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D_for_Diabetes said:
What will Noivern outspeed/not outspeed running timid vs. modest?
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you'll outspeed Swellow if it's adamant. As well as other base 130' like Aerodactyl, Mewtwo, Shaymin sky. thats if they don't run jolly/timid though. Noivern has base 123 speed, so the max speed is gonna be 397. I think you get 568 with max speed and scarf with timid nature as well, but I don't know if that calc is correct yet.


double post? I thought they would merge :(
 
Age of Kings said:
Why do people run Naive/Hasty (Mega)Absol? Is it for Fire Blast or something?
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Fire Blast is still a clean OHKO on two of the most used Pokemon: Scizor and Ferrothorn. Adamant/Jolly Absol only has a chance of 75% of OHKOing BW Standard Ferrothorn, so instead of investing 40 EVs in SAtk people just use a Nature that does not decrease the stat. It is more efficient, considering its stats.

Magnezone is also a valid target.
 
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Fire Blast is still a clean OHKO on two of the most used Pokemon: Scizor and Ferrothorn. Adamant/Jolly Absol only has a chance of 75% of OHKOing BW Standard Ferrothorn, so instead of investing 40 EVs in SAtk people just use a Nature that does not decrease the stat. It is more efficient, considering its stats.

Magnezone is also a valid target.
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Is this for regular or Mega? Because I got 76.1 - 89.7% for standard Ferrothorn for Mega, which is not a clean OHKO unless both rocks and Spikes are down. I totally understand the reasoning though, the Superpower calcs were shit. I'm not so sure about Magnezone, since Superpower hits it harder. Unless it's simply a way to nab steals without having to suffer Superpower stat drops (answering my own question perhaps?)
 
I'd like advice on a goofy WIP team I'm putting together and I really don't want to make a whole RMT for it (just yet). Where would be the bets place to ask for advice? I'm really surprised Smogon doesn't just have a whole teambuilding section.
 
When it comes to EV training, does it matter what level the pokemon is? Basically, if I EV trained a pokemon at level 20, will it have any less stats by level 100 than if I EV trained t at level 1?
 
Soul Ameliorate said:
When it comes to EV training, does it matter what level the pokemon is? Basically, if I EV trained a pokemon at level 20, will it have any less stats by level 100 than if I EV trained t at level 1?
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It also all depends on your IVs too. If you have a Defense IV of 0, then the max stat for your Defense at level 100 will be lower than if it had 31 IVs. But it doesn't matter at what level you train your Pokémon, the results will still be the same. You'll still be able to get all 500+ EVs that you can get.
 
I wish I knew how to reply to people. Thanks! The main reason for me asking is that I have a few 5/5 IV Pokemon I just finished breeding, and wasn't sure if I should do the Power Item, Pokerus and horde battle trick, or play it safe and do Super Training.
 
Age of Kings said:
Is this for regular or Mega? Because I got 76.1 - 89.7% for standard Ferrothorn for Mega, which is not a clean OHKO unless both rocks and Spikes are down. I totally understand the reasoning though, the Superpower calcs were shit. I'm not so sure about Magnezone, since Superpower hits it harder. Unless it's simply a way to nab steals without having to suffer Superpower stat drops (answering my own question perhaps?)
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You seems to have figured it out for yourself. We were referring to Mega-Absol, probably the only viable way to use it in OU. We have to correct us a bit, though. The Mega Absol needs 68 EVs with a neutral nature in order to OHKO Ferrothorn after SR.
You are right that Superpower is generally stronger on steels expect for Mawile and Klefki. If you want to use it for setup sweeping, Fire Blast will have much less utility as it has to compete with other moves for a moveslot. Fire Blast is much more useful on a general attacker or a cleaner.

We are currently experimenting with a Work Up set. If it still manages to archive the necessary damage rolls, Fire Blast can round the Dark/Fairy coverage much better than SD-Superpower.
 
Sarcasm. said:
Can you use Thief with a mega to get an additional item while you're mega evolved?
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No, Mega Stones are not "used up" when you mega evolve, so you cannoty theive an opponents item.

MagikaripIsOP said:
tf is spitback
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A spitback is a really horrible term for a breeding "failure" which generally still has fantastic stats/IVs but the person does not want it as it was not what they were looking for.
 
ReduxClan said:
Thank you for the moveset and item, I'm definitely going to keep it because it looks so nice (and just because its a shiny). Would you recommend I just use that EV spread for it?
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Yes, you want to be as slow as possible so you can use Sacred Sword without being hit in Blade form, and you can Shadow Sneak after if that will finish it off (for reference, Shadow Sneak will do 2/3 the damage of a Sacred Sword) otherwise Kings Shield

LafondaOnFire said:
I've bred two flawless Donphans for the fun of it. I plan to use them in-game for fun (Battle Maison and whatnot) and to battle friends.
Their abilities are Sturdy and Sand Veil. Both Adamant, 252HP, 252Atk.

