Recent content by celestial_okami

Yes, but isn't that true for any battle, where disabling your counters is important? Not to mention that in a normal situation whatever they switch in after Clefable leaves gets hits too, and Clefable likely gets hit when it comes in. If it isn't trying to be Bulky that hit to Clefable isn't...

I think that Clefable is not as devastating as people think. Its power lies in surprise but it isn't fast. If it comes in and boosts itself with Calm Mind when you switch in your Fighting type (fairly common in UU) it doesn't gain anything because you outspeed it. The moment it uses an...

Yes, but Mewtwo or other Metronome users do not learn said moves, and the rules say you can only have sketched a move that the pokemon has learned through the listed methods. They would probably not allow Seed Flare or judgment by that, but Dark Void is allowed by Darkai being #491.

OK so in the Lucario analysis under the 'All out sweeper' entry, it gives the following data for a CC from max attack LO'd Lucario after one Swords Dance: Close Combat vs Max HP/Def Skarmory 85.03% - 100.30% I recently made a damage calculator in Excel using the math from the complete damage...

Well, this isn't necessarily true anymore when Specs Lucario can 2KO a 252HP / 0 Spdef Blissey that switches into rocks with Aura Sphere, or a P-Z can 2KO you with HP Fight or OHKO you with Hyper Beam after a Nasty Plot. Putting just enough EVs into Sp.def to make those 2KOs into 3KOs might be...

The problem is that if Gengar doesn't switch out Pursuit won't OHKO unless Rocks are up. I have to count on my opponent knowing that I will outspeed them and can kill them with Payback before they will switch out, as otherwise I believe they usually think I am carrying Fake Out / Return / Brick...

Well, 24 hours passed so this is my bump... Please take the time to rate my team, thank you.

Decided to forgo the witty title I wouldn't be able to think up anyway. Please rate my team. Ambipom "Ambition" @ Life Orb Ability: Technician EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spd Nature: Jolly - Fake Out - Return - Brick Break - Payback My starter. Enough speed to beat non-scarfed Gengar and...

So unless you misspoke, anything used enough in OU to make it OU becomes OU. The problem with moving Tentacruel to OU is that it then becomes unusable in UU, which it isn't too powerful for. A person who wants to make an OU team is perfectly able to use lower tier pokemon in his or her team...

Maybe I am way off on this but in the damage calculation by X-Act... http://www.smogon.com/forums/showpost.php?p=506880&postcount=1 Ok so if a -6 attack stage pokemon scores a critical hit, then its as if his attack was was at normal, and similarly a +6 defense stage opponent would be as if...

The only reason, and certainly not a common one anyway.

I've lost the chart someone made which had the base chance of a critical, the chance with Super Luck, the chance with Scope Lens, and the combined chance with Super Luck and Scope Lens, but given that Smogon does not have a search function I am loathe to search through the many pages of the...

My opponent's Meteor Mash has never failed to hit me in all my battles, its really an annoyance. I'm not even using hyperbole here. My Will-O-Wisps and Hypnoses have missed more than they should, I am sure. At a time when I was enamored with Butterfree, I had it leading against an opponent's...

I use Miltank a lot and I always find that people like to switch in Ghosts on me thinking they can just kill or force me out. I run quite a few Sp. Def EVs on mine so its defenses are both equal (about 251 or so IIRC, this is with the 'Lite Blissey' set with Toss, TWave, HBell, MilkDrink)...

In RBY - Snorlax followed closely by Farfetch'd. In GSC - None really. Didn't complete the game and was kinda falling out of the franchise because I didn't like the selection of pokemon compared to RBY. It just didn't feel quite right. Miltank, Smeargle, and Misdreavus were well liked though...