Recent content by Zane Elliott

Hey guys (I figure rather than respond to both individually, I'll make a comment and say thank you to both of you. Offensive LO Starmie has done wonders for the team (though it is more frail and provides less Rapid Spin opportunities). The Stallbreaker set of Gliscor has also done quite well...

Well it's been a good while since I've posted (been on break from the competitive scene but never really "went away," but I decided to come back and test a new style of play for me). That said, my new testing choice is none other than arguably one of the scariest late-game sweepers in existence...

Hey, Thanks so much for the recommendations. So far, Regirock has done an amazing job with the set you've recommended and Rapid Spin Hitmonchan acts gloriously as a hazard remover. Rotom seems to put a lot of pressure on enemies from the start and has helped get me out of some bad situations...

Hey, A lot of your recommendations are helpful (I'll definitely use Assault Vest > Life Orb on Raikou), but I think you've missed the idea of Balance. Most of your ideas lead this team in the direction of Hyper Offense. Your suggestions leave me without switches and the team becomes a lot more...

Lately, I've been messing around with a bunch of different tiers, but NU finally caught my attention (especially with its ongoing Suspect Test). I've been playing for a few days and I've come up with a cool balance core team. It's tested okay but I'd like a little help from someone possibly more...

Bump (I'd really like some opinions on this team)

There will be another event with Victini in one of the coming months of this year. If you fail to receive one, you can probably trade around in a Facebook group or go to Showdown's WiFi chat lobby and ask around there for one.

I think Switching Victini in for Dragonite is the right move. Your team is quite frail to fairies and having an extra slot dedicated to resisting and anihilating them is wise. As I also stated, Dragonite is still susceptible to burn, Victini isn't. For a hyper offense like this, I believe that...

Hey man, not bad for a first competitive team. I do have a bunch of suggestions but you're off to a great start. Firstly, let's address the Mamoswine. While it is pretty solid as a Band (I'm assuming you meant Band > Specs and that's a typo in the description) sweeper, but it's neither fast...

EDIT (update): I managed to get a game in against a Mono-Poison team: here's the replay. http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/monotype-331901347

Hey thanks. I'm using the Scarf set on Togekiss now. I don't think Defog is super important for Fairy Monotype teams as the only one that is weak to SR is Togekiss and Spikes are a tad bit under-used in the format. I'm also testing out Return on Slurpuff but haven't gotten to test it against...

Thanks for the suggestions! While Azumarill is definitely fearsome as a Belly Drum setup paired with Screens, I find it difficult to abuse 2 Belly Drum users on one team, whereas the Choice Band set is great for Revenge Kills and general beater purposes. I did, however, put the speed...

So I've been messing around with Mono-type battling the last few days (I really enjoy the diversity of move sets I've seen and the ingenuity people have trying to overcome their weaknesses even in the worst match-ups). I built a few teams and about a week ago I came up with a Fairy-type mono...

Yo man this is a very solid team. The offensive core can handle just about anything, but it seems like you'd have a rough time dealing with Specs Keldeo. Luckily, you seem to already have the answer to that on the team: Starmie. You said that at the moment, it's a shaky switch in to Keldeo. So...

So I've been studying up on some theory of battle (I've only been competitive since the early days of Gen VI so for awhile I was legitimately just figuring out how to balance typing and work with different styles of teams). I wavered between Stall and Hyper Offense for a long time, but none of...