Battle Stadium Daily Chit-Chat [Everyone go on the PO server please :D] Page 8

Started by professor plum December 24th, 2009 10:54 AM
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Ooka

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I think the idea of a non-reflect latias is to kill things before they kill it.
But the thing is, only Choice Specs Latias can 2HKO CBTar with Surf, so if it's anything else, like, Choice Scarf, Offensive CM, etc. it's dead, period. And even still, if you're surfing, that leaves you wide open for something like SubPetaya Empoleon to come in and set up, or even Gyara, or, well, you get the idea. Basically, Defensive CM / Recover / Dragon Pulse / Reflect or Defensive Surf / Dragon Pulse / Reflect / Recover are the only sets that will work theoretically, although you might get lucky in a battle and actually live with a non-Reflect one.
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Try having a team to switch to. Levitate gives way for a priority fighting type such as Hitmontop, Lucario or Infernape to come in and CC or Mach Punch/Vacuum Wave. A life orb set, since it's not being stuck into a move, and doesn't worry about bad match ups, will be carrying t-bolt, to dispense Gyarados. For scizor, it can use hidden power fire to kill scizor. If the scizor is scarfed, then you run the risk of swift death. Luckily for scarfed uturning scizors, they play the scout. This means that they make themselves apparent to you usually before you'd bring out latios. A Heatran can switch in to resist uturn and the like. The last move can be a toss up between Draco Meteor, Dragon Pulse, Ice Beam or Grass knot, all depending on what else your team needs.

Ooka

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Lmao, the difference is, Latias can't switch out of a Pursuit, that's the whole point. You're trying to sound smart, however, you're doing the opposite, you're saying you'll have out your Latias, I'll bring in Tyranitar to take a Dragon Pulse or Thunderbolt or something. You'll switch out to your Hitmontop without CB Pursuit hitting you (Good luck with that), and then you'll Mach Punch me or Close Combat without me switching in a Ghost type, or even my own Reflect Latias. Haha, it's funny.

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Technically yes. Now theoretically, you could probably find a couple people with no Pursuit users on their team, or Scizor for that matter, and actually do damage to them without it, however, with it gives you a much better practical application for the Pokemon.

Ooka

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Well, guess it just sucks I love theorymon lol. I'd rather be safe than sorry. :P

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I actually use Reflect / Recover / Refresh / Dragon Pulse. If they start setting up hazards I just bring out my Forry and use Payback first turn to try and hit the incoming Ghost, if nothing does, the next free turn I Rapid Spin, or just finish off the Rotom either way I'm happy. Or of course I could use my Foresight Hitmontop. :D

Ooka

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Lol, all Pokemon is based on 'ifs', you don't get to pick if the opponent has a Tyranitar to Pursuit your Latias, and you don't get to pick if they have all the perfect counters to your team either. Nothing in a battle is ever set in stone, and no one should ever think that way in the first place. Even putting a SD Lucario in your team you're thinking (If I get the chance to sweep, I'll finish them off, if they don't have ScarfRotom). So yeah, me proposing if conditions shouldn't be any problem seeing as you have to do it, unless of course you have the ability to read minds, and if so, teach me. :)

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So I'm in dire need of sleep, yet I don't even want to go to sleep. Tonight is my last "free night" I suppose you could say before school starts up again. :/ I'm rather sad and I'm beginning to not feel so well.

Piled on top of that, I have an early basketball game and I have to work tomorrow. Oh the joy. :/

So you two keep talking. I enjoy watching it honestly.

Ooka

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I enjoy arguing talking with someone about my personal play-style, because I've never had problems with it before. :D
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i have never used latias, so i dont know what set is better. But latias is kind of easy to kill. Even though im not very good at battling, i have been able to kill latias easily.
I know this question is off topic, but is there any way to make other peoples avatar and sigpic invisible to yourself? not delete, just make invisible to yourself.

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Ooka

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Yep, go to your Edit Options link in the side bar on your profile, then scroll down to thread display options and they should be the top options there. ;)

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I can, LO Honchcrow is beastly.

Ooka

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Because the ability to go mixed (Yeah yeah, Fire Blast on Absol, blah blah, there is no Forretress in UU), and Drill Peck are imo enough to ban it from UU.

Ooka

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Dunno, that amazes me as well.