Recent content by iloveflash

Overview Hard-to-check special sweeper in the RU tier. Unmatched speed in the tier. Unique typing allows it to fill holes in your team's defense and offense. Special ability Lightningrod makes it a threat to electric attackers. Wide movepool. Anti-Lead name: Anti-Lead move 1: Energy Ball /...

This version of Emboar was my answer to the RU tier back when I first started playing it (and before Emboar was RU). It is essentially a setup sweeper which utilizes Flame Charge and Bulk Up to put Emboar in an untouchable bracket of asskickery. I stopped using it a long time ago because I...

I'm in the process of experimenting with Charge Beam. Umbreon is a common counter to Zapdos, so I think the combination of Charge Beam and SubRoost would be viable, followed by Baton Pass to a special attacker of choice. I suspect ground and electric Pokemon to wall Zapdos frequently in either...

Oh I see, so the brackets are for parsing through code. Thanks for letting me know. The Agonist: please explain your spread. I used this site in conjunction with PokeGen to figure out my own, and the values I listed above are spreads with the lowest possible Atk IV that still give Hidden Power...

I just copy/pasted the format of another analysis on here. I removed the Overview but lumping everything under AC would make it less organized and readable. The purpose of QC is to check each point for validity correct?

This set may not be a game changer, but I think it's an improvement over a common Zapdos set: SubRoost. SubRoost uses Thunderbolt and a Hidden Power move for coverage. But Hidden Power is one of the worst moves I've tried out with non-offensive Zapdos. Heat Wave is generally more effective, but...

I decided to use Scarfed Sawk to see what all the fuss is about, and then this happened: http://pokemonshowdown.com/replay/nu-46331777 I laughed so I hard. I'm gonna keep testing this guy out. Edit: Banded Sawk sounds a bit like overkill but if that's what everyone else is using, I'll probably...

I'm about to test this and I have two questions: 1) Why not Wish as an alternate to Roost? 2) Why bother with special EVs if physical attackers are its biggest threat? I can easily see this thing getting run over by Rhyperior on turn 1. Edit: Used this Xatu with Wish on 2 occasions...

In my experience, playing Taunt games with hazard setters has never ended well. Currently experimenting with Sashed Ambipom using Knock Off/Pickup in place of Leadvile. Hypothetically he should serve the same function right? Ambi's BU is weak though, and I really want to give him U-Turn/Fake...

Edited, Somalia. Most of the stuff you mentioned is already in the AC though (and I'm not sure if I'm allowed to make it much longer). You make some great points.

Thank you captain obvious. This is not intended to impress anyone. If you are impressed you need to play more -- many better mons are out there than Leadvile. Well, not "many". :P

Another Leadvile 8-turn sweep... Flygon was present once again: http://pokemonshowdown.com/replay/uu-40290722 Starting to think any team with Flygon on it will get swept by Leadvile period. Although to be fair, this player was new to UU. I edited some stuff in the original post.

Holy moly, never thought about Ground. It does cover the Fire/Poison/Electric types that I mentioned as uncheckable by Weavile. Good spotting! I'm editing in your suggestions now. (Edit: Sad, the only physical ground-type move Weavile learns is Dig. He'd make a great baton pass candidate if...

Thank you very much for the corrections Agent Gibbs! I've edited most of them and have a few more to go. There's a couple of points that I want to clarify. I will clarify these things in the OP but I'll put them here first so we can debate about it. Also, I'm going to ignore that Swords Dance...

Thanks a lot! I'll reformat it again.