Recent content by Mr James Grey

Unless im missing something, which I very well could be, Muk only needs 20 special defense evs to avoid the 2hko from specs lele moonblast after rocks. 252 SpA Choice Specs Tapu Lele Moonblast vs. 248 HP / 20 SpD Assault Vest Muk-Alola: 153-180 (37 - 43.5%) -- guaranteed 3HKO after Stealth...

Someone with more experience can decide whether or not this is necessary, but you could mention pheromosa separately, as you only need 180 ev's with a positive nature to outspeed pheromosa in meteor form, outspeeding it by one point exactly.

Alright there's actually a few mons this time around I have experience with so I'll comment on some of them. Starmie A- -> A: This guy is kinda in a weird spot IMO because it can either do its job super well or just be kinda meh based on how your team matches up with your opponent. It is...

Ive been playing around with a team consisting of both rock head choice band Aggron and Rock Head Choice Scarf Tyrantrum in a sort of "Head Smash" spam kind of way a l'a bird spam in OU. Even though the particular team Im using still needs heavy fleshing out, from what I have done in my limited...

Since it has just been released, it should probably be given a little time to see if its even worth bothering with. I have a feeling that, unfortunately for our foxy friend, that won't be the case. It's pretty frail, which for an offensive mon wouldn't be a problem, except that it sits in an...

I don't think I quite worded it the way I meant. I agree that versatility and role compression are being seemingly confused in my post. I more mean the quite in regard to S rank noms, I'll edit my post to clarify.

This is a great quote imo. I think whenever we discuss "versatility" in regards to other mons in the future we can probably use this to base our views of whether or not a mon really is as versatile as some might say.

No stop please Sylveon as a cleric is shit. When you say umbreon is most comparable to sylveon as a cleric, it makes me think that you're saying Umbreon is bad.

I agree with AM on pangoro, I have no idea why it was ranked in the first place. But I want to discuss shuckle. I personally think sticky web is shit right now, and I think it's always been shit. Yes, it can work, people have made it work, but a decent player could theoretically make anything...

I figured since the ladder was reset, I could try this out. Here's a replay for both the "Underrated" achievement and the "Greed pays off sometimes" achievement. http://pokemonshowdown.com/replay/ou-260023247

Oh good, time for everyone to bandwagon support these moves. ;) But in all seriousness, can I know your reasoning for the mega slowbro move? What exactly made it better than before?

A spread of 252 HP/20 Def/236 SpD with an impish nature allows Hippowdon to only be 3hko'd by Mega Diancie's moonblast after Stealth Rock damage and lefties while still maximizing physical bulk. Whether this is a usable enough spread can be discussed, but if you were planning on checking Diancie...

I think you have a bit of a point, however just because people are losing with this thing doesn't make it bad. I don't knowwhich set is the most popular right now, but I would assume it was the DD set, so I will use that for this explanation. So mega alt is S rank, people see that and they use...

I'm not necesarrily for or against a Thundy-T raise, but I would note that a few weeks ago people were nomming Stunfisk to be an electric-type stopper on offense. I know that was a bit ago, but I feel like if we're having to scrape the bottom of the barrel just to stop them, a good volt-absorber...

I can agree with this. Genie coverage is quite sickening, and Tornanus is no exception. Even though hurricane has that big chance to miss, i think tornadus makes up for it with A) the confusion chance that comes alongside hurricane and B) the fact that it will often be pressing one of its...