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Resource ORAS OU Simple Questions, Simple Answers (Read the OP First!)
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On LO Torn-T, it allows Superpower to OHKO Scarf TTar and SR Excadrill.
Just for future reference; unless explicitly stated, we either assume they're playing on Showdown - due to being where like 99% of smogon competitive takes place - or we assume they have access to everything in-game. We don't really worry about how hard something is to obtain, hence all the perfect IV legendaries and defoggers, and questions regarding how-to-get would go in the Orange Islands sub-forum.
Hey guys so I have a question I made the coil and reqs to vote and posted a screenshot of my reqs on the voter identification thread and am wondering what to do now just wait? I still have not voted I have never been in the voting process and am wondering if they will just Private message me or ... Please let me know what you guys think.
Just wait for the minute. A thread for the voting will come up in the Policy Review forum and you can then vote there.
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A link to the voting thread will be posted in the Voter Identification thread on the 7th when the Identifying stage ends.
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Yes. When the time has come (lol drama) mods will lock the thread and you can then vote.
Where can I find the most recent OU usage stats including the most commonly used moves and items for each pokemon?
Do we have stats on the most prevalent Aegislash sets used in ORAS? I've been seeing a lot of Shadow Ball + Flash Cannon and some Substitute with the occasional Swords Dance.
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Not about win conditions in general. For just about every team style but stall, the easiest way is to just choose a mon you want to build around and figure out how to remove its checks and counters. For instance, if you were building around Mega Charizard X, you'd usually find 2-3 mons that deal with its checks and counters, and then fill out the rest of the team with mons that provide utility or patch up any holes in your cores.
Another problem with Discharge on Mega Manectric is that so many of its best switch-ins are things like bulky Grounds, Assault Vest Raikou, pink blobs, and a few other things like SpD Celebi that really don't care about the paralysis, so there's a good chance that it's not going to be able to spread much paralysis anyway. The reason that Scald is so dangerous on stuff like Keldeo is that except for a couple of things like the aforementioned Natural Cure users and the occasion Water-immune Pokemon, most things that switch into a Scald are going to be taking a hefty chunk of damage and/or will risk suffering a burn. Even if the switch-in doesn't care about the Atk drop caused by burns (and many don't), they'll still have to worry about 12.5% passive damage at the end of every turn, which can flip some matchups on their heads. Discharge, unfortunately, has a larger list of Pokemon that can switch into it without having to worry about taking significant damage or suffering its side effect, making it much less comparable to Scald than it may seem on the surface.
What happened to the OU Core Discussion Thread where threats and partners for OU Cores are discussed? I can't seem to find it.
Hey guys whats the standard spread for cottentaria and who makes good partners for?
I believe the consensus is run "Don't" nature with an EV spread of Don't/Don't/Don't - your moves besides Cotton Guard should be three of Don't, Don't, Don't, Don't, or Don't.
edit: It's one of the least useful possible ways of using M-Alt - using a turn to Cotton Guard doesn't actually force anything out because status-inducing switchins don't care and special attackers REALLY dont care. Not to mention you die to crits and you have very negligible offensive presence bar dual dance.
Altaria can be played like seven different ways and this is by far the worst, unfortunately, I think
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