I don't think any of these pokemon can really afford to spend a moveslot on this move
Interesting. You could use it against Dragons to steal their type, then Me First them to kingdom come....hm... what about Mirror Type combined with Me First? I think Mew is the only one that learns both of those, but at least it'd be a way to almost guarantee getting some kind of STAB. :0 Then again, more likely than not, it'll just be a waste of a turn and a moveslot.
Yes, you could use it on dragons, and then die to a SE dragon move. Maybe Latias could find some use for it...Interesting. You could use it against Dragons to steal their type, then Me First them to kingdom come.
Maybe Starmie could use it on Scizor to resist U-Turn? I dunno...
What part of "Me First" was confusing you?Yes, you could use it on dragons, and then die to a SE dragon move. Maybe Latias could find some use for it...
Or, if you want to take only two turns AND have the ability to use it in a Double Battle, you could do it like this.Best gimmick ever.
Triple Battle
Shedinja-Mew-Spiritomb
1st turn Mirror Type (spiritomb)
2nd turn Skill Swap (Shedinja)
3rd ???
4th Profit!
Blue Ditto, if you haven't done this yet, the best way to test if it's both types or one type is to test an attack on a dual type that has one type weak to it and the other resistant to it. Ghost/Dark's a good example. For Ghost/Dark, Ghost and Dark moves superbly effect ghost types and aren't very effective on dark types. But they're neutral on the combination. That way you get three different results for the three different possibilities.Okay, did a few quick tests. Against a Kurumiru, I used Mirror Type and it used Bug Bite. Its primary type is Bug, but the attack was super effective. In another battle against a Fushide, I used Mirror Type, and Fushide used Poison Sting which wasn't very effective, and Fushide's first type is Bug which is neutral to Poison. I did this three times, by the way, and all three of those times the results were consistent, but maybe I got lucky, who knows...and finally, against a Shinpora, I used Mirror Type, and it used Psybeam which wasn't very effective, and its primary type is Psychic.
It's looking pretty possible that it copies both types, but can't say for certain. I hope this is the case, though, because it doesn't actually tell you what type you turned into, just says, "X took on Y's typing!" give or take. If only I could find a Rollout Fushide...
Me First doesn't have priority, so you'd have to be faster than the Dragon type. I'm pretty sure a pseudo STABd Outrage will OHKO any Dragon that's not holding a Haban Berry, anyway, so you won't need Mew to become a Dragon type at all.What part of "Me First" was confusing you?
Obviously you'll need to be slower to avoid eating an Outrage from the insanely powerful 'mons who you'll be doing this to.
I shoulda looked at the move's description before I jumped the gun...Skill Swap fails against Pokemon with Wonder Guard. I tried this myself in Gen4, and I'm certain it still applies.
If it could, think of how beastly porygon 2 would be 0_0. It scares me just thinking about it...^Trace can't copy Wonder Guard.
smogon said:Wonder Guard cannot be Skill Swapped or Role Played, but it can be Traced. Also, Wonder Guard can be copied by an opposing Pokémon transforming into the Wonder Guard Pokémon.
Lol lies. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QL5VtEQLv8U^Trace can't copy Wonder Guard.
yes but if you mirror type an excadrill, you're set to defeat the standard sand team.Cool move in theory, but probably rather poor in practice. Bulky Latias and Starmie can both just use Reflect and will beat Tyranitar and Scizor if used on the switch. You also have to be careful about taking Tyranitar's typing, as Surf in the sand won't OHKO, while the newly 4x Superpower will easily take out Latias/Starmie. Starmie also has to watch out for super effective EQ.
That's an amazing point. If you managed to get this off on any of the top threats, really (not really Politoed, but whatever) you can get amazingly defensive. Imagine a really bulky Latias with a couple CM boosts...with Ferrothorn's or Excadrill's typing :Dyes but if you mirror type an excadrill, you're set to defeat the standard sand team.