Skarmory's EVs?

[Prof. Hans]

Whats your opinion on how skarmorys nature + evs should be, for this moveset?

Whirlwind
Spikes
Roost
Brave bird

For this moveset most people don't put evs into speed, but if you have spikes layed down then wouldn't it be best to force as many switches as quickly as possible, to cause a lot of damage rather than absorbing the damage before getting the whirlwind in?

Also Maybe agility would be a good move for the same reason, opinions?

 

[unceunce]

Whirlwind will almost always go second, no matter what pokemon you use.

 

[kamikaen]

Whirlwind has a damage modifier that makes it go last all the time. Weren't you the guy with the Dusknoir thread?

 

[Kira]

Whirlwind will always go last as it has negative priority... it will only go first if the opponent is using a move of lower priority...

You could have 9999 speed, and WW would still go after an Earthquake from a pokemon with 1 speed.

 

[Prof. Hans]

thanks for clearing that up, not much of a pro! and yes i was that dusknoir guy very observant!

 

[Karrot]

I've always invested enough for 223~ attack on my Skarmory, as Brave Bird damage output becomes important when two stall teams battle (and it does a nice number of Rapid Spinning Starmie). I've always went for a little speed on my Skarmory, too, usually hitting around 183~ so that I could Whirlwind before other Skarmory do, in case the match up ever happens (it is also useful for those Pokes who run just enough to outspeed standard Skarmory). The rest would, of course, be invested in defense, which usually hits 380~ with the above EV distributions.

 

[obi]

http://www.smogon.com/dp/pokemon/skarmory