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Old Apr 2nd, 2012, 3:21:35 PM   #14
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With the tier shifts, a number of things are becoming outdated. One thing I thought of right off the bat is Life Orb Hitmonchan. ThunderPunch should be its primary coverage move now, as both Gligar and Claydol are gone. ThunderPunch hits Slowking and Qwilfish hard while killing Moltres on the switch and retaining coverage on other Flying-types such as Mandibuzz and Aerodactyl. Tangrowth beats Hitmonchan with Ice Punch anyway, so it's hardly worth justifying using Ice Punch over ThunderPunch anymore. The set should probably look like this now.

move 1: Close Combat / Drain Punch (I personally prefer Drain Punch since it helps longevity as a spinner)
move 2: Mach Punch (not as important as it used to be but still pretty useful)
move 3: ThunderPunch
move 4: Rapid Spin / Ice Punch (Lilligant and Sceptile will both fall to Drain Punch + Mach Punch)

I guess we need a new spread, too. And remove the several mentions of like all four Pokemon that left. I'm starting to wonder if Hitmonchan should just get a full update.

Another small thing, I'm thinking HP Ice on Choice Manectric should be moved to AC.
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