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as for terrakion, i distinctly recall, when SR was revealed as a BW2 tutor, some people mentioning lead terrakion. i would certainly expect SR terrakion if it was in the lead position because that discussion has remained strong in my mind, but i agree that few people would. it's nice because it's got a lot of offensive pressure (even the most offensive deoxys d just doesn't hit all that hard really), so defensive teams are hesitant to stay in on it and you can often use the free switch to nab a hazard. obviously you could have used the free switch to sd as well, but as we should all know, stealth rock is the best move in the game lol |
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Trait: Levitate @ Life Orb 252 Hp / 228 SpA / 28 Spe Modest Nature -Draco Metoer -Surf / Hidden Power [Fire] / Psyshock -Recover -Thunderwave Anyone who knows me knows that i absolutely love Latias and if anyone has seen my "The Goldenteam" rmt they will know that i use Tinkerbell Celebi i noticed Latias could run quite a similar set and i decided to use it for fun. It actaully works quite nicely. Much like Celebis set as Latias acts like a bulky hit and run attacker. You usually go for Thunderwave or Draco Meteor first. To dish out damage or cripple the opponent. If they send in a pokemon to take advantage of Draco Metoers recoil then you can cripple that pokemon with Thunderwave. Thunderwave is such an amazing move on Latias because no one really ever expects it. Recover helps Latias recover health and Life Orb recoil. The second attacking move is up to you really and it just depends on the coverage of your team. Part of the reason of this sets succes is the increase of Genesect as Genesect switches in to pick up his download boost and U-Turn you hit it with a Thunderwave stopping it from being a reliable revenge killer. The evs maxmimise bulky and power with 28 speed evs to outspeed adamant Gyarados and Breloom before they can substitute and spore respectivly Also as you guys probally already know Scyther isn't to good in OU especially if it is not using the only thing that gives it an advantage over Scizor Evolite. The only pokemon viable in ou with a 4x Stealth Rock weakness is Volcarona :)
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EDIT: Just ran a few calcs, Draco Meteor hits pretty hard, doing around 50% to bulky Deoxys D. Counters obviously change with the moves used. I'm none to fond of the damage that Surf deals, though, as it seems that HP Fire hits counters much harder, and Psyshock is boosted with STAB, so it can do some damage if you don't want to drop your stats. Last edited by BlackLight; Sep 15th, 2012 at 9:18:05 PM. Reason: wordswordswords |
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Do you have any damage calcs for Draco Meteor vs Tentacruel (assuming Psyshock isnt chosen). It's been awhile since I gave feedback on a set.
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@BlackLight Surf is good if you are on a rain team to dish out more damage. I use the Latias in conjuntion with T-wave Ferrothorn on a rain team but your right Hidden Power [Fire] is good to smack steel switch ins that dont mind T-wave. Psyshock is also good on rain teams to deal with Tentacruel. Surf has its uses though in beating Heatran.
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Yes, I've seen that Latias set before, and it's pretty darn good if you rely on bulk/priority/revenging to handle common Latias. The only thing I really noticed is that T-Wave is not really all that necessary on Latias, because it doesn't help it do anything, really. Common switch ins such as Ferrothorn, Blissey, or Tyranitar don't really gaf about paralysis, because they are already slow as molasses. Ferrothorn in particular becomes a big threat if you use Surf, abusing it's drop of speed from T-Wave to 2HKO you with Gyro Ball. I only see T-Wave being useful in CM wars, but most CM Wars include Substitute, rendering T-Wave useless in that regard. Volcorona is really the only one you'll actually be harming, but then again since your SpA is quite low it'll easily get to something like +2 and OHKO with Bug Buzz. Opposing Dragons like Salamence or Dnite migh not appreciate T-Wave, but none of them will stay in on you anyway, and they all commonly carry Lum berries.
