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[Cipher Admin Lovrina]

Why is there 2 wishes? I think T-Wave could be replaced, but if your team is slow, keep t-
wave.

My question: What kind of Moveset/EV Spread should a leading Deoxys-E have?

Whoops I meant

Wish
Thunder Wave
Stealth Rock
Seismic Toss

My team is very slow...

 

[Pimplup]

Why is there 2 wishes? I think T-Wave could be replaced, but if your team is slow, keep t-
wave.

My question: What kind of Moveset/EV Spread should a leading Deoxys-E have?

Life Orb set.

Anyways, can a Smeargle keep it's Sketches from a Wi-fi battle or the Battle Tower?? Also, how does it Sketch Counter??

 

[Efreet]

Whoops I meant

Wish
Thunder Wave
Stealth Rock
Seismic Toss

My team is very slow...

well you can setup stealth rock with another poke, definitely the most replaceable move in the set.

@pimplup, i'm pretty sure it will not keep the sketched move, and yes it can copy counter (even if the counter fail if i'm remembering right)

 

[Pimplup]

well you can setup stealth rock with another poke, definitely the most replaceable move in the set.

@pimplup, i'm pretty sure it will not keep the sketched move, and yes it can copy counter (even if the counter fail if i'm remembering right)

I asked how, and how about from the Battle Tower??

 

[Maroon3d]

Life Orb set.

Shouldn't put Taunt in there? Like over Psychic so it would be...

Taunt
Superpower
Ice Beam
Thunderbolt

 

[Pimplup]

Shouldn't put Taunt in there? Like over Psychic so it would be...

Taunt
Superpower
Ice Beam
Thunderbolt

I actually like the idea. But then, you can't do anything to Gengar if you're leading other then Taunt it and it Shadow Balls anyway.

 

[UltimoVenusaur]

Does No Guard allow Machamp to hit Ghosts with Fighting moves?

 

[CardsOfTheHeart]

Does No Guard allow Machamp to hit Ghosts with Fighting moves?

Nope. That's what the Scrappy ability does.

 

[StarmanXL]

If Shedinja is holding a Focus Sash, uses Endure, and then is hit by an SE move, is the Focus Sash used up?

 

[Jthreau]

I'm guessing it's because your English version of the game cannot display the Japanese character they've used and puts an @ there instead, like computers use the blank boxes.

Makes sense. I thought that it was some form of Japanese players uniting themselves with the @ symbol, symbolizing a certain website or that they play legitimately.

 

[Glen ^^]

I'm guessing it's because your English version of the game cannot display the Japanese character they've used and puts an @ there instead, like computers use the blank boxes.

Actually, @ = permission to videolog the battle.
Tantan255 (a famous videologger on youtube) said so.

I've got a lot of Pokemon from trades, they got to PBR without being bad eggs, and visually, they don't appear to be hacked.
Can I attend to a local tourney without worries? Do places like this have something like a hack-checker?
Thanks in advance.

 

[Sixonesix]

Can Skarmory get Drill Peck and Whirlwind on the same set? I can't believe I don't already know the answer :/

 

[SithLord]

Can Skarmory get Drill Peck and Whirlwind on the same set? I can't believe I don't already know the answer :/

Yes...breed Fearow w/the egg move Whirlwind and the level move Drill Peck with aforementioned Skarmory

 

[Cipher Admin Lovrina]

For my Wigglytuff

Wish
Thunder Wave
Seismic Toss

Counter or Stealth Rock?
I find Counter and T-wave kinda useless together though and I don't have any other potential stealth rockers on my team.

 

[Chirnobyl]

Life Orb set.

Anyways, can a Smeargle keep it's Sketches from a Wi-fi battle or the Battle Tower?? Also, how does it Sketch Counter??

it probably doesn't keep it's Sketches
have Smeargle idle for one turn while its partner Counters, then next turn Sketch your partner(Smeargle has to go before its partner)

 

[Age of Kings]

For my Wigglytuff

Wish
Thunder Wave
Seismic Toss

Counter or Stealth Rock?
I find Counter and T-wave kinda useless together though and I don't have any other potential stealth rockers on my team.

Then SR would be the better choice.

 

[The Lost One]

Does Altaria get Heal Bell? According to Shoddy it does but according to Smogon it doesn't :\ And if it does, how/where does it get it?

 

[WickedSpork]

i am so very very very sick of breeding dratinis right now
im breeding a jolly male with perfect IV's in HP ATK and Spe and a female jolly with perfect IV's in ATK Sp. Def and Spe but im getting no results. i switch the parents when i find a better one and female always has to be jolly. If you look in my trading thread youll see that im aiming for Jolly 31/31/25+/X/25+/31 but im just not getting close

is there something im doing wrong?

someone please answer

 

[Gemerl]

someone please answer

Nope, you just seem to have horrible luck. Keep trying, you're not doing anything wrong.

EDIT: And, The Lost One, Altaria does get Heal Bell. It gets it through purification in XD.

 

[Age of Kings]

Does Altaria get Heal Bell? According to Shoddy it does but according to Smogon it doesn't :\ And if it does, how/where does it get it?

XD when it's purified, I believe.

 

[WickedSpork]

Nope, you just seem to have horrible luck. Keep trying, you're not doing anything wrong.

EDIT: And, The Lost One, Altaria does get Heal Bell. It gets it through purification in XD.

sdklfjklsh well that sucks

and thank you for actually answering

 

[tdub13]

What are the chances of 3 critical hits in a row?

 

[CardsOfTheHeart]

What are the chances of 3 critical hits in a row?

Assuming a normal critical hit ratio:

1 in 16^3 or 1 in 4096

Even at the highest ratio (1/2), that's still 1 in 8 odds. Yikes!

 

[ShinyElite]

Assuming a normal critical hit ratio:

1 in 16^3 or 1 in 4096

Even at the highest ratio (1/2), that's still 1 in 8 odds. Yikes!

Actually I've gotten 4 critical hits in a row once. lol. No Super Luck, no Scope, no nothing.

I asked how, and how about from the Battle Tower??

Yo Pimplup, the easiest way to Sketch moves is to take your own Pokemon with Counter and go to the beach house that's west of Sunyshore where all those dining double battle trainers are and then let your Smeargle sketch your partner Pokemon's Counter there.

Just take note of what Howie82 said about making Smeargle idle for a turn while your partner counters, THEN use Sketch on the Counter partner.

 

[Bourbon]

Yeah... dumb question, but I can't see Firebot when I'm logged in. I didn't do anything ban-worthy, so I don't think they banned me from it. Is it "mods only" now or what.