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Never did this before on Smogon.

I've brought it up before as an alternative to SpA EVs. 100 speed is too good to pass up and 252 attack gets Acrobatics a lot of OHKOs after Shell Smash, but we still have 156 EVs to distribute between HP and SpA. This is the sort of thing we can only determine when the metagame settles down...

Without any calcs or time to research to bacj up my opinion, I would. Here is my reasoning: Acrobatics has 165 power with STAB while the best you'll get on a special move is Power Gem at 120. At +2, both of your offensive stats, regardless of 252 vs 156 EVs, hit around 600-700. If you keep the...

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I have mentioned that Solar Beam is only to be used if your Minior is being used in a sun team. If you don't have sun then Dazzling Gleam gets you the most coverage, taking out fighting, dragon and dark types. Why would you assume I would say to use Solar Beam on a normal Minior set, anyway...

So then we can go for... Minior @ White Herb 252 Atk/156 SpA/100 Spe Naughty/Rash nature -Shell Smash -Power Gem -Acrobatics -EQ/Dazzling Gleam/Solar Beam This should be the standard. Power Gem also works better against physical walls, of course: +2 252+ Atk Minior Stone Edge vs. 252 HP /...

Dazzling Gleam is actually not that bad. Minior has nothing else that is super effective against dark or dragon. Psychic is only worth it for poison types but those are not common at all. Right now the best possible Minior sets are either EQ/Stone Edge/Acrobatics or Dazzling Gleam or Solar Beam...

Move tutor will be in the remakes of Sinnoh, otherwise Kommo-o Shell Smash wouldn't just be a dream right now. A special set for Minior would be Shell Smash/Dazzling Gleam/Power Gem/Solar Beam or Psychic if poison types matter. When it gets Earth Power that would replace the last one. But...

I meant paralysis only cutting speed in half now. Since 100 speed EVs have been established as a good choice for Minior, even in paralysis, it will outspeed Clefable after Shell Smash.

I was going to suggest a core of Minior/Volcanion/Excadrill with support for EQ users and miscellaneous coverage. Trying Torterra is a good sign though. Making obscure things work is how you get them into OU.

If it has good coverage you can run EXPERT BELT or SHELL BELL.

Actually, there's something I want to add as a good partner of Minior's. That would be Excadrill. Excadrill resists ice, is immune to electric and also works in a sand team with Minior. On top of that, Excadrill solves Minior's problem with rocks because of Rapid Spin and, by putting its own...

I know, Mega Venusaur IS a good idea. It resists rocks, neutral from Ice Shards, beats the hell out of Azumarill, resists Aqua Jet, can run HP fire for Scizor/Ferrothorn as well, resists, er, Accelrock (I guess), Mach Punch, does well against Bullet Punch and can work perfectly in Sun alongside...

Unaware has not been nerfed. That's true, but I wasn't going to question that. If Minior has already gone for the Shell Smash it will defeat a specially defensive Unaware Clefable if SR is up, since Acrobatics can then have 110 power and Clefable will bring Minior to Shields Down. Even that is...

+2 252+ Atk Minior Acrobatics (110 BP) vs. 252 HP / 172 Def Clefable: 345-406 (87.5 - 103%) -- 18.8% chance to OHKO Magic Guard Clefable can't switch into Minior and can not tank it no matter what. The best it can do is risk getting OHKOed to Paralyze Minior. Clefable would not have the time to...

I guess that's an odd case for Solar Beam Minior - it beats Quagsire unlike its other sets. The good thing is you can't be burned by Scald while you're setting up and Quagsire's SpA is not high enough to OHKO with STAB, especially in Sun. Of course, if to not choose Solar Beam, just take...

Focus Sash is actually brilliant. You can go full glass cannon Minior and use Shell Smash repeatedly until they try to OHKO you. With your -4 defenses you'll proc Focus Sash getting hit by a Togepi, but you'll have +6 on every offense and OHKO everything on the enemy team. More so, Minior is not...

I would never forget anything about Minior ♡ No, don't even worry about it. I admitted earlier that Solar Beam Minior should NOT be the primary Minior set. It was not designed to work in the sun and it does not have the moveset to completely complement that, but it DOES have attributes that...

There's a lot of pressure to get rid of Minior. If they don't immediately break your shields you'll become a status immune mixed sweeper with +4 on both offensive stats and speed. The priority problem beats all Minior sets so -2 defenses doesn't really matter. You'll either go +2 no shields or...

Running sun isn't a downside if it's your team's main strategy. Actually, I'm the only one who has advocated mixed Minior heavily until recently and the only one making a point for Solar Beam on Minior. The thing about Solar Beam versus EQ or Stone Edge is the opportunity cost of running any of...