I know if you transfer a pokemon from an earlier generation to gen 5, it takes a pokeball. However, my celebi is still in it's pink pokeball, so I think that's to stop it trading more than anything.
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I know if you transfer a pokemon from an earlier generation to gen 5, it takes a pokeball. However, my celebi is still in it's pink pokeball, so I think that's to stop it trading more than anything.
Logically my larvesta should have 252 EVs in sp. atk, boosting it by 32 points, but at level 18 he only has 39 points in sp. atk. Do EVs build up and apply as more levels are gained or did switching out with another pokemon change how many evs he got?
For reference, litwick is 1 sp.atk. ev,plus 4 with power lens, doubled with pokerus fr a total of 10 per battle. Or 6 if pokerus is applied before power lens.
For reference, litwick is 1 sp.atk. ev,plus 4 with power lens, doubled with pokerus fr a total of 10 per battle. Or 6 if pokerus is applied before power lens.
You get 1 stat point per 4 EVs at level 100. It scales linearly with level up to that; so you get something like EV*level/400 (approximate, due to the way the formula actually works). So at level 18, the 252 EVs only give about 11 Special Attack. Switching out does not affect the number of EVs he got.
Pokerus applies after the Power Lens.
The EV's are spread across the levels. the full 252 SpAtk Ev's are only noticeable at lvl100.
As soon as Larvesta is alive while switching out, the gained EV's should stay the same.
The Pokerus effect is applied AFTER the power items. So if a Larvesta defeated a Litwick and the Larvesta had the Power Lens equipped and was infected with Pokerus, the Larvesta would gain 10 SpAtk Ev's form that Litwick. If Larvesta already had 10 calciums (so 100 SpAtk Ev's), it would only require 16 Litwicks to have 252 SpAtk (the final Litwick without the Power Lens)
Out of Interest, will smogon be doing a middle cup tier this generation, seeing as they have Standard Play and Little Cup? (Middle cup being 2nd form pokes and lower) And would this have a good target audience?
Can someone give me reccomendations on this set?
Musharna @ Rocky Helmet
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252 HP/172 Def/80 SpA
Calm Mind
Moonlight
Psychic/Psyshock
Thunder Wave
Come in on any physical attacker, Thunder Wave them, and Calm Mind some boosts(preferably two), Moonlight if needed. Also, Moonlight a bit after some hits are taken, and give back a bit of damage with the Rocky Helmet. Psychic as the main attack, but would Psyshock work against Blissey?
Ability would help too. Recommendations?
Musharna @ Rocky Helmet
Bold
252 HP/172 Def/80 SpA
Calm Mind
Moonlight
Psychic/Psyshock
Thunder Wave
Come in on any physical attacker, Thunder Wave them, and Calm Mind some boosts(preferably two), Moonlight if needed. Also, Moonlight a bit after some hits are taken, and give back a bit of damage with the Rocky Helmet. Psychic as the main attack, but would Psyshock work against Blissey?
Ability would help too. Recommendations?
In using a Drapion themed Battle Subway team, (like Jumpman's Battle Tower team in D/P/P,) how would this be for a lead?
