People are always mentioning how certain pokemon beat offense, certain pokemon beat Balance, and certain pokemon beat stall. How do you determine if a pokemon beats one of these playstyles?
It's important to note that these 'mons aren't single-handedly going to defeat these playstyles, but rather perform disproportionately well vs. whatever playstyle (well, Manaphy can sweep pretty easily but idk).People are always mentioning how certain pokemon beat offense, certain pokemon beat Balance, and certain pokemon beat stall. How do you determine if a pokemon beats one of these playstyles?
The movepool is the most important who determine pokemon's role and type.People are always mentioning how certain pokemon beat offense, certain pokemon beat Balance, and certain pokemon beat stall. How do you determine if a pokemon beats one of these playstyles?
Usually I determine this by testing and seeing how well it does vs certain play styles. generally from my experience fast Pokemon that can hit most of offense neutrally or super effectively like mega aerodactyl, mega lop, and mega sceptile do well vs offense. Good balance breakers are usually Pokemon that are difficult to switch into that has a reasonable speed tier like zardy, kyurem black, and Mega meta gross with the right coverage. Lastly, good stallbreakers are just mons that can easily deal with attempts to whittle them down or can just pound through stall. Mons that can deal with attempts to whittle away from them usually are taunt users that can prevent recovery moves as well as status moves like toxic, but clef able is also good at this because it is immune to indirect damage. Moms that plow through stall are usually super strong Pokemon that are virtually impossible to wall like Crawdaunt or Nasty Plot infernape. this is just from my personal experiences, so take it with a grain of salt if you find it to be incorrect. I hope I helped :)People are always mentioning how certain pokemon beat offense, certain pokemon beat Balance, and certain pokemon beat stall. How do you determine if a pokemon beats one of these playstyles?
Talonflame is a good partner, for one. Some of Crawdaunt's only good checks are Venu/grasses, which Talon takes advantage of well. Crawdaunt on the flipside murders the fat grounds that Talon hates while greatly threatening offensive rocks like Aerodactyl and Diancie. Craw can also scare out Slowbro for Talon which is quite nice.Could anyone give me some good Crawdaunt cores? I really want to use it but I don't really know what to pair it up with
In addition to what daddy's kisses said, Mega Scizor is a great partner for its ability to pressure mega alt (probably the best crawdaunt switchin out there) as well as wear down mutual checks in keldeo and bring craw in for free with slow u-turn.Could anyone give me some good Crawdaunt cores? I really want to use it but I don't really know what to pair it up with
NJNP made and rmt on it, you'll be able to find it pretty easily, it's called "The banned chronicles" I believeI've battled a couple of times in the ladder vs a BP team that uses Scolipede passing speed and "Focus Energy berry" to other members of the team (I can only remember Kingdra and Doublade). Is that a "thing" now, just like that Denissss team? Does it have a RMT? Thanks.
Pretty much anything that can take a hit from it (bonus points if it can only be hit hard by one move, making Greninja more predictable) and hit it back; priority users like Breloom also beat it easily. Reducing its speed also makes it much easier to deal with, making Thunder Wave very good against it. Faster Pokémon are also helpful, but they're less common in OU.what are some good OU checks to greninja (i know he's uber)
I suppose I could answer this since I'm bored at work. I feel the opposite way, honestly - I hate Jolly Lopunny and think that it's hugely inferior to Adamant. Adamant Lopunny retains its ability to single-handedly slay offense while also turning into a poor man's wallbreaker. I'd love to explain my potentially flawed reasoning:Adamant loppuny.
Just why? What this horrible set achieve?
And I even saw that in world cup!
Almost exclusively used with Fake Out + Quick Attack sets iirc.Adamant loppuny.
Just why? What this horrible set achieve?
And I even saw that in world cup!
Not sure, but I think CM Cobalion mastermind FlamingVictini might know a thing or two...What kinds of things does cobalion check? I've seen it used a bit recently and I was thinking it could be a handy glue mon in certain teams.
I know it beats darks btw, so mainly looking for the other stuff.
HP Ice is almost useless on Torn-T since Garchomp and Lando-T has 0 reasons to stay in on it anyway. Sure, you hit Thundurus and Gliscor harder but that's not really worth it. Speed is really important for Torn-T so you really want that 31 IV with a Spe-boosting nature.Alright I hope this is the right place to post this lol.
I've been soft resetting for about 2 days now and I've come close to that 6iv Tornadus dream but I'm a bit of a perfectionist so I haven't settled for 5iv one.
But now I'm hit with a little bit of a dilemma here...
I just found a Tornadus with
Hp 151 (24-25)
Atk 135 (30-31)
Def - 81 (30-31)
SpA 145 (30-31)
SpD 100 (30-31)
Spe +143 (28-29)
See normally I'd reset over this since its only got 4/6iv's until it came to my attention that it had HP Ice. Now is it worth it to keep even with the low speed and Hit points just because it has HP Ice? Is Hp ice even worth it on tornadus? Or can I do better?
Alright I take your advice! :) I was pretty much looking for a Tornadus-T so I guess that extra 2 iv's in speed is crucial. Speaking of, is there any place for Tornadus-I in the metagame or is it just a strictly worse Thunderus-I for doubles?HP Ice is almost useless on Torn-I since Garchomp and Lando-T has 0 reasons to stay in on it anyway. Sure, you hit Thundurus and Gliscor harder but that's not really worth it. Speed is really important for Torn-T so you really want that 31 IV with a Spe-boosting nature.