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True, was thinking more about my CM Cress idea and think Rest/ CM/ Moonblast/ Shadow Ball might work, but not completely sure. Lots of people think about different sets, and judging from CM's low usage on Cress I doubt I've stumbled upon a gold mine, but I can't see too many problems with it. A Chesto Berry gives you a one time get-out-of-Toxic free card, and if you have CM boosts and at least one Iron Def from Scoli you should be able to wait out the rest turns, not to mention PP stall. Biggest issue I see here is that Scoli has to get up a ID to begin with, though that kind of problem is always present with a BP strategy.
Cress' power is pretty low, but the perfect neutral coverage sorta offsets this. Other problems are physical boosting Pokes, Suicune, Nasty Plot users if you haven't set up already, phazers(except those that really on Yawn for pseudo-phasing,) things that wipe stat boosts(I.e. Clear Smog and Haze,) Psych Up users(not really a thing though,) Power Trick Shuckle(this pretty much doesn't even count though,) and anything else like Suicune that can PP stall-maybe Dusclops?
Anyways, I think it's viable for a gimmick, though more feedback is Ofc appreciated. On a separate note, would anyone consider BPing to a non-CM Cress with anything, particularly Scoli with Iron Def?
I went to the pokemon global link to check my ranking since I had just broken 1700 but I'm no longer there! I have no idea why I have been removed because I haven't used any hacked pokemon for sure since I bred them myself except for the wobbuffet which I got from theorymon. I can play games on cart and it doesn't say anything about me being banned but I've just disappeared from the leaderboard. Has this happened to anyone before because this is really disappointing and frustrating :( ?
This might sound silly, but are you sure you're logged in? If you leave the page on idle for (I think) 30 minutes it logs you out and obviously won't show your ranking.
If that isn't the case, go to your profile (instead of looking at the ladder) and it should have your rank in there.
If it's not there then I dunno... Does it show your ranking in-game before you battle?
I did go to my profile and it says that I haven't played any game which is weird. Ingame, it does show my ranking but I think I know what happened. After visiting some different sites, I am convinced that it has been temporarily removed due to a lot of disconnects on my opponents' part. Apparently, this messes up the pgl and your rankings are removed temporarily until the next update. I have no idea why people disconnect when they are about to lose. Just to be safe, I have also filed a complaint on their support page so I'm sure everything should be fine. Hopefully, they don't reset my rating because that would just be frustrating.
EDIT: Okay after the update, I am back on the ladder but for some reason I have dropped to 1689. Oh well, it's better than starting all over from the beginning anyways.
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Nice! Breaking 1700 feels so good :) What is your team and how much experience do you have with it?
Yeah it feels really good! Hopefully I can break 1800 as well and I've been using this team since the beginning of the season. I made it on showdown and practiced with for a couple of days till I broke 1600 on PS!. My team is basically mawile-m, p2, breloom, t-flame, wobbuffet and m-gengar. Unfortunately, I've dropped to 1660 at the moment purely due to hax (2 games straight i missed play rough -_-) but it's a part of pokemon so I shouldn't complain lol.
I'm surprised Smeargle is number 125 in usage, only on .3% of teams. I feel like it used to be more common, and that was before Moody was introduced. With Moody it seems like it should be a lot more common. What are the best moves to run on Smeargle? I ran Parting Shot/ Spore/ Swircheroo/ King's Shield in the Battle Maison with a Choice Scarf and that was pretty good, but surprisingly Parting Shot isn't in the top 20 moves. I had Foul Play over King's Shield at one point to actually have a chance at dealing damage, and that was pretty good as well.
So I saw a post in OU about a Jirachi Hydreigon core. The idea got my attention as I've been keen to raise a Deino with Head Smash anyway.
The logical idea is to sub in Metagross for Jirachi. From there I'm a little lost on best partners. I believe Talonflame to be ideal but which set? I've got a Naughty one that I could hatch as I feel a mixed/ support set with Overheat could be interesting.
