Who here went to the Darkrai event today, it’s going to be back tomorrow also.
I picked up a Naive one for my Mixed Sweeping needs.
Merh not me, I have a 29/25/10/31/19/30 Quirky one that suffices for me, plus there’s always Shoddybattle.
I haven’t played in forever, I should get back into it.
I used to smash on smogon/SPPf regs back in like, 05-07, and then somewhat when D/P was released but my carts been gathering dust ;/
Man, I need a new recommendation for a lead that isn’t weak to electric.
If I have a team of:
Ninjask, Gyarados, Gliscor, Empoleon, Porygon-Z, and Infernape, I have three elctric weaknesses. If I switch Empoleon with Regice, that gets rid of the teams weakness, but my team loses a lot of the useful resists Empoleon brings, what should I do?
man…what a horrible time for me to be missing my pkmn game! :mad: I missed the event due to me looking up and down for my game…
Fuzzy - Drop Gyra…I’m sure you can find another sweeper…
You have Gliscor. Your team isn’t generally electric weak.
Boltbeam Starmie might cause damage though, so I’d personally put Regice over Ninjask. Ninjask is dick, as nobody but Pz needs anymore speed, as I’m assuming Gyarados is DD. Besides, you need Empoleon so Specsmence doesn’t just Draco Meteor you into losing.
Draco Meteor isn’t much of a big thing anymore…a Sp Def pumped Bliss can handle specsmence easy. I’m not much of a fan of Regice
consider this Fuzzy, you got beat by me via toxic spikes…might i suggest a rapid spinner?
lol, but that Gyara is SHALLOTS THE MIGHTY!
Gyarados@Leichi Berry
40HP/252 ATK/ Rest in speed, however much that is
Substitute
Dragon Dance
Flail
Waterfall
Switches in on a EQ to Empoleon
Empoleon is a Rest talker, and so is my Regice.
Give me a spinner to use, that would fit in my team. xD
ok I’m just not a fan of Gyra…as many have seen on my vids, Gyra isn’t a dominating pkmn anymore. Need I remind you of what occured during our match?
WHOO I FOUND MY GAME! now I prep to get my Darkrai tomorrow
Which he doesn’t have.
Hence why he needs a Dragon resist.
Beat by toxic spikes…?
With 3 fliers and a poison immune?
:xeye:
Stealth Rock is the entry hazard he should worry about here, if any.
Also, Fuzzy, where did you find that Subleichi Gyara?
I posted that on a couple sites like, last year, and I know a couple people Im associated with posted it not too long ago on Smogon and PMC.
I found the set trying to find something to surprise people with on TLF.
I still want a specific spinner to work with, but who would I get rid of? If Gyra goes, then Ninjask could also go. Then put on of them in for a spinner and then a physical sweeper, give me suggestions please. xD
Haha thanks for the link.
Claydol is possibly my favorite spinner aside from Tentacruel, and adds another electric immune to your team, resists SR, and is immune to Toxic/standard Spikes. 252 HP / 120 Def / 136 SDef, Relaxed. Ice Beam/Rapid Spin/Earth Power/Stealth Rock.
Also, I’d love to see some Metagross action for the sweeper portion. Staraptor can be a tricky customer without a good Normal/Flying resist/Fighting neutral. I’m surprised more people don’t use him.
well you could try either garchomp or salamence for a physical sweeper but if you fear ice beams then try a sweeper Heracross…with guts he’ll love to be poisoned!
if you drop ninjask then (since all he does is pass speed and maybe atk…Although I like to actually attack with mine hehe)
you choice of good spinners are Forretress, donphan, Tentacruel in OU with Clyadol in BL…although you can look at UU pkmn as well…
I suggest to replace ninjask a ghost…possibly a walling ghost
Gyra isn’t dominating pkmn anymore? I swept guru just two weeks ago with gyra. Gyra will always be considered a threat to any team when used correctly, and it usually is unless you’re surprised with something like HP Electric. I think the Baton Passing speed to grya is risky if anything because roar/whirlwind will always own ninjask’s setup’s. Besides it can dragon dance the speed up and there’s a lot more pokemon that can benefit better with ninjask’s speed pass.
A walling ghost? Rotom walls Luvdisc, seems like a plan!
I think I want to put Claydol in, then either Heracross, or something else. Scarfcross seems good, because I want him to be as fast as possible because of the lack of a passer.
Meta seems slow
Raptor might be a possibility.
so with that logic…everyone I face (minus you) uses Gyra wrong? well…maybe you’re right…that or I have begun to use more unpredictable ways to beat Gyra :lol:
you get Dusknoir and Spiritomb to wall from either side…and Mismagnius can calm mind up…but hey I like a ghost on my team…stops normals and close combats
I always thought of Missy G as a way to sub and set up on Blissey.
If I where to put in either one of the ghosts, then I would have to choose between a sweeper or a spinner. Or I could put a spinner and another sweeper.
No because everyone runs just about the same movesets. Even I use him wrong, just not as often. It’s hard to “use” gyarados the wrong ways…it’s considered a top 10 pokemon in OU.
just about…but not everyone… :wgrin:
But yeah… Scarfcross and Claydol for my team?
But, that makes both PZ and Cross choicers