yeah... might, lolBelly Drum + Aqua Jet on Azumarill might be threatening in OU as someone has stated.
Am I the only one who this Aegislash and a couple of the Mega Evolutions will become ubers? Even without a held item, many Megas are just too powerful.
da made perfect sense, just saying...Dark_Azelf said:I highly doubt mega Gengar is going to be uber. Same with other Mega evo's. They are often weaker than their LO pre evo. Mega Gengar falls short on alot of KO's bar on frail weak sweepers, simply because it lacks power. :\
That and Shadow Tag is a silly reason to ban something in 2013. If we ban mega Gengar, why shouldnt Gothitelle, Wobb be banned too? They can trap a selection of pokemon too, just like Gengar can. Its not even as if he can Trap everything because like i said it falls short on alot of KO's. That and it is able to be walled, why is this relevant with Shadow Tag you ask? You can switch out the turn it mega evolves to a counter. Mega Pokemon are overhyped. Sure they are very good and add alot to the metagame, but the majority are hard walled by common Pokemon and are frankly overhyped, high OU yes, but no where near uber status bar maybe Blaziken and thats only because of speed boost and lack of counters. Drought just tips him over the edge.
For those who have mentioned the mega Mawile, mega Garchomp can take it out in one hit with earthquake. Also a Talonflame is a threat to the Mawile, especially with gale wings.
For Talonflame, Greninja will take care of them, make sure it has smack down just in case.
Greninja is a threat though, especially with protean and the move sets available. If you suspect, or know, you are going to face one I recommend laying two layers of toxic spikes, even if it means sacrificing the spiking pokemon, then place a tank or something that has few weaknesses. Avoid anything weak to ice or rock, those moves will surprise you for how effective they are with protean.
Greninja still loses to Talonflame. Despite the type disadvantage, Talonflame can prey on Greninja's weak defenses with a priority Brave Bird. Sure, Greninja has its own priority in Shadow Sneak and Water Shuriken, but they're horribly weak and run off of its weaker offensive stat. Also, Smack Down is a terrible move and still uses Greninja's weaker offensive stat.
Also, Mega Mawile resists Talonflame's Brave Bird, but it won't like taking a Flare Blitz. Sucker Punch is still a problem for Talonflame because Flare Blitz doesn't get priority from Gale Wings.
For the Mawile, roost still gets the priority boost, and that's what makes it a threat to Mawile, assuming it's not a mega Mawile, which can do enough damage if it has a move to take advantage of Talonflame's weaknesses. If the Mawile is not mega the Talonflame can take the damage, with a decent HP/DEF/SDEF EV spread, then roost the next turn to prepare for the next pokemon. I said it can take down a Mawile, not that it is the best choice.
As for Greninja, a smack down, then switch to something with good ground moves and defenses against fire can also be a strategy to take down Talonflame. Some of the best strategies I have seen deal with proper switching and timing of such moves, if executed correctly they can upset a battle.
A lot of timing nuances are often ignored, because they are difficult to pull off and require a bit more planning ahead than raw power strategies. I still recall the first time I encountered trick room recently, I was completely unprepared and lost all my advantage. It's actually why I worked to get a perfect IV Talonflame with gale wings in the first place.
Greninja can be a threat, but it is easily defeated as well, due to its low defenses. Waterfall is also a physical attack, so its damage output wouldn't be as great as a Surf or Hydro Pump from Greninja.Greninja is definitely a threat. Its high Special Attack lets it take advantage of Water attacks mainly being specials... a Greninja wielding Waterfall can be very dangerous indeed. Its high Speed makes it a Pokemon to watch out for. But! Greninja has many weaknesses- Fighting, Bug, Grass, Electric, and Fairy.
Yep. I've had trouble dealing with it lately... perhaps it would be better to put more Physical attackers on my team. And like I said, it does have many weaknesses, so type matchup isn't too much to worry about.Greninja can be a threat, but it is easily defeated as well, due to its low defenses. Waterfall is also a physical attack, so its damage output wouldn't be as great as a Surf or Hydro Pump from Greninja.
And also don't forget Protean. It won't like switching in into any of its original weaknesses, but if Protean switches its type, it basically gets other weaknesses and resistances.
blaziken is rebanned, lel. we won't be seeing him in ou anymore.Mega Blaziken - yeah him,no need to explain as well, give him Swords Dance and that's pretty GG. But Talonflame doesn't approve :D
blaziken is rebanned, lel. we won't be seeing him in ou anymore.
Dragonite - Give the thing a Weakness Policy combined with it's Hidden ability and Dragon Dance then you're pretty much golden!! Problem is you can't pull it off if you're opponent has Stealth Rock(provided you don't have a Defogger or Spinner). And a Greninja and Cinccino can still outspeed it even at +1, at +2 Cincinno is pretty much screwed I dunno about Greninja though.
