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4 minutes ago, suigin said:

I will still miss Protect on Mega Beedrill because it was pretty good for scouting but I'll be damned if having Knock Off isn't miles better. I'll still use Scizor instead of Beedrill in UU though until it gets banned.

I hope Diancie gets Diancite soon too.

yeah mega diancie is another i'm looking forward to, and mega altaria was one I used frequently in ORAS but I haven't given much thought to how effective it'll be in the new metagame (seems like a halfway decent pheromosa switch, not sure if ice beam even 2hkos after mega)

 

edit: sadly it takes max investment to avoid the 2hko, but you could definitely come in on a HJK and soak an ice beam up

 

4 SpA Life Orb Pheromosa Ice Beam vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Altaria-Mega: 156-185 (44 - 52.2%) -- 15.2% chance to 2HKO
 
252 Atk Life Orb Pheromosa High Jump Kick vs. 252 HP / 0 Def Altaria-Mega: 133-156 (37.5 - 44%) -- guaranteed 3HKO
 
i dk its a shaky answer at best but can still be very effective as a bulky DDer I think
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27 minutes ago, Gunthug said:

Solid game but jeez, imagine if that guy was using an actually good water type like offensive suicune. Is that hp grass on dnite? I think Draco handles swampert pretty well already 

252+ SpA Life Orb Dragonite Draco Meteor vs. 252 HP / 40 SpD Swampert: 283-334 (70 - 82.6%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Leftovers recovery

252+ SpA Life Orb Dragonite Hidden Power Grass vs. 252 HP / 40 SpD Swampert: 384-452 (95 - 111.8%) -- 68.8% chance to OHKO

 

I keep changing from HP Grass to Flamethrower on this dnite, really hate getting that SP Attack drop after Meteor, also those fuckers running ice meme and shit

Yeah Suicune in general is usually a pain in the ass for this team, but I've been seeing less and less of them so fuck it. Still tho I need to make some changes like not using 3 Steel Types, I'll probably remove Magnezone and get a bulky Starmie and trade Gliscor for Celebi. Ofc if I do that then I'll defo have to run flame on dnite

 

Edit: I kinda dig Magnezone tho, SD Bullet Punch Scizors are so annoying

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50 minutes ago, LifeStyle said:

252+ SpA Life Orb Dragonite Draco Meteor vs. 252 HP / 40 SpD Swampert: 283-334 (70 - 82.6%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Leftovers recovery

252+ SpA Life Orb Dragonite Hidden Power Grass vs. 252 HP / 40 SpD Swampert: 384-452 (95 - 111.8%) -- 68.8% chance to OHKO

 

I keep changing from HP Grass to Flamethrower on this dnite, really hate getting that SP Attack drop after Meteor, also those fuckers running ice meme and shit

Yeah Suicune in general is usually a pain in the ass for this team, but I've been seeing less and less of them so fuck it. Still tho I need to make some changes like not using 3 Steel Types, I'll probably remove Magnezone and get a bulky Starmie and trade Gliscor for Celebi. Ofc if I do that then I'll defo have to run flame on dnite

 

Edit: I kinda dig Magnezone tho, SD Bullet Punch Scizors are so annoying

As a frequent abuser of SD scizor I agree that they're annoying haha. I've found making my own SD set heavily physically defensive gives me a huge edge on other scizors, but Magnezone is really effective too (same with heatran) 

 

More often than not swampert is gonna try to switch in on dnite so usually that 75% from Draco is enough to finish it off but that clean ko from up grass is nice. I really like fire blast though, mostly for skarm/forret/jirachi who otherwise drive me nuts 

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