Project OU Theorymon [Voting: Check Post #3272]

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Patolegend!

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Sun King said:
Not that I'm shooting Sandslash down or anything (because it's a great submission and I love it) but people saying it could nab things like Talonflame, Zapdos, Thundurus on the switch are kind of forgetting the reality of that situation: it wouldn't happen. TA would completely replace EQ, so there's no benefit to switching them in. Obiously your opponent would expect a spammable move like TA, so they'd be switching in their Ground resists instead of immunities.

Now, this isn't a bad thing. Essentially what Thousand Arrows does is cut down the number of switch ins to a sweeper (which is cool because it's creatively done and really improves a shit mon). But let's not go around saying "Oh Slash can beat Zapdos now" because that won't be happening anyways.
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This is true, which is why it's so beautiful - there aren't really very many Ground resists in OU that want to stomach one of Slash's coverage moves (Knock Off/Aerial Ace). The main thing is it's gonna get some damage on something, and not hit air. I agree with other posters in that it would be a great Sand Spam team mate for Exca.

By the way, those Hariyama calcs :pimp:

The main issues would be relying on Rest Talk and the existence of Sableye, but it really could be tasty.
 
Valmanway

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Also sorry for not commenting on anything this slate. Will definitely talk about the next slate.
 
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