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sims796 said:
Can somebody explain to me why we see sets such as Sub Empoleon, but no others that takes advantage of their 'pinch move' ability? Like, Sceptile, or Feraligatr?
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Empoleon gains access to Agility to bypass most Choice Scarfers, has good special attack, and resists most priority moves.

Besides Sceptile, Feraligatr and the likes kinda suck so eh
 
Oh, I think it's the latter. Sceptile has more Speed, plus Agility, Feraligar is stronger physically.

Could it be because Empoleon has better coverage (Water & Ice hits many, many things)? I tried Subtile [ekeke], it worked pretty fine.
 
leech seed

i know that leech seed steals oponent's HP but what happens when oponent switches out? does leech seed get canceled?
 
Upon logging into shoddy's official server for the first time, I was informed of how certain suspect weren't banned there, but cacturne also featured on this list. Anybody know why this is?
 
El Gofre said:
Upon logging into shoddy's official server for the first time, I was informed of how certain suspect weren't banned there, but cacturne also featured on this list. Anybody know why this is?
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o_O Do you mean Cacturne was banned or unbanned? I assume banned since it's unbanned in every tier to the best of my knowledge.

But yeah, Garchomp and I think even Wobbuffet are not banned on Official. But Official sucks, Smogon is a better bet (but be ready for annoying trolls in the main chat, lol).
 
Anti said:
o_O Do you mean Cacturne was banned or unbanned? I assume banned since it's unbanned in every tier to the best of my knowledge.

But yeah, Garchomp and I think even Wobbuffet are not banned on Official. But Official sucks, Smogon is a better bet (but be ready for annoying trolls in the main chat, lol).
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I'm already been accused of incest in the official forum, I don't see why smogon's should be any different =]

Anyway, there actually stressing how he is unbanned. I'll presume it's an inside joke.
 
El Gofre said:
I'm already been accused of incest in the official forum, I don't see why smogon's should be any different =]

Anyway, there actually stressing how he is unbanned. I'll presume it's an inside joke.
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Probably. The Official Server is nuts as it is.

The difference is that you aren't battling against Wobbuffet on Smogon...and the battlers are generally better.

Also, I would just avoid the main chat on the huge servers since...it never ends well. Usually it's trolls anyway so eh.
 
El Gofre said:
I'm already been accused of incest in the official forum, I don't see why smogon's should be any different =]

Anyway, there actually stressing how he is unbanned. I'll presume it's an inside joke.
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The hell is wrong with them over there?

Well, I wanted to ask, does Trick go through Substitute?
 
sims796 said:
...Well, I wanted to ask, does Trick go through Substitute?
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Nope. Substitute blocks Acupressure, Block, a ghost's Curse*, Dream Eater, Embargo, Gastro Acid, Grudge, Heal Block, Leech Seed, Lock-On, Mean Look, Mimic, Mind Reader, Nightmare, Pain Split, Psycho Shift, Spider Web, Sketch, Switcheroo, Trick, Worry Seed, and Yawn.

*I don't think Shoddy Battle has this fixed yet. I was in a battle earlier and some Gengar tried to Curse my Machamp behind its sub. I ended up losing 25% after that turn.
 
Beautifully well-made post. Very informative. I had always wondered about Gastro Acid & Mean Look. Although I think they fixed Pain Split--my Spiritomb couldn't use it on a Dusknoir.


Now, since I've just posted on Request a team, I am forced to ask here. How is a Special Tangrowth these days?
 
sims796 said:
Beautifully well-made post. Very informative. I had always wondered about Gastro Acid & Mean Look. Although I think they fixed Pain Split--my Spiritomb couldn't use it on a Dusknoir.


Now, since I've just posted on Request a team, I am forced to ask here. How is a Special Tangrowth these days?
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Blissey is falling in usage, so I would assume it's good (and I'm also assuming you mean Choice Specs Tangrowth?) as long as you can predict Salamence, Heatran and the gang.
 
Oh, heveans, no. I meant Growth Tangrowth, duh. I'm gonna call it "TanGROWTH". Yeah, Specs...

Does he gain any moves that is useful through move tutors? For special set, I mean.
 
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Anti said:
Blissey is falling in usage, so I would assume it's good (and I'm also assuming you mean Choice Specs Tangrowth?) as long as you can predict Salamence, Heatran and the gang.
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Isn't Tangrowth still UU though? They don't start ruling out suspects till the 6th iirc. THat means that Tangrowth will more likely be facing UU sweepers. Otherwise, whatever you said.

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Oh, heveans, no. I meant Growth Tangrowth, duh. I'm gonna call it "TanGROWTH". Yeah, Specs...

Does he gain any moves that is useful through move tutors? For special set, I mean.
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Well, I would go with the unlimited coverage thing Tangrowth gets from Leaf Storm/EnergyBall/Grass Knot, Ancientpower, and Focus Blast.
 
sims796 said:
Oh, heveans, no. I meant Growth Tangrowth, duh. I'm gonna call it "TanGROWTH". Yeah, Specs...

Does he gain any moves that is useful through move tutors? For special set, I mean.
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From what I remember, Specs Tangrowth is Leaf Storm/Focus Blast/Ancientpower and Hidden Power something (either Ice or Fire, probably the latter since Ancientpower hammers Salamence).

No useful moves I know of, but there might be a few. Tangrowth is still a pretty cool Pokemon so you could test it on Shoddy for a little while and see how it goes.

And Sc4rfCh0mp, I'm pretty sure he's talking about OU matches.
 
Anti said:
From what I remember, Specs Tangrowth is Leaf Storm/Focus Blast/Ancientpower and Hidden Power something (either Ice or Fire, probably the latter since Ancientpower hammers Salamence).

No useful moves I know of, but there might be a few. Tangrowth is still a pretty cool Pokemon so you could test it on Shoddy for a little while and see how it goes.

And Sc4rfCh0mp, I'm pretty sure he's talking about OU matches.
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OU? KK... Yeah, Specs set is HP Fire/Focus Blast/ Leaf Storm/ Ancientpower.

Otherwise, Tangrowth doesn't get any special attacking moves that can benefit from Plat (which is what you're asking about, right?) So the set I posted above should be fine.
 
Yup, thanks Anti, answered the question perfectly. I'll try him out. Perhaps a mixed set?

Hm, perhaps not.
 
I have a very simple, yet very important question.

Why isDark Azelf, as a n00b, allowed to give advice? It says right in the rules that n00bs are not allowed to give advice. This moderator favoritisim is sickening, and I implore that n00b gets his come-uppings.


That aside, I would love to know how Weezing is fairing. In fact, I have a few questions on that.

First, can he still stand up to a few choice OU threats?

Second, was he made UU not because he is bad in OU, but because he doesn't break UU (like Latias, apparently)

Third, would a tanking Exploding set do great, or would a Pain Split set work? That might justdepend on the team itself.

Last, D_A sux.
 
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