Or Chlorophyll Venusaur.No fast grasses except for literally the fastest grass type in the game...seriously why do you people sleep on mega sceptile. Hell we also have Whimsicott, another very fast grass type.
Or Chlorophyll Venusaur.No fast grasses except for literally the fastest grass type in the game...seriously why do you people sleep on mega sceptile. Hell we also have Whimsicott, another very fast grass type.
Gyarados will be a fantastic element to Balance and Bulky Offense playstyles. Furthermore, is it safe to say that we finally have another Mamoswine counter or, at worst, check?Without the mega, Gyrados is looking to be another version of Gatr, being faster though not necessarily stronger because of sheer force.
Still, lo sets will be threatening, it looks like, because intimidate helps it shut down some things that might give it problems and set up a DD, or scarf/band sets for other stuff.
At least, on paper.
Well Mamoswine now has Freeze-dry so that should up the relevance of the move as a lure should Gyarados prove popular enough, definitely a check.Gyarados will be a fantastic element to Balance and Bulky Offense playstyles. Furthermore, is it safe to say that we finally have another Mamoswine counter or, at worst, check?
Gyarados is definitely going to be a force to reckon with in UU (hasn't been UU since Gen 2 and a LOT has changed since then lol). Balance will definitely appreciate the "blanket check-ness" Gyarados provides and its Speed Tier is reallyGyarados will be a fantastic element to Balance and Bulky Offense playstyles. Furthermore, is it safe to say that we finally have another Mamoswine counter or, at worst, check?
I personally think Gyarados is a much better option than Feraligatr as a DD sweeper. Gyara has two of the best STABs in the metagame (Water and Flying) and its speed tier allows it to beat out Crobat in a sense that it will force it to run 244 Speed EVs to beat DD Gyara, which at that point kind of defeats the whole purpose of Crobat. Furthermore. Intimidate + relavent typing allows it to set up on a good portion of the tier, something that Feraligatr kind of struggles to do (safely). Frankly speaking, Gyara wouldn't be too far behind Salamence as an Intimidate Flying-type (whatever that category means) because it has Thunder Wave, and its strong defensive typing allows it to Thunder Wave relatively consistently.Gyarados is definitely going to be a force to reckon with in UU (hasn't been UU since Gen 2 and a LOT has changed since then lol). Balance will definitely appreciate the "blanket check-ness" Gyarados provides and its Speed Tier is reallytrollynice to be able you out speed any variant of Mamoswine as well as outspending non-Scarf Chandelure.
-1 252+ Atk Life Orb Mamoswine Icicle Crash vs. 248 HP / 196 Def Gyarados: 129-152 (32.8 - 38.6%) -- guaranteed 3HKO after Stealth Rock and Leftovers recovery
16+ Atk Gyarados Waterfall vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Mamoswine: 282-332 (78.5 - 92.4%) -- 31.3% chance to OHKO after Stealth Rock
(The Gyarados spread is something I came up with to hit benchmarks in Attack with an Adamant nature as well as Speed; the last calc proves after SR + one round of LO damage means Mamo is down)
Bulky Offense may appreciate Gyarados, but I feel like it has way more competition there as Feraligatr is a bigger offensive Water threat thanks to Sheer Force boosting its STAB as well as its coverage while Salamence is a better Intimidate Flying type thanks to its amazing coverage and access to Roost + Defog.
Overall, I am really excited to test out Gyarados in UU (have to wait for my PS! hiatus to end first though :/)
Sorry I meant that Gyarados is a definite staple on any balance team thanks to it blanket checking a lot of threats while on bulky Offense it faces more competition (even though it is still a god lol).I personally think Gyarados is a much better option than Feraligatr as a DD sweeper. Gyara has two of the best STABs in the metagame (Water and Flying) and its speed tier allows it to beat out Crobat in a sense that it will force it to run 244 Speed EVs to beat DD Gyara, which at that point kind of defeats the whole purpose of Crobat. Furthermore. Intimidate + relavent typing allows it to set up on a good portion of the tier, something that Feraligatr kind of struggles to do (safely). Frankly speaking, Gyara wouldn't be too far behind Salamence as an Intimidate Flying-type (whatever that category means) because it has Thunder Wave, and its strong defensive typing allows it to Thunder Wave relatively consistently.
Also, Bounce is a god move (except against Spiky Shield Chesnaught).
hilariousSome people don't seem to understand why you shouldn't run Sdef Blissey or why you should run Def investment on a Pokemon with base 10 Def. Simple explanation:
252 Atk Adaptability Mega Beedrill U-turn vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Blissey: 308-364 (43.1 - 50.9%) -- 3.9% chance to 2HKO
252 Atk Adaptability Mega Beedrill U-turn vs. 252 HP / 0 Def Blissey: 714-840 (100 - 117.6%) -- guaranteed OHKO
252 SpA Life Orb Hydreigon Draco Meteor vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Blissey: 157-187 (21.9 - 26.1%) -- 9.1% chance to 4HKO
4 Atk Life Orb Hydreigon Superpower vs. 252 HP / 0 Def Blissey: 985-1159 (137.9 - 162.3%) -- guaranteed OHKO
252 SpA Life Orb Hydreigon Draco Meteor vs. 252 HP / 4 SpD Blissey: 208-246 (29.1 - 34.4%) -- 4.1% chance to 3HKO
4 Atk Life Orb Hydreigon Superpower vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Blissey: 426-502 (59.6 - 70.3%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
Draco Meteor on Sdef Blissey does 8% less. U-turn and Superpower do more than twice as much.
Don't run specially defensive Blissey. It doesn't need any Sdef investment to wall 99% of the special attackers. if you don't run any physical bulk, it dies to everything:
0 Atk Swampert Earthquake vs. 252 HP / 0 Def Blissey: 492-579 (68.9 - 81%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
0 Atk Bronzong Heavy Slam (80 BP) vs. 252 HP / 0 Def Blissey: 328-387 (45.9 - 54.2%) -- 50.8% chance to 2HKO
Considering that Mega-Gyara has the same bulk as Umbreon, plus Intimidate pre-Mega, an incredible offensive typing and better offenses than Mega-Pert..... I think it's fair to say the fish will be worse.| 60 | Alakazam | 2.507% |
| 54 | Gyarados-Mega | 2.708% |
I don't know what's worse, the fact that we will be receiving an extremely annoying psychic type or the extremely broken mega fish.