Unlike sceptile though; serperior can boost it's stats, hold items (even scarf to check keldeo, greninja, lando, and sceptile), and doesn't take up a mega slot while retaining very similar coverage on the special side as well as utility in screens, taunt, and glare. Sceptile is in a pretty similar boat with checks and counters anyway.Would have been cool in BW, but I honestly can't help seeing it as a slower, weaker, mega sceptile in XY... Then there is the Smogon bird to take into account, totally changing the meta Contrary Serperior will see itself in.
Atm, Mega Sceptile is in RU so Serperior will still be pretty outclassed in RU, unless Sceptile gets banned to UU/OU. And although this thread is about Contrary Serperior, I think there's a more important question at hand: anybody hyped for Reckless Emboar?I know it will rise to at least RU, but I'm not sure about UU. In OU Sceptile outclasses it so it wont be used, but I could see it getting some usage in UU. Contrary and Leaf Storm go together so well, but I don't really see it getting too good due to Serperior's stats sucking so much.
Well Sceptile will get banned from RU and maybe UU so that's why I think it will eventually be pretty good for RU.Atm, Mega Sceptile is in RU so Serperior will still be pretty outclassed in RU, unless Sceptile gets banned to UU/OU. And although this thread is about Contrary Serperior, I think there's a more important question at hand: anybody hyped for Reckless Emboar?
Also, was this even approved?