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EDIT: Crap, I thought I was in the "discussion" pages. I somehow didn't realize I was in the analysis forums... ah well, I'll leave my post up anyway. 252 Atk Life Orb Pheromosa U-turn vs. 4 HP / 252+ Def Eviolite Chansey: 207-243 (32.2 - 37.8%) -- 94.8% chance to 3HKO 252 Atk Adaptability...

Edit: It looks like Martin already figured this one out a few months ago. I guess mine is different since I use Bolt/Beam instead of Signal Beam... but its almost the same concept... although you are far more reliant on Dugtrio to properly perform its role... I'd argue that Bolt/Beam sweeps more...

I've been running Electric-type Conversion lately (Thunderbolt / Ice Beam / Recover / Conversion). Here are some thoughts: * Tapu Fini is your Porygon-Z opportunity, especially with Recover. Recover negates any Nature's Madness, and the worst Fini really can do to you is Taunt or Defog. Its not...

I don't play stall, so I can't say which set is "better". But reading through the analysis-thread discussion... it appears that 244HP / 252 Def / 12 Sp. Def is not for "efficiency", but for hitting a specific number of surprise Psyshock and Pursuit magic-numbers. There are basically two ways to...

252 SpA Tapu Lele All-Out Pummeling (190 BP) vs. 252 HP / 168 SpD Ferrothorn: 316-372 (89.7 - 105.6%) -- 37.5% chance to OHKO So... that's a thing. Focus Blast turns into 190BP All-Out Pummeling.

252 SpA Choice Specs Tapu Lele Moonblast vs. 252 HP / 0 SpD Assault Vest Muk-Alola: 156-184 (37.6 - 44.4%) -- guaranteed 3HKO 252+ Atk Muk-Alola Pursuit vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Tapu Lele: 79-94 (28.1 - 33.4%) -- 0.1% chance to 3HKO Lele isn't a major pursuit target. Although it tanks the Moonblast...

The Attack Boost only makes Metagross die to Foul Play harder. Mandibuzz wants the +Hax to happen, because of Foul Play mechanics. T-punch only deals 45% max, so Mandibuzz counters T-Punch / Ice-Punch without SR. But there's also Mega-Slowbro then. 252 / 80+ Def takes like 36% from...

Mandibuzz doesn't care about Thunderpunch / Ice Punch. 252 Atk Tough Claws Metagross-Mega Ice Punch vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Mandibuzz: 162-192 (38.2 - 45.2%) -- guaranteed 3HKO after Leftovers recovery 0 Atk Mandibuzz Foul Play vs. 0 HP / 4 Def Metagross-Mega: 236-282 (78.4 - 93.6%) --...

700BST and Tough Claws goes a long way. Tapu Lele helps MegaGross in multiple ways. As a partner, MegaGross gets +50% damage on Zen Headbutt. As an opponent, MegaGross is one of the best Lele checks. Remember that your typical Uber (ex: Mewtwo) is only 680BST. MegaGross can simultaneously...

What nerf is that? Does Seismic Toss still hit twice for 200HP? Bulky Wish Seismic Toss Mega-Kang was ridiculous, and required counterplay that was grossly different than standard All-out-attacker Khan.

Calm Mind would blow hard on Primarina IMO, especially with Keldeo as a superior Calm-mind offensive threat, and Slowbro as a superior defensive one. The only thing that makes this thing OU relevant is the Specs set... which is pretty good in my experience. Specs Primarina is a safe-switchin to...

I think part of the problem is that there's basically no room for creativity here. Scald / Toxic / Recover / Haze is more or less perfection for this Pokemon. Maybe slash a "Toxic Spikes" in there? It also has Light Screen, that's kinda useful. But Alolan-Ninetails does that better. The only...

Toxapex has 30 base speed. Even if this combo were a 100% accurate Sheer Cold that hit through Sturdy Toxapex would be a horrible sweeper. Its outrun by Chansey for goodness sake. Worse yet, Venoshock is a terrible "Sweeping" attacking type. You're walled hard by every Steel Pokemon and Poison...

Any thought of "Solar Beam" should be thought of instead as "Bloom Doom". At 190 BP, the one-shot Bloom Doom is as strong as a 1-turn Solar Beam with Choice Specs. This is far more powerful vs Water Types than Freeze Dry or Thunderbolt. 252+ SpA Lapras Bloom Doom vs. 252 HP / 4 SpD Suicune...

Now that Pokebank is up, does anyone have access to Hidden-Ability Staraptor? I dunno what I can offer in return. I've got bottlecaps and rare candies. As far as Pokemon go, I've got Hidden-ability (Snow Warning) Vulpix and Hidden-ability (Multiscale) Dratini.

IMO, you should choose slower pokemon that still outspeed it that are relevant. Garchomp, Charizard (X/Y), Mega-Metagross are all slower but outspeed Mimikyu. Tapu Koko and Greninja outspeed a lot of things in the metagame... so the statement as written feels redundant.

I've been running STABs + Shadow Ball personally. Fairy / Ghost is a great offensive pairing, with Hydro Pump as the nuclear option. Psychic is a good option for Venusaur / Toxapex / etc. etc. Primarina is a nuke that can switch into (most) Ash-Greninja all day long (Protean has Gunk Shot, so...

Its still luck based. I finally had a good setup the other day where I got ~150 per loop. But last night, the setup was pretty ass. Lots of plaza-people asking "Take me somewhere you think I'd find interesting", and I was unable to pick something out. But yeah, I'm going to use the Loop Exploit...

Here's an odd idea: what's the best "Utility-mon" for Elite 4 Grinding? Lunala is mine at the moment. Moongeist Beam deals with the Sturdy mon, and everyone else is basically one-shot between Moongeist Beam / Moonblast / Psychic. But I'm curious if anybody got something better. But usually...