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Constable Lemon posted:Quick Attack, Swords Dance, Return, and Earthquake is undoubtedly the best Mega Pinsir set. Unless you are doing Doubles, in which case Feint is probably a decent choice. But Return does an absurd amount of damage thanks to Aerialte. It, along with STAB, doubles its base power. I can't really stress enough the fact that after a Swords Dance, Return will OHKO everything that doesn't resist it, with very little exception. Close Combat is generally worse than Earthquake coverage-wise, plus it makes you weaker to physical priority moves. And X-Scissor wouldn't be better?
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re: Return and Amie. Welp, shows how much I actually know about this.
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dorkasaurus_rex posted:And X-Scissor wouldn't be better? 198 is a bigger number than 120.
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dorkasaurus_rex posted:And X-Scissor wouldn't be better? X-Scissor would, in the best case, do about 20% more damage to Psychic and Dark types, and 25% more damage to Electric and Rock types, compared to Return. Meanwhile, it would do about a third as much damage as Return to Fairy, Fire, Flying, Ghost, and Poison types, and some ludicrously more effective number to Fighting, not to mention about 66% more against every other type. X-Scissor on Mega Pinsir is a terrible idea.
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Dec 7, 2013 22:08
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Guess I've got a dinner date with Pinsir then.
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dorkasaurus_rex posted:Guess I've got a dinner date with Pinsir then. Get it a massage and fill it with EV-reducing berries. Pokemon-amie affection and friendship are not the same thing.
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Alternatively, give it a Soothe Bell and bike around the Eiffel Tower for half an hour.
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You bred this guy, actually, so I think you'll hit 220+ Friendship after the first few rounds of Le Wow battles with all of the levels you're due to get. It's not max, but you'll be pretty close.
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Millions posted:Alternatively, give it a Soothe Bell and bike around the Eiffel Tower for half an hour. A romantic bike ride in Paris with Pinsir-chan sounds like a perfect Saturday evening! Too bad I've still got to evolve Riolu but I think I have another Soothe Bell
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Apparently, Smogon has banned Gengarite. Smogon really hates Shadow Tag.
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Constable Lemon posted:Apparently, Smogon has banned Gengarite. Smogon really hates Shadow Tag. It is significantly more useful in 6v6. It's the same reason they love Stealth Rock so much.
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Constable Lemon posted:Apparently, Smogon has banned Gengarite. Smogon really hates Shadow Tag.  Now it's Gothitelle's time to shine!
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Chain fishing today yielded a bright pink Quilfish! BTW, it turns out that catching a shiny resets the chain, if anyone else thinks of doing it and tries carrying on afterwards like I did. The guide I used didn't mention that.
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In case anyone else was still in the dark, Pokemon Bank is open in North America the 27th. https://twitter.com/NintendoAmerica/status/386183184398168064
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Is there any level it's preferable to evolve Gligar at? Don't want to miss any of his moves.
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dorkasaurus_rex posted:Is there any level it's preferable to evolve Gligar at? Don't want to miss any of his moves. Level 2. Unless you really need Poison Sting or Slash. Then level 27.
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Constable Lemon posted:Apparently, Smogon has banned Gengarite. Smogon really hates Shadow Tag. Noooooooo... 
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Well "banned" means "moved to Ubers," and I'm sure Mega Gengar will do acceptably in that tier.
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I find it interesting that a lot of people on the battle spot seem to follow Smogon's bannings. I've not seen a Blaziken or a Mega Gengar since Smogon banned them even though there's nothing stopping people using them.
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http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/oubeta-68219855 Holy poo poo, just had a 70 turn match where avalugg and rear end in a top hat tree pulled my rear end out a failed slurpuff sweep. I don't care which tier smogon puts them in, these guys are OU in my heart
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I picked Charmander as my 1st gen starter despite having the Mystery Gift Torchic and a Fletchinder. Truly I am a master pokemon tactician.  Loving the game so far, looks great on my Zelda 3DSXL. My only complaint is that the 3D feature isn't used all that well.
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Dred Cosmonaut posted:http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/oubeta-68219855 70 turn? Try 421 turns (not my game): http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/pokebankoubeta-68178871
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Dred Cosmonaut posted:http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/oubeta-68219855 You both did a million things that make no drat sense in this match and it's messing with my head.
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Like what? I've never done competitive before, so critique would be appreciated.
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BattleCake posted:70 turn? Try 421 turns (not my game): Unfortunately, play back stopped at Turn 224.
