If I recall quite a lot of discussion went into a vote on Jynx, I think that's where I got confused.
Also, Samuwott can beat Tanglea rather reliably, if it's already set up. Not to mention Tangela dosen't like taking Brave Birds.
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Also, Samuwott can beat Tanglea rather reliably, if it's already set up. Not to mention Tangela dosen't like taking Brave Birds.
Yeah, CB Cham already beats Missy and now this:
CB Jolly Medicham Hi Jump Kick vs. 252 HP / 252 Def+ Eviolite Tangela: 50.6% - 60.18% O_O
HJK Vs. 252 / 252 Def+ Alomomola: 60.3% - 71% Fuu-
HJK Vs. 252 / 252 Def+ Mesprit: 37.09% - 43.68% Still deals incredible damage, not to mention Mesprit has no reliable recovery.
My guess for Standard Set is:
Hi Jump Kick / Zen Headbutt / Trick?(It destroys physical walls anyways so maybe not) / Bullet Punch | Rock Slide | Ice Punch
If it does drop, I can't wait to antimetagame with it :)
CB Jolly Medicham Hi Jump Kick vs. 252 HP / 252 Def+ Eviolite Tangela: 50.6% - 60.18% O_O
HJK Vs. 252 / 252 Def+ Alomomola: 60.3% - 71% Fuu-
HJK Vs. 252 / 252 Def+ Mesprit: 37.09% - 43.68% Still deals incredible damage, not to mention Mesprit has no reliable recovery.
My guess for Standard Set is:
Hi Jump Kick / Zen Headbutt / Trick?(It destroys physical walls anyways so maybe not) / Bullet Punch | Rock Slide | Ice Punch
If it does drop, I can't wait to antimetagame with it :)
I would love for Medicham to drop to NU. Give it a chance to set itself apart.
Noticeably Duosion only takes 32.3% - 38%, which it can easily Recover off. This is a really, really underrated threat that I've been meaning to try out for some time.
Also, bear in mind that Choice Band Medicham is slow and that it's pretty frail and difficult to switch in compared to, say, Magmortar.
Also, bear in mind that Choice Band Medicham is slow and that it's pretty frail and difficult to switch in compared to, say, Magmortar.
Yeah Duosion is really fantastic, it's one of the best stall breakers out there if you pair it with a Pursuit user. I do agree with Molk that Medicham might tilt the balanced metagame a bit in that most Pokemon can't take its attacks and any team that doesn't carry a counter to it is forced into prediction and is somewhat obligated to carry a revenge killer, much like Terrakion in OU.
Well CB does 3HKO Duosion(I ran the calc earlier but decided not to include it to glorify CB Cham :P) Also yeah Duosion is a great Pokemon, as for Pursuit users CB Absol or Tank Skuntank are the best to pair Duosion with. TBH with CBSol just Night Slash Vs. Missy and if they switch out the first time Pursuit the second. The great thing about CB Absol is nothing wants to take CB Night Slash considering Super Luck's chance to crit, so it ends up being either lose Missy or have something else get destroyed.
Also CBSol pairs up well with SpecsTaria. The things capable of taking its Draco Spam include Hypno, Gardevoir, Duosion, Cradily, Probopass, Bastiodon and CBSol wreaks all of those. As for MolK, he was being sarcastic when talking about a balanced NU, him, a few other, and I believe that NU isn't truly balanced and Absol is one of the culprits.
Also CBSol pairs up well with SpecsTaria. The things capable of taking its Draco Spam include Hypno, Gardevoir, Duosion, Cradily, Probopass, Bastiodon and CBSol wreaks all of those. As for MolK, he was being sarcastic when talking about a balanced NU, him, a few other, and I believe that NU isn't truly balanced and Absol is one of the culprits.
Or a form of status, any of which cripple Terrakion. [Toxic ruins setup sets, Burn destroys all sets, so does Paralysis and Sleep]
Seriously, I know I don't play OU much anymore, but I never had issues with Terrakion, it's got so many common weaknesses and is so vunerable to status if you let it set up Double Dance you frankly deserve to lose.
On topic:
Medicham tends to run Scarf/Band, and, unlike Terrakion, dosen't set up, so it dosen't care much about Toxic. It would turn NU into Medicham prediction wars, and it's not even weak to priority like Terrakion.
In all honesty I think Medicham would possibly be overpowered. The birds can't switch in, but Swellow can revenge, but Medicham just switches out and repeats when that happens, getting a KO every time it comes in, unless you're outpredicted. It's not like much can take Medicham's HJK's.
Arceus forbid something like Agilipass to LO Medicham.
what
that doesn't have anything to do with what he said...
Terrakion doesn't have to set up either (CB and Scarf sets are easily the two best sets it can run....), and Toxic really doesn't mean shit to fast sweepers in my experience so I don't know what you're talking about there. The sheer might is what is dangerous about Medicham, and the fact that Fighting is a great STAB to have down here, especially with Pure Power and Hi Jump Kick and a solid backup STAB for Ghost-types. We must remember that Medicham has only a small chance to drop in the first place, and that Gorebyss had nearly the same hype, but take a look at how that turned out. I'm not sure how well we can relate it to Gorebyss, as Gorebyss is slower and relied on a set-up move for its might, whereas Medicham offers pure might in exchange for decent prediction skills.
Yea, Medicham is strong and will be effective if it drops, but let's leave the outcries of "ban!" out of speculation for now.
There's nothing stopping it destroying one thing on your team everytime it switches in though. Every team would probably have to pack a Ghost type or a 4x resist. Plus Rotom-S is not coming in on Ice Punch anytime soon, or Zen Headbutt I'd imagine. I'd definitely not like to see it drop because CB Sawk is bad enough and Medicham really is on another level of power.
