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why is Zarude still ranked? I didn't get an answer when I asked in the VR thread, and would just like to know if there's smth else besides that it threatens fat without Una Clef and Torn. This is also in the context that the standard set seems to be leftis 2 atks BU
Ghost resist, threatens stallier teams, and can pair nice offensively with Future Sight. Weavile is stiff competition among Dark types ofc, but it has niche
I think it is the prize if you join some tournament or something
And while I'm at it, what is the most common spread for Ferrothorn and Clefable right now?
This is a feature of the Tournaments room, and its sub-room the Tours Plaza. Everyone has one, it is not restricted to tour winners or anything, and everyone has the ability to customise theirs. Send ".ttc tours" in a pm to the bot Lady Monita to customise your profile.
Does anyone else mid - high ladder lose against low ladder players?
Does shed shell toxapex actually counter heatran? Although it can't trap it, it can bring toxapex to low enough hp to be able to force it out and use magma storm/toxic on the switch.
Yeah, I do. Sometimes it can be because of rng but many times it's because they're just doing stuff that they shouldn't be doing like having a Ferrothorn stay in against a Heatran from turn one. It's the same with many other games out there. Against low ranked players, you can never tell what's going on thru their heads unless they're smurfing or something
A little. The problem with that is that often times Pex serves as a knock off absorber so you are gonna lose the shed shell. However, if you can ensure that you don't get knocked off, you can give Heatran a difficult time but it's still gonna be annoying to you
What’s a good spread for nasty plot glowking? Can’t decide on how much speed I need.
just run 248 HP / 252 Def / 8 Spa with Bold nature, back then you would've considered out running Hippowdon, but since they aren't as common anymore maximizing physical bulk is better, especially when using a damage reduction berry.
Thanks, but I was asking if shed shell toxapex countered heatran, not a toxapex that got its item knocked off, so you didn't really answer my question. Also what's your rating?
Shed shell does counter magma storm trapping yes but you usually still won't be actually countering heatran but you can potentially knock off it's item before switching out
Without leftovers recovery, a shed shell toxapex (usually they're gonna be physically defensive cause it's the best set) cannot really counter Heatran because more Heatrans have been going offensive. However, you have a better shot if it's defensive Tran since you can heal back all the health safely
252 SpA Heatran Earth Power vs. 252 HP / 4 SpD Toxapex: 146-172 (48 - 56.5%) -- 86.7% chance to 2HKO
252+ SpA Heatran Earth Power vs. 252 HP / 4 SpD Toxapex: 158-188 (51.9 - 61.8%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
0 SpA Heatran Earth Power vs. 252 HP / 4 SpD Toxapex: 120-142 (39.4 - 46.7%) -- guaranteed 3HKO
This is assuming full health btw, the magma storm and potential hazards chip puts it in even more of Heatran's favor. Toxapex can't really win the 1v1 and force it out a lot of the time but you can temporarily check it with it and waste its magma storm PP since regenerator heals it off when you switch out.
In short, while you'll be able to not get trapped by magma storm, you aren't really "countering" Heatran per se since you won't be really stopping its progress unless it's choice locked or defensive. However, Toxapex can check Heatran sometimes
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Many heatrans run taunt, which is like the reason why many pokemon can't switch into heatran safetly such as blissey. The combination of magma storm + taunt + earth power is just too much to handle.
yes. hax is always part of the equation. low ladder players can sometimes surprise higher ladder players with gimmicky sets (e.g Scarf Dragapult surprising your own scarf lele that you thought would kill with moonblast) that are normally ineffective but happen to be a good matchup against a particular team when combined with the fact that knowing the exact sets of every mon on a given team is not always possible.
and in addition to not being a perfect information game, many turns can come down to genuine 50/50s too, especially when choice locked mons are involved. These variances can lead to 1/10 victories for low ladder players against higher ladder players.
I pretty much always outplay low ladder, usually it's just that my team is so weak against certain mons that they use, particularly ones that aren't used much because they usually suck but destroy my team, such as shell smash polagei
How did I not answer the question? I literally said that you can grief Heatran as long as you don't get the shed shell knocked off
Yeah, and I wanted explanation how it counters Heatran with shed shell. I gave explanation how it doesn't.
That can be rough, and sometimes it is a pick your poison situation, but you have to understand OU encompasses all mons that are not Uber or above. You have to have a general encompassing view and know what different mons do. For example, including a like Pex with Haze and max defense can stop many lower tier physical sweepers.
I saw your Rate My Team, and think that Pult can be switched out for DD Nite. This would give you a physical attacker, set-up sweeper, make your team less prediction reliant then the previous double specs, and get rid of the feared pot.
You can often boil it down to bad players make weird options, but that typically means a 15% loss rate. You have to not make really agressive plays, but make midground ones.
Also, I think you should value people's answers regardless of their ranking. Even if a player is less experienced, they can have great ideas and should not be blown off. An experienced player can also make incorrect statements.
You never asked for that but I'll answer that now. No, Toxapex will still lose to Heatran in a 1v1 even with shed shell. What you instead do is using shed shell to deal some chip damage on Heatran and then switch out to something that can take an earth power or a taunt. No matter the situation, Toxapex will always lose a duel against Heatran because its just too weak
I gave an explanation, so yeah it should be obvious that I wanted an explanation back. Anyways if Heatran catches the Toxapex on the switch and uses magma storm, then you are in trouble