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Originally Posted by Fat RabidChipmunk
Scarfing a Guts Heracross actually isn't a bad idea; it's an excellent way of luring in status and punishing the opponent.
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Originally Posted by Fat cim
It's got some merit. The way people tend to beat Scarf Heracross now is to bring in something bulky before it gets an Attack boost, or when it only has one attack boost. Once you're just nailing additional sweepers, the boosted Attack stops mattering. Combine that with people just assuming Heracross is Moxie, and Guts becomes super viable. I still prefer Moxie because it's possible to set up "checkmate" scenarios where they can sacrifice a sweeper and get OHKOed or bring in their check and get 2HKOed, but Guts is mighty tempting.
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I can see it working out by outminding the opponent; it's just, that in that one game I played, I had a Crobat at 53% with rocks up on my field. I sacked my Houndoom to Heracross and since it didn't have moxie, my crobat was able to take the scarfed CC and live with 9% to roost up. It went downhill for my opponent at that point.
I don't know whether or not Guts was intended, but either way, I bet my opponent kicked himself for going for Guts at that point :x