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Why is Dusknoir OU? He has (around) 10 more HP, 60 more atk, 10 more in each of his defenses, and a few extra moves than the NU Dusclops.
Why is Tentacruel OU? Usage? UU badly needs more spinners, and I can't imagine him being broken in UU, especially now with Venusaur everywhere to absorb Toxic Spikes and threaten with EQ.
Why is Mamoswine OU? I'm curious if he'd be balanced in UU. He has some serious trouble in OU and still has many exploitable weakness if he dropped to UU.
Why is Electivire OU? Inexperienced players? He may well be too powerful for UU and get voted out, but he seems to me a more reasonable drop than Cresselia was.
I'm strongly considering creating a thread focusing on the possibility of pokemon such as these dropping to UU. I'm weary of all of the misused Venusaur, Ambipom, Uxie, and Mismagius (all great UUs, but using Fake Out as your first move does not impress me).
If I were to create such a thread, would I need moderator permission? And should it go in the OU or UU forum?
Why is Tentacruel OU? Usage? UU badly needs more spinners, and I can't imagine him being broken in UU, especially now with Venusaur everywhere to absorb Toxic Spikes and threaten with EQ.
Why is Mamoswine OU? I'm curious if he'd be balanced in UU. He has some serious trouble in OU and still has many exploitable weakness if he dropped to UU.
Why is Electivire OU? Inexperienced players? He may well be too powerful for UU and get voted out, but he seems to me a more reasonable drop than Cresselia was.
I'm strongly considering creating a thread focusing on the possibility of pokemon such as these dropping to UU. I'm weary of all of the misused Venusaur, Ambipom, Uxie, and Mismagius (all great UUs, but using Fake Out as your first move does not impress me).
If I were to create such a thread, would I need moderator permission? And should it go in the OU or UU forum?
Placement in OU, UU, and NU is based solely on usage. Ubers bans Pokemon from OU and BL bans Pokemon from UU. There is no "This Pokemon isn't broken in UU so we'll let it be used there" tier. That's just the way it is.
To answer you other questions, it probably would be a good idea to get a moderator's permision for such a thread, but every mod will just tell you the same thing I did.
A bit is a single digit in binary, which means it's either a 1 or a 0. 8 of them together allows you to make any number from 00000000 to 11111111 (255). Not sure how it works with the music though.
No. No compatable parent can get both of those moves.
Does anyone know what level WishBliss is received at? I'm assuming it's hatched like the other Wish events but I want to be certain.
Pokerus does not double EVs during level-ups. It doubles EVs earned AT THE END OF BATTLES THAT GRANT EXPERIENCE. It is only when a pokemon levels up that all those EVs your pokemon earned are finally calculated.
The Power items, by the way, do not double EVs from battle. No, they do better: they add 4.
As an example, let's say you have your pokemon beat the crap out of a Magikarp. This is what the game does:
Player's pokemon defeated a Magikarp.
Magikarp is worth 1 speed EV.
Player's pokemon was holding a Power Anklet. 4 + 1 = 5.
Player's pokemon has Pokerus. 5 x 2 = 10.
Add 10 to Player's pokemon's speed EVs.
Add Magikarp's exp to Player's pokemon's exp.
Has Player's pokemon leveled up? No. Do not recalculate Player's pokemon's effective Speed yet.
Player has fed his pokemon a Rare Candy. Advance Player's pokemon's level by 1. Recalculate effective Speed.
So basically, for the Power item to work, your pokemon needs to be holding on to it during its battles.
Abomasnow used blizzard/grass knot/focus blast!!!
(Insert ground/rock/steel here) was hit super effective.
And they won't have their sp.def to save them. Pherhaps a sub set, so you can hit scarftar switchins with focus blast.
It's all based on usage, as stated above. However, although I'm no real expert, I will attempt to shed a little light on why they're being used so much, and thus why they are OU.
Dusknoir: Dusclops, Dusknoir can actually attack effectively. It gets some damn decent coverage and has the Attack to support it. Its defenses may be only slightly higher than Dusclops's, but Dusclops had high defenses in the first place. Not to mention its value in the odd Trick Room team. Plus, Dusknoir does what Dusclops did in advance, only better. And Dusclops was OU back then. So yeah.
Tentacruel: It gets Rapid Spin, it absorbs Toxic Spikes, it has defenses, and it's not weak to Stealth Rock. I think you get the picture here.
Mamoswine: Insane Attack and a STAB priority move just might have a bit to do with it.
Electivire: Probably IS too powerful for UU. It gets the elemental punches, Cross Chop, and Earthquake, and has the Attack to back them up. Not to mention, all it needs to do is switch into an Electric attack and you got yourself an almost-unstoppable beast on your hands.
Which Milotic?
328 HP/194 Defense/298 Special Attack/286 Special Defense/287 Speed with Choice Scarf or 393 HP/236 Defense/282 Special Attack/286 Special Defense/198 Speed with Life Orb?
328 HP/194 Defense/298 Special Attack/286 Special Defense/287 Speed with Choice Scarf or 393 HP/236 Defense/282 Special Attack/286 Special Defense/198 Speed with Life Orb?
Yeah, if the opponet had no boosts or lowerings, it acts like haze.
oh well, thanks anyway, if anyone else could explain to me how bits work in musics i would appreciate.
I copied that description right of the one here on Smogon. If you're right, then the move's description needs some changes =D
Aside from Nidoking/Nidoqueen, what other Pokemon resist both Fighting and Rock type attacks?
Test it? I like the bulkier version, though.
Dusknoir is OU because he has better everything than Dusclops who was OU back in ADV. I don't get what you're trying to say here, though. Are you trying to say that Dusknoir deserves to be bumped down to UU? For what reason?
Tentacruel has fantastic defenses, typing [which allows it to absorb T-Spikes], decent Speed (it's actually good :P), and te ability to lay down T-Spikes of its own.
Mamo has GREAT Attack stat, fantastic coverage with both of its STAB, priority in Ice Shard, immunity to both Sandstorm and Hail damage and decent 110/80/60 Defenses. Yep, Mamo secures its OU stat.
Electivire is OU because of good Attack, Decent Speed, good Mixed Attacking stats, Motor Drive, nice coverage and more than being immune to Electric, it actually greatly benefits from getting hit by them. And why did you compare Cress to Vire? Do they have the same role? Does Cress have the attacking prowess that Vire has? Does Vire have the bulk Cress has? Do you see anyone in OU who completely outclasses Vire for it to be moved to UU, and to an extent, BL? Cress suffers from a competition for a team slot while I don't think Vire does.
You can always start a thread to voice out your opinion on why these pokemon don't "deserve" their OU stats, though I think they perfectly do. However, if you decide to this, be sure you have just enough reasoning or your thread gets locked.
Levitating ghosts.
wut? ghost types dont resist rock moves.
Thought Ground/Fighting. Sorry.
EDIT: When's CAP 11 starting? I'm interested though I don't submit anything for it xD
Even if I lock your current RMT you'll still have to wait 2 weeks before posting a new one. Next time just PM a RMT mod asking them to lock your thread.
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