Jellicent is not a good Pokemon and Vaporeon is uncommon.What about Jellicent and Vaporeon? I think it would hit them pretty hard as well.
Jellicent is not a good Pokemon and Vaporeon is uncommon.What about Jellicent and Vaporeon? I think it would hit them pretty hard as well.
It woud indeed, but remember, Freeze Dry is Special whereas Knock Off is Physical, and Physical Swine is best swine. Not to mention, Knock would hit Jellicent even harder than Freeze Dry, and Vaporeon takes neutral damage from STAB EQ. Also, both of those pokemon have dropped in usage quite a bit recently. I rarely come across many.What about Jellicent and Vaporeon? I think it would hit them pretty hard as well.
You are missing the point. The point is that you only need minimal SpA investment, 16 EV's, to have a shot at 2HKO'ing Rotom-W. You still have heavy investment in physical attack to do damage with Earthquake and Icicle Crash / Icicle Spear. Knock Off may be a physical move, but it isn't affecting any targets that Mamoswine would normally come across. It could be helpful taking away Skarmory's Leftovers recovery, but hitting it with an Icicle Crash on the switch is much better, especially if you can 3HKO (one hit on the switch) with just one flinch.It woud indeed, but remember, Freeze Dry is Special whereas Knock Off is Physical, and Physical Swine is best swine.
Earthquake hits harder, even if they are fully physically defensive. And as others said, they are not that common.What about Jellicent and Vaporeon? I think it would hit them pretty hard as well.
Slaking in OU is not a reason to prove something.One of my favorite builds:
Porygon 2
Bold
Eviolite
Def 252/SpD 252/ HP 4
Ice Beam
Thunderbolt
Toxic
Recover
This is a standard bolt beam Porygon 2, but the distribution of EVs allow it to take a tremendous beating and excel against a lot of foes on its own.
Here's a example of a team that was just kicking the crap out of me...until this little guy went in and took over. http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/ou-123210451
One highlight - my Porygon 2 takes a Slaking Hammer Arm and only takes 63% damage.
It's also brought down a number of Dragonites, Hydreigons, Rotom Ws, etc...and can Toxic stall with the best of them. The Slaking example was just to demonstrate how hard this build can be hit and keep going.Slaking in OU is not a reason to prove something.
Err, this replay isn't a good one. I don't even know how, but that Tyranitar was running no Atk Investment, look:One of my favorite builds:
Porygon 2
Bold
Eviolite
Def 252/SpD 252/ HP 4
Ice Beam
Thunderbolt
Toxic
Recover
This is a standard bolt beam Porygon 2, but the distribution of EVs allow it to take a tremendous beating and excel against a lot of foes on its own.
Here's a example of a team that was just kicking the crap out of me...until this little guy went in and took over. http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/ou-123210451
One highlight - my Porygon 2 takes a Slaking Hammer Arm and only takes 63% damage.
Short answer: Stone Edge, for special Lando-I, Earth Power + Focus Blast give exquisite coverage, and HP Rock receives no boost from Sheer Force.I've been thinking about a Scarf Lando-I set. Would HP Rock or Stone Edge be better?
The EVs are also not optimal. A better spread is 252 HP / 80 Def / 48 SpD, go ahead calc anything.One of my favorite builds:
Porygon 2
Bold
Eviolite
Def 252/SpD 252/ HP 4
Ice Beam
Thunderbolt
Toxic
Recover
This is a standard bolt beam Porygon 2, but the distribution of EVs allow it to take a tremendous beating and excel against a lot of foes on its own.
I just got to say that this set is incredibly predictable and Skarmory has a lot of sets that it can pull of better and this set is completely walled by steel types. Once you have revealed Sky Drop, your opponent most likely wont be stupid and fall for the trick twice. :SOk so, I've done a lot of thinking about this, and I've come up with a fancy set:
Skarmory
Item: Leftovers
Ability: Sturdy
Nature: Impish
EVs: 224 HP / 252 Def / 24 SpD
- Protect
- Toxic
- Sky Drop
- Roost
Yeah, cancer miracle machine imo. Anyways, look at this bish. This is a Toxic Stall Skarmory, just certainly not one you guys have already seen. Anyways, before getting on to the reason this set is creative, I'll talk about everything in order. Leftovers is a great move for any Stall Pokemon, so that's why it's there. Sturdy grants the ability to survive at least one hit. Impish is a great nature as it helps max out Physical Defense. 224 HP EVs allow Skarmory to switch into SR and get Sturdy after two Leftovers recovery. 252 Def maxes out Physical Defense. 24 SpD helps tank unboosted Special Attacks. Now here is why the moves are fucking insane. Toxic and Sky Drop basically work hand in hand, as well as Protect. Toxic, of course, starts that Toxic damage thing. Protect, well, adds on to it. Now, this is why Sky Drop is being used. Skarmory usually outslows, so using Sky Drop makes the opponent unable to attack for a turn, but adds a free damage boost to the Toxic damage. So basically Protect + Sky Drop gives a free 3 damage turns for Toxic. And to be awesomer, Roost covers any damage you've had.
This is a really cool set, just watch out for Magnezone and you're golden.
You can always switch out, and it pretty much doesn't give a shit about physical attacks, so there's nothing to worry about except for steel types/heal bellersI just got to say that this set is incredibly predictable and Skarmory has a lot of sets that it can pull of better and this set is completely walled by steel types. Once you have revealed Sky Drop, your opponent most likely wont be stupid and fall for the trick twice. :S
Not sure why you mentioned Barbaracle when no one uses him in OU.Heres mine. It catches a lot of people off guard.
Talonflame@ Power Herb/ White Herb
Nature: Hasty
Evs: 252 Atk/ 4 SpA/ 252 Speed
-Acrobatics
-Flare Blitz
-Solar Beam
-Overheat
This does need some tweaking of the EVs. I use this on a sun team so I may opt for power herb but white herb is great outside of sun. This has destroyed Barbaricle, Skarmory, Rotom-W, etc.
252+ Atk Choice Band Talonflame Flare Blitz vs. 252 HP / 232+ Def Skarmory: 270-320 (80.8 - 95.8%) -- 56.3% chance to OHKO after Stealth RockIm just saying that one time this person had what looked like a great counter to talonflame that was actually easily OHKOed (in repsonse to the Baracle comment). And it is useful, as overheat will always kill standard Skarmory in sun once sturdy is broken. Also, Talonflame can attack Aegislash with 252 HP / 4 SpD with a 18.8% to OHKO with overheat without risking the attack drop from kings shield. Above all, Solar Beam has a guranteed 2HKO after stealth rocks against 252 HP/ 4 SpD Rotom-W