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Dear Pokemon Trainer R,
I’ve read your post and I recognize many of your concerns. Hax is a pain. I’ve lost games because one of my pokemon was frozen, or a wild crit removed one of pokemon that would have destroyed the rest of the opposing team. However calling the entire metagame...
Having read all of the posts I return with more insights.
Most of the discussion seems to be focused on OHKO moves and moody.
OHKO moves still only have 30% accuracy, which is, quite frankly terrible. People tend not to use Thunder outside of rain because of its 70% accuracy. Though there...
Yes! I like this alot. Ubers is my favorite tier and anything new and different should be fun. I never experienced moody before, so that should be interesting or awful based on what I've heard. I don't know how the OHKO will turn out. I feel like that could be incredibly broken. I hate the gen 5...
Fast phasing Lugia (you heard it here first)
Lugia @ leftovers
Trait: Multiscale
Evs: 96 HP / 80 Def / 80 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
-Rest
-Dragon Tail
-Roar
-Sleep Talk
I call this set Fast Phasing. The idea is to take a hit and then phase the opponent out. After that you rest Lugia...