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[wolf]

For Gallade should I use an Adamant or Jolly nature? I know Gallade has an 80 base speed and the only real threats to Gallade are either significantly slower or faster so I think running Jolly for the speed boost he still won't catch up to Adamant Lucario.

The set I will run is...
Gallade @ Life Orb
EVs: 252 Atk/252 Speed
Moves:
-Psycho Cut
-Shadow Sneak
-Fire Punch / Stone Edge
-Close Combat

There's even Shadow Sneak for a priority move. All the sets on Smogon say to take my pick as a nature I would go with Adamant for more power but only if I'm taking a risk with the speed.

You outrun Adamant Gyarados, Adamant Heracross, Timid Heatran, and Adamant Lucario (edited out the rare ones). So, really depends on you, what your team has problems with, etc. Use Ice Punch over Fire Punch / Stone Edge, it lets you sweep through Gliscor, Salamence, and the like without problems (which cause other Fighting-types problems).

 

[FreakyLocz14]

You can Surprise SDLuke that Gallade is faster than him using Jolly , or even lol at Gyarados that didnt use Dragon Dance yet , sadly Gallade can be wiped out easily from a Physical hit =(

You outrun Adamant Gyarados, Adamant Heracross, Timid Heatran, and Adamant Lucario (edited out the rare ones). So, really depends on you, what your team has problems with, etc. Use Ice Punch over Fire Punch / Stone Edge, it lets you sweep through Gliscor, Salamence, and the like without problems (which cause other Fighting-types problems).

Are you guys sure? SDLuke's I imagine will pack Jolly nature since it's already getting Attack boosts from SD. And if he's running Choice Band I'd also expect Jolly. I also figured that Fire Punch on Gallade can OHKO Scizor after the LO bosst and he can survive a Choice Banded Bullet Punch but he will be seriously dented.

 

[Chaostorm]

most of the time people uses adamant on SD Luke for more Power in Order to deal lots of KOs with Close Combat that Jolly cant . you can still deal with Lucario if he hadnt setted up an SD , Choice Band Lucario cannot OHKO Gallade >.> so If you invested some HP EV , Gallade would survive and KO Lucario

 

[Jimmyray]

Is there any way I can breed an Exeggcute with Sleep Powder on it at Lv:1? I want to give it a Leaf Stone straight away so it doesn't lose exp. :(

 

[Blazey~]

No, hatched pokemon are always at level five. I don't think there is a way to get the level any lower than that.
Also, I've cloned and tested pokemon on Emerald. Evolving them earlier or later does not change their stats at any given level (two level 50 Metagross clones will have the same stats, even if one is evolved asap and the other is evolved at level fifty).
Unless you're trying to get in a move that only the evolution can learn, there's no need to rush.

 

[Jimmyray]

No, hatched pokemon are always at level five. I don't think there is a way to get the level any lower than that.
Also, I've cloned and tested pokemon on Emerald. Evolving them earlier or later does not change their stats at any given level (two level 50 Metagross clones will have the same stats, even if one is evolved asap and the other is evolved at level fifty).
Unless you're trying to get in a move that only the evolution can learn, there's no need to rush.

No, in D/P/Pt they're level 1? Lol. Also I don't mean cloning in Emerald, I mean levelling up in Platinum. Thanks though? Lol

 

[Jake♫]

Is there any way I can breed an Exeggcute with Sleep Powder on it at Lv:1? I want to give it a Leaf Stone straight away so it doesn't lose exp. :(

If you breed it with another Pokemon who knows Sleep Powder as well as the Exectutor (I'm assuming) you're breeding with, it should have Sleep Powder when it hatches.

 

[wolf]

Are you guys sure? SDLuke's I imagine will pack Jolly nature since it's already getting Attack boosts from SD. And if he's running Choice Band I'd also expect Jolly. I also figured that Fire Punch on Gallade can OHKO Scizor after the LO bosst and he can survive a Choice Banded Bullet Punch but he will be seriously dented.

