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Halloween Party Competition
- Thread starter Age of Kings
- Start date
Attention!
For anyone who is actually planning on using Super Gourgeist, the Pumpkaboo online distribution that started today has a chance (I repeat, a chance) of having Insomnia. This is, so far, the only way of having a Super Gourgeist with its Hidden Ability (normally, only Average Gourgeist can).
Does this change anything for this competition, and for Super Gourgeist as a whole?
For anyone who is actually planning on using Super Gourgeist, the Pumpkaboo online distribution that started today has a chance (I repeat, a chance) of having Insomnia. This is, so far, the only way of having a Super Gourgeist with its Hidden Ability (normally, only Average Gourgeist can).
Does this change anything for this competition, and for Super Gourgeist as a whole?
I have a 5IV adamant frisk SS pumpkaboo but I don't know how to/can't clone. If you (or anyone) can clone it, I'd love to contribute.
Theres already a distribution of pumpkaboos going on here: http://www.smogon.com/forums/thread...ed-pumpkaboo-here.3518434/page-3#post-5769130
Oops, my bad. I also have a 5IV adamant frisk shuppet with phantom force, confuse ray, and destiny bond, if that's helpful at all.
I plan on entering. Anyone have ideas/suggestions for my supposed team?
Mega Gengar (already bred and trained) Timid 31/x/31/31/31/31 Infestation/Toxic/Venoshock/Destiny Bond (might change that moveset up a bit as it seems gimmicky)
Spritiromb (need to breed)
Trevenant Brave Harvest @ Sitrus Berry 31/31/31/x/31/0 Shadow Claw/Horn Leach/Trick Room/Phantom Force (I have feel like it wont be right without my MourningWood on my team for some reason)
Ageislash (fogot I had one bred and intially was looking for a Duskull *facepalms*) Brave 31/x/31/31/31/0 King's Shield/Sacred Sword/Flash Cannon/Shadow Sneak
XL Gougeist (have need to EV Train) I'll admit from the new Event, so kinda bad, just wanted one with Insomia in this size to use
Cofagrius (need to breed, but hope to get via EnGarde's if they are willing)
HOWEVER I am considering bringing in a Chandelure if I can get one bred.
Mega Gengar (already bred and trained) Timid 31/x/31/31/31/31 Infestation/Toxic/Venoshock/Destiny Bond (might change that moveset up a bit as it seems gimmicky)
Spritiromb (need to breed)
Trevenant Brave Harvest @ Sitrus Berry 31/31/31/x/31/0 Shadow Claw/Horn Leach/Trick Room/Phantom Force (I have feel like it wont be right without my MourningWood on my team for some reason)
Ageislash (fogot I had one bred and intially was looking for a Duskull *facepalms*) Brave 31/x/31/31/31/0 King's Shield/Sacred Sword/Flash Cannon/Shadow Sneak
XL Gougeist (have need to EV Train) I'll admit from the new Event, so kinda bad, just wanted one with Insomia in this size to use
Cofagrius (need to breed, but hope to get via EnGarde's if they are willing)
HOWEVER I am considering bringing in a Chandelure if I can get one bred.
Definitely not ideal for Gengar. Also why do you want insomnia on Gourgeist for the tournament?
not really, lots of ghost type pokemon have hypnosis
3 of them do. Gengar, spiritomb, drifblim. The only way I can see it work is on a sucker punch prediction maybe. Even if you can somehow predict a hypnosis which will not be seen often I imagine, is it worth the risk to switch in Gourgeist?
not really i guess
You're going to be Mega Evolving immediately anyways, the only time Insomnia would come into play is if you switched Banette in, which is incredibly risky in this meta
I'm breeding Spiritomb, but it'll be early next week before the giveaway since I'm going to Phoenix VGCs this weekend. They will be Brave with Infiltrator and Destiny Bond, Imprison, and Pain Split. But if you guys need a Spiritomb, I'll give you one if you have a little patience :)
@AV Spiritomb: That's a good idea for an item. Thank goodness almost everything notable in the meta gets DB, but again Spiritomb will be a pain in the ass.
@AV Spiritomb: That's a good idea for an item. Thank goodness almost everything notable in the meta gets DB, but again Spiritomb will be a pain in the ass.
I don't want it for the Tournament. I just wanted the ability for breeding porpouses later. I THINK I'll accept one of the ones Trev is giving away though.
