Recent content by hyreforgling

Having +1 Defense isn't going to do much if they've already hit you once. Even at +1 Defense any solid super effective hit is likely to take you out. And priority is always useful, even without STAB. I don't really have any other opinions on the Bulk Up set since I personally run a Bulk Up...

No, not both sets. Crunch and Dragon Claw are not viable on an Acrobatics set for reasons I have stated twice already. Except the set doesn't say to use an Adamant nature. And it probably should (Adamant / Jolly), because the lost Special Attack is of (almost) no concern as shown by...

PO and damage calculator say otherwise. I can't confirm for in-game though, but I'm pretty sure it'd be the same. If you're running an Expert Belt, yeah, Crunch and Dragon Claw provide extra coverage and are powered up by the Belt, but we're talking about STAB Acrobatics with a Flying Gem...

I suppose my input wouldn't be taken extremely seriously since I'm a lurker with no posts on this site, but I might as well post a fairly successful Acrobatics set I run on Archeops: Archeops @ Flying Gem -Acrobatics -Stone Edge -Earthquake -Hone Claws Jolly Nature EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def...