Like Chaos said, you miss out on a lot of KOs when using Crunch against Celebi and the like. It also adds more power on hitting faster foes with ExtremeSpeed (which he will be using to sweep majority of the time). Also:

| Lucario | Nature | Adamant | 60.8 |
| Lucario | Nature | Jolly | 21.5 |
| Lucario | Nature | Other (5) | < 6.4 |

Choice Band Scizor's Bullet Punch has a 20% chance of OHKOing after Stealth Rock damage. :|

591 Atk vs 166 Def & 277 HP (60 Base Power): 229 - 271 (82.67% - 97.83%)

After Life Orb recoil, Gallade would probably have fainted by then.

 

[Jimmyray]

If you breed it with another Pokemon who knows Sleep Powder as well as the Exectutor (I'm assuming) you're breeding with, it should have Sleep Powder when it hatches.

Ah. So atm I am breeding a male Bulbasaur w/Sleep Powder with a female Exeggcute. If I get the Exeggcute to learn Sleep Powder too, it will work? Thanks :)

 

[Skip Shot]

Ah. So atm I am breeding a male Bulbasaur w/Sleep Powder with a female Exeggcute. If I get the Exeggcute to learn Sleep Powder too, it will work? Thanks :)

The male passes on the egg moves iirc, so just having the Bulbasaur is fine. Also, if both Pokemon have a similar move (i.e. both have Leech Seed) I believe that the baby will hatch with that move as well. So you could have an exeggcute baby with Uproar/Hypnosis, Barrage/Hypnosis, Leech Seed, and Sleep Powder.

 

[Jimmyray]

The male passes on the egg moves iirc, so just having the Bulbasaur is fine. Also, if both Pokemon have a similar move (i.e. both have Leech Seed) I believe that the baby will hatch with that move as well. So you could have an exeggcute baby with Uproar/Hypnosis, Barrage/Hypnosis, Leech Seed, and Sleep Powder.

But the eggs that I bred using the Bulbasaur so far have just been Hypnosis/Barrage/Uproar!

 

[Skip Shot]

But the eggs that I bred using the Bulbasaur so far have just been Hypnosis/Barrage/Uproar!

Does the Bulbasaur have Sleep Powder? If not, it might because Exeggcute can learn Sleep Powder at level 13. So then, you would have to have Sleep Powder on both Pokemon.

 

[Chaostorm]

you might change the Item of your Gallade to Choice Scarf to turn the Gladiator warrior into a revenge Killer
( Jolly is good for +400 Spe assuming Choice Scarf but if you used Adamant , you will be Outsped by Mence and Gyara after a Dragon Dance ) , or completely change the Gallade into Physical Azelf I posted earlier :

Azelf @ Choice Band / Choice Scarf
Nature : Adamant / Jolly
Trait : Levitate
EVs : 252 Atk / 252 Spe / 4 HP
-U-turn / Trick
-Zen Headbutt
-Explosion
-Ice Punch / Fire Punch

use Adamant if you're going to give this dude Scarf , or Jolly if you're gonna use Choice Band , if you wanna the freedom to attack , you can use Life Orb on him with Jolly Nature ( and not to mention that its Explosion is deadly for him being Speedy )

EDIT : is it wise to use Gligar as a Lead in UU ? ( since it seems an Inferior Gliscor )

 

[Jimmyray]

Ok, I'll try it with both of them knowing it. Thanks everyone :)

 

[xXI JOE IXx]

Is Garchomp Uber?

I am working on a team for wi-fi battling, and I need a ground pokemon so I thought Garchomp would be good, but this website said tha it is. Is this right or wrong? This was updated in 2008 so I am not sure if he is still classed as uber. Thanks :)

 

[Dark Azelf]

I am working on a team for wi-fi battling, and I need a ground pokemon so I thought Garchomp would be good, but this website said tha it is. Is this right or wrong? This was updated in 2008 so I am not sure if he is still classed as uber. Thanks :)

Yes, its still uber nothing has changed since that.

