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Yeah, but the set you really want to counter is the Sand Rush set. Bronzong is a good counter to that one, though Exca can still pull off flinch hax with Iron Head/Rock Slide.
Whatever happened to the Warstory section? I haven't been very active around here since earlier in Gen 6, but it seems the warstories are gone.
No, Memento is not affected by Magic Bounce/Coat, even on the cartridge.
Also, if Parting Shot is reflected by Magic Bounce, both effects are bounced for some reason. The user of PS has its stats lowered and the target of PS is switched out.
I'd say a Magic Guard Alakazam would fill the same space as Greninja but not take sand damage. Probably Timid/Modest, 252 SpA/252 Spe/6 SpD (or whatever) with Psychic/Dazzling Gleam/Focus Blast/Shadow Ball or whatever coverage moves you like for WiFi. Hand it a Life Orb, a Focus Sash, a Scarf, or some Specs.
Just wondering is there a link to BW OU viability rankings?
You can post them in the ou forum. I too loved them. :'(
Basically all of them are Adamant or Impish, for offensive and defensive sets, respectively.
Jolly and Naive are also options, Jolly for the Scarf set, Naive for the Mixed set with Hp Ice.
The suspect test itself is over but now the voting stage needs to finish, which will be done sometime during Sunday.
Edit: Scratch that, it's already been banned by majority vote.
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Most Mew run 252HP/104Def/152Speed Bold. This is so Mew is able to outspeed jolly Mega Heracross and burn it; the rest goes in bulk.
Mew hits 274 speed with this spread.
Don't use Scarf or Specs; Alakazam's already fast enough and likes being able to switch moves. Sash or Life Orb are the way to go, but I'd personally use Sash since it prevents you from dying from [insert any priority attack here].
248 HP / 4 Atk / 136 SDef / 120 Spd that's probably the best EV spread for Mew. EVs in Speed allows to outspeed things like Jolly Breloom / Bisharp and wisp them because they Knock Off / Spore you, 248 in HP to take less damages from SR and the rest to be as bulk as possible in SDef.
Question regarding breeding mechanics. I always breed (try to) for perfect IVs, and I'm wondering if there is a CLEAR CUT BEST way to do it. Any suggestion is helpful, I've been breeding for a while and I believe that my current method is time consuming and could be easier. Thanks!
There's no "BEST" way. You have to rely on the dice rolls mostly. But a 6IV Ditto would help ^^
Yeah that's what I figured. It just takes a long time and can be annoying, especially with hidden abilities, egg moves, etc. Where could I find a Ditto with 6 IVs?
The only reasonable way to get a 6IV Ditto legitimately in-game is through Friend Safari. Any pokemon found in FS will spawn with at least 2 perfect IVs. So you then have a (1/32)^4 chance (about 1 in 1,000,000) to find a wild 6IV Ditto. The chance of finding a 5IV Ditto is 4/32^3 = 1/8192. If you insist that the imperfect IV must be of a particular stat (say Atk if you are breeding a SAtk-based pokemon), then you have a 1/32^3 = 1/32,768 chance of getting such a Ditto.
The odds are very low. I was actually lucky enough to find a 4IV Ditto in the Friend Safari, which has a 6/32^2 chance (or about 1 in 171) of occurring. So that's sort of reasonable to search for. If you manage to get two 4IV Dittos, whose perfect IVs cover all 6 stats, then it should speed up the breeding process quite a bit.
edit: You can also ask to trade for a 6IV Ditto, but you should be forewarned such Dittos are almost certainly cloned/genned. It's possible, yes, to have found one in the wild, but the odds are just negligible.
Chaining with Pokeradar would give better odds, if you're good at that. It's been too long since I've played on cart so I don't remember the exact details, but the minimum possible IVs increases at certain intervals in the chain. I want to say it was +1 guaranteed 31 IV every 20 mons in the chain, capping at minimum 3IV at >60. Idk, all I remember is getting a huge pile of 4IV Dittos and three 5IV ones (and one shiny 4IV!) from a 100some chain.
Yeah that makes sense. I don't have much access to friend safari, and I don't have a normal type friend unfortunately.
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