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SpDef pivot and Wish are both solid. Subtoxic with fire punch + iron head is alright, and let's not forget about scarf jirachi if you want to make someone's day go from bad to worse.
Usage stats have not been released yet. They get released in 3 month intervals so the next one should be sometime in August.
The most common set ive seen for hoopa-U is the physically based mixed set with Hyperspace Fury, Grass knot, Fire punch and Gunk shot. I think the majority of people run max speed on it but im not 100% of any specific benchmarks with the EVs. Some run scarf and ive seen a few run NP.
Hoopa-c's most common set is probably subNP with Psyshock and shadow ball though I cant say for sure because not many people use reg hoopa.
Yes. Hitting megas hard is too good to pass up.
Trick rotom-w isnt too hard to get past, just play a bit differently with the mon that got tricked and you should be fine. Regardless, scarf washtom isn't very common at all so your chances of running into it are pretty small.
Does the flinch chance of kings rock stack with other flinching abilities? So say the target is paralyzed and I'm using air slash with togekiss. Is there more than a 85% chance of him to not be able to attack?
No, it does not stack.
source: Bulbapedia:
"Has a 10% chance of causing the target Pokémon to flinch when using a move without an added effect"
Just curious to get opinions from people who have used it; is there any reason to use Hoopa over Hoopa-U? From what I can see, the only thing the former has over the latter is a Shadow Ball STAB, but Dark Pulse and Shadow Ball hit the same targets and Psychic/Ghost seems very much inferior defensively to Psychic/Dark (not that Psychic/Dark is a good defensive type either).
I remember Albacore said something about Hoopa in the VR thread, so I'll just leave the quote here:
What's the standard EV spread/nature for standard non scarf Hoopa-U?
Can someone send me a link to a damage calculator with the most recent sets (the one on PS! still has outdated spreads)? I presently have the one with Hoopa (both formes, but they only have blank sets), but I don't have access to any of the Megas (http://gamut-was-taken.github.io/gen6-damage-calc/).
There really isn't one best set or spread as of yet. I recommend creating a spread based upon the moves you use and item to reach benchmarks your team needs
The calculator you are using has the megas. Go to the normal form for the mega (I.e. Scizor for mega scizor), select the drop down labeled forme (which is beneath the typing), and choose the mega forme. This only works for sets that use the mega, though
Oops. Didn't see it. Not feeling very smart rn lol. Thanks a lot!
What pairs well with Sub+NP Hoopa-C?
It needs Ice, toss it.
Raikou's movepool REALLY necessitates one of the two HPs to be useful competitively, and HP Ice is pretty important for any OU Electric type.