I believe most of the successful Goodstuff Abomasnows are using a Quiet nature, right? Are they using a 0 IV or a 31 IV in Speed?
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I was looking through possible pokes and was wondering what everyones opinion is on Crobat as a lead? He outspeeds all ubers and ties with Mewtwo, has Inner Focus wich can ruin a lot of fake outs, has ground immunity for EQ partners, it learns Super Fang wich I personaly though was a good asset because for its attack stat Crobat would actualy put all but ghosts in Ohko range for your partner, It may sound like a waste of a turn but he can be used as a back up if your ideal wheather is blocked by Obama and if used for that purpose then you actualy wouldnt need to have your uber go slow. I also had some ideas with substitute, and though status is frowned upone, who wouldnt like trusty ol' confuse ray.
Is there an Early release for HGSS at rockafeller?
Does a team consisting of Groudon, Ho-Oh, Zapdos, and Weavile sound viable at all? If so, how exactly? If not, what am I missing? Does anyone have any suggestions for what moves to run?
There's a huge, huge difference between what's on your team and what your Pokemon are doing, especially in a huge metagame where you need to be able to counter virtually everything with just four Pokemon.
It seems like it could do alright, as long as you're making sure Ho-Oh can protect Groudon from the likes of Waters, Grass Knot and Blizzards.
It seems like it could do alright, as long as you're making sure Ho-Oh can protect Groudon from the likes of Waters, Grass Knot and Blizzards.
nope =/
but tru is having an event on sunday and nws is having one next saturday...
@Krevino: It'd seem to me that leading with Zapdos (instead of Ho-Oh) is safer in the case of facing a slower Kyogre lead than your Groudon. Zapdos + Groudon can handle most of the common weather leads ok.
Moves-wise, obviously, Zapdos needs Heatwave for Abomasnow and for sunny day fire moves and the other pokemon need their obvious STAB moves, but other than that, it's really up to you if you want Discharge/Thunder/Tbolt for Zapdos, one or two fire moves for Ho-Oh, etc. I'm not totally sure about Weavile. From what I see, for your team that would mainly be for Rayquazas, Fake Outs, and Giratinas. I suppose that would be fine. If you want to work your sun theme, you can consider Shiftry (whose main advantages over Weavile are STAB grass moves and explosion, but loses ice moves, and lower attacking power)
Rain-based teams might be problematic with two weaknesses and no resists, but of course it all comes down to how it's played out. Putting a grass move on something sounds like a good idea, since Ice (or boosted water) moves will take out Zapdos. All this having said, these are just some quick observations, not much of a thorough analysis or anything.
Moves-wise, obviously, Zapdos needs Heatwave for Abomasnow and for sunny day fire moves and the other pokemon need their obvious STAB moves, but other than that, it's really up to you if you want Discharge/Thunder/Tbolt for Zapdos, one or two fire moves for Ho-Oh, etc. I'm not totally sure about Weavile. From what I see, for your team that would mainly be for Rayquazas, Fake Outs, and Giratinas. I suppose that would be fine. If you want to work your sun theme, you can consider Shiftry (whose main advantages over Weavile are STAB grass moves and explosion, but loses ice moves, and lower attacking power)
Rain-based teams might be problematic with two weaknesses and no resists, but of course it all comes down to how it's played out. Putting a grass move on something sounds like a good idea, since Ice (or boosted water) moves will take out Zapdos. All this having said, these are just some quick observations, not much of a thorough analysis or anything.
Honestly why not? It hits Kyogre harder and that's what you'll be used your grass move on anyway. I have even been using it with Focus Sash since I don't care much if I take out my 1 HP Abomasnow if it means taking out Kyogre with it. Obviously the recoil is a problem and you will probably be taking away defensive EVs to put into Attack but to me it seems at least worth considering it maybe I'm wrong though.
"around that time"
Oh and Kewl. Exploding Gengar can 1HKO pretty much anything not a ghost, not Steel, and not Bulky Groudon.
my guess would be a week or so after
Not totally true. I'll assume Hasty Life Orb with 100 Attack EVs here (probably not a good idea, but just for the sake of argument). Assuming the defender has 252 HP EVs, many pokemon will survive the explosion, Explosion will never OHKO 252 HP Togekiss/Kyogre/Ho-Oh/Lugia/Rayquaza (and Cresselia obviously), will only do 39% to Tyranitar, and doesn't even guarantee OHKO on Abomasnow (a pretty high chance though). It also doesn't guarantee OHKO on Gyarados (without Intimidate) and will never OHKO with Intimidate. There are others most likely. Chances are, Gengar wouldn't and shouldn't be running Life Orb, so the damage will even be less.
However, if it's some sort of surpise set with +Attack Gengar Choice Band Explosion, that's something different and will OHKO whatever I mentioned in the above paragraph, except Cresselia, Lugia, and obviously Tyranitar.
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Ok, so question:
What happens if you go to the VGC with your team, and half of your team you got online, and you don't know if they are hacked or not? I think that my three shinies may be hacked, and I am really worried about it.
I figured that I could use my Ho-Oh to replace one of them, and one of the ones I caught myself is kinda weak, so I was gonna replace that one with Latias, but I have a shiny Snorlax and a perfectly EVd shiny Metagross. Both are big players on my team, and I am really worried.
So, what should I do??
Ok, so question:
What happens if you go to the VGC with your team, and half of your team you got online, and you don't know if they are hacked or not? I think that my three shinies may be hacked, and I am really worried about it.
I figured that I could use my Ho-Oh to replace one of them, and one of the ones I caught myself is kinda weak, so I was gonna replace that one with Latias, but I have a shiny Snorlax and a perfectly EVd shiny Metagross. Both are big players on my team, and I am really worried.
So, what should I do??
Get them hack checked? Who did you get them from?
re-breed or recaugh them xD
btw, i've noticed that the complete rules has been anounced: http://www.pokemon.com/us/organized-play/championship-series/video/
The only interesting thing is that you can have 4 ubers on your teamsheet
And the entry method is the same as last year's one
btw, i've noticed that the complete rules has been anounced: http://www.pokemon.com/us/organized-play/championship-series/video/
The only interesting thing is that you can have 4 ubers on your teamsheet
And the entry method is the same as last year's one
I want them to reveal locations already.... lol
You scared me with that last part.... It is never actually stated how particpants will be chosen, only that you register on the day of the tournament.
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