Hi, i had a few questions about this problematic pokemon.
I started playing pokeMMO in 2013, and by the time i started the game, and discovered you can check the tiers of the pokemon with the pokedex menu, I always wondered : Why is dugtrio in uber ?
After learning more about the game, I clearly understood that his arena trap abilty, combined with a strong speed+atk makes it a huge revenge killer, for example on jolteon, or magnezone (that wasn't available at the time, but you see the idea)
So i had a few questions :
-Is arena trap working on flying/levitating pokemons ? If not then you technically, you may be carefull about not getting trapped, like finish low HP mons with flyers ( I guess ? )
-Is Dugtrio technically playable in OU ? I heard about the fact that the devs reduced his attack, or his speed (it's actually 125 base speed) So he might not OHKO anything he trapped, but still, it's a strong trapper, and suicide lead with stealth rocks/focus sash.
-Why is he available in UU ? I mean, this thing hits hard with earthquake, it has acces to stone edge for flyers, reversal with sash is a great synergie and sucker punch is an annoying move.
So yeah, what's the deal with that pokémon, what is the situation of this pokemon in the actual metagame ? What will happen if i decide to put him in one of my OU team ?
I think a lot of discussions had been around with this pokémon so i wanna know if someone may enlighten me.
Thanks for reading/answering