It's okay, but with TankChomps and Mega lopunnys running around, it's just a bit meh
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Scarf Meloetta seems like a waste I mean, I just don't see it getting the revenge kills that is required from a scarfer.
Landorus-T, pretty much all I can think of
Same reasons Mega are in OU when the Pokemon themsleevs are in lower tiers, I assume. That the pokemon itself has been used enough for OU.
He meant "how is" as in "how effective is it in OU?"
Are the Showdown replays down? I can play on Showdown and access any website (so I don't think it's my Wifi connection) but for some reason the Showdown replay doesn't work for me.
Which Pokémon could be a decent Trick Room setter: Slowbro/Slowking or Cofagrigus? I had considered Porygon2, but seems a bit too passive and reliant on its Eviolite.
As you said slowbro/slowking and cofagrigus make good trick room setters. Other good trick room setters are normal diancie, cresselia, bronzong and porygon2 even though it hates getting its eviolite knocked off.
Having a strong backbone against bisharp is really important cause there is a tendency among all this trick room setters...
Having a strong backbone against bisharp is really important cause there is a tendency among all this trick room setters...
Cresselia, Diancie, Slowbro, and Porygon2 are probably the best TR setters available
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What are the odds for a Skill Link Icicle Spear/Rock Blast/Bullet Seed/Pin Missile to score at least one critical hit?
1 - Odds of no critical hit = 1 - (15/16)^5 = 1 - 0.724 = 0.276= 27.6%
I'm pretty sure that's right, but if anyone wants to check my math go ahead
You forgot to factor in a "Scald Coefficient" - that is, whenever used by the opponent the probability is tripled.
Therefore it should be 82.8%.
Did anyone else have their battle crash today? I've never had that happen before, and some wierd stuff happened:
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/ou-250615854
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/ou-250615854
where can i report something wrong with the ladder ? in random battle, the new BP clause is not implemented http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/randombattle-250756415
HO uses a lead + 5 offensive pokemon. Regular offense (bulky offense mostly) also uses 6 offensive pokemon, but most of them have nice defensive presence (AV Raikou, Tankchomp, Mega Altaria, TTar)
Bulky offense (what I'm assuming you're reffering to as regular offense) has a couple of bulky, often slower Pokemon (usually the SR setter and a pivot) that are used to plug weaknesses to fast Pokemon and priority users that threaten offense like Lopunny, Weavile, Talonflame, Bisharp etc...
HO only has fast offensive Pokemon, and usually employs a Sash lead as a SR setter. They deal with threats to HO through priority or just sheer offensive presence alone (or by forfeiting when they see them)
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In that case, what seperates offense from balance?
Here are 2 teams as an example
To make things clearer, this is an example of a HO team
And this is an example of a semi-stall team (semi-stall is more defensive orientated than balance, but unlike stall it still has some offensive presence with pokemon like SpD Talonflame, Starmie and CM Clefable)
Here are 2 teams as an example
- The pokemon you find here are all offensive, but some of them have bulky presence. AV Raikou and Tankchomp gives the team switchins to pokemon like Thundurus and Lopunny, without giving too much momentum to the opponent. If you pick a balance team; for example:
- This is just a standard balance team with 3 offensive and 3 defensive pokemon. Unlike the bulky offensive team, there are pokemon without much offensive presence (Ferrothorn, Clefable) but with much more support than the Raikou and Garchomp for bulky offense. Balanced teams often have pokemon that provide defensive support to take on threats to the offensive part (Talonflame, Lopunny, Weavile) and offensive pokemon to break down other offensive and defensive pokemon.
To make things clearer, this is an example of a HO teamAzelf is a suicide lead and the other pokemon are just wallbreakers. Just 5 pokemon I put together but you can think of TWave-NP Thundurus, LO Bisharp, DD Altaria, LO Tornadus-T and Scarf/SubCM Keldeo.
And this is an example of a semi-stall team (semi-stall is more defensive orientated than balance, but unlike stall it still has some offensive presence with pokemon like SpD Talonflame, Starmie and CM Clefable)
Oh wow! That clears up all my questions. Thanks a lot, definitely helped me.
Hoopa is legal, Volcanion isn't. Hoopa-U will most likely be OU, Normal Hoopa UU, and Volcanion is UU material imo.
