RMT: Gen 5 DW UU ~ Peaked at 68

[mood4food77]

Are you using choice band arc or life orb? Just out of curiosity

 

[FrozenHobo]

Why do you run a Rash nature on the Raikou when he's purely special? I'm also confident that there are better clerics that can do Sawsbuck's job a lot better. Celebi can run a similar set and do just as well, if not better.

Like Wave said, aura sphere requires a rash (+SpA, -SpD) nature.

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Celebi probably could do better, but I've actually been using Sawsbuck normal typing to counter ghost type attacks targeted at Mismagius/sap sipper ability (which absorbs grass attacks (and any grass attack that would cause a status effects) without forcing me to switch out)/stab physical attacks to counter threats such as specially defensive Roserade (which love to come in on Donphan), Snorlax, and Chansey (not sure if still UU at this point since i never see them).

I know Celebi is the better cleric due to its movepool/stats, though, so i'll look into adding it. In the meantime, i'm slashing Aromatherapy with Leech Seed on the Sawsbuck set as i've had to deal with toxic/paralysis dealers more and more.

Event Raikou is Rash only. Should be shiny, too, but that's not really important in a RMT

Tried finding a shiny/animated sprite. No luck.

Are you using choice band arc or life orb? Just out of curiosity

Life orb. Adds power without the risk of being locked into an attack.

 

[FrozenHobo]

looking at swapping a toxicroak for hitmonlee for UU

Toxicroak @ Black Sludge
Dry Skin | Jolly
~Substitute
~Sword Dance
~Drain Punch
~Sucker Punch/Poison Jab

SubBoosting with swords dance is awesome, especially when coupled with drain punch to get health back from using your subs. Sucker punch is preferred in the last slot, especially after SD boosts, but poison jab hits grass types hard and provides a good stab/potential to poison.

 

[Wave⁂]

Use Leftovers, Black Sludge sucks

 

[UltiMario]

More importantly, Toxicroak is OU.

 

[Wave⁂]

You and your stupid irrelevant details

 

[UltiMario]

I mean I certainly thought it was relevant don't blame me on your opinion being different.

 

[FrozenHobo]

i can still play UU with him on PO, though O_o

and black sludge heals the same as leftovers, 1/16th

 

[UltiMario]

PO is full of worthless garbage players why go there go to Smogon like a real man.

Leftovers is so Trick users can't trick Black Sludge to other team mates you have and cripple your team.

 

[Wave⁂]

and black sludge heals the same as leftovers, 1/16th

It doesn't heal your Sawsbuck, though.

**** you ulti

 

[FrozenHobo]

alright, noted. And I just wish there was some consistency between servers on whats legal and whats not. I was doing Wifi UU with unburden hitmonlee on smogon, and then went from UU to OU when i used toxicroak on PO and smogon... if PO had actually had him as OU i would have just found something else :/

 

[UltiMario]

Unburden isn't even released... oh wait that's right after the downtime some DW glitches were occurring >.<

 

[FrozenHobo]

alright, since toxicroak is OU on smogon (pretty sure PO is messed up), how about weavile?

Weavile @ Life Orb
Jolly | Pressure
HP 40/Atk 252/Spe 216
~Ice Shard
~Pursuit
~Night Slash
~Low Kick

Out speeds everything, gives me psychic immunity, most of its weaknesses are nulled by other team members (Fire -> Archanine, Fighting -> Mismagius). Provides the necessary fighting-type attack, hits grass types, and decimates psychic- and ghost-type pokemon. I may put substitute in there somewhere for scouting/avoiding status effects.

 

[Wave⁂]

>USING WEAVILE
I SERIOUSLY HOPE YOU DON'T DO THIS HOLY ****

Provides the necessary fighting-type attack

Low Kick sucks in lower tiers, where Pokemon tend to weigh almost nothing. Ever tried to Grass Knot a Gastrodon? Close Combat and Hi Jump Kick are much better.

hits grass types

Not really.
Detailed Result:
255 Atk Life Orb Weavile Ice Shard vs 255 HP/0 Def Celebi: 40.84% - 48.27%
3 hits to KO

and decimates psychic- and ghost-type pokemon

255 Atk Life Orb Weavile Night Slash vs 252 HP/252 Def Slowbro: 48.73% - 57.11%
2-3 hits to KO (with Leftovers)

Staraptor and Arcanine do everything Weavile does, and better.

 

[FrozenHobo]

staraptor is BL. who would you recommend then for UU? critiques work better if you actually give real alternatives instead of just saying "no, don't do that."

 

[Wave⁂]

How about you use Arcanine, the one that's already on your team?

 

[FrozenHobo]

i need a pokemon to fill the last slot, wise ***.

 

[Wave⁂]

Why did you pick Weavile, if Arcanine does the same thing, then? I don't think you understand why I'm saying Weavile sucks.

 

[FrozenHobo]

I'm trying to find a crossover for hitmonlee to my WiFi team. In DW, lee is a great sweepee due to his unburden. Weavile was picked due to its high speed/attack stats. I understand why you say archanine is better, and that's why I already have it on my team. Telling me that I should use something already on my team is redundant and not actually contributing, however much you may think it is. So again, I ask for your input on what pokemon to put in the 6th slot of my team. I don't want to hear about something I'm already using, or that one of my ideas is bad without some alternative suggestions to the moveset/pokemon choice.