Mega Altaria usually runs bulk on its sets, anyhow yeah you are right it can't setup that freely vs those mons. So actually now i'm pretty curious, you should try the cotton guard Altaria and let us know your results Koekiekoekje
i'd more or less build around it as you would with Sub Toxic Mega Salamence, or even better i'd add it to the SkarmBliss core since it's able to kinda check CharX and Blazi/MBlazi, adding a check for Mega Gengar as well, such as Muk or TTarI can only try Altaria with Cotton Guard if I have a good team, which I haven't. The reason I posted in this thread was that I wanted help to build a team with Altaria with Cotton Guard.
If you post in the thread Lionyx linked above either myself or one of our other tutors will request to take you on. Thought I'd reply to your message so it'd alert you and you'd notice I also moved your post to the simple questions thread.Hello.
It'd be cool if someone could hang out with me and play Pokemon without me having to bug them first. I've been battling Pokemon since GSbot but I've never been better than average, despite a lot of study into it. I'd like someone to sit with me for a bit and help me make a team for BSS, both on Showdown and on cart, and actually teach me how to make a balanced team, and how to pick at the team previews, which are my severe shortcomings. I am also tactically lacking as well.
I'd like to make a team with the less standard stuff; something different, more fun for me, and perhaps a little unpredictable on the ladder.
Thanks.
Also, outside of tutoring thread that is indeed the way to go, try to spend some time in the battle spot room. Share thoughts in the chat and try to gain knowledge from the olther/more expert players, take part to the room daily tournaments and ask anything you need that is related to the metagame, and you'll see that you will improve for sure and you'll also find people to play with.Hello.
It'd be cool if someone could hang out with me and play Pokemon without me having to bug them first. I've been battling Pokemon since GSbot but I've never been better than average, despite a lot of study into it. I'd like someone to sit with me for a bit and help me make a team for BSS, both on Showdown and on cart, and actually teach me how to make a balanced team, and how to pick at the team previews, which are my severe shortcomings. I am also tactically lacking as well.
I'd like to make a team with the less standard stuff; something different, more fun for me, and perhaps a little unpredictable on the ladder.
Thanks.
Sure dude, try to build it (or at least build a core made by it and another one or two mons) and then post it here: http://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/bss-teambuilding-help-thread-sumo-edition-reloaded-2-0.3588951/Can anyone help me with team for mega audino
Only having 3 slots is the main reason imo. It's a lot harder to wall your opponent's team with just 3 things to switch around. That being said I still don't think it's a bad playstyle in BSS, just harder to use than it is in 6v6. You generally don't see Mega Sableye on stall teams though(unless they run shedinja) since hazard control isn't that important in BSS. Most stall teams follow a really standard shell of chansey/skarm/gliscor/pex/mega gengar. skarm,chans and toxapex are able to cover to a really wide range of mons in just a few slots which makes stall really usable even with just 3 pokemon. Mega Gengar being able to trap things is also a really useful tool for stall as well.I have been lurking around for a long time and I have noticed stall teams are extremely hard to execute in BSS. Is this because of the prevalence of Mega Gengar, powerful sweepers like zard x and salamence, or the number of teamslots that is just not enough to cover all theats? (Mega Sableye + Chansey gets blown up by offensive Heatran, zard x, or rare but threatening Facade Salamence, And Skarmory + Chansey is demolished by Taunt Koko, etc)
Switching out is useless when whatever you send in gets more crippled than you can manage. Say Fini and Koko are on the field, there's no point in switching out for the Fini player if none of his pokemon can avoid a 2HKO from Koko, he might as well sack it and lose one mon instead of two. This is also the point where mind games happen. Will he switch out? Should I predict it? Is he predicting my prediction so I go for Thunderbolt anyways?I've some thoughts about switching in BSS. 3vs3 format is more violent than 6vs6 in Singles. A good teambuilding and pivoting are far more important in BSS than in OU and a good switch can be the key of a match. So checks and counters are more important notions and matchups are less in a tie. Can we consider that a mon has necessary an advantage (or a disadvantage) against an other mon (for example Fini will always have a disadvantage against Koko and Bulu but always have an advantage against Hippo and TTar), and switching is always a mandatory, or is there a point when switching is useless even if your mon has a disadvantage against its opponent ?
