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[chaos97]

best jolly sceptile and sp att cyndaquil mov set pls

[BlackJovi]

7 hours ago, chaos97 said:

best jolly sceptile and sp att cyndaquil mov set pls

scept - sd leaf blade eq AA/crunch

cyndaquil - flamethrower, eruption, hp grass/elec, extrasensory

[chaos97]

58 minutes ago, BlackJovi said:

scept - sd leaf blade eq AA/crunch

cyndaquil - flamethrower, eruption, hp grass/elec, extrasensory

How about thunder punch on scept

[BlackJovi]

5 minutes ago, chaos97 said:

How about thunder punch on scept

what do you need tpunch for? 

[NikhilR]

7 minutes ago, BlackJovi said:

what do you need tpunch for? 

If it's for OU, then most likely Skarm. 

Edited September 19, 2016 by NikhilR

[BlackJovi]

6 minutes ago, NikhilR said:

If it's for OU, then most likely Skarm. 

oh yeah, I asumed it was for UU since sceptile is UU my bad. @chaos97 yeah definitely go for tpunch as last slot if you plan to use it in OU. 

Edited September 19, 2016 by BlackJovi
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What's the most common nature + EV spread for spinner Starmie ?

I'm really confused, I keep encountering them and they're surprisingly tanky + they're still faster than most of my poke

 

 

Tell me the secret so I can beat them please

[OrangeManiac]

22 minutes ago, aeeaeeaaa said:

What's the most common nature + EV spread for spinner Starmie ?

I'm really confused, I keep encountering them and they're surprisingly tanky + they're still faster than most of my poke

 

 

Tell me the secret so I can beat them please

252 HP 252 Def. Avoids getting KOd by many Pursuit trappers.

[LifeStyle]

16 minutes ago, OrangeManiac said:

252 HP 252 Def. Avoids getting KOd by many Pursuit trappers.

Yup either this or, Timid 252 HP/Speed. Also saw some Timid ones with enough speeds EVS to hit 151, 252 HP evs and rest in sp attack

41 minutes ago, aeeaeeaaa said:

Tell me the secret so I can beat them please

CB Pursuit Snorlax usually has no problem removing Starmie from play (unless they're specifically built to deal with those)

[BlackJovi]

20 minutes ago, OrangeManiac said:

252 HP 252 Def. Avoids getting KOd by many Pursuit trappers.

not really no. that would be a terrible ev spread. 

 

Enough evs to beat jolly blaziken or ada flygon max hp then rest in def would be one of the best. Along with bold nature 

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Damn that's much more defensive than I thought

Yeah those Starmies were really bulky AND outspeeded my +speed nature Blaziken so it must be something like this

 

I might want to get a new Starmie too.. my current one's a pursuit magnet

[Tiltlord]

Hey I have a Hasty Blaziken, HP Grass, I was wondering about EV spread and moveset for him?

[xStarr]

13 hours ago, Tiltlord said:

Hey I have a Hasty Blaziken, HP Grass, I was wondering about EV spread and moveset for him?

ed: nvm

Edited September 29, 2016 by xStarr

[Maelstrom]

Is Ninetales viable in OU? If not, why?

[OrangeManiac]

3 minutes ago, Maelstrom said:

Is Ninetales viable in OU? If not, why?

Outclassed by both Charizard and Typhlosion. Special sets of all three are really unviable because of how hard Snorlax and Chansey walls them (and Kingdra to lesser extent).

[Maelstrom]

3 minutes ago, OrangeManiac said:

Outclassed by both Charizard and Typhlosion. Special sets of all three are really unviable because of how hard Snorlax and Chansey walls them (and Kingdra to lesser extent).

Hum... I guess it was already expected, fair enough.

 

 

[OrangeManiac]

36 minutes ago, Maelstrom said:

Hum... I guess it was already expected, fair enough.

 

 

If you wanna run one for fun I recommend a Sub Pain Split user to take advantage of the huge HP stat of Snorlax and Chansey and drain them a lot of HP with Pain Split.

[Maelstrom]

17 minutes ago, OrangeManiac said:

If you wanna run one for fun I recommend a Sub Pain Split user to take advantage of the huge HP stat of Snorlax and Chansey and drain them a lot of HP with Pain Split.

I was just looking at this move on the move list...

 

btw, there's currently any sp.attacker that can do significant damage to them?

 

 

Edited October 4, 2016 by Maelstrom

[LifeStyle]

11 hours ago, Maelstrom said:

btw, there's currently any sp.attacker that can do significant damage to them?

Specs Alakazam hits pretty much everything like a truck, gotta scout for those Pursuit Umbreons/Houndooms first tho

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Sorry for asking so many question but what is, in your opinion, the better nature between modest and timid for Haunter ?

Are there any significant pokemons it would outspeed with +speed nature ?

 

Also, is the 252 atk & speed Rhydon from Gbush's guide still relevant ?

[aeeaeeaaa]

If I taunt an enemy, it is forced to use offensive move for 2-4 turns, but is the first turn of taunt included in that count?

 

example:

(turn 1) Gyara uses taunt -> Skarmory can't use spikes

(turn 2) This turn Skarmory is also forced to attack

(turn 3) If we assume taunt lasted 2 turns, is Skarmory still taunted or not ?

 

 

 

EDIT: Sorry apparently taunt lasts 3 turns 100% of the time here

But I'd still like to know: do I have to count the initial turn in those 3 turns?

 

 

Edited October 10, 2016 by aeeaeeaaa

[BlackJovi]

8 minutes ago, aeeaeeaaa said:

If I taunt an enemy, it is forced to use offensive move for 2-4 turns, but is the first turn of taunt included in that count?

 

example:

(turn 1) Gyara uses taunt -> Skarmory can't use spikes

(turn 2) This turn Skarmory is also forced to attack

(turn 3) If we assume taunt lasted 2 turns, is Skarmory still taunted or not ?

 

 

 

EDIT: Sorry apparently taunt lasts 3 turns 100% of the time here

But I'd still like to know: do I have to count the initial turn in those 3 turns?

 

 

yeah, it is included. If you taunt a skarm when it's going to spike, it will not spike since the taunt is already in action (asuming ur faster than the pokemon ur taunting)

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Thanks!

[Maelstrom]

belly zard or special zard?

[Tranzmaster]

Bellyzard all the way.

 

Positive: 

 

1 - It has more sweeping capabilities

2 - It tilts the opponent

3 - It's satisfying to 6-0

 

Negative:

 

1 - Permatilt when opponent has priority move

 

Special zard gets walled/outsped by too many pokes and there are better special sweepers with similar coverage.

It's fairly good tho if the opponent thinks you have bellyzard, switches to swampert, sunny day on the switch and then top kek solarbeam

Edited October 14, 2016 by Tranzmaster