Is Hyper Beam really THAT good on Porygon-Z?

sims796 said:
Well Towlie, we all know that now. However, the bigger quesion is...is it woth it?

Losing a good sweeper (cause lets face it, after Hyper Beam, he's a goner) just to wipe out one poke? Not worth it, IMO. There are plenty of other ways to wipe out a Blissey.
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Sure there are, except for the fact most good players switch out Blissey when they know something can hurt it. Will Blissey stay in vs a Special Attacker? Probably. and 85/70/75 defenses really isn't that bad. It's not like it's going to fall to anything that touches it. I know for a fact that if my Blissey died to a Hyper Beam, the best thing I'd have to beat it with in my ladder team would be Tyranitar's Stone Edge, which I know for a fact, won't OHKO a full HP Porygon-Z
 
Ah, but they can set up, which in some cases, just as bad as commiting suicide.
 
I actually find return on Pory Z to make a good blissey counter (Which I think has been said). Boltbeam offers coverage, and when a special wall comes in it saves having to swith out. Yes theres no denying his special attack is far superior, but why do people run fire blast on garchomp if his physical is far higher?
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Because Skarmory and Weezing have insane defenses yet bad special defense. Anyway, this strategy used to be new, but now it will be more predictable and opponents keep a close eye on it.
 
Name said:
It's 30% chance of getting one status and Blissey has a healing move, Aromatherapy
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Actually Name, it then gives you another shot at tri-attacking bliss if it uses aromatherapy. But it's not advised since it can be unreliable, but tempting ;)

Ps: Tri attack's effect is 20%
 
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Actually, it's 30%, unless they changed it this gen.

And Gecko, for the record, I've run into about 50 Pory Zs on Shoddy and none have been the hyper beam variant...it isn't common at all.
 
Effect rate was 20% in third gen also.:(
 
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