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yes, if absol has an egg move, it will pass it down if bred with a ditto, doesn't matter if it's male or female.
why not use earth power? you can't get past heatran/rotom-w otherwise.
On cartridge, so I can't teach it it.
Pressure allows Moltres to try and stall out enemy Stone Edge's; ultimately I'd say it's more viable than Flame Body.
This might be too vague of a question, but here goes: Has anyone noticed any major differences in metagame trends between playing on the simulator and playing on wifi? I suspect there are certain things that are popular here which may not be popular elsewhere, and I'm trying to get a sense of what those might be.
Probably Hidden Power Fire.
If you can't get that either, Focus Blast is probably your next best bet.
If it's on cartridge, can't you wait until tutors for earth power?
ok then. im using an attack based crobat. i think i got all the moves down except in one slot.
crobat Black Sludge
adamant
.brave bird
.cross poison
.u-turn
.roost/taunt/torment/defog
which move should i use for tht last slot. i wanna use roost if i take to much damage from recoil but i have black sludge to heal me. i want to use taunt because it can block screeners and sword dancers but then i wont have any room for the other moves. i wanna use torment because i can stall more and make it harder for the enemy to kill me. and i want to use defog to pave the way for pokes that use moves with low acc and cripple dem screeers.
i got no idea so i would aprecite it if you would respond quick thxs
crobat Black Sludge
adamant
.brave bird
.cross poison
.u-turn
.roost/taunt/torment/defog
which move should i use for tht last slot. i wanna use roost if i take to much damage from recoil but i have black sludge to heal me. i want to use taunt because it can block screeners and sword dancers but then i wont have any room for the other moves. i wanna use torment because i can stall more and make it harder for the enemy to kill me. and i want to use defog to pave the way for pokes that use moves with low acc and cripple dem screeers.
i got no idea so i would aprecite it if you would respond quick thxs
hey nice first post btw
i think it would be best to put it on speed and put the the last 4 on hp. if ur using life orb talonflame, ur prob just asking for a 1-2HKO so just focus on speed. if you want to, u can do 128 for both defense and sp defense but ur prob gunna die either way in 2-3HKO so just make a speedy attack with speed EVs
No, no, no. You want enough speed to outspeed base 105's, at least. Then you need to put some bulk in.
You'll want a spread of 48 HP / 252 Atk / 208 Spe. Outruns everything up to Jolly Mega Pinsir, You can tweak the EVs to speed creep Mega Lucario & Thundurus-I
Don't use Life Orb on Talonflame.. just don't. Either go Choice Band(best item on it), Leftovers, or SharpBeak. Life Orb's recoil is just too much. As for the EVs, a personal preference of mine is 252 atk/4 def/252 spe adamant.
don't put the 4 remaining EVs into HP for talonflame. that will make its HP an even number and therefore it will be killed if it switches into SR twice. always put the 4 remaining in either def or spdef.
But if you use CB you'll most likely won't be getting Swords Dance... i was trying to make TF a life orb user because i already have a CB user in my team.
For Swords Dance Talonflame, use Sky Plate. Also go with the spread listed above.
I have a Mixed Aegislash (shadow ball, shadow sneak, iron head, sacred sword. Quiet) a Lifeorb Latios, Mega Lucario, and Rotom W
So based on that what EV's should I run on Rotom? I've seen specially defensive sets I've seen modest 232 hp 56spa 220 speed etc etc but I'm just clueless
And then I'm completely at loss for my last two pokemon. I would assume I would make them 2 walls unless I'm making rotom a wall in which case idk. Heeelp
So based on that what EV's should I run on Rotom? I've seen specially defensive sets I've seen modest 232 hp 56spa 220 speed etc etc but I'm just clueless
And then I'm completely at loss for my last two pokemon. I would assume I would make them 2 walls unless I'm making rotom a wall in which case idk. Heeelp
Rotom-W should probably be physically defensive in this metagame imo, a lot of the important Pokemon that Rotom-W is used to check in this metagame all happen to be physical Pokemon (Talonflame, Mega Pinsir, Landorus-T, Azumarill, and Mamoswine are some examples), so investing in Rotom-W's physical defense makes lets it check these Pokemon as effectively as possible, and get worn down a bit less quickly
hope i helped!
Hmm so then that covers a physical wall, what would be a good defensive partner for him (specially defensive that is). And that would leave me with 1 spot to do what with :0? Hazards? Idk
Btw yes you're a massive help
I'm new to competitive pokemon in general so I'm still learning c:
A few questions,
1. Are any of the Dream Radar Genies Viable enough that I should bother getting perfect IV's?
2. If I want a competitive level Mewtwo, Xerneas, Yvetal, Zygarde of legendary bird what kind of IV's should I look for?
Thank you!
1. Are any of the Dream Radar Genies Viable enough that I should bother getting perfect IV's?
2. If I want a competitive level Mewtwo, Xerneas, Yvetal, Zygarde of legendary bird what kind of IV's should I look for?
Thank you!
I plan on running a Rotom-W/Scizor VoltTurn core, and here's what I have thus far:
Rotom-W
Bold/Timid/Modest@Leftovers/Choice Specs
EVs TBD, dependent on set
Hydro Pump
Volt Switch
Will-O-Wisp
Pain Split/Trick
Scizor
Adamant/Careful@Life Orb/Scizornite(that depends on my team however)
EVs TBD
U-Turn
Knock Off/Bullet Punch
Defog
Roost
Two questions:
1. What are the optimal EV spreads for each? I have done a small amount of testing, but I'm sure there are better ideas.
2. Is a physically defensive set better than the Trick set on Rotom? I like the idea of the extra bulk, but crippling a wall/supprt mon is nice too.
3. Is Knock Off and Defog even available on Scizor? I thought KO was a tutor move...
Rotom-W
Bold/Timid/Modest@Leftovers/Choice Specs
EVs TBD, dependent on set
Hydro Pump
Volt Switch
Will-O-Wisp
Pain Split/Trick
Scizor
Adamant/Careful@Life Orb/Scizornite(that depends on my team however)
EVs TBD
U-Turn
Knock Off/Bullet Punch
Defog
Roost
Two questions:
1. What are the optimal EV spreads for each? I have done a small amount of testing, but I'm sure there are better ideas.
2. Is a physically defensive set better than the Trick set on Rotom? I like the idea of the extra bulk, but crippling a wall/supprt mon is nice too.
3. Is Knock Off and Defog even available on Scizor? I thought KO was a tutor move...
All three of the Genies available in Dream Radar (Thundurus, Tornadus, Landorus) are absolutely fantastic, and in some ways defined Gen 5. In fact, base form Landorus, base form Thundurus, and Therian-forme Tornadus were all banned to Ubers in gen 5 and are currently legal for Gen 6.
Do not screw with the genies. Back in the day they were basically the best weather abusers you could ever ask for. Sand Force-boosted Earthquakes coming off a 125 base attack? Both of the "storm" Genies can abuse the cripes out of rain, too; they've got blistering speed, Prankster to mess with anyone faster than them, base 125 special attack, and the ability to abuse perfect-accuracy Hurricanes or perfect-accuracy Thunders in the rain.
The weather nerfs may not have been especially kind to them, but they're still excellent backbones for various strategies. I'm not sure if the Therian Formes are available at the moment or not, but even if they're not, the Incarnate Formes still feature a darned nice physical attacker and two of the only Prankster users ever released capable of going on the offense.
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