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I strongly support the ban of Speed Boost Blaziken but what I cannot understand is why Blaze Blaziken Banned.
With speed boost, Blaziken can really prove to be a problem in standard play due to its decent speed but the only other way I know is agility which of course requires a turn to set up with.

So, in detail if possible, can someone explain to me why Blaze Blaziken is banned?
 
richm88 said:
I'm just getting into EV training and I have read an article telling me where to battle certain pokemon to get base stat points but I am breeding to get the right natures and characteristics.the problem I have is if I want to train for sp defence for example the pokemon does not have a chance being level 1 against a much higher level opponent so would it be ok to use exp share and wud the pokemon I'm ev training get the base stat point or just the pokemon I battle with?
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if you get EXP from EXP share, you will gain the full amount of EV's.
So a level 1 pokemon holding an EXP share will get 1 attack EV if a pidove is killed, by another pokemon.
 
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@Light Clay
252HP/4Def/252SpD
Careful nature, Clear Body trait
Reflect | Light Screen | Stealth Rock | Meteor Mash

Is this a good idea? And should I go physically or specially bulky?
 
ev training

Say if I was to catch a pokemon and it had the right nature and characteristic I was looking for in that specific pokemon but it was say for example level 35,would it already have base stat points as if it was trained and have to use berries to reduce them so I can train them in the specific stats I want?
 
Lugiamaster26 said:
I strongly support the ban of Speed Boost Blaziken but what I cannot understand is why Blaze Blaziken Banned.
With speed boost, Blaziken can really prove to be a problem in standard play due to its decent speed but the only other way I know is agility which of course requires a turn to set up with.

So, in detail if possible, can someone explain to me why Blaze Blaziken is banned?
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Blaze Blaziken is banned because Blaziken is banned. If a Pokemon's traits alone make it broken, then the whole Pokemon is considered broken and thus banned, regardless of its other characteristics. People need to suck it up and not complain about the Blaziken ban.

Also, I haven't really gotten any great answers to my question (besides Scizor, who I'll test when I finish edits).
I need one to three Pokemon for my team:
-offensive user of Stealth Rock that still has some bulk behind it
-offensive Water resist/immunity
-priority user
-NO SLOW POKEMON AND NO VOLT-TURN. Unless I find a Pokemon truly outstanding, I will consider base 70 Speed too slow.

I run an offensive team with Hydreigon/Landorus/Heatran/Magnezone/Gliscor/Terrakion. I just learned today that Stealth Rock + Poison Heal is illegal on Scor, but I still need it to counter Lucario.
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Lugiamaster26 said:
I strongly support the ban of Speed Boost Blaziken but what I cannot understand is why Blaze Blaziken Banned.
With speed boost, Blaziken can really prove to be a problem in standard play due to its decent speed but the only other way I know is agility which of course requires a turn to set up with.

So, in detail if possible, can someone explain to me why Blaze Blaziken is banned?
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I really do hate to post without sourcing myself, but I'm in a bit of a time crunch. Smogon's policy is to either ban the Pokemon in question or the ability. Both cases are readily available through the banning of Moody as an entirety and the banning of Pokemon like Excadrill and Thundurus. While Blaze Blaziken might not be nearly as threatening as Speed Boost Blaziken, it brought up the question: "Is Blaziken broken or is the ability Speed Boost broken?" In response to this, Ninjask is currently located in the NU tier while is doing swimmingly in RU. As a result, it was deemed that Blaziken in its entirety was broken, and therefore banned from OU.

Furthermore, by allowing Blaze Blaziken into OU, we'd successfully opened up a completely different can of worms. Is Sand Force Excadrill permissible in OU? Rough Skin Garchomp? Pressure Lugia? Smogon's policy (as far as I know) is to make bans as simple and painless as possible. It was much less stressful to simply ban Blaziken as a whole than to make a complex Pokemon + Ability ban. However, I personally believe that it's great to ask such questions to develop a deeper understanding of the inner mechanics of the metagame. It's good that you're at least questioning these issues!

Bluh, I feel messy just writing this post. If you want me to provide some sources to back this up, just send me a VM. I hope I've helped clarify this complicated issue, no matter how brief I have been!

Edit: Arcticblast is a sneaky ninja who apparently uses +Spe natures.
 
richm88 said:
Say if I was to catch a pokemon and it had the right nature and characteristic I was looking for in that specific pokemon but it was say for example level 35,would it already have base stat points as if it was trained and have to use berries to reduce them so I can train them in the specific stats I want?
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Wild pokemon have no EVs, which means if you caught an awesome pokemon, you'd EV train it like you would a level 1 pokemon, by giving it 510 EV's so you would not have to use any EV reducing berries
 
andysensei said:
just a random pondering - I know return is automatically calculated to max strength in simulators, but, on what about on wifi?
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Well, with Return on PO, you have to input the happiness, but I degress.

