Other Silly Things You've Seen On The OU Ladder: V2

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Skymin50 said:
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Just your normal, everyday Ubers battle. why are you using tropius
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There's a Luxray on that team and you point out the Tropius?
 
Touya said:
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/ou-107420827

On my alt again. In the replay:

-Gengar with Will-O-Wisp (Not sure if that's common.)
-Calm Mind Latios, Volcarona, and Charizard-X is what you would see in the OU, nothing silly there.
-Real gem. His Tyranitar. That had. Fire Fang.
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That guy's team is *very* similar to mine. I think the sillier things about the replay:

1. His Ttar doesn't appear to have pursuit (or he doesn't know how to predict good times to use the move).
2. Fire blast > Fire Fang, but since he has 2 fire types already, should probably use Ice Beam instead because of Lando.
3. He let his entire team get paralyzed by a Ferrothorn when he had 3 things with a fire move.
 
Skymin50 said:
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/ubers-107477786

Oh boy

  • Fly Tropius
  • Tropius at all
  • Facade Bisharp
  • Physical Non-Mega Charizard, gotta use that 84 attack
  • Alright, so this Hydregion is known to use Flamethrower. What should I switch in against it? Oh, I know! Tropius and Bisharp!
  • Thunderbolt Luxray (95 SpA is good, but...)
  • Iron Tail Groudon
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Don't forget that that Luxray also had Thunder. On a team with a Groudon. Because 50% accuracy Thunders are the new meta.

I know weather only lasts 5 turns now, but there should at least be some semblance of team building there.
 
Skymin50 said:
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/ubers-107477786

Oh boy

  • Fly Tropius
  • Tropius at all
  • Facade Bisharp
  • Physical Non-Mega Charizard, gotta use that 84 attack
  • Alright, so this Hydregion is known to use Flamethrower. What should I switch in against it? Oh, I know! Tropius and Bisharp!
  • Thunderbolt Luxray (95 SpA is good, but...)
  • Iron Tail Groudon
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Only one actual uber in that entire match. Questionable sets on most of the pokemon, and the guy with the Groudon (only uber, and only thing with a chance to survive more than 1-2 attacks from Hydreigon) had 5/6 of his team swept by it. Also I'm not entirely convinced he EV'd anything either (or, did a poor job at it) because Hydreigon outsped his Zoroark without a scarf.
 
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/ou-107517577 contains the following:
Typhlosion and Feraligatr
Typhlosion uses HP fighting? on Salamence
Thrash Salamence
Physical Y-Zard which KO's itself with Flare Blitz against Feraligatr
Focus Punch/Close Combat Lucario
Sending out M-Tyranitar against Lucario, next turn is not a surprise
Hypnosis/Nightmare/Shadow Claw/Sludge Bomb Gengar which KO's Lucario, but not before wasting a turn with Sludge Bomb
Quick Claw on said Gengar
Other Tyranitar uses Earthquake on Gengar
Dynamic Punch Tyranitar stays in on Pangoro
Dig/Dragon Rush/Outrage Garchomp
Bullet Seed non-mega Venusaur
 
Mew King said:
People on Wifi seem to love Dark Void and Nightmare. Especially in the battles with passerbys. I started equipping my Shiny Physical Attacking Hydreigon (the only thing that cleanly outspeeds most Darkrai from my Gen 5 (Traded) Shiny Team) with a Lum Berry to counter it because at one point in time I got so unlucky that someone went through 5 of my Pokemon before I finally was able to kill it.. Luckily the Lum Berry is good on the off-chance that I can actually finish an Outrage.
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Hydreigon's Base Speed: 98
Darkrai's Base Speed: 125
Um, wut?
 
Karxrida said:
Hydreigon's Base Speed: 98
Darkrai's Base Speed: 125
Um, wut?
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I-I have no idea how to explain it. It just happens. It happened all but one time I encountered Darkrai on Wifi. I'm going to guess maybe no investment or bad speed nature. Or bad IVs. My Hydreigon is Jolly with a somehow max Speed IV...so it's possible that some combination of that occurred.
 
Hell_Above said:
Or you've just gotten extremely lucky and have run into nothin but idiots for a very long time, and concidering the state of WiFi battling, that's fairly likely.
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That is also extremely likely. Most of them were trying to do a Dark Void + Nightmare combo. And most of them play with no rules (so no Sleep Clause) so it really got annoying to see nearly my whole team asleep. So, I could not switch away without letting another Pokemon fall asleep. On the other hand, Dark Void + Nightmare Darkrai IS the main reason I support Sleep Clause now since now it turns into a game of luck about when you wake up to kill him. It's also the main reason I now support all forms of priority.

I just like to think my Shiny Hydreigon's a champ. Not like my Regular Hydreigon which gets killed every time a fairy as so much Draining Kisses me (that literally happened once with some person's Klefki). Of course my Shiny one probably would also die from a Draining Kiss, but it usually nets me a switch because people expect a special Hydreigon not a physical one.
 
Hclegend said:
Aegislash counter?
252+ Atk Choice Band Huge Power Azumarill Knock Off (97.5 BP) vs. 252 HP / 0 Def Aegislash-Shield: 272-320 (83.9 - 98.7%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Leftovers recovery
With rocks it's nearly 40% chance to OHKO(if they switch in OFC)
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I wouldn't call it a guaranteed 2hko I mean what if they use kings shield n considering I'll be choice locked
Not my cup of tea
 
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