Uxie - Bold
Levitate - Ring Target
31-0-31-X-31-31
248-0-68-0-192-0
Trick, Memento, Thunder Wave, Flash
Stat totals are: 355 HP, 139 Atk, 344 Def, 186 SpA, 344 SpD, 226 Spe
Ring Target and Trick is to allow Thunder Wave to hit and to remove any beneficial item from the opponent. I could also use Lagging Tail or Choice Scarf, but Choice Scarf makes it possible for them to run out of PP and die by Struggle or actually threaten me. Also, I might need to run more Speed if there are fast Taunt users, but I have no idea about that so I assumed there are no fast Pokémon that commonly use Taunt in the Battle Subway
Also, what's a good idea for a backup sweeper? I would probably want something that can take care of Bisharp, Lucario, Scrafty, Cobalion, and probably other things like Steelix and Krookodile. My list of candidates so far off the top of my head is: Conkeldurr, Lucario, Garchomp, Salamence, Togekiss, Golurk (not saying that any or all of those are good ideas, just thoughts)
First thing I thought of was Gyarados even though it's weak to Rock, but it's immune to Ground, resists Water, and can't do much to Ferrothorn but I don't know about completely walled
Uxie - Bold
Levitate - Ring Target
31-0-31-X-31-31
248-0-68-0-192-0
Trick, Memento, Thunder Wave, Flash
Stat totals are: 355 HP, 139 Atk, 344 Def, 186 SpA, 344 SpD, 226 Spe
Ring Target and Trick is to allow Thunder Wave to hit and to remove any beneficial item from the opponent. I could also use Lagging Tail or Choice Scarf, but Choice Scarf makes it possible for them to run out of PP and die by Struggle or actually threaten me. Also, I might need to run more Speed if there are fast Taunt users, but I have no idea about that so I assumed there are no fast Pokémon that commonly use Taunt in the Battle Subway
Also, what's a good idea for a backup sweeper? I would probably want something that can take care of Bisharp, Lucario, Scrafty, Cobalion, and probably other things like Steelix and Krookodile. My list of candidates so far off the top of my head is: Conkeldurr, Lucario, Garchomp, Salamence, Togekiss, Golurk (not saying that any or all of those are good ideas, just thoughts)
First thing I thought of was Gyarados even though it's weak to Rock, but it's immune to Ground, resists Water, and can't do much to Ferrothorn but I don't know about completely walled
Everyone runs Trick on Uxie so you can give the opponents Choice items. If all you are interested in is paralysis, Fling + Light Ball is a simpler and more effective way to do so. It ignores immunities and unlike Trick + Ring Target + T-Wave only needs one turn to get immune Pokémon paralysed. That one turn is a HUGE difference in the Battle Subway.
There are fast Taunt users in the Battle Subway and unfortunately two of them even have priority Taunt due to the Prankster ability: Tornadus and Thundurus. Other than that you've got some high Speed ones like Crobat, Aerodactyl, Weavile, Zoroark, Mismagius...
For sweeping make sure you're ready for a lot of Sturdy/Focus Sash, Brightpowder/Lax Incense and even the occasional Destiny Bond or Roar/Whirlwind. You will need Speed on your sweeper for sure but other than that it is hard to judge not knowing your 3rd Pokémon.
So do you think a Choice Scarf would be a better idea on Uxie? Even though they could Struggle to death while I'm setting up? And one of the reasons I thought of Trick and Ring Target was for them to lose their item, because I'm not too sure about which items are run by prominent Subway threats. If I do use Choice Scarf Uxie, I'll want to run a spread with more Speed investment, right? As for my 3rd Pokémon, I'm leaning towards a physical Salamence with Earthquake, Aerial Ace, Dragon Claw/Outrage, and not sure what else
I suspect that without the Scarf you will be in a lot of sticky situations because your opponent has the chance to make a move first due to higher Speed. Uxie's 95 base Speed just isn't enough to do anything about some of the fast Taunters even with the right EVs and nature. Here's a few Taunters that could probably kick Uxie's ass without even needing to Taunt:
323 | Weavile | Hasty | Razor Fang | Fake Out | Taunt | Night Slash | Fling | Atk/Spd
430 | Froslass | Lonely | Ice Gem | Ice Shard | Thunder Wave | Hex | Taunt | Atk/Spd
649 | Gengar | Timid | Focus Sash | Shadow Ball | Taunt | Focus Blast | Counter | Spd/SpA
679 | Aerodactyl | Jolly | Rock Gem | Taunt | Earthquake | Rock Slide | Crunch | Atk/Spd
982 | Thundurus | Timid | Magnet | Discharge | Focus Blast | Volt Switch | Taunt | Spd/SpA
If that Weavile above uses FO, Fling and Night Slash in that order your Uxie probably won't even get a chance to do anything. That is without even needing to use Taunt, which would shut you down right away. Choice Scarf obviously doesn't solve everything and has some drawbacks like you mentioned, but I think it would solve more problems than it creates compared to a Scarfless Uxie. Bear in mind that even T-Waving is no guarantee of setting up, the AI doesn't get fully paralysed very often... So if you can lock them into one move, that can be really useful.
As for Speed EV investment if you get a Scarf, just check how much Speed it gives you and compared to some of the Speed tier Pokémon (posted in either of the Battle Subway threads). See which ones are a problem and get enough Speed, put the rest into bulk.
