I got that. Weakness Policy/Shell Smash/Sturdy lands you +4 Attack and +2 speed. Both times I was concerned about priority though. Here was my thought pattern:You played Carracosta wrong. The idea is to Shell Smash when you know you're going to get hit by a SE move, giving you a giant boost in attacking power.
That Vespiquen is IMMENSE. How is it not rated as viable with that much bulk? It single-handedly stalled out a half dozen different uber pokes!http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/ubers-134923740
Wanna try the team?
Whirlipede (F) @ Eviolite
Ability: Speed Boost
Shiny: Yes
EVs: 252 Spd / 200 HP / 4 SAtk / 52 Def
Timid Nature
- Toxic Spikes
- Spikes
- Protect
- Infestation
Vespiquen (F) @ Leftovers
Ability: Pressure
EVs: 252 SDef / 252 HP / 4 SAtk
Calm Nature
- Defog
- Infestation
- Heal Order
- Toxic
Raticate (M) @ Toxic Orb
Ability: Guts
EVs: 252 Spd / 252 Atk / 4 HP
Jolly Nature
- Protect
- Facade
- Crunch
- Flame Wheel
Yanma (F) @ Weakness Policy
Ability: Speed Boost
EVs: 252 Spd / 252 SAtk / 4 SDef
Modest Nature
- Bug Buzz
- Air Slash
- Shadow Ball
- Endure
Unown @ Choice Specs
Ability: Levitate
Shiny: Yes
EVs: 252 SAtk / 4 SDef / 252 HP
Modest Nature
- Hidden Power [Psychic]
Carracosta (F) @ Weakness Policy
Ability: Sturdy
EVs: 252 Spd / 252 Atk / 4 HP
Adamant Nature
- Shell Smash
- Waterfall
- Stone Edge
- Earthquake
EDIT:
More shenanigans:
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/ubers-134934143
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/ubers-134938777
Wanna try the team?
Carracosta (F) @ Weakness Policy
Ability: Sturdy
EVs: 252 Spd / 252 Atk / 4 HP
Adamant Nature
- Shell Smash
- Waterfall
- Stone Edge
- Earthquake
God freakin dammit.Challenge accepted.
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/ou-135007338
Of note:
- Leading with FEAR
- Torterra as an odd placement
- Superpower/Close Combat/Quick Attack/??? Pinsir. Is this common? Also, he could have switched it out at any point and probably gotten the KO on Vespiqueen
- Scald/Surf Leftovers Greninja (without Protean but that sometimes happens by accident)
Already done.God freakin dammit.
Ah well, I'll just make my own team, with blackjack, and hookers!Actually screw the blackjack
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/ou-135063946Already done.
Jynx (F) @ Life Orb
Ability: Dry Skin
EVs: 252 Spd / 252 SAtk / 4 HP
Timid Nature
- Lovely Kiss
- Ice Beam
- Psychic
- Focus Blast
Froslass (F) @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Cursed Body
EVs: 252 Spd / 252 SAtk / 4 SDef
Timid Nature
- Trick
- Spikes
- Ice Beam
- Destiny Bond
Drag Queen (Gothitelle) (M) @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Shadow Tag
EVs: 252 HP / 252 SDef / 4 SpA
Calm Nature
- Trick
- Taunt
- Toxic
- Psyshock
Medicham (F) @ Medichamite
Ability: Pure Power
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SDef / 252 Spd
Jolly Nature
- Drain Punch
- Psycho Cut
- Ice Punch
- Thunder Punch
Value for Money (Ambipom) (F) @ Life Orb
Ability: Technician
Shiny: Yes
EVs: 252 Spd / 252 Atk / 4 SDef
Jolly Nature
- Fake Out
- Return
- Revenge
- U-turn
Roserade (F) @ Black Sludge
Ability: Natural Cure
EVs: 252 SAtk / 252 HP / 4 SDef
Modest Nature
- Leaf Storm
- Sludge Bomb
- Dazzling Gleam
- Hidden Power [Ice]
Do note that this team is pretty horrible.
May I ask where is Gardevoir?Already done.
Jynx (F) @ Life Orb
Ability: Dry Skin
EVs: 252 Spd / 252 SAtk / 4 HP
Timid Nature
- Lovely Kiss
- Ice Beam
- Psychic
- Focus Blast
Froslass (F) @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Cursed Body
EVs: 252 Spd / 252 SAtk / 4 SDef
Timid Nature
- Trick
- Spikes
- Ice Beam
- Destiny Bond
Drag Queen (Gothitelle) (M) @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Shadow Tag
EVs: 252 HP / 252 SDef / 4 SpA
Calm Nature
- Trick
- Taunt
- Toxic
- Psyshock
Medicham (F) @ Medichamite
Ability: Pure Power
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SDef / 252 Spd
Jolly Nature
- Drain Punch
- Psycho Cut
- Ice Punch
- Thunder Punch
Value for Money (Ambipom) (F) @ Life Orb
Ability: Technician
Shiny: Yes
EVs: 252 Spd / 252 Atk / 4 SDef
Jolly Nature
- Fake Out
- Return
- Revenge
- U-turn
Roserade (F) @ Black Sludge
Ability: Natural Cure
EVs: 252 SAtk / 252 HP / 4 SDef
Modest Nature
- Leaf Storm
- Sludge Bomb
- Dazzling Gleam
- Hidden Power [Ice]
Do note that this team is pretty horrible.
