Thunder Pwoell
Banned deucer.
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252 SpA Alakazam-Mega Focus Blast vs. 0 HP / 4 SpD Hoopa-Unbound: 130-154 (43.1 - 51.1%) -- 5.5% chance to 2HKO
This is what youre getting hit with. If im running av hoopa u im switching into zam for DAYYYSS but also if i run av hoopa c i live a shadow ball
" by itself but doesn't synergize well with high ranked stuff then it shouldn't be ranked as high. also i went through the replays and you literally used 2 different teams, both of the "offense with mandibuzz" archetype." This is actually your opinion lol (wrong one at that as it is a fallacy) and basically showing that youre adverse to steering away from the meta slave arch. which is fine who i am to tell you to not be basic or how to play the game to your enjoyment. But lets do a simple exercise. If i had replaced hoopa c with giratina on my teams would that have made any of you points differ? No it wouldn't; and yet giratina is uber.... (this is bc of the fallacy thing I mentioned) This isnt that complex of a game on that high of a level youve just been primed to think that way and like its fine i know people gotta have some type of order but like that has nothing to do with me. I thought I had used 3 teams, If It's 2 I have a few things to say, one of them being actually ty for watching all of the videos man, and 2 I am sorry for saying it was a few. (heres a third one just in case: https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen7ou-753640763)
FYI - MANDIGOAT
Lastly still on this point - " i'm not convinced that hoopa can work outside of this incredibly specific niche." That is your personal problem. It is not my job to open your mindset of how you play the game just give an example of what I know has worked for me and a few other people with replays and explanation. If your counterpoint is that I used original teams thats a huge fallacy that when applied to almost anything else makes even less sense(if you want I can explain this further). Also this game takes very little time. Nothing is stopping you from actually trying the mon on your - what i assume to be - basic squads and proving to yourself that it will work.
Btw I am serious about you trying and will actually give you a bunch of different sets to try( AV, SPECS, fightium, electrium, lo, sub calm aguav, sash). just ask
P.s: I want to bring to light that this has now developed into a small subset of a subset of the points Ive made
1) Im aware both hoopas have great special bulk lmao. they have the same bulk. and in the practice -hoopa u actually has great special bulk. it can switch into anything besides focus blast even after rocks and let's be real no one hits 2 focus blasts
252+ SpA Alakazam-Mega Shadow Ball vs. 0 HP / 0 SpD Hoopa-Unbound: 96-113 (31.8 - 37.5%) -- guaranteed 3HKO after Stealth Rock
252+ SpA Alakazam-Mega Focus Blast vs. 0 HP / 0 SpD Hoopa-Unbound: 143-169 (47.5 - 56.1%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Stealth Rock
theoretically shadow ball into focus blast could kill if you get high rolls on both but it's really unlikely.
it is a factor. if a mon is good by itself but doesn't synergize well with high ranked stuff then it shouldn't be ranked as high. also i went through the replays and you literally used 2 different teams, both of the "offense with mandibuzz" archetype.
i appreciate you using heat teams, but i'm not convinced that hoopa can work outside of this incredibly specific niche.
252 SpA Alakazam-Mega Focus Blast vs. 0 HP / 4 SpD Hoopa-Unbound: 130-154 (43.1 - 51.1%) -- 5.5% chance to 2HKO
This is what youre getting hit with. If im running av hoopa u im switching into zam for DAYYYSS but also if i run av hoopa c i live a shadow ball
" by itself but doesn't synergize well with high ranked stuff then it shouldn't be ranked as high. also i went through the replays and you literally used 2 different teams, both of the "offense with mandibuzz" archetype." This is actually your opinion lol (wrong one at that as it is a fallacy) and basically showing that youre adverse to steering away from the meta slave arch. which is fine who i am to tell you to not be basic or how to play the game to your enjoyment. But lets do a simple exercise. If i had replaced hoopa c with giratina on my teams would that have made any of you points differ? No it wouldn't; and yet giratina is uber.... (this is bc of the fallacy thing I mentioned) This isnt that complex of a game on that high of a level youve just been primed to think that way and like its fine i know people gotta have some type of order but like that has nothing to do with me. I thought I had used 3 teams, If It's 2 I have a few things to say, one of them being actually ty for watching all of the videos man, and 2 I am sorry for saying it was a few. (heres a third one just in case: https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen7ou-753640763)
FYI - MANDIGOAT
Lastly still on this point - " i'm not convinced that hoopa can work outside of this incredibly specific niche." That is your personal problem. It is not my job to open your mindset of how you play the game just give an example of what I know has worked for me and a few other people with replays and explanation. If your counterpoint is that I used original teams thats a huge fallacy that when applied to almost anything else makes even less sense(if you want I can explain this further). Also this game takes very little time. Nothing is stopping you from actually trying the mon on your - what i assume to be - basic squads and proving to yourself that it will work.
Btw I am serious about you trying and will actually give you a bunch of different sets to try( AV, SPECS, fightium, electrium, lo, sub calm aguav, sash). just ask
P.s: I want to bring to light that this has now developed into a small subset of a subset of the points Ive made
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