Yeah, I didn't mean as a lead, but rather as something that can come in and get up rocks for free at an opportune moment. Also, Fire Blast could be used over body slam/fire punch as it is guaranteed to 2hko ferrothorn, whereas fire punch misses out by about 12% after leftovers.
Thanks, you guys. Just got a jirachi from a kind user, and I'm going to use your suggestions.
Trust me don't let that speed tier and defence lead you stray from her capabilities, to be honest trace can buy Gardenia plenty of opportunities to switch, and slow volturner make it easy as hell to get her in, wow/Taunt are solid option this banshee guy has on its disposal to punish would be switches. I have used a set of HV Taunt psychic and focus miss to great success even with the new coveted speed tiers.
I think this is up for debate, but I've always found that when I try to cram both onto the same set, the mon in question tends to become very passive and underwhelming. For instance, if you have both Defog and Stealth Rock on Skarmory, now you want Roost for vitality, so now you have to choose between Whirlwind, Taunt, Brave Bird and Toxic. No matter what you choose, you'll probably be less than satisfied.
Yeah, that's what I thought too. Thanks for the confirmation!
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As Sanger Zonvolt said, it becomes passive when it has hazards, and hazard removal, however imo Mew pulls it off fairly well, with Roost, and taunt/wow as its 4th move. Obviously, it will still be too underwhelming, but if you want to have both hazards, and hazard removal on one mon, I think Mew is your best shot.
I think you're in the wrong thread if all 3 of them have Follow Me, which is only used in Doubles sets. You should go here for future questions about Doubles. To answer this one: go with Togekiss, and never use Toxic in Doubles.
Don't use Follow Me in singles, which is the format OU (and everthing else at Smogon unless otherwise stated) uses. If you are looking for doubles help go here.
Yeah they were intended for doubles. thanks guys
I wrote the analysis, so:
No, the base power of an 80 BP move with STAB will be 120, so when it hits something that resists it, it'll be half damage after all calculations. The net damage will be the same as using a 60 BP move with no STAB:
Order of operations doesn't actually matter in this instance. In your example, if you apply STAB first then 90 BP becomes 135 BP. Then it's halved for being NVE, so it is functionally 67.5 BP. The same is true if you go the other way around: a 90 BP move halved for being NVE is 45 BP, and then apply STAB and it becomes 67.5 BP.
Brazilian / Mexican = something with Thunder Wave. Its just a joke, dont take it personally.
sub cm keldeo / standard lo keldeo would benefit from it pretty nicely, and they cover a good part of each others' weaknesses. Heatran could also be paired up with the two, to form a nice fwg core, and also benefiting from np to a degree. The core would be kind of weak to scarf landot, m-pinsir, m-metagross, and m-gallade among a few others, but something like max def clef could deal with a lot of those threats.
Thanks! I'd assume that rock polish mega Diancie would be the most optimal set here, as calm mind would be somewhat redundant with the nasty plot boosts. Also, would you recommend specs / LO Keldeo or scarf? I feel scarf would make the most sense because you don't need the power of specs / LO if you're getting a nasty plot passed.
