Recent content by sc4rs

For the first point, I don't think that deterministic necessarily means a-few-beat-all. For example, chess hasn't had a "master strategy" come up for it, and Pokemon certainly has a comparable number of options as an entire game of chess, what with nearly 600 "pieces" to choose from. Baton...

Sand is ingrained in people's heads as fine because the last generation had it and it wasn't nearly the massive problem it is now. When you literally can make a team with the top 6 Pokemon in the metagame and it works perfectly and you can shoot up the ladder with little to no skill, and that...

Here's a thought - a Gravity setup Metang. Metang @ Eviolite Impish 252HP/4AtK/252SpD -Stealth Rock -Gravity -Meteor Mash -Earthquake Impish nature with max SpD investment gives it perfectly equal defenses on either end of the spectrum with final stats of 389, though obviously you can tilt it...

Thanks to all with the compliments, I really appreciate them! I didn't think about that; I'll make sure to add the Pokemon left in any future warstories. Thanks for the kudos. Yes, I do know - even still, I was extremely surprised to find I needed Stealth Rock down to hit the 2HKO on Ferro...

Thanks for the kind words! Glad you liked it. If I had to guess I'd say you're probably right, especially since once Ferro goes down, nothing wants to take a +1 Outrage and Latios can no longer outspeed. Thanks for the kudos. It seemed standard when I was looking through other warstories...

Hello everyone - this is my first attempt at a warstory, but I've read enough that hopefully this will be entertaining nonetheless! Warstories with long intros are the worst, so let's get to it! sc4rs's team - Blue My team is an adaptation of a Gen 4 team, which partially explains its lack of...

As long as you're suggesting other options, I'd slash in Knock Off, which is an amazing move now that it can entirely ruin Chansey/Dusclops/etc. by ridding them of Eviolite, as well as the general utility of removing other items.

I'm working on a Hail team right now with Eviolite Sealeo as well as Stallrein: Sealeo @ Eviolite Bold 252HP/52Def/204Spe Same moves as its dad, though you can also run Aqua Ring to make up for the lack of leftovers recovery over Toxic, because most of the rest of the team is a bunch of Toxic...

I think the most compelling argument for Wi-Fi Clause is that it increases the chance that the player with more skill wins. There is very little skill involved with keeping one Pokemon "hidden" - it's basically just a function of how the battle has gone to that point that allows you to do so or...

Eelektross can learn Brick Break?

Then I wouldn't use Focus Sash/wouldn't use Deoxys-S. Using Deoxys-S as a tankier lead seems silly when you could use something like regular Deoxys or Deoxys-D that's more suited for how you're intending to use it.

Another decent option might be running Lava Plume and then another support move or coverage move. That way you get the burn chance but don't have to sacrifice a valuable slot for it.

Roar is an important option to consider as it means Heatran is pretty much a hard counter to Volcarona with Stealth Rock in play, unless it's their last Pokemon. 4x resisting one STAB and being immune to the other is huge, especially if they're running Morning Sun/Chesto Rest and therefore...

This is actually really similar to what I was coming in to post: Lead Smeargle Smeargle@Focus Sash/Mental Herb Jolly (+Spe, -Atk)/ Timid (+Spe, -SpA) 252 HP/252 Spe/4 SpD -Spore -Magic Coat -Stealth Rock/Spikes/Toxic Spikes -Destiny Bond This guy is great as pretty much every Taunt lead in...

This is a decent point, actually, with Tomb's immunity to Psyshock meaning stealing the Calm Mind boosts will really help. Tomb is faster than any normal Reuniclus regardless of nature, because nobody is trying to make Reuniclus outspeed anything. It's also faster than a Brave, 0 Speed IV...