Pokemon General Discussion Thread - It's Lit(ten)!

Hey TIS,

I got your magmar ready. It has 0 EV investment since I reset the EVs to get it as a magmar. How about we trade an HA Tepig for the magmar with magmarizer?

No prob man. I’ll be on all night.

This has been THE INVINCIBLE SWORDSMAN saying:

Starting now.

Thanks for the Tepig!

I’m gonna breed her for my brother. I can finally use emboar!

All I’m waiting for still is HA Cyndaquil and HA Totodile!

Saitsu still got that skrelp waiting

Alright, let’s do it now.

What do you want?

Nothing its freeyou still on?

I was but I didn’t see you on.

Just name a time for tomorrow.

Could anybody breed up some protean froakies? I got some 5 IV Kangaskhan and Vullaby to trade in exchange…I have froakie already, but with torrent and I’m starting to get annoyed that I can’t get the hidden ability out…

I got you, bro… I got a whole box of Froakies on my Pokemon Bank with good IVs and Egg Moves.

I’ll try to get on later this evening if you’re available then.

I just messaged you bruh…thx

i kinda want a male spitback too, Po, if possible.

Nvm…Ironically, I hopped on Wonder trade to get rid of all of these Torrent Froakies I breeded…and on the VERY first trade I traded one for a protean froakie.

Luckiest guy in the world.

-Fritz

Well, if you still want one, @SirFritzalot, I’m getting online now.

Same for you @locoghoul.

@"po pimpus"‌ yeah, might as well…the one I got isn’t a great nature…could save me some breeding time.

Man, do the Mirage Island Legendary Battles lower the effectiveness of the Dusk Balls? It feels like they don’t get the plus for Nighttime.

You know what’s annoying? Having a pokemon with a hidden ability evolve and it gains the regular ability…

That…doesn’t happen lol.

@saitsu im here again bro lmk if your on xD

Alright, leaning towards this team now…only problem would be of course getting the landorus with the right nature or a suitable substitute…but we’ll see how it goes.

http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/ou-205746990

http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/ou-205748903

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Damn cords (Tangrowth) @ Leftovers
Ability: Regenerator
EVs: 252 HP / 104 Def / 154 SpA
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk

  • Leech Seed
  • Giga Drain
  • Sludge Bomb
  • Sleep Powder

Die in a fire (Heatran) @ Choice Specs
Ability: Flash Fire
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe (Still thinking about a bulkier EV spread since I’m running specs on it, I don’t know if I need to max it out yet)
Modest Nature

  • Fire Blast
  • Flash Cannon
  • Earth Power
  • Dragon Pulse

OU much? (Landorus-Therian) (M) @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Intimidate
EVs: 252 Atk / 40 SpD / 216 Spe
Adamant Nature

  • Earthquake
  • U-turn
  • Superpower
  • Knock Off

Rage Shrimp (Gyarados) @ Gyaradosite
Ability: Intimidate
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature

  • Crunch
  • Waterfall
  • Dragon Dance
  • Taunt

Bubbleyum (Chansey) (F) @ Eviolite
Ability: Natural Cure
EVs: 252 Def / 44 SpA / 212 SpD (Just giving flamethrower a little extra kick)
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk

  • Wish
  • Protect
  • Flamethrower
  • Thunder Wave

humbug (Gengar) @ Focus Sash
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk

  • Will-O-Wisp
  • Shadow Ball
  • Sludge Bomb
  • Destiny Bond[/details]

i’d get rid of protect on chansey. when using protect, it needs to be doing something more than scouting for moves as this can backfire tremendously when you predict wrong. give it seismic toss over flamethrower (flamethrower isn’t going to do much off of a base 35 SpA) and give it SR as you lack those on your team. give it full SpD EVs or make HP max, up to you

i’d give heatran HP ice if you can over dragon pulse (most dragons are 4x weak to it while the others usually want no business with heatran) but dragon pulse is fine if HP ice is not an option

give lando-T stone edge over super power, his EQ hits chansey hard enough so there’s no reason for superpower. i’d give lando-T full speed EVs when running a scarf but it’s w/e

i wonder if vensuar would work better over tangrowth with the same moveset, mostly because it gains stab on sludge bomb

the movesets for the most part seem fine, it just the team synergy seems weird. i’m not 100% sure if offensive heatran is for this team as this is a bulkier team. the standard specially defensive one looks to have more synergy. also i think your team would benefit more from a slow u-turn lando-T instead of CS lando-T. gengar seems out of place but it’s freaking gengar so he can do what gengar does. i hate the chansey set, flamethrower might catch a scizor off guard but that barely 2HKOs scizor anyways, it only runs seismic toss so that it can do something when taunted

here’s my suggestion for an optimal team that basically does what your team does:

Spoiler

Venusaur @‌ Venusaurite
Chlorophyll / Bold
252 HP / 240 Def / 16 Spe
Leech Seed / Sleep Powder
Giga Drain
Sludge Bomb
Synthesis

Gyarados @‌ Leftovers
Intimidate / Adamant
88 HP / 192 Atk / 4 Def / 224 Spe
Substitute / Taunt
Dragon Dance
Waterfall
Bounce

Heatran @‌ Leftovers
Flash Fire / Calm
248 HP / 220 SpD / 44 Spe
Lava Plume
Earth Power / Stealth Rock
Protect
Toxic

Landorus-T @‌ Choice Scarf
Intimidate / Adamant
252 Atk / 252 Spe / 6 Def
Earthquake
Stone Edge
Knock Off
U-Turn

Chansey @ Eviolite
Natural Cure / Bold
252 Def / 252 SpD / 6 HP
Seismic Toss
Thunder Wave
Softboiled / Wish
Heal Bell

Gengar @‌ Focus Sash
Levitate / Timid
252 SpA / 252 Spe / 6 Def
Shadow Ball
Sludge Wave
Destiny Bond
Will-o-Wisp

This team does what your team does but I think it’s a little more optimized. This team screams for sub/dd gyarados but it’s entirely up to you.