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yes thanks
if he's banned, r there any plans to free our favorite sabertooth weasel back into the OU meta once the home update rolls around? Any idea whether or not both zama forms, or only hero/crowned, will drop into the tier?
This set was already the default for this generation
Volcarona @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Flame Body
Tera Type: Grass
EVs: 248 HP / 108 Def / 152 Spe
Timid Nature
- Quiver Dance
- Morning Sun
- Fiery Dance
- Giga Drain / Will-o-Wisp
108 Defence prevents Volcarona from being OHKOd by Booster Energy Great Tusk, CB Dragapult (although it doesn't do much back) and CB Chien-Pao's Sucker Punch and generally just decreases damage from Cinderace and Kingambit. It has enough Speed to outspeed everything in the tier unboosted at +1.
Chien-Pao isn't banned. It never has been. For Zamazenta, I can't really say as I'm not council. Although it has been freed in National Dex, I don't see it staying. With here, I'd say the same, even with the addition of Home releases.
I barely know what I’m eating for dinner tonight, so not gonna say anything definitive here. But we will try to be more inclusive than not with home!
What is Finch Eating?
Pizza it seems
fair enough, thx 4 the response finklenator :)
Whenever Finch sends people a picture of what he's eating its always junk food like that one tweet he made. Finch next time someone mentions food and you show us a picture of what your eating pls send a pic of some veggies
This isn't the forum for these kinds of things. For in-game help / info check the Orange Islands subforum; the OU subforum is for competitive discussion only, competitive discussion of SV OU.Hello there,
I'm new around here. I just got into smogon and the competitive world, just trying some sets and try to understand how to build a team.
I'm currently playing with my friends on switch too and we are trying to make teams only with new mons from 9G.
Does anyone could help me to make a decent team with this restriction please?
-I can use any new pokemon from this generation (so no Dragonite, Hydreigon, motisma..ect)
-No Miraidon/Koraidon allowed
- I can use "banned" pokemon thou, like Annihilape , Chi-Yu, Cyclizar...
What would be your advices? what team would you make?
Thank you.
Correct
See when your average user askes a question like this I think nothing of it.
But when you ask, all I can think is 'What is he cooking?"
Can the Ruin abilities be swapped/suppressed on the user? After using a Skill Swap Victini entry last gen for a "Lure that Threat" entry that I played with briefly, "Ability changing" as a lure gimmick is something I'd kind of like to muck around with, and effectively stealing bulk from Ting-Lu like that sounds hilarious.
How does the protean+tera stabs combo work? I know that after tera you can't change your type anymore, but I'm curious about how the game counts the stab bonus when you tera.
Example: you change your type to a different one from your initial stabs and then tera to one of your initial types. The game counts the stab type you had when you use tera+ the tera one or counts the initial stabs + the tera one?
Example: you change your type to a different one from your initial stabs and then tera to one of your initial types. The game counts the stab type you had when you use tera+ the tera one or counts the initial stabs + the tera one?
If you are a water that Terras or protean type changes into say fairy, you are now treated as fully fairy so it changes to 1/8th. This also true if you turn into a water, you will take 1/4 instead of 1/8.
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does anyone know the paste (or recreate it) to this stall team that was seen throughout the no johns tour?
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9ou-1731396099-2upuzanf3rei9u9wml9h5euu1y2ap1ipw
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9ou-1724864509-apwokgtmavy17p0h5he1qjr9vwke02kpw
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9ou-1731396099-2upuzanf3rei9u9wml9h5euu1y2ap1ipw
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9ou-1724864509-apwokgtmavy17p0h5he1qjr9vwke02kpw
So I'm not entirely sure I understand your question but I'll give it a shot. So using Greninja as an example it starts with STABs in Water and Dark and with Protean it can gain STAB on for example Ice through Ice Beam. So with just Protean the moves will do this:
252 SpA Greninja Hydro Pump vs. 248 HP / 8 SpD Abomasnow: 87-102 (22.7 - 26.6%) -- 30.7% chance to 4HKO
252 SpA Protean Greninja Ice Beam vs. 248 HP / 8 SpD Abomasnow: 142-168 (37 - 43.8%) -- guaranteed 3HKO
However if you Tera Water then Ice Beam will lose its STAB bonus:
252 SpA Tera Water Greninja Hydro Pump vs. 248 HP / 8 SpD Abomasnow: 116-137 (30.2 - 35.7%) -- 37.2% chance to 3HKO
252 SpA Tera Water Greninja Ice Beam vs. 248 HP / 8 SpD Abomasnow: 95-112 (24.8 - 29.2%) -- 100% chance to 4HKO
So if you Tera into any type, you lose any sort of Protean STAB bonus, but will retain STAB on your natural/current types and the type you Tera'd into.
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That is exactly what I was asking, thank you.