So it's increasingly common knowledge now but I'm reliably informed that there has been a change to the mechanics of the move 'Facade.'
Word is that when under the Burn condition and using Facade, the negative attack modifier no longer applies. A burnt Pokemon using Facade attacks with a 140BP attack from an un-halved attack stat.
Potential applications? Few, I admit. But there are physical Pokemon with empty moveslots that could benefit.
Terrakion @ Choice Band
- Close Combat
- Stone Edge
- Earthquake
- Facade
Terrakion traditionally used a less situationally useful attack in that slot anyway - should you catch a burn you're no longer dead weight; 140BP is only slightly less powerful than Stone Edge's 150BP.
Garchomp @ Yache Berry
- Swords Dance
- Dragon Claw
- Earthquake
- Facade
A hastily constructed set but it's more the concept that I wanted to showcase. This Garchomp (replace with Swords Dance/Dragon Dance etc user of your choice) has a psuedo-Guts that permits him to set up in the face of Will-o-Wisp/Scald users should the situation call for it. It's not a 'get out of jail free' card but there is potential for a burnt physical sweeper to sweep with Facade in the right circumstances and if you're put into a situation where you need to grab a SD against Rotom-W then...so be it.
+2 burnt Garchomp Facade vs 252/0 Rotom-W = 92% - 108%.
Lum Berry is probably better, yes, but freedom to use a different item may be attractive to certain Pokemon (Facade Marowak, heh).
Let's see some more suggestions.
Word is that when under the Burn condition and using Facade, the negative attack modifier no longer applies. A burnt Pokemon using Facade attacks with a 140BP attack from an un-halved attack stat.
Potential applications? Few, I admit. But there are physical Pokemon with empty moveslots that could benefit.
Terrakion @ Choice Band
- Close Combat
- Stone Edge
- Earthquake
- Facade
Terrakion traditionally used a less situationally useful attack in that slot anyway - should you catch a burn you're no longer dead weight; 140BP is only slightly less powerful than Stone Edge's 150BP.
Garchomp @ Yache Berry
- Swords Dance
- Dragon Claw
- Earthquake
- Facade
A hastily constructed set but it's more the concept that I wanted to showcase. This Garchomp (replace with Swords Dance/Dragon Dance etc user of your choice) has a psuedo-Guts that permits him to set up in the face of Will-o-Wisp/Scald users should the situation call for it. It's not a 'get out of jail free' card but there is potential for a burnt physical sweeper to sweep with Facade in the right circumstances and if you're put into a situation where you need to grab a SD against Rotom-W then...so be it.
+2 burnt Garchomp Facade vs 252/0 Rotom-W = 92% - 108%.
Lum Berry is probably better, yes, but freedom to use a different item may be attractive to certain Pokemon (Facade Marowak, heh).
Let's see some more suggestions.
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