After a strange Dewgong and Gloom team-up went viral halfway through Pokémon Scarlet and Violet Regulation G , the creator has finally revealed all the details about the six Pokémon. The reasoning behind their mysterious choice of Gloom is not at all what we expected.

In a June 4 post on X (formerly Twitter), a Pokémon player who goes by the name “Biei” claimed ownership of the Dewgong and Gloom team that defeated top players in the early Reg. G meta. The player shared the full spreads for the original team and the revised team, as well as a YouTube video demonstrating how to use it. In addition to Dewgong and Gloom, the competitive lineup consisted of Armarouge, Indeedee Female, Ting-Lu, and Lunala.

When the odd team first surprised players on the ladder, the one-hit knockout (OHKO) moves on Dewgong and Ting-Lu stood out the most. Fissure wasn’t as surprising on Ting-Lu, a ‘mon that had been used a lot in previous Gen IX formats, but no one knew what to expect from Dewgong until they lost to the Quick Claw Horn Drill. As more players reported encounters with this Dewgong, we got a better idea of what he was capable of with the moves Aqua Jet, Fake Out, Perish Song, and Horn Drill.

Unlike Dewgong, however, we still didn’t know exactly what Gloom was doing there. Many players speculated that it had something to do with Gloom’s ability, Stench. For whatever reason, Gloom is the only one in its evolution line that has access to Stench, which gives damaging attacks a chance to flinch the target. This ability naturally pairs well with the Loaded Dice item and multi-hit moves like Bullet Seed, a move Gloom can learn, to increase the chance of a flinch.