Alright, I lost again to a crit Flamethrowing Slow___. Metagross is getting kicked off the team in favor of Snorlax. >:[
Soul Silver Doubles Tower streak ended at 563
Kinda wanted to challenge TRE's records but fell quite short. Not going to do any more in a while though since I'll have to figure out how to RNG Pokewalker stuff. The team is mostly similar to the one I used before but with a few changes.
LEADS
Relaxed / Pressure @ Lum Berry
31 HP / 31 Atk / 31 Def / 29 SpA / 31 SpD / 0 Spe
252 HP, 132 D, 124 SD
Trick Room / Rock Slide / Seismic Toss / Foresight
Brave / Own Tempo @ Focus Sash
[random IVs]
[no EVs]
Protect / Endeavor / Follow Me / Spore
The only part of the team I changed since my last streak. Replaced Night Shade with Seismic Toss because Normal types are more abundant than Ghost types and I didn't like relying on Rock Slide to finish off Normal types. Foresight is still there to take on Ghosts anyway although it takes an extra turn. Lum can usually help against Poison Point/Flame Body/Effect Spore since Seismic Toss is a contact move. EVs are slightly different but just as arbitrary as before (changed for convenience in training).
I got rid of Cleffa because a first turn OHKO ended one of my shorter streaks since my last 'record post'. Clefairy learns Follow Me but at level 16 at the earliest (high HP prevents Rock Slide from KOing after full HP Endeavor). Loss of Magic Guard means weather/status will limit my Endeavors but that annoyance is easier to handle than fighting an uphill battle without Trick Room. Follow Me is used over Fake Out because double OHKO Walrein has a Lax Incense and I fear Fake Out missing. I'm considering using Fake Out instead of Spore though because it can prevent Quick Claw Lapras from Sheer Colding Dusknoir on turn 1 without completely sacrificing Smeargle on the first turn.
BENCH
Brave / No Guard @ Iron Ball
31 HP / 31 Atk / 31 Def / 29 SpA / 31 SpD / 0 Spe
252 HP, 252 A, 4 D
Dynamicpunch / Rock Slide / Fling / Protect
Brave / Clear Body @ Life Orb
31 HP / 31 Atk / 31 Def / 29 SpA / 31 SpD / 0 Spe
252 HP, 252 A, 4 SD
Iron Head / Thunderpunch / Hammer Arm / Explosion
Nothing changed here from the first long streak. Metagross, however, appears to be a weak link. It speed ties with Hippowdon which can lead to some very tense moments (see 68-64119-29774). Although Snorlax has lower Attack, it gets a stronger 100 acc STAB move to make up for it. Even the weaker Self Destruct is stronger than Metagross' Explosion due to STAB. My only concern is the Fighting weakness Snorlax has since Fighting types are pretty common. But at least I wouldn't be losing Snorlax to any crit Flamethrowers from Water types. >_<
Battle vid # is 49-54312-72105
- I had Machamp attack Gallade instead of Slowking because I didn't want to lose to Brightpowder hax; however, if I had killed Slowking (with Fling + Seismic Toss), I could probably have finished off Gallade easily the following turn since it doesn't carry a Psychic move. That's what happens when you play and watch TV simultaneously. -_-;
- I still can't believe I don't have it ingrained in my mind that Metagross should beware of Slowbro/Slowking after my previous streak was terminated in the same manner
