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252 Atk Life Orb Pheromosa High Jump Kick vs. 252 HP / 0 Def Arbok: 195-230 (60.1 - 70.9%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Stealth Rock and Black Sludge recovery
252 SpA Life Orb Tapu Koko Thunderbolt vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Arbok: 195-230 (60.1 - 70.9%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after...
I've seen a lot of talk about the threat of Psychic spam and I was wondering, what merit does Honchkrow have as a check to this play style? The biggest thing I see in him is a very strong STAB Sucker Punch that can go through Psychic Terrain since Honchkrow doesn't touch the ground. It also does...
I used to think so, but nowadays I've had a change of heart. Missing Hydro Pump sucks, but base 103 special attack really only gets you so far, even with STAB on everything, so Greninja needs to wring all the damage it can out of it.
This is actually very similar to Greninja's standard Spikes set, which is this:
Spikes
move 1: Spikes
move 2: Hydro Pump
move 3: Ice Beam
move 4: Extrasensory
ability: Protean
item: Life Orb
evs: 4 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
nature: Timid
(although this one has 4 Atk EV's which it shouldn't, they...
Malamar's analysis got rejected, so he has absolutely no niche in OU, which would mean there's no value in discussing him here.
If you'd like to discuss Malamar's usefulness in UU, go to the UU subforum. Although he's barely relevant there either so ._.
Gourgeist is just far too weak to his movepool has far too many useful status moves (Leech Seed and Will-O-Wisp are awesome) to ever try and give them up. Gourgeist also loses out on a lot of bulk without a large amount of defensive investment, hence why most are 252/252 Impish.
Volcanion is 2x weak to Rock, wouldn't have resisted Dark in any generation, and is a specially-offensive tank, whereas Lucario is a frail mixed attacker. The only thing these Pokemon have in common is that they're Pokemon....
Stealth Rock gives you a reason not to run Yanmega in OU.
Physical Greninja IS bad, and there's absolutely no reason to run it over Special Greninja. The only Bug-type Pokemon you'll find in OU are Pinsir (hit SE by Ice Beam), Scizor (neutral to any physical attack Greninja could throw at it...
So for a Hoopa set, here's what I'm thinking:
Hoopa @ Leftovers/Life Orb
Ability: Magician
EVs: 60 Spd / 252 SAtk / 196 HP
Modest Nature
- Substitute/Destiny Bond
- Psyshock/Psychic
- Shadow Ball
- Focus Blast
I think a Sub-3 Attacking set is actually a really good option for Hoopa, as it...
Just saw that apparently both of these moves make physical contact. If Zygarde is indeed the one who learns these moves, he'll need to be more careful around Aegislash
Probably worth mentioning that Entei can't have Extreme Speed without being locked into an Adamant nature so Naughty is out of the question. Adamant HP Grass still 2HKO's Quagsire (0- SpA Entei Hidden Power Grass vs. 252 HP / 0 SpD Quagsire: 204-240 (51.7 - 60.9%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after...