Recent content by Zaroas

Definitely. I have a couple teams on Showdown that use Heatran as well as a couple Pokemon that use tutor moves from any previous games, so until it opens I'm unable to make those teams ingame.

I'm fairly sure that's impossible due to Pokebank being unable to transfer items, though I suppose we'll see if the Flying Gem is introduced in the future. Power Herb + Sky Attack may be a much more gimmicky approach to Unburden abuse but it may be too gimmicky. In regards to Hawlucha itself, it...

I've seen a Gourgeist only once after playing on Showdown for the past month or so. Trevenant is a lot more common from my experience, though I'm not sure which would be better overall - Trevenant has better abilities with Natural Cure and Harvest, but Gourgeist has better defensive stats. It...

Username: Zaroas - Experience in competitive battling: Around 4 years, been playing since around the release of Platinum. I used to frequent the Shoddy Battle/PO servers for PC and suspect tested Generation V. - Favourite Pokemon(s): Heatran, Landorus-T, Mega Tyranitar - Preferred...

Actually, if you switch in Greninja as Dragonite uses Dragon Dance it can OHKO it through Multiscale with Ice Beam provided the Greninja has Protean and a Life Orb. After a bit more playing, Mega Absol seems like it will be fairly good. It has great attacking stats and Magic Bounce is one of...

Volcarona @ Life Orb Ability: Flame Body Timid nature 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe -Quiver Dance -Bug Buzz -Fiery Dance/Fire Blast -Giga Drain Volcarona may just be Gourgeist's worst nightmare. It can absorb Will-O-Wisp with its fire typing and dual resists Seed Bomb - The only thing Gourgeist can...

Ferrothorn @ Leftovers 252 HP / 48 Def / 208 Special Defense Relaxed nature -Spikes -Leech Seed -Power Whip -Thunder Wave Ferrothorn is simply not afraid of anything Suicune can throw at it. 252 SpA Life Orb Suicune Ice Beam vs. 252 HP / 208 SpD Ferrothorn: 78-92 (22.15 - 26.13%) -- possible...

What was your first Pokemon game? The first Pokemon game I owned was Ruby version, though my cousins had Gold version and a Gameboy Color that I played whenever my family went to their house prior to that. When did you start battling competitively? I started battling competitively in 2010...

It's most likely Smogon tiers. I feel some Pokemon here are definitely going to Ubers - Namely Yveltal, Xerneas, the two Mewtwo formes, Mega Lucario, Mega Blaziken, and Mega Gengar. They're all very powerful, of course, and too good to be a balanced part of the OU metagame this generation. I've...

Honestly, it depends on the rest of the team. First of all, you can take out Typhlosion - It's simply outclassed by almost everything RU and up. Victini and Chandelure could work in OU but I think Volcarona and Talonflame are your best bets here. Both Volcarona and Talonflame are very good...

After playing on Showdown for a while, I've seen several Pokemon that are definite threats this generation. -Mega Mawile: Like stated multiple times in this thread, this Pokemon is an absolute monster. I haven't gone up against an opposing Mega Mawile, but I use it on one of my teams and it's...

Like stated, we don't really know what OU is or will be right now. This may be good for playtesting purposes but as of now we can't define OU. As for the Pokemon... Right now, I feel that you have a problem with Pursuiters such as Tyranitar or Scizor. They can easily get rid of Gengar...

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Awesome, thank you. I've just gotten past the 1st gym but I wanted to know so I could plan ahead.