so if you were to pair this guy up with say a Baton Pass Scolipede... roughly how many speed boosts would it take before this guy is viable to sweep in OU? assuming a couple of sword dances as well.
I definitely wanna try this out. Bp scolipede to malamar might be pretty dangerous.so if you were to pair this guy up with say a Baton Pass Scolipede... roughly how many speed boosts would it take before this guy is viable to sweep in OU? assuming a couple of sword dances as well.
You could say that about nearly every Pokemon with a decent Attack and Speed. You'd be better off passing it to any number of other Pokemon.I definitely wanna try this out. Bp scolipede to malamar might be pretty dangerous.
I was assuming that the boosts would be passed to Malamar as they are, unaffected by Contrary. I would have to test that in-game to be sure one way or the other, though.Wouldn't BPing speed to Malamar actually be worse? Thanks to Contrary you're going to end up with one slow Malamar.
And I don't think anyone should be using Malamar without Contrary.
That was castform. Malamar is a frail niche sweeper that can hit switch ins hard while also obtaining boosts. I could easily see the scarf set becoming one of the better cleanup sets this generation and the assualt vest set could be great at sponging some hits while bulking up. Honestly, once malamar is in, the only things switching in are fast ghosts that can ohko it, and bulky flying and bug types. While malamar isnt too difficult to revenge kill, after a super power or two, its bulk is fairly significant.I'm not too keen on the idea of using Malamar........he just seems to me like the word "Gimmick" given a living breathing Pokémon Form.
Contrary only affects stat changes as they occur. Baton Pass will simply pass the stats as they are, no change.Wouldn't BPing speed to Malamar actually be worse? Thanks to Contrary you're going to end up with one slow Malamar.
And I don't think anyone should be using Malamar without Contrary.
Hammer Arm just seems ill suited to it. Besides, superpower is arguably more effective. Shame it doesn't know sucker punch.I'm still hopeful that Malamar turns out to have access to Sucker Punch and Hammer Arm, as that would make her much more viable.
I do agree that Super Power is a much better option, but Hammer Arm seems to be Malamars best shot at patching up her own speed.Hammer Arm just seems ill suited to it. Besides, superpower is arguably more effective. Shame it doesn't know sucker punch.
I honestly think Malamar will be the Beheeyum of this Gen. That is; gimmicky in singles, but decently powerful in doubles.I don't think Malamar is great in singles, but in doubles, I've been using this
Malamar uses Light Screen / Superpower
Goodra uses Draco Meteor
Malamar uses Topsy-Turvy on Goodra
Goodra now has +2 SpA, a free Draco meteor or another move.
I don't think it's "decent" in doubles, I think it's awesome in doubles, I just LOVE a Topsy-Turvy after a Draco Meteor / Overheat / Psycho Boost (lol) / Leaf Storm, think about how great can that be.I honestly think Malamar will be the Beheeyum of this Gen. That is; gimmicky in singles, but decently powerful in doubles.
I think he may be right. I was really excited the first time I fought a Malamar and it hit with Superpower and got the contrary buffs... but it just doesn't have many options other than gimmicks. Malamar comes out, you know superpower is the next thing coming because it needs the buffs to be viable. Switch in something that resists/is immune to superpower and peel Malamar apart any way you'd like.I'm not too keen on the idea of using Malamar........he just seems to me like the word "Gimmick" given a living breathing Pokémon Form.
Well, there's actually an Inkay event in Japan right now, so I'm thinking this squid has some tricks we just haven't figured out yet. GF hasn't really ever given us an event mon that wasn't useful somehow...Call me when this thing gets Sucker Punch.
I was about to say that it's just a cooler looking Spinda right now but Spinda actually gets Sucker Punch by level-up so +1 for the Panda.
LOL, GF trolled this squid.