You might as well run Absolite - it gives you more Speed, and thanks to Magic Bounce you negate Hypnosis anyway.
Does anyone have any objection to Reuniclus going in C Rank?
Does anyone have any objection to Reuniclus going in C Rank?
Insomnia has the benefit of waking you up if you get put to sleep pre-mega, allowing you to switch it in to a hypnosis. To each their own. ^_^You might as well run Absolite - it gives you more Speed, and thanks to Magic Bounce you negate Hypnosis anyway.
Does anyone have any objection to Reuniclus going in C Rank?
That's definitely a useful MGar check, although I think absolite is more generally effective. You might also want to consider calm mind so that you can break Blissey.With Pidgeotite Gengar / Mega-Gengar being everywhere lately, I find the following set is a great check to it:
Meloetta @ Mewtwonite Y
Ability: Serene Grace
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Hyper Voice
- Psychic / Psyshock
- Focus Blast
- U-turn
Meloetta's great special bulk (158 post mega), immunity to ghost, neutrality to fighting & insomnia post mega makes it the perfect check to Pidgeotite Gengar and a capable check to Mega-Gengar (barring destiny bond). It hits pretty hard with a base 168 spa. The only downsides with using this over anything else is the sub-par speed (base 100) and terrible defense. You could probably run a mixed set with relic song considering Mewtwonite-Y gives an attack boost too.
HOW COULD YOU?!A bit unrelated, but i want to submit this wonderful team
Metaboom (Metagross) @ Pinsirite
Ability: Clear Body
Happiness: 0
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Frustration
- Agility
- Meteor Mash
- Explosion
Bangdorus (Landorus-Therian) @ Salamencite
Ability: Intimidate
Happiness: 0
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Rock Polish
- Frustration
- Earthquake
- Explosion
Lickiboom (Lickilicky) @ Lopunnite
Ability: Cloud Nine
Happiness: 0
EVs: 248 HP / 252 Atk / 8 SpD
Adamant Nature
- Explosion
- Hammer Arm
- Earthquake
- Frustration
Kamikazelf (Azelf) @ Altarianite
Ability: Levitate
Happiness: 0
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Frustration
- Zen Headbutt
- U-turn
- Explosion
Bangcie (Diancie) @ Gardevoirite
Ability: Clear Body
Happiness: 0
EVs: 248 HP / 252 Atk / 8 SpD
Brave Nature
IVs: 0 Spe
- Diamond Storm
- Frustration
- Explosion
- Gyro Ball
Onigiri (Glalie) @ Glalitite
Ability: Inner Focus
Happiness: 0
EVs: 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Frustration
- Earthquake
- Ice Shard
- Explosion
I call it "you had a team and now it is scattered everywhere"
prove that it works and that it's fricking funny use it: http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/mixandmega-446302275
Unfortunately using Relic Song post-Mega doesn't work. Well, it does, except that when you change to Pirouette Forme you lose your Mega stats and ability until you switch out and back in again.With Pidgeotite Gengar / Mega-Gengar being everywhere lately, I find the following set is a great check to it:
Meloetta @ Mewtwonite Y
Ability: Serene Grace
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Hyper Voice
- Psychic / Psyshock
- Focus Blast
- U-turn
Meloetta's great special bulk (158 post mega), immunity to ghost, neutrality to fighting & insomnia post mega makes it the perfect check to Pidgeotite Gengar and a capable check to Mega-Gengar (barring destiny bond). It hits pretty hard with a base 168 spa. The only downsides with using this over anything else is the sub-par speed (base 100) and terrible defense. You could probably run a mixed set with relic song considering Mewtwonite-Y gives an attack boost too.
Why didn't i think of thatHOW COULD YOU?!
I would actually argue that Vanilluxe is a better user of Glalite though. It still learns Explosion, Ice Shard, and while it lacks EQ, it makes up for it with (mostly) better stats, Automitize, and the fact that it's ICE CREAM going boom instead of Glalie.
I tried something like that two weeks ago, and yeah, that's reallly fun.A bit unrelated, but i want to submit this wonderful team
Metaboom (Metagross) @ Pinsirite
Ability: Clear Body
Happiness: 0
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Frustration
- Agility
- Meteor Mash
- Explosion
Bangdorus (Landorus-Therian) @ Salamencite
Ability: Intimidate
Happiness: 0
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Rock Polish
- Frustration
- Earthquake
- Explosion
Lickiboom (Lickilicky) @ Lopunnite
Ability: Cloud Nine
Happiness: 0
EVs: 248 HP / 252 Atk / 8 SpD
Adamant Nature
- Explosion
- Hammer Arm
- Earthquake
- Frustration
Kamikazelf (Azelf) @ Altarianite
Ability: Levitate
Happiness: 0
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Frustration
- Zen Headbutt
- U-turn
- Explosion
Bangcie (Diancie) @ Gardevoirite
Ability: Clear Body
Happiness: 0
EVs: 248 HP / 252 Atk / 8 SpD
Brave Nature
IVs: 0 Spe
- Diamond Storm
- Frustration
- Explosion
- Gyro Ball
Onigiri (Glalie) @ Glalitite
Ability: Inner Focus
Happiness: 0
EVs: 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Frustration
- Earthquake
- Ice Shard
- Explosion
I call it "you had a team and now it is scattered everywhere"
prove that it works and that it's fricking funny use it: http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/mixandmega-446302275
bite on crobat would do more than dark pulse and have a higher flinch chance, but maybe your running it because slowbronite exists?Dark Horses? This question was MADE for me.
