Thunder Wave!!! Go around paralyzing EVERYTHING in your way!!!
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Yeah Thunder Wave is a solid option too. I can't believe I forgot it.
Grass immunity isn't that great imo because it's not all that common of an offensive type, Goodra already resists it and most grass types move you see are special so Goodra takes next to nothing from them anyway. Goodra doesn't benefit from Sap Sipper's attack raise either. I'm not saying you shouldn't consider Sap Sipper, but it's not unquestionably better than Gooey. Also, Hydration Goodra is pretty great on a rain team.
I'd say Sap Sipper is useful for taking Leech Seeds and Spores. It's not the greatest thing in the world, but all of Goodra's abilities are pretty situational and Sap Sipper seems like the most useful.
ok so I'm not entirely sure this guys (cloyster) is OU, but I treat him like it so here's my build and tell me if it sucks, bear in mind that I needed a spiking wall to complement my fast, hard hitting dragons:
IV's: all are 31 but attack
Ev's: 252/0/252/4/0/0
Moves: Ice Beam, Hydro Pump, Spikes, and Toxic Spikestell me what you think about him and what I should equip him with
IV's: all are 31 but attack
Ev's: 252/0/252/4/0/0
Moves: Ice Beam, Hydro Pump, Spikes, and Toxic Spikes
You are ignoring the two things that make Cloyster bordeline viable in OU: Shell Smash, and Skill Link.
Sorry if this sounds blunt, but that's not a very good set. If you want to use Cloyster in OU, you need to take advantage of his niche--a shell smasher that can break through Sturdy and Subs. Their are better options for a Spike setter, perhaps Roserade, or Skarmory for something more defensive. Start here, it may help you better understand Cloyster's function. :]
sorry if i'm late to reply but thank you SOOO much for the informative reply! i'm really working to make the perfect miltank and prove people wrong in competitive battles, because i honestly believe it's viable in OU with enough work! i know there will usually be a pokemon out there better but i just want to try it out
now to put your guide to use ^_^
Thanks for the advice. I was thinking if I reload after one the hatch power would apply to that egg too. The thing is I get impatient and I don't like to shake my DS 4001 times to get the level 4 regeneration =p Do you do it with level 4 regeneration or do you find it works well to go 5 at a time with level 1? I guess I could always do 5 at a time while hatch power is on and reload after 1 or 2 when I don't have enough energy for it.
I usually just go until the energy is all used up then take a break. Like I said I don't often simply reload, because most of the time I can find uses for the non-shiny offspring.
Jolly trades a stronger quick attack for a faster return. Adamant trades a faster return for stronger quick attack. Keep in mind too M-Pinsir is base 105 speed--good, but not fantastic. You won't outspeed positive base 100 pokemon, the most significant of which being Mega Charizard Y which can now check you whereas it couldn't before because it can't take even a jolly return.
EDIT: Sorry, misread your post. Thought you said "I keep outspeeding things with it that I shouldn't." I guess I'd say, I don't know if it's a "thing," but I don't think it's a great idea. Maybe check the usage stats.
EDIT 2: I was curious:
So Jolly is used about 49% of the time, and Adamant 32% of the time. Although, we don't know what "other" is, it could be fully adamant but weird EV spreads.
Oh, okay. I tend to keep good hatchlings up to half a box and then just motor through the rest of the eggs until I get the shiny. Anyway, thanks for your responses.
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First, I'd like to say sorry if I seemed like an arrogant haughty slag. I was just actually blown away by the MVenu calcs as it had become a large problem to my cart team, and the thought of dispatching it just like that seemed too good to pass up.
You two were right though. Aside from surprising a few grass and fighting types, Mienshao simply couldn't break through anything if it wasn't weak to acrobatics or HJK; it was way too weak. I overestimated it. I did manage to kill exactly two mega venusaur with it, however, but it just... sucked. Was hoping to save the LO for a different teammate. It's still nice in game, and I might try for a HP Ice one someday.
But now I have more questions.
Question / thoughts 1: Is thief worth running on scizor?
I figured, being able to hit megas for 90 dark type damage, and being able to consistently do so might be cool, but knock off pree good, but I dunno if I want to try and score myself a KO Scizor in Gen5.
