alkinesthetase
<@dtc> every day with alk is a bad day
nah you come to earth after you would have taken hazards. if your balloon is popped on the switch you still don't take grounded hazards
Thank you, I have a follow-up quick question. Say my Breloom uses Spore on the opponent. They switch out to a new pokemon, it physically attacks Breloom and Breloom's Effect Spore puts it to sleep. Do I lose based on the Sleep Clause? Or does this fall under the fact that I didn't use a move on the second pokemon?http://www.smogon.com/bw/banlist/
as i recall it's just a TAD out of date since OU banned sand veil and snow cloak (i think someone in C&C will update it soon); otherwise that is what you are looking for
I didn't say Spore twice. I said I Spore a pokemon to sleep, he switches, attacks my Breloom and "Effect Spore" ability puts it to sleep.Unless you Spored a natural cure Pokemon, then yes this does go into sleep clause effect. The only way 2+ Pokemkn can be asleep at the same time is from the result of the person using Rest twice or Spore + Rest on an opponents team. For example the opponent can rest up Gyarados and Rotom up without Sleep Clause activating. While if the opponent Spores twice it will come into effect.
A player may not select an attack which has a chance to directly cause more than one opposing Pokemon to have been put to sleep directly by a move used by their team unless no other move is selectable.I answered that, it would go into sleep clause.
Anyone?I posted a UU RMT, and the last activity was yesterday. Am I allowed to post a different tier RMT without it getting locked?
I'm pretty sure you can post any Tier (even the same tier) RMT as long as it's not the same team over and over again.Anyone?
Politoed's DW ability: Drizzle. Now you can have rain without wasting a turn with rain dance and lasts until another weather comes into play.What makes Politoed so good in your eyes? Granted I'm only getting back into competitive gaming, but the 10 or so Politoeds I've faced all fell to OHKO's.
I'm far from being as experienced as you on Pokemon, however I got a decent experience about "balancing" other games.Should a Pokemon be banned because it's broken or because it's overcentralizing? Or both? Can it be neither, or either or?
A player may not select an attack which has a chance to directly cause more than one opposing Pokemon to have been put to sleep directly by a move used by their team unless no other move is selectable.
A quote from smogon. So you're wrong and it doesn't go into sleep clause, because it wasn't a move that put the Pokemon to sleep.
So far, I have 3 Pokemon, 2 being the cores of my Team. Dragonite is my lead and with this set:
Dragonite @ Lum Berry/Life Orb
EVs: 252 Atk / 252 Spe / 4 HP
Ability: Multiscale
Nature: Jolly
Moves:
Dragon Dance
Fire Punch
Outrage/Dragon Claw
Earthquake
Standard DDNite set here. Outrage will be used with Lum Berry to cure the confusion once the 2-3 turns are done. However, that will leave DNite vulnerable to Steel types, especially Ferrothorn, so my other option is Dragon Claw. While it is significantly weaker, the Life Orb mitigates this somewhat. It also allows me to switch to Fire Punch incase the aforementioned foe switches in, which it might because of the Dragon type attack. Standard EVs, maxing Atk and Spe, and pouring the remaining 4 into HP. Is that wise? Or should I give it to a defensive stat so Download Pokemon like Genesect don't get their SpA boosted?
Empoleon @ Leftovers
EVs: 248 HP / 44 Def / 216 SpD
Nature: Calm
Moves:
Scald
Toxic
Protect
Stealth Rock
Specially Defensive Empoleon is my choice to cover the Ice and Rock weakness Dragonite has. Scald to burn physical sweepers, Toxic+Protect to stall, and Stealth Rock for residual damage. The HP EVs allow it to lose minimal HP from Leech Seed and Stealth Rock. 44 Def allows it to never be OHKOed by Dragonite and Salamence's Outrage (I think?). The remaining EVs go to SpD to become more of a special wall.
Ferrothorn @ Choice Band
EVs: 248 HP / 252 Atk / 8 SpD
IVs: 0 Atk / 0 SpA
Nature: Adamant
Moves:
Power Whip
Gyro Ball
Spikes
Bulldoze
You may be wondering why I also chose to get 0 SpA IV. It is because I like to play very safe. Who knows, a Pokemon with flatter could come in. Anyway, Power Whip and Gyro Ball are STAB, while also getting OK coverage. Bulldoze allows it to hit Pokemon that wall Gyro Ball and Power Whip, such as Heatran, on the switch. Spikes may seem odd for a Choice Banded Pokemon, but it can be useful sometimes. Besides, it doesn't learn many notable moves besides support and IMO, being locked into them is worse. I'd rather be locked into Spikes since multiple layers can be set down than a move that is only useful the first time.
So, what can I add to improve the core a bit? Is Dragonite even viable as a DD lead?
Cottonee (Modest)
HP : 20 - 24
Atk: 16 - 20
Def: 20 - 24
SAt: 31
SDf: 20 - 24
Spd: 18 - 22
--AVG: 21.1923
No, it doesn't. Which means, that Worry Seed will override your ability, obviously.Does Worry Seed hit through Magic Bounce?
There isn't really a reason to care in-game. If you are going to use it, you probably want to evolve it and make good use of its SAtk. Modest nature may be a letdown, but at least you can do something like Choice Specs Switcheroo.How would be best to EV this Cottonee? It'll just be used for in-game purposes, but for an in-game trade Pokémon it's got surprisingly good IVs. I was thinking 252 HP/252 SpA/6 Spe and giving it an Eviolite for all round stats, but I'm not to sure.