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An opposing team's Tangela can come in and revenge kill Numel even if it impossibly managed to get 2 speed boosts. Like Briyella said above, you are never going to set up rocks, sun, growth, AND 2 flame charges on Numel. Is your opponent attacking you with tackle? Also Mantyke shouldn't switch...

I believe you can now heartscale any move the Pokemon actually learned previously; this includes egg moves and moves from pre-evolutions. Edit: Guess not.

Snubbull's new typing and intimidate allows it to check Sneasel. Only facing around a 3 or 4hko with fully invested hp/defense.

Kanghaskan is very predictable but even given that; he is still a pain to deal with because he learns just the right moves for it(Fake out/sucker punch). Over Wi-fi players love to use his with Klefki or Meowstic support. Very few run protect on it so double targetting it is a must if you can...

252 SpA Manectric Overheat vs. 252 HP / 0 SpD Mawile: 160-190 (101.91 - 121.01%) -- guaranteed OHKO 252 SpA Manectric Overheat vs. 252 HP / 124 SpD Metagross: 148-176 (90.24 - 107.31%) -- 43.75% chance to OHKO (Klefki) 252 SpA Manectric Overheat vs. 252 HP / 4 SpD Occa Berry Scizor: 180-214...

Alakazam is almost never switching into another pokemon. He's far too frail and that is way too risky for him.

Really? Gems were absurdly overpowered. It allowed draco meteor spam which completely centralized the doubles meta. Flying gem acrobatics was another super powered move that dented anything that didn't resist it.

Mega Manectric also has a nice niche for being able to counterkill any talonflames either by outspeeding or taking a hit while at full hp. He can also work as a "support" pokemon in doubles with access to snarl along with intimidate. Use him along a bulky pokemon that appreciates an extra turn...

Looks like a solid team. As uncommon as he is, Cloyster outspeeds and threatens most of your team outside of trick room. Though Politoed deals with him pretty easily bar a gimmicky king's rock set. Ampharos has an amazing typing and movepool to deal with the usual counters of dragons and your...

You're completely overvaluing Talonflame as a threat. His pitiful attack makes him easily walled by resists and intimidate users, e.g., Gyarados, Tyranitar, Mega Ampharos, Heatran(after pokebank), Arcanine, and Rotom-w. Most of these pokemon will already find themselves on a team and...

Aroma veil does not prevent intimidate or confusion. Tested in game.

Good set, just two things I wanted to mention. You can get HP Ice with 31 speed ivs; I have one currently in game. Also Garchomp outspeeds you outside of mega form but it's unlikely to be an issue...

Meowstic (M) definitely has potential in doubles thanks to prankster dual screens and the excess amount of support moves he can learn. Are Klefkis really investing 252 evs into speed? You could choose a defensive nature but I guess the extra bulk from calm/bold nature won't make much of a...

Heatran (when available) benefits more than any other steel type from grass typing since it is already immune to fire. Ground becomes 2x effective, water is now neutral. It only loses a flying resist which is not that meaningful. Heatran has always synergized well with grass/psychic and...

People always forget about doubles it seems. It's only the official Nintendo format... Blastoise gets access to water spout as well which is why I'm using him over Clawitzer otherwise Clawitzer does more damage with life orb to a single target. So basically it comes down to if you want your...

Not sure if this has been mentioned but dark-type pokemon shake at the beginning of battle if the enemy pokemon has a super-effective move against it sort of like Anticipation. I noticed this with my Sneasel and Greninja.

Mr.E, I'm on Kil'jaeden Horde side. :x My name is Phasmy if any Smogonites want to chat. I haven't been on Smogon in a while but I came back recently. I'm usually in IRC and shoddy with my Smogon username.

Vulpix Tails is cute! Nice art Yamipoli.

I enjoyed high school. Made some great friends and had some great teachers. I miss how easy it was in comparison to college. I don't think I would want to revisit but I will miss those 4 years.

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