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  1. Gen V Balanced Hackmons

    That Prankster Lugia set reminds me of my Registeel set that I used to use in the summer of 2012, though I hadn't used it as a lead. Lugia is certainly a better user of it in today's metagame Regarding Adrian Marin's Magnet Pull Spiritomb strategy, I think it is a great example of why Imposter...
  2. Gen V Balanced Hackmons

    Personally, I've found that while Flash Fire has its uses, it's not really the best ability for Escavalier. Prankster Escavalier is a great user of Destiny Bond due to the fact that it can extend the duration of Destiny Bond to two turns because of its slow speed and is able to hit its opponent...
  3. Balanced Hackmons Viability Rankings Thread

    My apologies for the confusion. "Effectiveness at accomplishing their job" is everything. You say that you are ranking things by their sets, but how are you ranking them? From what I can see you are ranking them at the moment by how well they do in the metagame, which is fine for a start, but...
  4. Balanced Hackmons Viability Rankings Thread

    Oh, okay. I thought that he meant that Magic Bounce isn't something that is generally worth putting on a team; his post didn't seem quite clear to me, but thanks for clearing that up. In regards to that point, I don't think that we should judge S rank pokemon solely on how they affect the...
  5. Balanced Hackmons Viability Rankings Thread

    Considering that without Magic Bounce there is very little you can do against Prankster Copycat + Whirlwind and Prankster Spore, and that Magic Bounce is the best way to deal with entry hazards, it is certainly something that should always be taken into consideration when team-building. Even if...
  6. Balanced Hackmons Viability Rankings Thread

    While I agree with you that no one pokemon can handle everything that Balanced Hackmons has to throw at it, I do not think that this means that all pokemon need a large amount of support. A pokemon such as Redless's Magic Bounce Pivot does not require that every threat to it has been...
  7. Balanced Hackmons Viability Rankings Thread

    I had been thinking about that set earlier, it fits well under the criteria from my other post. 1. Requires little or no support to accomplish its goals The only support this set really needs is Rapid Spin support for existing hazards due to the constant switching and it is mainly only...
  8. Balanced Hackmons Viability Rankings Thread

    I think that a magic bounce set could certainly have the potential to be in S rank, however the magic bounce set in the OP still doesn't really fit the description. While it doesn't require much support and only has a few flaws that prevent it from doing its job such as Mold Breaker pokemon that...
  9. Balanced Hackmons Viability Rankings Thread

    No, Deoxys-S and sleeping moves have not been banned, though I have already nominated a Mold Breaker Spore set for A rank (it hasn't been added to the OP yet).
  10. Balanced Hackmons Viability Rankings Thread

    I don't think that we want to be describing S rank sets as sets that "define the metagame". Instead of asking ourselves whether there any other sets that are as gamechanging as Imposter, we should decide why Imposter is so gamechanging and decide if there are any other sets that fall under the...
  11. Balanced Hackmons Viability Rankings Thread

    I did a quick test in the Simulator and that does seem to be the case, I guess DrRobotnik should switch Sap Sipper back to Vital Spirit.
  12. Balanced Hackmons Viability Rankings Thread

    I added soundproof to the set, but its worth noting that you probably want to switch out the pokemon after KOing the opposing pokemon anyway, as your opponant will probably not switch in an easily trapped pokemon afterwards. Edit: I don't think that Vital Spirit should block Mold Breaker...
  13. Balanced Hackmons Viability Rankings Thread

    I'm nominating Perish-Trap for A rank Pokemon @ Leftovers / Lum Berry Trait: Magic Bounce / SoundProof / Mold Breaker / No Guard EVs: 248 HP / 0 Atk / 252 Def / 252 SAtk / 252 SDef / 252 Spd IVs: 0Atk Nature: Bold / Calm - Magma Storm / Mean Look - Perish Song - Recover - Filler Pokemon that...
  14. Gen V Balanced Hackmons

    Simple Beam's effect does end when the pokemon switches out and it is generally an inferior choice for beating Contrary Pokemon, as by the time you see it's a contrary pokemon and switch in your pokemon with Simple Beam, they will already at least be at +2, allowing them to do a huge amount of...
  15. Gen V Balanced Hackmons

    I have been using this set for a while (though I also do not take credit for it), and while it can be devastating if used correctly, you have to play it very carefully. Most notably, it is easily revenge killed by Prankster Groudon's priority Nature power, it is also completely walled by...
  16. Gen V Balanced Hackmons

    While Swift Swim Palkia may seem to be a huge threat due to its blistering speed and great STAB Water Spout/Hydro Pump, it is countered fairly easily by Prankster Spore, Sturdy Shedinja and Imposter Blissey; all of whom are quite common in the tier. The speed boost from Swift Swim is not as...
  17. Underused Pokemon in the Balanced Hackmons Metagame

    Registeel move 1: Spore move 2: Substitute move 3: Dragon Tail move 4: Recover item: Leftovers ability: Prankster nature: Careful While Whimsicott may be the ultimate troll in other metagames, its bad stats and defensive typing make it almost useless in BH, where Registeel claims its throne...
  18. Gen V Balanced Hackmons

    That looks fine. If you want to be able to deal with Prankster Spore users, you could always try using Magic Coat instead of Recover. It would allow you to put their spore user to sleep and would give you time to get substitute set up. The downside would be that you would have no recovery...
  19. Gen V Balanced Hackmons

    Both Latios and Latias have more special bulk then Reshiram, however they have less Physical bulk. The lack of physical bulk can be a problem because of Slaking and Regigigas, who do 62.91 - 74.45% to Latios with a Guts Boosted Extremespeed (58.51 - 69.23% to Latias), while Reshiram only takes...
  20. Gen V Balanced Hackmons

    You might want to try replacing Restalk with Substitute + Recover. Substitute, when in place, will allow Reshiram to survive at least one hit as well as blocking status and preventing Imposter Blissey from revenge killing Reshiram. You could also replace overheat with V-Create, as it will boost...
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