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Not really. There are other, much more effective pursuit trappers. Mega Aerodactyl and Krookodile are the first two I think of; one gets more power and actually better speed, the other gets it as a STAB move and doesn't get restricted by Band if you run Dread Plate which is one of the more common items on it if I remember correctly.
 
DaKakz said:
Is Pursuit a good option on BandCrobat ?
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BandBat is kind of uncommon, also I don't really see scarf Chandy switching out on a bat (assuming you run pursuit). But if you don't have anything to take a sleep move on the team, I'd recommend you put Sleep Talk in the last slot assuming your other 3 are Cross Poison/BraveBird/U-Turn, kind of like mons in Ubers that run sleep talk for Darkrai. Also, I've seen some BandBats run defog, in case of an emergency lmao. But either works!
 
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Verse said:
What does the term or abbreviation "mag" mean? Is it a pokemon? Thoroughly confused here.
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Well it can mean a couple of things. One is part of the infamous DragMag core, which was coined because of pairing a Steel-type, particularly Magnezone in this case, with a Dragon, which have perfect defensive synergy. It also is the shortening of the Magnets evo line so as to say "How is Mag in UU?" most likely refers to Magneton as Magnezone is OU.
 
Verse said:
What does the term or abbreviation "mag" mean? Is it a pokemon? Thoroughly confused here.
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Typically it refers to Magneton or Magnezone. So for example, DragMag was the strategy in previous gens of running Magneton/Zone alongside strong Dragons, and thus overwhelming anything that might be able to switch into such attacks.

EDIT: Noivern'd.
 
NV said:
Well it can mean a couple of things. One is part of the infamous DragMag core, which was coined because of pairing a Steel-type, particularly Magnezone in this case, with a Dragon, which have perfect defensive synergy. It also is the shortening of the Magnets evo line so as to say "How is Mag in UU?" most likely refers to Magneton as Magnezone is OU.
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Hogg said:
Typically it refers to Magneton or Magnezone. So for example, DragMag was the strategy in previous gens of running Magneton/Zone alongside strong Dragons, and thus overwhelming anything that might be able to switch into such attacks.
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Thanks you guys!
 
Verse said:
What does the term or abbreviation "mag" mean? Is it a pokemon? Thoroughly confused here.
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To add to/correct what NV said, DragMag was infamous because, prior to Fairy-types, Steel was the only type that resisted Dragon, and so Pokemon with Magnet Pull could trap and KO Steel-types letting Dragons fire out unresisted attacks.
 
DaKakz said:
Is Pursuit a good option on BandCrobat ?
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I believe a fast and powerful pursuit is good on any pokemon, but there are a few things wrong with using it on crobat. For one people dont expect to take a lot of damage from crobat and stay in on it (like chandy). Second common things that switch out on crobat take nothing from pursuit such as Whimiscott and fighting types.

Uturn is better in most situations but pursuit could be a nice niche. Depends if you need to c team something. Pokeaim used hidden power fire on his suicune because his team was weak to Mabomasnow. It just depends on you team composition. If you only have swampert to deal with chandy, use pursuit on crobat to trap it as it goes for the energy ball.
 
DaKakz said:
Is Pursuit a good option on BandCrobat ?
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I've actually used this before to relatively decent success. Some teams really appreciate a bit of chip damage on something. In addition, especially during the upcoming Victini retest Pursuit is a hot commodity. It all comes to the fact that Crobat really doesn't have very many good options so Pursuit is the best of the worst in a sense. Best of luck my friend.
 
Roar cune is suicune's best set right now. The set is Rest/Sleep Talk/Scald/Roar with 16 Spe EVs (minimum) and the rest in physical bulk. This set is good because it forces out gatr, one of the biggest threats in the tier right now, and also works as a blanket check for physical sweepers / set up sweepers / wincons etc. If you have rocks on the field roar really messes up the opponent's momentum. It is very good in balance and practically mandatory in stall. Crocune isn't so good in this meta because it's setup bait for common threats like lum berry dd mence, gatr, toxicroak etc, and it's easily handled by heliolisk, taunt mandi, baton pass vape, etc. Some people run Rest/Calm Mind/Scald/Roar but i would advise against this because losing sleep talk means you can't beat stuff like mamo and mega pert, and the offensive nature of the meta means suicune will usually have to rest again as soon as it wakes up.
 
What mons to people usually use onUU birdspam teams?

I mean Aerodactyl / Pidgeot is given but do people like to use CB bat or what
 
Ununhexium said:
What mons to people usually use onUU birdspam teams?

I mean Aerodactyl / Pidgeot is given but do people like to use CB bat or what
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Sky Plate Bat still hits hard without sacrificing Crobat's utility. Fletchinder can also work but requires a lot of team support.
 
Vivillon is a legit choice for flyspam- can sleep a teams answers to flying types and also boost past the likes of florges and blissey for burd if they lack status, and heavily dents/kos most offensive checks to bird outside priority after a quiver dance (I recommend the monoattack set with hurricane, roost, sleep powder, quiver dance and life orb).

I haven't used it in a post-mamo meta though.
 
13_luckynumber said:
Why is Klefki banned?
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It was banned a few months ago for offering simply too much team support for little to no drawback, to the point where Klefki hyper offense was downright broken. Not only does it have a very good defensive typing (being immune to poison and dragon, having a plethora of resists, and being only weak to fire and ground) but it also has the ability to setup priority Spikes, screens, and use priority thunder wave to easily cripple offensive pokemon.
 
Slate. said:
It was banned a few months ago for offering simply too much team support for little to no drawback, to the point where Klefki hyper offense was downright broken. Not only does it have a very good defensive typing (being immune to poison and dragon, having a plethora of resists, and being only weak to fire and ground) but it also has the ability to setup priority Spikes, screens, and use priority thunder wave to easily cripple offensive pokemon.
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Adding to this, it wasn't just good on offense. All team archetypes loved its insanely useful typing, priority Thunder Wave/Toxic to stop set-up sweepers, and easy access to hazards. Its mediocre offenses were easily mitigated by Foul Play, and it even had moves like Fairy Lock to give you free setup opportunities or Magnet Rise to screw over things that relied on ground coverage to hit it. It pretty much always did several useful things in a match. It was way too good for the meta (and almost certainly still is).
 
Lilligant for OU said:
So why was Scolipede sent to Limbo? I mean I know it's powerful but for what reason specifically?
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That thing is a Ninjask on steroids, mate. Swords Dance Baton Pass was just too good, but not only that, as Scolipede was able to sweep not only offensive teams but defensive easily after just one SD and the Speed Boost boosts. It could do multiple roles amazingly.
 
Scolipede would have been very good but not broken IMO if it weren't for Baton Pass. The Spikes lead set was pretty good, and the LO + 3 attacks set was scary as hell, but neither seemed like too much for the tier at the time. But the BP sets were just cancerous as hell...
 
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