Recent content by FrostFireBolt

I think you maybe just forgot it but shouldn't Toxic be in the Status Moves section? On the topic of hazards, I remember having a discussion with a friend who thought Stealth Rock should be banned (or at least to test a metagame without SR) because it's centralising, puts a strain on team...

I think Elekid is probably C-Rank. It sits at the coveted 20 speed tier which is faster than any unboosted Pokemon bar Diglett and Voltorb and has great coverage in its moveset. It's incredibly frail though and switching it in is definitely difficult. I think the best way to use him is to have...

One thing I've found pretty cool (no pun intended) about hail is that if you run the Event Raikou with Weather Ball you get a 100 base power ice move as an alternative to HP Ice. You can also use Aura Sphere on that set to give you good Fighting/Ice coverage along with your Electric STAB. The...

Even though they can heal off the damage, Stealth Rock is still a big limit on their effectiveness. For example, Physically Bulky Zapdos is 3HKO'd by Scarf Heracross' Stone Edge but this turns into a 2HKO with Stealth Rock. The same situation applies with Scarf Flygon's Outrage and Scarf...

I personally thought it was a shame Virizion usage was so low. My experiences with it are mainly using the SD set and I've found it pretty satisfying. Crobat walls its STABs to no end but its fairly easy to hit him with a Stone Edge on the predicted switch. Regarding Blastoise, yes it's mediocre...

Dynamicpunch is a lot more threatening than you say. Even if it is an obvious move, it still doesn't put you in a bad position as between Substitute + Dynamicpunch you can put your opponent under a lot of pressure. If they switch out, Machamp has a free substitute while they don't really want to...

I was wondering if a mixed Life Orb Flygon set with Outrage, Earthquake, Draco Meteor and Fire Blast/Roost would be any good in the current UU metagame. I'm also unsure if using any specific natures/EV's helps net any important KO's so some help on that front would be appreciated too.

What I meant was that if for some reason you needed a Poke with Fake Out + U- turn then Mienshao is a better candidate than Ambipom, not that I was condoning the tactic. With Ambipom, Fake Out is at best a revenge kill on a frail weakened Poke and at worst a free switch into something dangerous...

Ah sorry about that. To expand on my point, using Ambipom when Mienshao generally does its job better as a momentum gainer with Fake Out and U-turn. Mienshao also has threatening STAB fighting moves to compliment this combination, namely Hi-Jump-Kick as opposed to Ambipom's Return. Ambipom does...

I would argue that Umbreon does have a couple of advantages over Snorlax. Wish and Protect are much more reliable as a means of recovery than RestTalk and also lets it heal its teammates. Heal Bell is always handy for removing status from itself and team too. Your argument about using Payback...

I think the metagame is definitely far too centralised around Deoxys-D, Genesect and Tornadus-T. It's very similar to Latias and Salamence back in D/P when they caused the entire metagame to revolve around Dragon and Steel types. Once they were banned, things became much more balanced out and...

I personally believe Rotom-C has the potential to be moved up to at least B-rank. Recently I've been using the Modest Specs set as part of a dual-electric core with Raikou to beat their counters and it works great. It's has key resistances to water, grass and electric along with an immunity to...

I personally find Cofagrigus' position at the S-Rank questionable. While I don't doubt that it's a good pokemon and definitely A-Rank I often find it underwhelming. Even after a Nasty Plot I find that its not quite powerful enough to net KO's when I need them (trick room is annoying as hell...

Yeah, after testing the set on PS I've found that while not a complete deadweight he just has too much trouble switching in and setting up. The problem in most games was that after I had removed anything threatening to his sweep, the game was over. Just about everything popular these days...

How viable is Cranidos as a Rock Polish sweeper in this metagame? I can think of a fairly good team to support him and counter his checks but when looking at the recent usage stats I wasn't sure what he could really set up on (I haven't played LC in a while so I'm not really sure of the kind of...