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Simple Mega Salamence Question - DanielJames - May 15, 2016
What's the optimal EV spread for a Naive natured Mega Salamence? I was thinking 252 Special Attack, 252 Speed, and 4 Attack but I wasn't sure if I should put more into Attack so Double Edge hit harder. Thoughts?
RE: Simple Mega Salamence Question - Marcusube - May 15, 2016
Maybe EV Mence to 2HKO a 252 HP Variant of Xerneas with Double Edge then dump the rest into Special Attack
RE: Simple Mega Salamence Question - jouzea - May 15, 2016
I'm not sure how the current meta is, I dropped from VGC 2016 at the early stages. Mainly because of Big 6, I don't blame people who use it but yeah too much Big 6 for a noob like me.
If I'm still correct salamence's role is still to hit fast and hard as it can, so personally I'll give it a spread like this: 4/4/0/244/4/252 it's almost like the 252/4/252 build but I put 4 EVs each in Hp and SpD because you never know. I like playing with these chances.
RE: Simple Mega Salamence Question - DanielJames - May 15, 2016
(May 15, 2016, 04:22 PM)Marcusube Wrote: Maybe EV Mence to 2HKO a 252 HP Variant of Xerneas with Double Edge then dump the rest into Special Attack
Good idea! I'll run some calcs.
(May 15, 2016, 04:27 PM)jouzea Wrote: I'm not sure how the current meta is, I dropped from VGC 2016 at the early stages. Mainly because of Big 6, I don't blame people who use it but yeah too much Big 6 for a noob like me.
If I'm still correct salamence's role is still to hit fast and hard as it can, so personally I'll give it a spread like this: 4/4/0/244/4/252 it's almost like the 252/4/252 build but I put 4 EVs each in Hp and SpD because you never know. I like playing with these chances.
The meta hasn't changed all that much from earlier this year. Groudon, Xerneas, M-Salamence, M-Kang, Talonflame, and Smeargle are the new Big 6 for what it's worth. Other Pokémon like Kyogre, M-Rayquaza, Yveltal, Landorus-T, Thundurus, and Crobat are common as well. I'm not a huge fan of VGC this year, but there's not much else for me to do Pokémon-wise while I wait for Sun and Moon to come out!
RE: Simple Mega Salamence Question - Excalibur0126 - May 15, 2016
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| Salamence-Mega |
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| Raw count: 263720 |
| Avg. weight: 0.0128058009397 |
| Viability Ceiling: 84 |
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| Abilities |
| Aerilate 100.000% |
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| Items |
| Salamencite 100.000% |
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| Spreads |
| Naive:0/4/0/252/0/252 16.152% |
| Naive:0/20/0/236/0/252 9.899% |
| Hasty:0/4/0/252/0/252 9.433% |
| Naive:4/0/0/252/0/252 7.098% |
| Naive:0/100/0/156/0/252 3.530% |
| Hasty:4/0/0/252/0/252 3.296% |
| Other 50.591% |
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| Moves |
| Protect 96.604% |
| Double-Edge 95.942% |
| Hyper Voice 93.878% |
| Tailwind 45.464% |
| Draco Meteor 34.323% |
| Substitute 11.052% |
| Snore 6.914% |
| Other 15.823% |
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| Teammates |
| Xerneas +13.611% |
| Groudon-Primal +8.492% |
| Smeargle +5.463% |
| Bronzong +3.496% |
| Clefairy +0.604% |
| Dialga +0.600% |
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| Checks and Counters |
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