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6/22/2025, 10:03:03 PM
>>57932332
Gengar's Hypnosis is scary in Gen 1. Sleep is practically a OHKO. Not as bad as Freeze, but still very bad. Speed tying with Tauros is also a huge deal since it means that Gengar can kill Tauros in a pinch. It's basically an Exeggutor expy which is why it's on >1/4th of teams.
That being the case, it's a pretty good bet that you'll run into a Gengar pretty often which is why APT isn't banned in OU while it is banned in UU. Haunter is much less reliable and much more susceptible to getting BTFO by Moltres and Dragonite so APT was banned. I'd much rather have Cloyster and Moltres use Partial Trapping moves than Dragonite IMO. There's a reason why Victreebel, Golem, and Persian have a higher usage rate than Dragonite (this is 1700+ ELO, by the way).
Gengar's Hypnosis is scary in Gen 1. Sleep is practically a OHKO. Not as bad as Freeze, but still very bad. Speed tying with Tauros is also a huge deal since it means that Gengar can kill Tauros in a pinch. It's basically an Exeggutor expy which is why it's on >1/4th of teams.
That being the case, it's a pretty good bet that you'll run into a Gengar pretty often which is why APT isn't banned in OU while it is banned in UU. Haunter is much less reliable and much more susceptible to getting BTFO by Moltres and Dragonite so APT was banned. I'd much rather have Cloyster and Moltres use Partial Trapping moves than Dragonite IMO. There's a reason why Victreebel, Golem, and Persian have a higher usage rate than Dragonite (this is 1700+ ELO, by the way).
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