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Half correct. Attack will immediately return to full, but its Speed will still be lowered, because the attacking order is determined at the beginning of the turn except for After You/Quash.
It's 1/6 of their maximum HP. http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Rocky_Helmet#Rocky_Helmet
The Website there is Bulbapedia. In general, it is better to look there first before trying Google.
Tyranitar @ Focus Sash
Trait: Sand Stream
EVs: 4 Atk / 252 SAtk / 252 Spd
Hasty Nature
- Stealth Rock
- Crunch
- Fire Punch
- Superpower
Hey guys. This is my Tyranitar lead. It works surprisingy well, always managing to Ko opposing TTars. It also lures in steels great. But that's not my question.
The problem is, I also have a DDance dragonite on my team, and its multiscale always gets broken by the sandstorm. i don't need the sandstorm at all, its not a sand team. And ttars DW ability, Unnerve is unrealeased.
So the question is: What pokemon can i replace TTar without losing its effectiveness as a lead??
Unnerve is in fact released on Tyranitar. However, you lose Superpower and Fire Punch if you use it.
Tyranitar @ Focus Sash
Trait: Sand Stream
EVs: 4 Atk / 252 SAtk / 252 Spd
Hasty Nature
- Stealth Rock
- Crunch
- Fire Punch
- Superpower
Hey guys. This is my Tyranitar lead. It works surprisingy well, always managing to Ko opposing TTars. It also lures in steels great. But that's not my question.
The problem is, I also have a DDance dragonite on my team, and its multiscale always gets broken by the sandstorm. i don't need the sandstorm at all, its not a sand team. And ttars DW ability, Unnerve is unrealeased.
So the question is: What pokemon can i replace TTar without losing its effectiveness as a lead??
There really are no dedicated leads in BW. Disregarding that, the goal of that Tyranitar is to set up Stealth Rock, hit hard, and lure Steels. It's hard to fit that same niche so instead I'll give you other options. Here are Stealth Rock users with various benefits:
High attacking power - Gigalith, Bisharp, Mamoswine, Aggron
High defensive bulk - Steelix, Skarmory, Bastiodon, Deoxys-D
High Speed - Aerodactyl, Dugtrio
Steel killing ability - Azelf, Infernape, Heatran
Or the traditional Metagross, Bronzong, Celebi, Jirachi
High attacking power - Gigalith, Bisharp, Mamoswine, Aggron
High defensive bulk - Steelix, Skarmory, Bastiodon, Deoxys-D
High Speed - Aerodactyl, Dugtrio
Steel killing ability - Azelf, Infernape, Heatran
Or the traditional Metagross, Bronzong, Celebi, Jirachi
The lead does not exist in bw
Tyranitar @ Focus Sash
Trait: Sand Stream
EVs: 4 Atk / 252 SAtk / 252 Spd
Hasty Nature
- Stealth Rock
- Crunch
- Fire Punch
- Superpower
Hey guys. This is my Tyranitar lead. It works surprisingy well, always managing to Ko opposing TTars. It also lures in steels great. But that's not my question.
The problem is, I also have a DDance dragonite on my team, and its multiscale always gets broken by the sandstorm. i don't need the sandstorm at all, its not a sand team. And ttars DW ability, Unnerve is unrealeased.
So the question is: What pokemon can i replace TTar without losing its effectiveness as a lead??
DST was split up so now you can use more specific topics and areas for discussion. Also note the Orange Islands subforum, where the not-so-competitive things like Scramble and Battle Subway were moved to
I would only assume so. This bit of research should be enlightening on the situation (thanks Team Rocket Elite). I would bet the same thing happens when you Smashpass to a Pokemon holding White Herb. However, I would personally recommend that you keep White Herb on the Pokemon that is actually doing the Smashpassing: this allows you to splurge for a good item on your receiver (LO, Lefties, Lum, etc).
Is the effect of Synchronize supposed to go through a Substitute?
Iirc yeah.
EDIT: How do i delete something i have already written? I mean the thing where you put a line above the text you want the others to see that you deleted. I tried doing it in word and then copy-pasting it here, but it didn't work...
Yeah i tried azelf with taunt/uturn/fire blast/stealth rock and it works, but ttar worked better.
Just wondering: why cant you use superpower and fire punch with unnerve??
Fire Punch and Superpower are both Platinum/HeartGold/SoulSilver tutor moves, and Unnerve Tyranitar is DW
Does unaware cancel guts boost? and weather boosts?
