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Hippowdon is the ultimate SD Luke counter, he should have zero problems with Luke, and taking away Skarmory over a phazer would be overall detrimental to the team. What you need to do is put all of your EV's on SP.D on Hippowdon and move them to defense, with this, he's able to take a +2 SD...

Incorrect. Bulky Gyarados with Taunt is actually a very common EV spread, and is actually beneficial to his team to prevent set ups and allow Gyarados to get some free Dragon Dances off. He's not fragile at all except to maybe Jolteon, Electivire, or Magnezone,

Surf is a more reliable choice on SubPetaya Empoleon. Whilst Hydro Pump can 1HKO the bulkier Pokemon, the innaccuracy is something you need to think about. One missed move and your sweep is all over.

lol You're forgetting Scizor's base 70 HP which makes him much more frail than Mence. Let's be honest here. Let's look past the "what if he or she predicted the wrong move and so and so move to counter Salamence." bullshit. Name three Pokemon who can switch in to Salamence, not get...

....sigh Weavile is beating a dead horse, not going into that. Gyarados, meet Stealth Rock. Gyarados, meet Draco Meteor. Salamence not only outspeeds Gyarados, but with SR support can 1HKO it. Never mind that Outrage and Ice Fang are INCREDIBLY RARE on Gyarados' nowadays. Tyranitar is handily...

Magnezone is a reliable way to counter Scizor. Scizor also doesn't have the bulk that Salamence has, and can be dealt with in many ways. Two earthquakes from anything that has a bit of attacking oomph behind it is usually enough to down Scizor. Most Magnezone are EV'd to outspeed an Adamant...

Most other Pokemon have a good option of counters to use or ways to deal with sweepers. Salamence has only two instances I can think of, and one of them is unreliable. Cresslellia beats Salamence, and Scizor fears getting toasted. No other sweeper has the defensive capability and the offensive...

Give a person who's never fired a gun in their life a large firearm, and he's bound to hurt himself. Give an experienced tactical military veteran said weapon, and he's bound to deal some damage. I'm pretty much gonna simmer down now because I agree 100% with what Efemara said above.

We're all suggesting extremely off the wall and improbable situations between Salamence and these so called "checks". Cressellia had a 2.5% usage in April. That's an incredibly small amount compared to Mence's 20.91%. Nobody should be forced to use a Pokemon merely due to one Pokemon's...

Let me humor you and say he's running an Adamant (why on earth you would do that to a Registeell, I'll never know) nature, using the 252HP/168 AtK/88 Def spread with Ice Punch. Let's say he's using an Expert Belt too. This is all an incredibly improbable situation, an Adamant Registeel with...

A Pokemon shouldn't be so incredibly powerful that somebody is forced to let a Pokemon fall just because it merely exists. Salamence has no check other than Scizor, who even fears Salamence as well due to the Fire Blasts lurking out there. By a lot of other dragons, you mean Dragonite and...

While I'll give you that, my argument still stands. Whether's it's Earthquake or Outrage, nobody in the world would be sane enough to keep Blissey in against a Salamence other than to soak up a Draco Meteor, then switch to another hopeful check. Nobody should be forced to pack a Weavile, who's...

A counter is a Pokemon that can switch in and threaten the opposing Pokemon WITHOUT HARM. If you seriously just suggested Blissey being a counter to Salamence, you have very little idea how to play the current metagame. One Physical attack from Salamence has the potential to 2HKO a Blissey...

Tyranitar as a lead= NO. He'll either get out taunted or scared off by most of the leads in OU. Hell, a Tyranitar with a FOCUS SASH and Rest? That's just plain bad, no way to sugar coat it. =/ Never run Rest without sleeptalk, and never run Sleeptalk on a Tyranitar. There has to be a more...

Just because Waterfall gains a boost in power doesn't mean Swampert's that beneficial from Rain Dance. :P Unless you're a Cursepert, (which you're not), Swampert is not an attacking Pokemon at all. If a Rain Dancing SR lead is what you're looking for, look no further than Bronzong. Not only...

Not every Pokemon in a SS team has to benefit from it. In fact, most SS teams are stall teams, and you have only one suicide lead SR user, and it looks like you've made a primarily offensive SS stall team, which in the end is lackluster. Your team is horribly Mixape weak. A switch to another...

It was actually just related to the server downtime yesterday. All of my sprites are fine now.

I've been experimenting with a Pinsir lead. DAYUM. This guy is a beast. With focus sash, Adamant, and full Atk EV's, he's 2HKOing almost every lead/anti-lead guaranteed, greatly flipping the tables on the opponent early in the match for me to easily set up. But as recommended above, I've been...

Isn't using a scarfer or any choicer detrimental to the overall point of HO? All the opponent has to do is switch in to resist whatever scarfed move you're trapped on, forcing you to switch, and thus losing your momentum.

A loooot of my backsprites now just appear as a black question mark. What's the fix on this?