that is certainly not trash.Why mess around with Return when you can use Trash with 0 resistances, literally the only downside is you are locked into it.
As luck would have it my first inverse battle was against a rhyperior who used stealth rock, and I can confirm it works inversely as well. Talonflame took almost nothing from it while Chesnaught lost 25% of its health.Shoot, I said what I meant wrong. Thanks for correcting me though.
I'm pretty sure Stealth Rock would work inversely as well, since the damage it outputs takes type resistance into account.
But tyranitar doesn't resist rock......The idea of Tyranitar, Hippowdon, and Jirachi losing 1/4 health on switching in is so bizarre, also Rhyperior losing 1/2 of its health is just wat. Most good defensive Pokemon resist rocks, so this may really help offense in this meta, on the other hand Zapdos just got much better.
Locking yourself into a move is completely fine when nothing resists said move and three types are weak to it.Return will be ridiculous in Inverse. Thrash is an 18 BP increase in exchange for locking yourself in. Not worth it.
Unfortunately not true, with Mega Pinsir Thrash turns into a Flying type move (and therefore has resistances, such as Bug and Grass types)Pinsir (especially Mega Pinsir with that 4x resistance)
"locking in"Return will be ridiculous in Inverse. Thrash is an 18 BP increase in exchange for locking yourself in. Not worth it.
That poison typing of his does become more of a liability. It also becomes 4X weak to fighting because of it. Still, he never was good at taking hits that much. Just dishing them out.You know what I find ironic about this meta? Gengar stays just as threatening as ever.
Ghost/Fighting is STILL perfect coverage. You know a Pokemon is good when it can stay OU for 6 Gens straight AND when the type chart is flipped on its head.
Gengar also picks up a buttload of weaknesses. Normal, Bug, Fighting and Grass all hit him Super Effectively. 2 of them 4x. It's going to be very hard for Gengar to switch in.You know what I find ironic about this meta? Gengar stays just as threatening as ever.
Ghost/Fighting is STILL perfect coverage. You know a Pokemon is good when it can stay OU for 6 Gens straight AND when the type chart is flipped on its head.
The thing about Gengar is if you ain't stoppin, and ya ain't killin, then you ain't usin him right.Gengar also picks up a buttload of weaknesses. Normal, Bug, Fighting and Grass all hit him Super Effectively. 2 of them 4x. It's going to be very hard for Gengar to switch in.
Possibly, but most of those types get nerfed in Inverse. Water gets 4 weakness and only 2 resists, with no net offensive gain (though they can check Grass types). Fire types have 6 weaknesses and only half as many resists, again with no net offensive gain. And steels beating steels is just... self-defeating really. So you get some offensive coveage, but its against types who will probably be relatively unused, while leaving you vulnerable to most everything else.I know Steel became a terrible defensive type, but it actually gained some cool coverage offensively, hitting Fire, Water, Electric, and other Steel types super effectively. If the flying types took off in the meta, they might have a reason to run Steel Wing.
Belly Drum Extremespeed Linoone has waited 8 years for a metagame that he can call home. He has found one. And now, he doesn't even NEED to rely on crap coverage to begin the slaughter (though IIRC Seed Bomb should have some cool SEs.)Holy shit, anyone who still has an extremespeed Linoone around can really clean up.
oh god, Guts Swellow with Facade... D:
Is this a bad time to mention that Swellow is my favorite pokemon, playing mostly UU in Gen 4 just to use him (And still fitting him on all of my OU teams)?oh god, Guts Swellow with Facade... D:
Considering what I've seen in Hackmons, Ursaring can probably 2HKO it at worst.What kind of damage can Swellow and Ursaring dish out against Avalugg? It's pretty much the only pokemon that has a chance to get past them.