approved by Hootie | adapted from ru's version
pokemon rely on offensive and defensive synergy to function. cores of pokemon are units within teams that are built specifically to take advantage of these synergies between pokemon. many teams are built around such cores. the premise of this thread is to analyze cores by discussing the threats to them. hopefully this exercise helps to show how a core can either potentially beat threats or what common pokemon threaten it to further the teambuilding process.
procedure:
1. i will post a core comprised of 2 pokemon.
2. posters will have the chance to post threats to the core.
example: Dragon Dance Scrafty is a threat to the core of Xatu + Steelix as it outspeeds Xatu and Steelix and is able of setting up against both of them, and beating them with its STAB super effective attacks
3. cycles will last for four days, there will be no voting.
rules:
1. starting with cycle 2 reservations are not allowed. if you have reserved for the first cycle, you have 24 hours to write up your post.
2. please post only pokemon that are viable in nu. preferably ones not listed lower than C- rank in the viability rankings. avoid using weird / very very specific sets to check these pokemon.
3. each poster may only nominate one threat.
4. when posting, please explain yourself. calcs are not necessary but please list more reasons than something simple like type synergy. be descriptive so that other posters and i can fully understand your reasoning behind your nomination. also please list a full set of the pokemon including its item, full moveset, ev spread, and nature. different sets can be posted for the same pokemon so long as they serve an entirely different purpose from the other set.
5. please be respectful to others, if someone posts something wrong do not post in the thread, i will take care of it.
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if anyone has any suggestions please pm me
2. posters will have the chance to post threats to the core.
example: Dragon Dance Scrafty is a threat to the core of Xatu + Steelix as it outspeeds Xatu and Steelix and is able of setting up against both of them, and beating them with its STAB super effective attacks
3. cycles will last for four days, there will be no voting.
rules:
1. starting with cycle 2 reservations are not allowed. if you have reserved for the first cycle, you have 24 hours to write up your post.
2. please post only pokemon that are viable in nu. preferably ones not listed lower than C- rank in the viability rankings. avoid using weird / very very specific sets to check these pokemon.
3. each poster may only nominate one threat.
4. when posting, please explain yourself. calcs are not necessary but please list more reasons than something simple like type synergy. be descriptive so that other posters and i can fully understand your reasoning behind your nomination. also please list a full set of the pokemon including its item, full moveset, ev spread, and nature. different sets can be posted for the same pokemon so long as they serve an entirely different purpose from the other set.
5. please be respectful to others, if someone posts something wrong do not post in the thread, i will take care of it.
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if anyone has any suggestions please pm me
have fun !
cycle 1 - whimsicott + pivot incineroar: https://hastebin.com/inovaqiqan.diff
cycle 2 - scarf delphox + dd scrafty: https://hastebin.com/uvexuyumav.diff
cycle 3 - nasty plot aromatisse + hex rotom: https://hastebin.com/ununitibib.diff
cycle 2 - scarf delphox + dd scrafty: https://hastebin.com/uvexuyumav.diff
cycle 3 - nasty plot aromatisse + hex rotom: https://hastebin.com/ununitibib.diff
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