Recent content by NDenizen

This guy is surprisingly good as a revenge killer, and often straight into a sweeper. I'm really not a fan of the Sword's Dance sets, I think Z-Splash is way better to get the maximum economy from your Disguise, and then it's often just a mere matter of Shadow Sneaking everything to death with...

This guy is surprisingly decent, has Swords Dance, Sucker Punch, Earthquake and then Return for regular STAB - and you can do all this without worrying about burns or paralysis. Though as you say he lacks any sort of "oomph" to really justify him. As a tanky staller he has a generic Wish and...

The stat boost components are really fun, makes for some nice ideas (some more effective than others, and most likely confined to lower tiers, if it all) Z-Hypnosis/Grasswhistle/Lovely Kiss/Sleep Powder on lots of Pokemon. Getting a guaranteed speed boost is just what some pokemon can use, and...

Something also rarely mentioned is that this pokemon has access to Lunge, which is a guaranteed attack reduction alongside being a STAB 80 BP move. Which means you could also run this with some investment in defense and then really hamper a physical attacker or force it to switch. So in some...

That's pretty much older than time, not any less effective though. I favour a focus sash myself - it's got raw power, but it excels in just ruining other people's days by hitting through Sturdy/Sash/Sub, pacifying them and then setting up a priority sweep - so the longer it's alive the better...

The whole point is you're calling it from another pokemon. Obviously this means you become reliant on luck somewhat, but it's there as an option alongside Close Combat that allows you to deal another good offensive type of damage which boosts you. Superpower is there with the assumption that...

I think so, I forgot it was even there, lol :P

It really depends on what you're trying to accomplish. Unless you're making use of screens, Forry's going to want all the hazards on hand because it has no other real purpose besides maybe spinning, with moves like Explosion and Volt Switch complimenting that it is either trying to stay alive to...

I've used Copycat leads nicely before, expressly to exploit leads that lay down hazards. Their full moveset of hazards can be then copied with just your one move, making it quite an interesting fight. Obviously, packing a Ghost to block a Forry's Rapid Spin and Rapid Spin yourself makes for good...

It's annoying Alomomola doesn't get Block or at least Whirlpool, because then it could really be good for a stall team that relies on passive damage, Toxicing anything without Immunity, Magic Guard or Poison Heal and laying on additional passive damage. Combine that with its hidden ability and...

HP Fire is a great choice. You don't have to rely on Focus Miss to take care of the large majority of things that will try their luck with Alakazam. Subs may curb the accuracy problem somewhat, but ultimately you're stuck using a shaky move against a majority of pokemon that would just die to HP...

Substitute Dragonite is extremely irritating I have found, so any set utilising a Subs ability to add survivability to Dragonite is pretty decent. I might try that set out myself at some point. Cloyster obviously checks this quite nicely, and you'll need a bunch of DDs to get straight through...

Oh man, legality? Very Nice. Time to bust out the old WoW - Foul Play - Swagger again set and create some rage.

Most people highlight Life Orb for Zam, but leave out Focus Sash. With a Sash, Alakazam can only be OHKOd by multihit moves and so its frailness is lessened somewhat. Of course at that point the argument "why not just use Reuniclus then" comes back, but Zam does have better speed I guess.

Guess i'll give my two cents from my two playthroughs, the first six were caught, the second six hatched. Samurott A boring but reliable typing gives this a lot of reliability, and a plethora of coverage moves and more give it a nice amount of variety. It can go mixed, it has priority to...