Recent content by Obscurica

Really depends on what the rest of your team looks like. I've had a significant amount of success on Showdown with M-Mawile when backed up with a dual screen and Wish support. Makes it much easier to get Swords Dance up safely, and gives you much more breathing room if Sucker Punch prediction fails.

Fully cognizant of that, yes. The thing is: does running Parting Shot with that speed rating inherently mean fielding a mediocre Pokemon? While it opens up a lot of opportunities and means to blunt your opponent's momentum - doubletapping the kneecaps of a physical attacker with a switch-in to...

Just a bit of theorycrafting: was considering Assault Vest's possible uses, and I noted that Pangoro's 71 base SpD meant that he had just barely enough to break the 100pt threshold with the item. Since he has access to damage-based steroids like Power-Up Punch, or has a natural one in Iron Fist...

It's a nice potential item on Pangoro, I feel. At base 71 SpD, it's exactly in the right zone to break the 100-pt mark with it. Not only would it make up for its abysmal speed, but Pangoro already gets natural steroids in the form of Iron Fist and PUP. Or Scrappy+PUP if you expect them to switch...