Changes:
- Mostly followed Molk's suggestions
http://www.smogon.com/bw/pokemon/klinklang
[OVERVIEW]
- Great set up sweeper
- Great typing
- Wild Charge!
- Clear Body
- Almost impossible to revenge kill due to doubled 90 base speed and lone priority weakness
- Has quite a few hard counters
- Most of them lack recovery
- Shallow movepool
- Doesn't have the power to OHKO that many Pokemon, so works better as a late game sweeper
[SET]
name: Shift Gear
move 1: Shift Gear
move 2: Gear Grind
move 3: Substitute / Wild Charge
move 4: Return / Wild Charge
item: Leftovers / Life Orb
ability: Clear Body
nature: Adamant
evs: 100 HP / 252 Atk / 156 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
- Abuses great typing and Substitute to boost
- No trouble with Sturdy due to Gear Grind
- Hits most everything neutrally except for Steel-types
- Very difficult to revenge kill
- Sets up on Ferroseed, who walls the moveset
- Safe from Leech Seed, Paralysis, Burn
[ADDITIONAL COMMENTS]
- Leftovers works well with Substitute, Life Orb recoil adds up fast but is an option
- Outspeeds Scarf Manectric while maintaining maximum attack power
- Clear Body does something in singles, stopping Intimidate and random stat drops
- Smeargle or Qwilfish set up hazards, Magneton traps steels
- Special Wall breakers are key: Moltres, Nidoqueen, Sceptile, CM Sigilyph
- They break down Klinklang's counters and bring in Pokemon Klinklang can easily set up on
- Tough to beat outside of phazing with screen support, Uxie
- Wild Charge instead of Return
- Hidden Power Fire or Ground with a Naughty nature with Life Orb
- 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 Spd for more bulk if you arent worried about the fastest scarfers, or checking as many threats pre-boost
[Other Options]
- Volt Switch to keep offensive momentum, "hurt" Water-types, escape Magneton. Very weak
- Chesto Rest, accomplishes little Substitute doesn't
- Air Balloon / Magnet Rise
- Trick Room with a "slow" Volt Switch
- Charge Beam / Flash Cannon / Tbolt / HP if you like a faster worse Magneton
[Checks and Counters]
- Quagsire / Poliwrath
- Steelix
- Magneton
- Tangrowth
- Haze Cofagrigus
- Aggron w/o HP Ground
- Escavalier w/o HP Fire
- Nidoqueen
- Omastar w/o Wild Charge
- Rotom
- Sandslash
- Moltres w/o Wild Charge
- Ferroseed w/o Substitute
- Entei and Gurdurr check
- Mostly followed Molk's suggestions
http://www.smogon.com/bw/pokemon/klinklang
[OVERVIEW]
- Great set up sweeper
- Great typing
- Wild Charge!
- Clear Body
- Almost impossible to revenge kill due to doubled 90 base speed and lone priority weakness
- Has quite a few hard counters
- Most of them lack recovery
- Shallow movepool
- Doesn't have the power to OHKO that many Pokemon, so works better as a late game sweeper
[SET]
name: Shift Gear
move 1: Shift Gear
move 2: Gear Grind
move 3: Substitute / Wild Charge
move 4: Return / Wild Charge
item: Leftovers / Life Orb
ability: Clear Body
nature: Adamant
evs: 100 HP / 252 Atk / 156 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
- Abuses great typing and Substitute to boost
- No trouble with Sturdy due to Gear Grind
- Hits most everything neutrally except for Steel-types
- Very difficult to revenge kill
- Sets up on Ferroseed, who walls the moveset
- Safe from Leech Seed, Paralysis, Burn
[ADDITIONAL COMMENTS]
- Leftovers works well with Substitute, Life Orb recoil adds up fast but is an option
- Outspeeds Scarf Manectric while maintaining maximum attack power
- Clear Body does something in singles, stopping Intimidate and random stat drops
- Smeargle or Qwilfish set up hazards, Magneton traps steels
- Special Wall breakers are key: Moltres, Nidoqueen, Sceptile, CM Sigilyph
- They break down Klinklang's counters and bring in Pokemon Klinklang can easily set up on
- Tough to beat outside of phazing with screen support, Uxie
- Wild Charge instead of Return
- Hidden Power Fire or Ground with a Naughty nature with Life Orb
- 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 Spd for more bulk if you arent worried about the fastest scarfers, or checking as many threats pre-boost
[Other Options]
- Volt Switch to keep offensive momentum, "hurt" Water-types, escape Magneton. Very weak
- Chesto Rest, accomplishes little Substitute doesn't
- Air Balloon / Magnet Rise
- Trick Room with a "slow" Volt Switch
- Charge Beam / Flash Cannon / Tbolt / HP if you like a faster worse Magneton
[Checks and Counters]
- Quagsire / Poliwrath
- Steelix
- Magneton
- Tangrowth
- Haze Cofagrigus
- Aggron w/o HP Ground
- Escavalier w/o HP Fire
- Nidoqueen
- Omastar w/o Wild Charge
- Rotom
- Sandslash
- Moltres w/o Wild Charge
- Ferroseed w/o Substitute
- Entei and Gurdurr check