Tyranitar does 89.6% - 106.1% to 252/252+ Reuniclus with CB Crunch. That's what, ~31% chance to OHKO? Then Focus Blast only has 70% accuracy. Odds are, Tyranitar is going to win that battle.
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Reuniclus
- Thread starter Pratty
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ummmmm you are wrong, cbtar can OHKO. and if it doesn't it will leave rankurus with pitiful health, which means it won't be doing anything else unless you give it a free recover, it might as well be dead.
Dude, I literally just posted why TTar beats Rankurusu. It has a 37.5% chance to OHKO with Crunch, and if it doesn't, Rankurusu is at most at 10%, easily able to be revenge killed. TTar stops Rankurusu.
I hate how when people talk about counters they always put the counter in the worst possible position and the pokemon being countered in the best scenario possible.
CBTar is fantastic against CM reuniclus because it puts it in an extremely awkward situation. Out of all the situations that can play out, CBTar wins most of them. If it's not a counter, then it's at least a very good check.
It's so easy to bring CBTar in because reuniclus only has 1 shaky attack that hits it. In any given situation, you switch to your special wall. ANYTHING works. Blissey, Burungeru, Latias etc. You hit it once putting it at 80-90% and see what it does. It will either CM up or try to kill you with psychic. Then you switch in to TTar on the CM/Psychic and kill it with crunch/pursuit. Bye bye reuniclus. They really have no choice in the matter because what else are they going to do? Spam focus blast on your special wall expecting tyranitar to come in?
CBTar is fantastic against CM reuniclus because it puts it in an extremely awkward situation. Out of all the situations that can play out, CBTar wins most of them. If it's not a counter, then it's at least a very good check.
It's so easy to bring CBTar in because reuniclus only has 1 shaky attack that hits it. In any given situation, you switch to your special wall. ANYTHING works. Blissey, Burungeru, Latias etc. You hit it once putting it at 80-90% and see what it does. It will either CM up or try to kill you with psychic. Then you switch in to TTar on the CM/Psychic and kill it with crunch/pursuit. Bye bye reuniclus. They really have no choice in the matter because what else are they going to do? Spam focus blast on your special wall expecting tyranitar to come in?
Niceodds, since 31% is so much greater than a measly 70%
Correct me if I'm wrong--I didn't do too hot in Stats--but assuming that it's 100% hp Rank v. CB Tar, with a 31% chance to OHKO and a 70% chance for Focus Blast hitting, doesn't Rank only have a 48% or so chance to not die and KO Ttar back? I mean it's damn near a coin flip but still somewhat in Ttar's favor it seems.
it's actually around 43%, since blasphemy1's assumption of 31% chance to ko was a bit off (~38%).
Yet even that is assuming CB Tar, which is not too good in general
No, that is the chance for Rankurusu to OHKO TTar with Focus Blast, so it doesn't matter whether it's Scarftar or CBTar.
EDIT: I was assuming that TTar would be switching in a Rankurusu's CM, as it would in a normal battle situation. Disregard.
What? CBTar is the most common version and probably one of the best pokemon as it hits so damn hard very few things can switch into it safely and it comes in on special attacks with relative impunity since it doesn't need a lot of speed EVs and can invest in HP. Please just stop making excuses and admit you're wrong for once.
This is an evaluation of Tyranitar against Reuniclus. I dont really care how people take it, I'm just tired of people talking about the CB set like it's the only thing that can really stand against Reuniclus.
Now I realize that T-tar is easily ohkoed by a +1 Focus Blast however, one must realize that even with that T-tar can still put a hurtin on Reuniclus. For Instance 252 ev Adamant Crunch from ScarfTar does around 59.9% - 72.2%. A clean 2hko if Rankurusu misses the Focus Blast. Lez also look at it in another way.
252 ev Adamant Life Orb Crunch from T-tar is doing 85.4 - 100.9%. Reuniclus has a very small chance of getting ohkoed but a 100% chance of being crippled severely and picked off. Tyranitar also has plenty of chances to get in on Reuniclus if you can play around its Focus Blast. Tyrantiar cant take a hit that's true but it can easily cripple Reuniclus no matter what set its running and pick it off.
Now I realize that T-tar is easily ohkoed by a +1 Focus Blast however, one must realize that even with that T-tar can still put a hurtin on Reuniclus. For Instance 252 ev Adamant Crunch from ScarfTar does around 59.9% - 72.2%. A clean 2hko if Rankurusu misses the Focus Blast. Lez also look at it in another way.
252 ev Adamant Life Orb Crunch from T-tar is doing 85.4 - 100.9%. Reuniclus has a very small chance of getting ohkoed but a 100% chance of being crippled severely and picked off. Tyranitar also has plenty of chances to get in on Reuniclus if you can play around its Focus Blast. Tyrantiar cant take a hit that's true but it can easily cripple Reuniclus no matter what set its running and pick it off.
Uh, CBTar is one of the best sets out there.
This remembers me of all the talk about Alakazam on the UU metagame on gen 4...
Use Spiritomb, and all your problems with the Psychic opponent are solved lol
Anyway, yes. TTar pretty much has the edge against Reuniclus. Even if TTar perishes, it still did it's job of "taking out that bastard". Yes, at low health and with that horrendous speed Reuniclus is as good as dead.
Use Spiritomb, and all your problems with the Psychic opponent are solved lol
Anyway, yes. TTar pretty much has the edge against Reuniclus. Even if TTar perishes, it still did it's job of "taking out that bastard". Yes, at low health and with that horrendous speed Reuniclus is as good as dead.
From what i've seen, anything with a STAB Super Effective move that can get to you before multiple calm minds has you beat. Shanderaa, Gengar, Tyranitar, Warubiaru, Urugamosu, amd some other things. The OHKO isn't too likeley, but they almost always leave Rankurusu on his last leg. (I would know this. I run him on my Balanced and Sandstorm teams. I've seen it hundreds of times.)
Vulca...oh, Urugamosu.
I believe Kirikizan could do very well with a CB (o r even LO)Sucker Punch. It might need a Swords Dance under its belt, but then again, it's super effective STAB. Could someone run Damage Calcs?
Psycho Shock.