However it, like all the suspects are currently being tested on the suspect ladder on smogon to see how it effects the metagame now.

 

[FreakyLocz14]

Choice Band Scizor's Bullet Punch has a 20% chance of OHKOing after Stealth Rock damage. :|

591 Atk vs 166 Def & 277 HP (60 Base Power): 229 - 271 (82.67% - 97.83%)

After Life Orb recoil, Gallade would probably have fainted by then.

Witout Life Orb recoil Bullet Punch wouldn't 2K0, and I'll just Lunar Dance Gallade back in using Cresselia ior if I need it later I also have a WishPasser too.

On the other hand I experimented with Expert Belt to avoid LO recoil and here's the results I got when Jolly Gallade hit's back with Fire Punch using the CB Scizor EV spread from Smogon.

349 Atk vs 236 Def & 343 HP (75 Base Power): 384 - 456 (111.95% - 132.94%)

you might change the Item of your Gallade to Choice Scarf to turn the Gladiator warrior into a revenge Killer
( Jolly is good for +400 Spe assuming Choice Scarf but if you used Adamant , you will be Outsped by Mence and Gyara after a Dragon Dance ) , or completely change the Gallade into Physical Azelf I posted earlier :

Azelf @ Choice Band / Choice Scarf
Nature : Adamant / Jolly
Trait : Levitate
EVs : 252 Atk / 252 Spe / 4 HP
-U-turn / Trick
-Zen Headbutt
-Explosion
-Ice Punch / Fire Punch

use Adamant if you're going to give this dude Scarf , or Jolly if you're gonna use Choice Band , if you wanna the freedom to attack , you can use Life Orb on him with Jolly Nature ( and not to mention that its Explosion is deadly for him being Speedy )

EDIT : is it wise to use Gligar as a Lead in UU ? ( since it seems an Inferior Gliscor )

Yes and also seeing that Jolly Gallade can still OHKO Luke with a CC boosted by Expert Belt or Life Orb I decided to go with Jolly. If I use Azelf it will most likely replace Girafarig. Yes, Girafarig has been useful with STAB Return and can revenge kill something (esp Ghosts and fellow Psychics) with that or Sucker Punch but it has benn limited to just that mostly I'll see if replacing Wish with EQ can dent Steels enough to warant losing Wish support as well, The next phase in the expiriment is to see what hapeens if I replace Girafarig with Azelf and Bronzong with Metagross and also move Starmie to the lead with an Anti-Lead set Pokedra suggested.

And P.S. about Gilgar just watch out I'd most likely use the best lead Gliscor set and transfer the same set to Gilgar and go from there.

 

[natedogg]

For a UU team what makes a better rock polisher Torterra or Relicanth?

 

[Aurafire]

For a UU team what makes a better rock polisher Torterra or Relicanth?

Torterra has higher base Attack and Speed (and arguably better typing), so he's probably the better choice unless you have a specific reason to use Relicanth.

 

[wolf]

Witout Life Orb recoil Bullet Punch wouldn't 2K0, and I'll just Lunar Dance Gallade back in using Cresselia ior if I need it later I also have a WishPasser too.

Like what my calculation showed, after Stealth Rock damage, you have a 20% chance of being OHKOed (switching back into Stealth Rock damage, or LO recoil secures the KO). I don't know how it doesn't 2HKO. Dx You don't want to stay in on Scizor at all, taking around 90% from Scizor is too much. :| Switching back to Cresselia, Lunar Dancing, and switching back to Gallade is a bad idea because after another Stealth Rock damage, you will faint (Lunar Dance does not work before entry hazard damage). And you're losing Cresselia in the process. LO Adamant Close Combat also has a 40% chance of OHKOing Scizor after SR damage: 383 Atk vs 236 Def & 343 HP (120 Base Power): 271 - 321 (79.01% - 93.59%). Jolly doesn't OHKO though, and Expert Belt Jolly does even worse.

I still think hitting Gliscor is much more important than hitting Scizor who OHKOs Gallade before it can even use a move.