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Multi Gen Simple Questions, Simple Answers Mk. II (Read Before Making a Thread)
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Yes, because we all know that Regirock, Mesprit, and Virizion are Ubers, while plebs like Blaziken don't deserve the rank.
Cynara
Banned deucer.
I dont see this working in Ubers to be quite frank, Kyurem-whites speed tier pre salac is quite poor along with it's defensive typing, as well as strong priority being present in the metagame (E killer).
Before a salac boost it can be put to sleep with dark void Darkrai or just outright KO'd by Mega Salamence/Mega Diancie and Scarf xerneas or this could just be used for setup fodder for geoxern. not only that Kyurem-white is very hard to justify on builds, (Viability rank represents this) its shaky vs Hyper offense as it is, even the Life orb/specs set are quite deadweight vs Offense, it either just dies or KO's one pokemon then dies, sub salac would lack the damage output to fetch a few notable KOs (i.e draco on Pdon)
Even if you get behind a sub, ghost types are quite common in ubers, mega gengar/Ghostceus beat this set 1 on 1. Endeavour is best left to scolipede as it's able to boost it's speed naturally, hold a focus sash to ensure it lives at least one hit and set a layer of T spikes in the process.
I haven't played ubers in a while, what happened to genesect? It was like a- when I last saw it
what are some of the best arceus forms in ubers??
Normal, Ghost, Dark (imo I think its good) Ground, Rock, Water and very rarely Fairy.
I'm soft reseting the shiny Xerneas and got a modest one with: 20-26-10-31-31-31 ivs.
Is this a good competitive?
Does it have good trade value?
Is this a good competitive?
Does it have good trade value?
jeez these threads are confusing but thanks a lot!
If you really want the answer from the people who actually banned Blaziken, you may want to try asking in the OU SQSA thread. Ubers does not decide what is banned from OU, OU decides what is banned from OU to Ubers. Ubers players can only really give you a rough idea of why, the OU staff can give you a far clearer answer since their banning philosophy is something Ubers players don't really pay attention to (it doesn't really apply to what we play). Its cool that you asked, I just don't think the Ubers subforum will give you the best answer.
I'll link the OU SQSA in a sec.
E: http://www.smogon.com/forums/thread...irst-now-with-100-more-rules.3542207/page-132
Maxgepic answered a bit, I don't agree with Dark. Dragon is good though as well.
The standard stall team (though a bit old now) is Lugia / Mega Sableye / Blissey / Tyranitar / Water Arceus / Primal Groudon; mostly stall revolves around Lugia + hazard control, because Lugia is the best blanket check to powerful physical attackers in Ubers especially with Multiscale intact.
Stall isn't necessarily ruined more so that its tough to use but the main reason for its sudden decline is due to the transition to the more physical oriented Metagame brought to you by our beloved S+++++++ fire breathing dinosaur with pokemon such as PDon and Ho-oh immune to Willo-wisp and potent offensive such as MMence and Xerneas just shrugging off the status with Refresh and Aromatherapy making the Playstyle really tough to use.
Its still viable though since we now have access to defensive behemoths such as Multiscale Lugia and great utility mons like Mega Sableye, Mega Diancie and Defog Lati@s to help keep hazards off the field so if played correctly its still a devastating playstyle.
EDIT: GOD FUCKING DAM IT HAXIOM I WAS TRYING TO BE NICE FOR ONCE!
Its still viable though since we now have access to defensive behemoths such as Multiscale Lugia and great utility mons like Mega Sableye, Mega Diancie and Defog Lati@s to help keep hazards off the field so if played correctly its still a devastating playstyle.
EDIT: GOD FUCKING DAM IT HAXIOM I WAS TRYING TO BE NICE FOR ONCE!
I would argue that the initial decline of stall was due to the huge physical attackers, but it at some point became very popular since you could fairly effectively keep off hazards for Lugia; the more recent issue with stall is the rise of Mega Gengar's popularity, particularly Will-O-Wisp variants which can deal with Tyranitar more easily.
I want to play some gen1 ubers (or anything goes, just wanna play with the only 2 ubers pokemon cuz fun)
but I can't find none of these two.
and why gen 1? It's so simple and a great break from gen 6 with all their fancy stats and genders and stuff.
I am a jumping cubone lalalalalala~
but I can't find none of these two.
and why gen 1? It's so simple and a great break from gen 6 with all their fancy stats and genders and stuff.
I am a jumping cubone lalalalalala~
okay...
I'd still like to. Any other simulators I can go to or something?
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Finally figured out the tilde ~_~
Six Trails
formerly Analytic_
Multitype's page says that it prevents item loss, and Bulbapedia says that a Pokémon with the ability is not affected by item removing/stealing moves, regardless of whatever item it's holding. So does that mean even Arceus-Normal can't have something like a Life Orb or Lum Berry knocked off? Or does it only mean that Arceus formes holding plates can't have their plates knocked off?
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