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Who are some good Scizor and Latias counters? I've been away from the Metagame for quite a while and my few loses are usually accountable to these two pokes. Thanks
I got a Spiker Skarmory with great IVs, but I dont want to have to breed in Brave Bird, cause ill have to IV breed again.
What should I replace it with? I could go for Air Slash and the 30% Flinch, or mabye another support move, like Protect or Toxic?
What should I replace it with? I could go for Air Slash and the 30% Flinch, or mabye another support move, like Protect or Toxic?
Is speed all that important on a Spiker Skarm? It would be better for defence EVs, right?
King Yoshi: Toxic is probably the best option if you do not wish to rebreed. You definitely do not want to use Air Slash with Skarmory's 40 Base Special Attack. If you want an attack, you're better off with Steel Wing for generic STAB attack that hits most things for neutral. Aside from Brave Bird though, Skarmory really lacks the power to hit anything decently hard, so personally I'd just go for Toxic. If Skarmory is taunted and does not have Brave Bird, it's not going to be doing much damage anyway even if it has Steel Wing / Aerial Ace.
Emerald only.
E only.
Scizor gets countered by Zapdos and Gyarados can set up in front of it, along with Rotom-h as long as you watch out for Pursuit, while Ttar and Scizor handle Latias.
Def EV's over Spe EV's. You want to life long enough to put an extra layer of spikes right? Skarmory isn't going to outspeed most Pokemon anyway, so why bother?
The Multitype really prevent item loss?
I know Arceus cannot have his plates removed, but items like Life Orb can be removed from it right?
I know Arceus cannot have his plates removed, but items like Life Orb can be removed from it right?
Yes, because Multitype only applies to the plates. So if it's in normal mode because you had something besides a plate attached, it can certainly lose the item.
http://www.smogon.com/dp/pokemon/arceus
Perhaps the comments on "Multitype" has to be changed.
"Type changes depending on the held plate. Also prevents item loss."
Yeah I thought so. Thanks.
Right. Multitype actually has nothing to do with preventing item theft (or even plate theft really). Arceus can't have his plates taken simply because Pokemon that can have forms outside of battle can't just change during a battle. This applies to Giratina and Shaymin as well.
If I trade a Beldum, for example, from my Diamond to my Pearl (which doesn't have the National Dex) and evolve it twice, then when I get my National Dex, will Beldum and Metang appear in it as caught?
You can't always expect people to answer within an hour.
It'd help if we had the set? Counters vary, as SDCario usually uses one of the following moves, alongside the omnipresent Extremespeed/Close Combat/Swords Dance:
-Ice Punch
-Stone Edge
-Earthquake
-Crunch
For example, is Stone Edge is absent, Gyarados is a viable counter. If Ice Punch/Crunch are both absent, Celebi becomes a counter, as so on.
latias is countered by scizor and umbreon while scizor is countered by all ou bulky waters not named empoleon.
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