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Teambuilder Bug
For some reason, attempting to place a 0 Atk Shiny Jirachi on the team will cause this error to show up. This is in a Gen 9 format, where Hidden Power doesn't even exist.
Bug Report: Bitter Blade is not flagged as a healing move despite being flagged as a draining move.
Noticed this while playing Nat Dex BH, and asked a close friend of mine to help me replicate it. As shown in the replay, Triage does not work on Bitter Blade, and Heal Block - while preventing...
The worst part is that I have priority. I still lost to it >.<
It's probably more a Weavile issue than a freeze issue since idt anything else really has anything similar to that but idk
I guess that makes sense, though I must bring up Beat Up Weavile @ Ice Beam as a lead that can turn a 10% chance into something dangerously close to a coin flip with as deadly an outcome as freeze.
no I'm not salty that I had to fight this what are you talking about lol
WIP
Name: Switch Bait
Description: This Pokémon punishes the opponent for switching with maximum efficiency.
Justification: Switching is an integral part of competitive Pokémon, whether it be through hard-switching, double-switching, or making use of pivoting moves. The main goal with...
Just a note: Mythicals are always banned from VGC so they'll never appear here.
Can't say anything about the first question as it's kinda in the thread title.
Ah, Calyrex. Such an enigma to me that a Pokémon holding such high importance to the lore of Galar has similar stats to Phione.
Well... at least its alternate forms are pretty strong
Volcarona (one of my favorite mons) seems to be picking up quite a bit of steam lately (it's over 7% usage on Pikalytics now).
Volcarona @ Focus Sash
Ability: Flame Body
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Timid Nature
- Heat Wave
- Struggle Bug
- Rage Powder
- Protect
Other commonly used...
Tsareena seems to be growing rather popular, as it's hit 7% usage according to Babiri.
Tsareena @ Wide Lens
Ability: Queenly Majesty
Level: 50
EVs: 108 HP / 236 Atk / 164 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Power Whip
- High Jump Kick
- Triple Axel
- Protect
Other TR moves used include Taunt and Play Rough.
VolcZor HO Bug
I noticed that there were zero Bug samples, which is interesting considering I've been using a Bug team quite a lot myself with decent success. So, here goes nothing:
In all fairness, Hyper Training, Ability Capsules, and Nature Mints all exist now. It's pretty easy to just build up the one you already have. The only grievance would be Hidden Abilities, and I'm admittedly unsure if that will even be a grievance for long.