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Good Zam? (RMA)
is this a good alakazam or not?
please share your thoughts. [email protected] Spcl attck MAX! Psychic Hidden power (Flying) Calm mind Focus blast thankyou :) |
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HP Flying offers no additional coverage. He's too fragile to use Calm Mind. Sky Plate sucks, simply because it ONLY powers up that weak HP Flying. What are the EV's? |
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Before you speak, do something to contribute. You didn't help him at all. |
Sky Plate = no
psychic = ok focus blast = ok calm mind = no HP flying = no happy? |
sheesh, i didnt realise peeps could be so mean! -.-
my strategy is: get zam to use calm mind, use moves depending on foe. PS HP Flying is to cover up bug types, all zam's moves cover up ALL his weaknesses. ill also add this for future posts. If you want please feel free to give suggestions. |
is this for competiteve battling or for ingame purposes??
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People, it's only common sense to tell him how to improve the moveset if he asks whether or not his moveset is good. Sims and darkknight, in the future, I'll expect you to actually give ways to improve the sets.
Furthermore, Calm Mind is just fine on 'Zam if you can predict well. That, or if you're using the oh-so schmexy Encorezam. Quote:
If you want to use Calm Mind, breed for a new 'Zam with Encore, otherwise go with a Choice Specs set. The Encore set is as follows: Alakazam @ Lum Berry/Focus Sash Ability: Synchronize Nature: Timid EVs. 4 HP / 252 SAtk / 252 Speed - Psychic - Focus Blast/Grass Knot/Energy Ball/Hidden Power [FIGHTING/ICE/FIRE/ELECTRIC]/Shadow Ball - Calm Mind - Encore This thing was a beast in 3rd gen and will stop the likes of Swords Dancechomp (if you switch in on a Swords Dance, that is) and will gladly set up on Skarm by switching in on Roost and Encoring it. The set requires prediction, but it's deadly if used well. If you want to dish out a lot of damage fast, go with this set instead: Alakazam @ Choice Specs Ability: Synchronize Nature: Timid EVs: 4 HP / 252 SAtk / 252 Speed - Psychic - Energy Ball/Grass Knot/Focus Blast/Shadow Ball/Hidden Power [FIGHTING/FIRE/ICE/ELECTRIC] - Energy Ball/Grass Knot/Focus Blast/Shadow Ball/Hidden Power [FIGHTING/FIRE/ICE/ELECTRIC] - Energy Ball/Grass Knot/Focus Blast/Shadow Ball/Hidden Power [FIGHTING/FIRE/ICE/ELECTRIC] Pretty straight forward. Unless the opponent is Cresselia, Blissey or immune to the attack you're using, this set will most likely be doing a lot of damage regardless of what your opponent switches in. |
competetive when i get wifi in January
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I'd run a trickbander Zam. Ah, they are quite fun. Or, choice specs, rather. lol If you want a pure attacker, I've always loved the choice specs set. It is very effective and only a couple special walls really can take its hits well. |
Oh my god.. how the heck is Calm Mind good on Alakazam? It doesn't even raise speed, and a Blissey will just switch in and laugh the hell at you. Even worse.. Spiritomb/Weavile will come out as well. Focus Sash also obliterates Calm Mind. Calm Mind isn't even good if you can predict a switch, they'll switch into a wall or a sweeper faster than Alakazam =P
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Besides, if the team doesn't carry one of the mentioned above, ALL teams should have one Pokemon with base speed higher than 120, even with Choice Scarf. If thats not available, they use moves like SUcker Punch, Extremespeed, Aqua Jet etc. and you have one Dead Alakazam |
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Zam @ choice band Synchronize 4 HP / 252 Spd / 252 SAtk Timid - trick - Calm mind - Psychic - fire punch As in, you can use both in the same moveset...it's very tricky, but it works :0 No matter what you do tyo blissey, you're gonna have to switch out anyways... |
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Calm mind is a waste on Alakazam's set, it needs as move coverage it can get, as well as speed. |
Sorry.....
