Pokémon General Discussion

[Magical Girl Mimi]

Now go get the gold prints and say that it's too easy. =P

I'm waiting for my own competitive team for that, which I should probably get to work on...

On a slightly unrelated note, I just noticed that my GBA and my DS has marks in approximately the same spots. =P

[Ddude The Insane]

I'm making a competitive team as well. I am failing to make, however, progress. -_-

I have Swampert, Forrteress, and Scizor planned. Scizor was sucessful, but I need to give him Superpower. Forrterress is a work in progress, I still need Stealth Rock and I'm only about 25% done EV training. Plus I'm too busy trying to learn the correct spelling of his name.

...The Swampert in question doesn't exist yet. If I had known of Pal Park, I never would have new gamed my Emerald, which had 400+ logged hours and 150+ caught Pokemon. -_- 0_o

[Magical Girl Mimi]

My competitive team will have...

Infernape
Gallade
Salamence
Togekiss
Swampert
Electivire

[Ddude The Insane]

Not bad. Those are all OU, right? Or is Gallade not OU?

I'm trying to be unpredictable with my team. Trouble is, I am waaay predictable. Sooner or later I'll come up with a strategy though.

[B~T]

Now, can somebody please give me advice on what is a good EV Spread on Tyranitar:

172 HP/252 Attack/80 Speed

OR

4 HP/252 Attack/252 Speed

HELLO?

So far, I have an IV and EV Trained Scizor, Dragonite, Starmie, and Machamp. All I need is a Relaxed Synchronizer...

And train Larvitar to Tyranitar if someone would recommend me a good EV Spread... tsktsk... *looks above*

[Magical Girl Mimi]

I'm not sure, but Gallade could be BL or UU.

[Dudebot5000]

Gallade is BL.

Now, can somebody please give me advice on what is a good EV Spread on Tyranitar:

172 HP/252 Attack/80 Speed

OR

4 HP/252 Attack/252 Speed

HELLO?

So far, I have an IV and EV Trained Scizor, Dragonite, Starmie, and Machamp. All I need is a Relaxed Synchronizer...

And train Larvitar to Tyranitar if someone would recommend me a good EV Spread... tsktsk... *looks above*

What kind of moveset are you planning on running?

[B~T]

A Choice Bander.

One from Smogon and one EV Spread from Serebii.

Or maybe 252 HP/252 Attack/4 Sp. Def?

[Magical Girl Mimi]

- Stone Edge
- Earthquake
- Crunch
- Pursuit / Focus Punch / Ice Fang
Item Attached: Choice Band
Trait: Sandstream
EVs and Nature:
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spd
Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)

That's from Serebii's Pokemon of the Week... Will that do?

[B~T]

Tyranitar's Speed stats only cap out at 244 or something. IT cannot outrun a lot of things in OU.

So I will get a few EVs on Speed or none at all...

[Dudebot5000]

Considering Ttar's lack of outspeeding a lot of things, I'd go with Smogon's setup. At the least, you should outrun some Skarmory while being able to take a few hits.

[B~T]

So which is more preferred:

172 HP/252 Atck/80 Speed

or

252 HP/252 Atck/4 Speed?

[Magical Girl Mimi]

I'd say the one with more HP, since you should have enough of a speed boost to outrun most things with the Choice Band

[Dudebot5000]

The latter, when I think about it. If it's not going to be able to hit fast anyway, then it needs to be able to take hits.

[Ddude The Insane]

@B~T-the second one.

It's time for....

Twilight's Daily Pokymahn Review!

Today's Pokemon is....

Scizor

Type:Steel/Bug
Ability: Swarm/Technician
Swarm: Boosts power of Bug-Type moves by 50% when HP is at 33% or less.
Technician: Boosts power of moves with base power of 60 or under by 50%
Tier: OU

Stats:

HP:        70
Atk:       130
Def:       100
Sp. Atk:  55
Sp. Def:  85
Speed:   65

My Opinion: Although I didn't know much about this Pokemon until this Generation, I can say with a bit of confidence that this Pokemon was a breakout Pokemon in Plat. The addition of Bullet Punch was the primary boost. Combine it with Priority attacking, STAB, Swords Dance and Life Orb/Choice Band, this Pokemon is a force to be reckoned with.


Reccomended Setup
Nature: Adamant
Item: Choice Band/Life Orb
Ability: Technician
Function: Physical Swords Dance Sweeper
EVs:4 HP/252 Atk/252 Speed**looks at Smogon*, well, I would have probably come up with this anyway
~Bullet Punch
~Swords Dance (duh)
~Roost/X-Scissor
~Brick Break/Superpower

Using Scizor:
What makes Scizor such a threat is its monster attack stat. Maxing out his Attack EVs is a must. IF you have a lot of time on your hands, try to get him 31 IVs *stares at B~T* in Attack.

This set is fairy simple. Open up with a Swords Dance or two, use Roost if you have it and took damage while using Swords Dance, and pwn with Bullet Punch and Brick Break, Superpower.

Swords Dance is crucial to this set, so make sure you get it. Bullet Punch, combined with STAB, Swords Dance, Technician, etc, will get you 1HKOs easily. X-Scissor is a good move with similar power to Bullet Punch, but not really necessary. I'd choose Roost 9 times out of 10. And finally, the Fighting-Type moves, whichever you pick, contain brute power and deal with some would-be counters of this set.All in all, if you can raise Superpower's PP, it is probably the better choice.
Countering Scizor:

Scizor's nine resistences and immunity to Poison *looks at Toxic Spikes* make it tough to count. Honestly, its above-average defenses leave only one way to counter it: Fire. Heatran is okay, but Brick Break/ Superpower can easily 1HKO it. All four of the Fire-Type Starter Pokemon can counter it, especially Charizard. Any Special Sweeper with a Fire-Type move and decent speed can make fairly quick work of Scizor.
New and Improvements Section
September 7th: Made quite a few changes today. Featured Pokemon is now in glow, and typing is now in color. Function feature was added. Bold was added to different days for this section. =P Added bold to "My Opinion" section. Reduced space between sections divided by Horizantal Rule. Added bold to Past Review Section. Probably forgot a few things =P Oh, and I made the longest list of changes in one review ever. =P

September 5th: Renamed Section and did second review. Past Reviews is its own section now. Forgot to mention in last review that I added the reccomended ability.

September 2nd: First Review: Luxray
Past Reviews
Luxray
Scizor
Staraptor

[B~T]

You do realize that I already reviewed Scizor?

I guess I will go with 252 HP/252 Atck/4 Sp. Def...

[Ddude The Insane]

@B~T-what, I can't review the Pokemon I want to? 

Seriously, Scizor was probably my best option for a review. It's the only one so far that I actively use.

Hm...if I raise my Pokemon to level 100 each (that will take a while =P), and I took the level 50 challenge at the Battle Tower, would the EVs that my Pokemon got when they reached level 100 still take effect, or would lowering the levels cancel that out?

[Magical Girl Mimi]

They'd still be in effect.

[B~T]

Well, its just that two reviews are rather redundant.

And while skimming the Pokemon topic, I found this pretty amusing quote... no offense DT

Rhetoric, sarcasm, and overwhelmingly-long posts are my three big debate weapons, after all.  

[Skullkeepa14]

Can some1 tell me how to evolve my nincada into a Shedinja? On Serebii net it just shows a picture of a pokeball next to lvl 20?