I thought that might be the case. I thought Psycho-Shifting sleep sounded fun, but difficult and inefficient to do, and that led me to the chance of sleep moves. Thanks!
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Blissey? Is she not OHKO'ed by CB Superpower? If anything Chansey would be better
The point of using Blissey against Volt-turn teams is to lure out Scizor and hit it with a Flamethrower.
The best way to deal with Volt-turn is through the use of lures. You can either break through on Scizor's side, or break through on Rotom-W's side. Breaking through on Scizor's side is much easier as Rotom-W lures are not as OU viable. Breaking through Scizor's side involves a Pokemon that can check Rotom-W, lure in Scizor, and dispose of it with HP Fire. Latias and Celebi are the most common Pokes.
In 5th gen, I got a calm mind + wish jirachi and a baton pass vaporeon with acid armor. Can I use vaporeon to set up jirachi in defense, so I can use calm mind to complete the setup? Also, what other pokemon could benefit from vaporeon's setups? (In OU)
wth does VCG stand for? whats the difference in that and regular battles?
VGC, or Video Game Championship, is the name of an annual tournament. In this tournament, all battles are double battles.
If I want to use Bulk Up Toxicroak for Wi-Fi battling (Swords Dance sets use Ice Punch, and I can't IV breed well in my 4G games), is there any specific merit to using a specially defensive spread? It will probably ease set-up, but is it worth the loss in power?
Toxicroak is fairly frail, so Special attackers will easily be able to 2HKO with neutral hits. And you're going to need the extra power when Reuniclus comes in so you can KO it with Sucker Punch.
WHat is a good EV set for empoleon
You should put the EVs into Attack instead, Toxicroak's ability creates the illusion that he is bulky but is really not
I have been running a sun team and have been testing anti-sandstorm mons in the last slot that I have open.
So far, I have tested Landorus(scarf) and Terrakion(band). Landy is a great scout with CS and Terra punchs holes in walls.
My questions reguarding this is:
1). Are there any better pokes to use against Sandstorm?
2). If there are, who are they?
3). If not, who do you suggest would be the better choice?
So far, I have tested Landorus(scarf) and Terrakion(band). Landy is a great scout with CS and Terra punchs holes in walls.
My questions reguarding this is:
1). Are there any better pokes to use against Sandstorm?
2). If there are, who are they?
3). If not, who do you suggest would be the better choice?
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Unlike rain or sun teams, sand teams don't really specialize in any attacking type (the Pokemon you listed are actually the only real Sand abuseres in the metagame bar TTar himself) so technically there are no pokemon that counter sand, however the ones you listed are good at abusing sandstorm by their self and are both great revenge killers against a large portion of the metagame.
I am personally a big fan of Scarf Landorus as he works great regardless of weather and can help to shift momentum with U-Turn wich is always great for a Sun Team, but its hard to recommend something without knowing the whole team or at least wich Pokemon exactly you got problems with and wich Pokemon your team handles well. If you want a better recommendation i suggest that you post your whole team + some Pokemon you got trouble with.
1). Support Ninetales
2). Banded Scizor
3). Mixed Venasaur
4). Volcrona
5). Starmie (anti-rain)
6). Band Terra. OR Scarf Landy
My team usually has issues when my weather goes away as my team's main sweepers depend on it.
Sand: Terra, Landy, and Ttar are the biggest issues although I have counters for all three. I lose momentum trying to take them out.
Rain: Politoad, D-Nite, and VolTurn make this about as deadly. The only reason that this isn't the #1 threat is that I like throwing status around.
VolTurn as a playstyle: is deadly in all aspects because if I cannot get the right status on the right poke, I am doomed.
I hope that I clarified better.
Hmm. This is a tricky question that is not easily answered. Moody was banned here on December 28th, 2010. This was way before the English Black and White games were even released! This analysis would have been an excellent place to find your answer. However, Smeargle had not yet been released with its Dream World ability at the time. As a result, no sets were ever officially shared by Smogon, as far as I'm aware.
So as far as I can tell, there's not really any documentation on this. So your options are to either find a battler who has had some experience with Moody Smeargle or to get creative! As far as I'm aware, a Moody set is going to attempt to stall for as long as it can to accumulate boosts. Moves like Protect, Substitute, and Spore are all good for this. You'll also want to consider Baton Pass to pass all of those boosts to a more capable recipient. Hope this helps!
Substitute/Protect/Baton Pass/[Stored Power/Shift Gear/Quiver Dance]
Moody Stored Power is ridiculous. With enough boosts Smeargle can 2HKO SpDef Jirachi. Think phazers will ruin your set up? BP to Espeon and rip them apart with a much, much stronger Stored Power.
plenty of Psychic-types use their Psychic-type STAB this generation; last generation they preferred not to. Pokemon such as Lati@s, Alakazam, and Reunc (Jirachi is a steel-type first and foremost, not a psychic) all run Psychic-type STABS. Whether it be Psychic itself or Psyshock.
I'd say that Steel is argubaly the second worst attacking type. It does hit Rock and Ice for effective damage but is resisted by four very common types (Fire, Steel, Water, and Electric). Two of the pokes at the top of OU, Rotom-W and Heatran, 4x resist steel. Fighting hits the same types as Steel does for super effective but it also get super effective damage on Steel, Normal, and Dark. Fighting is also resisted by less common types(Flying, Poison, Psychic, Bug)
@IronGross: The introduction of the move Psyshock makes Psychic attackers viable. In previous gens physics attacking is almost exclusively special, not physical. Also, the increasing fighting type Pokemon usage contributes to using psychic attacks this gen.
@Matthew: Jirachi is part steel part psychic...
@Lorenz: If by minigame map you mean searching for a Pokemon, try "listening" every 4 steps or so. It should say along the lines of "very close by" (in your square), "nearby" (adjacent squares), faint voice (2 squares away or diagonal), or no sign.
If you mean the dream island maps... after you go to dream island for a few times you will not encounter anything anymore. By that time you probably have played for an hour anyway, which then you should "wake up".
@Matthew: Jirachi is part steel part psychic...
@Lorenz: If by minigame map you mean searching for a Pokemon, try "listening" every 4 steps or so. It should say along the lines of "very close by" (in your square), "nearby" (adjacent squares), faint voice (2 squares away or diagonal), or no sign.
If you mean the dream island maps... after you go to dream island for a few times you will not encounter anything anymore. By that time you probably have played for an hour anyway, which then you should "wake up".
What is the best way of dealing with trickscarf if you don't have a scarf pokemon or it is not safe to switch into that?
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