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Old Jul 21st, 2012, 12:05:15 PM   #6
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Hey AgentDell, thanks for finishing this up for me and adding sprites and specific sets! Here's my take on what should be removed or added for the Offensive Threats; I'll get to the Defensive Threats some other day. I might repeat some things that Raseri has already mentioned since I wrote this up and then saw his post. Feel free to call me out on IRC if you disagree with anything (this applies to everyone else too)


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Absol - Remove Mixed Attacker; it's not effective enough / too similar to the All Out Attacker set. 

Altaria - Remove Life Orb + Power Swap; it's literally never seen and inferior to Choice Specs.

Armaldo - Remove Choice Band and Double Dance; they're not effective and outclassed. Mention a Tank set. 

Banette -  Remove this entire Pokemon; it's too outclassed by Golurk and there are better choices to set up Trick Room. 

Basculin - Remove the Choice Scarf set; it doesn't hit hard enough to be considered as a threat.

Beartic - Not effective enough to be a threat in my opinion. Remove(?)

Butterfree - Double Powder should be considered as an Defensive Threat.

Camerupt -  These two sets perform the same role; I would fuse them into one Rock Polish set. Add a Tank set.

Drifblim - Remove SubCM; it's too similar to the ChestoRest set, which is better. 

Electabuzz - Remove the Charge Beam set; add a Eviolite Attacker set. 

Electrode - Remove the Lead set; it's too similar to the Special Attacker.

Emboar - Remove the Choice Specs set; the Mixed Wallbreaker basically does the same job, which is surprising the opponent. 

Exeggutor - Harvest should be considered as a Defensive Threat.

Floatzel - Bulk Up should be renamed as Bulk Up + Baton Pass since Floatzel is never going to sweep teams by itself. 

Fraxure - Add a Choice Band set.

Gardevoir - Add a Life Orb Healing Wish set. Fuse Defensive Calm Mind and Offensive Calm Mind into one set since they are too similar. 

Gigalith - Remove the Curse set; it's too uncommon and easily stopped. 

Golem - Remove Rock Polish and Choice Band; see above comments.

Golurk -  Add a Rock Polish set.

Huntail - Shell Smash should be renamed to Mixed Shell Smash, which differentiates it from Gorebyss.

Kadabra -  Remove the Choice Scarf set; it's too weak and is complete bait for Pursuiters.

Kangaskhan - Rename the Scout set to Life Orb. It doesn't have U-Turn so it can't really be classified as a scout.

Krokorok - Remove this Pokemon; too weak and frail to be considered a serious threat.

Lairon: Add a Tank set.

Lampent - Add a SubSplit set.

Lapras - Add a Special Attacker set.

Leafeon - Add a Baton Pass set. 

Lickilicky - Remove the Mono Attacker set; it's almost never seen.

Liepar - Remove the Fake Out set; it's too weak to do serious damage. Add a Prankster Support set.

Ludicolo - Add a Synthesis Tank set.

Remove the Mixed Attacker and Choice Scarf set; they're too uncommon and easily walled. 

Lunatone - Remove this Pokemon; simply a bad Gardevoir.

Magmar - Remove the Belly Drum set; Charizard does this a whole lot better.

Masquerain - Remove Offensive Quiver Dance; Butterfree does it better.

Mightyena - Remove this Pokemon since it's simply a bad Absol unless it magically gets two or more kills, which isn't going to happen. 

Mothim - Remove this Pokemon; Butterfree outclasses it.

Musharna - Add a Trick Room set.

Ninjask - Remove Offensive Baton Pass; it's too similar to the Baton Pass set. 

Pelipper - Rain Dance should be renamed to Tank; since it hits pretty hard.

Pikachu - Remove the Nasty Plot set; it's too frail to find a turn to set-up.

Rampardos - Trick Room should be renamed to Trick Room Sweeper.

Relicanth - Add a Tank set.

Rotom-S - Remove the SubCharge set; it doesn't work since Rotom no longer has a Ghost typing. 

Sawsbuck - Add a Baton Pass set and Subtitiute + Swords Dance set.

Seviper - Remove the Coil set; Arbok does it better.

Simisage - Remove the SubSeed set; it's not common enough to be a threat. 

Slaking - Slash a Choice Scarf set.

Swoobat -  Remove the Dual Screens set; Swoobat has better things to be doing than that.

Throh -  Remove the SubProtect set; I don't see what that accomplishes. 

Tropius - This should be classified as a Defensive Threat; Swords Dance is too weak and Harvest is primarily defensive.

Vigoroth - Remove the SubEncore set; it's too uncommon and weak to be considered a threat.

Vileplume - Remove the SunnyBeam set; Exeggutor does it better. Add a Life Orb Tank set. 

Whiscash - Remove the Tank and SubDance set since they are weak and uncommon.
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