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Battle Tower Movesets
- Thread starter MauriiDS
- Start date
I'm so glad this thread exists, because I thought I was the only one that was getting screwed by random hax, i.e....:
Lunatone IB's Bronzong, NVE, blah blah blah, I fire back with a Confuse Ray to set up for a CM sweep. And then, another confused IB leads to a frozen Bronzong. You can only imagine the profanities spewing from my mouth after eighteen Leftovers-assisted turns of trying to thaw out while my Bronzong gets poked to death by IBs and Psychics.
But I'm sure my team needs help--here's what I breeze through the first 21 battles with:
Electivire @ Life Orb
Rash (yeah, I don't give a damn about natures. I don't have that much time to crack eggs unless I'm going to eat them)
252 Atk/176 Spd/80 SpAtk
-Thunderpunch
-Ice Punch
-Brick Break (screw Cross Chop)
-EQ
Salamence @ CB
dunno Nature, not EV trained, will redo after I finish my Gengars
-Dragon Claw
-EQ
-Aerial Ace (saves my ass against DTers)
-Crunch (been thinking about replacing it, but I hardly use anything in the fourth move slot)
And then there's (insert third poke here). I've had Bronzong, Infernape, Heracross, Scizor, hell, even Empoleon here. Should I just bite the bullet and speed through Emerald to get myself a Thunderpunching Agiligross? I feel I need some defense/sturdiness somewhere, plus I have yet to run into a physical tank that I can't take down, so I'm not too worried there...
Lunatone IB's Bronzong, NVE, blah blah blah, I fire back with a Confuse Ray to set up for a CM sweep. And then, another confused IB leads to a frozen Bronzong. You can only imagine the profanities spewing from my mouth after eighteen Leftovers-assisted turns of trying to thaw out while my Bronzong gets poked to death by IBs and Psychics.
But I'm sure my team needs help--here's what I breeze through the first 21 battles with:
Electivire @ Life Orb
Rash (yeah, I don't give a damn about natures. I don't have that much time to crack eggs unless I'm going to eat them)
252 Atk/176 Spd/80 SpAtk
-Thunderpunch
-Ice Punch
-Brick Break (screw Cross Chop)
-EQ
Salamence @ CB
dunno Nature, not EV trained, will redo after I finish my Gengars
-Dragon Claw
-EQ
-Aerial Ace (saves my ass against DTers)
-Crunch (been thinking about replacing it, but I hardly use anything in the fourth move slot)
And then there's (insert third poke here). I've had Bronzong, Infernape, Heracross, Scizor, hell, even Empoleon here. Should I just bite the bullet and speed through Emerald to get myself a Thunderpunching Agiligross? I feel I need some defense/sturdiness somewhere, plus I have yet to run into a physical tank that I can't take down, so I'm not too worried there...
Why does he have SpAtk EVs if he doesn't even have a single Special Attack?
Ugh...I hate Battle Tower...after the first Tycoon match, EVERYONE starts spamming Double Team, then they usually poison, burn, or confuse me, then spam protect till I die. NOT COOL.
I'm toying around with Thunderpunch to see how much I like it before I go ahead and just stick Thunderbolt on it.
I've been considering this team
Don't Get Mad, Get Even
1. Smeargle@Focus Sash
-Agility
-Spore
-Mind Reader
-Sheer Cold
2. Articuno@Leftovers
-Double Team
-Mind Reader
-Sheer Cold
-Roost
3. Skarmory (Sturdy)
-Roost
-Aerial Ace
-Something else
-Not sure yet
Hopefully Agility Smeargle will be able to sleep their team, unless Sandstream, Flinch, or something else I haven't though of owns it. Articuno is there because it can also do the guaranteed OHKO thing, and Skarmory would be an anti DT/OHKO with guaranteed hit moves and the sturdy ability.
It's cheap as hell, but so is the AI...
Don't Get Mad, Get Even
1. Smeargle@Focus Sash
-Agility
-Spore
-Mind Reader
-Sheer Cold
2. Articuno@Leftovers
-Double Team
-Mind Reader
-Sheer Cold
-Roost
3. Skarmory (Sturdy)
-Roost
-Aerial Ace
-Something else
-Not sure yet
Hopefully Agility Smeargle will be able to sleep their team, unless Sandstream, Flinch, or something else I haven't though of owns it. Articuno is there because it can also do the guaranteed OHKO thing, and Skarmory would be an anti DT/OHKO with guaranteed hit moves and the sturdy ability.
It's cheap as hell, but so is the AI...