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Originally Posted by Fat ala
Oh sorry, I didn't realize you were talking about Life Orb. I barely see it.
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Specs has definitely become the more common set in my experience. Life Orb is rarely seen. Neither set is better, per se, as they both have their merits. I think the reason Specs is what I've found to be more common is that it takes more prediction to pull off well, but it's also better when you do pull off your predictions, so it's often used by a higher skill level of player than the Life Orb set. Not saying LO is bad by any means, it's a fantastic stallbreaker...but there's hardly any stall around these days, and other more defensive Pokemon function as better stallbreakers anyways (Jellicent, Mew, etc). The difference between Specs damage and LO damage is enough to change the course of a battle, though. For example, a LO Hurricane from Torn-T on standard Latios after rocks will (almost?) never OHKO. However, a Specs Hurricane will (always?) OHKO after rocks (sorry no calc on me atm but that's what I know from experience). That can sometimes be a huge difference maker. Other important factors include being able to 3HKO Specially Defensive Rotom-W after rocks, even locked into Hurricane. Get off some early damage on Rotom, then send in Specs Torn-T and the opponent is forced to lose something to it. I can certainly understand the argument for going LO > Specs (more versatility, easier to use) but for now I'll stick with Specs as my preferred set.
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Originally Posted by Fat Rayland
The worst part about Tornadus-T is that it can easily outlive its counters. All Tornadus-T has to do is switch out to a counter to your counter (counterception?) and keep all of the momentum. SpD Rotom-W, Jirachi, and SpD Zapdos can't switch into Hurricanes consistently. Jirachi has the best chance of living due to lack of a SR weakness + Wish, but it can't really do anything back to Tornadus-T. The bird can just U-Turn out (activating regenerator) and switch to a counter like Ferrothorn. Players have to go out of their way to find a way to take out Tornadus-T.
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