I would be very happy for one of those even as a Spitback, And have fun in Pheonix.
The Battle Spot forum is focused on competitive play and not collecting. Please do not come to this thread to beg for free Pokemon if you do not intend to use it for the tournament. I don't mind giving away spitbacks, but please consider this a warning.
I do intend to compete. I'm terribely sorry I wasn't trying to beg or come across as such, I just though I'd wish you luck and state I was interested in one since it was mentioned. I plan on and have started breeding my own Spiritomb for this competition. I also plan on fixing my Mega Gengar's moveset.
I've bred shiny Flash Fire 31/x/31/31/31/31 modest Litwick with Endure in a dusk ball for this tournament. I also bred shiny Frisk 31/31/31/31/30/31 adamant Shuppet with Destony Bond, Phantom Force, Disable, and Imprison in a dream ball. I'm working on Gastly, Aegislash, Sableye, and Spiritomb as well. I most likely will not get shiny competitives in all 4 since I breed and hatch myself (Not a fan of TSV hatching, I like having my own OT). Any that I do get shiny and competitive I will be posting in a large giveaway within the next week or so.
Just wanted to make that crystal clear :)
That Gengar set isn't very good because stalling Gengar, even Mega Gengar, cannot last very long in a metagame where everything hits it supereffectively. Toxic is also of dubious use because other Gengar and Aegislash are immune to it, and they are shaping up to be two of the biggest threats in the metagame. You should definitely have Shadow Ball for STAB and Destiny Bond for trades. Afterwards, consider WoW, Taunt, Sub, Dazzling Gleam or Protect depending on what you want to accomplish. I suggest considering Specs or LO if you want a primarily offensive Gengar, since it hits harder than the Mega forme.
Horn Leech isn't a very good move on Trevenant because the only thing that it will be useful against is Jellicent and you have plenty of STAB for it.
Perhaps consider running Trick Room on your Cofagrigus, due to the relative slowness of your team. I know Trevenant has it, but Cofagrigus makes better use of TR due to being even slower than 0 Speed Spiritomb, Disable goodness, and better defenses.
Those are some helpful changes I would suggest, also try out the PS! ladder.
i like the concept of this tournament lol. are holiday themed tournaments common here on smogon? also how viable toes driblim seem in this tournament? also is a strategy of spreading status around and using hex for increased damage something that seems plausible in a meta with so much priority?
I've seen a whole bunch of different sets around. There's the usual taunt/wow/recover/(foul play or knock off) one, but I've also seen sets with sucker punch or trick
It's a tournament held by pokemon global link (TCPi), not smogon.
I can't see hex being too useful. Both aegislash and gengar are immune to toxic, very few ghosts have access to paralysis, so the only status I expect to see much of are burns, since almost everything learns WoW. Depending on your target, it might be better to just use shadow ball twice instead of WoW + hex
Thanks for clarifying, I'm new to the scene this gen. You are probably a lot more experienced in the competitive scene than i am which is why i was asking. But are things such as Thunder Wave on Mismagius, Frosslass, Bannette(/mega) and Drifblim something that won't be too common?
Also to note is Drifblim is the only pokemon in this meta with the ability to use both Hypnosis and Thunder Wave for a pseudo Double-powder set that can include Hex and substitute/will-o-wisp/sucker punch/filler as a way to combat sucker punch reliant pokemon. the main flaw with this would be shadow sneak and phantom force vulnerability. unsure if Unburden can be used to take advantage of speed somehow in this high-priority meta or if trying to absorb will-o-wisps for the Flare Boost would be more viable, if any at all. just thinking out load i guess.
May be worth noting only Gengar, Spiritomb and Drifblim have hypnosis in this meta, if it hasn't been mentioned already. they can also use double status in hypnosis and will-o-wisp. food for thought
If you really want to go for the toxic + boosted move combo please use Hex instead of Venoshock. But I still don't believe that set would be very effective, Shadow Ball can 2hko everything anyway, and everything can hit Gengar super effectively in return so trying to get a toxic in and hit with Hex / stall could turn into you just losing Gengar. Also I'm sure you just CP'd the Aegislash you have available, at least I hope so, because Sacred Sword and Flash Cannon are useless here. Aegislash only needs Shadow Ball and Sneak for attacks, then you can use King's Shield (ofc) and then something like Swords Dance or even Autotomize (Worker my thoughts on a Weakness Policy set).