Simple Q&A Thread

[devilicious]

Yup. Just like Anti said, a single BL Pokémon makes a team OU.

BL isn't an actual tier- BL Pokémon are just Pokémon banned from UU.

 

[airconditioning]

Unless you play on 4chan. For some reason, the majority of battlers there play BL/UU. :/

 

[devilicious]

The people from /v/ usually just use their favourites. That's why it's fun to play with them.

Lately, I've only been doing roulette battles. They own. ♥

 

[The Hero Without a Name]

I got a breeding question...

So I got a female Buneary with 31 attack IV's. I'm gonna breed it with my Medicham (with all 3 elemental punches), who has 31 speed IV's. If they have a baby, and it inherits both maxed IV's, what characteristic will it show?

 

[airconditioning]

I have no idea, and I doubt anyone else does, either. Keep an eye out for both characteristics ('Likes to Thrash About' and 'Alert to Sounds').

 

[The Hero Without a Name]

Oh...

What's PokeSaving btw?

 

[airconditioning]

Pokesav is a program that allows you to edit every possible facet of a Pokemon save file- including the Pokemon itself. Pokesaving a Pokemon refers to creating/ hacking a Pokemon in Pokesav.

 

[The Hero Without a Name]

Ohh... How do people get it?

 

[Houndoom88]

Ohh... How do people get it?

It is a program that you can easily download but you need a ds flashcard.
And with what EV's I have to train my shiny Ponyta?

 

[Kirioroshi]

I got a breeding question...

So I got a female Buneary with 31 attack IV's. I'm gonna breed it with my Medicham (with all 3 elemental punches), who has 31 speed IV's. If they have a baby, and it inherits both maxed IV's, what characteristic will it show?

if they inherit max atk and spd it will show, 'likes to thrash about' or 'alert to sounds.'

 

[Houndoom88]

What physical attacks will my shiny rapidash learn?
Is Megahorn, Flare Blitz, Hypnosis, Will-o-wisp ok?

 

[devilicious]

What's the Rapidash's nature? I wouldn't recommend planning a moveset before taking it in consideration.

 

[Houndoom88]

Quiet nature.
What do you think about it?

 

[Ársa]

No, definately not Quiet. Jolly would be better suited.

Rapidash@Wide Lens/Life Orb
Jolly
252 Atk, 192 Spd, 64 HP
Flash Fire

Flare Blitz
Earthquake / Will-o-Wisp
Megahorn / Will-o-Wisp
Hypnosis / Will-o-Wisp

~T_S

 

[Houndoom88]

But my shiny Ponyta is Quiet Nature. It raises Sp. attack and lowers Speed. So i have to EV train the Sp. Attack and speed?

 

[Archer]

I got a breeding question...

So I got a female Buneary with 31 attack IV's. I'm gonna breed it with my Medicham (with all 3 elemental punches), who has 31 speed IV's. If they have a baby, and it inherits both maxed IV's, what characteristic will it show?

I was talking to someone about this on Smogon. Where there is a tie for two or more IVs, the characteristic is completely random. This becomes a pain when you are breeding a wall, usually with at least 3 flawless IVs.

 

[Gulpin]

It's either UU or OU. If you put BL pokemon in, even one, it's and OU team, so keep that in mind when you select spots for your team. Crobat is banned from UUs (which is why it's BL), so it would make your team OU putting it in.

I'll keep that in mind next time I decide to make a team, but if I use the right strategy with the team I posted above, it might barley survive in OU (I hope, I'm new to this)

Yup. Just like Anti said, a single BL Pokémon makes a team OU.

BL isn't an actual tier- BL Pokémon are just Pokémon banned from UU.

So that basically means that I would have to replace Crobat if I was in an UU battle, but I wouldn't have to replace Crobat if I had an OU battle with the rest of the team?

And, my original question:
Witch pokemon should I replace and what should I replace it with, as I have a weakness to Psychic. (considering that this could be an OU team)

 

[devilicious]

So that basically means that I would have to replace Crobat if I was in an UU battle, but I wouldn't have to replace Crobat if I had an OU battle with the rest of the team?

Exactly. I'm glad you got the point easily. :3

And, my original question:
Witch pokemon should I replace and what should I replace it with, as I have a weakness to Psychic. (considering that this could be an OU team)

Grumpig is a great UU wall / CM sweeper, and resists Psychic. Or you could just use any Dark-type for immunity.

 

[Romo_Owens]

What's wrong with Milotic?

Hey everyone
I was just wondering, what's wrong with Milotic. I go on Serebii a lot and it brings up the terms "Bulky Water Pokemon" a lot but when they do it's always Swampert, Suicune, and Slowbro. If they mention Milotic, it's always "and to a lesser extent, Milotic". And to top it off, Milotic dwells in the borderline tier.
I need a special wall on my team, and I don't like Blissey or Snorlax because they're too easy to KO (come on, say what you want but physical fighting attacks like close combat are just too rampant) so I decided to go with milotic. The thing has 125 base Special attack managable 95 base hp, decent base 79 defense backed up by Marvle scale activated when Milotic is hit with a status attack. It also has only 2 weaknesses which only comes with one consistant counter (Electivire), a reliable recovery move (with 10 PP), access to hypnosis and a good movepool backed by a 100 base special attack. Frankly, I don't see why Milotic isn't OU and why it's regarded as worse than Swampert and Slowbro.

 

[Gulpin]

Exactly. I'm glad you got the point easily. :3



Grumpig is a great UU wall / CM sweeper, and resists Psychic. Or you could just use any Dark-type for immunity.

Would Cacturne/Shifrty work? They both are able to beat water types w/Ice moves (starmie), and Psychic types. If so, which one should I use, and who should I replace. And do you think that the team has the capability to take on an OU team?