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Darn, you're right! Can't counter with sigilyph, but at least a kangaskhan can't switch in on a sigilyph comfortably EDIT: Let me update this with some content. I noticed that Pokemon-Online has chosen to ban this, and I can understand why they did - it's tricky to switch something in that can...

I have a sigilyph on my team because I really like how it works, and it's a cool kind of gimmick to work, and I've used to beat pretty much every kangaskhan that's come my way. Sigilyph is 4x resistant to fighting moves (I've mostly seen power-up-punch, drain punch, sucker punch, x), so I don't...

I like how utterly it checks Aegislash - turns all of those boosts into negatives with one move, and it can't king's shield or you get a free swords dance. It's a pity it doesn't get close combat, although that would likely make it an unstoppable juggernaut. Question: How does Psych Up work...

There's a miscommunication - Paralysis doesn't stack, but after paralysis is used with the speed drop, the next turn starts the flinching attacks; by turn 2 you're at a 30% move chance.

Kriptini: It doesn't stack, but adding in the serene grace flinch chance means you have a lesser chance of hitting than maxed out evasion, if I'm reading the statistics right. Also, even if you can't paralyze, if you're going first, just the flinch chance itself drops you to 40% chance of any...

I can't really disagree with this in any solid way; Those abilities simply aren't powerful enough for long enough to make them worth banning. They don't really add much to the pokemon using them now.

Evasion totally has a counter. There's auto-hit moves, phazing moves now have perfect accuracy, and the best move, minimize, now takes double damage from dragon rush and steamroller. Plus, we have aura sphere and it's not as though Lucario isn't a popular pokemon. Plus, paraflinching at base...

Oops! My intent wasn't to want to -unban- evasion, but point out how, especially in terms of things like snow cloak and sand veil, I don't particularly see a big difference between them at this point. At any rate, if paraflinch togekiss DOES end up being used a lot for its typing, people might...

Paraflinching and its red-headed stepchild Parafusion have never made big homes in the OU bracket, as Jirachi (the prime candidate for it) has better things to do, and Togekiss (the other big user) is UU. Parafusion, as used by Liepard for example, is also less used in the BW metagame to the...

Alright, I ran a check for an Acid Armor set, using a switch-in to something with special attacks to set up Acid Armor to shore up your weaker defence and then get going. I checked for what kills it, and outside of Latios, Hydreign, Kingdra, and Kyurem, it's not going down, with a 128 investment...

It's a terrible chain, Muk to Gastrodon to Skrelp to Goomy, but if it also learned a recovery move it'd be an awful tank, and if not, it still can get leftovers

I'm breeding and looking for natures now! I'm going for an assault vest set, probably flamethrower/something/dragon tail/earthquake, so I don't want to drop physical too much, and I'm investing in HP and Def so I can survive physical attacks, since I hit hard enough to KO back. I'm thinking...

That's a good point - with its great movepool, and good all-around stats, getting something passed to it would be -great-, and with the right investment, at 100/110 attack stats, it's honestly pretty scary, especially since even with no investment it's not going to be EASY to take down EDIT: To...

I think I agree! Dragon Tail is good for hazards, as well as scouting out whatever they switch too. Draco Meteor is fine if you think you're on your way out, or if you really want to scare them, or if you plan on taking it out and coming back in (Maybe with wish support? Nobody wants to fight...

I was looking at various coverage with and without the different attacks. Ice helps it a lot against hippowdon, and will ohko salamence, dragonite, and possibly garchomp, but thunderbolt helps more with bulky waters and stuff too. Another thought was putting in dragon tail instead of dragon...

Goodra @ Assault Vest 252 HP /100 SpA/ 152 Def Ice Beam/Thunderbolt Earthquake Draco Meteor/Dragon Pulse Flamethrower Okay so I've been running the pokemon calculator ragged for this set. The HP and Def is to maximize your ability to take a punch on the physical side. The SpA guarantees OHKOs...

I'm actually really liking the dragon tail set - Nothing on the special-spectrum is going to hurt it with assault vest, and with mixed attacks you can cover whatever your team needs to cover. There's fun prediction if you couple it with infestation, too! If you think they're too brainless to...

I ran the numbers awhile ago and a goodra with max EVs in HP and Def. It can do well against other wallish-things, but it simply doesn't have the bulk to counter something like Terrakion or mamoswine or any of the other major dragons. It's a pity - being able to run it as a mixed defender would...

In regards to grass moves, if you've got a goodra on your team, depending on what sets solidify, won't people be kind of reluctant to throw out grass moves in general? It's like having a heatran or something - Nobody wants to fire blast your ferrothorn because they don't want to give heatran...

So, looking at its solid defences and great attack stats, I feel like making it all-out mixed would be good, giving it mixed defence to add more bulk, and either leftovers for longevity or battle vest to force more physical attacks. Its attacking movepool is -great-, and you can basically slot...