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Resource Simple Questions, Simple Answers Thread (read the op before posting a thread)
- Thread starter Celticpride
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Welp ok thanks
Anyone got a gen 7 calc link?
http://jake-white.github.io/VGC-Damage-Calculator/
You'll have to adjust the levels from 50 to 100 because this is a VGC calc. The ev spreads and movesets will also occasionally need to be tweaked. As far as I know, this is the best there is so far, it has all the new pokemon and mechanics, as well as the same interface as the gen 6 calc.
showdown calc got updated to include SuMo mons
There's two such lists on the first post of this thread: http://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/mega-evolution-in-sun-moon.3587666/
It probably will be more usable than before. But is probably going to be outclassed by DD Zygarde 50% and DD Zygarde 10%.
It may hold a niche over those 2 thanks to Levitate tho
No reason to use it over Zard-X, really. Depending on how the meta shapes up, Zygarde, Gyarados, Dragonite and Altaria also provides stiff competition for it.
Whats more important in a cleric Tapu Lele, Speed or Hp?
How are people using Araquanid with Power Split without pokebank? Am I missing something?
It does. Not sure why you'd want to use Cosmoem, but it does.
Not really. Mega Charizard X exists, and does almost everything every other Dragon Dance user out there can, except better.
Besides, there's Zygarde 10%, which is faster, Gyarados, Dragonite and Altaria (although if the meta starts running around the same things as late ORAS, Flygon will have an edge over Altaria).
On lower tiers, however (likely UU), I can see Flygon taking the Dragon Dancer niche over Salamence (and... well, Haxorus) as it can actually damage Fairies with a STAB move while not being slower than either, resisting Stealth Rock (compared to Salamence), and having room for an utility move (like Roost or U-Turn) if you wish (compared to... well, Haxorus).
Best natures for UBs and Tapus?
So I currently finished the game and want to start cathcing the UBs and Tapus, but I want to have them as competitive as possible, I know the meta hasn't stablished yet, but I suppose there are some standards so far so if anyone could give me natures and movesets for these pokemon it would be appreciated
Tapu Koko
Tapu Lele
Tapu Fini
Tapu Bulu
Nihilego
Buzzwole
Pheromosa
Xurkitree
Kartana
Celesteela
Guzzlord
Necrozma
Sorry if I'm asking for much....
So I currently finished the game and want to start cathcing the UBs and Tapus, but I want to have them as competitive as possible, I know the meta hasn't stablished yet, but I suppose there are some standards so far so if anyone could give me natures and movesets for these pokemon it would be appreciated
Tapu Koko
Tapu Lele
Tapu Fini
Tapu Bulu
Nihilego
Buzzwole
Pheromosa
Xurkitree
Kartana
Celesteela
Guzzlord
Necrozma
Sorry if I'm asking for much....
Maybe the wrong simple question/ answer thread to post this in but I was wondering if Minior's Shield's Down Forme color is totally random or if it's passed down by breeding.
Have there been any changes to the breeding mechanics / IV inheritance/
Is T-Wave + Gyro Ball Ferrothorn worth using? I know T-Wave conflicts with Gyro but with the paralysis nerf I thought maybe it's not as bad as it used to be...
Even with Ferrothorn's minuscule speed, gyro ball would do less damage than iron head (bp 80) to almost any paralysed pokemon. So that would imply it is either T-Wave or Gyro Ball.
You can persist with them both, but it seems a bit of a waste of one of the two moveslots.
Reasking this because I do not know the answer to these.
The smogon description for transform is: "Transforms the user into the target, copying its type, stats, stat changes, moves, and ability."
And for imposter (Ditto's hidden ability) you "transform into the opponent" upon switching in.
Logically, if you copy an ability and the moves of a pokemon, your ditto acts exactly like the pokemon it transforms into. With imposter you even get any boosts the other pokemon has gained before you transformed/impostered.
Therefore:
1. Yes
2. Yes
3. Yes
4. Ash-Greninja
My hunch for 5 would be that you becomes a water Arceus as you keep your original item. So in this reading you would: i. transform into pixie Arceus, then immediately your plate would activate and it would become water.
But 5 is harder to work out (though the least likely of these to happen), and I am not too sure about my response. I could imagine it going either way - I guess the question is 'what happens when Arceus receives another plate', for instance if you trick it a different plate, or even another item and remove its plate via trick. This I am unsure about.
Hope this helps.
Sorry LeNorm, I don't think that's right.
1) No
2) No
3) No
4) Ash Greninja
5) It would be fairy Arceus with Water Judgement
6) It Copies the original move. Z- Mirror Move will do the Z move regardless if they did or not.