Thanks for the help! I've always used Gengar with Lucario, they have such great synergy and even better those two are my most favourite pokemon, hense why I'm trying to make my most favourite team basing around Lucario. :P I tried sand stall..buuut didn't work out too well.
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What are some good partners for the ShucaRachi and Normal Gem Gyara sets I have been hearing about?
ShucaRachi pairs well with anything that needs things like Lando-T, Garchomp and Hippo out of the way since those are what it's designed to lure in and take out 1v1.
Normal Gem Gyarados is supposed to lure in Rotom-W and take it out so anything that benefits from Rotom-W being out of the way or just anything that will help support a Gyarados sweep since Rotom-W is the only answer to it on a lot of teams.
For Jirachi
You generally want partners that take advantage of Ground type like Garchomp and Landorus-T being lured in and easily killed. Examples include SD Lucario, Terrakion, and SD Scizor.
For Gyarados
Normal Gem Gyarados is incredible in luring in Rotom-W and KOing it, so Pokemon that don't like facing Rotom-W really benefit from Gyarados. Examples include Mamoswine, Tornadus, and Heatran.
Hope this helped!
Quick question. I've seen Choice Band Dragonite run the 48 HP / 252 Atk / 208 Spd Adamant spread. I was wondering what is the purpose of the 48 HP and the 208 Spd?
How was thundurus I banished to users while tornadus I is still viable in the uu? I'm not questioning the ban but how too very similar pokemon can be in completely different tiers. They have the same base stats, similar typing, and similar moves. What makes thundurus I so much better than tornadus I? I guess the typing is a little better, thundurs I isnt weak to electric and gets thunder as an electric stab, however tornadus gets hurricane which is arguably better because its offensive typing can be a bit more useful. The only real advantage I can see thundurus I having over tornadus I is that it has access to a stab volt switch, other than that and no electric weakness I see little difference between the two. So, how is thundurus I better than tornadus I?
The main reason Thundurus-I was because of Prankster. Prankster gives +1 priority to any non attacking move, meaning it had a +1 Thunder Wave, +1 Nasty Plot, and had excellent speed, coverage, and special attack. Tornadus-I mainly went to UU because it was seriously out classed by Tornadus-T, and wasn't deemed broken by the UU community.
It is also worth noting that Tornadus-I was much more weather-reliable than Thunderus-I, which basically could be slapped on any weather condition, even sun, and do very well as a fast and powerful Nasty Plot sweeper. Thunderus definitely was the better of the two, and posed a huge threat with its ability to break through almost all of its counters. Lum Berry Nasty Plot Thunderus was terrifying, and at the time one of the most common "checks" to Thunderus was SDef Jirachi, which is still used today. But it really couldn't do anything significant to Thunderus with the Lum Berry, as paralysis would be completely ignored. It had great coverage so the Lati twins couldn't really combat it too well, and for the most part you had to rely on Scarfers or faster mons to beat it. Chople Berry TTar, Chansey, Jirachi, Ferrothorn, and Latias were some of the best checks to it, but even then most were completely unreliable after it got up a Nasty Plot, which although sounds hard, could have been done quite easily.
I have always been under the impression that any good team "needs" Stealth Rock and it is one of the more important things I think about having when building a team. I just want to hear other people's thoughts on this. Do you think that you "need" Stealth Rock to build a successful team?
Yes. Things like Dragonite, Volcarona and a lot of SR-weak Pokemon in general would be so much more troublesome without it and could end up destroying you team. Additionally it helps to get important 1/2HKO'S and puts a lot of pressure on your opponent. Stealth Rock is often considered to be the "best move in the game" for a reason and is ALWAYS worth a moveslot.
Yes. The fact that it's so widely distributed makes it very easy to fit into a team as well (unlike Spikes, or Toxic Spikes), and soneone (I think it was Kidogo) calculated that SR damage racks up to over 200%, just from switching. It only requires one turn to set up, and it helps so many sweepers like Lucario turn 2HKOs into OHKOs, as well as keeping Volcarona and Dragonite in check. Some beleive that these Pokemon would be broken without SR as a standard battle condition.
just as as a note lucario running crunch can easy smack down jellicent, and if ur looking for a good lucario partner look no further that dragonite, draognite resist 2/3 of super eff moves aimed at lucario (fire/fighting), and is immune to the other (ground). i personall recommend fully defensive dragonite with roost twave sub and d tail, sub roost lets you wall out other stallers, twave lets ur lucario have a shot at outspeeding faster threats, and dtail lets u spread dmg, entry hazard dmg, and a shot at twave-ing more pokes. jellicent also makes a decent pairing, hit neutrally by ground and resist/immune to fire/fighting.
PDC covered Rose's lead sets well but thats certainly not all it can do, it is also a very effective midgame bulky (toxic) spiker and it can even run an attacking life orb set to decent effect.
This has not been discussed yet, but chances are Gen V votes will still count for TC in Gen VI.
Thank you so much for the reply! (I really want it to be a yes because this is my first time getting reqs so i really want it to count) Haunter for ubers :)
How does Analytic work? I was under the impression that your pokemon needed to move after the other to get the 1.3x boost, but I see people running Analytic Starmie with full speed investment.
Ah okay, so it works like Payback last gen. Thank you!
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