Blaziken

[firecape]

Hi the next person to post something complaining about Blaziken being uber in this thread will be infracted. There have been 3 of them so far, knock it off.

 

[sammao]

One niptick, in counter and checks,

[Checks and Counters]

<p>Giratina is Blaziken's only real counter. Try as it might, Blaziken cannot OHKO it with any attack (unless in the unlikely event it gets 3 Swords Dance boosts and has sun support) while Giratina can just phaze it out with Dragon Tail or tear it apart with Outrage. Defensive variants of Giratina-O also perform a similar function, although it won't take Blaziken's hits quite as effectively. If it is raining, Psychic Arceus, Ghost Arceus, Cresselia, Lugia, and Gliscor can all take a Flare Blitz and either phaze out Blaziken or KO it with a super effective attack. Rayquaza and Normal Arceus can also bypass Blaziken's Speed boosts with ExtremeSpeed, which will cut through its low Defense like a hot knife through butter. Toxic Spikes also grealty annoys Blaziken as the passive damage combined with Life Orb will kill it off very quickly. Both of Blaziken's STAB attacks also have a change (chance?) of inflicting recoil damage, so smart switching between Ghost-types and bulky Water- or Dragon-types will cause the recoil to add up and eventually bring about Blaziken's demise.</p>

 

[Lemonade]

<p>Forging new ground as the first "starter" Pokemon to ever become Uber, Blaziken may seem like it has a lot to live up to in the Uber metagame. However, the fighting chicken is perfectly capable of functioning well in Ubers, mostly due to its ability , Speed Boost. Thanks to Speed Boost, as Blaziken accumulates boosts over the course of the match, it will become nearly impossible to revenge kill. Once enough boosts have been gathered....

After you implement the GPers changes, consider reducing the amount of times you use "boost," as the repetitive word makes the paragraph sound very clunky. Even alternating between "this/this ability/etc" and "boost/Speed Boost" will make it flow better. Of course, I'm not an official member so you don't have to.

 

[Fireburn]

This is now complete. :D

 

[athleteandy1]

Would giving it a Focus Sash be useful? I know it'd be risky, but it would help to set up with Protect/Sword Dance/Protect.

Then again, that'd only be useful if you send it out against someone that out speeds a speed boost... but it is good against Garchomp.

If you give it a Focus Sash, what Fire STAB do you use? Blaze Kick? That might be alright for NFE, but not in the Uber tier