Why a Lum berry, with no Rest or anything?
Everything seems to run Will-O-Wisp
Why a Lum berry, with no Rest or anything?
Why a Lum berry, with no Rest or anything?
Alright, it's been awhile since I've posted in this thread, so I thought I'd post an update on my team.
First of all, I have retired Vetches the Noivern. It was amazingly fast, but it was also frail, and just didn't hit hard enough. Really, the only thing I was using it for in battle was death fodder, and to Frisk the opponent. Instead, I present to you...
Jackie Frost (Froslass) @ Focus Sash
Nature: Timid
Ability: Snow Cloak (The initial Snorunt didn't have its HA)
IVs: x/31/x/31/x/31 (IV breeding is boring, OK?)
EVs: 252 SAtk, 252 Speed, 4 SDef
Spikes
Taunt
Destiny Bond
Ice Beam
The classic Suicide Lead Froslass. The main reason I chose to use it is a) because I absolutely LOVE Froslass's design, and b) most of the times my streak ended were because the opponent's last Pokemon survived with a sliver of health left. Spikes remedies that problem. Taunt is to prevent the opponent from setting up or using Confuse Ray (Hi, Umbreon!). Destiny Bond is there to take out one of the opponent's mons once Jackie Frost has done her job. And Ice Beam is, well, Ice Beam.
Liz and Amy have not changed a bit; they (Well, Kangaskhan and her baby) are still the core of my team, OHKOing a vast majority of things after 1 Parental Bond Power-up Punch. I'm beginning to see why Kangaskhanite was banned from OU.
Winona'd the Azumarill has also been benched, in favor of...
Ribbit-kun (Greninja) @ Life Orb
Nature: Timid
Ability: Protean
IVs: x/x/x/31/x/31 (If you thought IV breeding for a flawless female was tedious...)
EVs: 252 SAtk, 252 Speed, 4 HP
Hydro Pump
U-turnDark Pulse
Ice Beam
Extrasensory
I love this guy so much. He has amazing speed and coverage, and with Protean, the mindgames you can play against the AI are incredibly fun. Except when Hydro Pump misses... that's not so fun, but Surf just doesn't hit hard enough.
About to start another streak now... I'll post results if/when I lose!
EDIT: Well, that didn't last long. My streak capped out at... 10 wins. I know, I suck.
At least I didn't lose to hax; I made some really, really bad plays that cost me the battle. It went something like this:
I had Greninja out, with Kangaskhan in the wings. The opponent had a Gengar out. Knowing that most Gengar carry Focus Miss, I opt for Extrasensory so I can abuse Protean and take the hit. I use Extrasensory, and it would have OHKO'd... if Gengar wasn't carrying a Sash. Oh well, I can still take the impending Focus Miss. Except that this Gengar didn't use Focus Miss; it used Shadow Ball, OHKOing Ribbit-kun. I send out Kangaskhan, and make the fatal error of Mega-evolving. With Scrappy gone, I could now only use Sucker Punch, and it proceeded to use Hypnosis and then Dream Eater me to death.
e: here's the link to battle maison movesets
Did you save the video? You can try replaying it. (Selfish reason: I'm also curious what happens if Jackie used Ice Beam on Tornadus to begin the match.)I did another streak, and actually got up to the Chatelaine (Nita) for the first time ever. And then lost...
I didn't, unfortunately...Did you save the video? You can try replaying it. (Selfish reason: I'm also curious what happens if Jackie used Ice Beam on Tornadus to begin the match.)
It's been known that Nita's Landorus had a scarf for a while now, lol.I did another streak, and actually got up to the Chatelaine (Nita) for the first time ever. And then lost. Here's the battle log:
Nita sends out Tornadus-I, I send out Jackie Frost.
I incorrectly predict that she will outspeed (According to Serebii Tornadus-I's base speed is 111, while Froslass's is 110), so I go straight for Destiny Bond. Tornadus uses Hurricane. (Jackie Frost at 1HP and confused)
Jackie Frost uses Destiny Bond again. Tornadus uses Hurricane, KOing itself and Jackie.
I send out Liz and Amy; she send out Thundurus-I.
Thundurus uses Wild Charge (Liz and Amy at just over half HP), Liz and Amy use Return (OHKO).
Nita sends out Landorus-I.
Landorus outspeeds and uses Focus Miss. (Liz and Amy dead.)
I send out Ribbit-kun.
I click Ice Beam, but...
Landorus outspeeds and uses Focus Miss. (OHKO).
The fact that Lando outsped Ribbit-kun despite Ribbit-kun having around 20 higher base speed tells me that Lando is holding a Scarf. Maybe next time I shouldn't lead with Jackie Frost so I can switch her into Lando when it's locked into Focus Miss, and then use Ice Beam.
