Recent content by Cornonjacob

Finally someone gets it about Shadow Ball. Yeah, I noticed the wrong EV's. Still a solid suggestion. I actually have considered specially defensive Gliscor with or without Defog, but Conkeldurr has actually been working surprisingly well. Notable perks include his presence discouraging Volt...

I think you guys had the right idea about that different Talonflame set. I'm still working on the little details, but it seems to work better. I'm not totally sure what I want to replace Excadrill, but I'm testing doing without Defog or Rapid Spin and the spot is currently occupied by standard...

I do not agree with including Latios as it leaves me with an even bigger weakness to Dark that has caused problems because of Slowbro, as well as the fact that Defog also removes my own valuable Stealth Rocks and makes that Bisharp problem even worse and the risk I take if they switch a mega...

I recently decided to build a team featuring Mega Sableye, and I've come to love him just as much as last generations prankster Sableye. I decided to place him in a stall team that eliminates certain threats such as Mega Gardevoir or Azumarill who can kill Sableye as well as set up ideal...

That's true, I didn't that into account. Focus Blast is still the best option for heating Heatran and Ferrothorn, but it is horribly innaccurate and Sludge Wave gets stab and takes out opposing Sylveon as well.

For quite a while now, I've been wanting to make a team around Mega Medicham, and with Aegislash out of the way, I decided that now would be the best time. I've been playtesting the team, and with it, I've been able to climb from about 1500 elo to 1704, #485 in the OU ladder. This is my first...

One big advantage that Weavile's Pursuit has over Bisharp's is her blazing speed. When trying to Pursuit trap as Bisharp, you often have to play mind games with your opponent. You can either Sucker Punch and risk letting them get away, or you could Pursuit and risk your opponent deciding to stay...

Wow, that's really awkward, I could have sworn I saw it in her movelist when she came out gen 5. So no U-Turn. But she does have access to Healing Wish which can give a cripple sweeper a second chance, and a safe switch in like U-Turn. But it's usually not a good option because you have to sack...

If we aren't talking a defensive core here, Aegislash would be a good dark half of the core because it murders fairies and it's got some nice tricks up it's sleeve. And it's high physical attack would complement the special attack power of ghosts, such as Gengar. And of course Dark works well...

Tickle is actually not a bad option. Another move I've seen people use is U-Turn, letting your opponent go first or switch out and then having a guaranteed safe switch to a check, and you even get the heal from Regenerator, Mienshao style. Tickle and U-Turn could work well on the same set as you...

True, but they can still be used on defense successfully, Aegislash and Sableye are probably the best examples (though for Sableye it's because he can recover right away and burn, he's more of a support, but he can still wall some pokemon pretty well and is neutral to dark). Actually Ghosts...

I'm confused on what steel has to do with this. Jellicent hasn't been good this gen, but I still feel he deserves a mention. Sableye is more of a support but it can wall a good amound of pokes. I'd pair Ghosts with Chansey because one is immune to fighting and the other is immune to ghosts, or...

Magnezone also takes care of Skarmory, the bane of physical sweepers everywhere. It also provides you with a somewhat slow brutal Volt Switch giving you the chance to chess with your opponent and possibly get a safe switch into Hawlucha, ready for setup. Magnezone is also a good wallbreaker in...