I have with me a semi-common Landorus-T set that may or may not be as rare as I thought but nevertheless it should allways be considered on defensive oriented teams: Landorus-T @ Leftovers / Intimidate Adamant nature, 200 HP / 64 Atk / 244 Def U-Turn / Stealth Rock / Earthquake / Stone Edge This Landorus has a lot of bulk- compareable to the behemoths of Forretress and Skarmory. It can also hit like a truck- because even without maximum investment, boy does an EQ hurt. It's great for support cores- packing a lot in one bundle: Stealth Rock, U-Turn, and Intimidate. It's the perfect physical pivot- with a base speed that's low enough to bring in frail threats for free but fast enough to eliminate counters. EdgeQuake is your offensive combo, hitting much of the metagame- Terrakion, Volcorona, Tornadus-T, Heatran- they all fall. U-Turn also does considerable damage to psychic/dark types- it cleaves off hefty chunks from Lati@s, Ttar, and Reuniclus, all the while giving you plenty of momentum. Move over, Scarf set. |
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Latios could also run a similar "Tinkerbell" style set if you need somethign to hit a bit harder, although it would be less useful as a pivot.
![]() Latios @ Life Orb Naive | 60 Atk | 192 SpA | 252 Spe Draco Meteor HP Fire ThunderWave/Recover Earthquake This is a similar idea except combined with the ability to crush Jirachi and Heatran while retaining the ability to kill Scizor, Ferro and Forretress. I'm no master of EVs but these just let it grab the 2HKO and 1HKO on Specially Defensive Jirachi and Heatran respectively after rocks with Earthquake. This is kind of offensive annoyance is done better by Hydreigon generally - Latios just packs the suprise factor and speed. Last edited by Ames; Sep 16th, 2012 at 4:55:17 AM. |
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Speaking of Latios:
Latios @ Life Orb Levitate Timid 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe - Memento - Draco Meteor - Hidden Power Fire / Surf - Psyshock / Surf This is a fun idea I came up with during WCoP but we never got to make good use of. It performs similarly to your standard Life Orb Latios (sans the longevity and ability to repeatedly check rain threats that Recover allows for of course), but serves a somewhat different purpose. It was originally conceived for use on sun teams as an offensive presence that could also create easy set-up opportunities for the like of Volcarona or Venusaur or Sawsbuck. It also got around one of the previous issues of using Draco Meteor with Latios, which was that the SpA drop made it much easier for things to set up on Latios. With Memento Latios can neutralize that set-up attempt, or simply go on an attacking spree and then kick things off for a partner when Latios is on its last legs. In this sense I think it would fit well on a DragSpam team too.
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Here's an original set I have on my Drifblim.
Drifblim (M) @ Ghost Gem Trait: Unburden EVs: 252 SAtk / 252 Spd / 4 HP Modest Nature - Shadow Ball - Thunderbolt - Hidden Power [Fighting] - Substitute Reaches 516 speed after unburden which is enough to outspeed all scarfers up to 108 speed (loses to any scarfer with 108 by 1 due to HP Fighting). As for it's place in NU, it always outspeeds Timid Electrode and Jolly Ninjask before a speed boost. |
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This is an excellent set and I'm going to start using it right away. You mentioned it could work "well" on Sun teams, but I think that's a bit of an understatement. The set-up opportunities this thing could give for Volcarona, Venusaur, etc. make it an asset for extremely offensive Sun. I think Memento's going to catch a ton of people off-guard on the ladder, too. I'll be giving this a try as soon as I find a team to fit it on. Thanks for posting this set, Tobes!
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Here's a set for mew I used for a while.