One of the strategies of Hyper Offensive teams (though it's not necessarely related to this kind of teams), when you are cornered, is to sacrifice your pokemon to gain back the proper situation to setup.I've some thoughts about switching in BSS. 3vs3 format is more violent than 6vs6 in Singles. A good teambuilding and pivoting are far more important in BSS than in OU and a good switch can be the key of a match. So checks and counters are more important notions and matchups are less in a tie. Can we consider that a mon has necessary an advantage (or a disadvantage) against an other mon (for example Fini will always have a disadvantage against Koko and Bulu but always have an advantage against Hippo and TTar), and switching is always a mandatory, or is there a point when switching is useless even if your mon has a disadvantage against its opponent ?
Switching out is useless when whatever you send in gets more crippled than you can manage. Say Fini and Koko are on the field, there's no point in switching out for the Fini player if none of his pokemon can avoid a 2HKO from Koko, he might as well sack it and lose one mon instead of two. This is also the point where mind games happen. Will he switch out? Should I predict it? Is he predicting my prediction so I go for Thunderbolt anyways?
So I wouldn't say that anything is mandatory, it's more important to read the situation and act accordingly.
Thank you for these clarifications and advices. Switching has always been an issue for me in BSS.One of the strategies of Hyper Offensive teams (though it's not necessarely related to this kind of teams), when you are cornered, is to sacrifice your pokemon to gain back the proper situation to setup.
Let's say that you are in a 2vs2 situation, with Tapu Fini in vs a Tapu Koko, and you have CharX that hasn't mega evolved yet in the bench, whereas your opponent has a Mega Salamence.
In this situation you have two choices: switch out and lose Charizard, stay and lose Fini. Obviously chosing to sacrifice Fini, means that you'll come in with Charizard, mega evolve into its X form and gain the chance to setup, since at that point you'd resist Electric attacks, and with CharX going at +1 or even at +2 you would pretty much win the game. So yeah, there is a point where switching is out is not the right choice and staying in and sacrificing that pokemon can lead to victory, specially in the 3vs3 tier.
Here's a fairly common set you can run and get away with. The OU set is not quite as good in the BSS setting.Hi, I'm going to soft reset for a XY HP Ice Zapdos and have a few general questions.
I was wondering what Nature is standard. Considering Timid or Bold. I'm wondering which is more useful/common in a vacuum since I don't have a specific role/team in mind for it.
Since there is no BSS set in the Smogon Dex, I was considering the OU set of
Timid @ Leftovers
248 HP/8 Def/252 Spe
Thunderbolt/Discharge
Heat Wave
Hidden Power Ice
Roost
Plus, if it helps, it looks like there's an analysis in progress in the Contributions & Corrections area here: http://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/zapdos-singles-qc-0.3608881/Hi, I'm going to soft reset for a XY HP Ice Zapdos and have a few general questions.
I was wondering what Nature is standard. Considering Timid or Bold. I'm wondering which is more useful/common in a vacuum since I don't have a specific role/team in mind for it.
Since there is no BSS set in the Smogon Dex, I was considering the OU set of
Timid @ Leftovers
248 HP/8 Def/252 Spe
Thunderbolt/Discharge
Heat Wave
Hidden Power Ice
Roost
There are several viable sets for Mega Blaziken. The main ones involve Protect, with Flare Blitz, HJK, and some filler move usually.While I'm at it, can anyone tell me the viable Mega Blaziken sets before I start EV training/leveling? It will be the core of my team so I'm wide open to non-gimmick suggestions.
Although I haven't played much bss, i used to challenge random people on wifi a lot, and i encountered confusion a lot. I never found less confusion damage to be worth another several hours of soft resetting for hp ice, so i say keep the Zapdos.Is 24 too high of a Attack stat for Zapdos? I've soft reset a HP Ice Bold one but not sure if I should keep it. I'm not sure how common confusion is in BSS, but I've played a dozen or so games on PS and haven't seen it once.
Yeah I'm going to keep it. If my math (and the confusion formula I found) is correct, for level 70 it's 21.92 vs 19.66 damage of 24 Atk vs 0 Atk. I don't know what/if it gets rounded to, but I can deal with a few points of damage for ranked BSS.Although I haven't played much bss, i used to challenge random people on wifi a lot, and i encountered confusion a lot. I never found less confusion damage to be worth another several hours of soft resetting for hp ice, so i say keep the Zapdos.