Albacore
sludge bomb is better than sludge wave
It can't 2HKO Blissey though. But it's probably still a much better option.Brick Break is 100 BP with Tough Claws and has 100% accuracy. You still hit Heatran for solid damage too.
It can't 2HKO Blissey though. But it's probably still a much better option.Brick Break is 100 BP with Tough Claws and has 100% accuracy. You still hit Heatran for solid damage too.
Was editing my post while you posted. It's very unfortunate indeed, but he has ways to get around it if it really wants to take on the blob.It can't 2HKO Blissey though. But it's probably still a much better option.
Honestly, I'd just run Dragon Dance, since it gives you +1 Speed while letting you bypass the blobs easier. In fact, you could run 80 Atk EVs to get an OHKO after rocks.This sounds really gimmicky, but do you think a Hone Claws set would be any good? Charizard has plenty of low accuracy moves to abuse like Focus Blast, Dragon Rush, Fire Blast, Overheat and Inferno. I think I'll test this out at the very least to see if it's effective and consistent enough.
Hone Claws + Focus Blast seems pretty good in general. For instance, a set like this can probably do quite well :This sounds really gimmicky, but do you think a Hone Claws set would be any good? Charizard has plenty of low accuracy moves to abuse like Focus Blast, Dragon Rush, Fire Blast, Overheat and Inferno. I think I'll test this out at the very least to see if it's effective and consistent enough.
Hone Claws + Focus Blast seems pretty good in general. For instance, a set like this can probably do quite well :
Tyranitar @ Leftovers / Tyranitarite
EVs: 252 Atk / 252 HP / 4 Def (or SpA)
Adamant Nature / Brave Nature
- Hone Claws
- Stone Edge
- Focus Blast
- Stealth Rock / Blizzard / Fire Blast / Iron Tail / Whatever
Nidoking also seems like an amazing user of FocusClaws:
Nidoking @ Life Orb
EVS: 252 Atk / 252 Spe / 4 HP
Adamant Nature / Jolly Nature
- Hone Claws
- Focus Blast
- Earth Power
- Sludge Wave
Other notable Pokemon who can use this include Aggron (especially suited with Iron Tail and Head Smash), Archeops, Bisharp, Chesnaught, Dragonite, Druddigon, Haxorus, and Kyurem.
Since this is a Weakness Policy set, you should probably slash ESpeed in the final slot. Or maybe even Draco Meteor to take advantage of the WP SpA boost.
Dragonite @ Weakness Policy/Lum Berry
Ability: Multiscale
EVs: 4 HP/252 Atk/252 Spe
Adamant Nature
-Hone Claws
-Hurricane
-Focus Blast
-Agility/Dragon Dance/Earthquake
Double Dance anyone? With Multiscale and Dragonite's threatening presence, it shouldn't be hard to get both a Hone Claws and an Agility/Dragon Dance up. Fighting/Flying has great coverage already - the only relevant defensive threats it misses out on are Aegislash and Zapdos. Agility is better because +1 Attack should be sufficient to sweep with the high base power moves, and there's also potential Weakness Policy boosts. Dragon Dance can be used if you don't have Weakness Policy and want +2 Attack. Earthquake can be used to hit Aegislash if you have Sticky Web support to make forgoing Speed boosting less of an issue (which would be hard to provide because the only decent user, Galvantula, sucks now that one of his main STABs is Physical)
Or Fire Blast to deal with Aegislash and Skarmory.Since this is a Weakness Policy set, you should probably slash ESpeed in the final slot. Or maybe even Draco Meteor to take advantage of the WP SpA boost.
I dunno about Archeops; maybe on a forced switch, but generally he wouldn't have the bulk. Also, if Kyubey gets hone Claws, that'd be pretty good. However, he wouldn't get his STABs on physical.Other notable Pokemon who can use this include Aggron (especially suited with Iron Tail and Head Smash), Archeops, Bisharp, Chesnaught, Dragonite, Druddigon, Haxorus, and Kyurem.
Basic Elements?someone please help come up with a better name
I'll probably go with "Classic Elements." Not going to change it now though because voting is in progress and it already has a fair number of votes. When voting is over, it'll change regardless of whether or not it wins. Thanks for the suggestions.Basic Elements?
or even Classical Elements?
I dunno, something that refers to the way the 'elements' or types used to function.