Lets just say that it's very difficult to stop Froslass from doing its job. Setting hazards, stopping the opponent from doing it, taking your opponent with you when you die. Though I do think there are ways to play around it.
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Resource Ask a simple question get a simple answer: RU edition
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Hi I have never played RU before but I want to try it out to see if I like it and maybe get involved, what can I do?
Metal Sonic, if you're looking to get started in RU and just want to learn about the metagame, checking out Sample Teams for entering the RU Metagame is a good start. You can also hop on #rarelyused on IRC to see what the latest trends players are talking about are. Hth!
This should be happening soon, and the OP is already in progress, DTC is doing his best to get it up today or tomorrow, but he also wants to make sure the OP is quality :)
This is something Molk and I discussed heavily before RU got its own forum, and came to the conclusion that threads about specific Pokemon, do not generate a good discussion (usually dying off after ~10-15 posts). They also have a tendency to clutter the forum. If you read the forum rules, you can see we do not want to have threads dedicated to one specific Pokemon, if you do have an idea for a thread, feel free to PM Molk, silentverse, or myself, and if we feel it will generate good discussion, it will be approved.
What's a good Tangrowth set? particularly a physically bulky set with AV.
phantom
Banned deucer.
Knock Off / Giga Drain / HP Fire / Leaf Storm | Rock Slide (Rock Slide to nail stuff like Moltres and Yanmega on the switch or Leaf Storm if you want to nuke something; EQ could also work to nail Emboar or Drapion on the switch if your team is weak to those)
I'd probably recommend running some special attack EVs on it though; otherwise, it's kind of a sitting duck considering it can't use Sleep Powder and Leech Seed with an Assault Vest.
Something like a Quiet nature with 248 HP / 8 Atk / 252 SpA and Regenerator as the ability would be best. It gives it some decent mixed bulk with an Assault Vest and power to boot. Good luck!
Could you please do an RU thread for Shedinja?
Nope. The rules say that you can't make threads for a particular pokemon. You can talk about it in the np thread.
To elaborate a bit more, the RU mods (Molk , SilentVerse, and atomicllamas) decided to not allow the creation of individual Pokemon pages since they felt it would clutter up the forum after 10-14 days due to discussion dying off in them. Of course, you're more than welcome to talk about Shedinja in the np thread if you want others to discuss it with you.
Aside from a low SpD, the main problem with an AV Qwilfish, is that it has a huge opportunity cost of losing out on moves like Spikes, Taunt, Pain Split, Toxic Spikes, and Thunderwave. Qwilfish also has an underwhelming attack stat and poor coverage choices outside of its STABs, meaning that it is total set up bait for many dangerous attackers in the tier. If you want a bulky AV water type, Slowking is the best option because it has a really good move pool and SpA backing it up preventing it from being set up bait (Scald / Fire Blast / Psyshock / Dragon Tail).
Thanks! I was indeed afraid he would lose his viability. It's obvious Qwilfish's qualities lie in supporting the team though AV Qwil was more of a funny thought.
Allright, got one for the council.
Koko recently banned Venomoth from UU. This meant tit was banned form lower tiers as well, like RU. but with koko's system, he will re-introduce the moth to the UU tier.
Say this happens, will we be able to use moth again since it was technically usable in RU and even NU?
Koko recently banned Venomoth from UU. This meant tit was banned form lower tiers as well, like RU. but with koko's system, he will re-introduce the moth to the UU tier.
Say this happens, will we be able to use moth again since it was technically usable in RU and even NU?
If it is a suspect test, I am not quite sure. But if he fully allows it back into the tier, as long as it stays below the cutoff points, then yes, it can be used in RU and NU.
No, when moth is suspected in UU it will be like it dropped from OU, so if it is found not broken we'd still have to wait three months for its reintroduction to RU (assuming it wouldn't stay UU by usage, which it probs would).
MikeDawg
Banned deucer.
If you are using gallade as a wall of sorts, then you are certainly going to want a physical counterpart as well. Alomomola is a good option due to its access to wish which gallade will strongly appreciate.
You will need a moltres and perhaps delphox check as they both threaten this core.
Good luck!
Well Gallade has Wish himself so a Wish passer isn't really needed even though Aloommokmomomla is a good Pokemon. As for something to beat Delphox and Moltres I have thought about Assault Vest Slowking and I will probably end up using it anyway. Thanks for the suggestions though :)
I understand you're trying to be original, but Gallade just doesn't function well as a wish passer. Base 68 HP isn't great, and even with max HP investment you still aren't healing much HP for anything with a much higher HP stat, like Escavalier. If you use Alomomola for wish passing, it will be much more useful, and like MikeDawg said, Alo can take the physical hits that Gallade hates so much. I feel you will have much better luck trying that out instead.
Well I have already tried bulky Gallade out as of now and it is actually surprisingly good. It can wall a lot of stuff with it's special bulk and has Will-O-Wisp to make up for it's physical bulk. Also Alomoomomomomomla is common and ugly and I don't like it so I wanted to use something different :).