Because its power is absolutely insane. Absol forces switches, and banded Pursuit kills everything. Megahorn 2HKOes Tangela, and Night Slash crits all the time.
The lack of Steel- and Fighting-types in NU (plus the boatload of Psychics) works in Absol's favor. It actually pulls off the slowish Choice Banded wallbreaker role really well.
Base 80 Speed isn't that bad. Braviary gets by with base 80.
I think the best set is going to be an Adamant Choice Bander. Medicham resists Stealth Rock, so it doesn't have to worry about residual damage, and it does that "slow, powerful, banded wallbreaker" thing (Escavalier, Haxorus) really well. It forces switches easily enough. Medicham's niche is Pure Power Hi Jump Kick. If you're not abusing that, you're probably better off with Sawk, who outspeeds both birds with and Adamant Choice Scarf set.
No single pokemon reigns supreme, the metagame as a whole is pretty balanced. The biggest threat is probobly Jynx, however, but she's not #1 because Magmortar, Sawk and Rotom-S are everywhere with scarfs to revenge her.
Same applies to 'Byss, Scarf Rotom-S is so common because of her [And because it's awesome in general]
Same applies to 'Byss, Scarf Rotom-S is so common because of her [And because it's awesome in general]
That Leafeon drop is equal as me not having played NU in the whole month lol
Even more significant on 1200 as leafeon has 0'7% usage only, I just can say ''underrated''
Btw, how is electrode that high on 1200? o.o
Oh, and I don't get the absol drop and the amazing increase of usage skuntank got (not saying its bad but eh) Maybe is just I haven't played, but the metagame hasn't changed at all
Well jusg remember guys, medicham, ludicolo and rhydon are all being used in RUs counter Pokemon team creater thing, which will probably give them the boost to keep out of nu. I really want sawsbuck though, a fast physical sweeper that isnt stopped by tangela while giving sun teams a boost? Yes please
PS pinsir so low :(
PS pinsir so low :(
Also, if Medicham happens to drop, just note that a lot of stall mons run protect (just because T-spikes are that great), which will completely ruin CB Medicham and its super-strong Hi Jump Kick. Of course, offensive teams would not have trouble with rather slow CB cham, but Scarf Cham will rip through them easily. I'd really hate to see it drop, just because it really forces you to run ghost-types / psychic-types AND outpredict your opponent on top of that. If you thought Sawk was strong, just imagine a Sawk that doesn't get walled by Poison types. I can easily see Duosion / Misdreavus / defensive Eggy / Alomomola etc. being a complete necessity, probably even more so than how Rock-types are necessary for Swellow and Normal-types. But CB Cham probably isn't as good of a stallbreaker than you might initially think.
Also, if you have Duosion / Missy problems you can just stick a Skuntank and whittle it down to 2HKO range with Taunt + Pursuit. We'll see, but I think he'll be another Gorebyss-level suspect.
@Zeb: CCATs, though, tend to boost some usage significantly. I remember when Rhydon had top 10 usage in RU...
But he's right in that Counterteam Creator just intends to counterteam the other, so they tend to be not very applicable to the metagame as a whole. (They leave out threats because the opponent will not take them, they put in a sweeper that 6-0s the other team instead of helping out severe (blank) weakness, etc.) Especially in the diverse RU, that doesn't really help.
Also, if you have Duosion / Missy problems you can just stick a Skuntank and whittle it down to 2HKO range with Taunt + Pursuit. We'll see, but I think he'll be another Gorebyss-level suspect.
@Zeb: CCATs, though, tend to boost some usage significantly. I remember when Rhydon had top 10 usage in RU...
But he's right in that Counterteam Creator just intends to counterteam the other, so they tend to be not very applicable to the metagame as a whole. (They leave out threats because the opponent will not take them, they put in a sweeper that 6-0s the other team instead of helping out severe (blank) weakness, etc.) Especially in the diverse RU, that doesn't really help.
Some people will use one of those teams, but unless they're spectacular against the ladder (and since they're openly on the forums, I'd assume they won't be...) then I doubt that the thread will have too much of an impact on those stats.
Magmortar can GTFO imo
If Bouffalant and Medicham drop though, I might actually give laddering a whirl again though. I would love to wreck NU with those two. Though if Medicham drops, expect a rise in Misdreavus.
If Bouffalant and Medicham drop though, I might actually give laddering a whirl again though. I would love to wreck NU with those two. Though if Medicham drops, expect a rise in Misdreavus.
If Magmortar rises and Bouffalant falls, then I guess that'll be good enough compensation for my Sleep absorber... although Jynx will be a pain.
And I disagree with Magmortar being broken. Although it's extremely powerful and it has good coverage, you can play around it fairly easily thanks to its unfortunate Speed tier, and it has a lot of good checks and counters in the tier.
And I disagree with Magmortar being broken. Although it's extremely powerful and it has good coverage, you can play around it fairly easily thanks to its unfortunate Speed tier, and it has a lot of good checks and counters in the tier.
any thoughs on Regigigas? it seems like a good para-fusion user.... and once its slow start ends... he has a decent return damage.
His Return damage is decent even with Slow Start. Regigias's maximum attack with Slow Start is 230, which, with an effective Base 153 attack, isn't going to be useless.
And after Slow Start Return's damage is FAR more than decent. Let's put it this way, about the only non-resister I've found that can tank Kangaskhan's Returns is Tangela [Pretty much everything else is 2HKO'ed or 3HKO'ed and can't do anything back]. Kangaskhan's base attack is 95. Regigias has Base 160.