No Scizor wants to switch in to a +2 Chomp Fire Fang, but switching in on an Outrage could spell doom for Chomp. I think that Scizor and Chomp are great balances for each other- and as we are currently missing one of these(Chomp), it is obvious why the other is running crazy and DESTROYING teams, along with the meta game.
Not nessisarily true, unless you are running a bulky set or impish (bulkier set)
....Latias is a great pure counter for Garchomp. Dragon resist berry + Draco Meteor + outspeeds Chomp= dead. and Latias is OU.
Yes but the flaw with my counter is that it can really only be used to counter chomp. Maybe some Salamences, but thats all it really can do. And if the Chomp is carrying a Haban berry, Latias gets wreaked. Also, if the Chomp is Scarfed or Banded, Latias also get ruined.
Latios is about to get dropped to OU, so there is another easy, basically ideal counter. Niiro is suggesting a possibility for a Tauros counter (definatly didnt see that one coming).
latios is much more offensivly based, so it will not nessisarily be a counter, but more of a revenger. (possibly)
The meta game is already absurdly offensive- adding Chomp to that will only make it less so. Reasoning- teams will be more focused on blocking those outstanding offensive threats. While some impatient people (me) will still be using all-out offensive teams, we will get slaughtered by defensive juggernauts. They will set up in our faces and that will lead to an increase in hazing and pseudo-hazing. Switching into an easy pokemon to set up would more often mean your getting Roared or Whirlwinded away- and the comeback of Skarmory would begin.
meh, imo, DPP will always be more offensivly based than defensivly based. Few things will be able to change that. On average, more of the successful teams will be offensivly based. Infernape, Salamence, and possibly a few others, are wall-breakers, with their great physical and special coverage in Infernape's case, and with the raw power in Salamences case.
Skarm is immune to Chomps ground STAB, and resists his Dragon STAB, and has one of the best defenses in the game, and moves to back its stats up. Bronzong goes with Skarm in the immunitys, but is an all-around wall, rather than just physical. Cloyster, while amazingly underused, has Ice type STAB and an awesome base 180 defense. Shuckle could see a rise in usage as well.
Against Skarm, FireBlast/Fang. Against Bronzong, just hit it, because it lacks a reliable recovery move. Against Cloyster, just hit it, because it too lacks a recovery option. Shuckle can't do anything to Garchomp, outside of Toxicing him, Encoring him, or knocking off his berry.
All I am saying is that Garchomp's absence has lead to an increase in generally offensive teams. Throwing Chomp back in the mix could keep many of the steel types at bay, while increasing the overall amount of defensive pokemon seen in the meta game. Do I know this for certain? NO. I am simply speculating based on the trends I see in Smogons Shoddy Server Statistics.
Garchomp will probably not make an increase of defensive pokemon, simply because all of the defensive pokemon, maybe outside of Dophan (ice shard) and Hippodown (ice fang), and maybe some of the more bulky WoWers, can't do much to Garchomp.