Recent content by Rhinosaur

It definitely is worth considering, but it's...really hard to find room on a team for him when you still have to be able to deal with rain, sand, and "normal" threats (sun doesn't count because nobody uses it). It's not "No, I want to use Burunkeru." It's that Keru is much more useful overall...

In Spiritomb's case, it's a worse Burunkeru. It beats Rank, but when it comes to bulky Ghost-types/Spinblockers, Keru beats Tomb in literally every other way, and it can beat a few things that Tomb can't (Heatran, for example). Basically, you can run Tomb and beat Rank, or you can run Keru and...

If you don't find playing Pokémon to be fun, I have a few ideas for you: Shut up Stop spamming this thread Go do something else You know, because you'd rather go have "fun". Edit: Outside of beating Rank, Spiritomb has major issues due to his lack of useful resistances. Immunities to Fighting...

With Rank using CM to boost its SDef? Crunch any time. Seriously, though; I've been trying to run full stall, and this little guy has been giving me serious problems. What are stall teams doing these days to deal with him?

This makes me happy.

Go Delta!

(I lurk here a lot without posting much, but this thread has me interested) I've been waiting to see a Salamence test for a long time. To be honest, the "everyone is just now realizing that he's too good for OU" argument doesn't hold any ground; the Suspect test process has just had other...

Kingdra: Run a Modest nature and switch Waterfall for Dragon Pulse or Hidden Power (Electric). That way, you keep Draco Meteor, and you still get the Water/Dragon combo without the drawback. The only pokemon in the entire game that resists Water and Dragon is Empoleon, so HP (Electric) can go...

Translation being something like "Can I use my favourites on a serious team even though they are UU?" Or, "Is there any element of surprise from using lower-tiered pokes in Standard?" The answer to both of these is no. There are exceptions to using UU/NU pokemon in Standard, such as Kabutops...

The Speed EVs on Tar are meant to outrun Skarmory, so you can Stone Edge Skarm before he Roosts. Skarmory is now running 16 Spe EVs, which reaches 180 Speed. In that spirit, run 92 Spe on Tyranitar to accomplish that. It also outruns 16 Spe Metagross, which is also fairly common, allowing you...

Porygon2 counters DDMence, DDGyara, Heatran (particularly Choice-locked Tran), SpecsJolteon, and Vaporeon (especially if it lacks Toxic). It's also just a tank in general, with access to Bolt/Beam, Recover, and your choice of T-Wave support, Toxic support, or a Hidden Power. T-Wave support...

I have one big suggestion. Since you are using Toxic Spikes, you won't need Will-o-Wisp on Rotom. Steel-types don't switch into Rotom to begin with, so you won't be using it often, anyway. You can put Reflect in its place, so you can more easily win the battle against Pursuit-trappers like...

This is why that Latias spread is stupid. 128/128/252 should never be used by anything. Notice how the analysis says you can run four more Speed EVs than maximum?. Use a different spread. If you want a more defensive spread, make sure to at least run 180 Spe Timid in order to outrun the...

No Stealth Rock on the team is not good. Pikachu loves Stealth Rock support. Hidden Power (Fire) on Venusaur, for reasons previously stated. You don't have a sure-fire Scizor counter, but you can predict around him fairly well, and as long as Rocks aren't up, Charizard can check him well...

They ban Legendaries? Is Rotom considered legendary? Zapdos certainly is. So is Heatran. And Suicune. You know where I'm going with this, right? Scizor or Lucario sweep! The Wobb idea is probably the best. Encore + Shadow Tag to get a free Swords Dance, and then sweep away. Scizor gets...