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VaporeonIce · Mar 20th, 2012, 7:30:32 PM

Jumpman, the top contender that comes to mind for me is Suicune. It can crush basically anything without a super-effective move that isn't (a very strong) Outrage, Thrash, or Brave Bird (as it's often bulky enough to stall out Close Combat; if you're faster, spam Sub, and if you're slower, Sub turn 1 as you should still have over 25% left, ChestoRest turn 2 as your Sub breaks, and tada! no more Close Combat). Not only that, it can mess up plenty of Pokemon that DO have a super effective move, just by getting up enough Calm Minds or Pressure stalling. It's clearly not as good as Scizor at pure offense, but it has the bulk to get away with failing to KO, giving it added protection against Brightpowder shenanigans.

Mar 20th, 2012, 7:30:32 PM	#1519
VaporeonIce Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 195	Jumpman, the top contender that comes to mind for me is Suicune. It can crush basically anything without a super-effective move that isn't (a very strong) Outrage, Thrash, or Brave Bird (as it's often bulky enough to stall out Close Combat; if you're faster, spam Sub, and if you're slower, Sub turn 1 as you should still have over 25% left, ChestoRest turn 2 as your Sub breaks, and tada! no more Close Combat). Not only that, it can mess up plenty of Pokemon that DO have a super effective move, just by getting up enough Calm Minds or Pressure stalling. It's clearly not as good as Scizor at pure offense, but it has the bulk to get away with failing to KO, giving it added protection against Brightpowder shenanigans.