Hey fellow smogonites! I was thinking what are the most overused and deadliest threats there are. Please note this is a poll.
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What is the most overused and threatening pokemon of all?
- Thread starter BlitzTheReaper
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Skarmory is very deadly with his base 80 attack, 40 base special attack, and 70 base speed.
Why are you showing this?
Did anyone else lol upon seeing Starmie and Skarmory there?
Anyways...overused, Garchomp. Deadly...hard to say, really. Quite possibly Infernape (I hardly see other people using him, but I've used it myself quite a bit), as it's capable of taking down almost any wall not named Cresselia depending on it's set.
On opposing teams, Gengar's tend to give me the most problems, but of the pokemon listed I'd go with Chomp.
Anyways...overused, Garchomp. Deadly...hard to say, really. Quite possibly Infernape (I hardly see other people using him, but I've used it myself quite a bit), as it's capable of taking down almost any wall not named Cresselia depending on it's set.
On opposing teams, Gengar's tend to give me the most problems, but of the pokemon listed I'd go with Chomp.
lol wut?
anyway, I was thinking along the lines of Tyranitar. Tyranitar's auto special defense boost is so godly, espcially if its boah that can suck up most special attacks with only hp investment. also breaks walls and has all around good stats. also, Garchomp has a monstrous base attack with his base speed slightly over all base 100s. Sand veil can also be abused relatively easily, and can also make great use of scarf due to having the now 120 bp physcial outrage in its movepool. another is mence due its insane unpredictability.im not going to say anything regarding blsisey... :)
I fought skarmories and starmies and they are all deadly.
Lol. I'd say Infernape, that beast. And a late game choice outrage garchomp can be devestating.
Wow, I knew Garchomp is powerful and famous, but this is just wow.
Starmies beat Infernape in terms of speed.
I am going to say Garchomp because of how many times a Choice Scarf Outrage Garchomp destroyed my team. Of course my Bronzong stops it, but once thats down, I have to predict Outrages. The thing is getting so overused on Shoddy its not even funny.
CounterBliss? Ice Fang Steelix?
Don't forget Skarmorythat ting witstood a STAB'ed waterfall from my swampert.
Let's all run from a Steel/Flying type that can't hurt us without using Whirlwind/Spikes! And I can't believe how deadly that Pokemon easily walled by any Blissey! Sarcasm aside, Garchomp is the most threatening, whilst Salamence is probably the most used. Correct me if you want.
For the record, Skarmory withstands a STAB'd Waterfall from pretty much anything that doesn't have a Choice Band and a Belly Drum passed to it.
Yeah people are not dumb to not switch out Starmie from a blissey.
please tell me you're kidding.
skarm hits 416 defense, a waterfall from pert does like 20 percent..
why is bliss baby not on that list?
Probably because it isn't deadly.
Garchomp was really hyped before D/P was released, but a lot of people said that it never lived up to the hype a few months after release. Now it has proven to be the clear #1 offensive Pokemon in the D/P metagame by a wide margin; I think its safe to say it did reach expectations.
With Swords Dance, Skarmory is able to achieve it's true potential as a top-tier physical sweeper. Very little can stand against the might of a Swords Dance'd drill peck, and it's even more fearsome when backed up by another move such as Night Slash (which is incredibly effective against the mighty wall that is Azelf), Steel Wing (which benefits from STAB, dealing huge damage to the few enemies that aren't hit super effectively by any of Skarmory's other attacks), or Pursuit (giving Skarmory the deadly ability to hit any frail pokemon trying to escape it's mighty wrath, since many opponents would want to run when faced with Skarmory). Once it's in, there's no stopping the steel menace from rampaging through your team.
No, really, Skarmory's not much of an offensive threat.
So does Purugly. Everyone forgets about Purugly :/