Request an Individual Move Set Thread

[J.M.]

Rhyperior runs a tank set mostly, so for the newly bred one use the following:

Rhyperior@Leftovers
Impish
252HP/252Def/6Att
Earthquake
Stone Edge
Megahorn/Avalanche
Stealth Rock/Roar/Substitute

For the adamant one, a set-up variant would be best:

Rhyperior@Life Orb/Leftovers
Adamant
252Att/252Spd/6SpDef
Swords Dance/Agility
Earthquake
Stone Edge
Megahorn/Avalanche/Ice Fang

The SD variant is only really worth using if you can get speed passes onto it. RP is the way to go.

Paladin, Poisin Jab sucks on him :| and have you actually looked at it's statline? Because I can't remember the last time a poke with base 55 SpAtt used thunderbolt.

Thanks a lot for that. I may start coming in here quite often for help with my Re-EV Training ;D

 

[ChamsRock]

Gyarados @ Life Orb
Adamant
72 HP/252 ATK/184 SPD
Dragon Dance
Waterfall
Fill the last two slots with either of these moves: Stone Edge, Ice Fang, or Earthquake. I don't know why you're using Dragon Rage, but seriously, it's just fail in a battle of level 100's.

And as said by Vance, never use a Special attack on Gyarados. It could have been used in Advance due to Gyara's physical movepool being just Physical Hidden Power+Earthquake, but now that Gyarados's physical movepool has been significantly upgraded, those special Gyara sets you see on RS Gyarados are move novelty now than ever before.

Sorry, I forgot to mention that my Gyarados is only level 40, four levels away from learning Dragon Dance. I figured that nothing at the time was better than Dragon Rage. Okay, so replace Rage with Dance? Deviruchi, thank you for the hint on Waterfall.

 

[J.M.]

3. The last question. Since Heracross is a physical Pokemon, what attacks should I put on it? I plan to start WiFi battling now and I need a good moveset. I already know that I should put Stone Edge on there, but what other four attacks should I put?

I've just today finished training up Hera and I nearly have all the moves necessary for the moveset I have planned:

-Close Combat
-Megahorn
-Stone Edge
-Night Slash

 

[El Gofre]

I've just today finished training up Hera and I nearly have all the moves necessary for the moveset I have planned:

-Close Combat
-Megahorn
-Stone Edge
-Night Slash

For a Choice sweeper it's fine, although Pursuit and Sleep talk are both fine options over night slash should you decide to use one. If you plan on using something other than Band/Scarf, use SD over the last slot.

 

[King_Lucario]

So I should put these moves:

Stone Edge
Close Combat
Megahorn
Swords Dance

Just clarifying. I already EVd it for a Physical Sweeper (252 Atk and Spd; 6 HP) and I don't want to restart EVing. It took too long for me because I had school..-_-

 

[The Hero Without a Name]

Well, if you're going by that EV spread, stick a Scarf on it and use this moveset:
Megahorn
Close Combat
Stone Edge
Night Slash

Also, just to make sure: does your Hera have Guts (ability)? Cause that's a large part of his usefulness

 

[pokedude565]

Can I please have a moveset for Inferno, Dialgia & Staraptor?
Also, can someone please tell me some good items.
Don't worry about natures and stats.
Also, can someone please tell me three more pokemon that would be good for my team.

 

[LethalTexture]

If you plan on playing competitively, you NEED to worry about natures (and in that, breeding). They're a key part of the competitive scene, and if you don't get to grips with them right from the off (similarly with EVs) then you're going to lag behind.

And Dialga is of the Uber tier, and is thus banned from standard play.

 

[pokedude565]

I didn't think about that. Well thanks anyway (second time in 10 minutes, lol).

 

[Swift!]

Which one of these would make the best lead and with what move set?
Xatu
Politoed
Hitmontop
Granbull
Azumarill
Girafarig

Once you've done that, could you tell me what move sets to use for the other five to balance out the lead?
I know this is a tall order, but I'm brand new to competitive battling.

 

[Sexycheese]

Which one of these would make the best lead and with what move set?
Xatu
Politoed
Hitmontop
Granbull
Azumarill
Girafarig

Once you've done that, could you tell me what move sets to use for the other five to balance out the lead?
I know this is a tall order, but I'm brand new to competitive battling.

Ok Im not going to lie but looking there none of them would make a spectacular lead, no infact they all make dreadful leads, I Think perhap[s you could use politoad to make you oppoment swithch out so I looked this moveset up on smogon....



Leftovers Sassy

Perish Song
~ Hypnosis
~ Bounce
~ Surf

Ev's: 240 HP / 122 Def / 140 SpD
The long forgotten little frog returns to launch an amphibious assault of status and pseudo-status. Politoed sports a decent assortment of stats, most notably, his Base 90 HP and Special Attack, and his Special Defense of 100. Coupled with the Water-type's natural resistances and Water Absorb, Politoed can switch into many Pokemon and threaten them instantly.
Perish Song is the main attraction of this set. It casts a pseudo-status on both Politoed and the opponent that makes both of them faint in three turns. To avoid this 100% death, most opponents shall switch out. Use this to your advantage by bombarding the field with Spikes, Toxic Spikes and Stealth Rock. Hypnosis shall also cause switches, as it renders a Pokemon helpless for 1-4 turns. Bounce essentially makes one of the Perish Song turns pass by while being a powerful Flying type attack with a 30% paralysis chance, which may prove necessary later on in a battle. Surf is your obligatory STAB move.
Sassy nature allows you to function as a special wall all while maintaining Bounce's power. The EVs provided give Politoed optimum Leftovers recovery and solid defensive capabilities all around.
As stated earlier, be sure to place entry hazards before using this for maximum efficiency.

