The competitive in-game for Pokemon uses VGC rules
https://www.smogon.com/dex/ss/formats/vgc20/
Check the link you want to look at the full details. The core difference is they are a double battles format with 4 of 6 pokemon being used while standard play here is singles and full 6 v 6. The...
Guess I'm just crazy. Happy to know I wasn't wrong in thinking it could pull off a phydef build though. With everything moving around it makes sense that the roles some pokemon are best at will change. Thanks for the answer.
With the second DLC is bringing the missing pseudo-legendaries, Heatran, the genies, the Tapu, and UBs I'd be surprised if some stuff isn't restested. Things are going to be vastly different once those all come back to OU.
So, I noticed that Adamant Dragapult is decently popular. Since its hard to get a read on what movesets it uses are just from the data statistics what do the standard Adamant Dragapults look like right now?
I feel like comparing things now to last Gen is kind of pointless. Things are VASTLY different now with over 300 Pokemon missing, over 400 if Megas and other alternate forms are counted. Not to mention the nukes that Z-Moves were. We can't think about Pokemon based on how they, or similar...
I disagree and think Heavy Duty Boots are an incredibly important item to exist in the game. Stealth Rocks is an absurdly powerful move and puts an insane amount of competitive pressure on anything weak to it. Yea, it sucks that it hurts a play style, but starting fire, bug, flying, and ice...
When you're looking at the index of stats to look at percentage usage of moves, abilities, and what not they have different numbers like 0, 1500, 1630, 1760. What do these mean? My assumption has always been it is for the level of play and the higher numbers are what top level players use and...
For Inteleon which is the better of its 2 abilities? Both of them seem pretty niche if you aren't doing a Focus Energy set so it shouldn't matter too much, but I figured I'd ask since both will come up from time to time. And on the note of the Focus Energy set, is it that much worse than Specs?