On wifi, much like PO, the user's happiness value is taken into account. This may seem like a difficult task, but unless you were traded a lvl 100 Arceus, it really isn't a daunting task at all. See here how to get all your pokes to max happiness.
 
IronGross said:
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@Light Clay
252HP/4Def/252SpD
Careful nature, Clear Body trait
Reflect | Light Screen | Stealth Rock | Meteor Mash

Is this a good idea? And should I go physically or specially bulky?
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It's okay, but outclassed. Uxie does SR/Dual Screens much better since it has much better Speed, better overall bulk, and access to Memento. Here's a good set:

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Uxie@Light Clay
Bold Nature, 252HP/252Def/4SpD
Light Screen
Reflect
Stealth Rock
Memento

Basically, you set up your hazards and Screens, then use Memento to kill yourself while crippling the opponent's offenses. From there, you can send in a sweeper to set up for free as the opponent switches out. Good luck!
 
Apologies if this doesn't belong...

I'm looking to start posting warstories. I have the pics, commentary, and battle log all set up. However, I'm finding it hard to calculate health percentages after leftover recovery and passive burn damage.

Is it a necessity to half health percentages, and if so, could someone please direct me to a suitable place to help me learn about them?
 
ev training

another question i have regarding ev training is that when i use an ev trained pokemon for battle subways ,is it best i train the pokemon to level100 or to level 50 as it gets cut down to level 50 anyway?
 
richm88 said:
another question i have regarding ev training is that when i use an ev trained pokemon for battle subways ,is it best i train the pokemon to level100 or to level 50 as it gets cut down to level 50 anyway?
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It doesn't matter what level they are, just that they are EV trained. The EV's count towards the overall end stat, regardless of the level.

So you need to max out the EV's, but once that's done they will be scaled equally no matter what level they are
 
richm88 said:
another question i have regarding ev training is that when i use an ev trained pokemon for battle subways ,is it best i train the pokemon to level100 or to level 50 as it gets cut down to level 50 anyway?
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If they are just for the battle subway you could just train them to lvl 50 and be good with it. Note that you could also try to optimize the EV spreads for lvl 50 then, because you need 8 EVs to get one stat point at lvl 50, e.g. magnezone only needs 248 Spe EVs to get max speed at lvl 50.
 
i will be training them until they have all there ev stats anyway.im doing an axew with adamant nature and moldbreaker ability at the moment hoping to have a haxorous to murder the opposotion
 
richm88 said:
also how much does characteristics have affect on a pokemons stats like natures do?
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Courtesy of King N, here is a good guide on characteristics in terms of IVs. Each IV is worth one point of overall base stats. In competitive play, they are incredibly important as they can win a speed tie or nab the OHKO. While playing in game, however, IVs are certainly not life or death. I hope this helps!
 
I have personally been wondering:

If one is good at predictions, could HP Fire be used to stop incoming Scizor? I use a LO set, and I had been thinking on it some.

Please tell me that this isn't some hopeless gimmick :(
 
Not in the slightest KS. In fact, the reason you see many things like Latios running HP Fire is BECAUSE of Scizor and Ferro.

Its as gimmicky as CB Scizor itself.
 
King Serperior said:
I have personally been wondering:

If one is good at predictions, could HP Fire be used to stop incoming Scizor? I use a LO set, and I had been thinking on it some.

Please tell me that this isn't some hopeless gimmick :(
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Care to share which Pokemon you're considering giving HP Fire to? If it's something like Haxorus, I'm betting you'd be better off with Earthquake (Hidden Power Fire does a bit more damage, if I recall correctly, but you have to sacrifice one of your defenses in order to avoid the -SpA nature). With Alakazam, on the other hand, you could probably consider Hidden Power Fire as a coverage move (be wary of Bullet Punch). It all depends!
 
The spread that I am looking at consists of 252 Atk / 4 SpA / 252 Spe Terrakion with a +Atk / -Def nature. Hidden Power Fire is going to be doing roughly 86.8% - 102.5% while Close Combat is 99.3% - 116.7%. Please note that I'm working with 0/0 Scizor; whereas Bulky SD Scizor will almost surely be running SpD EVs.

So in the end, is it worth it? Perhaps. Remember that Hidden Power doesn't lower Terrakion's defenses, unlike Close Combat. This could be advantageous if the opponent utilizes priority attacks. I personally would run Close Combat because I believe there are better moves in Terrakion's arsenal than Hidden Power (e.g. Double Dance or X-Scissor). It's all your choice! Remember, you can always plug this stuff into a calculator. It's probably much quicker than waiting for a pokey reply from me, heh.
 
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