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HA Tyrantrum comes out on the 30th if you participate in the upcoming Battle of Hoenn Wifi Competition. No word on anything that might come out afterwards though.
Is it viable to run a specs Whismicott? I am sort of tired of the typical prankster sets.
Somewhere along the lines of:
Whismicott @ Choice Specs
Ability: Infiltrator
EVs: 252 SpA, 252 Spd, 4 SpD (Jolly +Spd -Atk)
Moves:
Psychic
Moonblast
Giga Drain
U-Turn
Or, if this does work, would I need to switch the 4 SpD evs to Atk?
Somewhere along the lines of:
Whismicott @ Choice Specs
Ability: Infiltrator
EVs: 252 SpA, 252 Spd, 4 SpD (Jolly +Spd -Atk)
Moves:
Psychic
Moonblast
Giga Drain
U-Turn
Or, if this does work, would I need to switch the 4 SpD evs to Atk?
Uh, unsure if you have it in Speed (Spe) or Special Defense (SpD), I assume you ment Speed. You are better off running Life Orb over Choice Specs as the ability to change up moves is generally more effective than a slight power increase. I think having Encore over Psychic would also be better, or I have seen Hurricane to hit Grass-types. I'm assuming you put it on to hit Amoongus which just barely misses a 2HKO, so you are better off either running Hurricane or U-turning out. Otherwise the set looks fine.
252 SpA Life Orb Whimsicott Psychic vs. 252 HP / 96 SpD Amoonguss: 192-229 (44.4 - 53%) -- guaranteed 3HKO after Black Sludge recovery
Edit: oh and if you go Encore make sure to change the ability to prankster
You should try to avoid double posts if you can help it.
But if you are asking if you should run specially defensive Alomomola then yes either running max specially defensive or a mixed spread of evs: 104 HP / 248 Def / 156 SpD | nature: Bold / Impish is quite good.
The thing with running life orb over specs is that you wear yourself down whenever you click u-turn, so it makes it harder for whimsicott to check what it needs to check. I'd personally replace psychic with switcheroo and just admit to yourself that you're going to be u-turning a lot while they have an amoongus.
If you want to run an offensive Whimsicott, Delta Tea, Life Orb sets work fairly well.
Whimsicott @ Life Orb
Ability: Prankster / Infiltrator
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Moonblast
- Giga Drain
- Encore / Hidden Power Fire
- U-Turn
Obviously, you want to use Prankster if you're using Encore, and Infiltrator is the best ability when not running priority moves. It acts as a great check to sweepers such as Slurpuff, Viizion, and Mega Sceptile for offensive teams that cannot afford to run defensive stops to these threats. :]
Whimsicott @ Life Orb
Ability: Prankster / Infiltrator
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Moonblast
- Giga Drain
- Encore / Hidden Power Fire
- U-Turn
Obviously, you want to use Prankster if you're using Encore, and Infiltrator is the best ability when not running priority moves. It acts as a great check to sweepers such as Slurpuff, Viizion, and Mega Sceptile for offensive teams that cannot afford to run defensive stops to these threats. :]
Yes, totally! With Special Defense investment, Alomomola can better check prominent threats such as Moltres, Mega Pidgeot, and many others, while still countering strong physical attackers such as Mega Glalie. A spread of 120 HP / 136 Def / 252 SpD is usually sufficient. In addition, you can run Mirror Coat, which fires back special attacks, such as Moltres' Fire Blast, Mega Glalie's Freeze Dry, and Mega Pidgeot's Hurricane, for twice the damage it takes, usually KOing them.
Giga Drain regains enough HP for Whimsicott to consistently do its job, if you're really worried about losing health then you can try running Leftovers. The main draw for me while using Whimsicott is its priority Encore, also being locked into a move really sucks for a mon thats as weak as Whimsicott is which is why Life Orb is the recommended item.
specially defensive alomomola is: 120 HP / 136 Def / 252 SpD Calm Delta Tea
Personally, I don't really like the lack of ability to switch moves of Specs Whimiscott or the recoil from Life Orb Whimsicott. However, there is a great middle ground here in one of my favorite sets: Assault Vest Whimsicott.
Whimsicott @ Assault Vest
Ability: Infiltrator
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Moonblast
- Giga Drain
- Hidden Power Fire
- U-Turn
With this set, you get just about all of the benefits that come with Life Orb or Choice Specs Whimsicott, but you get the freedom to switch moves, no recoil whatsoever, and a handy increase to your Special Defense. While LO and Specs are more common items on Whimsicott, AV is a nice item on it as well.
Whimsicott @ Assault Vest
Ability: Infiltrator
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Moonblast
- Giga Drain
- Hidden Power Fire
- U-Turn
With this set, you get just about all of the benefits that come with Life Orb or Choice Specs Whimsicott, but you get the freedom to switch moves, no recoil whatsoever, and a handy increase to your Special Defense. While LO and Specs are more common items on Whimsicott, AV is a nice item on it as well.
if you're too new to the community to get it, this is a joke post, don't actually use av whimsicott lol
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Banned deucer.
Is it true that mega pidgey is probably leaving the tier regardless of ban vote because usage? When is the next tier shift?
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Beginning of February. and it's probably more likely, yes
The mons hovering on the cutoff are a lot this round. Stuff that could rise is the already mentioned Pidgeot, alongside Sceptile, Whimsicott and Gligar. On the other hand, the most close to a drop are Noivern, Trevenant, Kingdra and Ampharos. Medicham(regular) is also a possible drop, but the current testing of Medichamite will likely push up its usage a bit.
Just play one last match to be safe, shouldn't be that hard to get at least one more win. You don't wanna get rejected to vote over something that small, idk for sure but better safe than sorry.
I am looking to create a balanced RU team which have Sticky web and Spikes or SR as support. Which Support pokes with Sticky web or Spikes and SR is easy to use?
Fully evolved Sticky Web setters in RU are Ariados, Kricketune, Leavanny, Masquerain (and they are all in PU). Considering that only Kricketune is in viability rankings, it's your best choice for a Sticky Web setter. Although, if you are going to create a team with Sticky Web, I would recommend waiting for the suspect test to end, as Serperior can get a free speed boost from Sticky Web which you don't want and Mega Pidgeot outright doesn't care about your webs.
As for Stealth Rock and Spikes users, feel free to check ORAS RU Role Compendium. There are lots of good choices for these, depending on what you want. The choice of exact user(s) will depend on what will fit your team.
Hi, i'm trying to get into RU. Can someone tell me what are some of the "Big Shots" in that tier of pokemon?
Try looking at this thread for help: http://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/ru-viability-ranking-oras-edition.3523627/
Whenever you try to get into a new tier, try to look at the viability rankings for the tier.