I will bring it up for removal now!
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It is apparently used as a Cleric on defensive teams. The set was taken from the preview thread in the C&C forum, credit goes to Hilomilo. Here is a link to that thread for further information.
How will the tiering of Indeedee be handled? Will Indeedee-M and Indeedee-F be tiered together, or separately? For reference they differ in stats, appearance, abilities, and movepool. Historically, Pokemon with forms that differ only in stats and appearance are tiered separately, examples being the Deoxys forms, Gourgeist forms, Pumpkaboo forms, so it's reasonable to assume yes, but I would definitely like confirmation of this. The reason I ask is that Indeedee seems very likely to me to have its two forms end up in different tiers if they are tiered separately, given their viability.
Would really like some confirmation on this. Sorry if it's too early on to be asking something like this.
Would really like some confirmation on this. Sorry if it's too early on to be asking something like this.
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Since Meowstic-M and Meowstic-F are also treated separately and I see absolutely no reason for this to differ for Indeedee, I think you can rest easy.
Hey guys! Building my first team ever in competitive!
Can i please get any advice on how to improve this team and what pokemon should I get for the last 2 slots.
Gyarados @ Life Orb
Ability: Intimidate
Level: 50
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Waterfall
- Bounce
- Power Whip
- Dragon Dance
Dragapult (M) @ Choice Specs Ability: Infiltrator
EVs: 4 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Draco Meteor
- Shadow Ball
- Thunderbolt
- Flamethrower
Ferrothorn (M) @ Rocky Helmet
Ability: Iron Barbs
EVs: 248 HP / 168 Def / 88 SpD
Relaxed Nature
- Gyro Ball
- Stealth Rock
- Power Whip
- Leech Seed
Darmanitan-Galar (M) @ Choice Scarf Ability: Gorilla Tactics
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- U-turn
- Flare Blitz
- Earthquake
- Icicle Crash
Can i please get any advice on how to improve this team and what pokemon should I get for the last 2 slots.
Gyarados @ Life Orb
Ability: Intimidate
Level: 50
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Waterfall
- Bounce
- Power Whip
- Dragon Dance
Dragapult (M) @ Choice Specs Ability: Infiltrator
EVs: 4 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Draco Meteor
- Shadow Ball
- Thunderbolt
- Flamethrower
Ferrothorn (M) @ Rocky Helmet
Ability: Iron Barbs
EVs: 248 HP / 168 Def / 88 SpD
Relaxed Nature
- Gyro Ball
- Stealth Rock
- Power Whip
- Leech Seed
Darmanitan-Galar (M) @ Choice Scarf Ability: Gorilla Tactics
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- U-turn
- Flare Blitz
- Earthquake
- Icicle Crash
So I am just jumping into competitive Pokémon with sword and shield. Where can I learn about the basics of the meta? Like what’s a pivot? How do I build teams? Once I’m in the game, what do I do? Maybe this isn’t the right place for this question.
Remember to make Gyarados level 100 and try to fit hazard removal seeing as you have 2 SR weak.
Belly Drum sets abusing it’s ability, but it’s not very good.
Best way to get into things is read resources in this subforum and other, take teams from the forum, and practice battles to get the hang of it. Then, you can ask more specific questions if you happen to have any, too.
Ok, I was wondering if it's good or not cause i saw it on the viability list. Thanks for answering!
Anything that is viable makes that list. Does not mean they are good. It isn’t particularly good.
No it doesn't, even in the first dynamax turn
Meowstic-M and Meowstic-F are actually tiered together, if you look at the link in my original comment. And yeah, the reason for it to differ is that the Indeedees have different base stats, and there is already a set precedent for tiering pokemon forms with different base stats separately. No offense but I’d like to see if someone involved in tiering could answer this one.
I've seen ppl mention HOME moves from old pokemon (like toxic) and that when it's released these mons will have access to those moves. I feel like I read that the moves will just be marked as unusable once transferred to SS and a pop up will tell you to replace it with something else. Is this confirmed one way or the other?
Some moves, like Pursuit, are flagged as unusable, and won't work on anything. Other moves, like Toxic, are still flagged as usable, but some Pokemon have no way of learning it in Sword and Shield. In theory, once Home drops and we're allowed to transfer up Pokemon from older games, it will be possible to use stuff like Knock Off Bisharp again. It's no different than how before the USUM move tutors, the only way to get Defog on a lot of mons was by transfering them up from the gen 4 games.
How would you rate Lucario this gen? Is it a good attacker or I shouldn't bother with it and stick with Conkeldurr?
That is a bug and I believe it has been hotpatched.
What pokemon beats appletun and dragapult?
Not really. I would wait until lower tiers are out; Togedemaru will be viable in RU or NU I bet.