That could leave Gross to be Megagross which is fine. Beyond that I think I need support for what would be 3 wallbreakers. I feel like Sand would be really helpful.
It's here where my metagame knowledge and confidence suffers. Any help?
The logical idea is to sub in Metagross for Jirachi. From there I'm a little lost on best partners. I believe Talonflame to be ideal but which set? I've got a Naughty one that I could hatch as I feel a mixed/ support set with Overheat could be interesting.
That could leave Gross to be Megagross which is fine. Beyond that I think I need support for what would be 3 wallbreakers. I feel like Sand would be really helpful.
It's here where my metagame knowledge and confidence suffers. Any help?
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Mega Metagross + Hydreigon is a very good core and honestly the best things to pair Metagross with (it was also the partner of choice for Metagross in VGC15 too). Hydreigon can handle Rotom-W, Aegislash and Cresselia fairly well which Metagross hates. Some of the biggest issues for that duo are Blaziken and especially Greninja so something that can handle those two would be ideal. Talonflame can definitely do that though Focus Sash Greninja and the occasional Water Shuriken Greninja can be problematic, and it doesn't give you particularly good switches into it either. As usual, Thundurus is potentially obnoxious though Hydreigon can still KO it at the cost of being Thunder Waved (though Focus Blast exists). Rotom-W is another good partner for both of those two that can handle Greninja and Blaziken, though Rotom-W takes huge damage from Blaziken so it has to be careful against that. Rotom-H checks Thundurus better as well, but at the cost of being weak to Greninja. Conkeldurr is an incredibly solid check to both Greninja and Thundurus so you could look into that as well, though Blaziken does huge damage to it.
Hydreigon, Talonflame and Rotom-W are all among Metagross's top 5 teammates so you can definitely trust those four together, at any rate.
Mega Gyarados (M) @ Gyaradosite
Ability: Mold Breaker
EVs: 252 Atk / 252 Spe / 4 Def
Adamant Nature
- Dragon Dance
- Waterfall
- Crunch
- Earthquake
Can anyone suggests me a good pokemon to form a decent offensive core with this Gyarados? Choice Band Scizor instantly comes to mind but i would like other ideas. I was thinking Nidoking, although it seems a bit un-optimal lol.
http://www.smogon.com/forums/thread...t-statistics-never-use-the-pgl-again.3564009/
According to the website on this page, the top ten teammates are
#1
Garchompdetails for Garchomp
#2
Ferrothorndetails for Ferrothorn
#3
Gengardetails for Gengar
#4
Mawiledetails for Mawile
#5
Aegislashdetails for Aegislash
#6
Blazikendetails for Blaziken
#7
Sylveondetails for Sylveon
#8
Mamoswinedetails for Mamoswine
#9
Talonflamedetails for Talonflame
#10
Rotom-Hdetails for Rotom-H
A lot of very strong attackers on this list. Fire types are popular as are Steel & Fairy types, most likely to form FWG and Fantasy cores respectively.
According to the website on this page, the top ten teammates are
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
#10
A lot of very strong attackers on this list. Fire types are popular as are Steel & Fairy types, most likely to form FWG and Fantasy cores respectively.
Probably stupid but what came to mind is Klefki. They synergizes pretty well, and Klef can ease set up with screens.
Mega Gyarados (M) @ Gyaradosite
Ability: Mold Breaker
EVs: 252 Atk / 252 Spe / 4 Def
Adamant Nature
- Dragon Dance
- Waterfall
- Crunch
- Earthquake
Can anyone suggests me a good pokemon to form a decent offensive core with this Gyarados? Choice Band Scizor instantly comes to mind but i would like other ideas. I was thinking Nidoking, although it seems a bit un-optimal lol.
Singles? Doubles? Rotataions? Triples?
