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Reshiram: Draco Meteor, Dragon Pulse, Earth Power, Heat Wave, Hyper Voice, Outrage, Roost, Sleep Talk, Snore, Tailwind, Zen Headbutt Zekrom: Draco Meteor, Dragon Pulse, Earth Power, Hyper Voice, Magnet Rise, Outrage, Roost, Signal Beam, Sleep Talk, Snore, Tailwind, ThunderPunch, Zen Headbutt Standouts include Tailwind and Roost for both, and Magnet Rise for Zekrom. Reshiram could use Tailwind over Flame Charge to outspeed everything as opposed to getting revenged killed by Scarf Palkia (Ditto will also fail to revenge Reshiram this way). Zekrom could potentially make use of this in a similar manner. Magnet Rise could also be used to suprise a Groudon that attempts to EQ you. Discuss, ect. Last edited by Sun Sol; Jun 28th, 2012 at 12:05:31 PM. |
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Reshiram @ Life Orb Trait: Turboblaze EVs: 4 HP / 252 SAtk / 252 Spd Naive Nature (+Spd, -SDef) - Blue Flare - Dragon Pulse - Flame Charge - Roost A set-up sweeper with reliable recovery and a pair of awesome and completely unresisted Same Type Attack Bonus moves. Now that it has Roost, it has no qualms with holding Life Orb like before, enabling the Flame Charge set to be insanely powerful while still maintaining survivability. |
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I'm starting to question Reshiram's usefulness now that White Kyurem is out. Reshiram's sun dependence, slow speed, and weakness to all hazards make him a very high maintenance pokemon to use. Kyurem W, although weak to all hazards, is faster and is less reliant on weather. Really the only thing that Reshiram has over White Kyurem is Blue Flare, which I think Focus Blast on Kyurem can make up for in 2HKOing Blissey and Chansey.
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The two may outclass each other in one way or another, but hey - pair them up together on a team, and good game world! Reshiram supports Kyurem-W with Tailwind to boost its Speed, whereas Kyurem-W hits like a truck, after Reshiram softened the foe up a bit. Groudon is mandatory, and I honestly think that offensive variants are the best for this role. Theorymon used this against me, and I use 5-0'd, iirc. Not to mention my team is super Kyurem-W weak...
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Magnet Rise sounds pretty bad on Zek since Groudon will just phaze it away every time it does that. Better just use Draco Meteor and dent it hard. MRise might help slightly against Ground Arceus but don't expect much.
Roost and Tailwind have potential on Zekrom. Although Zekrom has his share of common weaknesses, his resistances and offensive presence can force a good amount of switches, enabling recovery. Really helps against stall since Zekrom is burdened by the numerous sources residual damage there, and there are Pokemon that can't hurt him much. Tailwind is interesting as it patches Zek's middling speed, and a set of Tailwind/Outrage/Bolt Strike/[Dragon Claw/HP Fire/Focus Blast] can probably do fine. Re: Reshiram The release of Regenerator Ho-Oh is somewhat of a bad news to Reshiram, who not only strongly competes for the Fire-type slot of the team, but can also check Reshiram relatively well as long as it doesn't have Stone Edge (which it could legitimately have since his STABs already grant perfect coverage and might leave a moveslot open). Kyurem-W and Lati@s are also three new things it has to watch out for. However, to say that Reshiram is outclassed is misguiding. Reshiram still possesses key resistances over White Kyurem, such as 4x to Fire (i dont need to tell you how useful this is), and 2x to Steel (Steelceus check), and its sun boosted Blue Flares deal more damage than anything Kyurem-W can do. Reshiram remains as one of the best sun team counters (which...might have somewhat led to its downfall...), and even moreso now with Tailwind, outrunning Scarf Palkia and Scarf Kyurem-W, and the rare Chlorophyllers. Roost just adds to the pain, enabling it to cope with entry hazards as the enemy struggles to get a safe switch in.
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As for whoever who said Reshiram is useless now with the advent of Kyurem-W, do realize that, despite the fact that Kyurem-W's Special Attack is 20 points higher than that of Reshiram, there is still not a single move in Kyurem-W's arsenal which comes anywhere close to matching the legendary power of Reshiram's Choice Specs and Sun-boosted Blue Flare. Also, while enjoying the 1.5x Speed boost of a Choice Scarf, Reshiram in the Sun can fire off a Blue Flare whose power is very similar to that of Kyurem-W's Choice Specs Draco Meteor, its strongest attack. In other words, Kyurem-W can only be either insanely powerful (by holding a Choice Specs) or insanely fast (by holding a Choice Scarf), but not both. But Choice Scarf Reshiram is almost as fast as Choice Scarf Kyurem-W,while in the Sun it is simultaneously almost as powerful as Choice Specs Kyurem-W. And with Choice Specs, Reshiram's Blue Flare in the Sun far outclasses any of Kyurem-W's moves in power. This, I believe, is an immense advantage Reshiram holds over Kyurem-W, which is why it is unsafe to say that the latter renders the former useless. Also, keep in mind that Reshiram's most powerful attack can be used again and again in succession, while Kyurem-W's cannot due to the extremely inconvenient Special Attack drop. This is especially important when comparing the two Pokémon's Choice Scarf sets, as it allows Choice Scarf Reshiram to sweep with far greater ease than Choice Scarf Kyurem-W. |
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okay i'm not gonna say that i'm gonna contribute a lot here but i am just gonna say a few stuff about zekrom vs kyurem-b.
