Recent content by googlyeyesultra

Prankster + Spore or Prankster/Grass Whistle Whimsicott + No Guard seems strong.

I ran a defensive growlithe a little bit last generation on a stall team; it might still be fairly viable now. Intimidate with max hp/def and evo stone make it the most defensive fire type around, making it a decent choice to use alongside defensive water/grass cores. Morning sun gives it solid...

To my knowledge, no pokemon can be transferred if it is holding an item.

The main problem is SR (and to a lesser extent any other hazards). That, and NP crobat is fairly mediocre. SR will hit your disguised zoroark neutrally, making it clear that it isn't crobat. It will also be hurt by spikes and toxic spikes, further making it clear that it isn't crobat. Zoroark...

Sub CM voice form is the best bet. Massive subs, insane bulk, still good power even without investment. Just run max/max bold with sub, calm mind, psychic, and your choice of terrible coverage. Serene grace is just icing, as it makes psychic better for getting through blissey and coverage...

Guts is a must for heracross. I'd actually say his potentially best set is the one that got thrown around in UU a fair amount: LO + Offensive RestTalk. The big boosts, status absorption, and recovery lets you do heavy damage to stall without taking much back. Against offensive teams, you get a...

Except it does sweep, with max attack and a 150 BP STAB move. Mind you, not without some support, but that holds for everything. Think of it like a bulkier, faster (in trick room), ground-immune agiligross.

To those who say kyuremu is uber, or even not at all possibly UU. First off, UU is going to look massively different, potentially having things like non-soul dew latias in it, at least until BL happens. With regards to ubers, well, Kyuremu basically comes in safely on bulky waters. . . and then...

Bastiodon's basically limited to sturdy+custap sets whenever custap gets released (which, say, forretress, gigiath, etc. do better, but perhaps back in NU). Besides that, torment bastiodon is alright, especially with toxic spikes and sandstorm support, but there are scary tormenters around...

One quick, quick thing: you have no steel types. Seriously, that's bad. Random draco meteors or scarf outrages basically force you to sacrifice things, which is especially troublesome when common dragons are pretty good counters to a lot of your team. (And cressy is not a good dragon switch in...

Note that King's Rock is much better with stuff like sandstorm, hail, or toxic spikes around on their side. King's Rock is probably better with sandstorm or hail in general, as no LO recoil and they take the same amount of extra damage, but LO might edge ahead if you are poisoned. We also need...

Tentacruel's real niche now in my opinion is as an offensive spinner. Although doryuuzu can do that well too, tentacruel has completely different typing and doesn't require sandstorm. Timid, 252 SpAtk, 252 Spe, 4 HP (You could run a slower, bulkier one (or perhaps a modest variant) if you only...

Physically based mix-Zoroark is actually one of the best supporters in the game. I've been running a LO set with Sucker Punch/Pursuit/U-turn/Flamethrower and you can quite frankly pretend to be a ton of things before surprising something with a pursuit or sucker punch. Strong priority, STAB...

I'd just like to add that this King's Rock calculation is actually incorrect (although the correct one looks slightly better for King's Rock, actually). You need to factor in the chance of getting more than one flinch. Turn 1: 100 power Turn 2: 40 power Turn 3: 16 power etc. We can find the...

Bronzong is probably best as a SR + screens user. Something like SR/Both Screens/Gyro ball @ light clay along with whatever defensive spread happens to patch the most holes for your team. Earthquake + any other attack variants can beat dory pretty handily, which is nice, and bronzong remains one...