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Stoutland is horrible. It's movepool is so barren that it doesn't even get EQ. It has absolutely no way of getting past Rock/Steel types bar a weak Fire Fang. And a Banded Return is a horrible idea. Any ghost stops you cold. Sandslash is better but nowhere near Excadrill level.

Try.. never. Sun is not broken as of yet. Even normal balanced teams lacking weather starters can deal with them. So i doubt that Chlorophyll/drought would be needed just for Venusaur/Victrebell/ Shiftry(lol)...

Yeah and if you predict wrong Toed and Tales get almost KOed by EQ. Excadrill had plenty of checks but no real counters bar Gliscor. Was it broken? Maybe not as much as i would like to believe but it did need to go to make Gen 5 a better metagame. Besides, we can always re-nominate it OU once...

The words in the brackets are the sets they run from the strategy dex not the attacks they would use against Excadrill. Actually assuming Air Balloon, they would be checks. Shaky checks but checks nonetheless.

You do realize that in Zen Mode Darmanitan has a base attack of 30. It seems feasible if you're opponent is unaware of it but not very reliable. Anything faster that broke the sub on the switch in/Belly Drum can attack before you do and considering Recoil it wont last too long. You should always...

Yes, that Dragonite set isn't very good i'll admit. It was just a quick example utilizing something i was discussing at the time. Regardless though, evasion boosts can be very potent on the right pokemon and i still feel it shouldn't be unbanned just for the extra luck factor and the number of...

Actually never mind, you're correct. The Sheer Force boost didnt register on mine for some reason.

252 Atk Adamant LO Flare Blitz Sheer Boosted Darmanitan vs 252 HP/252 Def Impish Hippowdon: 45.0% ~ 53.1% - 38% chance to 2HKO. Alright, it's a decent check at least. But honestly, if the metagame can handle Victini they can probably handle Darmanitan. Also, after that attack Darmanitan will...

I dont really get how its all that different from Victini. Flare Blitz might be a little stronger. But really you'd just be able to deal with it in the same way as Victini. Also, Hippowdon should do a pretty good job at walling it now that it's UU. Oh and Flare Blitz still deals recoil damage.

Haha, alright. Nice talking to you though. May we lock horns again some day ;p

Any points that you'd invest in SpDef will have to be subtracted from Dragonite's already poor Speed stat or from it's Attack. That number is pretty high too, even with 252 HP/252 SpDef Heatran's Dragon Pulse deals 22.0% ~ 26.2% still a chance to break throught the Multiscale subs. That is a...

The SubDD set can beat Heatran assuming you have a DD up granted. Heatran is a good check to Dragonite not an outright counter. Just a quick note about my inexperience though: 252 SpA Modest Heatran Dragon Pulse vs 252 Hp/0 SpDef Dragonite (Multiscale activated): 28.0% ~ 33.2% 252 SpA Modest...

Tbh, i've been here for a while lol. Just haven't been posting as much as i should. I even joined 8 days before you did :)

Have you never seen a Heatran with HP Ice or Dragon Pulse? Check Heatran's analysis if you think no one runs it. The very first set has HP Ice on it and 3 others have those moves i mentioned. Not every Heatran is a SpDefensive one and those can still Roar unless its the last pokemon. "IT DOES...

It was a hypothetical set based on the SubDD Dragonite that was brought up as 'OP' in the suspect thread. As for what its going to do, well the main goal would be to boost its evasion to +6 and then ideally sweep. It doesnt matter if the pokemon in front of you is setting up since at +6 evasion...

Did you even read what i said before blatanty hitting the reply button? I clearly stated that no one pokemon with baton pass is broken and that is true. However if you apply that same principle to Evasion boosting it is not. While the Evasion boosting pokemon may not always be guaranteed a...

Wrong. Baton Pass is not broken on the majority of users that recieve it and it is not even broken on the minority. No one pokemon can be broken with the move Baton Pass. Unless your telling me that Ninjask is broken because it can pass Speed or that Scizor is broken because it can pass a Swords...

Yes, nost of the time the DT user will not get enough evasion boosts to make a significant impact on the game. However there are situations as you said when it can and will happen. After the first DT everything is up in the air. Especially if you use a move like Stone Edge or Hydro pump and...

Do you think that these 2 moves were banned because they would break the metagame or because they would make it too much luck-based? - I think that they were banned because they were unhealthy for the metagame in general. Accumulated boosts would make those pokemon near invincible in the long...

Also this would sum up my opinions on Hail pretty well: