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Or you can Baton Pass your boosts to something that can deal with Heatran

I think Scolipede also gets the merit of the only Poke in OU to outspeed AND OHKO common Deoxys-D lead

Can somebody please define how Balance works out? What's the style's winning condition? How does it differentiate itself from Volt-turn, HO, Bulky Offense, and Stall? Cause in my understanding, Balance is a style that incorporates all of the aforementioned strategies' tactics and meshes them up...

I don't think Gothitelle fits in HO, as the specs set is a massive momentum killer. Be locked into Psyshock and you'll be set-up fodder for DDance Ttar, Bisharp, etc.

Sooo, idk if this is okay to ask, but in an HO team, you usually have suicide lead, a defog-blocker, a spin-blocker and then three other offensive pokemon, consisting of wallbreakers, sweepers, and revenge killers. Now, my question is, is there a magic number on how many of those mon should you...

Gothitelle is a massive momentum stopper after it has trapped and killed something, especially if it runs a choice set, so I don't think Gothitelle fits really well in HO teams.

I'll mention a pokemon that's a cool option for/against HO teams. Scolipede @ Life Orb Ability: Speed Boost EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spd Adamant Nature - Megahorn - Protect - x - x Why is this guy even mentioned? Because it outspeeds the common lead Deo-D variant and OHKOs it all the time...

Alakazam and Espeon's speed is good, but the lack of high-BP STAB and coverage moves are dissappointing.

Just sayin', +252 LO Scoli's Megahorn always OHKOs most common Deoxys-D set(252 hp) and outspeeds it. A very good counter to the most common HO lead.

Feel free to discuss, it is not my intention for you to stop posting about the subject. I myself would like to be corrected if I either made a mistake or a fallacy. I just think that, Prankster Gourgest is too powerful for OU. It is checked by a ton of threats(mainly strong Fire/Ghost-Types) if...

Let us discuss those so-called counters, shall we? Talonflame - if CB Talonflame comes in on a predicted D.Bond, then TF is either forced out(giving Gourgeist free Sub) or they both die together, both win-win for Gourgeist player. If not wearing CB, TF can get a SD/Roost while Gourgeist uses...

So what you're saying is that, forcing a +1 MegaDos out and stealing momentum is no big deal? And on top of that, you pegged Druddigon to be a pursuit-trapper, in OU. Dude, not to be rude, but I think you need to play more before participating in these discussions.

My reasoning for nominating defensive Rotom-W is that, with right predictions, there is nothing that can stop Rotom-W, much like Genesect. Only that Rotom-W offers more utility instead of sweeping power. I know you guys know all of these, but once you get Rotom-W for free, this thing will...

I will nominate a very safe albeit boring one. Rotom-Wash @ Leftovers Ability: Levitate EVs: 44 Spd / 252 Def / 212 HP Bold Nature - Volt Switch - Hydro Pump - Will-O-Wisp - Pain Split I guess I'm nominating this guy because of how splashable Rotom-W is to any team, while holding its own...

Water Shuriken Cloyster

Everything you said about scouting and revenge killing is pretty much applicable to Raikou and Meganectric, with the exception of handling Greninja. If you're prepared to sacrifice better coverage and bulk in order to handle Greninja a lil' bit better, then be my guest.

Raikou speed ties with Starmie, and both Greninja and Starmie do not possess the firepower to down a healthy Raikou unless maybe when wearing Choice Specs, while Raikou effortlessly decimates both in a 1v1 scenario. The only thing that Raikou shouldn't be staying in that it can't outspeed is the...

Calcs please.

That speed boost can also be copied by Gardevoir before Mega evolving.

Is there any merit on investing speed EVs on the mammoth??