No, just opponent's stat changes (except for Speed)
There aren't many more than the ones mentioned. Shelgon can actually take on a lot of the metagame but can not really do much back. Tangela as well is super bulky and one of the best terrakion counters in the game but will find itself at odds with most of the OU tier 'mons.
Chansey and Porygon2 definitely take the cake as the best Eviolite mons in OU
Thanks, I figured there wouldn't be any others.
I'm assuming Wartortle is out of the question? xD
What about a Perishtrap Murkrow? Toxicstall Murkrow?
I actually think that Dusclops is also one of the greater Eviolite abusers. Sure, its slow, and utter taunt bait, however Rest Talk with night Shade and WoW is an utter bitch to take down, and it just walls pretty much all the spinners in the game. From memory, Dusclops can handle Starmie just fine, since Pressure PP stalls Hydro Pump (its strongest option against Dusclops) while Duclops just heals off any damage done with Rest, while whittling down its HP with WoW and Night Shade.
As for other examples you didn't mention...
Murkrow is an excellent example since Prankster lets it abuse Priority Roost in order to heal itself, and it doesn't have BAD bulk with Evolite. The added bulk lets it run a SubRoost set or a Perish Trap set.
Misdreavious is another one pokemon. It can Perish Trap and attempt to spinblock. Someone posted a set in C&C for it however it got rejected. Its not bad at abusing Eviolite however.
Scyther is an pokemon that I myself abused with a fair amout of success. I tested it on a rain team where I was massively Celebi weak (and something else I forget what) so I chucked in Scyther (since I had Tenta to spin) and it was really awesome. A simple Swords Dance set with Roost meant that it was a bitch to take down since that Eviolite bulk was just awesome along with Roost. Certainly one of the best offensive Eviolite abusers that I tried.
Magneton is a good option, especially on those drag + Mag teams. I believe ShakeItUp used that combo (I could be wrong however) but it definatly works and there are some quality teams with Eviolite Magneton in the RMT Forum that you should check out.
Gligar I believe is a popular eviolite abuser in UU that is currently very frustrating to deal with. With Eviolite its great physical bulk gets increased even more and it becomes a very strong physical wall. I even saw a few people using Gligar during the Excadrill era of the metagame.
Basically, there are quite a few Eviolite pokemon you can use, however very few of them work in the OU tier. OU is rather hard hitting, and using Pre-Evos usually means a large drop in attack power, which makes it easier for many pokemon in OU to attempt to steal a set up oppotunity.
Sorry for my spelling in this post, new laptop and im still working out my new keyboard.
EDIT: Damn, kinda ninjaed
As for other examples you didn't mention...
Murkrow is an excellent example since Prankster lets it abuse Priority Roost in order to heal itself, and it doesn't have BAD bulk with Evolite. The added bulk lets it run a SubRoost set or a Perish Trap set.
Misdreavious is another one pokemon. It can Perish Trap and attempt to spinblock. Someone posted a set in C&C for it however it got rejected. Its not bad at abusing Eviolite however.
Scyther is an pokemon that I myself abused with a fair amout of success. I tested it on a rain team where I was massively Celebi weak (and something else I forget what) so I chucked in Scyther (since I had Tenta to spin) and it was really awesome. A simple Swords Dance set with Roost meant that it was a bitch to take down since that Eviolite bulk was just awesome along with Roost. Certainly one of the best offensive Eviolite abusers that I tried.
Magneton is a good option, especially on those drag + Mag teams. I believe ShakeItUp used that combo (I could be wrong however) but it definatly works and there are some quality teams with Eviolite Magneton in the RMT Forum that you should check out.
Gligar I believe is a popular eviolite abuser in UU that is currently very frustrating to deal with. With Eviolite its great physical bulk gets increased even more and it becomes a very strong physical wall. I even saw a few people using Gligar during the Excadrill era of the metagame.
Basically, there are quite a few Eviolite pokemon you can use, however very few of them work in the OU tier. OU is rather hard hitting, and using Pre-Evos usually means a large drop in attack power, which makes it easier for many pokemon in OU to attempt to steal a set up oppotunity.
Sorry for my spelling in this post, new laptop and im still working out my new keyboard.
EDIT: Damn, kinda ninjaed
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I remember reading somewhere here that Speed Boost Combusken actually works and the user achieved a high ranking with it. I can't remember what thread it was though...
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