I'm confused. Alakazite is banned in UU while Alakazam is legal in UU. Why do you think Charizard would be treated any differently? And how is Gengarite treated differently? There are other mega stones banned in OU.
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I love the silly things on OU ladder thread can there come a new one plzzzz
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Alakazam doesn't have enough usage to be OU, and thus, it is allowed in UU. Charizard, on the other hand, does have enough usage to be OU. On Gengar, the tierig between Ubers and OU works differently than all the other tiers. Like Lucario, Gengar is allowed in OU, because their base form isn't banworthy themselves.
I hadn't appreciated that alakazite is banned in UU -- that just makes things even more inconsistent! I was thinking, for example, about Mawile, which is banned across all tiers below ubers even though it would make more sense for mawilite to be banned by itself. And I don't see what is so ban-to-uber worthy about mon-mega Blaziken. It's fragile as fuck and prone to priority.
I don't get what's so hard to understand here... If a Pokemon has the required usage to be put in a tier then it will be, mega stone or not. The only reason Mawile is OU is because tiering is decided every 3 months, and 3 months ago is was OU by usage.
(also regular blaziken is completely broken lmao)
(also regular blaziken is completely broken lmao)
yes, you can.
You already answered your own question. Just be patient an raters will look at your team, or ask a badged team rater (the fist badge) to look at it.
ZANBAKUResh, a few others, and myself have already given your team a rate... Do you want something more in-depth, like a threatlist rundown?
Max HP / Max Def / 4 Spa
You could put some in special defense to take tbolts from thundurus a bit better, but with unaware its better to invest all in physical defense imo.
Yeah, I redid the team and i am trying to get past rotom-w and ferrothorn.
It'll be implemented into Showdown, but we don't know yet if it'll be banned or not, given this is the first time it's entered the Gen 6 Metagame. A lot of people are calling for a Suspect Test, however.
That's what I thought but thank you for confirming it.
How come when you quote someone, Smogon automatically describes them as fat? e.g. fat UnicornDemon2 said
I think it's an abbreviation for something, but I've been wondering that as well :P
It's an inside joke between some of the staff I believe
It's an old, inside joke, like the above user said :]
Chesnught beats Ferrothorn every time, and also beats Rotom even if Rotom burns it.
0 Atk Chesnaught Wood Hammer vs. 252 HP / 212+ Def Rotom-W: 194-230 (63.8 - 75.6%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Stealth Rock and Leftovers recovery
0 Atk burned Chesnaught Wood Hammer vs. 252 HP / 212+ Def Rotom-W: 97-115 (31.9 - 37.8%) -- 93.3% chance to 3HKO after Stealth Rock and Leftovers recovery
0 Atk Chesnaught Drain Punch vs. 252 HP / 88+ Def Ferrothorn: 116-138 (32.9 - 39.2%) -- 65.4% chance to 3HKO after Stealth Rock and Leftovers recovery
if ches is weakened or taken out, then rotom-w basically is unstoppable.
So, I have a Naive Froakie ingame with a spread of 31/31/31/18-19/31/31. If I'm looking to make a mixed set with the only special move as Ice Beam, does the 18-19 SpA make Ice Beam lose any particularly important KOs?
Can't exactly calc right now so a general idea would be helpful.
Can't exactly calc right now so a general idea would be helpful.
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