Recent content by NidoJosh

Well after playing this tier after it being part of the OM of the Month I learned quite a bit about this metagame. I sort of found out that it's very easy to be successful in this tier if you use the top tier threats such as Golduck, Jumpluff etc. I made it into the top 10 quite easily with out...

What are you talking about? Alakazam doesn't take Life Orb, spikes, toxic spikes and stealth rocks damage due to Magic Guard...But it is definitely frail and I usually opt to run Sash instead of Life Orb personally.

Hey sorry I don't have a lot of time for a proper rate.. but how do you deal with opposing Ferrothorn's or Forretress's? You seem to rely heavy on toxic stalling and sandstorm for damage.. but I honestly see Ferro as a huge threat to your team and I doubt many of your pokemon can actually touch...

I can really see a rise in Hail I mean seriously look at Glaceon 80 HP / 75 Atk / 125 Def / 145 SpA / 110 SpD / 80 Spe You can almost guarantee that something is going to die! I don't think it's role will change at all however, just Blizzard spam while sporting either a Choice Specs or Choice...

The issue that I have with running Chandelure like this is that it's highly situational and is actually dependent on your opponent running those moves. I can see it working for Protect but otherwise I see it as a wasted moveslot I think it's main selling point is its high Special Attack stat...

Personally.. I believe that every weather starter should be running leftovers. In the Smogon Doubles Metagame it is hugely important to rule the weather to allow for your abusers to function properly and to effectively limit your opponents' weather abusers. I am currently running sand on one...

I definitely agree with this I've never been a big fan of Moltres due to its crippling weakness to the omnipresence of stealth rocks. It most definitely packs huge power but there are other choices for a powerful special attackers that are not effected so much by Stealth Rocks. Alomomola is...

I remember that match! ( I think..) It's always awesome to verse high ranking players like yourself, Pwnemon, Arcticblast etc because it's just class to see the smart switching and everything. But seriously onto the actual topic... Blizzard spamming is incredibly annoying because.. it is very...

I was completely unprepared for a Gravity team featuring Moxie Krookodile. It gets boosts from spamming Earthquake to KO friend and foe alike. With Tailwind support it is basically unstoppable once it gets going but it is definitely scared of powerful priority Mach Punches and Bullet Punches...

The thing with Defiant pokemon is that they are heavily dependent on that boost though. With out it they can't get that extra damage that is the difference between an OHKO and just falling short. Not every team runs Intimidate or Stat Lowering abilities and pokemon like Bisharp is outclassed by...

Eh to be honest Sand can beat rain, so long as it isn't a "full on" sand team with only Steel, Ground and Rock type pokemon.. I mean pokemon like Rotom-W and Shaymin-S can operate well on a Sand team to counter Rain, while pokemon like Metagross and Excadrill can destroy Abomasnow to win the...

It's true that Drizzle is very useful in this metagame, allowing for the popular Drizzle + Swift Swim combo to work as well as other various abilities that abuse the rain... but I've been running Sandstorm (I strangely haven't encountered it much myself..) and it seems to be working great...

Jewish Allah was the best in my opinion (;

While Victini's ability truly can be game changing by increasing move accuracy by 10%.. I just see Victini not having the longevity to last many turns especially with its weaknesses to common attacking types in the metagame, as well as a 2x weakness to 3 of the most common spread moves in the...

Personally I am running a Metagross right now but I have been considering switching him out for a Bisharp. I see a lot of Landorus-T, Hitmontop and even the odd Qwilfish and I think there it appears that there are plenty of opportunities to get a boost for Bisharp. Although I'd imagine running a...