Mew@choice scarf Trait:synchronize Nature:Timid Evs: 252 spe, 252 spatk, 4 def Ivs: 30 atk, 30 def Moves: Psychic/psyshock Ice beam/blizzard/aura sphere/focus blast Thunder bolt/thunder/shadow ball transform You probably looking at this and asking. "why on earth would I use this when imposter ditto is available or use a harder hitting scarfer?" Well, unlike imposter ditto, this set can use it's own move pool as well as a decent lure to have thunderus-t give you a free heal thanks to it's own volt absorb on nasty plot or specs sets. This also offers solid coverage and a ton of options for moves at the cost of power. Unlike other special attacking scarfers that tend to be predictable as well as have a con to there most hard hitting attack. Scarfed mew does not have an identical problem. It can have a consistent strength which lends it to finish a battle if it has to. Psychic takes priority over psyshock since it needs all the power it can get. However, psychock is still an option for specially based teams that need to get around the pink blobs. The next two slots are up for grabs from a number of options. Ice beam allows it to kill dragons and can use blizzard on a hail team for more power. Thunder bolt completes the bolt beam combo and can opt for thunder on a rain team. Aura sphere/focus blast and shadow ball can take place of the bolt beam combo should you like the perfect coverage. Choosing between aura sphere vs focus blast is again power over accuracy. Transform is used in the last slot should be used against setup sweepers or when you can change for a free immunity however transform should be used sparingly if not when in a pinch so it can use it for a surprise factor. The Ivs given allow it to use hp Ice when transformed |
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Why use Mew over Genesect? Genesect has better offenses and typing, download, and coverage that is just as great. Mew can speed tie with MoxieMence, +1 Volcarona (and beat a weakened one I guess with Psyshock), and yeah those are pretty much it's only advantages other than transform, which is useless for revenge killing since you will get murdered as you Transform. The idea is cool, I'd just like to know why this is better than Genesect or even Jirachi for that matter as a scarfer.
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Transform has has it's pros and cons. Swords dancers are put into a corner when there move does almost nothing and are now in a situation where they have to die or someone else has to in order to revenge kill. Though it is a gamble against dragon dancers since it could be ruined by an opponents outrage. So I guess when it comes down to it. Scarf mew plays with thinking either using an opponents boost against them on something slower and potentially ties, or waiting until it can come in for the kill. It can change it's own pace for the situation. That's why it is pretty effective in the case against jirachi and possibly genesect. |
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Living stuff is kinda of important. This piloswine is about twice as bulky as Mamoswine. It's earthquake and Ice attacks are strong enough. It's not like Mamoswine actually sweeps anything other than pokemon that are weak against it's attacks
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I'm just not seeing the pros of Transform. |
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If Mamoswine isn't sweeping anything that isn't weak to its attacks, then neither is Piloswine, who doesn't hit as hard and isn't as fast. Living an attack doesn't help you beat the other Pokemon when you can't kill it in one hit and it outspeeds you.
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Pilowine can kill some of the big threats. Pilowine can kill Terrakion one on one. Mamoswine can't. Pilowine can also kill Infernape, Dragonite, Ninetails, Tyranitar and much more.
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None of those Pokemon are switching in on Mamoswine at all, and Tyranitar will never face Mamoswine 1 on 1. Mamoswine can kill all of those Pokemon on the switch (Icicle Crash OHKOs Dragonite through Multiscale!) and can run a power boosting item over Eviolite. And all of the Pokemon you mentioned are Pokemon that you should be able to deal with on any team anyway.
I'm just not seeing why you sacrifice 30 base Attack and Speed points for a little bulk when it doesn't really make you any better.
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I'm finding this guy to be particularly useful to my HO team.
Tornadus (M) @ Flying Gem Trait: Prankster EVs: 252 Spd / 252 Atk / 4 HP Jolly Nature - Bulk Up - Acrobatics - Superpower - Tailwind There are two main reasons I like this set on my team. First is it tends to bring in a lot of Chanseys and Ferrothorns and a +1 Superpower 2KOes both of them(OHKO depending on how many hazards I have on the field). This opens up sweeps for my Volcarona, Haxorus, and Dragonite. It does massive damage to many physical walls courtesy of the flying gem boosted Acrobatics, which helps let my other sweepers break through. The second reason I like this so much is because of that priority Tailwind. I cannot count how many times I have been saved by this. Fast choice scarvers like Salamence and Terrakion can often be the bane of my team, but tailwind is absolutely invaluable against them. It also works very well against chlorophyll sweepers on sun teams. Imagine this scenario, which I find to be quite common: You have this Tornadus, and Haxorus at half health in hold along with a +1 Volcarona out while opponent sends out his Scarf Moxie Mence and his dugtrio in the wings Dugtrio(in reversal range). His Scarf Moxie Mence wins the speed tie KOing my Volcarona and nabbing +1. I send out Tornadus, and use the Prankster Tailwind as he KOes Tornadus. I sned out Haxorus and am able to maim both of them with a 252 Adamant Outrage. Had I not had tailwind, I would've been screwed. Anyways, go try out this set and give some feedback on it!
