Recent content by Ishi-Goturi

Well, if you think about it, it might not do such a bad job against Kyogre after all. Let's say that Kyogre is typically going to use Water Spout or Surf. if it's using Surf, that means that it's already weak enough for Water Spout to do less than base 90 damage, so Floatzel's Crunch might just...

I don't think replacing Psycho Cut with Swords Dance is worth using Shadow Sneak for. I don't really see why Thunder-Wave would be all that necessary if you have a priority move anyway. Plenty of other Pokemon can use Thunder-Wave. Most people who have a CS Heracross lead with it, so it's not...

The only two Choice Pokemon I typically use are CS Heracross and CB Slaking because they're both so powerful and scary and provide good coverage (not to mention Pursuit) that they usually KO whatever the opponent leads with or switches into as long as I predict right because of the general lack...

I've noticed that Sandstorm teams become much more effective. My two best Battle Passes have Tyranitar and Hippowdon, respectively. Your opponent has fewer Pokemon to work with, making it harder for him to take advantage of the Sandstorm. You can essentially start the battle with a definitive...

There's a lot of talk about Dusknoir messing this up, but if your opponent believes you have Night Slash, he would be hesitant to switch Dusknoir into it anyway. Shadow Sneak can mess up severely weakened Garchomps. I've done that more than once. And if Cresselia comes in in T-Waves you...

Well, WoW was really just one option, but Weezing wouldn't switch in if you used Psycho Cut instead. Let's just say that Shadow Sneak and Swords Dance is a trade-off for Night Slash and Thunder Wave. I guess my point is that using Shadow Sneak > Night Slash cuts down on having to outpredict...

But um, correct me if I'm wrong, Night Slash would 2HKO without a crit too. And I've never heard of anyone maxing Def on Dusknoir since that would leave it completely open to junk like Shadow Ball, Dark Pulse, etc. That would also leave the Dusknoir with next to no attacking power other than...

I was looking at Justin8649's Gallade analysis just now, and I noticed that Shadow Sneak did not get a mention, even in the responses. I suppose this is due to it's low power that doesn't receive STAB, but I have always used Shadow Sneak on my Gallade rather than Night Slash. It needs a Swords...

So does this make chaos like Darth Malak? :chaos: Yeah, I like this thread. I might start quoting it the next time kids start berating competitive play on other forums I frequent. It really frustrates me that some players won't give this side of the game a chance because they want to be unique...

I'm going to one in Memphis, TN, and the website said that there were two in the city doing it, but one was canceled, and the other one didn't know anything about it, so I'm going to the one in Cordova. I called them on Sunday, and the guy there sounded pretty nice and like he maybe knew what he...