Articuno *sigh*

[Ice demon]

Well here i go..........
This is a moveset which won me one or two battles so i figured i would pass it by u guys
PS its nothing great and aero and/or lax destroys it in one go............

Articuno[timid]
EVs - max Sp, Def, SpDef
reflect
substitute
toxic/hail
blizzard

or Articuno[Timid]
EVs - max Sp, Def, SpDef
mind reader
substitute
toxic
sheer cold

really and truly they suck but IMO it has worked for me a good few times

 

[salamenceruler04]

Im not to good at movesets...bur should ent u have another move besides sheer cold....for one it only have 5pp and...even tho is a 1hit KO..its not to accurate..and with ur only other way to take off health being toxic...would that take quite a while..and u would really b in a bine if u can out of pp for sheer cold

 

[Ice demon]

Well my friend if u would look on the moveset with sheer cold u will see mind reader...........
put the 2 togther and u shall see what i mean..........

this really is for netbattle but for ingame just use pp up to max out the pp of sheer cold for some brutal stuff..........................

Meh i guess leftovers should be included as item or maybe quick claw for the sub stuff??

 

[Frostweaver]

I personally don't even bother with sub... don't see a point of it. Sub will break so quickly that you won't have time to "setup."

Articuno- [sp.atk or speed, or defensive + / atk -] @ leftovers
EV: if sweeper, sp.atk and speed. if semi-tank, defensive
-ice beam/sheer cold
-water pulse or reflect/mind reader
-HP special/reflect or HP Fire
-protect

Left hand side is sweeper version, and the right hand side is OHKO tank version. For the tank version, you may want HP Fire instead of reflect to get rid of Skarmory's Sturdy. Use mind reader to function as pseudo-pseudohaze. I personally LOVE protect on Articuno, for the sake of pressure abuse and leftovers healing. Hey it's not like it got better things to do anyway.

 

[Ice demon]

well a broken sub will destroy it........
but u know it works.......
all u really need is 3 subs for a OHKO.

lol skarmory is such a pain..........
even with my moveset as toxic + OHKO was not going to work.

Too bad arty can't CM like the dogs...................
or at least had some more moves.

 

[salamenceruler04]

Does mind reader insure the next attacks hit? I cant remimber

 

[Frostweaver]

yes it does so that means Sheer Cold will be 100% accurate, if the opponent is weird enough to stand still for it (or if Articuno is still alive by then)...

 

[Toothache]

Mind Reader makes the next move have 100% accuracy. Other moves like this include Foresight, and Lock On. Quite a nasty combo if you can pull it off, opponents guaranteed dead in 2 rounds.

 

[Frostweaver]

Not foresight though. Foresight just makes the targetted Pokemon gurantee hit by normal/fighting attack regardless of immunity (but resistance still applies).

 

[Ice demon]

U can also use
Articuno[modest]
EVs - Sp, SpAtt, Def
ice beam
sheer cold
mind reader
rest/roar/toxic/reflect/HP fire/psychic/electric


or if u are feeling lucky
Articuno[calm]
EVs - SpAtt, SpDef
Ice Beam
Sheer Cold
Substitute/Rest
Double Team

But with out mind reader u need to be really really lucky
like the horn drill lapras ^_^

 

[Frostweaver]

Nobody stays still for the mind reader. In the end it still comes down to the 30% accuracy. However it can act as pseudohazing because unless the opponent can finish off Articuno in that turn, they're gurantee dead so they must switch out, and they still have to suffer a 30% chance of dying XD;

 

[Ice demon]

Oops new one ^_^
this one is all about confusing the foe into thinking that u are going to try a OHKO
Articuno[modest]@leftovers
EVs - make up some......
blizzard
mind reader
HP psychic/fire/water
rest/double team/substitute

well u use mind reader and when Skarm decides to come out and sturdy ur tail he gets screwed over by either a STABed Blizzard or a nice HP fire ^_^

also it gives nice psuedo hazing etc........
see frosty's comment above...................................................

now this may or may not work but u need to test it first.
Not to mention it may just be a nasty surprise to an opponent trying to Sturdy ur sheer cold.

 

[HellishHades]

now this may or may not work but u need to test it first.

It may work, but it will only work once. I'd give Articuno Sheer Cold, in addition to Blizzard. It keeps your opponent guessing, and it gives you the ability to repeatably pseudohaze. Otherwise, after your opponent has found out that you haven't Sheer Cold, you're pretty well finished.

 

[Frostweaver]

Not to mention that having Blizzard AND Sheer Cold will cause a 3rd side effect: it will lower your opponent's guard a bit. Hey everyone knows that only noobs use blizzard! Meh I can just stand still and sweep his entire team! =)

 

[Ice demon]

Well revision ^_^
Articuno[modest/timid]
EVs - ...........................not in the mood
blizzard
mind reader
sheer cold
HP fire/psychic/electric/rest/reflect/protect

or maybe remove mind reader for protect/HP???
I don't know.....but i still like mind reader.
but i do agree with the "keep them guess thing" that sheer cold and blizzard would give u..............................

 

[Shion]

Well revision ^_^
Articuno[modest/timid]
EVs - ...........................not in the mood
blizzard
mind reader
sheer cold
HP fire/psychic/electric/rest/reflect/protect

or maybe remove mind reader for protect/HP???
I don't know.....but i still like mind reader.
but i do agree with the "keep them guess thing" that sheer cold and blizzard would give u..............................

Frosty just said that only new people use Blizzard, replace it with Ice Beam.

 

[Mana Lugia]

uh, he meant it will cause overconfidence in the enemy, so you can kill them with SC

 

[Ice demon]

Frosty just said that only new people use Blizzard, replace it with Ice Beam.

U misunderstood
frosty was being sarcastic..............