Once again, Vespiquen did the vast bulk of the work, including beating M-Pinsir one on one. This is a much better poke than I had previously given it credit for!Challenge accepted.
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/ou-135007338
Of note:
- Leading with FEAR
- Torterra as an odd placement
- Superpower/Close Combat/Quick Attack/??? Pinsir. Is this common? Also, he could have switched it out at any point and probably gotten the KO on Vespiqueen
- Scald/Surf Leftovers Greninja (without Protean but that sometimes happens by accident)
Sssh dudeCasuals are so hilarious. I once met a guy who thought Articuno and the Regis were broken and another guy thought pseudos should be banned.
It hard to not pity them sometimes.
It's also one of the only (if not THE only) water families that doesn't have a water STAB on its best attacking statIt's actually one of the only Water families to NOT get Ice Beam or Blizzard. Fucker's weird.
gotta love how they are only unbanning phione in the same competition that they are unbanning things like kyogre and xerneas in.Sssh dude
only gamefreak can make bans, don't listen to the devil smogon
after all zygarde and phione are broken are they not
i was confused as to what was silly at first (malamar is a beast) and then...
"well I have nothing that can hit it so you win"
To be fair on that Vensaur, Sceptile can't threaten it while Sludge Bomb does a ton of damage in return. It was probably predicting a switch.Random Shit: Advancing Anyway Edition
-Quick Claw Steelix.
-Cacturne.
-An apparent non-mega Ampharos.
-Rotom-F.
-Sing Empoleon.
-Sawk.
-Thunder Tyranitar.
-Emboar.
-Well then... http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/ou-135149468
-Walrein. With Rollout.
-Electivire using Ice Punch on said Walrein.
-Venusaur using Sleep Powder and Leech Seed on Sceptile.
-Dragon Pulse+Flail Flygon.
-Rampardos.
-Magical Leaf Celebi.
-That worked, I guess: http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/ou-135155426
-Weakness Policy Deoxys-D. And it beat a Scolipede, but that was only because Megahorn missed twice.
-This one, starring Graveler and Altaria. On the winner's side: http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/ou-135152680
-Air Balloon Espeon.
-SHEDINJA 6-0: http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/oumonotype-135153845
-Thundurus using Thunder Wave on Garchomp.
HP Fire Greninja's a thing. It hits Ferrothorn and Scizor, who can tank your attacks a lot of the time and cripple/set up on you.-riolu.
-PUP azumarill. belly drum is too mainstream.
-masquerain. trying to set up with quiver dance on zard-y. in sun. AND SUCCEEDING.
-the same masquerain baton passing the quiver-dance boosts to a heatmor that successfully killed the megazard.
-offensive quagsire with a quick claw.
-said quagsire successfully sweeping three pokemon before it was taken down.
-meganium.
-manaphy, set up with tail glow, using surf instead of ice beam (which it already proved it had) on celebi.
-i think this one is a failed attempt at a lolcaterpiesweep: http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/ou-135150208
-http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/ou-135184233 okay then.
-http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/ubers-135177522 mega punch / confusion mega mewtwo x too op.
-hitmontop.
-HP fire greninja? is this a thing?
-electrode.
-basculin.
-setting up trick room on conkeldurr, then switching to mandibuzz (and getting swept hard, 6-0: http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/ou-135183287)
-another goddamn torterra. this one actually gets two kills and causes a ragequit. ffs.
-greninja threatening your aerodactyl? better switch out mamoswine! that'll eat that hydro pump right up!
-TTar is also clearly better to switch into hawlucha's HJK than salamence or sylveon. clearly.
-regice.
-volcarona in ubers. on the same team as ho-oh.
-golduck, sceptile, typhlosion, and hariyama, all on the same team. this wasn't a 'wrong team' mistake, either. the other 2 mons were scolipede and gengar.
-shuckle repeatedly trying to set up multiple hazards on mega absol, despite their getting bounced back every time.
-togetic.
-another hariyama???????????
-swapping starmie into mew-transformed-to-ludicolo, knowing it has giga drain
-said mew-dicolo putting leech seed on tentacruel (granted, after the starmie play and its suggestion of the guy's skill level i wouldn't have been certain it had liquid ooze either.)
-SPECIAL TYRANTRUM.
-GETTING SWEPT 6-0 BY SPECIAL TYRANTRUM.
-chansey and blissey on the same team. gotta stall harder.
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/ou-135188897
-someone needs to learn what type weakness is
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/ou-135189124
-endeavor infernape, which might have worked pretty well if it hadn't been at nearly full health when it tried to use it.
-using everything but aqua jet on gliscor when protect was down.
-secret power non-mega charizard... against aegislash.
-seriously, just watch this one.