If you run av, you can't use 3/4 moves on the set :/
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I don't know if I am too dumb for understanding destiny bond, but I just had a battle where gengar used destiny bond, I used Volt Switch on my Rotom, the gengar survived (so the effect of destiny bond should be away because it only works for this turn?), and in the next round I killed the gengar with my exca which outsped it due to sand, but my Excadrill died ... ? Where's the fault in my thought process?
Destiny bond effects stay until the foe's next move, so if you outspeed, destiny bond will still bring you down. I learned that the hard way too.
I am building a team around dragon dance tyranitat and I need a check for conckelder any suggestions
Slow start activates when regigigas comes into the field, so no, the count is always at 5 turns. The number of turns the last pokemon was out for do not count towards slow start.
Talonflame, Gyarados, Azumarill, Clefable, Mega Gardevoir, Mega Sableye.
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It was put there for some sash spikes set. AM's said it's getting removed in the next ranking update.
Is there one non mega pokemon that can counter or check Rotom-W and Mega Manectric?
Lanturn
There are more pokemon that can check both such as Raikou, Tangrowth and Excadrill (scarf mold breaker) but are not full counters to both Manectric and Rotom-W
I'm not sure if it necessarily meets the criteria, but Freeze Dry Mamoswine can lure in Rotom-W and 2HKO it while tanking anything from Mega Manectric. Earth Power Specially-oriented Kyurem-B can also handle them provided you keep Rocks off and you don't get hit with Overheat
Thanks guys, I appreciate the help!
Reuniclus is a great win condition for stall teams that takes advantage of Rotom-W and is never 2HKOed by Manectric. It can't stop them from volt switching, but eh.
Gastrodon and Seismitoad are great bulky waters for stall teams that easily handle both and stop Volt Switch. However, Will-o-Wisp from Rotom can be a bit annoying.
Didn't see non mega, sorry, disregard this.
Chansey walls both of them, and can toxic them to slowly wear them down.
Well maybe it could work with something like Gallade, who has 115 Sp. Def?
Nah, Gallade really shouldn't deviate from the standard SD / CC / zen Headbutt / knock off.
Just because it has good SpDef doesn't automatically mean it can feasibly run a "cro" set.
Crocune works because it has the benefits of a much better typing, natural defense stats, with a move that not only doesn't have a type immune to water (barring abilities), but the main attack Scald gives it a burn rate to improve its bulk and pressure a variety of playstyles. Conkeldurr simply doesn't do that which is why it's simply inferior to Crocune in the sense of running a similar set. In a similar sense as well the main users of these Crosets have something beneficial in the tier to make them a threat such as in NU back when Spiritomb was around, the lack of Dark and Ghost resists, among other traits like Infiltrator, made the set highly effective. Mono fighting is simply poor coverage on when it's blocked by any relevant Fairy type in the tier, which is one of the strongest typings both from an offensive and defensive standpoint, along with being momentum bait for Gengar and any other relevant Fighting resist, such as M-Alakazam and Celebi. A fighting variation of Crocune is silly in a tier like OU.
Cromat the user who designed the set originally.
Calm mind - rest - offensive
Ninja'd kinda; didn't know that lol
So I've been gone from competitive play since right before ORAS came out (I played a little in the ORAS ladder they had before it was released), how different is the meta now?
With Greninja gone balanced builds are way more common and at te moment stall, balance and offense are all viable playstyles.
Some pokemon that shot up in usage since the beginning of ORAS: Tyranitar, Keldeo, Bisharp, Clefable, Landorus-I
Some pokemon that decreased in usage since the beginning of ORAS: Talonflame, Magnezone, Conkeldurr, Chansey, Mamoswine
Hey guys
So in fifth gen Rain and Sun was the faces of the metagame. The pokemon who weren't banned but instead was a S rank, or atleast highly ranked, through out the metas duration.
What were the faces of all the generations? XY, BW/BW2, ORAS, DPP, RBY, RSE ect ect.
So in fifth gen Rain and Sun was the faces of the metagame. The pokemon who weren't banned but instead was a S rank, or atleast highly ranked, through out the metas duration.
What were the faces of all the generations? XY, BW/BW2, ORAS, DPP, RBY, RSE ect ect.
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