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Lavos Spawn · Aug 21st, 2012, 2:15:06 PM

Hi Emeral,

First of all, congratulations on the peak! It's not every day that a Hail team of all things gets #1 on ladder. This team is very solid as far as Hail goes, with only a couple issues. The first is Choice Band Terrakion, who can switch in and start spamming Stone Edge with impunity since you don't have a Rock-type resist on the team and every member is either OHKO'd or 2HKO'd after Stealth Rock (Tentacruel dies after 2 Stone Edges + Hail damage even from full HP). Second, Volcarona is a gigantic threat for this team, as it can get a Quiver Dance off on half your team and net an easy sweep from there. Tentacruel can't hope to hurt it even with a super-effective Scald, because after a QD or two Scald will be doing insignificant damage. However, there is a solution to both these problems. Instead of using your own Volcarona, change it to a Bulk Up Conkeldurr, which not only resists Rock-type attacks and checks Terrakion, but can take a +1 Fiery Dance or Flamethrower from max SpA Volcarona and OHKO in return with Stone Edge.

252 +1 SpAtk Volcarona Fiery Dance vs 136 HP/120 SpDef Conkeldurr: 63.12% - 74.29%
252 +1 SpAtk Volcarona Flamethrower vs 136 HP/120 SpDef Conkeldurr: 74.81% - 88.31%

Conkeldurr

That's all I have for you. Again, nice team. Please consider the changes I suggested, and good luck in your future endeavors!

Aug 21st, 2012, 2:15:06 PM	#11
Lavos Spawn our state of zen Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 2,171 Mentor	Hi Emeral, First of all, congratulations on the peak! It's not every day that a Hail team of all things gets #1 on ladder. This team is very solid as far as Hail goes, with only a couple issues. The first is Choice Band Terrakion, who can switch in and start spamming Stone Edge with impunity since you don't have a Rock-type resist on the team and every member is either OHKO'd or 2HKO'd after Stealth Rock (Tentacruel dies after 2 Stone Edges + Hail damage even from full HP). Second, Volcarona is a gigantic threat for this team, as it can get a Quiver Dance off on half your team and net an easy sweep from there. Tentacruel can't hope to hurt it even with a super-effective Scald, because after a QD or two Scald will be doing insignificant damage. However, there is a solution to both these problems. Instead of using your own Volcarona, change it to a Bulk Up Conkeldurr, which not only resists Rock-type attacks and checks Terrakion, but can take a +1 Fiery Dance or Flamethrower from max SpA Volcarona and OHKO in return with Stone Edge. 252 +1 SpAtk Volcarona Fiery Dance vs 136 HP/120 SpDef Conkeldurr: 63.12% - 74.29% 252 +1 SpAtk Volcarona Flamethrower vs 136 HP/120 SpDef Conkeldurr: 74.81% - 88.31% Conkeldurr Conkeldurr @ Leftovers Trait: Guts EVs: 136 HP / 252 Atk / 120 SDef Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk) - Bulk Up - Drain Punch - Mach Punch - Stone Edge That's all I have for you. Again, nice team. Please consider the changes I suggested, and good luck in your future endeavors!