Recent content by Turnstoash

Metagross in sun with thunderpunch is actually a really good counter to rain teams I've found. It deals pretty easily with starmie, keldeo, gyarados, and tentacruel(pretending scald doesn't have a 100% burn chance). It also makes pursuiting the lati's easier because they're less likely to run hp...

I'd prefer scald, but Lapras doesn't learn it. Something to do with being an Ice type I guess. And honestly, I have no idea why people don't use hydration Vaporeon more often. It seems like it would have a lot of potential. Honestly, I'm glad when Vaporeon water absorbs my attacks because it...

Lapras @ leftovers Ability: Hydration Bold nature (+Def, -Atk) 252 HP/252 Def/4 SpD - Rest - Surf - Ice Beam - Thunder I don't know if this is quite the right thread, since it requires some heavy team support, but it's the closest I could find. This falls under the "underrated" category because...

Dang, if I had played the second half of the month I probably could have put ledian in the top 100. I still moved it up 50 spots lol. Is there anywhere that shows how many kills a pokemon gets? I'd love to know.

I'll preface my comments by acknowledging that I am not the most serious player. Really I've just been messing around with ledian. That being said, I did peak out at like 30 on the ladder (weak ladder?). Here are my experiences with said Pokemon: Nidoqueen: Can easily destroy my team. I usually...

Power herb solarbeam typhlosion is my favorite set. Eruption lures in water and, to a lesser extent, rock types like nobody's business. Not many pokemon can take an eruption followed by a solarbeam, and chances are pretty good that was your opponents only good switch into eruption. The one thing...

You are correct about both the hazards and the predicting encore. A rapid spin user and the fact that a large majority of the people I face don't know squat about volbeat help combat this. If you would like to tell there are flaws I already know this. If you want to tell me it doesn't work you...

A) if they have to sacrifice a poke that sounds good to me. I can always switch out of terrakion if I want to. (although admitedly it's often more beneficial to let lapras die than to try and switch into cb terrakion) B) plus 6 is only if the opponent makes a mistake, +3 is much easier and can...

Don't forget it gets priority on baton pass. The Phazers thing is a legitimate problem though. So is taunt, but that's a little easier to work around.

Volbeat. I run Encore/tail glow/sub/baton pass. I can't even tell you how good priority encore is. On top of already covering any entry hazard or stat up move( I can't tell you how often an opponent has tried for plus 6 to wait out the encore, only to be re-encored while I pass +6 and a sub)...

Powerful things that I never use left RU, cool :)

I'm normally an RU player but I threw together a team of politoed/dragonite/lapras/volbeat/donphan/skarmory. Lapras is surf, thunder, ice beam rest w/hyrdation and max hp max def. I love it's bulk but obviously it's really lacking in power. This is where volbeat comes in. I use sub, encore, tail...

Admittedly I'm pretty new to Ru. But I used the same set in 4th gen Nu and I've got a pretty good idea of what he ohko with a solarbeam and what you need to switch out on and wait till it's weaker. I can understand not liking one use items but I've never really faced a team with 2 pokemon that...

I hate choice items, so I've been running power herb solar beam typhlosion. The thing absolutely destroys. When you're at full health eruption is not something to play games with, so they'll send in something that hard counters it, i.e. hopefully something water or rock. Bam, solar beam to the...

Well you can always use it lower tiers where espeon isn't allowed, all the smash passers are in NU with octillery. As an added bonus the walls wouldn't be as strong.