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If it were to be allowed, AV Quag is a terrible idea, not to mention you can't use Recover with AV, and when are you ever going to get +6 with Blaziken?
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If it were to be allowed, AV Quag is a terrible idea, not to mention you can't use Recover with AV, and when are you ever going to get +6 with Blaziken?
Im on about the actual DS game pokemon omega ruby
Katy
Banned deucer.
Hello,
This isn't the place to ask about Cartridge formats like XY / ORAS/ SM and UsUm, this is about smogon singles for the OverUsed tier. This thread especially is reserved for QnAs about this specific tier. You may look up the Cartridge Formats in this Forum if they have Answers to your questions.
*sigh* sorry, i was even redirected to this post
OU/UU Team suggestions?
I have heard that it is "meta" to at least have a Pseudo Legendary, a Mega, and a Z-Move 'Mon on your team; all or two if possible.
I've planned to run a Azelf, as my lead, with this set:
Azelf @ Focus Sash (Lead)
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Stealth Rock
- Explosion
- Taunt
- Knock Off
I plan to run a mega, but I'm unsure of what mega is best to run with my team. I had Mega Mawile and Mega Scizor in mind:
Mawile @ Mawilite (Mega)
Ability: Hyper Cutter
EVs: 252 HP/ 252 Atk/ 4 SpD
Adamant Nature
- Swords Dance
- Play Rough
- Iron Head
- Sucker Punch
OR
Scizor @ Scizorite (Mega)
Ability: Technician
EVs: 248 HP/ 16 Def/ 244 SpD
Impish Nature
- Swords Dance
- Bullet Punch
- Roost
- Knock Off/Bug Bite
If anyone could suggest better Megas to run with Azelf that would be helpful!
Also, if anyone could suggest OU Walls and OU Attackers, that would also benefit me greatly! Thank you!
I have heard that it is "meta" to at least have a Pseudo Legendary, a Mega, and a Z-Move 'Mon on your team; all or two if possible.
I've planned to run a Azelf, as my lead, with this set:
Azelf @ Focus Sash (Lead)
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Stealth Rock
- Explosion
- Taunt
- Knock Off
I plan to run a mega, but I'm unsure of what mega is best to run with my team. I had Mega Mawile and Mega Scizor in mind:
Mawile @ Mawilite (Mega)
Ability: Hyper Cutter
EVs: 252 HP/ 252 Atk/ 4 SpD
Adamant Nature
- Swords Dance
- Play Rough
- Iron Head
- Sucker Punch
OR
Scizor @ Scizorite (Mega)
Ability: Technician
EVs: 248 HP/ 16 Def/ 244 SpD
Impish Nature
- Swords Dance
- Bullet Punch
- Roost
- Knock Off/Bug Bite
If anyone could suggest better Megas to run with Azelf that would be helpful!
Also, if anyone could suggest OU Walls and OU Attackers, that would also benefit me greatly! Thank you!
Regarding OU. There are a lot of resources in this forum out there to answer your questions. Check the viability rankings, team bazaar, sample teams, and smogon for certain sets. It is true that you want a Mega + a Z move on your team, though I'm not sure what pseudo-legendary means. You can have any number of legendaries on your team assuming they're viable/legal in your tier.
A couple things I can tell you off hand is that your Scizor set has the wrong EVs, don't run IH on Maw, and don't run Azelf because it's just not reliable and Defog is everywhere.
From Bulbapedia:
Basically, it's a fan-made group that includes Dragonite, Tyranitar, Metagross, Salamence, Garchomp, Hydreigon, Goodra, and Kommo-o.Bulbapedia said:
I personally find it kind of dumb, as there are legendaries that don't have that base stat total, and it ignores Pokemon with legendary-esque lore like Volcarona.
Usually it's why we ignore terms like psuedo-legendary most of the time and the ridiculous outcry to banning mons more based on their status and less on their practicality.
I would personally recommend Landorus-T or Excadrill as a suicide lead over Azelf. Azelf in practice only has a very small niche over some suicide leads in that it can Skill Swap Mega Sableye's Magic Bounce. Excadrill simply says fuck all to the ability instead while Lando-T can provide offensive momentum with Explosion.
