Recent content by Robust Raichu

Looking for Mamo Line with Stealth Rock and Thick fat. IV's unnecessary. Can return in power items, some Charzardite Y mega stone, or Manaphy

I wouldn't recommend using Zebstrika to absorb a burn as his attack stat still gets cut and you probably wouldn't be able to use facade because most Pokemon who use Will-o-Wisp are ghost type. Also, I doubt small BP boost from Thrash over Return is worth being locked into the move. I like that...

Two very interesting thoughts! Coil might make a Scolipede a more reliable late game sweeper with the accuracy boost to mend megahorn's unreliability and the defense boost to improve his set up opportunity. I think midgame and early game though, the quicker double boost from swords dance is...

The problem is its unpredictability. Most of your Taunters are OHKO'ed by Scoli while not being able to OHKO back. Same with your Magic Coaters. Seeing this, I decided to run a mixed set (Spikes, SD, Aqua Tail, Megahorn) Scolipede for shits and giggles on an offensive team and I think the...

Pardon me, I'm new, but is there any word on if this beast has been suspected yet? In my opinion, in the NU tier, with flawed Spinners, Spikes usage have been balanced by also having to be set up by relatively flawed Pokemon. This thing with one of the fastest speeds in the tier, outspeeds...

No offense, but wouldn't that reduce the conversation to a usage rate? I mean if consistency is translated as how consistent the Poke is used, then its Samurott or Charizard hands down.

This is the last thing I'll say too. We're on the same page but different wavelengths. First of all I'm not biased off the fact in thinking that everything in Pokemon is all or nothing. I was arguing specifically that BBfree was a very limited Pokemon to providing those additional roles like...

Samurott is a very common NU Pokemon both because of its unpredictability and because it fits very easily on most teams. On that note I think Samurott's strength is partly due to the current nature of the NU environment. I would argue though that Torterra is the best starter if you can give...

OK, sorry to others for the tea party here. Let's not get into obvious generalizations like everything has walls and counters. The name of the game is speed, coverage, and power. With a middle-of-the-road speed (75), typical limitation of only having Bug Buzz, and a weaker attacking power...

Aye, friend, no, and this is the point I'm trying to get at. While Jynx certainly appreciates the chance to set up she doesn't need to in order to seriously threaten fighting or grass types with her STAB moves and her simple presence on the team deters the use of water moves. Thus even in a...

Um... That doesn't really argue with my point that it's a Pokemon that will either sweep or abjectly fail. I'm not saying it's unfeasible or not competitive to use, but with SR, strong priority moves, SP misses, and sap sippers you have one risky Pokemon that needs a whole lotta love to shine.

I think Butterfree is a poke which either does a lot or nothing at all (granted in some games a sleeping Poke is basically a dead Poke). It's frailty and average initial attacking power necessitates its need for at least one QD to pose a threat to non-psychics and grass types. Very much so a...

Sorry, bad example I'm thinking of my offensive team where I use a Specsed Eelektross and if I dont' predict correctly Golurk can come in and do significant damage to my semi-frail team. It still can absorb powerful banded normal attacks though which are prevalent in NU and could become more...

Hmm... I think Golurk's interesting resistances and immunities have a huge impact on the metagame. I'm hesitant to say whether or not that it's an overpowered influence but I think we need to go beyond weaknesses and what can take Golurk down and look at momentum. Does Golurk's ability to...