I generally don't like using Outrage unless I know it will one shot it. Otherwise, Ferro can come in and laugh at me because sub+LO+Iron Barbs+SR= 63% of my health gone at the second Outrage. I would lose my Garchomp for reasons that could have been avoided.I want to know why your hitting Kyogre and Groundon with Earthquake and not Outrage.
I don't know but this set seems very weak to me...Arceus @ Spooky Plate
Trait: Multitype
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spd
Jolly Nature (+Spd, -SpAtk)
- Swords Dance
- Recover
- Extremespeed
- Shadow Claw
I have been doing very well on the ladder with this Ghost-Arceus set. It's essentially running the same set as the Extreme Killer Arceus but it obviously cannot be hit by Extremespeed and unboosted Extreme Killer Arceus with Silk Scarf only 3HKO-4HKOs it with super effective Shadow Claw. Also, Arceus-Ghost's STAB Shadow Claw destroys a number of Ubers pokes
I think the big reason why hyper offense is uncommon is EK Arceus. It has solid counters, but take a look at them: Giratina, Skarmory, Bronzong, Lugia, support Ghost Arceus, support Groudon, Terrakion, etc. Offensive Groudon takes a ton and fails to OHKO Arceus back in return. CS Terrakion fails to OHKO Arceus with Close Combat barring two layers of hazard support, and CB Terrakion risks dying to Earthquake. That leaves the first five, none of which fit on HO teams. How are you going to stop EK Arceus? Frankly at the moment my best answer is simply to not use HO ...As many of you who have been playing 5th Gen Ubers for a while now know, balanced and stall teams have been the most prominent teams used for a while now. Although offensive teams are just recently starting to climb in popularity again, there's still plenty to explore about the playstyle, hyper offense in particular.
Yea, this is true. I've been testing several HO / offensive uber teams for quite some time, and the top threats always remain the same:The only reason why Offense team are so difficult to play in BW is because of Arceus, not only EKceus (I've way more problem with CMceus than EKceus). His natural bulk and his ability to setup on anything is just too much for them.