress enough how horrible was TC's decision to allow dugtrio to stay
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Imperial got a reaction from PoseidonWrath in May 2024 Movement Discussion Thread
With a very impressive base speed stat of 95, it outspeeds many of the offensive threats we have in the tier (Rotom/Rotom-F, Blaziken, Qwilfish, Braviary, Stoutland, Moltres, Kangaskhan) and speed ties with Houndoom, Sawsbuck & Drapion which is a risky 50/50. The only non-scarfers that would be faster (not including scarfers and Sharpedo with speed boost), would be Scyther, Cinccino, Charizard, Typhlosion, Galvantula, Manectric, Alakazam and potentially a few more).
It has two amazing abilities, the first one being Tinted Lens, with its already impressive 116 base special attack, we've seen how good of a wallbreaker it is in UU with Choice Specs, admittedly the only reason it dropped to NU in the first place is because of the weather MUs, Entei/Raikou and Salamence we've been consistently seeing in teams. NU, being a much more fragile tier, has several mons that will struggle to switch into this.
The special walls in the tier are the following:
Lanturn, Altaria, Audino, Cryogonal, Gigalith, Bronzor, Lickilicky, Golbat, Mantine, Milotic, Slowking (apologies if I missed a few) The most common moveset for this set would be - Bug Buzz, Air Slash, Giga Drain, Psychic (U-turn is also a very good option to pivot out and gain that momentum). However, I'll be using Bug Buzz as it's the strongest move for it considering its STAB:
252 SpA Choice Specs Yanmega Bug Buzz vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Lanturn: 93-109 (40 - 46.9%) -- 38.7% chance to 2HKO after Stealth Rock
252 SpA Choice Specs Tinted Lens Yanmega Bug Buzz vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Altaria: 76-90 (41.7 - 49.4%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Stealth Rock
252 SpA Choice Specs Yanmega Bug Buzz vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Audino: 85-102 (40.4 - 48.5%) -- 67.6% chance to 2HKO after Stealth Rock
252 SpA Choice Specs Yanmega Bug Buzz vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Cryogonal: 63-75 (35.5 - 42.3%) -- 84% chance to 2HKO after Stealth Rock
252 SpA Choice Specs Yanmega Bug Buzz vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Gigalith in Sand: 64-76 (33.3 - 39.5%) -- guaranteed 3HKO after Stealth Rock
252 SpA Choice Specs Yanmega Bug Buzz vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Eviolite Bronzor: 58-69 (35.3 - 42%) -- guaranteed 3HKO after Stealth Rock (once Bronzor rests it's a sitting duck)
252 SpA Choice Specs Yanmega Bug Buzz vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Lickilicky: 79-94 (36.4 - 43.3%) -- guaranteed 3HKO after Stealth Rock
252 SpA Choice Specs Tinted Lens Yanmega Bug Buzz vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Eviolite Golbat: 30-36 (16.4 - 19.7%) -- 8.7% chance to 4HKO after Stealth Rock
252 SpA Choice Specs Yanmega Psychic vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Eviolite Golbat: 82-98 (45 - 53.8%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Stealth Rock
252 SpA Choice Specs Tinted Lens Yanmega Bug Buzz vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Mantine: 60-72 (34.8 - 41.8%) -- 79.3% chance to 2HKO after Stealth Rock
252 SpA Choice Specs Yanmega Bug Buzz vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Milotic: 67-79 (33.1 - 39.1%) -- guaranteed 3HKO after Stealth Rock
252 SpA Choice Specs Yanmega Bug Buzz vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Slowking: 146-174 (72.2 - 86.1%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Stealth Rock
*Bear in mind that Yanmega can also run other moves which are more effective, for example Giga Drain on Milotic and Psychic for Golbat, although it requires more prediction from the user.
As you can see, although Yanmega has a massive drawback of having a x4 weakness to rocks, the majority of its safest checks are also vulnerable to switching in safely due to their weakness to rocks. The majority of these walls are also passive (e.g. Audino/Bronzor), meaning it's difficult to chip this down without getting rocks on the Yanmega's players field. The best check would be Gigalith, but it has no self-recovery unless you want to play a niche rest set. We've suspect tested and banned Venomoth with a similar ability and sweeping potential, and we also banned Medicham for its huge wallbreaking power for the tier.
We also have AV Eelektross, Dusknoir, Druddigon & Magmortar as potential checks but as you can see they can't safely switch in:
252 SpA Choice Specs Tinted Lens Yanmega Bug Buzz vs. 0 HP / 0 SpD Assault Vest Magmortar: 76-90 (50.6 - 60%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Stealth Rock
252 SpA Choice Specs Yanmega Bug Buzz vs. 252 HP / 0 SpD Assault Vest Eelektross: 85-102 (44.2 - 53.1%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Stealth Rock
252 SpA Choice Specs Tinted Lens Yanmega Bug Buzz vs. 252 HP / 0 SpD Assault Vest Dusknoir: 56-66 (36.8 - 43.4%) -- guaranteed 3HKO after Stealth Rock
252 SpA Choice Specs Yanmega Bug Buzz vs. 252 HP / 0+ SpD Assault Vest Druddigon: 72-85 (39.1 - 46.1%) -- 23.4% chance to 2HKO after Stealth Rock
Now let's focus on its other ability, Speed Boost. Unlike Sharpedo, Yanmega has a very high base speed where using Protect isn't mandatory compared to Sharpedo in case its outsped by faster threats like max speed Rotom, etc. Once set up, Yanmega can pretty much clean the majority of offensive Pokemon except for scarf Cincinno, Houndoom (which is rare) and potentially a few others.
(Small correction, Yanmega has the same base speed as Sharpedo but the majority of Sharpedo don't run a speed boosting nature meaning it's slower as in the examples above)
The set for this ability would be - Air Slash, Giga Drain, Bug Buzz, Psychic (swapping Giga Drain for U-Turn/Protect if needed).
This is a Pokemon where players can just brainlessly spam Bug Buzz as long as they lead correctly, pressuring several/majority of the Pokemon in a fragile tier where even Pokemon which were originally great in OU/UU (e.g. Milotic and Gigalith) can feel pressured against it.
THAT'S NOT ALL...
If we want to be really niche, Yanmega although having an average attack stat, can boost itself with Swords Dance (I know barely anyone will use this set but I thought it would be worth mentioning as it could catch people out especially with Speed Boost).
It can also tank some hits on the physical side:
252+ Atk Piloswine Ice Shard vs. 6 HP / 0 Def Yanmega: 72-86 (44.4 - 53%) -- 25% chance to OHKO after Stealth Rock
*Piloswine attempting to revenge kill with Ice Shard
252+ Atk Absol Sucker Punch vs. 6 HP / 0 Def Yanmega: 85-102 (52.4 - 62.9%) -- guaranteed OHKO after Stealth Rock
*Does not kill if crit is not activated and rocks aren't set up against Yanmega
Drawbacks
It has a x4 weakness to rocks and its typing is not the best (weak to fire, electric, rock), however, its very impressive base speed/special attack, ability and decent movepool is enough to make up for its weaknesses as the majority of the tier does not want to switch into this.
Yanmega should be suspect tested at the very minimum.