honestly didn't expect boulder to go yet, either way i'm mostly indifferent. No action on rain is disappointing though, but I assume that there will be action on it in the future, for now though, here's a bunch of random stuff I've been using to counter rain
wash is probably the best rain counter imo. its a physically defensive water resist thats neutral to electric while resisting flying and can threaten will-o on Barra and volt switch on almost all major rain mons besides excadrill, who cant switch into rain-boosted hydro pump and doesn't like will-o-wisp. It's also pretty good into the rest of meta already. rotom feels like the most splashable rain counter, and Id highly recommend trying it out.
I've talked about gastro being pretty good before rain fell to the tier, but now its even better. storm Drain makes it a great switch-in to barraskewda and lets it beat Zapdos with ice beam, but beyond that, the water immunity is a great threat in the back against the rain user. Being able to make the opponent think twice about clicking their rain-boosted moves is so valuable for a Pokemon that can do alot in other matchups makes gastro one of my go-to picks if I'm scared of rain.
water resist with a pivoting move that changes the weather and Regen. not much to explain, its just good
I tried him out recently and he was actually pretty good. He has the same trait as gastro of having a water immunity, but with a more offensive approach. I used taunt + stabs and sludge bomb, but I heard he also has an interesting fire spin trapper set which could be interesting ON rain since it notably Is great against Slowking.
There are more but these are all pretty great counter for rain. None of these are perfect, notably I've seen a lot of tealpon on rain to beat rotom and gastro, and this don't mean rain isn't a massive problem, but they're good enough to help counter rain in the short-term.
Also since it's being discussed, I don't think banning damp rock would be a good idea. all it would do is make pelipper run hdb, not much would change
wash is probably the best rain counter imo. its a physically defensive water resist thats neutral to electric while resisting flying and can threaten will-o on Barra and volt switch on almost all major rain mons besides excadrill, who cant switch into rain-boosted hydro pump and doesn't like will-o-wisp. It's also pretty good into the rest of meta already. rotom feels like the most splashable rain counter, and Id highly recommend trying it out.
I've talked about gastro being pretty good before rain fell to the tier, but now its even better. storm Drain makes it a great switch-in to barraskewda and lets it beat Zapdos with ice beam, but beyond that, the water immunity is a great threat in the back against the rain user. Being able to make the opponent think twice about clicking their rain-boosted moves is so valuable for a Pokemon that can do alot in other matchups makes gastro one of my go-to picks if I'm scared of rain.
water resist with a pivoting move that changes the weather and Regen. not much to explain, its just good
I tried him out recently and he was actually pretty good. He has the same trait as gastro of having a water immunity, but with a more offensive approach. I used taunt + stabs and sludge bomb, but I heard he also has an interesting fire spin trapper set which could be interesting ON rain since it notably Is great against Slowking.
There are more but these are all pretty great counter for rain. None of these are perfect, notably I've seen a lot of tealpon on rain to beat rotom and gastro, and this don't mean rain isn't a massive problem, but they're good enough to help counter rain in the short-term.
Also since it's being discussed, I don't think banning damp rock would be a good idea. all it would do is make pelipper run hdb, not much would change