As for the low PP, sometimes you can still Trick back your Scarf before they kill themselves, after a few Flashes and a T-Wave of course. In other battles you can just spam Flash or go for a direct Memento if you suspect Trick will not work out nicely. Those are also decent nerfs that can help your sweeper set up, although not as nice as locking the into a single move.
323 | Weavile | Hasty | Razor Fang | Fake Out | Taunt | Night Slash | Fling | Atk/Spd
430 | Froslass | Lonely | Ice Gem | Ice Shard | Thunder Wave | Hex | Taunt | Atk/Spd
649 | Gengar | Timid | Focus Sash | Shadow Ball | Taunt | Focus Blast | Counter | Spd/SpA
679 | Aerodactyl | Jolly | Rock Gem | Taunt | Earthquake | Rock Slide | Crunch | Atk/Spd
982 | Thundurus | Timid | Magnet | Discharge | Focus Blast | Volt Switch | Taunt | Spd/SpA
If that Weavile above uses FO, Fling and Night Slash in that order your Uxie probably won't even get a chance to do anything. That is without even needing to use Taunt, which would shut you down right away. Choice Scarf obviously doesn't solve everything and has some drawbacks like you mentioned, but I think it would solve more problems than it creates compared to a Scarfless Uxie. Bear in mind that even T-Waving is no guarantee of setting up, the AI doesn't get fully paralysed very often... So if you can lock them into one move, that can be really useful.
As for Speed EV investment if you get a Scarf, just check how much Speed it gives you and compared to some of the Speed tier Pokémon (posted in either of the Battle Subway threads). See which ones are a problem and get enough Speed, put the rest into bulk.
As for the low PP, sometimes you can still Trick back your Scarf before they kill themselves, after a few Flashes and a T-Wave of course. In other battles you can just spam Flash or go for a direct Memento if you suspect Trick will not work out nicely. Those are also decent nerfs that can help your sweeper set up, although not as nice as locking the into a single move.
PokeGen is much better, but if you insist on PokeSav, I got mine from Pokestation.
No, 16 is divable by 2, so it will always work out. For example lets say your HP is 480 at level 100, at level 50 it will be 240, which is still divasable by 16 and you get your leftovers number.
Now when it comes down to specific HPs for subs with leftovers, to lets say get 5 substitute, well I don't know, I would suspect that they are the same, but I am not totally sure.
That tier exists, albeit not on Smogon (although I saw it somewhere on the Pokemon analyses tiering). A Youtuber named XENON3120 helped make it popular back in 2009, and I was honored to do a NFE (Not Fully Evolved, the name he gave to the tier) battle with him. My team was Voltorb, Gabite, Staryu, Quilava, Togetic and Murkrow. He used Meowth, Gabite, Luxio, Weepinbell, Larvitar and Staryu.
no, thats different. Theres a tier called middle cup, which I believe SteelDragon is head of.
http://themiddlecupcouncil.maxforum.org/gateway/?next=/
Though apparently it got hacked, so there is nothing doing.
http://www.smogon.com/forums/group.php?do=discuss&group=&discussionid=1728
http://themiddlecupcouncil.maxforum.org/gateway/?next=/
Though apparently it got hacked, so there is nothing doing.
http://www.smogon.com/forums/group.php?do=discuss&group=&discussionid=1728
When was it created? It doesn't say on the site
Also, I got a Larvesta I want to EV, but it's level 1; can I switch it out and send in my lv100 Starmie so the Larv gets ALL of the EV's? This has been answered before (I think), but I'm just really uncertain if it splits EV's or not..
All pokemon that participate in battle obtain the ev's that the pokemon gives.
This isn't quite true. If you have 480 HP at level 100, then the same pokemon (IVs and EVs) will have 245 HP at level 50. If divisibility by 16 is your concern, then you either have to dump another 88 EVs in, or pull 40 EVs out, at level 50.
Every pokemon that sees battle, or shares in experience via exp share, gets the full EVs. There's no sharing going on for EVs.
Let's say I wanted to make a topic about a community team-build of sorts. Would it be allowed, or would it probably be locked? Assume that it's a civil topic.
Could you elaborate on this? I am intruiged.
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