OK, Calm Mind isn't too good on 'Zam because it can't take a hit. Just like you don't give Recover to a Porygon-Z. The ONLY way to put Calm Mind on a 'Zam is to Focus Sash it up. |
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Saying calm mind is a waste really isn't correct. CM Zam sweeps teams, either generation. And if you leave Zam in against bliss, well...who does that? Switch to dugtrio, or Vire, or...or something! Really, bliss should be the last thing on your mind, since it owns Zam. the recover / CM set (which isn't great) may not be great (as I just said), but it totally lols at blissey. If you're so worried about blissey, use that... Okay, calm mind givfes Zam more power. It has 120 base speed. with timid, it doesn't need any more. In fact, CM probably works BETTER in 4th gen since you can attack focus sash...which guarentees one CM, and gives you a great chance for two. After that, power takes over. I mean, kill blissey and tell me what can stop CM alakazam? EDIT: Nobody here has seen the power of CM Zam, which has swept many of my teams, good and bad. |
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TO list the obliterators... Ninjask (Focus Sash) Aerodactyl (Focus Sash) Spiritomb (Pursuit/Shadow Sneak) Lucario (Extremespeed/Focus Sash) Floatzel (Aqua Jet/Focus Sash) Weavile (Pursuit/Focus Sash/Sucker Punch) Crobat (Hypnosis/Cross Poison/Focus Sash) Mamoswine (Ice Shard) Blissey (Self-Explanatory) Heatran (Scarf pwnage) Zangoose (CB Quick Attack) Cresselia (Self-Explanatory) Bronzong (Earth|Prison Heatproof) Wow, any questions? |
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if u wana try a cool zam try this :
[email protected] glasses/sash timid/modest encore calm mind psychic focus blast/energy ball works great vs tanks and great for setting up calm mind. use encore after it uses a non-damageing atk, then pwn. |
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You got that? Bronzong with Heatproof is my personal strategy, Imprison + Earthquake already gives it protection from Ground moves, leaving it with no weaknesses and Heatproof covering Fire attacks Ninjasks carry X-Scissor, ring a bell? Alakazam Roar? rofl You can do heavy damage on Aerodactyl switch in's instead of wasting a turn on CM Spiritomb = Already Zam pwnage See above on the Aerodactyl explanation See above again.. See above again.. See above again.. Heatran is daamged at least some instead of wasting a turn on CM See above again.. You see? CM is a waste of turn IF YOU HAVE TO SWITCH! |
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Of course it has counters, what doesn't? Using CM Zam requires prediction. your examples were very concrete and made it so that Zam was bring used by somebody with no skill at all. what I mean is, who DOESN'T see those switch-ins coming? that's why you PREDICT what is going to happen so you can set up CM Zam to sweep. It's like saying DD is a waste on gyara because it could be pummeling a poke with waterfall. To use CM zam, you're supposed to switch in to a favorable matchup, then immediately switch to you Zam counter counter (meaning that blissey is coming in to lol at you, so you switch to dugtrio immediately). with the counter out of the way, CM up, and then sweep. In fact, I have my own example. I use Raikou, very similar to Zam, except slower and less powerful. I often get caught CMing the first turn and then bliss loling at me on the switch. Okay, and? I switch out, let the battle progress, and when the time is right, I send in raikou to sweep the team. Same goes for Zam, only it is faster and more powerful. I don't care if CM Zam is outclassed by certain sets, but it is in no way useless. EDIT: Oh, CM Zam is very common with encore, to cause a switch and another turn to power up. you can't expect it to tank or anything, jirachi does that far better... |
Sorry, APCW, I usually agree with you, but i personally think Alakazam is too fragile to CM. You are completely right that everything has its counters, but that is what you build it to beat. If you can predict it right, then it works, but that sure wont be easy. Oh and that set is owned by pursuit. (Phys, Super Effective). My vote is TrickGlassesZam.
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