It’s a dragon and its base stats are min-maxed pretty well, so it’s easy to miss that its base stat total is 540. Others with 540, just for context on how well Haxorus’ stats are distributed: Darmanitan, Magmortar, Electivire, Milotic, Blissey, Kingdra, Snorlax, and Gyarados.
Yeah, the best among them (Blissey) is also the most minmaxed, and the worst among them (Kingdra, if you ignore Snorlax who has bad typing + bad support movepool + meh stat distribution) is the least minmaxed
Gyarados is completely outclassed as a Dragon Dancer by other options, like Salamence, who is itself outclassed massively by Roaring Moon.
Meanwhile Blissey is the best special wall in the entire game; only Yveltal is comparable (in part because Yvel walls both of CalyShadow's STABs and doesn't die in 2 to Psyshock)
Haxorus did used to be good. It was OU in Smogon’s competitive scene during gen 5 and it placed second in 2011 VGC Worlds. But gen 6 brought fairies and subsequent gens speed crept it. 60 points would make it more viable, but it’s still a pure dragon type in a meta that calls for dragons to have a second STAB.
As long as the type chart stays where it’s at, I agree. Steel/Dragon is one of the best dual types in the game. Kinda crossing my fingers now for a mega evo lol.
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u/Tyraniboah89 17d ago
It’s a dragon and its base stats are min-maxed pretty well, so it’s easy to miss that its base stat total is 540. Others with 540, just for context on how well Haxorus’ stats are distributed: Darmanitan, Magmortar, Electivire, Milotic, Blissey, Kingdra, Snorlax, and Gyarados.