Competitive use of Plates - Page 2

Aeromence · Oct 5th, 2011, 11:35:16 PM

The new double dance Haxxy is great with Draco plate, and lots of other mono-attackers make use of them too. Personally I like crocune with splash plate

Onicon · Oct 6th, 2011, 12:36:02 AM

The Draco Plate might be the most useful one, because Dragon moves have the best neutral coverage -> are spammable. You might not miss some important KOs - and it let you live longer in almost omnipresent sandstorm. The most important thing is Fire moves easily cover almost all resistances and rarely needs a Life Orb boost.

MixMence (Naive, 252 SAtk) and Hydreigon (Timid, 252 SAtk) might get into trouble without Life Orb, because they can miss a 2HKO on Ferrothorn (Impish, 252 SDef) with Fire Blast in rain, as it only does 168 - 200 damage and 184 - 220, including Leftover Mence almost never 2HKO. The Life Orb ones do 220 - 260 (62.5% - 73.9%) or 240 - 284 (68.2% - 80.7%).
Note: Modest Hydreigon always 2HKO Ferrothron in rain and therefore don't need a Life Orb.

NoUserName · Oct 7th, 2011, 9:07:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Fat asdfrozen

I remember using a Silk Scarf Ambipom last gen in UU (and Persian in NU).That said, I'd probably consider it on certain frail support Pokemon.

I used it on the set Fake Out + Last Resort.

Oct 5th, 2011, 11:35:16 PM	#26
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Oct 6th, 2011, 12:36:02 AM	#27
Onicon Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 696	The Draco Plate might be the most useful one, because Dragon moves have the best neutral coverage -> are spammable. You might not miss some important KOs - and it let you live longer in almost omnipresent sandstorm. The most important thing is Fire moves easily cover almost all resistances and rarely needs a Life Orb boost. MixMence (Naive, 252 SAtk) and Hydreigon (Timid, 252 SAtk) might get into trouble without Life Orb, because they can miss a 2HKO on Ferrothorn (Impish, 252 SDef) with Fire Blast in rain, as it only does 168 - 200 damage and 184 - 220, including Leftover Mence almost never 2HKO. The Life Orb ones do 220 - 260 (62.5% - 73.9%) or 240 - 284 (68.2% - 80.7%). Note: Modest Hydreigon always 2HKO Ferrothron in rain and therefore don't need a Life Orb.