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Here is a new poll for Slate 4, the last one only allowed people to choose 1 option so this one should work! https://forms.gle/YqQQisaDJmQBNPwF7Pokémon: Anti-Heatran
Typing: Ground
Ability: Flash Fire (no hidden ability)
New Stats: 69 | 140 | 80 | 76 | 135 | 100 (BST 600)
New Moves:Thousand Arrowsnope
Reasoning: ok sothousand arrowsearthquake hit Heatran and basically 1 taps it in any scenario, and with the 135 special defence and 69 (nice) HP it could easily live a flash cannon or two. It's lackluster physical defence is it's main downfall, as it could be easily countered by most physical attackers (ahem weavile)
Your Anti-Corviknight is extremely bulky, especially with Levitate giving it no weaknesses. My reccomendation would to either take some HP or Defense and put it into Attack. As for your Anti-Volcarona, I would check out abismal's Anti-Volc, which has less HP but more Special Defense if you want it to be less bulky on the physical side.
Pokemon: Anti-Corviknight
New Stats: 100 / 35 / 110 / 110 / 65 / 75 (BST: 495)
New Abilities: Rattled / Levitate / Forewarn (Total: 6)
Typing:
New Moves:
Relevant: Thunderbolt, Thunder, Volt Switch, Discharge, Grass Knot
Flavor: Electro Ball
Removed Moves: All Steel moves minus Flash Cannon, Steel Beam, and Iron Defense, U-Turn, All Flying moves minus Air Slash and Hurricane, Bulk Up, and Agility
First off, let's take a look at how this beats Corviknight. Anti-Corviknight is an amazing pivot that can deal with Corviknight very easily, due to its lesser special bulk, Anti-Corv being faster than it and also being weak to the Electric type as well. Rattled helps deal with Corviknight's only pivoting move, U-Turn, as it can increase its speed and making it a very fast threat. This is also due to Anti-Corv's high 100 / 110 physical bulk. 65 Special Defense is really low, however regular Corviknight does not want to run special movesets at all due to its abysmal 53 SpA.
Next up is how it fares in the current metagame. Anti-Corviknight carries a crippling weakness to special Ground-types like Nidoking due to its abysmal 65 SpD, however, with Levitate it completely ignores it and gives it zero weaknesses, which is really crazy. Grass Knot helps it against these Ground-types, and even if you aren't running Levitate you can still utilize Rattled and punish Knock Off / U-Turn users. There is another downside to this, and that this thing is SLOW. 75 base speed does outspeed Corviknight, however Anti-Corv can make use of its low speed by the previously mentioned Rattled and outspeeding some other things, like Slowtwins, Skarmory, and a few more. Overall, a strong Pokemon if you let it in for too long, however it has its weaknesses like having a very low SpD stat and if it's not running Levitate, it is pretty weak to Ground-types.
