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Teambuilding question:
Would a TR team like this be viable?
Metagross
Jirachi
Victini
Reuniclus
Slowbro
Bronzong
Each poke can use and Abuse TR. All of these are very strong to boot.
Would a TR team like this be viable?
Metagross
Jirachi
Victini
Reuniclus
Slowbro
Bronzong
Each poke can use and Abuse TR. All of these are very strong to boot.
Why do sets prefer Def over SpD? When I look at defensive sets, I usually see EVs given to Def instead of SpD, unless the Pokemon is supposed to be a special tank. I also see -SpD natures instead of -Def natures. Can anyone provide an explanation why?
A choiced Dark, Ghost, or Bug Pokemon can potentially destroy that team. You only need 3 Trick Room users maximum, which means that you can fill the last 3 slots with slow Pokemon that can switch in after it's set up and proceed to sweep themselves.
To get rid of the Bug weakness, you can use a Ghost-type like Jellicent or Dusclops to set up Trick Room and Porygon2 can take Ghost attacks and set up TR itself. Then you can use Fighting, Dark, and Steel-type Pokemon to be able to switch in on Dark attacks and begin to sweep.
The metagame has more physical Pokemon than special Pokemon, so having a higher Def is generally better. Also, the sweepers that generally use those Natures are generally fast and all priority moves besides Vacuum Wave are physical.
What's the best defensive Pokemon for spreading Burn around?
Jelly and Heatran is a great combo for spreading burn, they have good synergy defensively and can switch in fairly easily. Jelly can run both scald and WoW, while Tran has access to lava plume. Just watch for Rotom-W. Speaking of which, Rotom is also excellent at spreading burns, given its useful typing and ability.
Is there anyone that can help me remove the 'Lightsworn Master' from my name (leaving the hyphen), replacing the j with J and adding a second hyphen to the front so it will be : -BJay-
EDIT:Forget it, the lightsworn master is kinda growing on me :)
EDIT:Forget it, the lightsworn master is kinda growing on me :)
I cant find the battle finder
C'mon, SQSA ladies and gentlemen. Don't give those in need a fish; teach them how to fish ;)
Hello! Our good friend WildEep has posted a thread to post in if you cannot use the WiFi Battler Finder. However, if you're looking for the actual battle finder, this should be what you're looking for. Best of luck =D!
This should be what you're looking for. But remember, you only get one shot to make it work. Smogon users are only allowed to edit their username once. Best of luck!
Birk-a-dit: Gah, soooo slow. Ninja'd D:
Hello! Our good friend WildEep has posted a thread to post in if you cannot use the WiFi Battler Finder. However, if you're looking for the actual battle finder, this should be what you're looking for. Best of luck =D!
This should be what you're looking for. But remember, you only get one shot to make it work. Smogon users are only allowed to edit their username once. Best of luck!
Birk-a-dit: Gah, soooo slow. Ninja'd D:
Why can't Salamence have Outrage+Dragon Dance with Moxie?
Because Outrage can only be obtained from fourth gen games or as its one dreamworld move, Dragon Dance can only be obtained from breeding or as its one dreamworld move, and moxie is only a fifth gen ability.
Outrage + Dragon Dance is legal because both can be obtained from fourth gen, but fourth gen Salamence's can only have Intimidate. Outrage + Moxie is legal since you can get both from the dreamworld, but, since it can't learn Dragon Dance by level up, Dragon Dance is illegal with that combination. Dragon Dance + Moxie is legal since you can either get both from the dreamworld or get Moxie from the dreamworld and breed for Dragon Dance, but Outrage is illegal with that combination since you can only get one dreamworld exclusive move on any particular dreamworld Pokemon and breeding moves and dreamworld exclusive moves are illegal on the same set.
Wait, so you can't breed a DW Bagon w/ Outrage with a DW Bagon w/ DD?
Outrage cannot be passed to the baby Bagon.
Outrage is not in Bagon's Gen V egg move list so it cannot learn it in that manner... Either way, Males are the ones who pass down moves so I don't know how the above example would work.
Is a Pokemon's tier determined by their usage in OU, or some other way that someone would like to inform me on?
Usage in OU determines whether a Pokemon is OU or UU (or BL, for those unlucky Pokemon). Usage in UU determines whether it's in UU or RU (or BL2). It goes on like that, with banlists being mostly unaffected by usage (i.e. if a BL Pokemon makes the OU cutoff it'll be OU, but if not it doesn't go back to UU but stays in BL). Ubers is separate, since it's the banlist for OU with no tiers ahead of it.
Speaking of this, what happens if a BL Pokemon makes it into OU but then falls out of favor and drops under the cutoff? Will it go to UU or BL?
Speaking of this, what happens if a BL Pokemon makes it into OU but then falls out of favor and drops under the cutoff? Will it go to UU or BL?
I believe they need to be on at least 3.2% of all teams used in OU to be put in the OU tier. The tiers are reset every 3 months and so the average usage over those three months must be above 3.2%
So if in a three-month span, Pokemon A is used on 4% of OU teams month 1, 5% during month 2, and 3% during month 3, it would have an average of 4% and be OU. If Pokemon B is used on 5% of OU teams month 1, 2% during month 2, and 2% during month 3, its average would be 3% and thus be put in UU.
That's actually not quite how it is. The average is not a pure average of each month, but a weighted average that places a much greater influence on month three (the rationale behind this is that the third month is going to be much more indicative of the current metagame than the other two). The actual formula is
P = (20×P_3 + 3×P_2 + P_1) ÷ 24
where P is the weighted usage, P_3 is the usage in month three, P_2 is the usage in month two, and P_1 is the usage in month one. So the weighted usage for your first Pokemon would be 3.292% while your second would be 2.125%. Since I believe the cutoff for tiers is actually 3.41%, this would make both underused.
Though I believe the actual number is 3.41%, it's supposed to represent the required usage necessary for something to appear at least once in every twenty standard metagame battles.
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