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To begin again, Swarm Durant? Why would you ever choose to run a swarm Durant. Hustles accuracy drop yes can be quite the flaw, but hustle will always trump swarm. Hustle is the basis of Durant's massive power. Without it, while still being viable, is B Rank. Swarm should almost never be used on...

Mantine with Serene Grace would be an absolute beast. With that fabulous speed-boosting fashion accessory, he would be the Scarfrachi or Scarfekiss of NU. He'd probably go A-rank or at least see an awful lot more usage that he is now. His Special Attack is still measly, but it would help to...

Smeargle called; it wants its RU set back. In all seriousness though, this thing would probably play very similarly to Ninjask. The 4x Stealth Rock weakness is crippling unless you (a) use it as a lead, (b) carry a spinner, or (c) keep enough offensive pressure on the opponent to prevent rocks...

I guess I forgot to take the Eviolite off after I did the misdreavus calc. :pirate: Well, there goes that point. When it comes to Roselia with Sleep Powder and Spikes, I honestly don't think it would be NU. The power to neuter an opponent for basically a whole match and set up Spikes to boot...

I'd actually want U-turn more than Megahorn; it has more battle utility, but... 252Atk Mold Breaker Sawk (+Atk) Megahorn vs 252HP/0Def Musharna (Neutral): 73% - 86% (320 - 378 HP). Guaranteed 2HKO. As for Metang getting Shift Gear, he may be able to tank a lot of things, but he doesn't hit...

What is the deal with Pikachu's move illegality stuff? I don't really understand. Regardless, if Pikachu got ExtremeSpeed as a level-up move, then it would probably be more dangerous, but I doubt it would still see much usage in NU. Pikachu's bulk is ultra-pitiable, and even with Light Ball...

I'm currently using this team with some success: Jynx (F) @ Leftovers Trait: Dry Skin EVs: 252 SAtk / 252 Spd Timid Nature - Substitute - Lovely Kiss - Ice Beam - Psychic Primeape (M) @ Choice Scarf Trait: Vital Spirit EVs: 252 Atk / 252 Spd / 4 HP Adamant Nature - Close Combat - U-turn -...

I'd like to support this, but on a greater degree. As soon as people realized how good Primeape was, he basically made the #1 most used set in ALL OF NU (according to March 2013 usage stats) irrelevant: Scarfed Sawk. Sawk is S-rank, and since Primeape pulls off his job even more effectively...

I've been itching to try VoltTurn since Primeape dropped. What I get from most teams I face is that Expert Belt Eelektross and Scarf Primeape do the best, but I wonder if Eelektross is too slow to pull its weight on the normally fast-paced offense of typical VoltTurn. I question the utility...

While you're right about Piloswine, I doubt we'll see Scarfipede very much. It doesn't really make sense on the majority of teams, and outside of Serperior, Scarf Primeape near completely outclasses it. Persian is also a good counter, but like I said about Scarfipede, it doesn't make a lot of...

Charizard, besides it's 4x SR weakness, totally outclasses Rapidash. Charizard is also immune to WoW, and admittedly, Flash Fire is useful but has little utility when you can simply use someone with greater firepower without predicting the W-o-W. Scarfed Rapidash also doesn't hit nearly as hard...

Yeah, but it's not hard to force a switch with Serperior, like on a defensive poke. You get a sub up, you can easily get rid of a scarf user with his fair defenses. Rotom-S is beaten if Serperior gets the sub on the switch. Not to mention Air Slash has low BP, so if you run a slightly more...

Zebraiken and tennisace are right, I suppose I haven't been totally fair when considering my points. Samurott should stay S-rank.

Fair enough, you guys make a solid point. If it's the versatility that sells it as a team member, than it's your prerogative to slap it on a team. And yes, it's nice to have some priority on your Swords Dance sweeper. SubSalac isn't very good on either Samurott or Scolipede, and that's a...

How can you not compare Scolipede to Samurott? Granted, Samurott does have STAB Aqua Jet, but Scolipede has higher speed and for the most part does not need the extra priority. While I do apologize for the mix up (I remembered incorrectly on that Samurott Salac set), consider the role of the...

Samurott for A-rank. Samurott is a good poke, there is no doubting that. However, his Swords Dance set is quickly becoming outclassed by Scolipede, who gets STAB on Megahorn and has more overall unpredictability. SubSalac is also outclassed by Scolipede, who has a higher base speed so it can not...

Defensive Musharna is pretty irrelevant with the drops. The defensive Mushy I run is really struggling with all the u-turns and megahorns. Has anybody found a good replacement for it yet?