caracosta is an interesting option, but even with the speed boost, other, faster mons will STILL outspeed it. Not to mention it has that poor quad grass weakness. Personally i think it fits better on a trick room team as an abuser and Mon that can function outside of it with shell smash.IDK if this has been mentioned yet but carracosta is an NU mon and it now has +15 in all its stats giving it an earth shattering attack stat when using a weakness policy sturdy shell smash set. it also gets stab aqua jet so its not super priority weak
lol the whole point is costa to take a super effective hit to set up since it will always live on sturdy and tbh a lot of stuff that will outspeed costa will not appreciate an a-jet and fyi i use it on a rain team making it even harder to handlecaracosta is an interesting option, but even with the speed boost, other, faster mons will STILL outspeed it. Not to mention it has that poor quad grass weakness. Personally i think it fits better on a trick room team as an abuser and Mon that can function outside of it with shell smash.
also, finnaggann, I like the idea of using mega amphaross as a bulky special attacker, considering how there are not as many special attackers as there are physical in this tier. Also, mega amphaross's slow speed allows it to fit fabulously onto a trick room team(pun intended).
what I should say is- carracosta will get outsped by any scarfed/boosted base 100 after one shell smash. Also the mere presence if weezing limits what it can do as it can burn carra or simply use memento and nullify the boosts. And carracosta, while strong, is almost completely outclassed by omastar, who doesn't care about burns and has swift swim.lol the whole point is costa to take a super effective hit to set up since it will always live on sturdy and tbh a lot of stuff that will outspeed costa will not appreciate an a-jet and fyi i use it on a rain team making it even harder to handle
what I was trying to say was that weezing can take any hit carracosta can throw at it after a shell smash and reply in kind.What does Weezing have to do with Carracosta? it resist neither of it's STABs and doesn't have reliable recovery. Memento is a horrible way to stop him too, clear smog is better if that's why you're using it for.
Well he uses Weakness Policy, so he would get +2 from Shell Smash and +2 from Weakness Policy.The reason I mentioned weezing was because it is one of the more common physical walls. Here is a more relevant calc as no good player will allow a carracosta to set up to +4
+2 252 Atk Carracosta Stone Edge vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Weezing: 184-217 (50.5 - 59.6%) -- 82.8% chance to 2HKO after Black Sludge recovery
then weezing uses wil o wisp.
+2 252 Atk burned Carracosta Stone Edge vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Weezing: 92-108 (25.2 - 29.6%) -- 0% chance to 4HKO after Black Sludge recovery.
weezing then uses pain split and carracosta is now crippled for the match.
The only SE moves you should ever hit Carracosa with while it's at full health are Bullet Seed, Bonemerang, Circle Throw, or Mold Breaker STAB attacks.Well he uses Weakness Policy, so he would get +2 from Shell Smash and +2 from Weakness Policy.
weezings recovery while not reliable at least heals him as much as the damage dealt to the opponent and can cripple high hp mons. The good poison typing coupled with a ground immunity make him pretty nice. He has support options like t-spikes wil o wisp, memento and can even go boom if it has to. Its no slouch offensively with good 105/100 offenses and that fantastic 80/135 bulk.Tangela / Tangrowth or Alomomola. Weezing has no reliable recovery, and while will-o-wisp is good I prefer Sableye because of prankster.
Miltank has already been brought up with a more comprehensive jotDid anyone think about how powerful Miltank will be? its in NU so it gets the 15 stat boosts each. 95/80/105/40/70/100 turns into 110/95/120/55/85/115! 115 base speed is incredibly fast for being bulky!
Quagsire is currently OU, so no, it doesn't get any boosts. Which is very good news for physical sweepers in general.Has anybody considered Quaqsire? He now has a much better 110/100/100/80/80/50 stat spread, which in conjunction with Unaware and his awesome defensive typing, allows him to function as an effective physical wall
Oops, I spelled it wrong when I searched the page -_-Quagsire is currently OU, so no, it doesn't get any boosts. Which is very good news for physical sweepers in general.
doubt it but 69To lazy to make a team and try it, but would drifblim be any good? It's now somewhat bulky with 165/59/69 defenses so it can pull off a Weakness Policy + Unburden set much more reliably, it even has baton pass.
weakness policy+baton pass is completely outclassed by gorybyss' smashpass. At least gorybyss can do damage.To lazy to make a team and try it, but would drifblim be any good? It's now somewhat bulky with 165/59/69 defenses so it can pull off a Weakness Policy + Unburden set much more reliably, it even has baton pass.
Nevermind that - 105 SpA + 95 speed + excellent ghost STAB + Flare Boost with great bulkTo lazy to make a team and try it, but would drifblim be any good? It's now somewhat bulky with 165/59/69 defenses so it can pull off a Weakness Policy + Unburden set much more reliably, it even has baton pass.