Know you're note comparing them, but Aegislash has titanic defenses so even strong, STAB Knock Offs won't always do it. Hoopa's typing isn't that much of a problem. Ghost STAB is always useful and so is STAB Psyshock. Yeah Knock Off is common but so is Close Combat and Tyranitar can get by (though it has stupid levels of bulk.)And don't dismiss it because it's weak to Knock Off, so is Aegislash, albeit not a 4x weakness but still (I AM NOT COMPARING THEM! Only their weakness to KO.)
It has one of the worst typings in the game and probably the worst typing of a legendary. (Along with Celebi)I feel like it's way too early to say it sucks. The ability is bad, and the typing is not that good. However, it hits like a truck specially, can hit from the physical side as well, has good special bulk, a pretty cool signature move (although Psyshock is probably still better), and a speed stat workable with a Scarf. As Chesnaught said, if it gets Trick, it will be a very good Scarf user.
Assault Vest T-tar shouldn't care much about a non-Stab Focus Blast. It will definitely live on and be able to hit back with Crunch.Let's also not forget that we don't have the whole story yet as far as movepool goes. For all we know, it could have a fantastic offensive movepool that'll make up for its disappointing speed. It may look weak to Tyranitar and Bisharp now, but give it Focus Blast and Will-O-Wisp on a Substitute set and suddenly neither of those two want to switch into it. There's still a lot of possibilities, so it's honestly too early to be bashing it.
I'm sorry, but I just needed to post here because I've been re-watching DBZ Abridged again and having that Piccolo voice in my head - just made me laugh as hard as a Magikarp using Swagger.In RU, I can't actually think of a (good) Delphox set that uses Magician, they all use Blaze. Fucking BLAZE is the better ability for Delphox..
Well then, T-tar can't switch in into Focus Blast, but it's very capable of taking a Focus Blast without Rocks on the field and taking Hoopa out with Crunch.252+ SpA Choice Specs Aegislash-Blade Focus Blast vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Assault Vest Tyranitar in Sand: 308-364 (76.2 - 90%) -- 18.8% chance to OHKO after Stealth Rock
Using Blade Aegislash as a template because it has the same Special Attack and doesn't get STAB on Focus Blast. As you can see, it does a fair chunk. Honestly, like Agent Gibbs said, I think people are really underestimating just how strong 150 base anything really is. If it can blow through the most specially defensive Tyranitar possible with just a little prior damage, I'm pretty sure it'll hurt a lot of other things as well. It's a shame it speed ties with Bisharp...
Finally. I don't know how people saw 150 SpA with Ghost STAB (that shit is worth like 20 base SpA by itself), 80/130 special bulk and immediately thought to compare it to Delphox. With base 150 special attack you don't even need to invest in it to hit hard, as uninvested 150 SpA comes to a very respectable 336. That's 30 points under fully invested +Speed Latios.Okay, you people are really exaggerating how bad this thing is. I don't think it'll be top tier OU by any means, but Hoopa honestly doesn't look nearly as bad as several users have made it out to be. Base 150 SpA is incredible, and STAB Shadow Ball is one of the easiest moves to spam in the metagame. Base 70 Spe isn't fast, but it is by no means terrible. It's more than enough to outspeed a slew of slower Pokemon, and once it's in on something it can outspeed, base 150 SpA with a boosting item and one of the most spammable STABs in the game is downright scary.
Hoopa can be fast and powerful at the same time, while Flareon cannot. Hoopa has better everything except for attack, and likely will have a better movepool.Hoopa: 80 HP/110 Attack/60 Defense/150 Special Attack/130 Special Defense/70 Speed
Flareon: 65 HP/130 Attack/60 Defense/95 Special Attack/110 Special Defense/65 Speed
Hoopa is basically Flareon with slightly better stats and a different (but not better) typing.
They're similar in the vein of "powerful but slow and with a shitty typing" I'm not saying Hoopa is as bad as Flareon (lol) but neither are going to make any impact on OU any time soon.Hoopa can be fast and powerful at the same time, while Flareon cannot. Hoopa has better everything except for attack, and likely will have a better movepool.
To be honest I don't see the comparison :P