ShadeStrider
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I find it extremely amusing that Salamence can't learn Iron Head.
Not only does it not make any sense, but Gamefreak also hurt it's viability in competitive play, with Fairy Types running all over the metagame.
I suppose that you could use Iron Tail, but 70% accuracy is why they call Focus Blast Focus Miss. 75% isn't actually much better.
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I hate telling someone they're wrong, but I would call you correct here. The main reason fairies were introduced was to make sure dragons could not stay in on anything that wasn't a faster Ice type. So giving one of the main dragon sweepers a reliable way to not care about fairies at all is even more counterproductive. Plus, dragons have enough ways of dealing with the Pix already. All of them more reliable than fairies ways of dealing with steel
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Still. In Gen 4 it was Uber, In Gen 5 it was OU, then the fairies pushed it down to UU, where it dominated the tier until it was found to be to broken, and then it made it to borderline. It is technically a decrease in viability.
You are incorrect in saying that Salamence is one of the main dragon sweepers. Salamence isn't really seen any more, mainly because it is outclassed by various other Dragon types in roles other than Moxie, Dragon Dance, and Supersonic Skystrike. It isn't a fully OU pokemon. It's in Borderline. In every other Role, It is outclassed by Dragonite, Garchomp, and Zygarde.
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