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The Most Threatening Pokemon in DP (OU)
- Thread starter mirza
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Tyranitar is definite the most bulky of the three and he has the most attack power. With Sandstream, his special defense might as well be base 150.
It all depends on your team
Not sure if anyone said this past page 2, but that's incorrect. You get a maximum of 2 turns if you aren't killed the turn your Trick Room.
1 turn to use Trick Room (counter is at the end of the turn), 1 turn to switch, 1 turn to SD, 2 turns to attack.
Using set-up moves with a Trick Roomer isn't worth it, except maybe in 2v2, but I'm still not sure that Marowak is the best bet. Life Orb + Swords Dance on a high Attack Pokemon like Rhyperior (where you also get STAB on Rock and access to Megahorn) gives out more damage output than Thick Club + Swords Dance on the low Attack Marowak.
Salamence has 80 in both defenses. I would say Tyranitar. The Sp.def boost it got in DP was fairly cheap. A great movepool, seriously incredible defenses, stat boosting move to increase its best stat and its worst stats, coupled with a nice 134 base attack is pretty cheap. If it weren't for it's 4x weakness to fighting, along with its ground weakness and low base speed it would be broken.
salamence has intimidate if it means anything. the problem with tyranitar is that 4x fighting weakness. but then again, salamence and garchomp have a 4x ice weakness.
this is bullshit. salamence has the most attack power. his cb sets hit harder (stat-wise) than ttar's his dd sets hit harder as well with an irresistible stab that gets taken care of, say, fire blast? and his mixed sets hit a lot harder.
this is bullshit. salamence has the most attack power. his cb sets hit harder (stat-wise) than ttar's his dd sets hit harder as well with an irresistible stab that gets taken care of, say, fire blast? and his mixed sets hit a lot harder.
I don't know, on the physical side a TTar Stone Edge hits harder than any physical move Mence has. But anything mixed or Special would give Mence a stronger overall base power.
How does it have more attack power?
On the special side of the spectrum, Tyranitar has a max special attack of 317. Assume you're using Boah, so it's not even max sp atk. Salamence has 350 sp atk and it's almost always Specs. A Draco Meteor from Mence will hurt a lot more than whatever Tyranitar can throw out on the special side.
On the physical side, Garchomp will hit harder after a Swords Dance than Tyranitar will after a DD. +2>+1, only taking into consideration attack power.
I would say Garchomp is the least bulky, and it's very close between Salamence and T-Tar. Each have its own bane (Weavile (+ more) and *insert physical fighting type*), respectively. Salamence gets Intimidate while T-Tar gets a special defense bonus from Sandstorm. It's hard to say on that.
