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What would be a good moveset for a Starmie?
 
That depends. Do you want your Starmie to sweep? To counter Infenape, Gyarados and Garchomp? To spin? To take hits? There are a lot of things Starmie can do.
 
Ah. Hmmm... That's the main problem I have. I can't decide whether I want him to spin, or sweep (good speed and spatk).

I guess my team could use a special sweeper besides Houndoom.
 
Fabian the Fastman said:
Ah. Hmmm... That's the main problem I have. I can't decide whether I want him to spin, or sweep (good speed and spatk).

I guess my team could use a special sweeper besides Houndoom.
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You only really need 1 of each sweeper (1 physical, 1 special and 1 mixed if you want), Starmie:

Starmie @ Leftovers
Timid Nature
EVs: 160 HP / 132 SpA / 216 Speed
- Ice Beam / Thunderbolt
- Rapid Spin
- Recover
- Surf
 
Ambient said:
You only really need 1 of each sweeper (1 physical, 1 special and 1 mixed if you want), Starmie:

Starmie @ Leftovers
Timid Nature
EVs: 160 HP / 132 SpA / 216 Speed
- Ice Beam / Thunderbolt
- Rapid Spin
- Recover
- Surf
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Sounds great. But why doesn't he have psychic? Just wondering.
 
Fabian the Fastman said:
Sounds great. But why doesn't he have psychic though? Just wondering.
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Doesn't need it, Ice Beam/T-bolt provides better coverage. Psychic has poor coverage, and no pokemon is immune to both Ice Beam and T-Bolt.
 
Hi i would like a good moveset for some pokemon

List:
Magnezone
Rotom
Granbull
Togekiss
Meganauim (Chikorita Evo)
And Jynx

And any thing will do like sweppers or anything else i would just like a simple tough team to beat my mates please!
 
Oh yeah... especially with all those TTars running around. Thanks!
 
Ambient said:
Doesn't need it, Ice Beam/T-bolt provides better coverage. Psychic has poor coverage, and no pokemon is immune to both Ice Beam and T-Bolt.
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Shedinja's immune to that combination. =D It walls Starmie forever and ever too =D Although you'll probably have something to KO that Ninja. =/
 
Dancing Salamence 1.1 said:
Shedinja's immune to that combination. =D It walls Starmie forever and ever too =D Although you'll probably have something to KO that Ninja. =/
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My mistake, nothing that gets OHKOed by any entry hazard or Status condition is immune to that combination.
 
Mantyke said:
Hi i would like a good moveset for some pokemon

List:
Magnezone
Rotom
Granbull
Togekiss
Meganauim (Chikorita Evo)
And Jynx

And any thing will do like sweppers or anything else i would just like a simple tough team to beat my mates please!
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Do you want a moveset or Ev's and natures?
 
He did say movesets.

Magnezone @ Life Orb
Trait: Magnet Pull
Nature: Modest / Mild
EVs: 252 Sp.Atk / 172 HP / 84 Defense
- Thunderbolt
- Hidden Power [ICE]
- Metal Sound / Explosion / Magnet Rise
- Substitute / Flash Cannon / Thunder Wave

Thunderbolt can 2HKO Blissey when used in conjunction with Metal Sound. Explosion is a good way to attack Blissey as well. Magnet Rise evades ground type moves like the ever-so-common Earthquake. Especially evading Dugtrio's Arena Trap and Earthquake and hit it with Hidden Power [ICE]. Flash Cannon is doable, but the coverage isn't. Sometimes it helps with Rock types that carry Earthquake, but meh. Thunderwave is self explanitory, whereas Substitute evades Explosion damage and status moves that threaten Magnezone.

Rotom @ Life Orb
Trait: Levitate
Nature: Timid
Evs: 252 Sp.Atk / 252 Speed / 4 HP
- Thunderbolt / Discharge
- Will-o-wisp / Thunder Wave
- Shadow Ball
- Hidden Power [ICE/FIGHT]

Pretty decent sweeper in UU. There's also a Trickspecs moveset.

