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Reuniclus
- Thread starter Pratty
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Heeeey I didn't finish.
So it had all of Calm Mind (otherwise its SpD should have been manageable), Recover, AND Trick Room? And you didn't have anything that could wall its one attack?
Hmmmm lemme think....naw it just Psychiced. Or Psycho Shocked. He didn't take it out till all the threats were gone.
Bottom line it worked. The normal Reuniclus' I see were easily dealt with...but this guy traded in versatility attack-wise for versitility utility-wise. And it worked out. Plus 6 CMs is pretty hard to survive anyways so not like he absolutely NEEDED more than a single attack at the time.
Tyranitar says hi
ANY Dark type says "hi".
Exactly. That's my point
This. Teams are six Pokemon, not one. Read. >_>
Read.
There was no point in saying this.
It's like any other sweeper,so why should Reuniclus be treated differently because you got swept by it?
What I'm saying is that literally any single dark type could have been saved, especially with team preview and all
Well it certainly makes debate easier when people know what is being said
Yeah but you can't see movesets via TP, so there would be no way of knowing what set Reuniclus was running, especially since it was revealed lategame. A +1 Focus Blast scares the crap out of dark types, who (usually) cannot OHKO back.
A Dark type doesn't have to OHKO Reuniclus to essentially take it out. If it did at least 75% damage with one hit before being taken out, anything with a decent attack stat afterwards can easily revenge it thanks to it's base 30 Spd. Reuniclus is super easy to revenge. That's why the bulky CM set falls to heavy offense. Only resisting two types and being so slow, Reuniclus can't consistently heal AND keep all the faster threats at bay. Either you try to PP stall a move with Recover and risk getting being hit by a crit, or you retaliate and kill and get revenged by the next mon. You don't even need priority to do so. So enough heavy offensive threats on a team can keep a Reuniclus at bay. Stall teams are another matter entirely obviously.
I think it's kind of ironic how these threats were listed, but the only one that I see too often is Dory.
Really? I see all of them except Warubiaru fairly often.
And CM boosts his Sp.Def to take them better.
If you really want to go there, Spiritomb is immune/resists all of Rankurusu's commonly used moves.
Taunt + Shadow Sneak/Sucker Punch/Pursuit = Slow death for Reuniclus
What about Mandibuzz vs. Reuniclus? She can still be used on stall teams, is immune to psycho shock, can taunt him to prevent both recover and calm mind shenanigans, and can roost off damage.
Just be careful when you roost. Modest Reuniclus can't ohko at +0 if you do roost, but you'll be crippled. He deals 68-80% to 252/0 nuetral natured Mandibuzz with +0 focus blast after roost.
Just be careful when you roost. Modest Reuniclus can't ohko at +0 if you do roost, but you'll be crippled. He deals 68-80% to 252/0 nuetral natured Mandibuzz with +0 focus blast after roost.
She can also whirlwind and use torment(which is apparently really good.)
Neutral to Shadow Ball, and HP fire if they're running that. Spiritomb's only resist is Poison, and why would Rank use that? Does it even have any Poison moves?