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I'm not really sure if this has been asked before but, if 2 layes of toxic spikes, and 3 of spikes are on the field, and a, let's say 5%hp Tentacruel tries to switch in to eliminate TS, Does he absorb them before it dies from spikes, or it just faints before it?
 
Heres my issue: Ive created a team with these pokemon, they are:

- physical sweeper Sharpedo (DW)
- Scarfed Hydreigon
- Toxic spike Roserade
- Dual screen Magnezone
- Spinner starmie
- Cleric Blissey

The ones in bold are the ones i want to change, especially magnezone. for magnezone i need to know how t RNG, which i do not and roserade seems a bit frail for my setups. Should i changes these pokes? and if so, with what? id also prefer it that if you decide to swap out Magnezone, to replace it with another Dual screener (that isnt a lati@s) (The ones in bold are the ones i preferably want to keep, but if you think i should change them im happy to hear your options)
 
so, with the new victini event i can rng another victini.

i've already rnged an adamant, equivalently perfect victini. with this one do you reckon timid, modest or jolly is best? i know i already have a physical victini but a jolly one gives me more options perhaps and is more viable than a timid one
 
Lork said:
so, with the new victini event i can rng another victini.

i've already rnged an adamant, equivalently perfect victini. with this one do you reckon timid, modest or jolly is best? i know i already have a physical victini but a jolly one gives me more options perhaps and is more viable than a timid one


You could try to get a naive one because Victini is an excellent mixed wallbreaker with coverage moves like T-Bolt and Focus Blast, or even go with a Brave Nature if you want to use trick room Victini. Victini is extremely versatile thanks to its balanced stats and expansive Move Pool.

If you need help to decide what kind of Victini you want to use just take a look here and see wich set looks like the most interesting to you and if you still can't decide there is always Pokemon Online to look how the different sets perform in battle before RNGing one ;)
 
Is it viable to run Sun/Rain teams without Groudon, Kyogre, Ninetails or Politoed?

I'm asking because I want to try running a non-sandstorm/hail weather team, but I have virtually no access to both DW Pokemon and trading opportunities to get DW Pokemon. That, I don't care for Politoed, and I refuse to run a Ninetails when the only thing it will bring to the team is constant sunlight.

Also, how is the BP calculated for multi-strike attacks? If each hit is using the BP listed in the game, shouldn't Icicle Spear have (at 5 hits) an effective BP of 150 rather than 125?
 
Diachronos said:
Also, how is the BP calculated for multi-strike attacks? If each hit is using the BP listed in the game, shouldn't Icicle Spear have (at 5 hits) an effective BP of 150 rather than 125?
Regular 5 hit Icicle Spear: 5 x 25 = 125
STAB: 5 x (1.5 x 25) = 187.5
Super effective STAB: 5 x 2(1.5 x 25) = 375
Double super effective STAB: 5 x 4(1.5 x 25) = 750
 
Diachronos said:
Is it viable to run Sun/Rain teams without Groudon, Kyogre, Ninetails or Politoed?

I'm asking because I want to try running a non-sandstorm/hail weather team, but I have virtually no access to both DW Pokemon and trading opportunities to get DW Pokemon. That, I don't care for Politoed, and I refuse to run a Ninetails when the only thing it will bring to the team is constant sunlight.

If you are going to build a rain team that abuses the ability Swift Swim, you will in fact need to manually setup the rain, because Drizzle + Swift Swim is banned, you can build a rain team without Politoed that abuses Swift Swim, this is an advantage of not using Politoed. Here's a guide to build a Damp Rock (rain without Politoed) team. As for other weathers I don't know if is viable, but most of time is better to just use Drizzle/Drought/Sand Stream/Snow Warning.
 
Zacchaeus said:
Regular 5 hit Icicle Spear: 5 x 25 = 125
STAB: 5 x (1.5 x 25) = 187.5
Super effective STAB: 5 x 2(1.5 x 25) = 375
Double super effective STAB: 5 x 4(1.5 x 25) = 750
...I got the PP and BP mixed up when I checked that move. /facepalm

As for the weather issue, a Damp Rock team was already what I'd intended to run, but it wouldn't necessarily "abuse" Swift Swim (maybe 2 of the Pokemon on the team). The Sunny Day team was my main concern because I want to be able to run a good mix of Sun-related abilities and Fire attacks within the team.

