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Let's theorymon... Jolly Ninjask @ Focus Sash / Lum Berry 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe Ability: Speed Boost ~ Spore ~ Stealth Rock ~ Spikes / Toxic Spikes / Protect ~ Attack Order / U-Turn / Taunt Finally our little sucky bug can show it's beauty without failing completely. This is meant to...

I can't understand how nobody noticed MirrorType, a move limited to Latias, Starmie and Mew. The move allows Latias to copy her opponent's typing. Latias is obviously the best abuser as she lures steel types in and with Levitate she usually gets a quite decent typing that allows her to beat some...

Timid Alakazam @ Focus Sash Magic Guard 4SDef / 252SAtk / 252Spd - Psychic - ShadowBall - FocusBlast - Encore / Taunt / HPFire / ChargeBeam / CalmMind / Screen Alakazam is not a good Pokémon but nowadays it's always good to have strong psychic STAB (for Robushin) and well with MagicGuard...

Venusaur can sweep surprsingly well, but he struggles to get decent neutral coverage without getting horrible walled by either the levitating dragons, fire types (especially Heatran) or certain steel Pokémon (Nattorei) and it often lacks the power to get past mixed walls. Anyway, I tried Growth...

There's a good reason why Shandera is the most used Pokémon on the DW ladder. Getting rid of a Pokémon that can stop your main sweeper or even more important getting rid of an auto weather starter is crucial for the outcome of a match. For that reason most Shanderas are scarf'd. First when...

Garchomp is still amazing in this generation, but not nearly as centralizing as last generation. This generation the average speed is quite high especially when you consider SS and rain sweepers who often can't be outsped by ScarfChomp. Also, Garchomp has to deal with more competition for a...

Doryuuzu is great or at least you can't deny it isn't good. I played lots of matches with Doryuuzu and it was rarely disappointing me. In sand, (next to) nothing outspeeds it, 135 base attack, STAB on EQ, reasonable 110/60/65 defenses and immunity against TW and Toxic makes it one of the...

On PO's beta server I played a lot of games with Perversity/Contrarian Jaroda and I think it's good, but overhyped. You have to realize that midget base 75SpA and horrible coverage (grass + HP whatever is bad coverage) doesn't make Jaroda that good. Still, spamming a 140 STAB move while gaining...

Encore got the nerf hammer, as it only lasts for exactly three turns now, instead of 4-8 turns. Therefore it's harder to get more than a free turn for a set up sweeper. Also, now the better option for bulky sweepers (CM - BU, when faster than Wobby) is to stat up on Wobby, especially when they...

Yes, it does. Magic Mirror also reflects Encore (lol), Leech Seed, all entry hazards, status, Whirlwind, Roar et cetera. Espeon is probably the best MM abuser, you don't have to play it as a lead, but you can usually switch into Espeon the first turn, when you are against a suicide lead /...

I'm quite sure that Hustle does only affect the accuracy of physical moves, but I couldn't find confirmation for or against it (Smogon forum and Google). So I've done a quick research in Pokémon White: I transfered a lvl 100 Togekiss with Hustle knowing Flamethrower and Extremespeed and killed...

I think Aerrow meant that Starly has stronger normal STAB on choice sets, as Tailow can't have Choice Scarf / Band + Toxic Orb at the same time. Starly can run Double Edge, whereas Tailow's strongest STAB (without Orb, holding Scarf / Band) is Return. Otherwise this set looks good, I mean it's...

I really like Pendora, it's design is cool and it has some nice niches, you can exploit. At least you can't say it completely sucks. I can see three different sets that seem to have potential. 1) Spikes / Toxic Spikes 112 base speed and both Spikes and Toxic Spikes via egg moves and enough bulk...

The beauty of infinite rain is that you are not forced to run ~3 Rain Dance users and three HO rain sweepers like in GenIV. You can easily waste your turns and one or two spots to Pokémon that can help to deal with rain's weaknesses. Furthermore rain gained new Pokémon with Swift Swim and now...

I'm not saying Politoed should be Uber, I just wanted to show the impact rain has, especially instant rain from Politoed. @revdjweb That was just a list of what rain changes in the game mechanic / damage formula. The 50% damage reduce of fire attacks doesn't bother to Politoed, but several...

Permanent rain is one of the most game-changing elements in Pokémon and therefore Politoed is going to be used a lot. Actually I could write only about Drizzle in this post rather than Politoed, because the ability is more important than the Pokémon itself. But Politoed isn't horrible either, it...

1) Where can I finda a Dusk Stone ingame before Elite4? I'm desperate to evolve my Candlemon. 2) I heard about an Alpha Gen5 test on PO. Any information? 3) Was Swimming Goggles just a hoax, or does it really exist? 4) Can you get all Pokémon with alternate abilities now? 5) Do the DW...

Sazandora Sazandora the Explorer Timid Sazandora @ Choice Scarf 4HP/252SpA/252Spe ~U-Turn ~Draco Meteor ~Fire Blast ~Earth Power / Dark Pulse / Dragon Pulse This set is meant to be played as a scouter to eliminate Sazandora's usual switch-ins. Thanks to it good resistances, bulk and...

Wait a minute. Contrarian allows you to spam Leaf Storm without a -2SpA drop, instead you gain a free NP (+2SpA) boost? Sounds great, even with Jaroda's small SpA base stat (75) and Herbivore (all Pokémon with this ability seem not to be good or have better abilities). I remember I used Specs...

Grass/Steel is one of the best typings in the game and probably the best in terms of switching into (bulky) waters and beating them. That said I really love Nuttre and there are very obvious sets. Laying down Spikes: Fantastic bulk on both sides (74/131/116) with amazing resists and it can...