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so ive been really torn on this subject for a while: Use Ice beam or Grass Knot on SubPetaya Empoleon. Ive used ice beam for a while now, but im starting to get walled more and more by Vaporeon and Milotic, and Vappy sometimes carries HP elec so...But i also like the hit on Celebi and Salmence, so i have no clue if i should switch or not. BTW my team consists of Ambipom/Empoleon/Porygon2/Dugtrio/Mismagius/Magnezone
 
Ice beam. You can look at the original thread in c%c to see why...or just ask Chris I guess. You just have to take out their bulky water before you set up Empoleon. Hope you're using surf too by the way...
 
Really odd question... but I didn't know where else to ask this. I want to know if this Tyranitar is hacked. A "friend" of mine bred this for me, but the stats just don't seem to add up to me. Maybe I am doing something wrong or aren't seeing something, but can someone let me know if these stats are even possible?

Tyranitar
Quiet Nature
IV's: 31 / 31 / 31 / 31 / 28 / 23
EV's: 252 HP / 52 Att / 176 SpA / 28 Spe
Stats:
HP 404
Att 317
Def 256
SpA 297
SpD 233
Spe 141

Now, the EV's are what I requested them to be. Looking at HP, Att, Def & SpD, they all seem to be correct. The SpA stat just doesn't seem correct. Since the EV's are correct in HP and Attack, that leaves 204 useable EV's which adds up to a stat raise of 51. If you add 51 to a Quiet natured Tyranitar's SpA stat with 31 IV's in SpA, you get 296. Not 297. Then, Speed is somehow higher than what it seems it should be.

What am I missing guys?
 
Elite_Battle_Master said:
Really odd question... but I didn't know where else to ask this. I want to know if this Tyranitar is hacked. A "friend" of mine bred this for me, but the stats just don't seem to add up to me. Maybe I am doing something wrong or aren't seeing something, but can someone let me know if these stats are even possible?

Tyranitar
Quiet Nature
IV's: 31 / 31 / 31 / 31 / 28 / 23
EV's: 252 HP / 52 Att / 176 SpA / 28 Spe
Stats:
HP 404
Att 317
Def 256
SpA 297
SpD 233
Spe 141

Now, the EV's are what I requested them to be. Looking at HP, Att, Def & SpD, they all seem to be correct. The SpA stat just doesn't seem correct. Since the EV's are correct in HP and Attack, that leaves 204 useable EV's which adds up to a stat raise of 51. If you add 51 to a Quiet natured Tyranitar's SpA stat with 31 IV's in SpA, you get 296. Not 297. Then, Speed is somehow higher than what it seems it should be.

What am I missing guys?
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I just input all that into Shoddy Battle's teambuilder, and the stats came out fine...
 
For starters, you definitely put it in the right place. Making a topic about it would've caused problems.

I plugged in the IVs and EVs into Shoddy's team builder, and those are the same stats that it gives (and you can't hack Shoddy). So it's legit as far as stats go.

What you are probably missing (or messing up) is the multipliers from the natures. Chances are that you and the game rounded differently.

And why you put Speed EVs on a -Speed nature is beyond me, but power to ya.

EDIT: Beat by one minute. I had to reconnect my internet right before my post. >__> lol
 
Veedrock said:
For starters, you definitely put it in the right place. Making a topic about it would've caused problems.

I plugged in the IVs and EVs into Shoddy's team builder, and those are the same stats that it gives (and you can't hack Shoddy). So it's legit as far as stats go.

What you are probably missing (or messing up) is the multipliers from the natures. Chances are that you and the game rounded differently.

And why you put Speed EVs on a -Speed nature is beyond me, but power to ya.
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I believe the Speed EVs let you outrun nospeed - Nature Swampert...
 
Should I learn the stats to know what I should send out or should I just learn their uses? Or should I just learn from experience?
 
Learn from experience, keeping smogon open at all times so that you can look up the stats of pokes that your opponent sends at you. After time, you will learn the stats :)
 
Is it considered noobish to use trick? My Rotom-H used trick on this guys Lucario, he switched to Ttar. I had a focus sash so i tricked the leftovers on Ttar onto me while he dragon danced. Is that a bad thing?
 
Master_Sora said:
Is it considered noobish to use trick? My Rotom-H used trick on this guys Lucario, he switched to Ttar. I had a focus sash so i tricked the leftovers on Ttar onto me while he dragon danced. Is that a bad thing?
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For the first part, no.

The second part (about your implementation), that wasn't very good. If he wasn't at full health (meaning focus sash would've been useless), it may have been justifiable. However, chances are that you should've done something else (namely WoW if you had it). He may have had a choice item equipped as well (and that can be argued back and forth on whether it's good or not)
 
His Ttar didn't have full health since it got hit by Spikes and SR. Sadly, I didnt have WoW and Rotom was at 12% so I had nothing to lose. Thanks for the advice, If it were choiced I would've been screwed.
 
Not necessarily. If it was choiced then you would've removed his power/speed. He'd be open to choice any move though. Like I said, it depends on the situation.


Time for my question:

Where in the hell are the Rotom-x analyses? (Looking for -h in particular)
 
Veedrock said:
Where in the hell are the Rotom-x analyses? (Looking for -h in particular)
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They haven't been made available on the main site yet, so you'll have to go to the Platinum Updates subforum in C&C to get to them. BTW, Rotom-H's analysis thread is here--and apparently hasn't been uploaded to the main site yet.
 
Why is Cacturne banned. Whats up with the welcome message on the official server that says Garchomp, Deoxys and Cacturne are not banned here? Why would Cacturne be banned?
 
TVboyCanti said:
Why is Cacturne banned. Whats up with the welcome message on the official server that says Garchomp, Deoxys and Cacturne are not banned here? Why would Cacturne be banned?
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I think it's a joke - they're trying to make it as if smogon banned Garchomp because of sand veil.
 
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