I think he meant that after they send in their galvantula counter, you call back your galvantula and send in a counter to their pokemon.
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Gavantula
- Thread starter Subzer0
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Spider Web's effect wears off when you switch.
Does Spider Webs effect wear off if Galvantula uses Volt Change?
Yes. Spider Web's effect stays as long as Galvantula is out.
Thunder is indeed 91% accurate with CompoundEyes factored in, which means the boost is multiplicative and not additive.
Nah it's 91.... in the 4th base. *insert cOLD joke here*
Anyways, this bug has to get Focus Blast....
really... when we get a good Pokemon who can use it... it doesn't have it...
So basically, Compoundeyes is pretty much useless on Galvantula since only one move benefits from it.
Well considering that that one move is Thunder, I wouldn't call it useless.
Why would you use Tension or Swarm though.
The "one move" is STAB and makes enough use on Denchura.
It also has a 30% paralysis chance.
Exactly. It's like if Heatran could freely use Fire Blast through an ability if his other abilities were trash (which they aren't). Provided Denchura isn't as hard-hitting as Heatran but you get my point.
Well, it can't. There's still a miss chance, just less of one.
It's more like if Heatran's Fire Blast only had a 9% miss chance instead of a 15% miss chance and had a 30% burn chance instead of a 10% burn chance. People would be much more likely to choose it over Flamethrower.
what's a good ev spread for this thing, and what hold item should it have?
Look here. Older one however.
Galvantula is pretty awesome. Life Orb thunder wrecks lots of stuff - the 30% paralysis is wonderful and can really support the team well.
Personally, I go for HP Water instead of Ice or Grass as the final move. With the exception of Magnemite/Magneton, and Rotom (normal form), all Pokemon that resist Bug/Electric are weak to water. Whereas some things that resist Bug/Electric are neutral to or resist ice (Steeliz, Dory, Rotom-H). The only problem with HP Water is that you miss the KO on stuff like Gliscor.
Look forward to using this thing in a lower tier, that's for sure.
Personally, I go for HP Water instead of Ice or Grass as the final move. With the exception of Magnemite/Magneton, and Rotom (normal form), all Pokemon that resist Bug/Electric are weak to water. Whereas some things that resist Bug/Electric are neutral to or resist ice (Steeliz, Dory, Rotom-H). The only problem with HP Water is that you miss the KO on stuff like Gliscor.
Look forward to using this thing in a lower tier, that's for sure.
If they had given it fire blast/blizzard/hydro pump Gavantula would be pretty awesome, but they didn't. It has good speed and decent SpA but even with a 91% accurate thunder it's a little underwhelming. Still, as many others have said, i could see it being a good UU pokemon.
1. Use HP Ice so that Galvantula can deal with Dragons more easily.
2. Use CompoundEyes. It really helps Thunder's accuracy.
Compound eyes, definitely. Mostly removing the accuracy problem of Thunder is a definite boon here.
This thing is absolutely ripping apart everything in sight in the main game by the way, easily the best thing on my team for now, even despite its frailty. I'll certainly be using it rather often in my MP team.
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