Recent content by Aaraeus

Great team! Can I ask what EV spreads and natures you're running? Timid or modest for Charizard? Do you run any speed investments on Torkoal or Rhyperior? Also why run Horn Drill? For a last ditch attempt at winning? Wouldn't something like crunch be better? cant say edit: they’re all basic...

This might be a stupid question... do you even need walls in 3v3 teams? I see people packing G-Corsola, Toxapex and Ferrothorn, when it just seems like overkill. Why pack defensive threats when you just pack offense to take them down?

Some great points. I might try scarf Ttar / CB Gyarados, but so far I'm really liking how surprised people are when their Rotom doesn't OHKO my Gyarados. It's also helped against other attackers like Torkoal/Duraludon that struggle to take it down. As for your last point wrt Coalossal +...

I really like this team and I’m playing a similar variant on showdown and cartridge. Somehow it just “clicks”. Bare in mind I’m still new to the meta and my ELO is a lot lower than yours, but I have a few beginner questions: 1. What are some calculation results on the Bulky Gyarados? What can...

I'm getting this same error now but I'm on MacOS with Safari. Will try restarting.

I just tried it on a few BSS battles on Showdown and it's pretty formidable. I struggled against Dracovish though, not sure how to counter it. I'm thinking of another BSS team that uses Galarian Corsola, but can't think of a last slot. Any suggestions? Corsola can handle D-Gyarados, but how can...

Damnit, I got wrecked at 50 again. Red did me over with Mega Venasaur's bulk - I thought I could plough through with Porygon but I just... couldn't. Took out Porygon quickly and by that point it was too late. I thought it was just a strategy thing, so I tried again. Got wiped around battle 40...

49. I lost to red. Aaarrrrgghhh! I used the following: Porygon-Z @ Normalium Z Ability: Adaptability EVs: 252 SpA / 252 Spe Timid Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Thunderbolt - Ice Beam - Conversion - Shadow Ball Salamence @ Salamencite Ability: Intimidate EVs: 248 HP / 124 Atk / 136 Spe Adamant...

In addition, is Dragonite viable pre-bank without ExtremeSpeed? What's the popular moveset without ES?

Hey guys, Long time lurker, first time poster. Did some breeding and I now have an idea of what I want from a singles team. Firstly, I love Garchomp - it's been in my squad since it was first introduced and will continue to be there. He's definitely a must have! I'm thinking of the following...

Hey guys, thanks for the detailed replies. I should have said, I've tried using DDNite/Mega Lucario (special) but my main issue is I keep getting walled by Faries. As an example, Gardevoir totally ran through my entire team. Therefore I kinda wanna just replace Dragonite and Lucario completely...

Hey guys, first time poster but I've started dabbling in the Battle Spot recently. I've tried out my favourite Pokemon, Dragonite, for a little while but I think there's something lacking - I'm being stunned by Aromatisse and other fairy walls. My current setup is Cloyster (as below), Spcl Mega...

I've been hearing the terms competitive and online battling used seperately recently. Is there a difference between the two? Is it like, competitive (eg shoddy) and online (eg wifi)? Also, is there a difference (like play-wise, strategy wise) between Shoddy and Wifi? I assume that Wifi would...

Question about IV calculation (not sure if it's simple, but I guess most people here are pretty good at IVs). By using any standard IV calculator, such as the one on serebii, do I need to put in the effort points in order to get an accurate IV result, or can I leave the EP fields blank and...