Resource ORAS OU Simple Questions, Simple Answers (Read the OP First!)

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Hadokant said:
Ah I see ^_^, what would be good teammates to support azelf?
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Little late to the party here, but Bisharp is a good partner since it loves having something set up SR consistently on Hyper Offense teams or you can give it dual screens and watch it murder everything.
 
I've never attempted laddering to have a say in the suspect tests before, so I'll give it a shot even though it's unlikely I'll make it that far.

Quick question, how many battles must one win roughly to get the 2700 COIL required? I've never dealt with this before and I'm not sure about the calculations involved. Thanks in advance!
 
Moonstone said:
I've never attempted laddering to have a say in the suspect tests before, so I'll give it a shot even though it's unlikely I'll make it that far.

Quick question, how many battles must one win roughly to get the 2700 COIL required? I've never dealt with this before and I'm not sure about the calculations involved. Thanks in advance!
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Antar posted a math thingy on the first post of the suspect thread that shows you how many wins you need. If I read it correctly the minimum needed is 30 wins with 0 loses.
 
slayerx725232 said:
A 50/50 is basically when you aren't sure what set an opponent is running on something, which can result in a loss at that. One of the main 50/50s with Aegis was KS+Attacks, since it could pull off massive bluffs, allowing it to either counter something or deal massive damage.
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Dygenguar said:
It's used to refer a situation where you are presented two options and neither option is inherently safer. For example, with King's Shield 50/50s, let's say you have 2 options: Kill Aegislash or use a set-up move. Aegislash might use King's Shield, so you decide to use the set-up move. However, the opposing Aegislash might predict this and opt to finish you with a Shadow Ball, so you decide to use an offensive move. But, the opposing Aegislash predicted that you would think this way and uses King's Shield, so you...

Basically this logic loops itself, so you're forced to make a choice not by analysing the risk and benefits, but by guessing and hoping that the opponent picked the move you wanted him to.
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SoulRed12 said:
It's a buzzword people have unfortunately been using to describe any situation where prediction is required but more difficult than usual and the consequences of predicting wrong are extremely high. To me that's not a 50/50 (any more than any other mid-game prediction in the game is a 50/50), but simply means the mon is overpowered. But people have been using the term incorrectly (IMO) to link the pokemon they are arguing about to ideas of "uncompetitiveness," which to me should be a term reserved for things that over-abuse RNG.
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So, I get the impression that it refers to a situation where because of the situation you're up against, you're left with two options which you might as well guess wildly at, and picking wrong can be very very bad for your performance in the match. Is that correct?
 
ampatron said:
So, I get the impression that it refers to a situation where because of the situation you're up against, you're left with two options which you might as well guess wildly at, and picking wrong can be very very bad for your performance in the match. Is that correct?
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People disagree over the extent to which you're simply "guessing wildly," but basically, yeah, that's right.
 
ampatron said:
So, I get the impression that it refers to a situation where because of the situation you're up against, you're left with two options which you might as well guess wildly at, and picking wrong can be very very bad for your performance in the match. Is that correct?
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That's more or less the gist of it. It's important to remember that there are times where you have two options, but proper risk/reward analysis can be applied to figure which of the two choices is a safer choice, in which case this would not be a true 50/50. True 50/50s tend to be very extreme situations usually not found until you're near the end of the battle. These kinds of situations are inevitable in the long run, and they are generally accepted because they are a result of decisions made by the player throughout the match and are not just randomly pushed onto the player.
 
Minor question.

I notice that even in Sand, Tyranitar is 2HKOed by Hydreigon's Focus Blast without max investment and Assault Vest. Are there any other reasons to use Superpower on it?
 
Two questions:

1. What's a good way to start getting into helping out in the Contributions forums? I feel like I know the metagame pretty well and like I could have something to offer, but when I enter the forums I feel like I've entered the hall of elders and I don't know what to do, lol.

2. What's a good way to build up mons on the cart that I can eventually trade for some nice Ubers/Pokebank mons? I only have XY so I have no access to a lot of things, yet I want those things, but I feel like without them I can't get them. Like a catch 22 type thing. Obviously if it's possible it will be a lot of work, but where should I start?
 
Can I use this Pawniard as a Bisharp without any problems? (I know Pressure isn't as good as Defiant)

31/31/31/xx/31/31 | Psycho Cut, Sucker Punch, Knock Off & Stealth Rock | Adamant | Pressure

This is an RNG'd shiny and wouldn't want it to go to waste.
 
pika pal said:
Minor question.

