Doesn't gallade ohko with close combat? Also, bulk up is a lot of fun
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UU Simple Questions Thread
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I didn't use Close Combat. Definitely worth a shot, thanks for the advice
Nidoking and nidoqueen are pretty good
Aside from the Nido's mentioned Roserade is an excellent choice too as she is able to threaten the common Florges/Slowbro core (or basically any bulky water) while having the utility to use support moves from Sleep Powder to Spikes.
I am confused about this since... Gallade Drain punch does on a very defensive Blissey:
252+ Atk Gallade Drain Punch vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Blissey: 474-560 (66.3 - 78.4%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Leftovers recovery
And with a bulk up boost...
+1 252+ Atk Gallade Drain Punch vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Blissey: 714-840 (100 - 117.6%) -- guaranteed OHKO
On less physically defensive variants it is obviously worse.
Not sure how he would not be able to pull his own weight when he puts pressure on Blissey quite easily. You may want to reconsider your EVs though CC is an option but if you are using a BU set it is obviously not the most ideal option but otherwise I'd reckon it is your EVs that may need tweaking. Though based on usage 252+ Atk variants seem the most common so... I am guessing you are using a less offensively EVd spread.
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Welcome to UU! As you probably know, Florges has an extremely pitiful Defense stat, so you should rely on strong, physical wall breakers like Victini and Darmanitan to push past Florges. These two in particular can come in on a predicted Moonblast easily. Florges also is susceptible to super -effective attacks, even on the Special side. Choice Specs Magneton, Roserade, Nidoking, and Nidoqueen are all solid answers as they have STAB super-effective attacks. Crobat in particular can shut down Florges with Taunt and smack it around with super-effective attacks. To expand, most Taunt users can severely limit Florges's utility by preventing it from inflicting status or passing Wishes. Oh, Jirachi is also a good Pokemon that can effectively get rid of Florges too. These are just a couple of examples and I hope you understand!
Really any hard-hitting physical attacker can take down florges without too much trouble.
http://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/xy-uu-viability-ranking-thread-new-drops-discussion.3500340/
This is a list of pokemon by their viability. You should defiantly build to fight against S and A ranks. Scrafty is B- (though that could change after 3 months) so he's a low "good but can get blocked or countered by a few pokemon and wont always work its best".
Edit: B and C ranks aren't bad but if you want to do well you need an answer to most of the A rank pokemon and Hydreigon. It might also be a good idea to look up the OU drops not on the list and most wont get banned.
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Thank you very much! ^_^
Like Petrico94 pointed out, the Viability Rankings Thread is something you should look at because it gives you a gist of what works and what doesn't in the tier. The UU Threatlist, even though it's still in the works, is also something you should look at because it gives you a basic overview on why a threat is good.
I'm not going over the drops because they might be banned, but I hope I helped!
Can anyone recommend a good cleric for UU
I've been out of the game for a few months so forgive me for not knowing; why is Aromatisse suddenly a pretty legit pokemon?
Not at all. At least you don't have to run obscenely obsecure shit to counter Luke (i.e. Aromatisse, Gligar as opposed to lol Poliwrath). A good portion of the tier checks it too as anything that is faster and suvives the Espeed is good to go.
Also does not have immediate power and generally needs to set up to remedy its short comings. Whereas Crawdaunt can immediately threaten and has a spammable STAB with a secondary effect that essentially cripples switch ins, i.e. knock off, that is essentially low risk high reward.
kokoloko are the votes done yet?
There is a glitch with auto weather where you have one extra turn, ie if you set sand with Hippo it will end after it says (3 turns left) not after (4 or 1 turns) left, or you'll have an extra turn with smooth rock. With manual weather, the counters are correct.