Thanks a lot to you too, this will defintely help very much too!!!
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- Thread starter atomicllamas
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quick bans usually only occur in three cases.
1. during beta stages of a tier where the tier isn't quite official yet
2. when something that has the potential to be really broken drops by usage (like mega absol)
3. when something gets a ridiculous buff that makes it overpowered (for example, feraligatr and serperior in oras)
http://www.smogon.com/stats/2017-12/moveset/gen7ru-1760.txt
Why are there Qwilfish holding blastoisinites? Is this a meme or something?
Why are there Qwilfish holding blastoisinites? Is this a meme or something?
No really good reason, though it stops them from being tricked. A Z-Crystal would do the same thing while providing an additional benefit ofc, and Qwilfish should really only run black sludge anyway or else its longevity is essentially non existent.
According to Bulbapedia and several people who tried this, mega stones can be tricked if the holder or the trick user can't use it to mega evolve. Is it different on Showdown?
Which threats will try to use trick on Qwilfish?
Not sure but anyway that wasn't the reason, probably some people just typed "Bla" and chose the wrong item, anyway fwiw Icium Z is usable and Rocky Helmet is okay on Qwilfish
Plus if someone tries to trick black sludge off of Qwilfish, that will just hurt the tricker (unless they are poison but I'm pretty sure none of them learn trick?)
http://pokepast.es/47aa24c289cbade4
Currently testing this team in the RU ladder, I've been having troubles with pokes like salazzle and i wanted to know if there's any way i could build this team to get around it better
Currently testing this team in the RU ladder, I've been having troubles with pokes like salazzle and i wanted to know if there's any way i could build this team to get around it better
Asking in the RU pschat or Disorcd is generally a more expeditious way to get help in the future, but the problem here seems to be with your team structure overall and the use if suboptimal Roserade and Florges sets. I'd drop CM florges for a wish passing heal belling set as CM rarely does anything with lots if Milotic and Steelix running around anyways, and consider replacing Roserade with Aerodactyl or Scarf Tyrantrum, which should help the team overall in giving it a bit more immediate offensive muscle.
the most apparent fix i can think of would be to replace rotom-heat with a scarf flygon, which can pivot into and force out salazzle pretty consistently. it also keeps the role of a momentum-gainer intact, and also maintins a way to directly threaten bulky steel-types not named bronzong.
replacing florges with a cresselia would also help, as it gives one less pokemon for salazzle to set up on and also gives you a reliable cb fighting-type switchin. if you did that though, you should put refresh on milotic instead of toxic, and switch rest on steelix for something like curse, toxic, or roar. you could also consider making your roserade set more offensive (life orb 4 attacks or some such), or switching it out for shaymin if you want bulk/longevity as bulky roserade is generally a poor idea due to it still being exploitable physically and not walling too many special mons anyway.
Flygon (M) @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Levitate
Shiny: Yes
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Earthquake
- Outrage
- Defog
- U-turn
Cresselia @ Psychium Z
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 252 HP / 112 Def / 144 Spe
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Psychic
- Moonblast
- Toxic
- Moonlight
Roserade @ Life Orb
Ability: Technician
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Leaf Storm
- Sludge Bomb
- Hidden Power [Fire]
- Giga Drain
Shaymin @ Life Orb / Grassium Z
Ability: Natural Cure
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Seed Flare
- Psychic
- Hidden Power [Rock]
- Synthesis
Ability: Levitate
Shiny: Yes
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Earthquake
- Outrage
- Defog
- U-turn
Cresselia @ Psychium Z
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 252 HP / 112 Def / 144 Spe
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Psychic
- Moonblast
- Toxic
- Moonlight
Roserade @ Life Orb
Ability: Technician
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Leaf Storm
- Sludge Bomb
- Hidden Power [Fire]
- Giga Drain
Shaymin @ Life Orb / Grassium Z
Ability: Natural Cure
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Seed Flare
- Psychic
- Hidden Power [Rock]
- Synthesis
for future reference, it's usually better to ask in the ru discord or in the ps room for live feedback, so you can more easily correspond with people looking to hep with your team.
also wish florges sux please don't use it 3:
Trying to finish this team. Need some Hazards Setter. Ideas?
https://pokepast.es/c7db1519045f382d
https://pokepast.es/c7db1519045f382d
You can consider running a ground type rock setter since it can fit really well. Gligar, Rhyperior and Nidoqueen all can work as your hazard setter. Feeling the team is a bit slow even with Virizion and I believe a scarfer is necessary on these type of teams so you can consider Scarf Gardevoir over Cresselia to get the jump on Salazzle and +1 Gatr since it can get ugly.
It is banned, yes. As a member of the RU council I can tell you that we decided to not ban drought since we believe isnt a broken or unhealthy element for the metagame but with this on play mega houndoom has to stay banned. This monster under sun is too much and we dont want to contradict such an early decision just to keep mega houndoom around.
Oks thanks bro! I like the core Snorlax-Cresselia but I will try your recommendations
david0895
Mercy Main Btw
Oh i lost this. Where can i found the ban announce?
Technically, it never was banned. It's still UU, since it just got unbanned from UU before the quick drops shift. Therefore, it didn't get banned from RU because it was never here.
to be entirely honest, xatu sucks atm; no real reason to use it over our other myriad defoggers, especially taunt mandibuzz, which defogs on basically everything in the tier.
Mandibuzz @ Leftovers / Rocky Helmet
Ability: Overcoat
EVs: 252 HP / 156 SpD / 100 Spe
Careful Nature
- Taunt
- Defog
- Knock Off / Foul Play
- Roost
speed is for standard gligar so you can annoy the hell out of it, but you can take a bit out and put it in sdef to reach 176+ which avoids 2hko ffom swellow. lefties or rh is preference; rh is a fair bit better vs steelix and regi at the obvious cost of passive recovery. knock vs fplay is also preference - knock gives better presence vs bulky teams and allows you to remoce critical items like gatr/queen's lo, garde's scarf, zydog/bewear's cb, etc. whereas foul play deters stuff like gatr and flygon from boosting on you and gives you a favorable mu vs sd rhyp.
Is there a reason why regi dropped viability from last year?
Immunity on defog gligar really Hurt him as it can't touch it and gligar can defog off hazards, also most special attackers began to adapt to registeel thanks to z moves and is generally too passive to do anything in some games, even milotic sometimes run refresh making registeel useless
Slowbro just fails to check any physical threats in RU (ex: DD Feraligatr packing Crunch), and Calm Mind hardly actually has a chance of setting up in RU. It just can't find a role for RU, therefore being unviable in the current RU meta (or most of the RU metagame anyways).
Is mega Abomasnow good now? I seldom see it in showdown.