Ok, lets do some math! 4.8-2.27 = 2.53% to face a healthy Hippowdon, as Leads are most definitely going to be weakened already.
| Hippowdon | Defense EV | High (150-200) | 53.0 |
| Hippowdon | Defense EV | Max | 14.0 |
Something tells me that basically all the Hippodown's used run the standard Smogon sets. Even though running 252 HP / 252 Def is stupid on such a pokemon, I will just assume its sane.
So some more math! 2.53% x 14% [keep in mind they may not be running 252 HP too] = 0.03542% to face a Hippodown running such a set. You can prepare for such a thing if you want.
And I know the Gengar example was silly, but its the principle and it showed what I was trying to demonstrate.
Why would you alter your EVs to kill pokemon sets that are not run? Its like saying Gengar does not 2HKO Vaporeon [lets just say it does 40%, just a random number] with Thunderbolt to a 252 HP / 252 SpD Calm Vaporeon. Is this a calculation you are going to look at? No, you would and should be doing calculations against the most common/likely set. As I said earlier, are you going to base a Focus Blast on Gengar against a 252 HP / 252 SpD Calm Blissey?
Hello , and thanks for the rate....
Umm Rotom-C sounds like a great idea , but that is a defensive wall not a special one , do you recommend me putting Roserade>Hippowdon and put Rotom as the defensive wall instead of Hippowdon?[Although that would mean no Cradily and no special walls at all]
I have retired from competitive battling after a (not so) successful two years. I might check back up here on occasion so if you want me to rate then drop me a pm but try not to get your hopes too high :/