First off, i think people will use kyurem-b a lot more than zekrom (hell zekrom is already useful, what more is kyurem-b). but let's not talk about raw power and speed. first off, zekrom still holds the huge advantage of typing that isn't weak to stealth rock meaning it can switch in and out with impunity. second, zekrom gets volt switch which we all know, is something that many choiced pokes would kill for. with this, i can say that zekrom would be a better choiced pokemon, if not the better wall breaker. also, zekrom has the ability to set up on ferrothorns, something that kyurem-b can't do if ferro has gyro ball.
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http://stats.pokemon-online.eu/Wifi%20Ubers/index.html Its at #12 sitting one spot below Giratina-O. |
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Please do not post random fallacies whilst dismissing all the VALID points that have been made as "not good". Zekrom simply lacks the speed and good special attacking moves to run an efficient mixed set. It's amazingly easy to force out or revenge kill after Draco Meteor's Sp.Atk drop, a problem that Kyurem-B doesn't have. |
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If you want to prove that Kyurem-B is better, please post its set and evs and moves included. 95 base speed matters? Oh, then Kyurem-B must use a speed boosting nature to make it actually worthwhile which means that its attack stat will be a max of 439 which is only 1 point higher than Zekrom's. Kyurem-B's Outrage is the only good physical move it has and thats why its more easily revenge killed. The other noteworthy attack option is Fusion Bolt. Zekrom's Bolt Strike is 2 times stronger than Kyurem-B's Fusion Bolt. |
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I see you guys moved the argument over here. It was perfectly fine in the other thread x_x
Rayquaza_ I have explained why Kyurem-B is not superior in the other thread. Like I said, Kyurem-B simply lacks raw power (except for one locking move, which is needed to dent several Arceus formes and Chansey), suffers from the SR weak, has less switch in opportunities in general, and some other issues. And frankly, Zekrom doesn't need anything more in his special attacking package because his main coverage move is a STAB 130 base power physical electric move.
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Hi can you guys keep it low? I don't mind these discussions at all, in fact I appreciate them, but slow things down. Don't use an aggressive, preaching tone. Thanks.
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Tyranitar leads hardly ever wear a Focus Sash. In fact, out of the countless Tyranitar leads I have battled, there is only one instance in which I have seen one wearing a Focus Sash, and that was someone I recently battled on the Reborn Server, who was using the team your signature links to. Also, Tyranitar being able to destroy all Pokémon in two hits while always being able to survive a hit itself with Focus Sash hardly makes it the best anti-lead, as most Pokémon are faster than it and can take it out in two hits before it even gets the chance to launch its second attack anyway.
Anyway, all the dragons in the Übers tier have their own unique advantages over one another, which is why every single one of them sees usage, as none of them is completely better than any other. So I guess the question of which dragon is the best in Generation V (or even which dragon is the best in Übers) is ultimately just a matter of opinion. I personally just find Reshiram's amazing pair of unresisted Same Type Attack Bonus moves, the devastating power of its Sun-boosted Blue Flare, and its ability to sweep with Flame Charge to be a lot more appealing than Zekrom's Stealth Rock neutrality, mixed attacking prowess, and ability to destroy stall-oriented teams with its Substitute + Hone Claws set, which is why I consider Reshiram to be better than Zekrom. Quote:
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We're talking about anti-lead right ? So yeah, Tar anti-lead always wear a sash, your battles doesnt matter and refering some arguments to the ladder is p.bad since there is very few people who play seriously on it (charizard, props to you).
Pokemon faster than him who can take 2 hit arent a true lead anymore so Tar did his job (and there is really no lead able to do that beside Groudon who invest like a crazy in speed). Also, there is really a few mons able to do that. Tar was in DP, and still in BW, the best anti-lead you can have. Anyway, that was off topic. |
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Reshiram @ Life Orb
Trait: Turboblaze EVs: 4 Def / 252 SAtk / 252 Spd Modest Nature - Substitute - Roost - Blue Flare - Dragon Pulse This is the new Reshiram set I have used and it works great with its unresisted coverage. With substitue and roost, the opponent cannot take advantage of Reshiram's normal flaws - stealth rock weak, wrong prediction, draco meteor stat drop and Status. This should be the substitute set onsite |
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Similarly, we all know that Arceus is the best Pokémon in the game and every team should be able to handle it. But if, hypothetically, for some reasons no one decided to use Arceus on the ladder in spite of that, then a team that cannot handle Arceus would actually be viable on the ladder. It is the exact same story here. Kyogre, a very common lead, easily outruns Tyranitar and takes it out with two hits, while surviving any of Tyranitar's attacks barring a critical hit. Same with Groudon and Aura Sphere Dialga. But the main reason why I do not think Tyranitar is anywhere near as good as Kyurem-W as an anti-lead is because unlike the latter, the former cannot take down Dialga, Groudon and Forretress before they get Stealth Rock up. And if they do, they have pretty much already completed one of their major duties anyway. Being able to prevent the opponent's lead from setting up Stealth Rock by being able to KO them before they can use that move is a huge part of an excellent anti-lead. |
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Not necessarily, the tournament scene can be a reflection of what you believe the pokemon 'metagame' to be as well. Given, the majority of matches take place on the ladder, but you don't have to ladder (a lot of people don't) to be a good player.
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That's true, but to my knowledge, most people who participate in tournaments are also ladderers anyway, and out of a desire to win, they would likely use their most successful team on the ladder in tournaments, so I don't think that the "metagame" in tournaments would be very different compared to that among the top trainers on a ladder. But in any case, I don't see any evidence of many, let alone all Tyranitar anti-leads holding Focus Sash in the tournament scene, or anywhere else either.
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I used every anti-lead existing atm since i'm an offensive player, and I can assure that Tyranitar is the best one. Test it, I can tell that you didnt, theorymoning isnt enough. |
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