Recent content by Esper

People need to realize that weather is a more substantial factor in a game, now. Banning Drizzle is only going to make Sand and Sun much stronger. Are we going to ban Garchomp and friends next? It's a shame that Drizzle probably won't make it past the next round because of Manaphy (who is broken...

Still kinda disappointed by the lack of Ludicolo in the tiers. It's an absolute game changer and surprise sweeper with its excellent bulk and decent offense. Here's the one I'm using in my Pseudo-Rain Dance team. It's a rehash of an older version, but it's still working wonders for me...

If you're going to be tiering Pokemon, shouldn't there be some ground rules as to how you tier them? How about listing characteristics of what makes them X tier and do some sort of a scoring system. That would be something that's comparable to the monthly statistics and would give an overall...

I really like your Cloyster in this team...and after looking at the recent usage stats, I can't see why this thing was is used more often. It even counters Roserade leads (Don't know if it'd OHKO or not) who is nearly annoying as Crobat. Perhaps Light Clay over Leftovers on Slowbro to make the...

Hm. You could always try LO + Thunder on Starmie over Thunderbolt. With Rain Dance running rampant, you could really use it to your advantage. Plus, you should be able to take care of the Vaporeon problem.

Thanks for the suggestions. I made the switches you recommended. However, the battles seem to lag much longer than normal...and when they do, it tends to be in my opponents favor. Does Latias make that big of a difference? I originally used her to lure ground attacks on my Jolteon to set up CM +...

Aerodactyl (M) @ Focus Sash Ability: Pressure EVs: 4 HP/252 Atk/252 Spd Jolly nature (+Spd, -SAtk) - Rock Slide - Earthquake - Taunt - Stealth Rock My current favorite lead. Taunt + Stealth Rock is always nice. I rarely use RS and EQ, but in case my opponents lead is weak, I'll go ahead and use...

Oh really? I think I need to re-work my team, then. Any input on who the best is to use Fling/Trick?

Ah, okay. Thanks for the clarification. I guess that's pretty much the most useless hold item, then. :P

Metagross@Iron Ball Nature: Adamant Ev's: HP 252 / Attack 252 / Speed 6 Agility Earthquake Ice/Fire/Thunder Punch/Meteor Mash Explosion/Fire/Thunder Punch Baton Pass Speed and a Substitute Agility Earthquake-away Then sweep? Any thoughts, really? I am not too sure how the Iron...