What's the point of using swords dance when you predict shandera is about to come in and end breloom? stone edge is there so you can hit them on the switch, thus eliminating potential counters for breloom.
yeah especially ,because Mach Punch has priority already wich means it doesn`t cares about speed at all, though it might be a gimmicky option thanks to the boost of technician may sees some use on Cb sets since Brellom cant have Tecnican and Superpower and so its his hardest hitting option for fighting stab.
IMO, it's too early to postulate regarding lead sets. Leads function as foils to one another, and the metagame is too much in its infancy to theorymon regarding the impact that the likes of Espeon and Erufuun will have on the competitive metagame. My suspicion is that the very existence of those two will make traditional leads not only redundant, but active liabilities.
This makes no sense. They have the same accuracy, but Stone Edge has twicethe base power of Rock Tomb (even with Technician, SE does more damage). I can understand appreciating the speed drop, though.
Uh, nope, not redundant at all. 50% is a lot, especially when you're face-to-face with a Blissey or anything else you'll want to just smack with a move right away. Ankle Sweep is an outright OHKO on standard max/max Def Blissey, while Mach Punch maxes out at 84%. If Blissey gets the chance to Flamethrower you, it could mean the game.
Its all about his now powerful Mach Punch and i dont think Poison Heal will always be a superior choice as both serve different niches.
You know, you may be onto something with that grass/ghost idea (maybe for the CAP project perhaps??). The concept could be like a "forest spirit" (what if gamefreak had made celebi part ghost instead of part psychic. She is sort of a forest spirit pokemon so it makes sense) pokemon or something like that.
What made Breloom great (and still makes it great) is spore. That plus its sub-puncher set will definatly keep it in play. As long as it still has Spore + Sub/Poison heal I don't see the new Grass/Fighting guy taking his spot.
You want focus punch over drain punch to hit stuff like zapdos hard on the switch.. if not then stone edge/rock tomb. Breloom doesnt really need the healing drain punch provides and you will rarely use it. Also, isnt bullet seed superior to seed bomb now?
I see what you mean. I'm not sure, but I've always preferred Seed Bomb. I'll edit that to make it an option.