I don't have a problem with Snow Warning and Sand Stream since I like the Pokemon that have those abilities, and I'm really interested in making a Hail team (without Froslass, but only because I don't want people griping about how "unfair" I'm being).
 
Not all hail teams need to have Froslass.. Actually, it's very rare to see a hail team WITH a Froslass. A lot of people don't even abuse Blizzard in their teams, and just use hail to negate opposing weather and make use of the 6% damage to stall out Pokemon.
 
Lork said:
so, with the new victini event i can rng another victini.

i've already rnged an adamant, equivalently perfect victini. with this one do you reckon timid, modest or jolly is best? i know i already have a physical victini but a jolly one gives me more options perhaps and is more viable than a timid one
Actually, if said Adamant Victini is the V-Create one, you can not get another Victini unless you have another game. The events use the same Wonder Card, so they're the same event.
 
yeah but thats the thing. i like the idea of a special victini and a physical victini but how viable is special victini? seems to me its only niche is an incredible v create

Arcticblast said:
Actually, if said Adamant Victini is the V-Create one, you can not get another Victini unless you have another game. The events use the same Wonder Card, so they're the same event.

i have two games, fortunately. the second never recieved victini first time round
 
The viability of a special victini is based off the prevalence of physical ones. counters like slowbro etc expecting to eat a vcreate are destroyed by a special set.
 
Say we have the hypothetical situation where a Ninetales (in sun) goes for Solarbeam, and a Politoed comes in, changing the weather to rain. To my understanding, Solarbeam is forced to charge. But next turn, what happens?

a) Will Solarbeam be forced to charge again, or...
b) Will it hit the Politoed?
 
Politoed comes in and the rain happens before SolarBeam starts, so it will be treated as if it were already raining at the start of the turn. On the next turn, SolarBeam will hit Politoed with 60 base power.
 
Hows is Acrobatic's damage calculated with and without STAB, and without an item? IS STAB calculated after or before Acro's BP doubling effect? Also, what's the effect of Flying Gem on that result?
 
STAB and the doubling effect are both multiplicative, it doesn't matter what order you do them in except for rounding purposes. Flying Gem is consumed before the attack happens, so it gets both the gem boost and the doubling.
 
Xinefere said:
Heres my issue: Ive created a team with these pokemon, they are:

- physical sweeper Sharpedo (DW)
- Scarfed Hydreigon
- Toxic spike Roserade
- Dual screen Magnezone
- Spinner starmie
- Cleric Blissey

The ones in bold are the ones i want to change, especially magnezone. for magnezone i need to know how t RNG, which i do not and roserade seems a bit frail for my setups. Should i changes these pokes? and if so, with what? id also prefer it that if you decide to swap out Magnezone, to replace it with another Dual screener (that isnt a lati@s) (The ones in bold are the ones i preferably want to keep, but if you think i should change them im happy to hear your options)

I really need an answer for this...
 
I know it basically comes down to which team mates you therefore how your team looks but is the CroCune Set (especially 4th Gen but 5th Gen also) only viable for defensive/stall teams or has it any use it in a balanced team aswell?

(ofc it should be misplaced in an offensive team)
 
Yes, CroCune can work in almost all playstyles including offense, balanced/semi-stall or pure stall, especially in 4th gen. Don't have experience with it in 5th gen.
 
Xinefere said:
Heres my issue: Ive created a team with these pokemon, they are:

- physical sweeper Sharpedo (DW)
- Scarfed Hydreigon
- Toxic spike Roserade
- Dual screen Magnezone
- Spinner starmie
- Cleric Blissey

The ones in bold are the ones i want to change, especially magnezone. for magnezone i need to know how t RNG, which i do not and roserade seems a bit frail for my setups. Should i changes these pokes? and if so, with what? id also prefer it that if you decide to swap out Magnezone, to replace it with another Dual screener (that isnt a lati@s) (The ones in bold are the ones i preferably want to keep, but if you think i should change them im happy to hear your options)

"The ones in bold are the ones i want to change", "The ones in bold are the ones i preferably want to keep".

More than happy to help but these two sentences are kinda contradictory and I'm a little confused because of them. Shoot me a VM and I'll help in anyway I can :)
 
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