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[Princess Bubblegum]

Should I run substitute or Hidden Power[Ice] on Virizion?

Always HP ice, I don't even think sub-Virizion is viable.

 

[frogoholic101]

Is this specially defensive? Well then, depending on what moves you already have, then fire punch, stealth rocks, or protect.

I already have:
Fire Punch
Iron Head
Wish
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And I don't need SR.

 

[tomtom5858]

I already have:
Fire Punch
Iron Head
Wish
-----

And I don't need SR.

Body Slam.

 

[Princess Bubblegum]

He said he doesn't want body slam.

So then protect it is, unless you have something for that too. I guess ice punch can work.

 

[Nesquik90]

Quick Question

In 3rd and 4th gen. I was able to breed Ditto with any pokemon despite gender, but I can't seem to do it in black. Did they take away that ability?

 

[MB Espeon]

I'm pretty sure Ditto's the same as usual. The daycare guy should be saying something that is NOT "they prefer to play with others" or whatever it was.

 

[Stratos]

I already have:
Fire Punch
Iron Head
Wish
-----

And I don't need SR.

You could always give him Secret Power if the problem with Body Slam is that he's on a gen IV game. Of course, if he's on a gen V game, your best bet would be to go with U-turn or one of the options someone else listed.

 

[frogoholic101]

You could always give him Secret Power if the problem with Body Slam is that he's on a gen IV game. Of course, if he's on a gen V game, your best bet would be to go with U-turn or one of the options someone else listed.

Yeah, that's the trouble. Body Slam is 3rd Gen only :(

 

[M BLADE]

You can use Thunder as a alternative. It isn't as accurate, but it should work (it hits Gyarados, Politoed and friends for SE damage too).

 

[frogoholic101]

You can use Thunder as a alternative. It isn't as accurate, but it should work (it hits Gyarados, Politoed and friends for SE damage too).

This isn't a good idea unless I want to go mixed.
By the way guys, what are the details of Secret Power over Gen V wifi?

 

[Mygavolt]

This isn't a good idea unless I want to go mixed.
By the way guys, what are the details of Secret Power over Gen V wifi?

It has a 30% chance of an accuracy drop IIRC.

 

[shinyskarmory]

Is there anywhere I can find good advice on teambuilding for B/W? Most of the stuff I've seen on site is in Outdated, and I'm trying to climb out of a ranking "hole" right now.

EDIT: @benJAMIN: Try a MixPalkia or a ScarfMin. Both of them are hard Groudon counters and force Darkrai to switch.

 

[benJAMIN]

hey guys, need help with my ubers team please, right now im running a sandstorm team and have 5 really good pokes but cant for the life of me come up with a good 6th. so right now I have Tyranitar, lead and SR. Ferrothorn, kyogre counter, giratina, wall as well as fighting attack absorber, arceus rock, cm variant, late game sweeper, as well as sun counter. And finally garchomp, sand abuser. and so far my team is a bit darkrai and groudon weak. I have tried anything from cresselia, to mewtwo, to chandelure, to shaymin and rayquaza, but cant for the life of me find a solid 6th. So if you could name something that could fit into a sandstorm team as well as take out both defensive groudon and darkrai, it would be much appreciated.

 

[Stratos]

If you're Darkrai and Groudon weak the best option is a Lum Berry Darkrai. I ran one on my ubers team to great success.

 

[benJAMIN]

hmmm, something like
Darkrai @ lumberry
252 Sp. Atk/ 252 Speed
-Dark Void
-Nasty Plot
-Focus Blast
-Dark pulse
?

 

[Stratos]

yeah, that's basically it, I used it in my lead slot because that's where everyone puts darkrai. Basically the point is you don't have to worry about speed ties or dicks who paralyze you, etc.

 

[New World Order]

Is there anywhere I can find good advice on teambuilding for B/W? Most of the stuff I've seen on site is in Outdated, and I'm trying to climb out of a ranking "hole" right now.

EDIT: @benJAMIN: Try a MixPalkia or a ScarfMin. Both of them are hard Groudon counters and force Darkrai to switch.

just post your team in RMT, you should be able to get tons of teambuilding advice.

 

[Crazykid]

Why is everyone calling RU "NU" and does this mean there will be no co-existence of RU and NU this generation?

 

[TM13IceBeam]

NU is a placeholder tier

 

[Ebondragonx]

What are the most notable sweepers in the OU metagame that utilize Substitute?
Ones that I can think of are Breloom, Gengar, and Kingdra. Any others?

 

[Jaetheho]

breloom isnt a sweeper.

latias is a big one. sub calm mind is a bitch.
volcarona can also use substitute.

 

[Misdreavus]

I assume Zen Mode Darmanitan is referred to as Darmanitan-Z, right? What about Meloetta's formes (Aria and Pirouette); are they Meloetta-A and Meloetta-P?

 

[kmuffinman]

What are the most notable sweepers in the OU metagame that utilize Substitute?
Ones that I can think of are Breloom, Gengar, and Kingdra. Any others?

SubPunchers like Toxicroak
Usually sweepers don't run substitute. Pokes like SubRoost Zapdos use sub to stall due to their good defenses

 

[kmuffinman]

What poke is a good phazer for a rain team?

 

[Jaetheho]

I assume Zen Mode Darmanitan is referred to as Darmanitan-Z, right? What about Meloetta's formes (Aria and Pirouette); are they Meloetta-A and Meloetta-P?

assuming you are referring to the onsite analyses, meloetta is NOT divided into two forms. the reason is because the two forms of meloetta are the same pokemon as opposed to darmanitan (two different abilities) and the rotom family. they will be listed under one common name because meloetta requires an in-battle move to transform into its other form.

i hope that helped.