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7 minutes ago, Takens said:

@pachima I choose you!

Use follow me to protect Conkeldur with some off meta poke and moveset!

He already offered Bold Metagross, Bold Kingdra and Rocky Helmet Swalot/Tentacruel and some other stuff on OU discussion thread if you haven't seen lol

I like his ideas but when we are discussing for the health of the tier, gotta disregard them

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Anyone with half a brain can win vs. any other team with such a team with zero effort on prediction and zero RNG risk.

IN MY OPINION, any team that doesn't run Conkeldurr, Reuniclus, Hydreigon, a Ghost-type and an extra special wall is not competitive anymore.


Mantine and Reuniclus forces out anything Conkeldurr can't switch into. After Conkeldurr clears half of your team, before going down, rest giggles at what remains of your team. If your lead is a support mon that cannot threaten Conkeldurr, you get instant Bulk Ups, oh and this one ran Ice Punch too, you auto-lose your first mon to scouting its moves as usual. lol...

 

Well, I'll quit pvp for a week as OU is becoming more and more dull and unplayable right now.

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really sad when people refuse to learn and still complain about their walling mechanics. Aard wrote in a similar threat so much informartion and logical things and still you refuse to except it. Result of the threat the smart and more skilled player benefits and the walling non creative guy suffers (you have 2 100% "real" counter if you are worried and a lot of checks. Thats more than other pokemon in the ou got).But ban conkeldurr and be happy with your walling team (hello gen 3). Not the smart wins (who can deal with every situation, gets creative), the louder crying child wins :). The idea of pvp is to grow in prediction skills, experience,....... The way you guys are playing is like. Oh a special attacker------> chansey/blissey no matter what. Oh conkeldurr ---> cofagrigus/dusclops. Then you guys switch between those monster. Without even thinking of predicting some moves and play around resis.Losing is part of the learning process. And to say you need reuniclus, hydreigon,... or you will suffer is even more.. (angry word). Dude there are guys out there beating people in OU with NU and UU.

 

 

Short question to think about. Maybe conkeldurr is in that spot cause a lot of checks are easily walled by chansey/blissey and you cannot get much out of it.?.

 

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39 minutes ago, MosesBrenner said:

the louder crying child wins :)

 

Oh gosh, Conkeldurr fans without valid arguments get provocative pretty quick. I invite you to express your valid points and cry louder if you think it is not banworthy, after reading the topic that is.
 

 

39 minutes ago, MosesBrenner said:

The way you guys are playing is like. Oh a special attacker------> chansey/blissey no matter what. Oh conkeldurr ---> cofagrigus/dusclops

 

We clearly stated the issue is not Chansey/Blissey related, this not even close to being the case.
Oh a Conkeldurr counter/check ---> Reuniclus no matter what Oh a ghost ---> A special wall without ghost weakness no matter what , Oh anything else ----> Conkeldurr
this is also valid from your way of thinking ^

 

39 minutes ago, MosesBrenner said:

Dude there are guys out there beating people in OU with NU and UU.

 

At what skill level exactly? I dare you to bring any NU UU composition against an experienced player's complete OU team, you will barely win once out 30 times maybe? with heavy RNG help and gimmicks if you are very very lucky? I'm happy to test out any NU and UU teams you may bring whenever you want, this is irrevelant and doesn't contribute to topic in any way.

 

39 minutes ago, MosesBrenner said:

Short question to think about. Maybe conkeldurr is in that spot cause a lot of checks are easily walled by chansey/blissey and you cannot get much out of it.?.

 

Or could it be that you are unaware of ways to play around Chansey/Blissey and you are the one refusing to learn about moves like Knock Off/Trick/Switcheroo or you are unaware of existence of wallbreakers offensive teams utilize that can hit both to defensive mons and special defensive mons?

And how any of those are a counter argument for any valid arguments provided so far claiming Conkeldurr banworthy?

