Psychic is good for certain types of pokemon, but mostly I don't see it used on Latios / Metagross. The pokemon who mostly use this move would be Reuniclus / Espeon / Alakazam, because of their ridiculous SpA and STAB that they get from it. Latios and Metagross CAN use Psychic, but Latios would rather hit with Psychoshock, and I haven't seen many Metagross's with Psychic.
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Psychic is good for certain types of pokemon, but mostly I don't see it used on Latios / Metagross. The pokemon who mostly use this move would be Reuniclus / Espeon / Alakazam, because of their ridiculous SpA and STAB that they get from it. Latios and Metagross CAN use Psychic, but Latios would rather hit with Psychoshock, and I haven't seen many Metagross's with Psychic.
Not really, its not horrible and it has decent neutral coverage, it is bad in a way due to lots of new dark types running around to the second part of your question Metagross should not be running damaging psychic type moves in my opinion but zen headbutt can be used on agiligross. Latios CAN run Psyshock but you dont NEED it for the set to be effective. cause latios already gets excellent coverage.
People in the trading section only care about legitimate Pokémon, not to mention some of their Pokés are used for VGC's, which means they must be legit or they'll be responsible for the VGC-player's disqualification
Metagross likes to use it, because it's neutral on Electrics and Waters who resist Meteor Mash. On Latios, however, Dragon/Fire or Dragon/Water are better for coverage.
Can someone calculate the chances of the bolded below altogether? Thanks:
Go! Banette!
Trainer sent out Glaceon!
Banette frisked its foe and found on BrightPowder!
Turn 1
Banette used Trick!
The foe's Glaceon avoided the attack! - Trick missing.
The foe's Glaceon used Blizzard! - Blizzard hitting.
Banette fainted!
Go! Audino!
Turn 2
The foe's Glaceon used Blizzard! - Blizzard hitting twice in a row.
Audino was frozen solid! - Being frozen.
Turn 3
The foe's Glaceon used Blizzard! - Blizzard hitting three times in a row.
Audino fainted!
Go! Scrafty!
Turn 4
The foe's Glaceon used Blizzard! - Blizzard hitting FOUR times in a row.
A critical hit! - CRITICAL HIT DURR
Scrafty fainted!
Go! Banette!
Trainer sent out Glaceon!
Banette frisked its foe and found on BrightPowder!
Turn 1
Banette used Trick!
The foe's Glaceon avoided the attack! - Trick missing.
The foe's Glaceon used Blizzard! - Blizzard hitting.
Banette fainted!
Go! Audino!
Turn 2
The foe's Glaceon used Blizzard! - Blizzard hitting twice in a row.
Audino was frozen solid! - Being frozen.
Turn 3
The foe's Glaceon used Blizzard! - Blizzard hitting three times in a row.
Audino fainted!
Go! Scrafty!
Turn 4
The foe's Glaceon used Blizzard! - Blizzard hitting FOUR times in a row.
A critical hit! - CRITICAL HIT DURR
Scrafty fainted!
I assume Battle Subway, correct? If so, then my calculations tell me.. it has a 99.8% chance to happen.
Metagross Agility | MM | EQ | Zen Headbutt
Latios Draco Meteor | Surf | Psyshock | Recover
Works?
Hahaha, no seriously.
I'm starting to get interested in the Dream World tier. Being able to use unreleased abilities is fun, and especially no team preview. (TP sucks)
What are good notable pokemon for the Dream World tier? Abilities/Unreleased mons/anything else. I really don't know much about DW
What are good notable pokemon for the Dream World tier? Abilities/Unreleased mons/anything else. I really don't know much about DW
10% * 70% * 70% * 10% * 80% * 70% * 70% * 6.25% = 0.012005%
you missed the chance of Audino being defrozen
Pretty sure Sand Veil is banned no? Even if it isn't Poison Heal is generally the better choice unless you want to to run Roost.
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If I have a legit pokemon caught using a 100% capture rate cheat is it really hacked? For example if I wanted to apply for the world championship and nintendo checked it would it be noticed and/or considered hacked and get banned?
Also my friend wants to know if pokemon that are captured legitimatly but have used the super experiance code after being raised legitimatley to level 50 be considered hacked and not allowed?
If I have a legit pokemon caught using a 100% capture rate cheat is it really hacked? For example if I wanted to apply for the world championship and nintendo checked it would it be noticed and/or considered hacked and get banned?
Also my friend wants to know if pokemon that are captured legitimatly but have used the super experiance code after being raised legitimatley to level 50 be considered hacked and not allowed?
Does Psych Up copy stat changes from Eviolite and Chlorophyll?
To elaborate on Bluemon's answer, Psych Up only copies the in-battle gained/lost stat boosts. Those gained from items/abilites are a separate multiplier, shown by the fact that it still takes 7 defence curls on an Eviolite Chansey for the game to say "it won't go any higher". This is also why haze/clear smog will not remove the boosts.
What is the power of a move that hits all opponents in triples? Is it the same as doubles or lower?
Since people rarely go to Stark Mountain, I'll ask here. :) If you were to play SD Blaziken in 4th gen. Which move is better, Blaze Kick or Flare Blitz? The difference in power is very noticable. But if I were to choose Flare Blitz, then LO Recoil + FB's Recoil = fuck. But LO + FB = wow. lol. Or I could go Fire Punch and have no side effects( only a little % chance to burn ) at all.
EDIT: Lol at this. Blizzard hitting four times isn't that much of a hax. The lol is, the miss from Trick, Frozen Audino, and Crit. Lol. WTF.
EDIT: Lol at this. Blizzard hitting four times isn't that much of a hax. The lol is, the miss from Trick, Frozen Audino, and Crit. Lol. WTF.
55% * 5/3 = 91.667% if my math is right (not guaranteed given how awake I am at the moment).
There are these trick leads lately and i'm wondering about 1 thing.
When they trick and get a bad item they will most likely want to trick back.
Lets say they had choice scarf they trick and get black sludge.
Next turn trick again to get their scarf back.
When that happened, will they be stuck into trick because of the scarf or will the scarfs effect take place AFTER the turn they got it back ?
When they trick and get a bad item they will most likely want to trick back.
Lets say they had choice scarf they trick and get black sludge.
Next turn trick again to get their scarf back.
When that happened, will they be stuck into trick because of the scarf or will the scarfs effect take place AFTER the turn they got it back ?
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