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Can someone explain the life orb tyranitar set to me?
- Thread starter Blarg92
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I prefer using Crunch and Stone Edge, which is I believe what is reccomended in the analysis. Most things you would want to use Earthquake on get hit hard enough already by either Fire Blast or Ice Beam, so you aren't really missing out on much essential coverage, but you get that extra punch of power from Stone Edge which you sometimes need to take out bulky Fliers like Zapdos and Togekiss reliably. I also wouldn't use Brave, as then you are being outsped by alot of the walls you would instead be nabbing surprise kills on.
Whether to go lonely or naughty is a hard choice IMO, as with neutral sp def you can afford to take a surf or two from things like vaporeon, but with neutral def you can usually take an Earthquake from Swamperts and Hippowdons, which is useful if you can only 3HKO them
Whether to go lonely or naughty is a hard choice IMO, as with neutral sp def you can afford to take a surf or two from things like vaporeon, but with neutral def you can usually take an Earthquake from Swamperts and Hippowdons, which is useful if you can only 3HKO them
The damage boosts offered by Life Orb and Expert Belt are identical for SE attacks.
Life Orb is around to offer the bonus damage to swtiches.
edit: Danyul, with few EVs in speed, it would seem Life Orb Tyrannitar is being outsped by just about everything in the first place. Losing a few points of speed in exchange for keeping your physical/special defense is a solid play.
Life Orb is around to offer the bonus damage to swtiches.
edit: Danyul, with few EVs in speed, it would seem Life Orb Tyrannitar is being outsped by just about everything in the first place. Losing a few points of speed in exchange for keeping your physical/special defense is a solid play.
Umm... no.. Expert Belt is x1.2 to SE hits, Life Orb is x1.3 to ALL hits...
Posted to clear things up. Got it from the Newer still DP Reseach Thread
Also the spread 252 Atk / 232 SpA / 24 Spe helps maximize it's attacking capabilities but the speed IVs are there to let you outspeed 31 IV/0 Speed EVs Blissey.
Life Orb does take off 10% and can hurt you in the long run, but remember that Tyranitar with Brave nature is slow and will most likely get hit so Life Orb sounds good.
Expert Belt on the otherhand boosts super effective attacks and the standard Crunch/Earthquake/Fire Blast/Ice Beam set can hit a mojority of things super effective.
If you have 29 HP IVs on the other hand, and you use Life Orb you can deal 11 hits instead of 10 because the Life Orb recoil is rounded down.
I would probably check the info on smogon.com. I hear they have pretty good stuff.
http://www.smogon.com/dp/items/
Go there for any questions about items. It is the most comprehensive dex on the net.
http://www.smogon.com/dp/items/
Go there for any questions about items. It is the most comprehensive dex on the net.
Erm... I noticed recently that the Life Orb set was remade recently, before Tyranitar was Adamant with the EV spread 88 SpA / 196 Spe / 226 Atk IIRC with the 88 SpA to do 53%+ on Hippowdon with 252HP/0SpD. What advantages / disadvantages does the newer one have over the older one, why change?
