Recent content by Kay [Old]

  1. Other XY OU Viability Ranking Thread (B- and C+ Pokemon discussion)

    What the heck are you talking about? Chansey struggles to handle Thundurus, much less lighter special walls. It can't kill Thundurus fast enough - Thundurus will just NP twice, and start slamming it with TBolt. Chansey will win barring parahax or crits, but it'll still be at something like...
  2. Other Current Metagame trends

    Definitely noting the Deoxys-D everywhere, but one thing I'm observing is that it seems that every special Pokemon out there runs Calm Mind these days to fight the pink blobs. I saw a Calm Mind Slowbro just the other day, never mind Espeon, Suicune, Clefable, Reun, and so on.
  3. Other XY OU Viability Ranking Thread (B- and C+ Pokemon discussion)

    Walling half the metagame isn't that great when the other half can set up on you at will. Chansey gives up way too many free turns for it to be A.
  4. Other XY OU Viability Ranking Thread (B- and C+ Pokemon discussion)

    There are some. Mandibuzz, Venusaur, a lot of the more defensive Pokemon who use Knock off as a utility move instead of an attack, and who don't nearly always carry it. Blissey can come in on those Pokemon and start healing on them, Chansey can't until you're sure that it doesn't use those...
  5. Resource ORAS OU Simple Questions, Simple Answers (Read the OP First!)

    Just realized after looking at that thing...is there a reason Soul Dew isn't listed among the banned items? I know it's banned, it just surprises me.
  6. Other Stall

    Hmm, perhaps. Charizard's the only one who gives me trouble, however, and I feel Clefable does a better job supporting the team with Wishpassing. Btw, reached 1600 after one day with Chansey-Clefable-Skarm-Heatran-Megasaur...and Salamence. Salamence has done a surprisingly good job. I've...
  7. Resource ORAS OU Simple Questions, Simple Answers (Read the OP First!)

    Did Togekiss just forget Roost or something, or is there just some reason people don't use it? I've fought three straight Togekisses, none of which knew that move. Given its defensive nature, it's weird as hell.
  8. Other Stall

    Is Unaware Quagsire really that popular? I've tried using it a few times, but I really don't understand it's value over Unaware Clefable. There's a lot more viable ground types for a stall team than there are fairies. I currently run Hippow-Skarm-Clefable-Chansey-Tentacruel -Zygarde ( hesitant...
  9. Pokémon Zygarde

    I use it on my stall team, largely because I'm looking for a dragon that can take hits on the physical side. It's done fairly well, with Max Defense/HP with Glare/Earthquake/Stone Edge/Haze, and is a backup of sorts to my Hippo and Skarm.
  10. Other Silly Things You've Seen On The OU Ladder: V2

    Two things I saw from watching other battles: A Smeargle with Hypnosis. He seemed really annoyed when it missed twice in a row. A Skarmory with Focus Sash. And that guy was so proud of himself when it activated. Not to mention that he later in the duel tried to Toxic an Excadrill. Twice.
  11. SwagPlay, evaluating potential bans (basic definition of "uncompetitive" in OP)

    No, because under that guideline, Kyurem-B should be banned, because that thing craps all over stall but struggles against offensive teams due to its poor defensive typing and speed.
  12. SwagPlay, evaluating potential bans (basic definition of "uncompetitive" in OP)

    Stall laughs at swagplay. Chansey/Blissey/walls with low attack take basically nothing from Foul Play/Confusion hax, and worst case scenario can end up stalling swagplay teams out of pp. I know I've done it. But a serious question to everyone: how often do people actually see Swagplay...
  13. Pokémon Quagsire

    You don't expect a burn. You hope for one, but you certainly don't expect one, and the burn chance isn't reliable. Maybe after 3 or 4 scalds, then you start to expect a burn. Not 1. And in a Mega Gyara vs. Quag scenario, you only get one shot, maybe 2 if he doesn't 2HKO you.
  14. Pokémon Quagsire

    I guess the problem I have with Unaware Quagsire...is why would I use this thing over Unaware Clefable? Clefable has higher defenses, higher Sp. Atk than either of Quagsire's atk or sp. atk, can fight dragons, and can stall with wish-protect. It just doesn't make a lot of sense to me.
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