Mega Gyarados (M) @ Gyaradosite
Ability: Mold Breaker
EVs: 252 Atk / 252 Spe / 4 Def
Adamant Nature
- Dragon Dance
- Waterfall
- Crunch
- Earthquake
Can anyone suggests me a good pokemon to form a decent offensive core with this Gyarados? Choice Band Scizor instantly comes to mind but i would like other ideas. I was thinking Nidoking, although it seems a bit un-optimal lol.
Personally, I blundered into Metagross + Gyarados as a double Mega core; I didn't run it long or really build the team around it, but they had pretty impressive synergy. Both function non-Mega, so you can always bring both, and non-mega Gyara covers Ground/Fire for Mega Gross; or, Metagross demolishes Fairy and Fighting for Mega Gyarados, while Mega Gyara handles Fire / Dark / Ghost with ease and can intially switch into Ground moves for Metagross too. This was in Doubles, but I'd bet it has some merit in Singles as well. Non mega Metagross does still handle Mega Gardevoir, Sylveon, Conkeldurp (Mega stone helps against Knock Off), etc. while Gyarados can handle Blaziken (while non-mega), Heatran, Slowbro, etc.
Ferrothorn also seems good: Rock / Electric / Fairy / Grass resists, takes on bulky Waters, Fairies, and can walk into Mega Venusaur and toss T-Wave or Sub.
Oh, thank you i was really looking for something like this :)http://www.smogon.com/forums/thread...t-statistics-never-use-the-pgl-again.3564009/
According to the website on this page, the top ten teammates are
#1Garchompdetails for Garchomp
#2Ferrothorndetails for Ferrothorn
#3Gengardetails for Gengar
#4Mawiledetails for Mawile
#5Aegislashdetails for Aegislash
#6Blazikendetails for Blaziken
#7Sylveondetails for Sylveon
#8Mamoswinedetails for Mamoswine
#9Talonflamedetails for Talonflame
#10Rotom-Hdetails for Rotom-H
A lot of very strong attackers on this list. Fire types are popular as are Steel & Fairy types, most likely to form FWG and Fantasy cores respectively.
Hey all I want to battle someone from here sometime, for fun but also to get advice for my team or playstyle. Anyone interested?
If you drop by our room on Pokemon Showdown (link in my sig; PS!) there's always someone down for a couple friendly matches!
Because moderated chat is set, your account must be at least one week old and you must have won at least one ladder game to speak in this room.
Im getting this message, what should i do or have i done wrong? I never used the chatroom, sorry xd...
Im getting this message, what should i do or have i done wrong? I never used the chatroom, sorry xd...
Since you didn't have an account before you have to wait a week until you can talk in the room. If you see a name you recognize you can still pm them by clicking on their name and then chat.
Oohwkey thanks :)
Hi guys. I entered Battle Spot current online competition Kanto Classic to be able to receive the Lance Dragonite as prize. Right now I'm at only 5 games played (4-1) it was actually 6 (5-1) but someone DCed and it didnt record as win. Anyways, the global link site shows my match history (4-1) but I can't see my ranking anywhere.. If I click the entry history it shows Kanto Classic but rating and ranking have a "-" so does that mean I'm not ranked yet? How long does it take usually to update? Cause it has been almost 12 hours now so I dunno, my main concern is not receiving the Lance Dragonite :/
Unfortunately there's no way to check your rating on pgl until after they release rankings. If you really want to know start a battle and hit the power button as soon as you see it.
Like Demantoid said this is normal. Also, that DC will count as a win for you, it just takes a little longer to record than a regular game. If you're doing so well maybe keep playing?
OKie thanks!
And I kind of don't want to keep playing because I feel I've been lucky. The one player that defeated me I could see he was a good player, I have experience from past generations but I'm relatively new to 6th gen and didn't even have the chance to breed for good Iv pokemon, they're all poorly trained and rushed just so I could stand a chance. I'd say I only put effort in about 2 mons and these two are the ones that have been carrying me through (Minimize Clefable, not even perfect IVs at all, it was a 2-star clefairy catched using dexnav and bold synchronizer).