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Old Jan 2nd, 2013, 8:57:49 PM   #23
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Originally Posted by Fat oSeasons View Post
it's less popular than t-tar because t-tar is one of the best special walls in OU. Although t-tar lacks a method for recovery, it can easily switch in on a bulky variant politoed and take a scald to the face.
Does it really want to risk a burn though? I usually find that even the bulkiest of Tars are reluctant to switch into Politoed.

All Defensive Tar has over Hippo is the ability to counter Lati@ and other Psychics, which is nice, but plenty of things can do that. Hippo has a much stronger match-up against physical attackers, and even some special attackers if you invest in special bulk (like CM Sub Jirachi and some variants of Thundurus-T). Defensive Tar is pretty much death fodder against other sand teams, while Hippo is able to check many sand abusers really well. I also don't like how Tar's weakness to Dugtrio makes winning the weather war very difficult in some circumstances.

On a different note, CB Tar is an amazing set, but I haven't seen many people appreciate it. Get to using it, people! @_@

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Metagross is outclassed as a Steel by Scizor, who has Technician BP as well as Superpower and STAB U-Turn and Bug Bite.
Outclassed? I didn't know that Scizor has access to Meteor Mash and Stealth Rock, resists Hurricane, or has 80 HP / 130 Def / 90 SpDef base defensive stats.
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