Thanks. Sadly, I'm still not very good.
BTW: what is mega ampharos, volcarona, jirachi, starmie, donphan and offensive mew team?
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BTW: what is mega ampharos, volcarona, jirachi, starmie, donphan and offensive mew team?
Sand Rush Exca is rlly good at tearing a lot of offense apart
Well, sand support is pretty much mandatory for that, but hippowdon and t-tar aren't too hard to fit on a team.
I'll add m-aerodactyl to -Magic-'s list.
So is rocky helmet physdef tangrowth now a thing
Tangrowth doesn't need Leftovers like certain defensive pivots thanks to Regenerator, so yes it can use Rocky Helmet somewhat effectively. There was an SPL match from last week that had one in fact.
I just posted this in the wifi forum, but since I'm mostly wondering about its competitive viability, might as well ask here too: is Bold Mew any good? My meta knowledge is, uhm, pretty fragmented atm, and while "physically defensive Psychic-type" makes a lot of sense in my mind for obvious Medicham reasons and such, afaik it pretty much only runs specially defensive spreads, so yeah, I'd appreciate some help from folks that are more in the loop lol.
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Defensive variants of Mew are used as a more solid check to stuff like M-Lopunny, Lando-T, M-Medicham, and a handful of other physical attackers. Depending on the attacking move they would be Impish / Bold but normally it's pretty team specific and a lot of times the Special Defense is used to stomach attacks from the likes of Latios and Torn-T, which is why it's the common spread on stallbreaker sets. Fully physical defense was a pretty popular choice during M-Metagross stage of the meta because that was also, barring Meteor Mash attack boosts, a way to check M-Gross in combination with another partner.
It runs specially defensive to beat more prominent threats but physically defensive has its merits on certain builds, although mostly specific.
If they're sets that you think are good and have replays of you using them to success, you could post them here. Otherwise (aka if you haven't tested them and/or if you're just theorymonning), this thread is the only place I can think of you could post them (you could phrase it as: how good do you guys this set could be?).
The issue with AV Ttar is that it still technically has problems switching into Focus Blast and stomaching one in combination with Hyper Voice in the case of Mega Gardevoir. You are better off with a mixed bulk spread to check Zard X as well as Latios, and you can run Chople Berry to beat Focus Blast users. Another thing is that one of Ttars best traits (if not its absolute best trait) is the ability to pursuit trap pokemon so a set without pursuit leaves a lot to be desired. Typically Ttars run only one special move on support sets. Special Ttar as a lure has merit however an Assault Vest set kind of implies switching into stuff like Zard Y and Latios and hoping to pursuit trap them
In short, I'd recommend a Chople Berry set with Pursuit instead.
In short, I'd recommend a Chople Berry set with Pursuit instead.
Generally speaking if your team needs a Charizard X check you should be running 248 HP / 80 Def with a Defense boosting nature (in this case, Relaxed). That avoids a 2HKO from Dragon Claw after Stealth Rock damage and can tank an attack from +1 as well. After that usually the remaining EVs go into Special Defense for tanking hits from Latios and other special attackers better. For the most part if you're new trying to get the hang of things I'd recommend checking out the Smogon Pokedex for some standard sets since they tend to be pretty solid.
EDIT: In terms of moves that seems okay although many tend to run Stealth Rock, and I think status moves like Thunder Wave or Toxic can also be okay. You said you want to try new stuff so yeah experiment a little.
EDIT: In terms of moves that seems okay although many tend to run Stealth Rock, and I think status moves like Thunder Wave or Toxic can also be okay. You said you want to try new stuff so yeah experiment a little.
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Six Trails
formerly Analytic_
Kyurem @ Leftovers / Life Orb
Ability: Pressure
EVs: 56 HP / 220 SpA / 232 Spe
Timid Nature
- Substitute
- Roost
- Ice Beam
- Earth Power / Toxic
^ That?
Ability: Pressure
EVs: 56 HP / 220 SpA / 232 Spe
Timid Nature
- Substitute
- Roost
- Ice Beam
- Earth Power / Toxic
^ That?
Ah my bad.
Yeah I mean I usually just mess around with the Damage Calculator to make EV spreads if I'm trying that. So if you wanna lure SpDef Skarm for instance that'd be something I'd do a calc on, and so pulling some SpD EVs from Ttar to SpA. Kinda just gotta figure out what you want the set to do. As for moves I don't really think you can go wrong - trying things out is really just the way to go. A lot of people have this concept of really sticking with one thing after building it but really any type of build (team or set) is a process of rinse and repeat testing. So yeah Ice Beam / Fire Blast seems cool, maybe you'll swap one for a different move here or there to see what fits the team you're using it on best.
Six Trails
formerly Analytic_
232 Speed EVs and a Timid nature are necessary to outspeed Jolly Krookodile.
Oh i see, this is from the UU spread lol, I figured there was a more optimized spread for OU, I guess I'll play around with the spread on the calc and see what I can do about it, thanks!
Phantom Me
Banned deucer.
What's the best mega wincon for an offense team?
Ever since the Goth ban and Mega Sableye's drop to A+, it has seen a drastic decline in usage. How viable is it in the current meta?
Phantom Me
Banned deucer.
Mega Sableye is still viable as a core for stall teams.
31 IVs : 0- SpA Garchomp Fire Blast vs. 252 HP / 168 SpD Ferrothorn: 180-216 (51.1 - 61.3%) -- 92.6% chance to 2HKO after Leftovers recovery
0 IVs : 0- SpA Garchomp Fire Blast vs. 252 HP / 168 SpD Ferrothorn: 156-184 (44.3 - 52.2%) -- guaranteed 3HKO after Leftovers recovery
You need at least 21 in SpAtt in order to guarantee a 2HKO on Ferro which is pretty important
It also gives you a better chance at 2HKOing Skarmory, Scizor will be 2 shotted no matter what, so I would say aim to get as close to 31 as possible still. I managed to breed a 31/31/31/31/31/31 shiny Garchomp coincidentally!
0 IVs : 0- SpA Garchomp Fire Blast vs. 252 HP / 168 SpD Ferrothorn: 156-184 (44.3 - 52.2%) -- guaranteed 3HKO after Leftovers recovery
You need at least 21 in SpAtt in order to guarantee a 2HKO on Ferro which is pretty important
It also gives you a better chance at 2HKOing Skarmory, Scizor will be 2 shotted no matter what, so I would say aim to get as close to 31 as possible still. I managed to breed a 31/31/31/31/31/31 shiny Garchomp coincidentally!
Thanks for the reply. Have bred out two 31/31/31/xx/31/31 Gibles so hoping one of them punches above 21 in Sp.A
Lucky you for your flawless shiny version. Although I don't tend to like the way shiny Pokemon look in general.
EDIT: 31/31/31/28/31/31 Shoop da woop.
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