Questions / thoughts 2:
I got a Female Monferno in a Level Ball from wonder trade probably about a week and a half ago. It had the Kalos Born mark, with egg moves (thunder punch / fire punch / assist / quick guard if it matters ) and unfortunately rather poor IVs. It actually looks quite nice with it. But isn't it illegal? How could someone even create something like that? Would people be ok if I bred more Chimchar in such balls? But the main question is: Does this illegality affect... any sort of battling what so ever? I'd rather not end up permabanned from wifi ( no idea if that can happen either ) so I haven't used it / tried it out yet.
Would it be banned from say, VGC tournaments? Let's say it's one that allows NationalDex, since iirc this year's is KalosDex only.
What about any other less official tournaments, say a smogon run one?
What about online battles, in any format.
Yeah that one had a lot of questions in one, my bad.
Questions / thoughts 3:
What are some excellent mixed wall breakers not named Infernape and MegaGarchomp? Truthfully, even if they're not OU because of speed, I would be welcome to hear it, I just sort of want to see what kind of criteria and examples are for each.
Questions / thoughts 4:
What is a good core that resists Dark? I figured Mandibuzz + something, but I figured there'd probably be more I could use than that. Maybe.
Questions / thoughts 5:
Last one I swear. This might sound silly, but how do I pass down high level up moves? Like breeding a Shroomish with spore; using a ditto leaves it with a level up move instead of Spore like I want.
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Thief is good, but Knock Off has more utility. If you can get it, then do it.
As a rule of thumb, if something has the blue pentagon (and can therefore participate in VGC tournaments where it's not kalos-only), it's 100% legal. It can have that ball if a female Pokemon it can breed with was caught in a Level Ball and transferred over to XY, where it breeds with a male Chimchar to produce Chimchars in a Level Ball.
The ball, I think, is unobtainable... you need a female of the species in the ball to breed it down, so someone apparently has a female Chimchar in a Level Ball somehow. I wasn't aware that it was possible to obtain them in anything but a Poke Ball or a Dream Ball.
Ball type is "unbreedable" in a sense because only a female of a species can pass down either species or Ball Type, thus requiring that at some point you obtained a wild-caught female.
I mean, if you can generate and hatch an egg of a pokemon through normal breeding , theoretically it's legal for use because the game can't create a non-legal Pokemon through breeding. I don't honestly know if that Level Ball will get it dinged from tournaments, where they check more closely, but you're not going to get banned from wifi for using it.
Actually, you're right. Since you can't catch Chimchar in the wild, then a Chimchar in a Level Ball shouldn't be obtainable..
However, ideally, you can get Level Balls from Kurt in HG/SS. Catch a female wild Pokemon with it (the one you want to make), and breed it with a male Pokemon in XY until you get a female one. Then, breed said Pokemon, which should be in a Level Ball, with a male Pokemon that it can breed with.
It's simple, and it's completely legit. It might make breeding a bit rough because you'll get a wild pokemon with potentially no perfect IV, but it's still doable.
However, ideally, you can get Level Balls from Kurt in HG/SS. Catch a female wild Pokemon with it (the one you want to make), and breed it with a male Pokemon in XY until you get a female one. Then, breed said Pokemon, which should be in a Level Ball, with a male Pokemon that it can breed with.
It's simple, and it's completely legit. It might make breeding a bit rough because you'll get a wild pokemon with potentially no perfect IV, but it's still doable.
That means that you can't trade with past games, and the only way to get pokemon from other games is by Poke-Transfer or by trading from X to Y or vice versa. Hope this helped!
Only February? Or does it update?
It updates monthly, March usage stats will be up a few days into April. You want to look at 1760 stats for the stats they use for the OU cutoff. Anything below 3.41% is UU and anything that is banned from UU is BL.
Crawdaunt is a very cool pokemon and dragon dance is an amazing set up move for a physical attacker. However, because Crawdaunt is very frail and its speed still isn't that great after a DD, he finds himself easily revenge killed as a sweeper. Focus sash can help, but unless you are using it as a dedicated lead (little reason to), it will often be broken due to hazards and you have to clear them away to keep your item making it unreliable. So it is best for him to run a choice band/life orb set for immediate power.
Pretty much just replace sash with choice band or life orb and DD with crunch or swords dance. You can use swords dance to get by some walls easier but obviously use it with a life orb.
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