Resource ORAS OU Simple Questions, Simple Answers (Read the OP First!)

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If Life Orb being used then yes as the IVs are for Life Orb numbers.
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Ah ok, I want to run some simple math by you to see if I'm thinking about this correctly. With no HP investment and a 31 IV in HP, Excadrill reaches 361 at lv100. 29IV = 359 HP at lv100. This satisfies:

HP = 10(n) -1 where n is any natural number. Latios and Genagr, who also commonly have 29 IV's recommended in their sets, reach 299 and 259, respectively. So then a Life Orb number is any number that is one less than a multiple of 10 and thus allows you to attack 11 times instead of 10? (assuming no prior damage). And so the reason that 31 is inferior to 29 in this case is because 10 attacks leaves you with 1 HP @ a 31HP IV while 29HP IV leaves you with 9HP?
 
astroshagger said:
Ah ok, I want to run some simple math by you to see if I'm thinking about this correctly. With no HP investment and a 31 IV in HP, Excadrill reaches 361 at lv100. 29IV = 359 HP at lv100. This satisfies:

HP = 10(n) -1 where n is any natural number. Latios and Genagr, who also commonly have 29 IV's recommended in their sets, reach 299 and 259, respectively. So then a Life Orb number is any number that is one less than a multiple of 10 and thus allows you to attack 11 times instead of 10? (assuming no prior damage). And so the reason that 31 is inferior to 29 in this case is because 10 attacks leaves you with 1 HP @ a 31HP IV while 29HP IV leaves you with 9HP?
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Yeah pretty much
 
estralita said:
what are the most current sets for all out attacking M-Aerodactyl? Everything I'm finding seem either contradictory or out of date
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Stone Edge (or rock slide but im assuming you're using aero as a wallbreaker), Aerial Ace, and choose 2: Eq, Fire Fang, Ice fang. Most run Ice fang to fuck lando-t but Eq vs fire fang really depends on the rest of your team
 
There is also a mention of aqua tail, since it still hits stuff like lando-t and gliscor while hitting hippowdon way harder than ice fang would ever do. Forgot to add that Aqua Tail also frees up the need to run earthquake most of the time, cause aqua tail is boosted by tough claws and hit most stuff that earthquake would hit.
 
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You should be running Stone Edge / Aerial Ace / Aqua Tail / Fire Fang, or Stone Edge / Aerial Ace / Ice Fang / Earthquake. Both sets are good, but don't mix aqua tail and EQ together, or fire fang and ice fang.

The EV spread should be 216 speed with jolly, 44 defense EVs, and 248 attack EVs. Lets you outspeed everything relevant while also maintaining decent damage output.
 
  • Is this clause in the OU tier dex true?? :
  • Baton Pass Clause: Players cannot have more than one Pokémon with the move Baton Pass.
So crazy batonpassing from smeargle to ninjask to espeon isnt possible??
 
GOthee said:
  • Is this clause in the OU tier dex true?? :
  • Baton Pass Clause: Players cannot have more than one Pokémon with the move Baton Pass.
So crazy batonpassing from smeargle to ninjask to espeon isnt possible??
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That is true, baton pass chains are banned. So yes, BPing from Smeargle to Ninjask to Espeon isn't possible in the OU tier.
#Rejoice, rejoice, and again I say rejoice#
 
Kurona said:
It's literally only viable because Mega Metagross exists. If - and when - it's banned, Arcanine'll go back to being completely unviable.
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A lot like Mega Mawile, really. Hell, I think a general rule could be that if a pokemon is so powerful/centralizing that it makes Arcanine viable, it's banworthy.

GOthee said:
Is Unburden a a speed modifer that when activated can be passed to a teammate via baton pass?
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Does the stat boost show up underneath the pokemon's health bar? There's your answer.
In the case of Unburden, I do believe it is just a normal stat boost, that can be passed as with anything else.
 
Fafnir said:
A lot like Mega Mawile, really. Hell, I think a general rule could be that if a pokemon is so powerful/centralizing that it makes Arcanine viable, it's banworthy.
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It is viable though? I'm not sure what universe you're thinking of in which it isn't. It can run offensive Physical, offensive Special, defensive, etc. etc.

And whenever me and my friend fought in-game, my Greninja no matter what couldn't get a free switch. Just noteworthy and why it's struck through.
 
DoubleMP said:
It is viable though? I'm not sure what universe you're thinking of in which it isn't. It can run offensive Physical, offensive Special, defensive, etc. etc.

And whenever me and my friend fought in-game, my Greninja no matter what couldn't get a free switch. Just noteworthy and why it's struck through.
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Most of its sets are outclassed by other mons, such as Victini. The only set that has a niche right now is its defensive set, which is one of the best checks to Mega Metagross at the moment.
 
DoubleMP said:
It is viable though? I'm not sure what universe you're thinking of in which it isn't. It can run offensive Physical, offensive Special, defensive, etc. etc.
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So can plenty of other pokemon. Just because something has the capacity to run a lot of different sets in a lot of different roles, doesn't mean that it's viable in OU. If all of its relevant roles are done better or with a lower opportunity cost by other options, it has no value in the OU environment.

That's not to say that Arcanine is broken to the point of unusability, he's just outclassed to the point of irrelevancy.
In the case of my statement Arcanine's viability being a barometer of something being broken, it's has to do with Arcanine's more unique traits being so ridiculously niche and narrow that anything that actually respects him as a specific counter has to be broken beyond reasonable consideration, especially since this seems to be a reoccurring trend lately.
 
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