April showers bring May flowers.
Hi, it's Blaze again. Sorry about the mix-up last time I commented on something, no, Bronzong does not counter Haxorus very well because of Mold Breaker. I honestly had forgotten about that. Anyways, more stat time because April stats are in!
12 | Keldeo | 12.92283% | 108597 | 7.914% | 84037 | 7.603%
Keldeo is up at number 12? Good job. Keldeo is a pretty good Pokemon all things said about it. If it had better coverage I'm sure it would have been banned by now. I like using him and countering him isn't hard to do at all really, but once the checks and counters are gone he is a pain. Hopefully he won't get banned and DrizzleDrought will, because I'll miss him if he leaves before Drozzle does.
| 15 | Celebi | 10.71112% | 98813 | 7.201% | 81129 | 7.340% |
Nice to see a Pokemon that was once so frowned upon being giving a lot more usage. A great counter to a lot of things, and even though it is a little bit weak to the VoltTurn core because of the 4x weakness to VoltTurn, this Pokemon fills such a large variety of rules, from defensive sets to offensive sets to team support. Plus, having something the nearly foolproof counters Keldeo is always nice. I might start running HP Bug on my Keldeo this time!
16 | Forretress | 10.43795% | 124738 | 9.091% | 108074 | 9.778%
Ewwww....I've never liked Forretress. It always seemed so outclassed on so many levels. If I need something to set up entry hazards, I would just use Deoxys-D Ferrothorn or Skarmory, as neither one of them is as much of a laggard as Forretress can be. Ferrothorn comes with a better typing all things said, better passive recovery, and a more powerful Gyro Ball. Skarmory may not have Gyro Ball, but the lack of 4x weaknesses plus Roost and Whirlwind, not to mention a decently powerful Brave Bird, make up for it. I honestly find Forretress to be a bit of a let-down for a hazard setter. Even Tenta is better with Toxic Spikes, though Toxic Spikes is kinda bad nowadays.
For a spinner, Forretress is crap. Gengar and Jellicent EASILY beat it one on one(Gengar does need to worry about Gyro Ball though, but Disable fixes that), and Volt switch won't damage Jelli anything major, and, as an added fault, it won't break Gengar's Subs 100% without nearly max EVs in Special Attack AND a positive nature. And lol no to that. Tentacruel can Toxic Jellicent and laugh off Scalds, Will-O-Wisps, and Shadow Balls. Tentacruel can also Scald Gengar, and it will always break Gengar's sub with Ice Beam. Starmie is great with both Psyshock for dealing with Gengar and Thunder for dealing with Jellicent. Even Thunderbolt will seal the deal with enough hazards in play. I guess Forry is no Donphan, but still.
18 | Landorus-Therian | 10.04252% | 75977 | 5.537% | 66084 | 5.979%
28 | Gliscor | 8.26339% | 126618 | 9.228% | 100389 | 9.083%
I know everyone compares Lando-T to his Incarnate brother, but I am glad to see that finally Landorus-Therian has broken free from the shackles and surpassed Gliscor as the Ground/flying type by a nice and healthy margin. Landorus just brings more to the table than Gliscor does in my opinion. The days of Gliscor comebacks are gone, but not forgotten.
51 | Haxorus | 3.97379% | 61323 | 4.469% | 46781 | 4.232%
IS THAT UNDER 4% I SEE THAR? Yeah, but JUST BARELY. Maybe it will drop, maybe it won't. Funny, the times I was on PO when Hax was around my UU team handled him perfectly. Without a Steel type.
52 | Tornadus | 3.41432% | 29764 | 2.169% | 22879 | 2.070% |
53 | Victini | 3.05064% | 39074 | 2.848% | 31105 | 2.814% |
54 | Weavile | 2.48384% | 42084 | 3.067% | 32863 | 2.973% |
These three are Pokemon I feel need to rise to the OU challenge. Tornadus is pretty good, and thankfully, is not at a speed tier like Tornadus-T where it outspeeds every relevant threat outside of Jolteon. It has a very nice Special Attack stat to fly Hurricanes off of, and can still even use AcroBulk to decent effect here because everyone will assume it is running Hurricane. Even the Sub won't give it away.
Victini got so much better with Bolt Strike and Blue Flare added to its inventory of powerful moves. If this thing goes to OU, which I think it might, then it would definitely be the mixed wallbreaker in the same vein that Infernape was, just quite a bit better. TTar is a good counter outside of Brick Break, and, as an added bonus:
252 Atk Life Orb Victini Bolt Strike vs. 4 HP / 0 Def Keldeo: 338-398 (104.32 - 122.83%) -- guaranteed OHKO
It's not hard to catch him on the switch. :P
Weavile is a bit harder to justify because of the massive weakness to priority. Ice/Dark is just the best however for catching the Latis unawares, as all you really need is enough speed to outrun Starmie and you will do fine with him. Choice Band sets could be deadly if played right, easily burrowing through Sandstall.
56 | Sableye | 2.41328% | 38040 | 2.772% | 32312 | 2.923%
Who ever said that Sableye use was going to go up, you have to realize that Prankster Sableye has been out for who knows how long, and since he can't beat a good majority of Pokemon because his stats are OU BAD, he is never, ever going to be a serious threat. Keep him in mind, but honestly, SFLO Lando just rips him apart.
77 | Ninjask | 1.37684% | 46671 | 3.401% | 41349 | 3.741%
If X and Y bring Rock or Fire priority, I will love GF forever and ever for finally putting the concrete over Ninjask's grave. Ninjask is either set up bait for Pokemon like Landorus or Terrakion, or is easily phazed away by Pokemon like Skarmory.
86 | Charizard | 1.03297% | 39855 | 2.905% | 31897 | 2.886%
88 | Sharpedo | 1.01144% | 14623 | 1.066% | 11031 | 0.998%
Hey guys, at least Sharpedo is USEFUL outside of Rain. What's a Charizard outside of sun? A worse Moltres. And Moltres is already pretty bad.
199 | Regice | 0.12319% | 3400 | 0.248% | 2584 | 0.234%
Still better than Ninjask. *shot*
I've actually used this guy in OU, and he is pretty nice on Hail teams. The lack of Ice Body is STILL SADDENING, but with so much natural special bulk its hard to really beat him with special attacks. Granted, his use in OU should only apply to Hail teams, which are dead anyways, but isn't a bad option. Great for Dragon killing with some Sp.Def investment.