Article "I Like to Move it, Move it" All About Aromatisse!

[bbninjas]

@bbninjas I like the idea of Garbodor as a replacement! If I had to choose something to replace Aromatisse, it would either be more consistency or Garbodor. I do think that adding Garb will add problems that Aromatisse would fix. Like the above post, adding in Garb limits you from using Shaymin and Jirachi effectively. It also makes your matchups against non-ability decks much harder. Even decks like Mega Rayquaza really don't need to be using Shaymin's ability after Turn 2/3 and will certainly have a Mega set up by then. It would be a little different if you ran Wobbuffet, as that Pokemon starts working turn 1, but with a stage 1 that requires a tool, I do not think it would be the most effective choice.

To be honest the deck I run it in is very different to your typical toolbox and does help against decks like Metal and other Fairy that like accelerating energy faster than me, although I haven't tested the concept all too much.

 

[Elbow]

@bbninjas Ah OK. Hopefully it does well in testing (if you do plan to test it more).

 

[pokemoiso]

@pokemoiso Aromatisse isn't meant to be put into every deck. Obviously, you wouldn't put Aromatisse in Primal Groudon or in Metal, but it helps in a few decks, like you said. Now about OHKOing Pokemon, I don't agree with this too much. Sure, M Rayquaza, Primal Groudon, and M Tyranitar are all Pokemon that are playable (Ttar is a speculation) and can do easy one shots, but the format does not rely on just those decks. What about Metal, Seismitoad/Landorus Bats, Manectric Variants, Primal Kyogre, etc.? I do think that Max Potion has lost a part of its shine from a few formats ago, but it isn't suddenly unplayable because of Mega Rayquaza. If your opponent is gearing towards your Aromatisse, then you probably didn't set up right. I almost always try to get out 2 spritzee on Turn 1, and if I can't I make sure that when I get out an Aromatisse it isn't alone (AKA I have a spritzee benched in case of a Lysandre). Regirock is to stop your opponent from taking away your energy.
As for your strategy against Metal, that's pretty cool. I usually have a 25/75 win ratio without any techs, but your way sounds interesting. The only problem that I'd have to point out is that with the changes, you only win 2 matchups that give away wins to other matchups. The deck will almost definitely lose to Primal Groudon and Primal Kyogre. Kyogre beats you because you aren't moving around energy on Pokemon and healing; Groudon beats you because you can't discard/attach head ringers to it and energy is all condensed on Pokemon that Primal Groudon can Lysandre up any time they want. Sure, you solve some problems when you take out Aromatisse, but you create new problems without it.
I do not think Aromatisse will be dead next format, but different. I'll compare it to Dark decks. Originally, Dark decks relied on Dark Patch and attaching a ton of energy to Yveltal-EX to make big OHKOes. Nowadays, people use baby Yveltal to power up Yveltal-EX and soften up the defender for a a 2HKO. Likewise, Aromatisse will have to switch to a hardcore offensive deck to possibly a Hard-Charm/Jamming Net defensive type of deck. Lastly, there is still healing, with AZ, Cassius, and Super Scoop Up. With VS seeker you can reuse AZ and Cassius in the same way that you'd use Max Potion turn after turn.

@pokemoiso Aromatisse isn't meant to be put into every deck. Obviously, you wouldn't put Aromatisse in Primal Groudon or in Metal, but it helps in a few decks, like you said. Now about OHKOing Pokemon, I don't agree with this too much. Sure, M Rayquaza, Primal Groudon, and M Tyranitar are all Pokemon that are playable (Ttar is a speculation) and can do easy one shots, but the format does not rely on just those decks. What about Metal, Seismitoad/Landorus Bats, Manectric Variants, Primal Kyogre, etc.? I do think that Max Potion has lost a part of its shine from a few formats ago, but it isn't suddenly unplayable because of Mega Rayquaza. If your opponent is gearing towards your Aromatisse, then you probably didn't set up right. I almost always try to get out 2 spritzee on Turn 1, and if I can't I make sure that when I get out an Aromatisse it isn't alone (AKA I have a spritzee benched in case of a Lysandre). Regirock is to stop your opponent from taking away your energy.
As for your strategy against Metal, that's pretty cool. I usually have a 25/75 win ratio without any techs, but your way sounds interesting. The only problem that I'd have to point out is that with the changes, you only win 2 matchups that give away wins to other matchups. The deck will almost definitely lose to Primal Groudon and Primal Kyogre. Kyogre beats you because you aren't moving around energy on Pokemon and healing; Groudon beats you because you can't discard/attach head ringers to it and energy is all condensed on Pokemon that Primal Groudon can Lysandre up any time they want. Sure, you solve some problems when you take out Aromatisse, but you create new problems without it.
I do not think Aromatisse will be dead next format, but different. I'll compare it to Dark decks. Originally, Dark decks relied on Dark Patch and attaching a ton of energy to Yveltal-EX to make big OHKOes. Nowadays, people use baby Yveltal to power up Yveltal-EX and soften up the defender for a a 2HKO. Likewise, Aromatisse will have to switch to a hardcore offensive deck to possibly a Hard-Charm/Jamming Net defensive type of deck. Lastly, there is still healing, with AZ, Cassius, and Super Scoop Up. With VS seeker you can reuse AZ and Cassius in the same way that you'd use Max Potion turn after turn.

Well, against seismitoad you can't play max potion since you are item locked, depending on your build you could run AZ to help a little bit with that. Against any deck that doesn't OHKO you... You will 1HKO them, meaning, you will kill 2 Landorus, 2 Manectrics or 2 Kyogres before they kill one of your Gardevoir.

My point is, yeah, maybe Aromatisse is not useless, but almost any deck that uses it can work better by using something else...

... Or maybe i'ts just my metagame that adapted to beat Aromatisse. With such a small community in Costa Rica, that could be the case.