I keep on hearing Kyurem-B is absolutely underwhelming by others. I personally believe it is not as bad as others think (no I am not looking at the 170 attack). I need to know is Kyurem-B THAT BAD and will it ever go to OU (as some people say -.-)?
Does it really matter if Dragon Tail can or cannot break substitutes? You have Roar for phazing stuff that does manage to get a Sub up anyway... besides the only time that would really matter is if the mon was asleep, and both really have the bulk to survive and phaze the setup sweeper that dared setup on them. Besides, Giratina-O can't break physically defensive Ho-oh's Subs )_) (it does break normal ho-oh though, so I guess the power boost MIGHT be useful asdfs), which is probably the most common user of the move in the game. Honestly, both are viable, due to their distinct advantages. Its more of an issue of what your team needs. If you find it difficult to spin then going with Giratina-O may be the superior option, Giratina-a's vulnerability to every hazard in the game really dampens its walling potential, something Giratina-O avoids due to levitate. However, if you CAN easily spin or are able to keep hazards off the field, or are just in desperate need of a reliable Ho-oh counter or Specs Kyogre switch-in (these are two roles Giratina-a can fill that Giratina-o cannot), then going with Giratina-a is the wiser option.On a spike-stacking team of sorts, I wanted my spin blocker and shuffler. I'm currently using Giratina-O with Rest/Sleep Talk/Dragon Tail/Roar. But won't Giratina-A do this better? The thing is I don't exactly need Giratina-O's extra offensive power, so the extra defenses of Giratina-A might help. The only problems with Giratina-A I believe is 1) the inability to break Subs with D.Tail (assuming I'm asleep and using sleep talk) and 2) no Levitate. But since I'm running Rest, Toxic spikes aren't a problem and Griatina isn't exactly weak to ground, so that shouldn't be an issue.
Tell me what you think.
Smogon University is a competitive Pokemon battling forum, thus making this forum competitive as well. The Orange Islands subforum might be your go-to place, but I still believe that it's only in-game subforum and not casual Pokemon.1. Can this forum be used for casual battling too or just competitivly.
2. If the previous question's answer is yes than How should i be able to counter Deoxy's and Darkrai because Darkrai always uses Dark Void on my Pokemon and Deoxy's starts hammering hard once their asleep. The pokemon i have are Hydreigon, Salamence, Haxorus, Conkeldurr, Zekrom, and Reshiram.
3. If the First Question's answer is a no than disregard no. 2
Unless you run only Megahorn and Close Combat, Manaphy is still the best as Stone Edge does not kill!what about heracross @ sleep talk/megahorn
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Choice Scarf Heracross will just outspeed Darkrai and kill it... I don't see why you would run anything else than Choice Scarf Heracross in Ubers, Choice Band Heracross is too weak without a Guts a boost and slow for Uber standards.naw bro close combat is a no-no cause darkrai could sub enough times for defense drops and end up killing hercross !!! and yea that was the entire set; sleep talk/megahorn what else does he need like fo srs
Why the Calm nature, if I may ask? I somewhat need to know so I could know what you're aiming for.Is it viable to run a defensive giratina-o with CM+Sub, given that it has a Calm nature? Or would it be better to use it in its Alternate Forme?
It's on the cartridge, and I can't get another one for a while >.<Why the Calm nature, if I may ask? I somewhat need to know so I could know what you're aiming for.
Smogon doesn't have its own OFFICIAL double battles metagame, though we do support VGC, which is Nintendo's official Pokemon Competitive Tournament which is in a double battle format. The rules change from year to year though the forum, if you're interested, is here: http://www.smogon.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=127I think here would be as good a place as any to ask this, but can someone post a link to the official Smogon doubles battle torniment rules, I've looked around the forums for about 2-4 hours and couldn't find it, so maybe someone could help me out here, and yes i used key word search to look for it with no avail. help please =D