So as you can see, I lost partly due to Focus Miss not living up to its name, and partly because I didn't know Lando had a Scarf. (Although really, my fate was sealed at that point, since it could outspeed and OHKO both of my remaining mons.)
Anyone have any suggestions?
The team seems to be fine but I would maybe use a Venusaur with his DreamWorld ability or put DestinyBound on Gengar.
I've had it with doubles! This !@#$ is haxing me so bad or making me play my worst...
*goes off to breed Typhlosion and Garchomp*
EDIT: I think the reason my Triples team was working was because I had space for support like Zapdos... :(
Finally beat Super Multi today
As far as I know, HA Cyndaquil hasn't been released yet, so I can dream. Flash Fire should've been awesome on Typhlosion.Interesting team mate would be char y with heatwave, especially if Typ got HA. LET THE FIRE RAIN!
Garchomp (Adamant, Sand Veil, Yache Berry) - Protect, Earthquake, Dragon Claw, Iron Head
* Maybe Iron Head should be Stone Edge but I hate missing.
All right, I'm back to attempting Doubles after a few days of breeding.
Typhlosion (Modest, Blaze, Choice Scarf) - Eruption, Flamethrower, Extrasensory, Focus Blast
* ...that Focus Blast is gonna be HP Ice someday. Or converted to Solarbeam in a sun team.
Lucario (Adamant, Inner Focus, Lucarionite) - Swords Dance, Crunch, Close Combat, Bullet Punch
* Crunch is there because he's in the lead and don't wanna EQ my Typhlosion to death. I've thought of Stone Edge, but I really can't afford a miss.
* The loose cannon of the team and seems like a baaaadddd idea. Replacement candidates include Rotom-W, Klefki, Sableye or support Mega Kangaskhan. Latter three candidates should have Fake Out. Sableye will have taunt.
Garchomp (Adamant, Sand Veil, Yache Berry) - Protect, Earthquake, Dragon Claw, Iron Head
* Maybe Iron Head should be Stone Edge but I hate missing.
Togekiss (Modest, Serene Grace, Assault Vest) - Dazzling Gleam, Grass Knot, Air Slash, Flamethrower
EV: 8 spd, 252 sa, 248 hp
* It just seemed like a good idea at the time. Togekiss looks like the best "levitator" I can use, and then I just saw my double ice weakness. :)
* Candidates for replacement include Rotom-H, Rotom-W, Gengar, Talonflame.
Looking for suggestions. Only at 15 wins as this post is being written.
As far as I know, HA Cyndaquil hasn't been released yet, so I can dream. Flash Fire should've been awesome on Typhlosion.
Thanks for the suggestion. I also thought of an entire Sunny Day team, but the rock slide users seem everywhere. Maybe if I start with Char Y + Venusaur with Typhlosion as revenge slayer.
Yeah, but the power is kinda low for something that misses 5% of the time. :(Ever thought of Rock Slide?
Thanks. The reason why Eruption and Flamethrower are both on it, is Eruption's low PP (8 max), plus it will suck when Typh's HP is low. The only other coverage move I can think of other than HP Dark (which is this dude's current Hidden Power, Ice coming soon) is Solar Beam, and I'm not running any weather guys so far to make that worth using.Robo Mike ...get rid of either Eruption or Flamethrower on Typh, because it's scarfed and two fire moves on a choicer is redundant. You could also get rid of AV on Kiss and switch something with Roost, but it looks fine as is for reserves. And I'd say keep Iron Head to get those Faries. Good luck in your conquest!
Hmm, actually I changed my mind, Blaze makes Eruption deal decent damage even at low health unless it's like <20%hp. :pHA may be unreleased, but it does come through pokebank from pokegen/sav...
Agree, hopefully im also getting my 6IV jap made one and my 6x 30IV jap one for masuda and hp breeding through :-DYeah, but the power is kinda low for something that misses 5% of the time. :(
Thanks. The reason why Eruption and Flamethrower are both on it, is Eruption's low PP (8 max), plus it will suck when Typh's HP is low. The only other coverage move I can think of other than HP Dark (which is this dude's current Hidden Power, Ice coming soon) is Solar Beam, and I'm not running any weather guys so far to make that worth using.
As for Togekiss, the reason it's not Roost is because of Assault Vest. I actually have another Togekiss with the parahax moveset I can try--however, I kind of need some coverage because otherwise I have nothing to take out Gastrodon and Swampert.
Hmm, actually I changed my mind, Blaze makes Eruption deal decent damage even at low health unless it's like <20%hp. :p
Well that's how Bank used to work, I think they're fixing it so that hackmons won't go through. I'm crossing my fingers though. Hopefully I can transfer my hacked 6IV dittos. :p