Pokemon: Anti-Volcarona
New Stats: 100 / 120 / 65 / 85 / 130 / 50 (BST: 550)
New Abilities: Soundproof / Long Reach (Total: 2.5)
Typing:
New Moves:
Relevant: Liquidation, Aqua Jet, Flip Turn, Spirit Break
Flavor: Aqua Tail
Removed Moves: All Bug moves, all Fire moves except Flame Charge, Calm Mind, Facade, and Morning Sun
252 Atk Anti-Volcarona Spirit Break vs. 0 HP / 4 Def Volcarona: 81-96 (26 - 30.8%) -- guaranteed 4HKO (Blocks +1 SpA from QD)
252 Atk Anti-Volcarona Liquidation vs. 0 HP / 4 Def Volcarona: 372-438 (119.6 - 140.8%) -- guaranteed OHKO
252 Atk Anti-Volcarona Flip Turn vs. 0 HP / 4 Def Volcarona: 264-312 (84.8 - 100.3%) -- 6.3% chance to OHKO
252 Atk Anti-Volcarona Wild Charge vs. 0 HP / 4 Def Volcarona: 131-155 (42.1 - 49.8%) -- guaranteed 3HKO
+1 252 Atk Anti-Volcarona Flip Turn vs. 0 HP / 4 Def Volcarona: 392-464 (126 - 149.1%) -- guaranteed OHKO
+1 252 Atk Anti-Volcarona Wild Charge vs. 0 HP / 4 Def Volcarona: 196-231 (63 - 74.2%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
Volcarona Bug Buzz vs. Soundproof Anti-Volcarona: 0-0 (0 - 0%) -- possibly the worst move ever
252 SpA Volcarona Psychic vs. 0 HP / 4 SpD Anti-Volcarona: 80-95 (23.4 - 27.8%) -- possible 5HKO after Leftovers recovery
252 SpA Volcarona Flamethrower vs. 0 HP / 4 SpD Anti-Volcarona: 60-71 (17.5 - 20.8%) -- possible 7HKO after Leftovers recovery
+1 252 SpA Volcarona Psychic vs. 0 HP / 4 SpD Anti-Volcarona: 120-142 (35.1 - 41.6%) -- 80.2% chance to 3HKO after Leftovers recovery
+1 252 SpA Volcarona Flamethrower vs. 0 HP / 4 SpD Anti-Volcarona: 90-106 (26.3 - 31%) -- 11.3% chance to 4HKO after Leftovers recovery
Anti-Volcarona is a perfect counter to regular Volcarona in many ways. Even though Anti-Volcarona has only 50 base speed, it can still kill it with a single Liquidation. Soundproof blocks one of Volcarona's best STABs, Bug Buzz, while Spirit Break prevents Volcarona from getting the +1 SpA from Quiver Dance. Oh, and if you're wondering about Giga Drain...
252 SpA Volcarona Giga Drain vs. 0 HP / 4 SpD Volcarona: 136-160 (39.8 - 46.9%) -- guaranteed 3HKO after Leftovers recovery
+1 252 SpA Volcarona Giga Drain vs. 0 HP / 4 SpD Volcarona: 202-238 (59.2 - 69.7%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Leftovers recovery
Still not gonna make the cut. Sorry! (Gonna write how this fares in the current metagame soon)
Poison Heal is too much on this with 100/110/100 bulk. Possibly tone the bulk down a bit and replace Poison Heal?descs coming later but yeah
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Poison Heal
100 / 80 / 110 / 100 / 110 / 100
New Moves: Play Rough, Dazzling Gleam, Draining Kiss, Fairy Wind
Removed Moves: All Dragon- and Ghost-type moves.
Anti-Corviknight fix is doneYour Anti-Corviknight is extremely bulky, especially with Levitate giving it no weaknesses. My reccomendation would to either take some HP or Defense and put it into Attack. As for your Anti-Volcarona, I would check out abismal's Anti-Volc, which has less HP but more Special Defense if you want it to be less bulky on the physical side.
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RedwoodRogue for winning Anti-Corviknight!
Pokémon: Anti-Volcarona
Type: Fire/Dark
Ability: Soundproof
Stats: 90 / 120 / 70 / 80 / 120 / 70 (550 BST)
New moves: Knock Off, Stealth Rock, Boomburst, Payback, Crunch, Fire Lash, Parting Shot, Snarl, Dark Pulse, Throat Chop
Removed moves: All Bug type moves but Struggle Bug and U-Turn
Description: Fire/Dark not only keeps it safe from burns and Fire type moves, it also renders it immune to Psychic, a move Volcarona tends to run to overcome its counterplay (cough Toxapex). Soundproof also gives an immunity to its main Bug coverage, Bug Buzz. A physical bias also ensures it can easily annoy Volc even after multiple boosts, most notably Knock Off ensures it's going to eat its SR next time it comes in, assuming it dares to stay on this, and U-Turn also upgrades the match-up if you predict the opponent is going to switch out, to keep momentum and all.
