Yeah, that clears it up, thank you. I guess there's just a common misconception on how STAB is a applied to damage output.Words
People do care about Battle Factory; it's just a total bitch.the battle factory record is only 52? I could of sword I've broken 100 before, are these not up to date or do not as many people care about battle factory?
edit: for level 50 I mean
Exactly, I love Battle Factory! I like how it always feels fresh, since I'm using different Pokemon each round. Plus, since none of the Pokemon are your own, it takes a different sort of skill to judge what the best Pokemon are, and which ones are better for which situations, at least within the context of the Frontier. Using the pre-designed Frontier Pokemon only, you get a feel for what the developers wanted to do with the specific movesets, since a human player is actually using them, as opposed to them all being CPU played.People do care about Battle Factory; it's just a total bitch.
People do care about Battle Factory; it's just a total bitch.
is that the best hg/ss streak to date?SoulSilver Battle Tower Singles: 268
(At least I'm one of the higher streaks in HGSS :P)
well, i for one am always happy to hear about people's teams and experiences, regardless of how the pokemon were created - what is this sendpkm thing anyway?Hello Everyone,
I am relatively new to smogon, though I started playing pokemon with Red/Blue. I stopped playing after gold/silver until diamond/perl. I learned about IVs and EVs while playing Diamond, though I suspected something to that effect existed before learning about them.
I don't have as much time to play anymore now that I have a job and a wife, so I took advantage of the sendpkm.py that recently surfaced to create my team. I put a lot of effort into making sure that the team I created follows all the rules. I don't have any amazing records (I'm just barely short of 100 at the time of this post) but I was wondering if I am automatically disqualified from this thread because of the way I got my team even though I could have gotten the same team if I put hours and hours into RNGing and EV training. If I'm good then I'll take the time to post my taem and share my thoughts and maybe a few warstories.
I'm not sure. Peterko doesn't distinguish between Platinum and HGSS, since they're the same. But I'd bet it's among the highest to date. I wouldn't imagine that to be the case for long, though.is that the best hg/ss streak to date?
nice team - it would seem to me that heatran being such a disaster for scizor, it would be worth sacrificing 10 hit points to bump up the speed to outspeed it? heatran seems to come up so frequently you can't really afford to just hope it will always be ok. things like consecutive bright powder misses are unavoidable, and will happen from time to time, but yeah....
Nice one Jumpman =)ok i got to 260 in the hall now for an obvious reason, "sorry" tre: 50-73295-10413
I'm not sure. Peterko doesn't distinguish between Platinum and HGSS, since they're the same. But I'd bet it's among the highest to date. I wouldn't imagine that to be the case for long, though.
That may not be a bad idea, to be honest. Most of my losses using Scizor involved Heatran... how significant is of a drop would 12 HP be on a Scizor like that? (To get him up to 98 Spe, it would mean a drop from 167 HP to 155 HP).
the idea is that he'll usually be set up and behind a sub when heatran comes out. and wanting of course (i) to have the sub intact for the next matchup, and (ii) to have some kind of insurance for if he misses due to brightpowder. its a sort of rare occurrence, but worth planning for if you want to get a massive streak.If you went with the 98 speed just so you can outspeed enemy Heatran you'd have to use an EV spread of: 252 Attack/76 HP/104 Speed/78 Special Defense bringing his stats to: 155/200/120/67/110/98 assuming max. ivs but, unfortunately even with Scizor outspeeding all of the Heatran versions Scizor won't be able to OHKO Heatran with Brick Break doing a maximum of around 64% (with max. ivs) so he'll need at least a Swords Dance to OHKO but, the Heatran with a Focus Sash will survive you anyway and OHKO back with Magma Storm, hope for a miss:) The only Heatran that your Scizor will have a chance against is Heatran 920 whose strongest attack against Scizor is Stone Edge doing a maximum of 38% (assuming max. ivs). Just noticed that your team is a trick based team so that changes things a bit, if your opponent leads with a Heatran then you can beat it easily by swapping to your Latias if it's locked into a move that she resists or to Scizor that he resists but, if your opponent doesn't lead with a Heatran then you'll have to find a teammate replacement that can counter Heatran otherwise you'll almost always lose to Heatran unless it's the opponent's lead pokemon.
This made me literally rofl for about five minutes. I have no idea why.Head Honchkrow said:~Falcon Punch
Aren't you forgetting to credit someone for helping you create that spread? ;)Head Honchkrow said:EVs: 244 HP / 20 Def / 160 Sp Atk / 84 Spe
See:If you went with the 98 speed just so you can outspeed enemy Heatran you'd have to use an EV spread of: 252 Attack/76 HP/104 Speed/78 Special Defense bringing his stats to: 155/200/120/67/110/98 assuming max. ivs but, unfortunately even with Scizor outspeeding all of the Heatran versions Scizor won't be able to OHKO Heatran with Brick Break doing a maximum of around 64% (with max. ivs) so he'll need at least a Swords Dance to OHKO but, the Heatran with a Focus Sash will survive you anyway and OHKO back with Magma Storm, hope for a miss:) The only Heatran that your Scizor will have a chance against is Heatran 920 whose strongest attack against Scizor is Stone Edge doing a maximum of 38% (assuming max. ivs). Just noticed that your team is a trick based team so that changes things a bit, if your opponent leads with a Heatran then you can beat it easily by swapping to your Latias if it's locked into a move that she resists or to Scizor that he resists but, if your opponent doesn't lead with a Heatran then you'll have to find a teammate replacement that can counter Heatran otherwise you'll almost always lose to Heatran unless it's the opponent's lead pokemon.
Barring Brightpowder hax, Scizor never looses to Heatran if he's behind a Sub and at max attack. Which he will always be, considering how I play. I have never sent a naked Scizor in on anything, and I don't intend to find myself in that situation. Against Heatran, it usually breaks my sub with some fire move while I KO with Brick Break. If it's the sashed variety, then I just revenge kill with Bullet Punch the next turn, so no biggie.the idea is that he'll usually be set up and behind a sub when heatran comes out. and wanting of course (i) to have the sub intact for the next matchup, and (ii) to have some kind of insurance for if he misses due to brightpowder. its a sort of rare occurrence, but worth planning for if you want to get a massive streak.
as for the drop in hp, your subs will have 2 points less, and that's kind of the main consideration really.
Probably because it's true :PThis made me literally rofl for about five minutes. I have no idea why.
:naughty: You helped me create a monster there, man. That Latias is a train. And yeah, I've started a new streak too. After this next big push, I'll probably move on to some other aspect of the Frontier. Most likely BT Doubles, or if I dare, the Butthole Fucktory.Aren't you forgetting to credit someone for helping you create that spread? ;)
Congrats on such a huge win dude, looks like I'm back to being the #2 BT freak on Serebii now :)
EDIT: I've started with my new team now, so hopefully my next post will be a new record.