Recent content by Illithian-Z

Nope, its physical, and technician + STAB boosted to 135 base power compared to X-Scissor at 120. More PP too, and the side chance of eating up a berry. Anyway the both CB and SD sets work fine, and both are worthy of consideration. CB is more of a revenge killer, SD is more of a sweeper. You...

Grats on the 1k, and nice team, although no one is rating it. :p

I'm sorry, but your team doesn't really fit a stall team. Its a heavily defensive team, but you have no real way to take down your opponent. See, the problem is, you're wrong about Toxic Spikes. Toxic Spikes are how stall teams finish opponents. Your example of how they were bad with Machamp is...

SD Scizor isn't nearly as surprising as you think. On the other hand, you hardly need surprise to get in a Swords Dance; Scizor can cause enough switches on his own. In any case, it looks like a good team, but Infernape really can't take Fire attacks. Heatran, as suggested above, works extremely...

Okay, lets do this.

Pink, Tennisace said specifically And Ice Punch is most definitely a competitive move. However, if we are to assume flavoring should be involved, its worth pointing out that after about 15 minutes of hopeful searching, I have yet to find any Pokemon that is part fire type that learns an ice move.

I agree with HD on both accounts. Superpower would be enormously beneficial for Pyroak, making his physical sets something other then a gimmick that can be walled by a Blissey (if played right). And lets be honest, how many times have you seen Pyroak running a Howl set? More to the point, how...

I will proof this, but I have an endless stack of homework to do, so I'll do that first. Just reserving this post. =p

Mostly nitpicky stuff for my proof. Very nice analysis.

I'm not fully against the government sticking their nose in healthcare. However, the past speaks for itself: generally when the government gets involved, three things happen. A. The program goes far overbudget. B. The program gets far slower and less effective. C. The program gets abandoned...

Unfortunately, its impossible to create an argument that combines all three of your moral beliefs with your reasoning. Your animal rights reasoning stems from their level of intelligence. You want more rights for animals with more intelligence, with humans at the top; this makes sense...

Well, not neccesarily. I'm not a pro at doubles, but I'll try to help some. For Arcanine, I think a pure physical attacker might work better. How about something like this, a modified Anti-lead set? Arcanine @Lum Berry Ability: Intimidate Nature: Adamant Evs: 70 HP / 252 Atk / 188 Spe - Flare...

I'll try my hand. Jirachi: The thing I don't like about a Jirachi lead is that he has trouble with every single lead. You are going to have problems with Metagross leads, with EQ, Swampert leads, with EQ, Azelf leads, with Fire Blast OR Taunt, and Aero leads with Taunt. Basically every common...

Unfortunately, favorites don't often work well at all. Starting out. Umbreon: As a lead, Umbreon isn't very good. Firstly, Double Team can't be used because of Evasion Clause. The rest is fine, but don't expect Umbreon to actually do much. Anyway, Umbreon has a lot of problems as a lead. To...

Well, I generally use Giga Impact in the endgame. I do need another special attacker, but neither Qwilfish or Kabutops fit the part. I could make Ludicolo a special attacker and switch Luxray for a rain abuser...