+1 252 SpA Volcarona Fire Blast vs. 252 HP / 4 SpD Anti-Volcarona: 118-139 (30.7 - 36.1%) -- guaranteed 3HKO after Stealth Rock
252 Atk Anti-Volcarona Fire Lash vs. 0 HP / 4 Def Volcarona: 175-207 (56.2 - 66.5%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
252 Atk Anti-Volcarona Knock Off (97.5 BP) vs. 0 HP / 4 Def Volcarona: 211-250 (67.8 - 80.3%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
And Regic Boat for winning Anti-Dragapult!
Anti-Corviknight
New Stats: 100/100/100/40/86/69
Type: Flying/Electric
Abilities: Pickpocket(0), Unaware(3), Reckless(3.5)
New Moves: Wild Charge, Spark, Volt Switch, Thunder Wave
Removed Moves: All Steel Moves, Body Press, Nasty Plot
Calcs (Using Corviknight OU Defog Set):
Unaware Offense: 248+ Atk Life Orb Corviknight Wild Charge vs. 248 HP / 168+ Def Corviknight: 265-312 (66.4 - 78.1%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Leftovers recovery
Unaware Defense: 168+ Def Corviknight Body Press vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Corviknight: 37-44 (10.9 - 13%) -- possible 8HKO
Reckless Offense: 248+ Atk Reckless Corviknight Wild Charge vs. 248 HP / 168+ Def Corviknight: 240-284 (60.1 - 71.1%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Leftovers recovery
Reckless Defense (I was even nice and gave Corv Bulk Up): +2 168+ Def Corviknight Body Press vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Corviknight: 73-87 (21.6 - 25.8%) -- possible 5HKO after Leftovers recovery
Reasoning: Hey look at that, a physical Corv counter. Minor speed buff lets this outspeed normal Corv sets, but this gets Twave in case it somehow doesn’t. Pickpocket is essentially a throwaway ability, but the other two are where it gets interesting. Everyone knows that a big factor in Corviknight being so good is its ability to stack Bulk Ups. What if something ignored that? That’s where Unaware comes in. With Unaware, Anti-Corviknight can ignore all offensive and defensive boosts from Bulk Up (and perhaps set up its own). Even without setting up, Unaware sets take 8 turns to be defeated by Corv while Corv can get beaten in just 2. Your other option is Reckless, which is a bit less defensively viable but gives Wild Charge a must-needed boost to go against literally anything else. Given that I got rid of Body Press and made this mon’s primary damaging moves recoil moves, I left Roost in for potential recovery over time. I also gave this Volt Switch because I could see the merit in a good Choice Item set for this mon.
Now, I know the mod has been going... a little slowly. (I don't do well with deadlines and I'm very sorry). So, to try and expand the mod a bit and get some help, applications to become a council member are now open! Just PM me on Smogon or Discord (EeveeGirl#4174) and I'll get back to you as soon as I can.
Pokemon: Anti-Dragapult
New Stats: 89 / 100 / 105 / 100 / 111 / 95
Typing: Fairy / Dark
Abilities: Bad Dreams / Suction Cups / Skill Link (7)
New Moves: Knock Off, Spirit Break, Play Rough, Moonblast, Dark Pulse, Pain Split, Moonlight
Removed Moves: all Dragon moves, all Ghost moves, Fire Blast, Hydro Pump, Will-o-Wisp,
Calcs:
252 SpA Choice Specs Dragapult Hydro Pump vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Anti-Dragapult: 101-119 (26.4 - 31.1%) -- guaranteed 4HKO
0 Atk Dragapult Knock Off (97.5 BP) vs. 0 HP / 4 Def Anti-Dragapult: 264-312 (83.2 - 98.4%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
0 Atk Anti-Dragapult Spirit Break vs. 0 HP / 4 Def Dragapult: 204-242 (64.3 - 76.3%) -- guaranteed 2HKO