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I AM NOT SUGGESTING THAT HE SHOULD BE UBER, I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S HOLDING HIM IN OU.
It's a real question that's been on my mind. I mean look at that guy; Incredible movepool, very well distributed stats, base stat total 600, and the reason he's so overused, sandstream. Sure, it has a 4x Fighting weakness, however it can still take a fighting hit from a very strong opponent such as Infernape with over 1/2 of its HP remaining. Then, it can sweep most of them away.
In what world can a T-Tar live an Infernape hit outside of Mach Punch?
It's OU mostly because it's incredible (that's why it's been a huge part of every generation's metagame), but is not unbeatable and a lot of Pokemon can take it on and beat it.
His weaknesses to water, fighting, ground, bug, and steel (and grass to a much lesser extent) and lack of useful resists make him much easier to kill and slightly harder to get in. That's enough to keep him OU.
Actually, I calculated the damage from an infernape packing Brick Break. While my earlier calculations were wrong, a physically defensive T-tar could take the hit with about 1-4 to 1-8 of its HP left. Then, T-Tar could sweep the hell outta that Infernape.
This calculation is assuming that the Infernape isn't packing a Choice Band. However, Choice Scarf T-Tar is so common that even if Infernape was holding a choice band, and had a good deal of speed-EVs, it could easily outspeed Infernape.
This was just hypothetical calcuations, and the damage dealt within the calculations answered the other person's question; BB isn't Mach Punch, and a T-Tar could survive it.
Actually, I calculated the damage from an infernape packing Brick Break. While my earlier calculations were wrong, a physically defensive T-tar could take the hit with about 1-4 to 1-8 of its HP left. Then, T-Tar could sweep the hell outta that Infernape.
This calculation is assuming that the Infernape isn't packing a Choice Band. However, Choice Scarf T-Tar is so common that even if Infernape was holding a choice band, and had a good deal of speed-EVs, it could easily outspeed Infernape.
Yeah, but T-Tar fails to KO Infernape with Dig (assuming the Ttar is Jolly, which it needs to be to outrun Ape).
Infernape never runs brick break. The only reason I said Mach Punch is because that move is commonly carried by Banded Infernape. Tyranitar dies to every fighting move that Infernape typically carries with the exception of Mach Punch (which it has no need to use on T-Tar).
Actually, a Tyranitar running dig, assuming that it's a Jolly Choice Band T-Tar couldn't KO with EQuake either, assuming that the Infernape has neutral defensive nature and 252 DEF, and HP EVs. If it were many other a variant, both could KO.
So, in a hypothetical calculation, you've been trolled.
Recently, I was breeding Deino eggs. I saved before taking the egg, hatched the egg, and found it was the nature I wanted. Unfortunately, when I soft reset for IVs, the egg was a different nature and gender - a different Pokémon! I was quite disappointed. Is this a regular occurrence in B/W, different from all the past generations? Did I do something wrong?
I'm looking for good special attackers in tiers that fall below OU (I mainly play on the PO server (sry) so if you're familiar w/ their tiers and can nominate some good UU and LU Spec. attackers I appreciate it. Thanks (I have PLENTY of physical ones)
Kyurem, Azelf, Alakazam, Jolteon, Galvantula, Celebi, Victini and Mismagius all work in Smogon's UU. I don't know if they're all UU on PO, but I believe Latias is there, so that could work too.
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Alright, goofy in-game question: Is there anything majorly important one would need to gather before they reset their save file?
I've defeated the E4 once.
I've captured Tornadus.
I've traded over Black's Thundurus and captured Landorus.
I've captured Cobalion, Terrakion, and Virizion.
I'm on my way to catch Kyurem.
I have the Larvesta Egg.
I'll catch the Volcarona after I catch a Zen Mode Darmanitan.
I'm going to go get my Victini once everything is said and done.
I'm sure I'm missing a few things.
> Is there anything special after defeating the E4 a second time?
> Are there any special items I should care about?
> Your Wonder Cards reset when you delete the save file, yes?
I posted this in the in-game discussion, but now I feel it might be best served in this thread.
I'm going to trade everything over to my White Version, which is my current primary version of the Generation. I suppose battling Alder will be more important on my White Version then.
Thanks Cecil, that's exactly the kind of thing I was wondering about. I'll make sure to nab those Leftovers.
Hey can anybody help me out with rng I have a couple hurdles which is holding me back from doing it(not sure if I can) so if anyone could help or do it for me in exchange for eving stuff for you getting you egg move stuff, dw stuff, or w/e(I still have a good amount of stuff) I'd appreciate it.
I was wondering how RNG'ing for DW pokemon worked!
Mostly...
What sort of frame advancement do you experience for entering the entralink? Do DW pokemon RNG under interact/method 1 assumptions? Do steps in the DW advance the IV frame (I'm assuming they do)?
And any other info, or just a link to the right thread, would be awesome! Thanks!
was just after a little bit of advice. i'm currently playing in the subway (super doubles) and i'm using a life orbed azelf with thunderbolt and grass knot. i was wondering if anyone could give me a list of water type pokemon so i no which move will do more damage (obviously i no grass vs water/ground so no need on them ones lol)
similar question one my back up pokes is thundurus with a expert belt with again tbolt and grass knot so can you also tell me which move would be a better choice against certain water types etc. mite be the same answer as azelf but i no stab involved this time lol.
I poketransfered a houndoom that still has th pink poxed PKRS in the status icon, I Koed a sandile with it, and wouldn't spread to my terrakion 2nd in my party!
I want to try out the random matchup battle thing in Black and White, and was wondering something. What does it check for when checking for illegal Pokemon? I usually Pokesav my pokemon and just didn't want it to deem any of my pokemon hacked.
I'm not looking to bypass in any illegal movesets or anything, I just don't want waste any more time than I need to making pokemon.
No. Burn along poison and para are the 'permanent stats' that you can aflict; the only way to cure is by using: rest, refresh, heal bell or aromatherapy.
Or by abilities: like Hydration which is probably where you get the idea.
What are some good rapid spinners on a team of Volcarona/Rotom-W/Lucario/Dragonite/Gliscor/Thundurus? I would like Rotom-W to stay, anyone else can be replaced.