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Dugtrio has Sucker Punch

But they are in the same evolution chain? I voted for Kukem, because Doug's honestly looks more like Normal/Dark or Ghost/Dark than Fighting/Dark, at least to me. And it doesn't HAVE to resemble something everyone can recognize. What the hell is a Blissey supposed to be? Or a Claydol?

Why not make it Fighting/Electric or Fighting/Steel to deal with many counters, give it a Dark type move, then give it the ability Limber (like Hitmonlee), or you could even go crazy with Volt Absorb? It deals with Zapdos and Rotom-A. If it's dual type is Electric, it'll handle Jolteon. If...

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Vaporeon > Dragonite, in other words? Or did you mean to put it somewhere else?

I took a Dragonite over Suicune, specifically ClericNite, and it's working pretty well.

Celebi isn't really working out too well, since it's attacking options are limited to Grass and Fire/Ice, which doesn't have very good coverage.

Great guys! Trying everything you suggested out.

Heatran originally had Shuca berry, but it never ended up using it. Typically, I was water types switch in to counter Heatran, and Earthquakers weren't very common, so the berry never ended up getting used very much. Thanks for your post! Will definitely give timid to suicune

In a perpetual effort to become better, I've submitted this, my most successful team thus far, to all your awesome Smogon people for improvements that I know are possible. Here's how my team functions: it's a simple plan, use Jolteon and Scizor or Salamence and Suicune. They function as two...

It seems Pinsir's only use of Rock Slide/Stone Edge is to hit Aero, but since Pinsir has Mold Breaker Earthquake, allowing it to hit all flyers/levitaters and Aero for super effective damage, why bother? The way I see it, something like Brick Break or Swords Dance would be more useful.

Point made. However, with Smogon's new calculator, you should run a few calculations with the common leads and see if you have the risk of not KOing after 2 thunderbolts. If you can confirm that you do not have this risk, or have this risk on only a small number or unconventional leads, then...

I've been using Flare Blitz on my SwordsApes and it works very well. It can take down a lot of pokes that Fire Punch/Blaze Kick can't, and it's recoil coupled with Life Orb help activate Blaze to give a final Flare Blitz 50% extra power.

You mention Super Fang a few times with dealing with leads. Now Super Fang cuts a target's HP in half, correct? So if you Super Fanged, then U-Turned, then Thunderbolted, you used 3 turns to kill off a lead. However, couldn't you U-Turn, then Bolt twice to achieve the same effect? Still a...