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I've never tried it myself, but I know that rain teams sometimes run Damp Rock Deoxys-S as a suicide lead. It learns Sunny Day as well, so I don't see why it wouldn't work for a Sun team as well. You even get the benefit of wiping out Ferrothorn if you see one.SoulRed12 said:
Definitely agreeing with this; Deoxys-S is by far the best manual weather lead. Another would probably be Prankster Whimsicott, who can not only set up Sunny Day, but can also use Memento afterwards to allow something like Mega Houndoom to set up easier.
Minor thing that kinda comes to mind.
Does Memento count as one stat drop, or two (one for Attack, one for Special Attack)?
Main reason I think this is because of how it would trigger Defiant. Say I switch in Bisharp on Memento. Does he just end up at 0 Attack -2 SpA (one drop) or at +2 Att -2 Sp.A (two separate drops)?
Does Memento count as one stat drop, or two (one for Attack, one for Special Attack)?
Main reason I think this is because of how it would trigger Defiant. Say I switch in Bisharp on Memento. Does he just end up at 0 Attack -2 SpA (one drop) or at +2 Att -2 Sp.A (two separate drops)?
It lowers it by two stages, so if you used it on Defiant Bisharp, he'd end up with only -2 SpA.
No, what I mean is, do the Attack and SpA drops count independently, or as a single drop?
Ex: Att -2 (Memento), Att +2 (Defiant) = 0 Att.
then
SpA -2 (Memento's 2nd drop), Att +2 (Defiant again) = +2 Att, -2 SpA.
Essentially, if it's counted as two separate (An Attack Drop and a Special Attack Drop), or just a singular "Memento" drop to both stats. In the former case, Bisharp would end up at +2 Attack, since with two drops, the first cancels the Attack drop, then the Sp. Attack drop triggers Defiant again and raises him to +2.
Would limit some Memento users' options in trying to grab momentum much more in that case.
LightningLuxray Dygenguar Thanks. I'll try out Deo-S. (no, nobody has a gun to my head, thankfully, lol)
It counts as one individual stat drop (albeit a large one), so as he said, the Bisharp would end up at +0 Atk and -2 SpA.
To be honest there isn't a whole lot of inherent weaknesses built into Deo-sharp teams, as other than Deo-Sharp, they have a lot of options that can do a lot of damage by there selves, such as Lando, Keldeo, Mawile, etc. Both Sand and Rain teams do fairly well against this kind of offense, as they can simply outspeed and out-damage slightly faster than Deo-Sharp HO, which doesn't have a whole lot of mons, bar priority to directly stop Excadrill or Kabutops under sand and rain respectively.
This thread provides some useful tips for Xerneas and Yveltal: http://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/the-are-my-pokémon-ivs-and-nature-good-thread.3490330/. Most of the advice also applies to Zygarde and Mewtwo as well, but it will still take some time.Jobes said:
Thank you.
Yes it does,
No, I mean which affects it, if Reflect is up but not Light Screen is Psyshock's damages reduced or not?
I think he was asking which one it was effected by. I want to say Light Screen, but in all honestly I'm not too sure. A quick Bulbepidia search would probably help
Ahh, my bad, if im not wrong, its reflect, since it uses defense. I could be completely wrong though. Anyone else who knows, please confirm this.
Bulbapedia is often wrong, I don't trust it very much. It says Light Screen effects it, not Reflect, but I don't believe it entirely, can anyone confirm?
All of Skarmory's sets in its analysis don't have any speed EVs. The only reason I can think of for the number 24 is that it allows Skarmory to outspeed max speed Wobbuffet, which is pretty rare and not that good. So unless you are really paranoid of being Encored and Tickled to death, investing the EVs in defense is always a better choice.
Okay, assuming PS! calc works the same, it's light screen.
0 SpA Gardevoir Psyshock vs. 252 HP / 0 Def Clefable: 135-160 (34.2 - 40.6%) -- 53.5% chance to 3HKO after Leftovers recovery Without Light screen
0 SpA Gardevoir Psyshock vs. 252 HP / 0 Def Clefable through Light Screen: 67-80 (17 - 20.3%) -- possible 7HKO after Leftovers recovery With Light screen
0 SpA Gardevoir Psyshock vs. 252 HP / 0 Def Clefable through Light Screen: 67-80 (17 - 20.3%) -- possible 7HKO after Leftovers recovery With Light screen
Fair enough. Moving those EVs to defense.
Another question: Is there a realistic way to increase my GXE rating after over 100 battles logged? Or is it the type of stat that settles in after lots of battles? I've been looking into the stats for the COIL rating and I see it's based on GXE and number of battles, but with the high suspect test requirement this time around, according to google's calculator I'll (literally) never be able to log enough battles to make reqs unless I can also increase my GXE. Here's my stats so far:
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Elo GXE Glicko-1 COIL W L T
oususpecttest 1283 58 1560 ± 33 2102 67 56 1A better place to ask is probably the PS! forum SQSA.
Is Impish or Careful best for Gourgeist?
Careful remedies the weaker special side, while Impish improves on the better physical side.
also, bumping
Careful remedies the weaker special side, while Impish improves on the better physical side.
also, bumping
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