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this is a. really long one. I'm sorry in advance to anyone who decides to read this in its entirety.
:landorus:
:gholdengo:, :kitsunoh: (if it traced Flower Veil): Mystical Fire will probably be used over Scorching Sands for slightly more power and/or a SpA decrease.
:kingambit:, :kitsunoh...
thought i'd give this a whack (haha see what i did there)
:syclant:
Syclant @ Choice Band
Ability: Compound Eyes
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
Tera Type: Rock
- Triple Axel
- Ice Shard
- U-turn
- Stone Edge
Choice Band allows for disgusting amounts of overkill damage, while...
Regarding dropping Earth Power and only using Scorching Sands:
Against opponents in which Scorching Sands is 2x as effective as either of our STABs, it only deals slightly more than Sludge Bomb and is outdamaged by Sludge Wave. This output does not good coverage make, and this makes it a dead...
hi guys it's been a day. I have new thoughts.
Elaborating on old arguments (I put them in spoilers since you can already get a general idea of my thoughts from my initial post)
yeah that's all my thoughts on the matter
If we don't end up using Mystical Fire, I'd like to suggest adding Snarl...
deckus addresses every single move ever go
I also think Mystical Fire should be a required move. While I am against fire coverage in general, Mystical Fire has low BP and a good side effect, allowing for both minor coverage against Ground-resisting Steels (:corviknight:Corviknight...
I think yes, 38 should get a secondary ability. The main thing about Flower Veil is that though it is intended to provide defensive utility, CAP38's typing already allows it to avoid Toxic, which would otherwise cripple it. On a very defensive Pokemon, not much other status immunity would affect...
Final Submission
HPAtkDefSpASpDSpeBST
6348116122124127600
PSSSPTSTBSR
71.49151.73104.13111.01644.77
Penalties: Apple Acid (-20), >124 Spe (-5)
hi guys I'm back and more powerful than ever
This stat spread is built around forcing flexibility: the SpA is low enough to deny guaranteed...
WIP
HPAtkDefSpASpDSpeBST
107538113173127572
PSSSPTSTBSR
76.67160.95102.2794.59644.06
Penalties: Apple Acid (-20), >124 Spe (-5) = max BSR of 645
It's a bird! It's a plane! Oh heckus, it's deckus not knowing what they're doing!
this is my first non-flavor submission to a CAP process...