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Resource Simple Questions, Simple Answers Thread
- Thread starter Jordy
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Is Tangled feet being grouped with Snow Cloak/ Sand Veil on the policy review thread? I know it is a subpar ability that only unmons have but it technically raises evasion
Tangled Feet is just too situational and only a small number of Pokemon have access to this ability, therefore it isn't on the Policy Review thread as the main part is being Sand Veil / Snow Cloak + Bright Powder, which are being discussed atm. But Tangled Feet is only on Mr.Rime and only raises the evasion when the user is confused. Therefore due to how fringe this is, this isn't a discussion point in itself in the thread.
It likes Trick Room setters such as Hatterene, Porygon2, and Cresselia sometimes. Other times, it appreciates Rain from Pelipper. If trying to use it on balance, it functions best with pivots that have U-turn or Volt Switch to get it in safely.
Is 
enough on a team as the only pokemon immune to electric types
enough on a team as the only pokemon immune to electric types
Zeraora is seldom worth using with a Choice Band due to its reliance on coverage and the abundance of Electric immunities to mitigate Plasma First, but it is a fine Electric immunity itself, yes. You just need to make sure to cover things like opposing Zeraora, Tapu Koko, etc.Is
imo every ou team, including ones with zera, should have a ground type. lacking an immunity in addition to zera leaves you incredibly vulnerable to faster elecs like koko/opposing zera, with the rare exception of some very niche rilla offenses/tangrowth fats that can mostly withstand the coverage that koko and zera use.Is
How do you even break Glowking, Corv, Chomp, Watershifu, Weavile, Zone teams? Sorry I’m being so specific
When building a rain team, do you try to make it hyper offense, or lean into balance with ferro a bit more?
the reason I ask is that I hear rain is getting better, but most rain I face either feels like hyper offense poorly equipped to trade mons and brawl and will therefore rarely get to set rain a second time, or a ferro balance that loses to magnezone and the tactic of aggressively wasting the rain team's turns.
the reason I ask is that I hear rain is getting better, but most rain I face either feels like hyper offense poorly equipped to trade mons and brawl and will therefore rarely get to set rain a second time, or a ferro balance that loses to magnezone and the tactic of aggressively wasting the rain team's turns.
I wouldn't talk about hyper offense rain teams, even though offensive rain teams can be a thing (like this team: https://pokepast.es/162ce39a4d0d181a). The main idea is to avoid running 5 frail rain abusers with Pelipper, but rely on some bulky offensive options like Melmetal (can be a good Steel type over Ferrothorn for a more offensive rain team) and Dragonite. Personally, I like making more balanced rain teams with the Pelliper, Ferro, Barra, Zapdos structure and two fillers (a Ground type and another rain wallbreaker/abuser) because I like having Spikes support with breakers like Barraskewda.
not a very simple answer incoming but i think it's worth going into some depth to try and explain it well
now, with kyurem gone, i think that either type of build works decently well. i've found myself shying away from the more offensive builds because of how easily they're demolished by pult, and have a personal preference towards some of the more classic ferro builds, but in my opinion, it's more of a personal preference thing right now.
Knock Off is usually used in the last slot there, but there are a few other moves such as Gyro Ball, Power Whip, or even Iron Defense that you can justify if you would like
The most common one is: EVs: 248 HP / 92 SpD / 168 Spe
I know Nihilego's viability has risen in SS OU in the past few months, and I wanted to try out a Stealth Rocks set, since it seems to be a good setter with postive match-ups vs defoggers like Corviknight, Torn-T, Fini (however it looks bad vs Defog Lando so idk). Does anyone have the set for it?
Is there something that can check both 
and 
(barring 
).If yes what would be the best ev spread for it.
and (barring ).If yes what would be the best ev spread for it.
It's true that Nihilego is on the rise, but I think it's mainly because of its offensive sets (Meteor Beam with Power Herb or Specs). It seems rather unreliable as a Rock setter (we didn't even include it in the OU room faq about hazards cause Rocks Nihilego usage are still super low), but if you want to try it you should run something like Stealth Rock, Pain Split, Knock Off, Power Gem (some other options could be nice too like Thunderbolt to threaten both Corviknight and Tapu Fini or even Toxic Spikes to set both hazards in a team where you can pressure defoggers with something like Gzapdos).
Is there something that can check both
The first that comes to mind would be Heatran. Heatran is known to be the best Volcarona answer in the tier and can act as a Weavile check, even if you won't come in often against Weavile and hate losing your Leftovers. Needing to check Weavile also means you may end up too low in health to check Volcarona. Moreover, you need Flash Fire to beat Volcarona, but if you want to be a great Weavile check you would rather have Flame Body with some Def investment.
Another one could be Toxic Toxapex (with a mixed spread), but here again you can be overwhelmed if you need to check both. You can still come in against both if you are at full health and Toxic them while living a hit (but you probably need a secondary check for each).
Wouldbe a good secondary check? Alongside Flash Fire
To be fair Buzzwole is one the best Weavile check on its own and having both Buzzwole and Heatran would means having to separate answers for Volcarona and Weavile (like you're always going Buzzwole against Weavile and your not letting Heatran get weakened when you have a Buzzwole).
What I meant by having a secondary check was more for the Toxapex part. For instance I had a team with Toxic mixed Toxapex and both Blissey (without Toxic and Twave cause I needed Rocks + Tp) and Urshifu. The way I was beating Volcarona with this was: going Toxapex, clicking Toxic on +1 Psychic (which doesn't kill) and then walling Volcarona with Blissey. Against Weavile, I also go Toxapex to click Toxic on the +2 Knock Off which doesn't kill, then go Urshifu to force Weavile out, and once Weavile is Toxic, Pex can always come back to spam Recover against it.