I see, I see. One zen headbutt/drill peck/hurricane is all it takes. Sorry about that, I didn't catch that part of his message.Hitmontop is also beaten by Zapdos and Thundurus so yeah, that doesn't really fit his problem.
I see, I see. One zen headbutt/drill peck/hurricane is all it takes. Sorry about that, I didn't catch that part of his message.Hitmontop is also beaten by Zapdos and Thundurus so yeah, that doesn't really fit his problem.
The problem with Zapdos and Thundurus is not really the flying attacks (since they will only have HP flying at best, and you surivive a hit), the problem is that Hitmontop can't do much damage to them as they'll easily shrug off your Close Combats and don't care about Intimidate. Besides, Thundurus can't learn Hurricane, and Zapdos never uses Drill Peck.I see, I see. One zen headbutt/drill peck/hurricane is all it takes. Sorry about that, I didn't catch that part of his message.
Thunder Wave is still used since having priority paralysis rate 100% of the time is better than a non-priority paralysis rate 30% of the time.Is Thunder Wave still used on Thundurus on rain teams, or not due to Thunder's 30% paralysis rate?
Very true; I just wasn't sure if it was worth the moveslot or not.Thunder Wave is still used since having priority paralysis rate 100% of the time is better than a non-priority paralysis rate 30% of the time.
Assuming we don't have a rule change by Winter Regs for only BW2 Dex, in which case Poli would not be legal.Yes, anything legal in 12 is legal in 13
Is something like that possible?Change the rules in the middle of the year?If yes,well I'll need to make a new team.Assuming we don't have a rule change by Winter Regs for only BW2 Dex, in which case Poli would not be legal.
Well, for the October regionals in the US, they're following the VGC 2012 format. We don't know how the rest of the VGC 2013 season will turn out though, but they could change the rules.Is something like that possible?Change the rules in the middle of the year?If yes,well I'll need to make a new team.
They've done it with the TCG, so they can do it with the VGC.Is something like that possible?Change the rules in the middle of the year?If yes,well I'll need to make a new team.
It's not easy to find a replacement for a Pokemon like Politoed,which means a complete chage to the team.It's good to make a backup/substitutes for your team members that aren't available in the B/W2 New Unova Dex, like I would choose Weavile to replace my Infernape as my Fake outter, or Ferrothorn for Cresselia, things like that. It's just in case of a rule change so you won't have to frantically make a new team hours before the competition like I did back in '10 and '11.
Hydreigon outspeeds every unboosted Pokémon in Tailwind with no investment, so unless you want to target a Scarfer or be faster outside of Tailwind it doesn't really need any speed. Maybe enough to beat Kingdra?
As for your second question, not quite:
252SpAtk Fight Gem lvl 50 Hydreigon (+SAtk) Hidden Power (Fighting) in Sandstorm vs 252HP/0SpDef lvl 50 Tyranitar (Neutral): 83% - 98% (172 - 204 HP). Guaranteed 2HKO.
Ah ok, I thought it would be a 2HKO, but I wanted to double-check since I didn't have access to damage calcs at that time. Since I don't really feel like gambling with Focus Miss, I'll just find another way past Tyranitar then.No.
Modest max Sp. Attack Hydreigon with a Fighting Gem boosted HP Fighting deals 83.09%-98.55% to an Adamant 252 HP/4 Sp. Defense Tyranitar without Chople Berry.
Without a Fighting Gem, deals 56.04%-67.63% to the same Tyranitar.
You're basically looking at a 2HKO with or without the Fighting Gem, so I'd change the item if I were you.
Scizor, Metagross, Hitmontop and Heatran are all solid mons against hail teams, but since no sane person ever runs more than three ice types on a team (even that's pushing it), you should always try to protect this 'mon until the ice types are down. The rest you should probably play as if it were goodstuffs.Jolly has a 47% chance to OHKO Tyranitar even with Chople, while Adamant has a 97% chance to OHKO the same thing. And you want advice for beating hail teams, or playing with hail on your own team?
DisQuake is a pretty standard strategy, and aside from an Ice weakness works pretty well, although it's highly predictable. Terrakion and Heatran can be a good pair, although both of them are weak to similar things. It'd depend on their sets and what you were trying to accomplish, but there are better partners for both of them.does the disquake strategy work well in VGCs and are terrakion and heatran good leads for VGC?