Modest Hydreigon
4 HP/252 Sp Atk/252 Spd
Work Up, Dragon Pulse, Dark Pulse, Tri Attack
Unsure of what item to use, and wonder about the moveset.
Hydreigon is actually really cool as a Choice Specs user. I know there's a specific speed number that it has to hit before running any more speed is useless... I can't remember exactly, but I'm almost entirely sure that the number of speed EVs it needs is something like 196. You can dump the rest in HP. Hydreigon wants Draco Meteor, Surf, Fire Blast, and U-turn/Dark Pulse/Dragon Pulse (any of those three).
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Kingdra - Jolly
252 EV attack/252 EV Speed/ 4 HP
(It should have Swift Swim)
Moveset-
Substitute
Waterfall
Outrage
Dragon Dance
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Forretress - Careful
100 EV HP/ 156 EV Defence/ 252 Sp Defence
Moveset-
Spikes
Rapid spin
explosion & payback both suck. they got nerfed coming out of gen 4. run volt change/gyro ball or stealth rock/toxic spikes etc - if you're playing gen 4, then don't worry about this advice haha
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Honckrow - Adamant/Jolly
252 EV attack/252 EV Speed/ EV HP
Moveset-
Bravebird
Heat Wave
Superpower
Sucker Punch
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Starmie - Timid
252 EV SpAttack/252 EV Speed/4 EV HP
Moveset-
Psychic HP Fire if gen 5
Thunderbolt
Ice beam
Hydro Pump (or surf for better accuracy)
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Gengar - Timid
252 EV Sp attack/ 252 EV Speed/ 4 EV HP
Moveset-
Substitute
Shadow Ball
Focus Blast
Thunderbolt / Pain Split
Can anyone help me with the Items, and Gallades Moveset and EVs, Nature
Thanks :)
I undid your formatting because it was annoying and bolded my changes. Lefties on everything but Gengar, Starmie, Honchkrow - use Life Orb for them. I can't exactly mention specific movesets because I dunno if you're playing Gen 4 or Gen 5.
Mightyena @ Life Orb
Trait: Moxie
Nature: Jolly
EVs: 6 HP/ 252 Attack / 252 Speed
Howl
Sucker Punch
Fire Fang
Return
Tangrowth @ Leftovers
Trait: Regenerator
Nature: Bold
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Defense / 6 Sp.Atk
Protect
Toxic
Leech Seed
Giga Drain
Mightyena is an inferior Honchkrow, who gets the same ability + better bulk + better resistances + more attack + better speed iirc + Sucker Punch too. Tangrowth:
Tangrowth @ Leftovers
Trait : Regenerator
Evs: 252 Hp / 252 Def / 6 Spd or 252 Hp / 6 Def / 252 SpD
Bold Nature (+Def, -Atk) / / Relaxed Nature (+Def, -Spd) / Impish Nature (+Def, -SAtk)
- Giga Drain / Power Whip
- Sleep Powder
- Leech Seed
- Hidden Power [Ice/Fire] / Earthquake / Knock Off / Stun Spore
WOOOOOOO A RESPONSE! xD Thanks, I made that long post on my Victini and then it looked like no one would help. Good advice too. I'll go ahead and train it 252 in speed then since he is so fragile. What do you think about leftovers vs life orb? Leftovers seems to help against random stuf. I'll definately take a closer look at thunder, focus blast and Psyshock. Even though I have good coverage against most basic types, I've had some trouble dealing with mixed type mons. Thanks B!
Leftovers and Life Orb are both viable, I suppose. I still kinda like Life Orb but if you're afraid of residual damage from LO + Sandstorm + SR + Spikes then Leftovers is perfectly viable. And no problem!
Okay, so I'm trying my hand at a Blaziken moveset, and so far I have the following:
Blaziken @ Power Herb (Def - / Speed or Atk +)
Shadow Claw
Solar Beam
Swords Dance
Sky Uppercut/DynamicPunch
Thoughts?
Speed Boost Blaziken is banned, but since I'm guessing you're not using that Blaziken wants Hi Jump Kick for a Fighting move, along with Flare Blitz/Blaze Kick and Stone Edge for coverage imo. Shadow Claw really only hits Jellicent and Slowbro, where Stone Edge hits Gyarados, Dragonite, Salamence, all the fliers that resist Fire+Fighting.
^Now I see a duplicate of my avatar. XD
Anyway, I'm getting confused about EV's and IV's. I know that you can't see EV's but what are they? And what are IV's? I am EV training my Gigalith to have high HP. I have it wearing a Power Weight and I am having it battle Amoonguss and some Audino, am I doing anything wrong/bad?
You can't "see" either. IVs are bred with your Pokemon; when you obtain it, they are set in stone and cannot change. A Pokemon with perfect IVs is hard to come by (though some people can breed them) but it lets them have the highest possible numbers for each stat potentially. IV numbers range from 0 to 31, 0 being the worst and 31 being the best. 31/31/31/31/31/31 denotes a Pokemon with absolutely perfect IVs. IVs also help determine the type and power of Hidden Power moves, though that's a longer explanation that I don't wanna go into right now.
EVs, on the other hand, are like investments. Where IVs are set, you have to train EVs onto your Pokemon to build their stats. You have a limited number of EVs, and each stat can only take so many of them before they're considered "maxed out". You can't see the effect of EVs at first - but you'll see them at the end, when the Pokemon is at level 100 and fully trained. :D
No, you aren't doing anything bad. :)