I've used many mons in this particular meta (probably more than 99% of the playerbase), and while some of them have surprised me a ton, two stand out as candidates in particular. (Sadly, one is not Vespiquen, due to Shadow Tag Gengar being a thing... and fire types)
Empoleon.
Empoleon @ Sceptilite
Ability: Torrent
EVs: 248 HP / 252 SpA / 8 SpD
Modest Nature
- Surf
- Defog
- Ice Beam
- Grass Knot
This is a sample of what I've been using in the ladder. Water/Steel is an amazing type, especially in this meta, and negating the weakness that is most likely to be preyed upon and turning that into a power boost is amazing. Negating all of your original weaknesses with yet another great type is another really big boon. I cannot tell you how many times an Electric type has attempted to Volt Switch or Thunderbolt on this, and gets nearly KOed in return. Even Sablenite Zapdos.... ESPECIALLY Sablenite Zapdos. Being a Defogger is also great. The only letdown is a lack of recovery. Earthquake is a consideration to take on Red Orb Raikou and Primal Groudon better, but I prefer smacking the bulky waters around a bit more... Oh, did I mention that it can also carry Latiasite, and negate the other common weakness?
Nontherless, it cannot take extremely heavy hits, along with SE Extremespeeds.
The other.... is Crobat.
Crobat @ Gyaradosite
Ability: Infiltrator
EVs: 252 HP / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Taunt
- Toxic
- Roost
- Dark Pulse
Again, I talked about this before. How could I not do so? Anyways, stall teams HATE this. Maybe even more than they can hate Mega Gengar. It might not trap things like it does, but everything barring Steel and Poison types can become poisoned, and those can't even set up guaranteed.... thanks to Taunt. And it heals.... and cannot be poisoned, itself. It can also take some pretty punishing blows, even though you might not think so at first. The main flaws of Deoxys-S is that its HP stat is middling... not so with Crobat, sporting a base 80. The point of Crobat is to annoy your opponent enough to switch in their important mons on this, and simply switch out (or use this, if they can't hit harder than Gengar), watching them eventually fall to the horrors of Poison. You can also run U-turn to make some momentum out of the deal, but then this doesn't 1v1 Gengar in all of its variations...
You do. But you also gain a typing that is almost as good, and a free immunity. Trying to guess between Latiasite and Sceptilite might just lose your opponent a mon.Sceptilite adds a secondary Dragon typing, so you don't get that sweet sweet Water/Steel combo.
Dark Pulse has a higher base power. It also does a non-zero amount of damage to Skarmory, which is fairly important...bite on crobat would do more than dark pulse and have a higher flinch chance, but maybe your running it because slowbronite exists?
Sp. Def Skarmory is a thing, and bite only does SLIGHTLY less damage to a Defensive skarm than it does Sp. Def Skarm(ie a 5-10% difference)You do. But you also gain a typing that is almost as good, and a free immunity. Trying to guess between Latiasite and Sceptilite might just lose your opponent a mon.
Dark Pulse has a higher base power. It also does a non-zero amount of damage to Skarmory, which is fairly important...
I think crobat would be better, it has more bulk and a much better typing. rock/dark is not the greatest, while poison/dark has one weakness. and its not like crobat is missing out on anything super big.Sp. Def Skarmory is a thing, and bite only does SLIGHTLY less damage to a Defensive skarm than it does Sp. Def Skarm(ie a 5-10% difference)
0 Atk Crobat Bite vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Skarmory: 43-52 (12.8 - 15.5%) -- possibly the worst move ever
0 SpA Crobat Dark Pulse vs. 252 HP / 0 SpD Skarmory: 70-84 (20.9 - 25.1%) -- 0% chance to 4HKO
Either way, you're doing barely any damage to it, so you might as well get the higher flinch chance and more consistent damage, or you can just use Aerodactyl, who has better stats and movepool for stallbreaking.
A lot of people use his mega stone, forgetting his potential (solid defensive bulk, high attack, primary steel typing)What are your favorite Dark Horses/Underused 'mons in this meta?
Gaining Tyranitar's type is pretty bad as is, and even worse when you become effected by Pixiespeed, and lack the Sandstrom that makes T-tar so good... In fact, Tyranitar simply loves making its own type Aerodactyl's. (You could use Ampharosite, but then you get crazy anti-synergy with Aero.)Either way, you're doing barely any damage to it, so you might as well get the higher flinch chance and more consistent damage, or you can just use Aerodactyl, who has better stats and movepool for stallbreaking.