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1 hour ago, PrincessDia said:

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All I see is kingdra subbing on mantine, focus energing on the switch, agility as it loses the subs, and then 6-0 with draco meteor (Providing it doesnt miss)

Can we ban kingdra yet?

Secondly, ppl should start learning what checking and countering means. From what some posts I have read, some have no idea and still are commenting.

Third, I said before and I will repeat, conkeldurr can´t switch in infinitely. Neither can the other 5 Pokemon of the opposing team switch infinitely against whatever opponent sends that beat Conkeldurr. And if you can´t counter infinitely whatever opponent sends against conkeldurr, you also can´t switch out conkeldurr to safety that often.

Fourth, People say we should not benefit some styles over another. For instance, offense against stall. But from what I am seeing stall is still the most used strat in this community. It goes both ways. You can´t simply kill offense so people can just stall with their 6 Mons all the time they wish just because its the predominant style. Both styles need to be balanced, and so far, Stall is still superior to Offense (Btw, the argument where conk kills stall is completely useless because Togekiss is in the tier. And if that thing doesn´t absolutely utterly destroy most kinds of style, idk what it does)

Fifth, conkeldurr can only have 1 or 2 at max, coverage moves. For some reason I can still not understand people claim Conkeldurr is able to beat 2 or 3 Pokemons of the opposing team just to reveal its scouting moves. I really don´t need to explain what is wrong about this. Unless of course conkeldurr is so busted and so broken that a single Move of them kills 2 Pokemons at once.

Lastly, just wanted to mention all this wasn´t specifically directed to you in particular (Just quoted you because that funny little image, where from what I saw, that guy was using all the cool good mons without even thinking about synergy-  Maybe besides arca) No, this is directed to everyone. If they disagree, feel free to disagree but at least gib me a valid reason for that.

 

 

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i rarely play conkeldurr sry and i am not a big fan of it.in the past i thought it was too strong, but after some discussions with people and some calculations  i think its strong but not too strong. AND again you dont read exactly what i wrote...(angry word) i try again :)

 

Short question to think about. Maybe conkeldurr is in that spot cause a lot of checks are easily walled by chansey/blissey and you cannot get much out of it.?.

 

if you now read and understand the question feel free to answer it ty. An advice: its not how to beat chansey....

 

 

 

 

 

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Just now, MosesBrenner said:

Short question to think about. Maybe conkeldurr is in that spot cause a lot of checks are easily walled by chansey/blissey and you cannot get much out of it.?.

 

if you now read and understand the question feel free to answer it ty. An advice: its not how to beat chansey....

Yes I understood your question perfectly, If you read the topic and see why we are claiming it's banworthy, you'll see your answer.

Advice: read the topic

I will not continue to debate this with you as you are not expressing what you think in a mature way.

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Just now, PrincessDia said:

And again, how is that revelant with this topic?

Because the bit I quoted

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2 hours ago, PrincessDia said:

IN MY OPINION, any team that doesn't run Conkeldurr, Reuniclus, Hydreigon, a Ghost-type and an extra special wall is not competitive anymore.

is laughable, if you think so, you obviously haven't played much OU

 

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Just now, Suneet said:

Because the bit I quoted

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is laughable, if you think so, you obviously haven't played much OU

 

I clearly expressed it's a personal opinion, you are free to disagree or laugh but if you are going to be offensive to me personally, you can do it on private message
Anything other than that I am very eager to see a valid point to understand why Conkeldurr's current pressure is ok and not banworthy, I'd love to learn from a person who apparently "plays OU much more than I do"

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Dusclops Impish Nature:

252+ Atk Guts Conkeldurr Ice Punch vs. 252 HP / 80+ Def Eviolite Dusclops: 65-77 (22.8 - 27.1%) -- 47.2% chance to 4HKO

252+ Atk Guts Conkeldurr Payback (50 BP) vs. 252 HP / 80+ Def Eviolite Dusclops: 88-104 (30.9 - 36.6%) -- 60.3% chance to 3HKO