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Starhawk64 posted:I picked Charmander as my 1st gen starter despite having the Mystery Gift Torchic and a Fletchinder. Truly I am a master pokemon tactician. I did pretty much the same thing. TEAM FIRE STARTERS 4 LYFE. I also like the change to the Experience Share because it reduces the need to grind and I usually try to have an evenly-leveled team. It's just that I ended up going against the Elite Four with a team full of monsters of at least level 70.
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Dred Cosmonaut posted:Like what? I've never done competitive before, so critique would be appreciated. The worst things I saw were bad/missed predictions. There were a few times you left a pokemon in (presumably expecting the switch) and hit him with something not really worth it, and a few where you hit his switch-in with something non-effective. The latter were in situations where had had made the switch before (such as bringing in Scizor/Conkeldurr on your Avalugg). The problem I run into in those situations is not having a good answer for the switch, but it's best to go ahead and bring your predicted response in rather than waste a move. Against a good opponent, you have to figure out how many switches ahead to go.
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Unbound posted:Unfortunately, play back stopped at Turn 224. ...How the hell does he not run out of PP? Slack off has a base 10 pp what the hell I am very confused right now. Nevermind I didn't catch the leppa berry that's just nasty. _Endgame_ fucked around with this message at 01:06 on Dec 8, 2013 |
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Leppa berry + Recycle
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_Endgame_ posted:...How the hell does he not run out of PP? Slack off has a base 10 pp what the hell I am very confused right now.
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_Endgame_ posted:...How the hell does he not run out of PP? Slack off has a base 10 pp what the hell I am very confused right now. Leppa Berry.
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Dred Cosmonaut posted:Like what? I've never done competitive before, so critique would be appreciated. Neither of you were predicting obvious switches and somewhere around the fifth time you hit a switched-in Scizor for like five damage I wanted to cry. e: Also, that Slowbro set will be a lot meaner in gen six once the bank opens up, since Oblivious makes him immune to Taunt now. 
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JesustheDarkLord posted:The worst things I saw were bad/missed predictions. There were a few times you left a pokemon in (presumably expecting the switch) and hit him with something not really worth it, and a few where you hit his switch-in with something non-effective. The latter were in situations where had had made the switch before (such as bringing in Scizor/Conkeldurr on your Avalugg). Oh yeah, i definitely messed up some switches. But I mean, thats just guessing, not a lot I can do right? (other than just don't guess wrong ) LAY-ZX posted:Neither of you were predicting obvious switches and somewhere around the fifth time you hit a switched-in Scizor for like five damage I wanted to cry. I had nothing effective against scizor, goodra had my fire
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Dred Cosmonaut posted:I had nothing effective against scizor, goodra had my fire Mostly I think I just couldn't figure out why Gogoat didn't have Earthquake. It would have at least done SOME damage. What's his moveset?
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LAY-ZX posted:Mostly I think I just couldn't figure out why Gogoat didn't have Earthquake. It would have at least done SOME damage. What's his moveset? He did. I didn't keep him in against scizor cause scizor loving wrecks him. Mine is specially defensive with milk drink/horn leech/EQ/ bulk up. Without a bunch of bulks hes loving dead against a physical threat like scizor
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Dred Cosmonaut posted:Oh yeah, i definitely messed up some switches. But I mean, thats just guessing, not a lot I can do right? (other than just don't guess wrong ) It's not really just guessing, though - especially after he has done the same thing several times. You know something else is coming in, so either switch or set-up or target the expected switch-in.
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Millions posted:Alternatively, give it a Soothe Bell and bike around the Eiffel Tower for half an hour. Vitamins increase happiness too. Use bargain power level 3, buy 20 or so; and you're set.
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What's a good way to build Mega Banette? Banette @ Banettite Frisk Nature? EVs? - Knock Off - Taunt - Destiny Bond - Will-O-Wisp I'm not sure what to do with the nature and EVs. 252 HP and 252 Atk?
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Immer posted:What's a good way to build Mega Banette? If you just want something to taunt/burn dudes, go with Sableye instead. Banette should be getting more use of that titanic attack stat. At the very least he wants Sucker Punch and Shadow Claw (or Phantom Force if you want to get even more firepower at the cost of telegraphing your attack). The other two slots I think Destiny Bond and Will-o-Wisp would probably be your best bet. EVs would probably do best in attack and HP, and Adamant nature.
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Does anyone have any 3+ IV Zorua's they'd mind tossing me? Looking for one to kick off my quest for the best Zoroark.
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