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lol that is extreme power :o
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Not really. It does have work up and everything else, but mixed attacking Lucario is no good. :/
Infernape and Kingdra are both pretty nice mixed attackers or are you talking about just steel types? In which no there isn't, not in OU anyways :C Maybe in the lower tiers but I didn't search it.
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Meloetta is decent, as well as Kyurem-Black!
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You have to chain breed Noivern with Archen/Archeops to get Switcheroo on it. Here, this article might help! Good luck. :)
Deoxys-S, Aegislash, and Kyurem-B are all great mixed attackers in the current meta. Kingdra, Infernape, and Meloetta have been mentioned, but Kingdra is much better off running fully special sets and Infernape and Meloetta are pretty bad Pokemon in OU in general. The first three I listed are great, though.
This is a lot of effort, here we go... first ...
1) Capture a Male Inkay and level it up to 23 for it to learn Switcheroo
2) Breed that Male Malamar with a Female Corphish/Crawdaunt to give it the egg move(Switcheroo) Also, make sure that the offspring is a Male Corphish.
3) Breed that Male Corphish with a Female Archen to give it the egg move(Switcheroo) Once again, make sure the offspring is a Male Archen.
4) Breed that Male Archen with a Female Noivern/Noibat and the offspring will produce a ....
Male/Female Noibat with egg move Switcheroo ;D Happy breeding! ^_^
Thank you
Mehhh maybe Meloetta but Infernape isn't bad in OU judging from usage as well compared to Kyurem-B, not to mention Infernape can throw people of with its wide moveset, Kyurem-B is sort of forced into a mixed/special set since it has no physical Ice STAB that hits hard.
(Freeze Shock not included >Has to charge :C)
Infernape - #27 in OU | Usage: 6.44428% | Raw count: 386,634 | Weight: 0.470734749096
Kyurem-Black - #49 in OU | Usage: 3.39380% | Raw count: 153,145 | Weight: 0.63676787307
Meloetta - #189 in OU | Usage: 0.32119% | Raw count: 20,375 | Weight: 0.426900924625
Yeah...I can agree on you with that(Meloetta, not in OU)
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Usage is a pretty bad measure of viability, especially when there are so many new players on the ladder who don't really know what they're doing. The 1760 stats are at least a decent measure of viability, but if you look at the viability rankings, you'll be able to get a much better idea of what's good in the tier and what isn't. In that thread, Kyurem-B is in the A+ rank while Infernape is in the miserable C rank. You can't really trust the normal usage stats when they have entirely unviable Pokemon such as these:
| 60 | Jolteon | 3.00921% | 196392 | 3.476% | 156752 | 3.516% |
| 61 | Forretress | 2.95610% | 182868 | 3.236% | 159628 | 3.581% |
above some of the best Pokemon in the tier, such as these:
| 63 | Terrakion | 2.94529% | 132695 | 2.348% | 99648 | 2.235% |
| 65 | Deoxys-Defense | 2.76624% | 135074 | 2.390% | 120608 | 2.706% |
| 69 | Manaphy | 2.51584% | 113827 | 2.014% | 89451 | 2.007% |
| 72 | Deoxys-Speed | 2.47090% | 110061 | 1.948% | 95822 | 2.149% |
Meanwhile, in the 1760 stats:
| 34 | Kyurem-Black | 5.96933% | 153145 | 2.710% | 115096 | 2.582% |
| 45 | Infernape | 4.00994% | 386634 | 6.842% | 314563 | 7.056% |
Kyurem-B is rightfully much higher than Infernape.
I guess that is understandable, even still Infernape shouldn't be frowned upon in OU. Same speed as Terrakion and can run multiple moves sets to throw opponents of. Feels nice to hit a Gliscor with HP Ice in OU from Infernape.
Please know the difference between "of" and "off". :/
>implying lucario was ever a good mixed attacker.
I missed one letter :C Sue me
It's not the first time you've done that, though :p
Is there any use for a Mega Pinsir without Quick Attack?
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Well, you can teach it Close Combat over Quick attack, but it does misses the priority to finish off weakened opponents.
I was thinking of breeding it in 3rd Gen so it gets Double Edge, and SD/Double Edge/EQ/CC would be the set
Quick Attack is absolutely necessary and you SHOULD NOT replace it, otherwise don't use Mega Pinsir at all.
Use Thrash if you so want a move that's stronger than Return, but don't ditch Quick Attack.
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Agreed, Quick Attack is one of the main components of Mega Pinsir. Even though it is not the strongest move, it takes full advantage of Mega Pinsir's ability, Aerilate. This not only changes the type of the move, but it increases the damage by 1.3 and, not entirely sure, gives it STAB. That on it's own makes it easily one of the most powerful priority moves that is guaranteed to do damage, unlike Sucker Punch.
Agreed, you do not want to get rid of a priority move as strong as Quick Attack (After the other factors are put in, of course) in favor of another move stronger than return. If that is what you want, to use Thrash, remove Return if anything. You need a method of priority in quite a few instances, especially against things that could easily OHKO Pinsir Mega otherwise. All in all, keep Quick Attack, or consider not using Mega Pinsir at all.
Alright so, I know for a fact that say in a double battle, you have a Pokemon with Swift Swim and a Pokemon that can use Rain Dance; during the turn you use Rain Dance, even if it's before your Swift Swim user moves, Swift Swim will not activate until the next turn. Now, say it's raining in a double battle and you wish to rid the field of the rain with sun, so your Pokemon uses Sunny Day before any other Pokemon moves and your opponent uses Surf: Is Surf's power still boosted by the previous Rain or is it decreased by the current Sun?
Depends on what goes first. If the Pokemon with Sunny Day brings up the Sun before Surf gets used, then Surf is decreased by the Sun, the same thing applies the opposite way around, if Surf goes while rain is still up it doesn't get decreased and then the Sunny day comes up which will cause it to get decreased in the next turn if used again with the Sun up. ^.^
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