Is Rock Head Alolan Marowak viable? I really don't like recoil damage from Flare Blitz..
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As much as the recoil can suck, Lightning Rod is definitely the better option. Lightning Rod is what makes Alolan Marowak even worth using, because otherwise it's just a slow, fairly frail attacker, which is essentially worthless in a doubles format. There are much better Trick Room attackers and physical Fire types out there, though few quite as strong as it, but without Lightning Rod, its weaknesses entirely overwhelm its strengths.
Alright, cool! Thanks!
Play points are awarded for attending events and are essentially participation points. In the past there were certain tournaments that had a Play points requirement to attend, but as far as I am aware, there are no tournaments anymore that require a certain number of Play points to attend.
If you accumulate a high amount of Play Points relative to your region (North America, South America, Europe, and Oceania) in the Sun, Moon, and/or Ultra series, you can also earn travel invites (partially paid trips, or fully paid if close by) to International tournaments and World tournaments
EDIT: Celestavian is right.
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I believe you have Play points confused with Championship points. Championship points are awarded for placing high at events and that is what determines who earns an invite to the world championships, with the top players of each region getting travel awards to Worlds.
You can use Fire Punch and still KO stuff. Especially with Sun support.
Idk ig this was asked already, but are the regionals nationals and worlds going to be under the ultra series? I'm still confused on how its gonna play out.
My guess is that it depends ahen do the regionals and nationals take place, as the series switch around at the beginning of January and April
Worlds should be Ultra only tho
I would say Low Kick is better, since the extra recovery from Drain Punch is highly unlikely to be enough to keep a frail Pokemon like Toxicroak alive for very long. You're better off dealing as much damage as you can before Toxicroak gets knocked out.
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I'm having trouble dealing with Dialga and Amoonguss.
What are the common counters?
Currently, I'm trying to use Kyogre to chip away Dialga's health, but it doesn't look very good to me.
Amoonguss is usually taken care of by Tapu Lele, but I don't bring it if I see Dialga.
What are the common counters?
Currently, I'm trying to use Kyogre to chip away Dialga's health, but it doesn't look very good to me.
Amoonguss is usually taken care of by Tapu Lele, but I don't bring it if I see Dialga.
groudon threatens both, even the mushroom wont take a non-stab fire punch well in the sun.
Why is Farfetch'd in Eevee-rank in the viability rankings (well Meme Rank but its the equivalent to Eevee rank)?
cause defiant and it's held item stick
it can snow ball out of control. but its super gimmick
it's an inside joke from the discord
Now I'm curious..
What Discord, btw? Is there like a VGC Discord? Is it the Battling 101 Discord?
its in the rules and resources thread
https://www.smogon.com/forums/threa...esources-read-before-posting-threads.3582688/
So now that we've had SUMO and USUM for a while, most of the training and breeding techniques have become fairly standardized I'm sure.
That being said, what's the best/quickest way to level up to get mon's ready for VGC? I have two days to prep for a Midseason Showdown and need to get myself some mons. Short of some miracle where someone is giving away battle ready mons including legendaries, I'm going to have to do a lot of grading over the next two days. :/ lol
Also, I should note I have no cool Festival Plaza booth's set up and realistically won't be able to grind to get the good houses quickly.
That being said, what's the best/quickest way to level up to get mon's ready for VGC? I have two days to prep for a Midseason Showdown and need to get myself some mons. Short of some miracle where someone is giving away battle ready mons including legendaries, I'm going to have to do a lot of grading over the next two days. :/ lol
Also, I should note I have no cool Festival Plaza booth's set up and realistically won't be able to grind to get the good houses quickly.
Chansey SOS chain on Poni Island. They sometimes call Blissey as well.
If you can bring some thief users, you can get some lucky eggs from Blissey. Also don't forget to use the rotom bonus exp+
