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I haven't encountered any sun teams yet, at least, but I have seen a handful of Venasaurs that haven't been a significant threat. In sun I guess they would be more of a problem, and I'm not sure that just slapping Rain Dance somewhere on my team would particularly help, as the Chlorophyll...

I will accept the suggestion to switch SR and Spikes, and I've looked into replacing Spiritomb with Dusclops. The main problem is that Gengar 2HKOes max/max Dusclops with Life Orb, and Shadow Punch can't OHKO it back. Now that I think about it, though, because of LO recoil, Dusclops may be...

Offensive Threats - In general, status/switches/Leech Seed takes down my opponent. I say this because I don't mention how I knock something out in most of these Orange - kind of a problem - there's a pretty big range in how threatening these are Red - big problem Archeops - Have to predict and...

With the creation of Gen V, Ferrothorn was pretty easily noticed and pegged as a potentially influential force in the new metagame. It stood out, along with others, and it made it seem like stall should be pretty effective once the metagame stabilized, or at least once the right things were...

Has anyone seen the trailer for the new map pack? I looked at it and the thing that jumped out to me was that knifing looks pretty solid on Salvage

What are the current popular spreads for non-choice Rotoms?

Lost 0-6 Made many stupid moves, basically.

Confirming. Could've gone either way at the end

1. I don't see why it matters, but if the Pokemon already has 1 HP then the Focus Sash wouldn't work anyway. It would have to be a very lopsided match up for False Swipe to OHKO something, as well. Also, it doesn't matter if it activates or not, as Focus Sash can't work without 100% health and...

Dragon Dance Salamence (or really any Salamence) is probably the most likely to tear through teams without those Pokemon in the way (although Vaporeon can still pose a problem, which also poses a threat to the Gyarados I now see was posted above me). Also, with Substitute on Tyranitar, you will...

I don't think anyone knows why... it could be a glitch, for all we now. On Shoddy it won't let you battle with the team if it has invalid IVs (and will offer to change them for you if they are incorrect when you are about to save the team), and obviously you're not going to catch a Pokemon with...

Ganon is nearly impossible to use well; he actually is THAT slow. Sonic suffers from some problems many lighter characters suffer from, but he can't rack up damage very quickly without the person using him having some quite good reflexes and timing.

Ask in this thread. It could be OK in NU as a Leafeon I guess... Not a great idea, as Breloom has difficulty with Salamence (which will slowly lower Breloom's Attack boosts with Intimidate). Metagross is usually the BP recipient of choice because it is great defensively and is immune to...

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This thread for requests such as these http://www.smogon.com/dp/abilities/no_guard Yes, this will also inform you of any other questions about No Guard (or it should).

I don't think it deserves a slash-in, but I believe you could mention Thunder as an option as well. It would slam bulky waters that would otherwise require a Ludicolo to defeat on a rain team (well, other than Explosion). I do believe that the only viable place for it would be over your recovery...

Items are also not listed in the sets. Many of your sentences appear to be run-ons, as well. For example: I'd recommend: While Manectric is certainly more accomlished at special sweeping, Electabuzz has a number of moves that give it an advantage over its rival. The most notable of these is...

Actually most of Smogon uses this because MetalKid's calculator still tends to overshoot damage a little bit, I believe (though he may have fixed this). As to HOW Fire Fang hits Wondertomb...isn't that like asking how does any move hit any Pokemon? The programming of the game allows/disallows...

That could work for a mixed Lucario, I suppose, but I hope you mean 132 Special Attack EVs instead of Special Defense. Mixed Lucario is generally outclassed by entirely physical or special Lucarios with the proper team support because its movepool isn't as spectacular as some other mixed...