As I said none of those pokemon are good leads but this seems to suck less, dont use this in Ou or you will get whalloped big time :)

All credit to smogon for the moveset.

 

[devilicious]

Actually, Hitmontop is not that bad of lead if you use the Technitop variant.

Hitmontop @ Life Orb
Technician
Adamant
252 HP / 252 Atk / 6 Spe
- Fake Out
- Mach Punch
- Close Combat
- Bullet Punch / Pusuit


And Lyulf, that set you recommended absolutely sucks as a lead. It's only effective after you've place entry hazards.

 

[Sexycheese]

Actually, Hitmontop is not that bad of lead if you use the Technitop variant.

Hitmontop @ Life Orb
Technician
Adamant
252 HP / 252 Atk / 6 Spe
- Fake Out
- Mach Punch
- Close Combat
- Bullet Punch / Pusuit


And Lyulf, that set you recommended absolutely sucks as a lead. It's only effective after you've place entry hazards.

I know, all of those pokemon I had trouble thinking of as a lead. Yours seems quite good for UU :)

 

[Archer]

Actually, Hitmontop is not that bad of lead if you use the Technitop variant.

Hitmontop @ Life Orb
Technician
Adamant
252 HP / 252 Atk / 6 Spe
- Fake Out
- Mach Punch
- Close Combat
- Bullet Punch / Pursuit


And Lyulf, that set you recommended absolutely sucks as a lead. It's only effective after you've place entry hazards.

It's handy to keep that alive for revenging pokemon later, with those Priority moves.

Yeah Lyulf, it's for UU. Most OU Leads would give it quite a bit of trouble. Azelf and Deoxys to be specific.

 

[Sexycheese]

It's handy to keep that alive for revenging pokemon later, with those Priority moves.

Yeah Lyulf, it's for UU. Most OU Leads would give it quite a bit of trouble. Azelf and Deoxys to be specific.

Yeah Personally I would Stick with a traditional Jolteon or Yanmega set for a lead in OU

 

[FinalPaladin]

are these good sets for porygon-z and slaks

slaking.....................................porygon-z
choiceband...............................salacberry
adament..................................a nature that boosts speed or special attack
truant......................................adaptability
atk252 spd252 def6..................spd252 spatk252 def/spdef6
gigaimpact...............................triattack
shadowclaw.............................psychic
focuspunch..............................darkpulse/shadowball
earthquake/stoneedge..............nastyplot/agility

 

[El Gofre]

are these good sets for porygon-z and slaks

slaking.....................................porygon-z
choiceband...............................salacberry
adament..................................a nature that boosts speed or special attack
truant......................................adaptability
atk252 spd252 def6..................spd252 spatk252 def/spdef6
gigaimpact...............................triattack
shadowclaw.............................psychic
focuspunch..............................darkpulse/shadowball
earthquake/stoneedge..............nastyplot/agility

First off, use the proper format
Pokemon@Item
Nature
EV spread
Attack 1
Attack 2
Attack 3
Attack 4

All those dots do my head in :|
Just put the sets underneath each other.

Giga Impact may seem good on slaking, but it isnt. While he can only attack every 2nd turn, he can switch out during the others whereas GI leaves him completely immobile. Focus Punch is also a poor choice to get locked into, use fire punch to take on steels. EQ over stone edge, and pursuit is usable over Shadow Claw.

Pory is too frail to pull off salac, use a Choice item or Life orb in it's place. Should you run scarf, go modest. Should you run Specs or LO, go timid. Dark pulse over shadow ball, the coverage is essentially the same but DP is generally better. NP over agility, Z doesnt beneft from agility at all. Psychic has moot coverage, and shouldn't be used on anything other than a psychic type in most cases. Go ice beam or HP fight over the top. SHould you decide to choice it, put ice beam in over the stat move and Have Fight or thunderbolt over psychic.

 

[Milke]

Ok...I recently learned that my 30+ IVs Espeon in all stats is fail as a special sweeper. :( So what good pokemon could I get from breeding Espeon with a different pokemon?

In other words, I'd like to transfer my almost all 31 Ivs from Espeon to a different pokemon. Are there any good pokemon in Espeon's breeding group?

BTW speed is 30 on Espeon and everthing else is 31 :D

 

[El Gofre]

Ok...I recently learned that my 30+ IVs Espeon in all stats is fail as a special sweeper. :( So what good pokemon could I get from breeding Espeon with a different pokemon?

In other words, I'd like to transfer my almost all 31 Ivs from Espeon to a different pokemon. Are there any good pokemon in Espeon's breeding group?

BTW speed is 30 on Espeon and everthing else is 31 :D

https://www.serebii.net/pokedex-dp/196.shtml

Bottom of the page, list of all compatable partners. I didnt look through it all, but i did see the likes of lucario and weavile.

 

[ChamsRock]

Should I replace
Haunter
Shadow Ball
Night Shade
Dark Pulse
Confuse Ray

With

Dialga
Dragon Claw
Ancientpower
Roar of Time
Metal Claw

Both of them in mid-fortys.