I want to make their movesets a bit different for fun, perhaps to compliment their abilities. I have bred Ice Shard onto them both. Any suggestions for unique and effective in-game/fun movesets for both? They currently both run Earthquake, Stone Edge, Ice Shard, and Assurance.
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Sand Veil is banned or will most likely end up banned, however they're doing Evasion this gen. I would at least reco

Soul Ameliorate said:
I wish I knew how to reply to people. Thanks! The main reason for me asking is that I have a few 5/5 IV Pokemon I just finished breeding, and wasn't sure if I should do the Power Item, Pokerus and horde battle trick, or play it safe and do Super Training.
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If this is a simple 252/252 spread horde train. If not, horde training will work, but be very careful.
 
Can someone help me a bit regarding Destiny Bond?


Here's the scenario:
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Let's say that Trick Room is in play.

My slow pokemon goes first, uses Destiny Bond.
Foe used Swords Dance.

TRICK ROOM ENDS

Foe attacks and faints my pokemon.

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Now, does the foe faint as well because Destiny Bond is still in effect?
 
When Ditto copies into a Shield forme Aegislash and then attacks, does it also change to Blade forme before attacking? Or does it remain in Shield forme?
 
TM13IceBeam said:
When Ditto copies into a Shield forme Aegislash and then attacks, does it also change to Blade forme before attacking? Or does it remain in Shield forme?
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Imposter copies the ability as well, so you'll change forms when you attack just like the Aegislash you switched in on.
 
Sarcasm. said:
Imposter copies the ability as well, so you'll change forms when you attack just like the Aegislash you switched in on.
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Actually, I'm not 100% positive that a copied Aegislash is capable of stance changing. I encountered this last night in a link battle; my Imposter Ditto copied a Blade Forme Aegislash and was not able to change back into Shield Forme, even with King's Shield.
 
Does anyone know if having your pokemon faint in Wifi battles or the Battle Maison will decrease happiness? I would imagine it wouldn't, but that Mega Kanga's Return must be as overkill as possible!
 
ReduxClan said:
Thank you for the moveset and item, I'm definitely going to keep it because it looks so nice (and just because its a shiny). Would you recommend I just use that EV spread for it?
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Man, use mixed Aegislash instead. Much better.

Aegislash spooky Plate/Leftovers
Quiet(but your nature could work)
252atk 252satk 4sdef
-Shadow Ball
-Shadow Sneak
-Iron Head
-Sacred Sword

thejay104 said:
Whats the best iv spread for a banded azurmarill?
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Individual values? 31/31/31/x/31/31
 
Soul Ameliorate said:
Does anyone know if having your pokemon faint in Wifi battles or the Battle Maison will decrease happiness? I would imagine it wouldn't, but that Mega Kanga's Return must be as overkill as possible!
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WiFi and Maison battles should not decrease happiness, no. Just like items always return after each battle even when used up and everything else like PP is reset, happiness is dependent on its value when first entering the Pokémon and will not change.
 
A little confused with using the power items and destiny knot to pass down IVs since I know the destiny knot is different in gen 6, and most tutorials I've seen don't specify a version.
I don't have an awful lot of decent pokemon (with more than 3 perfect IVs) so I'm just trying to condense them down into one perfect pokemon in each egg group.

I have a female Bold Pineco with x/x/x/x/31/x and a male Pineco with x/x/31/x/x/x.
If I gave the female one the power item for special defense, and the male one the power item for defense, would the offspring be Bold, with x/x/31/x/31/x?

If I then have a Bold x/x/31/x/31/x Pineco, and breed that with something else in the Bug egg group with perfect special attack, can I "add" that special attack IV to the next Pineco with the appropriate power item and a destiny knot?
 
SpaceNarwhal said:
A little confused with using the power items and destiny knot to pass down IVs since I know the destiny knot is different in gen 6, and most tutorials I've seen don't specify a version.
I don't have an awful lot of decent pokemon (with more than 3 perfect IVs) so I'm just trying to condense them down into one perfect pokemon in each egg group.

I have a female Bold Pineco with x/x/x/x/31/x and a male Pineco with x/x/31/x/x/x.
If I gave the female one the power item for special defense, and the male one the power item for defense, would the offspring be Bold, with x/x/31/x/31/x?

If I then have a Bold x/x/31/x/31/x Pineco, and breed that with something else in the Bug egg group with perfect special attack, can I "add" that special attack IV to the next Pineco with the appropriate power item and a destiny knot?
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Before you start that plan, only one power item works per breeding.
 
What are your guys' thoughts on speed for Defensive Rotoms?

I have a 31/0/31/31/31/X Bold Rotom, I'm not sure if I should try to get a perfect speed IV or if it's really even necessary? My thoughts are that having a slower Rotom could potentially be beneficial so that you could have a slower Volt Switch in Rotom vs Rotom matchups. I planned on just using a 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpA spread.
 
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