In every battle, try to find the one Pokemon that the opposing team has the most trouble countering. If your team has an advantage over your opponent's, then move cautiously to minimize risk until you are certain you can get that Pokemon in.
Bolded word should be 'impede'.Encore can be a great tool for helping Pokémon switch-in. For instance, Forretress can take advantage of Swampert locked onto Stealth Rock or Roserade locked onto Leaf Storm or Grass Knot and freely set-up entry hazards to impend the opponent's team.
http://www.smogon.com/articles/risk_reward
Pokemon is Chess: Playing Transparently, Conservatively, and Riskily
second paragraph:
Done these two, thanks.
This has been fixed. Thank you.http://www.smogon.com/dp/pokemon/rampardos
In the Rampardos analysis, under the Trick Room set, it says "Brave Rampardos with a 0 Speed IV reaches a low of 109 Speed" He actually reaches a speed of 108.
But Groudon doesn't get Will-O-WispGroudon can cripple Arceus with Thunder Wave or Will-O-Wisp
There are few item bans in the 200 metagame. Other than Liechi Berry, no pinch berries are obtainable, as Liechi Berry is found on Mirage Island, whereas the others come from Jirachi via Bonus Discs. Aside from this, there are no other bans that effect competitive play. For example, while Thick Club is only obtainable outside of Ruby and Sapphire, Marowak is banned as well, making no real difference to a competitive 200 play team.
Thanks.found something in an article that nobody will ever read but it caught my eye and pissed me off
Immanent -> Imminent. I'm assuming you meant "coming or likely to happen very soon" as opposed to "indwelling". The word 'immanent' is almost exclusively used in a philosophical context, anyway.<p>With Charizard's imminent Belly Drum threat, people are often forced to either carry a counter, or lose if Charizard is given the opportunity to set up (even in OU)</p>
In the Rock Polish set section. Out and pace are seperate words and in the article it says 'it also out paces' - out and pace should be together to form the word 'outpace'.It also outpaces neutral nature base 80s after Choice Scarf.
There should be no comma after the word 'important'.The other, more important, reason for doing this would be to have the one in three chance to remove Roar's negative priority modifier while using Sleep Talk.
The word 'it' should be removed and it would make perfect sense. Alternatively, you could word it like one of the ways below:Finally, Typhlosion, being a Fire-type, it has the nasty weakness to Stealth Rock,
That would be 'to deal with those pesky dragons'. The author also used the word 'pesky' several times, which if not a homage to Elmer Fudd gets a little excessive.. Hidden Power Ice can also be used deal with those pesky dragons,
The Pokémon needs an accent lol. I'm not sure how big you are on that.Substitute variants can take advantage of a wide range of defensive Pokemon including Chansey and Registeel,
"Gives it the oppurtunity to take down one more opponent after setting up Stealth Rock"Alternatively, Explosion gives the opportunity to take down one more opponent after setting up Stealth Rock.
"Reflect is chosen if setting up a physical defensively weak sweeper like Altaria is desired"Reflect is chosen is setting up a physical defensively weak sweeper like Altaria is desired.
There should be no comma after the word 'important'.The other, more important, reason for doing this would be to have the one in three chance to remove Roar's negative priority modifier while using Sleep Talk.
The word 'it' should be removed and it would make perfect sense. Alternatively, you could word it like one of the ways below:Finally, Typhlosion, being a Fire-type, it has the nasty weakness to Stealth Rock,
That would be 'to deal with those pesky dragons'. The author also used the word 'pesky' several times, which if not in homage to Elmer Fudd gets a little excessive.. Hidden Power Ice can also be used deal with those pesky dragons,
The Pokémon needs an accent lol. I'm not sure how big you are on that.Substitute variants can take advantage of a wide range of defensive Pokemon including Chansey and Registeel,
"Gives it the oppurtunity to take down one more opponent after setting up Stealth Rock"Alternatively, Explosion gives the opportunity to take down one more opponent after setting up Stealth Rock.
"Reflect is chosen if setting up a physical defensively weak sweeper like Altaria is desired"Reflect is chosen is setting up a physical defensively weak sweeper like Altaria is desired.
The main reason to give Tyranitar a Choice Scarf, however, is to absorb Trick. The majority of Pokémon who use Trick are Psychic- and Ghost-types weak to Pursuit. This means Tyranitar can switch in on a Trick no problem, and then Pursuit the helpless Pokémon as they flee. With the sandstorm Special Defense boost, Tyranitar can counter Latias, Azelf, and Choice Scarf Rotom-A with no problem at all. Tyrantar's convenient Speed allows it to out-pace ...
:s doesn't make much sense does it? I think that it should be Pokemon like Gengar and Latias perhaps?Gengar Pokemon like Latias have common counters, meaning that if one of them can at least weaken its counters, the other Pokemon can have a field day against the opponent's team.
However, there is a dark side to Intimidate. Since Salamence doesn't have Air Lock, the weather can effect Salamence in negative ways.