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KarateF22 · Oct 19th, 2012, 4:02:02 AM

As a Baton Pass lover myself, I tried this team out for a couple hours. It is a great, solid team but the ONE real nitpick I have is that Mr. Mime should use Encore instead of Barrier. I understand your reasoning for using barrier, but I have never needed to use Mr. Mime for defense boosting. Not only this, but you can actually encore Roar (pretty hilarious) and then setup that way. I have also several times taken advantage of Calm Mind/Bulk Up/Curse users by encore locking them and then setting up my own calm mind. The rest of your setup is solid and I love playing it... its the first truly viable BP team I have seen this generation.

One more thing, minimize the attack IVs on anything not using hidden power. This reduces self damage from confusion and damage from Foul Play.

Oct 19th, 2012, 4:02:02 AM	#55
KarateF22 Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 101	As a Baton Pass lover myself, I tried this team out for a couple hours. It is a great, solid team but the ONE real nitpick I have is that Mr. Mime should use Encore instead of Barrier. I understand your reasoning for using barrier, but I have never needed to use Mr. Mime for defense boosting. Not only this, but you can actually encore Roar (pretty hilarious) and then setup that way. I have also several times taken advantage of Calm Mind/Bulk Up/Curse users by encore locking them and then setting up my own calm mind. The rest of your setup is solid and I love playing it... its the first truly viable BP team I have seen this generation. One more thing, minimize the attack IVs on anything not using hidden power. This reduces self damage from confusion and damage from Foul Play. Last edited by KarateF22; Oct 19th, 2012 at 3:08:00 PM.