Calm Nature:

252+ Atk Guts Conkeldurr Ice Punch vs. 252 HP / 80 Def Eviolite Dusclops: 71-84 (25 - 29.5%) -- guaranteed 4HKO

252+ Atk Guts Conkeldurr Payback (50 BP) vs. 252 HP / 80 Def Eviolite Dusclops: 96-114 (33.8 - 40.1%) -- guaranteed 3HKO

Impish Nature Full Def:

252+ Atk Guts Conkeldurr Ice Punch vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Eviolite Dusclops: 57-68 (20 - 23.9%) -- guaranteed 5HKO

252+ Atk Guts Conkeldurr Payback (50 BP) vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Eviolite Dusclops: 78-92 (27.4 - 32.3%) -- guaranteed 4HKO

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252+ Atk Guts Conkeldurr Drain Punch vs. 248 HP / 252+ Def Nidoqueen: 84-99 (21.9 - 25.8%) -- possible 5HKO after Black Sludge recovery

 

If Nidoqueen had Sheer Force I could see it being a good stop, with PoisonPoint it's usefulness in the tier is underwhelming but it is a good stop to Conkel with access to SuperFang to avoid Bulk Up's buffs.

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2 minutes ago, Kizhaz said:

252+ Atk Guts Conkeldurr Drain Punch vs. 248 HP / 252+ Def Nidoqueen: 84-99 (21.9 - 25.8%) -- possible 5HKO after Black Sludge recovery

 

If Nidoqueen had Sheer Force I could see it being a good stop, with PoisonPoint it's usefulness in the tier is underwhelming but it is a good stop to Conkel with access to SuperFang to avoid Bulk Up's buffs.

Ppl be like: No man, Queen is garbage, conkeldurr also has eq which destroys it.

EDIT: Weezing is also able to counter it, and that thing was OU not long ago.

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Just now, pachima said:

Ppl be like: No man, Queen is garbage, conkeldurr also has eq which destroys it.

Thats the probleme, some pokemon can block it.. But thats not a free switch only if you now the set before

bulk up / tpunch / icepunch / fire punch / facade / drain punch - mach punch / eq / stone edge - rock slide ....

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Just now, pachima said:

Ppl be like: No man, Queen is garbage, conkeldurr also has eq which destroys it.

Whilst true, I feel like every Conkel has Drain Punch + Mach Punch leaving room for 2 more moves. The most common switch in currently was Mantine so Thunder Punch seems a must and Bulk up makes Drainpunch more spammable making Conkel stay around longer. If you forego Bulk for eq or Ice Punch for Gliscors then Conkel becomes a great wall breaker but with much less longevity

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3 minutes ago, MknsZblex said:

Thats the probleme, some pokemon can block it.. But thats not a free switch only if you now the set before

bulk up / tpunch / icepunch / fire punch / facade / drain punch - mach punch / eq / stone edge - rock slide ....

9/10 times Conk will click Drain Punch turn 1 unless you've shown a switch in (Mantine/Gliscor/Cofag etc.) To which you can scout for moves with double swaps. But the same can be said about many Pokemon. Just because something has unpredictable coverage doesn't make it unbeatable

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Just now, Kizhaz said:

9/10 times Conk will click Drain Punch turn 1 unless you've shown a switch in (Mantine/Gliscor/Cofag etc.) To which you can scout for moves with double swaps. But the same can be said about many Pokemon. Just because something has unpredictable coverage doesn't make it unbeatable

Also, tentacruel is OU. Just saying.

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5 minutes ago, Kizhaz said:

9/10 times Conk will click Drain Punch turn 1 unless you've shown a switch in (Mantine/Gliscor/Cofag etc.) To which you can scout for moves with double swaps. But the same can be said about many Pokemon. Just because something has unpredictable coverage doesn't make it unbeatable

People run 2 fighting types these days, they do not reveal conkeldurr and use other fighting mon first and see what your answer is so they can use the move accordingly. Since once your Check/Counter is out of the way, there isn't much to do about it finishing the game. And if you decide to out-predict it conkeldurr still destroys whatever you have out anyways with it's coverage move, since it was able to switch into it. Clearly abusing lack of team preview. 