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Yea, BU Acrobat Tornadus just got even better with Superpower. I personally prefer Taunt for it's stallbreaking capabilities, but in a more offensive metagame that we currently have I certainly see Tailwind being a lifesaver.
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Feraligatr @ Liechi Berry Trait: Torrent EVs: 252 Atk / 252 Hp / 4 Spd Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SpAtk) - Swords Dance - Aqua Jet - Substitute/Waterfall - Crunch/Super Power Probably the best abuser of pinch berries that I have found. Unfortunately the boost isn't a 50% to everything.. but only a +1 to your over-all attack, which makes it only marginally better than life orb. You can also use splash plate but it's slightly underwhelming when it counts. The speed is to outdo Std bulk up breloom by 1 point :) Kinda wish Terrakion had endure for dat dere Endure/CloseCombat/SwordsDance/StoneEdge + Custap berry for a double ko :P |
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Infernape @ Life Orb Trait: Blaze EVs: 8 Atk / 248 SAtk / 252 Spd Naive Nature (+Spd, -SpDef) - Fire Blast - Close Combat - Grass Knot - Stone Edge / Hidden Power [Ice] This is specially biased mixed Infernape and honestly, I don't understand why it's usage is so much lower than the physically biased Infernape. The only Pokemon that can switch in on all of it's attacks are Vaporeon/Tentacruel/Lati twins (even Gyara is 2hkoed by GK). Anyway the major selling point of this Nape is the incredible difficulty sun teams have dealing with boosted fire blasts (repeatedly), especially when Infernape hits blaze. Fire blasts from Infernape in sun are incredibly scary.. Stone edge for Volcarona/Chandelure and friends or HP ice to reliably ohko Gliscor/Landorus, especially on a switch. A true wallbreaker thank's to an invested Grass Knot allowing it to deal with 2 of it's biggest counters (Jellicent and Slowbro) and a true stall breaker, unlike the u-turn physically biased variant. Throh @ Leftovers Trait: Guts EVs: 252 Hp / 8 Def / 248 SpDef Careful Nature (+SpDef, -SpAtk) - Circle Throw - Rest - Sleep Talk - Empty / Bulk Up / Filler Such a shame Throh has such a limited movepool, but this set really does do some damage in OU, especially with wish support. Rest and sleep talk abuse guts, however both inner focus and moldbreaker have their uses! The last slot can be empty to increase the chance of selecting circle throw when asleep or you can go with bulk up to try a snowball sweep. Otherwise Throh has some options such as payback to hit Gengar and Jellicent or knock off to disable items. Remember to try and remove ghosts before revealing the set or Gengar sets up easily! I was surprised when this set worked on a stall team, especially with Genesect being unable to do much more than simply wear Throh out. Last edited by HabibsHotDogs; Sep 18th, 2012 at 6:45:35 AM. |
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Celebi @ Flame Orb Trait: Natural Cure EVs: 240 HP / 224 SDef / 44 Spd Calm Nature (+SDef, -Atk) - Recover - Perish Song - Trick - Hidden Power [Ice] I already posted this in the analysis of celebi. This celebi is amazing, it's very good support for rainstall. It can burn genesect, tyranitar, scizor or similiar stuff also it can block reuniclus (too bad for stall team with it ability) and hit dragonite, salamence and other dragons type with hp ice. I suggest you to try it. |
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