New Breed of Noctowl

PirateDelux

Tried out this Noctowl in UU and it worked wonders. Wanted to see what you guys thought.


Noctowl @ Leftovers
Calm- insomnia
252 Hp/124 Def/76 SpAtk/56 SpDef
Hypnosis
Roost
Feather Dance
Air Slash


This did really well in UU for me. It wants to sleep and try to feather dance on the switch. The evs there are for surviving Pinsir Stone Edge and allowing Air Slash to do some damage. SpDef is needed cause it's Noctowls higher defense stat and icebeam and tbolt are common.

If you use the Psycho Shift set, Noctowl will be stuck with burn when facing a fire type, or if Toxic Orbed, Steel/Poison types. So Ninetails, Camerupt, the rare Macargo would wall it. Aswell as Magneton(NFE I know), Propopass, Aggron, ect.
 
I've tried that with Pidgeot, but I guess Noctowl has a lot more potential since its Sp.Def is already high. The speed is a little upsetting though.

This reminds me of the BulkyRaptor set, only in a different environment (UU). Feather Dance can count as some sort of a pseudo-hazing move, since it's going to force a lot of switches. However, Flame Orb Night Shift Noctowl basically reaches the same goal, AND gets to burn the foe. The only reason for using this set is if you really can't stand the Flame Orb damage on Noctowl. Also, with Flame Orb, you're protected from paralysis.
 
However, Flame Orb Night Shift Noctowl basically reaches the same goal, AND gets to burn the foe. The only reason for using this set is if you really can't stand the Flame Orb damage on Noctowl. Also, with Flame Orb, you're protected from paralysis.
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Although continual Flame Orb damage really reduces Noctowl's longevity ... psycho shift is best utilised as a means of ridding Noctowl of annoying status conditions.
 
I suppose the Psycho Shift helps in the reducing of attack.

I was really going for a stalling-threat killing type of noctowl. In which you could sleep, and feather dance/airslash, roost type of move progression. If I would use Burn Orb he'd be totally takin' down by faster pokemon while the burn whittles away. Psycho Shift can or can't shift burn to fire type? Im not totally sure if that'd be inabled, kinda like syncronize.
 
Err...it learns Toxic, you know. =\ Toxic Orb is is essentially inferior to Flame Orb in every way except for the "first-turn 6.25% damage" of Toxic Orb.
 
If you want a PsychoShifter in OU Cresselia is superior. Staraptor probably does this better in OU as well, but in UU Noctowl is rather bulky.
 
Noctowl is bulkier than Staraptor, and "BulkyRaptor" wasn't even THAT good, getting -3 Attack on one guy if they stay in =/= bulky.

Noctowl as not-Togekiss defensive Normal/Flying type sounds cool, yeah.

Steels are not immune to being poisoned, just Poison type moves. I remember reading on Beedrill that his Bug move with a poison hax chance could even poison Steels.

Defensive sleep inducer is better done by Bronzong in OU and Hypno in UU, though Pinsir fucks Hypno in the ass.
 
Chris is me said:
Steels are not immune to being poisoned, just Poison type moves. I remember reading on Beedrill that his Bug move with a poison hax chance could even poison Steels.
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This is false. Steels are immune to being poisoned, even by Twineedle.
 
I use that set but with Night Shade instead of Air Slash. If you are level 100 Night Shade will always do 100 damage (unless they send in a normal type but ohwell cant win them all) I find it to be a great set. He isnt really meant for attacking but as a sleeper. Roost is great cuz you can take damage and just heal. And with Feather dance you can last a few more physical attacks too. And with having Night Shade rather then Air slash you dont have to put any EVs into SAtk and can put them in def instead.
 
Noctowl (M) @ Leftovers
Ability: Insomnia
EVs: 252 HP/98 Spd/160 SDef
Calm nature (+SDef, -Atk)
- Reflect
- Hypnosis
- Night Shade
- Roost

Here is my Noctowl im really like this Pokemon with these Ev's it takes a Kyogres Thunder. Its so good i've use noctowl in uber battle s good for Pokemon like Darkrai in uber when it takes any special moves from him and Hypnosis him and Night Shade him to death. Roost up can be a for ever. With Reflect its even becomes defensive on the defense side too. Really good Pokemno when you are tired to use Blissey. Noctowl feels like a OU to me.
 
Chris is me said:
Defensive sleep inducer is better done by ... Hypno in UU, though Pinsir fucks Hypno in the ass.
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Not always. There are times when Noctowl's access to instant recovery, and the ability to rid itself of status (with psychoshift) are more useful than what Hypno brings to the table.

As we're sharing Noctowl sets ... here's my "standard".

Noctowl @ Leftovers
Ability: Insomnia
EVs: 252 HP/6 Spd/252 SDef
Calm nature (+SDef, -Atk)
- Night Shade
- Roost
- Whirlwind
- Psycho Shift

Whirlwind is great for stopping the other special walls trying to set up, (and Ninetales at a push) whilst Psycho Shift gets rid of annoying status conditions. The other two moves are pretty self-explanatory
 
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