Recent content by Daphoa

Thanks @aussieman Thanks for all your suggestions. For a trial team, I'm going to run Eelektross and Dragonite instead of Thundurus and Togakiss. I'm switching to a choice specs Espeon (max Sp Atk & high Spd) to accept a trick. It just means I'll have to be that much more careful with predictions.

@aussieman000: I find it slightly ironic that as a remedy to redundant typing between Togikiss and Thudurus (which share Rock and Ice weaknesses), you suggest Dragonite which has Rock and double Ice weaknesses (and Dragon). :D That being said, I like Dragonite for his general bulk (compared to...

First of all, my original intentions were to take advantage of the speed reduction of paralysis way more than the 30% chance of being fully paralyzed. That being said, luck is inevitably part of Pokemon. Taking advantage of this and working probability in my favor isn't lame. For example, Focus...

Alright, I'll try Machamp. The arguments seem good, and I've used Dynamic Punch effectively before. Leftovers on Jirachi is also a good point. However, I find that when facing ground types since Thunder Wave isn't working through type-immunities, Jirachi is usually on of the best bets. The...

So back when Ditto's new ability was found and everyone was imagining it with a choice scarf, I was trying to think of alternatives to allow Ditto to go first. The main idea I had was paralysis (the other being Tailwind... might try it if I feel ambitious later). So I built a team around...

I actually thought of the max HP a little after I originally posted. So I the calculation and I was actually surprised that max HP Ditto gets all the way to 300. I could see how sweepers would be in that general range, but stall Pokemon would typically be much higher than that. When I said...

Advantages / Disadvantages Two things come to my mind when thinking about ditto. 1. Not all Pokemon carry moves super effective against themselves. This is admittedly more common in sweepers, but still - this doesn't aways help. Also, if eccentric works the same way transform did in previous...

I mostly agree with Dr. John's idea's - especially with mixed Kingdra. Because Kingdra is most commonly used in Rain Dance teams, I was a little surprised to see it here. But after looking into it, I realized that it's actually not a bad choice. The one thing I would consider doing is putting...

Hmm, one thing that I could see happening is putting a Roserade on your team. It sucks up Toxic Spikes instead of Venusaur, and I'm pretty sure it also has Synthesis, not to mention other attacks that can benefit from Sunny Day (like Weather Ball and Solar Beam). Of course, this would probably...

Alright, I'll Vaporeon (the set Super Mario Bro mentioned). I was think about it, and one of the reasons I like Umbreon (besides his bulk) is Heal Bell, but I was thinking about it, and that was way more useful when I was new and much worse at prediction. Anyway, if I find I need it, I might try...

Thanks for the advice. First of all, I agree about Baton Pass Gliscor. I had him on the first version of the team, but that version was a mess and needed some clean up. In hindsight I should have gotten rid of Ninjask and kept Gliscor. I've also replaced Gallade's Swords Dance with Ice Punch...

@sharkz: Ya, you're right, Sunny Day doesn't actually help much. I swapped it for Trick @raike1028: Well, Special Azelf doesn't necessarily work as well against my team as you make it sound. How often would you predict a first turn switch from Forretress to Swampert? Fire Blast will only do...

This is my current version of my team. I've played a bit and won a few games, but I'm very open to suggestions to a better team. The main goal of my team is simply to be ready for anything, and adapt accordingly. (Not that it's a big deal, but I've rearranged the order from my actual shoddy...