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So I haven't played balanced hackmons in a while and upon coming back, I realized that the 510 EV limit is on when before it used to be off. Why was this changed?
plus that's a clause and not an actual mechanic. its a "rule" we created for balance/fairness (which we never actually did as kit pointed out lol), rather then a "law" that gamefreak forced upon us.. to put it in simpler terms.
I worded it wrong. There is not species clause in BH, which kind of goes against the game itself.
Either way it's Hackmons, who cares if we don't stay true to game mechanics. That's the point of hackmons or else we should not let pokemon have any ability or any moves.
I worded it wrong. There is not species clause in BH, which kind of goes against the game itself.
Either way it's Hackmons, who cares if we don't stay true to game mechanics. That's the point of hackmons or else we should not let pokemon have any ability or any moves.
My final remarks on the issue are at the beginning of the Suspect Testing thread. TL;DR, Balanced Hackmons didn't change, PS did, and we're being more liberal in looking at bans in order to deal with any negative consequences of the mechanics change.
I was just wondering, is there any good user of sniper + focus energy in BH ?
I don't really think draco meteor spammer can do the trick because of pixilate
But a sniper + focus energy mega metagross can spam psycho boost for example.
Or GroudonP spamming overheat. Ofcourse both of them can run draco meteor for coverage.
Back before 510, I used Dialga because both Dragon STAB with a high enough base SpAtk to hurt, but had reasonable defences and Steel type to sponge off weaker hits.
Back before 510, I used Dialga because both Dragon STAB with a high enough base SpAtk to hurt, but had reasonable defences and Steel type to sponge off weaker hits.
:)
Seriously though, Tinted Lens Dialga is so fantastic rn if it can get a safe switch-in; -ates can't come in until Doom Desire is finished. The next team I'm building is basically going to be all stall with switching moves and Dialga. Safe switch-ins galore!
Baton Pass allows for a nice pass to anything that appreciates it. It honestly tears apart a lot of teams right now, give it a shot! I hope this isn't copyrighted by E4 Flint
Tinted Lens Dialga, in my experience, is the most reliable stallbreaker I have ever used. My current team basically is built around taking advantage of the switches Dialga forces, as well as making sure Doom Desire wrecks as much as possible.
This is the standard offensive set, which works decently against both offense and stall, but a more defensive set can be used if you want to use it only as a dedicated stallbreaker.
I'd like to start some discussion on Groudon spam, one of the more unprepared-for gimmicks right now. I wanted to try out Groudon spam for myself after getting annihilated by it, and quite honestly, this
really shouldn't happen, even if the ladder isn't all that great.
(For those who don't know, groudon-primal spam is a strategy made by Flint that uses 5 Primal Groudons with assist (and various moves that can't be copied by assist) and an imposter chansey with thousand arrows and 3 moves that can't be copied by assist. So the 5 Primal Groudons can spam assist to use imposter proof thousand arrows while abusing prankster for priority, mold breaker to kill shedinja, tinted lens to beat out resists, and magic bounce as a catch-all for certain pokemon.)
So far fur coat [insert bulky pokemon here] seems to sound pretty good in stopping this team, as well as dual shed, but I wanted to hear some other opinions about "Groudon-spam".
I'd like to start some discussion on Groudon spam, one of the more unprepared-for gimmicks right now. I wanted to try out Groudon spam for myself after getting annihilated by it, and quite honestly, this View attachment 31835 really shouldn't happen, even if the ladder isn't all that great.
(For those who don't know, groudon-primal spam is a strategy made by Flint that uses 5 Primal Groudons with assist (and various moves that can't be copied by assist) and an imposter chansey with thousand arrows and 3 moves that can't be copied by assist. So the 5 Primal Groudons can spam assist to use imposter proof thousand arrows while abusing prankster for priority, mold breaker to kill shedinja, tinted lens to beat out resists, and magic bounce as a catch-all for certain pokemon.)
So far fur coat [insert bulky pokemon here] seems to sound pretty good in stopping this team, as well as dual shed, but I wanted to hear some other opinions about "Groudon-spam".
By the way, Flint's original version of the team wasn't that. I think there was only one Groudon, three Chanseys, a Mega Banette, and a Deoxys-Speed.
I'd like to point out that Groudon spam also loses to a Prankster Taunt user with more than 90 speed. (I mean, Chansey can probably deal with that, but if you have other ways of beating Chansey, it shouldn't be a problem.)
I once beat a groudon spam team with a prankster copycat groudon that was more invested in speed.
Slowbro mega seems to deal with this pretty well too. Grass / insect type while uncommon are the only ones to resist 1k arrows.
And yeah, prankster taunt.
Groudon spam is a pretty good team imo. I've been beaten by it a couple times i think. But then again, groudon is the strongest pokemon in bh.
I once beat a groudon spam team with a prankster copycat groudon that was more invested in speed.
Slowbro mega seems to deal with this pretty well too. Grass / insect type while uncommon are the only ones to resist 1k arrows.
And yeah, prankster taunt.
Groudon spam is a pretty good team imo. I've been beaten by it a couple times i think. But then again, groudon is the strongest pokemon in bh.
Yeah, thanks for reminding me of Mega Slowbro. That's how I beat a somewhat ill-conceived Groudon spam team that got Rishirules to #1 on the ladder somehow o.o
Ugh, is that what's making the top of the ladder these days? Here I was thinking that things would get better when I get my alts out of low ladder from the last reset. >.>
Also, low ladder is way too big these days. I miss when it was about 5-6 games and you could start getting decent people.
Ugh, is that what's making the top of the ladder these days? Here I was thinking that things would get better when I get my alts out of low ladder from the last reset. >.>
Also, low ladder is way too big these days. I miss when it was about 5-6 games and you could start getting decent people.
I was just wondering, is there any good user of sniper + focus energy in BH ?
I don't really think draco meteor spammer can do the trick because of pixilate
But a sniper + focus energy mega metagross can spam psycho boost for example.
Or GroudonP spamming overheat. Ofcourse both of them can run draco meteor for coverage.
Mega-Rayquaza can spam Aeroblast and Spacial Rend with Focus Energy + Sniper. Latios-Mega + Soul Dew does the same but with STAB only on Spacial Rend (which is more powerful than M-Rayquaza's Spacial Rend even after Life Orb boost).