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ok after a few netbattles, this one stood out to me as me getting owned pretty badly (others were ties or wins):
Battle Log:
Battle Mode: Ruby/Sapphire
Rule: Sleep Clause
Rule: Freeze Clause
Rule: Self-KO Clause
Rule: Apply PP Ups
Rule: Battle Timeout
Me vs DrNerd. Begin!
Me sent out...
I've heard of people using substitute skarmory to survive Magneton...can anyone tell me how exactly this works? does substitute prevent magnet pull? or am I missing something? I hate losing my physical wall especially with the growing number of Magnetons.
just been doing some field-testing on netbattle right now, and so far havent lost a match yet... thanks for the help guys, any other weaknesses I should be aware of?
hey cruiselax, what do you exactly mean by "ls for pokes like pert, so they can now take pokes like starmie more effectively."?? Did I do the correct version of swampert (curse) or should I go for the special swampert (surf, icebeam, rest, etc)
Gormenghast: thanks for the help. I think my team doesn't like sand or spikes too much either, but i usually wait to bring out tyranitar as late as possible if I can. Also since many of them have leftovers, I just think of it as a lost leftovers or play my own TTAR and skarm more often. As for...
Hey everyone,
So I decided to finally create an account on Smogon after being a lurker for about a month... learned everything from this site, haha to think that before the ubers were the best pokemon and that stat changing moves were worthless..lol. Anyways, I've been constantly tweaking my...