Knock off is mostly used to remove chansey's eviolite and for gengar but if you do opt for knock off run quiet since mega venusaur's a tank anyway.
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Oh. I didn't realize Quiet was a speed lowering nature. I read it in the Set Details section but didn't know it reduced speed.
Quick question.
For what reason does a mon that can run Dragon Claw or Dual Chop run the former over the latter? The moves have the same PP and effective power, but Dual Chop can break through Subs? Is Rocky Helmet/Rough Skin/Iron Barbs damage that influential that they give up the benefit of making Subs difficult to use against them?
For what reason does a mon that can run Dragon Claw or Dual Chop run the former over the latter? The moves have the same PP and effective power, but Dual Chop can break through Subs? Is Rocky Helmet/Rough Skin/Iron Barbs damage that influential that they give up the benefit of making Subs difficult to use against them?
I think it is just an accuracy thing. Dragon Claw is generally used for the consistency and as a non-locking finishing STAB, and Dual Chop takes away from the consistency with lower accuracy.
Does Outrage keep going if it hits a Fairy?
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Low ladder in OU is usually games played below 1400. Mid is 1400-1700 and high is 1700+ Hope that answers?
Edit: these numbers can be subjective based on the metagame you play in.
Edit: these numbers can be subjective based on the metagame you play in.
stolen? you mean you are sure that someone else is using your account? or you just can't log in to that account?
BL is a banlist from UU. Placement of a Pokemons tiering is based on usage. It's actually not as fantastic in UU and usually loses to all the Calm Minders in the tier so combat capacity is overstating its abilities.
it was dropped to uu based on usage, rising it to bl is the decission of uu not ou
ninja am with the better answer >.>
What's Tangrowth useful for in OU? Been seeing a lot of people use it.
Most of them have ways to get past it. Calm Mind with some, physical moves and partners for others. Being outclassed by Chansey due to Eviolite is the big one. Gen 5 had perma weather so Blissey was primarily used in that generation due to its access to Leftovers under Sand which made it a better option for teams that relied on weather damage. Perma-weather was removed Gen 6 so as such it wasn't as prevalent and Chansey took its place.
AV Tangrowth is a great mixed tank, able to check a multitude of dangerous offensive Pokemon, such as Excadrill, Dragonite, Landorus, Thundurus, Breloom, Garchomp, Latios, Latias, Gengar, Gyarados, Keldeo, Tyranitar, Manaphy, and Azumarill. For this reason, it's a good pivot on offensive teams as a catch-all check to strong offensive Pokemon, as well as a few annoying pivots such as Rotom-W.
For more info http://www.smogon.com/dex/xy/pokemon/tangrowth
What does Speedcreep mean ? Ive been seeing that a lot lately
If you run speed investment to specifically outspeed something. For example celebi uses 108 speed to speed creep jolly bisharp.
In addition to what DN said, most people speed creep EVs on pokemon that don't run max speed. So some Mega Venusaur run 24 or 28 speed EVs, and some Kyurem-B run 204 speed EVs. It helps against people that just rip their sets straight from the dex. The theory is that the extra point or two in bulk doesn't matter a whole lot, but the extra point in speed can win crucial speed ties.
Aaaa nice thanks a lot
Thanks a bunch Anima Artificialis , but Gengar and Landorus can still achieve the 2HKO on Tangrowth with Sludge Wave:
252 SpA Life Orb Sheer Force Landorus Sludge Wave vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Assault Vest Tangrowth: 234-276 (57.9 - 68.3%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
252 SpA Life Orb Gengar Sludge Wave vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Assault Vest Tangrowth: 291-346 (72 - 85.6%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
So Tangrowth doesn't really wall those as well as everything else.
Against those two is only a soft check that can win the 1v1. It can take their hits and retaliate with super effective damage.
0 Atk Tangrowth Knock Off (97.5 BP) vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Gengar: 212-250 (81.8 - 96.5%) -- 56.3% chance to OHKO after Stealth Rock (100% after LO recoil)
0 SpA Tangrowth Hidden Power Ice vs. 0 HP / 0- SpD Landorus: 252-300 (78.9 - 94%) -- 43.8% chance to OHKO after Stealth Rock (just need a lil'bit of prior damage to ensure the OHKO)
Is heatran a reliable check to charizard Y? i mean he can learn EQ but do they run it in order to lure ?
Loses to Focus Blast and EQ so no.
I can think of a few offensive checks:
Mega Diancie, Scarf Tyranitar, Mega Aerodactyl, scarf Landorus.
Mega Manectric, Thundurus.
As for counters, the only ones I can think of are (Mega) Latias/Latios as extremely soft counters. And Politoed.
Mega Diancie, Scarf Tyranitar, Mega Aerodactyl, scarf Landorus.
Mega Manectric, Thundurus.
As for counters, the only ones I can think of are (Mega) Latias/Latios as extremely soft counters. And Politoed.
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