Verbatim said it'd be this weekend. Could go up sometime today and still be on time.
Unrelated, dicking around with some random stuff, Delta Stream Zapdos looks interesting on paper, but is kind of meh in practice. Maybe I'm not running a bulky enough spread for it to take advantage of the ability (252 HP currently as opposed to 252 Def + Sp. D), maybe it just sucks because it doesn't have proper team support on a "test random unrelated crap" team, or maybe it's just not strong enough to begin with. Probably the latter but, I might poke at it again sometime.
Meanwhile, Sheer Force Sceptile is pretty nasty. Seed Flare with STAB, LO, and Sheer Force boost lets it just blow through a lot of things if the acc doesn't hate you (although Energy Ball is an option for more acc at the cost of a fair bit of power). I paired it with Earth Power and Steam Eruption for coverage, which worked nicely and meant Imposters couldn't hurt it too bad if I had to stay in on them, but there's probably a better coverage combo out there since I just threw it together on a whim with no real thought, especially if you don't care about Imposters, but it that combo pretty much outsped and plowed through all those frail offensive teams like butter without set-up. Although -ates really love this thing. >.> Also might have more difficulty against someone who actually knows how to play defense. So much "SPAM -ATE SPAM CONTRARY!" on the mid ladder right now, where my test alts tend to end up hovering.
Unrelated, dicking around with some random stuff, Delta Stream Zapdos looks interesting on paper, but is kind of meh in practice. Maybe I'm not running a bulky enough spread for it to take advantage of the ability (252 HP currently as opposed to 252 Def + Sp. D), maybe it just sucks because it doesn't have proper team support on a "test random unrelated crap" team, or maybe it's just not strong enough to begin with. Probably the latter but, I might poke at it again sometime.
Meanwhile, Sheer Force Sceptile is pretty nasty. Seed Flare with STAB, LO, and Sheer Force boost lets it just blow through a lot of things if the acc doesn't hate you (although Energy Ball is an option for more acc at the cost of a fair bit of power). I paired it with Earth Power and Steam Eruption for coverage, which worked nicely and meant Imposters couldn't hurt it too bad if I had to stay in on them, but there's probably a better coverage combo out there since I just threw it together on a whim with no real thought, especially if you don't care about Imposters, but it that combo pretty much outsped and plowed through all those frail offensive teams like butter without set-up. Although -ates really love this thing. >.> Also might have more difficulty against someone who actually knows how to play defense. So much "SPAM -ATE SPAM CONTRARY!" on the mid ladder right now, where my test alts tend to end up hovering.