Granbull @ Choice Band
Trait: Intimidate
Nature: Adamant
Evs: 252 Attack / 172 HP / 84 Defense
- Body Slam / Return
- Close Combat
- Earthquake
- Crunch / Ice Fang

Slow and fragile, but Intimidate keeps its defenses up so it can withstand a physical hit. Body Slam is in hopes of paralyzing the opponent so Granbull can outrun / get a free switch in and hit really hard.

Togekiss @ Leftovers
Trait: Serene Grace
Nature: Modest / Calm
EVs: 252 Sp.Atk / 172 Sp.Def / 84 Speed
- Air Slash
- Aura Sphere
- Thunder Wave / Body Slam
- Roost / Softboiled

Standard ParaFlinch set. Togekiss abuses Serene Grace with this moveset. Body Slam hits physically even with its weak Attack stat, but still gets a 60% paralyze chance. Thunder Wave is if you're lazy like that. Paralyze has 25% chance each turn for the opponent to skip their own turn (it can't move). Combined with Air Slash's 60% chance of flinching (Serene Grace), the opponent has only a 15% chance of attacking each turn (100-60-25=15). Roost is just annoying. Tri Attack is an alternative move in this moveset.

Meganium @ Leftovers
Trait: Overgrow
Nature: Bold
Evs: 252 HP / 172 Defense / 84 Sp.Def
- Energy Ball
- Aromatherapy / Hidden Power [ELECTRIC/ICE]
- Grasswhistle / Light Screen / Reflect / Leech Seed / Synthesis
- Grasswhistle / Light Screen / Reflect / Leech Seed / Synthesis

Jynx @ Leftovers
Trait: Forewarn
Nature: Modest / Timid
Evs: 252 Sp.Atk / 252 Speed / 4 HP
- Icebeam
- Calm Mind
- Substitute
- Lovely Kiss
 
Raikazu said:
Paralyze has 25% chance each turn for the opponent to skip their own turn (it can't move). Combined with Air Slash's 60% chance of flinching (Serene Grace), the opponent has only a 15% chance of attacking each turn (100-60-25=15).
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That's not percentages work. :B
They have a 30% chance of attacking when Paralyzed and hit by a Serene Grace'd Flinching move. (It's 100% - 25% = 75%, then 40% of 75% = 30%)
 
That and flinch hax Togekiss is a luck-reliant "strategy" that is very unreliable and is totally inferior to BP and Nasty Plot sweeper sets Togekiss can run. That, and people will just try their luck to stall you out, which works more often than not. It's just a waste of a team slot IMO.

Togekiss @ Leftovers
Trait: Serene Grace
EVs: 252 HP / 104 Spd / 152 SAtk (if I remember that right)
Modest Nature (+SAtk, -Atk)
- Air Slash
- Aura Sphere
- Nasty Plot
- Roost

It's great. Almost nothing really walls this well, and pass it some speed or a substitute and it's really unstoppable.

I've also heard it runs a nasty CB set with Hustle, but I haven't tried it out.

And a quick little opinion on Maggy, it generally likes sub to avoid Bronzong Hypnosis and whatnot. That and it grants protection against any attack except maybe Bonemerang (lol). Maggy Rise is pretty much necessary or you get walled a lot easier and killing steels is a lot tougher (though with Shed Shell it's already hard enough).
 
Hey, could I have a team that's just overall good for OU? I don't want ANY Ubers.
 
Can I get movesets for the following?;

Typhlosion
Heracross
Skarmory
Blissey
Starmie
Not sure what should go in the last spot.

Yeah, so I need alot of help. XD
My only essential pokemon is Typhlosion so any changes made to the others are fine. =D
 
.Bastion said:
Can I get movesets for the following?;

Typhlosion
Heracross
Skarmory
Blissey
Starmie
Not sure what should go in the last spot.

Yeah, so I need alot of help. XD
My only essential pokemon is Typhlosion so any changes made to the others are fine. =D
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https://www.smogon.com/dp/pokemon/
Smogon is your friend! Also, for the last spot, try a support pokemon.
 
My friend and I are doing an NU-tier battle just for the heck of it, and I need a good moveset for my Bidoof.

Current moveset:
Bidoof @ Shell Bell
Return
Aqua Tail
Superpower
Amnesia
 
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