I notice that even in Sand, Tyranitar is 2HKOed by Hydreigon's Focus Blast without max investment and Assault Vest. Are there any other reasons to use Superpower on it?
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To break special walls that would normally take n number of hits from it, namely blissey (chansey if you're playing OU).

0 Atk Life Orb Hydreigon Superpower vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Eviolite Chansey: 309-367 (43.8 - 52.1%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Stealth Rock
0 Atk Life Orb Hydreigon Superpower vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Blissey: 426-502 (59.6 - 70.3%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Leftovers recovery
 
Who was the dude who talked about breeding hyper voice on Altaria in the case that mega altaria may get pixillate a few days ago?

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Thirdbird said:
Hey, my favorite pokemon is Altaria, and I want to breed a shiny one in my X/Y game to transfer over to OR/AS. I'm hoping that Altaria will get a mega evolution, and if not, that's okay too because a shiny altaria would be great. Anyway, I was wondering if I should breed hyper voice from Hydreigon onto Altaria in the rare event that mega altaria gets pixilate as its ability.
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Duuude.
areyouawizard.png

http://www.serebii.net/index2.shtml wow
 
Anjunadeep said:
Who was the dude who talked about breeding hyper voice on Altaria in the case that mega altaria may get pixillate a few days ago?

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Duuude.
areyouawizard.png

http://www.serebii.net/index2.shtml wow
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I saw the Coro Coro leaks and I thought the exact same thing!

Mega Altaria - Dragon/Fairy - Pixilate
Mega Salamence - Aerilate
Mega Lopunny - Normal/Fighting - Scrappy

Also the contest Pikachus all get different moves depending on their form (like Meteor Mash, Electric Terrain, Flying Press, etc.)
 
Midtek said:
I saw the Coro Coro leaks and I thought the exact same thing!

Mega Altaria - Dragon/Fairy - Pixilate
Mega Salamence - Aerilate
Mega Lopunny - Normal/Fighting - Scrappy

Also the contest Pikachus all get different moves depending on their form (like Meteor Mash, Electric Terrain, Flying Press, etc.)
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Oh, we all noticed. Then again, the only thing that most of us really bothered about, perhaps, was mega Salamence. Will it be OU now?
What's it gonna use with aerialite though? ...giga impact? Take down? If only it got quick attack... lemme check.

EDIT: STAB double edge and return, neat! Possibly OU worthy?
Also flying type outrage (thrash) worthy of note?
 
SoulRed12 said:
What's a good way to build up mons on the cart that I can eventually trade for some nice Ubers/Pokebank mons? I only have XY so I have no access to a lot of things, yet I want those things, but I feel like without them I can't get them. Like a catch 22 type thing. Obviously if it's possible it will be a lot of work, but where should I start?
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Back before bank was out, I used to trade KB articunos for ubers and stuff, here's an old guide for it. I'm not sure how relevant it still is though. I found attaching rare berries to things (starf, lansat, enigma, or even just kee/maranga) helped as well.

Things you can't get in XY like other starters, cottonee, castform (for some reason this guy is popular), etc, are good trade fodder on the GTS.

Once you breed up some pentaperfects, people who... uh... "obtain" things from gen 5 for you, usually trade for those.

Anjunadeep said:
Who was the dude who talked about breeding hyper voice on Altaria in the case that mega altaria may get pixillate a few days ago?
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To be fair, it was pretty obvious - it's the only dragon that gets moonblast, and design-wise it's probably the closest thing to a fairy-looking dragon you could get.

I don't think anyone saw mega lopunny coming though, especially since it isn't even a hoenn mon.

Xylen said:
Chansey is great as a SpD wall, as well as Florges i find.
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Sylveon is better than florges in pretty much every way

Midtek said:
Also the contest Pikachus all get different moves depending on their form (like Meteor Mash, Electric Terrain, Flying Press, etc.)
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god damn game freak why do you hate raichu so much
 
Pyritie said:
Back before bank was out, I used to trade KB articunos for ubers and stuff, here's an old guide for it. I'm not sure how relevant it still is though.

Things you can't get in XY like other starters, cottonee, castform (for some reason this guy is popular), etc, are good trade fodder on the GTS.

Once you breed up some pentaperfects, people who... uh... "obtain" things from gen 5 for you, usually trade for those.



To be fair, it was pretty obvious - it's the only dragon that gets moonblast, and design-wise it's probably the closest thing to a fairy-looking dragon you could get.

I don't think anyone saw mega lopunny coming though, especially since it isn't even a hoenn mon.


Sylveon is better than florges in pretty much every way



god damn game freak why do you hate raichu so much
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Honestly the only thing better about Sylveon is HyperVoice Pixelite
 
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