Recent content by Vemane

Yeah, donphan is certainly not "awful." There are better pokemon, yes, hence the term niche. As mentioned above, donphan has both rocks and rapid spin, good physical bulk, ice shard, and sturdy (which is a complete ass, especially since rocks are recovered off after one turn by lefties)

Offensive QD Passho Berry Volcarona

I don't understand. You point out all of these flaws, but from the many replays I posted from a higher end of the ladder it is perfectly clear that they are easy to overcome. I'm not posting theorymon (like you), I posted real battles where jinx performed fantastically. Practice > Theory...

Obviously I meant once you are set up. Sandslash doesn't come in on loom. Loom comes in to revenge slash. (for this same reason, the bullet seed calc is useless) Combine it with magnezone and all but a couple of its counters/checks are eliminated. Try it out first. Also, Jinx => C rank...

That's why you run ice shard: kills those chlorophyll mons And as far as i know, timid venus is standard

Just because something has an analysis doesn't mean it is good, especially in the current meta. Sandslash => B rank (any of the sub B's) This thing is a monster that is most definitely comparable to excadrill. After a swirds dance, sandslash can do things like 1hko deo-d (who doesn't matter...

Oops forgot about subcm. But either way, if it is in rain and/or it sets up a sub, you know it is subcm and can deal with it accordingly (which can be difficult). And yes, because offensive cm and MIXED and whatver else you can come up with are definitely viable You can usually tell from...

Look, the fact of the matter is that just walling half the tier isn't enough to be spectacular (look at blissey/chansey). This is an offensive metagame, thus the offensive mons are most useful (keldeo, lando, etc.). While defensive pokemon are great to stave off these pokemon, a spdef jirachi or...

The difference is that victini and darmanitan are really rare in ou Landorus and keldeo (and specstoad, and other rain sweepers) are some of the most common and potent pokes in ou

The beauty of u-turn in this case is that if the opponent tries to spin or pursuit trap you, they will be put to sleep, giving you the setup turns anyway

For uxie, I would suggest changing twave => yawn and memento => u-turn. This combo is fantastic for grabbing momentum and/or doing some crippling. after yawning, they must either switch or fall asleep, at which point uxie can set up or if screens are already up it can u-turn to mew/whatever is...

Nice set, but it isn't exactly creative nor underrated. :P It has been one of the premier thundy-t sets for quite some time. Dugtrio @ Focus Sash Trait: Arena Trap EVs: 252 Atk / 252 Spd / 4 HP Naive Nature - Earthquake - Reversal - Stone Edge - Hidden Power [Fire] Obviously to be run on a...

Hey bro. I posted this exact set on the first page

The problem with this argument isn't the concept, it's the fact that it's complete bullshit. Jirachi can successfully do maybe 3 roles, and one, in my opinion, is utter trash and another can't stand up to current huge threats (ie. land+boosted water attacks+etc.). And jack of all trades pokes...