 

EDIT: Come to think of it, it's still very early for this update to settle and I saw 4 dual fighting teams in 1 day to abuse Conkeldurr. Imagine how things will creep up eventually.

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Just now, PrincessDia said:

People run 2 fighting types these days, they do not reveal conkeldurr and use other fighting mon first and see what your answer is so they can use the move accordingly. Since once your Check/Counter is out of the way, there isn't much to do about it finishing the game. And if you decide to out-predict it conkeldurr still destroys whatever you have out anyways, since it was able to switch into it. Clearly abusing lack of team preview. 

This is wrong. People don´t run 2 fighting types these days. 

Also if they did, then it would be even harder for them to switch against stuff, which contradicts your argument of conk is able to come back everytime it pleases because its godly made team switches into everything. 

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gyarados impish nature:

-1 252+ Atk Guts Conkeldurr Drain Punch vs. 248 HP / 184+ Def Gyarados: 63-75 (16 - 19%) -- possible 8HKO after Leftovers recovery

-1 252+ Atk Guts Conkeldurr Thunder Punch vs. 248 HP / 184+ Def Gyarados: 340-404 (86.5 - 102.7%) -- 12.5% chance to OHKO after Leftovers recovery

-1 252+ Atk Guts Conkeldurr Facade (140 BP) vs. 248 HP / 184+ Def Gyarados: 158-186 (40.2 - 47.3%) -- guaranteed 3HKO after Leftovers recovery

solid check without thunder punch

 

Volcarona Timid with 252 Def:

252+ Atk Guts Conkeldurr Drain Punch vs. 240 HP / 252 Def Volcarona: 110-129 (29.6 - 34.7%) -- guaranteed 4HKO after Leftovers recovery

252+ Atk Guts Conkeldurr Thunder Punch vs. 240 HP / 252 Def Volcarona: 147-173 (39.6 - 46.6%) -- guaranteed 3HKO after Leftovers recovery
252+ Atk Guts Conkeldurr Facade (140 BP) vs. 240 HP / 252 Def Volcarona: 273-322 (73.5 - 86.7%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Leftovers recovery
solid check without rocks up.
 
Salamence Naive:
-1 252+ Atk Guts Conkeldurr Drain Punch vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Salamence: 85-101 (25.6 - 30.5%) -- guaranteed 4HKO
-1 252+ Atk Guts Conkeldurr Thunder Punch vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Salamence: 114-135 (34.4 - 40.7%) -- guaranteed 3HKO
-1 252+ Atk Guts Conkeldurr Ice Punch vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Salamence: 456-540 (137.7 - 163.1%) -- guaranteed OHKO
-1 252+ Atk Guts Conkeldurr Facade (140 BP) vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Salamence: 213-251 (64.3 - 75.8%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
solid check without ice punch
if you go with a Lax or impish nature with roost it's even better.
 
like the other said it depends on the set. Facade seems strong, but then it lacks on other moves.
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2 minutes ago, PrincessDia said:

People run 2 fighting types these days, they do not reveal conkeldurr and use other fighting mon first and see what your answer is so they can use the move accordingly. Since once your Check/Counter is out of the way, there isn't much to do about it finishing the game. And if you decide to out-predict it conkeldurr still destroys whatever you have out anyways, since it was able to switch into it. Clearly abusing lack of team preview. 

That starts going from "Conk is OP" to good team builds and playing the team effectively. Essentially it's similar to saying "Keeping your win conditions safe until late game gives you a good chance to win". As for team Preview I feel it will neither hinder nor help Conk, it would moreso weed out the better players from the worse

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