I would personally recommend Landorus-T or Excadrill as a suicide lead over Azelf. Azelf in practice only has a very small niche over some suicide leads in that it can Skill Swap Mega Sableye's Magic Bounce. Excadrill simply says fuck all to the ability instead while Lando-T can provide offensive momentum with Explosion.
no it doesn't provide any power boost. sparkling aria is preferred in uu because it can go through substitutes from the likes of chandelure and salazzle. in ou though, i think choice specs primarina probably would just rather run hidden power fire for ferrothorn over either of those moves. that being said do keep in mind primarina is a very niche choice in ou and i wouldn't recommend it the majority of the time.
I have a little question for a pokémon not viable in OU.
I had found a particular spread for Primarina, i wanted to know if this spread is viable in a rain team
Primarina @ Choice Specs
Ability: Torrent
EVs: 224 HP / 60 SpA / 224 SpD
Modest Nature
- Hydro Pump
- Moonblast
- Sparkling Aria/Scald/Ice Beam
- Psychic
With the Ev's 224 in HP and Special Defense can be 3HKO with Psychic by Mega Alakazam and more with the rain the damage by the water type attack can do monstrous damage with the Specs.
Ps: If is viable i would do a test with it.
I had found a particular spread for Primarina, i wanted to know if this spread is viable in a rain team
Primarina @ Choice Specs
Ability: Torrent
EVs: 224 HP / 60 SpA / 224 SpD
Modest Nature
- Hydro Pump
- Moonblast
- Sparkling Aria/Scald/Ice Beam
- Psychic
With the Ev's 224 in HP and Special Defense can be 3HKO with Psychic by Mega Alakazam and more with the rain the damage by the water type attack can do monstrous damage with the Specs.
Ps: If is viable i would do a test with it.
i assume your main goal with this in rain is to be a breaker with a typing that checks ash-greninja, but if you're looking for something that fits that criteria i think kingdra or azumarill would probably be a better fit. kingdra is about as strong a breaker, but it also gets swift swim which is obviously nice on this kind of team, i suppose this can hit toxapex with psychic but the issue is, toxapex stomachs a psychic and pivots into something that takes it, and then toxapex is still kind of healthy and you lose rain turns so i wouldn't call this is a consistent toxapex check by any means, even if you do predict correctly. as for azumarill, it has the same typing but provides a lot more to rain as a sweeper with belly drum and aqua jet in rain. i suppose you could try primarina in rain, nothing wrong with it, but i really feel like there are better options ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
While it probalbly could work, (Ash) Gren and Kingdra are so much better as a special rain attacker due to their better speed stat, or in the case of Gren, higher SPA if Ash form. If you really want to try it, go ahead, but there are better special breakers than Prim.
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whats should be Kyurem B’s main job? I looked on the smogon article, and the description was from a year ago. What Pokemon does Kyurem B threaten with his Icium Z set?
Kyurem-B is a wallbreaker that threatens defensive Pokemon like Tangrowth, Tapu Bulu, Tankchomp, etc. and generally busting past balanced teams if played well.
Having a good match-up is when ur team has the mon advantage against ur opponents one, like having mons who break ur oppos team easily or mons who wall it easily (for example a monofire team vs a monograss has the match-up). Pretty much having a good match up is when u have a solid counterplay to all (or most of) the team u are facing, and break it or wall it with no big troubles.
Hey when posting a team does anyone know exactly how to put in sprites or images?
Only from Gen V onwards. Team Preview is what lets you know if you are on a bad matchup from the beginning. Before that, you have to guess.
https://fulllifegames.com/Tools/SpriteConverter/
This is an incredibly useful tool that you can use for that.
Thx a ton!
Um, what do I import?
Just put the name of the Pokemon or the full importable version off the team in the box under "Import:". It'll generate the BBCode for you, so all you have to do is copy/paste it.
When I go to RMT it says I have insufficient privaleges to post a team. What's that about?