i’m still baffled as to why megapinser is bug/flying and not bug/dark or something
seriously, bug/flying sucks dick as a typing and is unoriginal, bug/dark would’ve been badass
Should I trade Swords Dance for Power-Up Punch on my Blaziken? I’m think about getting rid of Shadow Claw for Poison Jab too… You know, Fairy coverage, and all. Here’s its current moveset:
Flare Blitz
Protect
Swords Dance
Shadow Claw
Are you using Mega Blaziken or just normal?
Mega at the moment… I don’t have a Life Orb yet.
Maybe they wanted MegaPinsir to be able to take MegaHeracross out? Idk why its Bug/Flying otherwise…
Hey, I like Scizor and Excadrill too, but doesn’t mean I want to see them in 95% of everyone’s teams either.
Then I’d say Powered-Up Punch for the same reason as Mega Lucario.
And you don’t need Poison Jab that bad unless you’re afraid of Azumarill. Other than her, Flare Blitz will cover you.
MegaPinsir is half flying because Kuagamon.
But really, that thing is a beast.
I see… Without Shadow Claw, I’d get shut down by Mega Gengar too, huh?
After a turn or two of Speed Boost you’ll be faster than it anyway. And unless it’s bulky, I don’t think it’s taking a Flare Blitz to the face very well. Especially if you have any Stage Boosts from PUP.
So, what goes in the last slot?
High Jump Kick, Poison Jab, or Shadow Claw? Earthquake is also an option…
You have PUP, HJK is unnecessary.
I’d say Shadow Claw. Beats said Mega Gengar AND takes out any Psychic Types who get any ideas.
So I"d go Flare Blitz/PUP/Shadow Claw/Protect
And that is what we call “Four Moveslot syndrome”.
Domo arigato, Saitsu-sensei.
Exactly lol
Yeah can’t counter everything. In order to stop one threat, you open yourself up to be beaten by another.
I love it.
What is RNG?
Random Number Generator. Long story, just know you won’t have to worry about it with all these advancements in breeding.
I still wonder why I keep hearing people every now and then asking why we can’t have 5-6 moves per Pokemon now.
I guess they don’t realize just how stupid things would get if you got more moveslots. You’d be able to get checks to everything you wanted.
Anyways, I’m curious what you guys think of Mega Charizard X. According to Serebii, it has a base ATK of 130 and a base SP.ATK of 130, with the ability tough claws boosting the power of contact moves.
He seems built to be a physical sweeper, but perhaps a mixed sweeper could work as well? Since also having a base SP.ATK of 130 is still quite good, only 5 below regular Alakazam who is already a hard hitting special sweeper.
I’d need to see the Move Pool but yeah it’s pretty much made for Mixed Sweeping.
I’ll report back in about 10 minutes to see what I can drag up for myself though it’s hard to say without knowing if he learned anything new.
high jump kick, power up punch can’t replace the power behind it, even though it gives you +1, i think swords dance would be better as a lot of switch-ins to blaziken are ghost types trying to read the high jump kick
More reason why not to use HJK, especially with Gengar likely to see a LOT more use. Too risky a gambit. With SR out, it’d only take one miss to realistically take Blaziken completely out of the game. With Blaziken’s already high strength it’ll only take one PUP to make it a terror. And unlike Swords Dance, which is really overkill on him right now, you’ll be taking a turn working on someone. At worst Gengar switches in, a miss costs nothing, and it likely won’t survive a Shadow Claw from a Mega Blaziken.
Yeah the immediate power to kill damn near anything on contact is hard to give up…but with Speed Boost it’s better to have Blaziken get some staying power.
As for the Mega Charizard X question, after looking at its move pool it might be better a straight Physical beast. STAB Outrage with its attack + Tough Claws? Just avoid using it if a Fairy is still alive.