Feb 9, 2018, 03:04 PM
Honestly its a decent Poke around, its defences are above decent and a 130 Attack stat is nothing to shy away from. It even has good abilitys and can work with two different types of teams, being hail and rain teams with it's SlushSwim.
I think its problem might be a lack of move pool. Not that he doesnt get good moves, but that there is not enough that it sets him apart from other good ice types. Superpower, Rock Slide, Icicle Crash are all moves that Mamoswine also learns, but instead of Aqua Jet, he gets a stab priority move in Ice Shard. As far as stats go, Mamoswine has a bit more hp, the exact same attacks, and 20 more base speed points that Beartic. Another major point is that Mamoswine doesn't require weather control to outspeed stuff.
I like Beartic a lot, however things are just better at playing the roll of a simple sweaper, BUT there is still a lot of hope for him yet,
After doing some calcs I have found out some pretty fun stuff (all of which is set to VGC standards):
252+ Atk Life Orb Beartic Icicle Crash vs. 252 HP / 252 Def Landorus-Therian: 348-421 (177.5 - 214.7%) -- guaranteed OHKO
252+ Atk Life Orb Beartic Superpower vs. 252 HP / 0 Def Heatran: 187-221 (94.4 - 111.6%) -- 68.8% chance to OHKO
252+ Atk Life Orb Beartic Icicle Crash vs. 0 HP / 4 Def Charizard-Mega-Y: 126-149 (82.3 - 97.3%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
252+ Atk Life Orb Beartic Aqua Jet vs. 0 HP / 4 Def Charizard-Mega-Y in Rain: 120-143 (78.4 - 93.4%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
252+ Atk Life Orb Beartic Superpower vs. 140 HP / 0 Def Kangaskhan-Mega: 198-234 (100 - 118.1%) -- guaranteed OHKO
252+ Atk Life Orb Beartic Icicle Crash vs. 240 HP / 80 Def Amoonguss: 250-296 (114.1 - 135.1%) -- guaranteed OHKO
Its a surprising amount of damage on a lot of the VGC Meta, and that just seems like it would be fun to use, so I guess Bearartic is going up on the pile of mons I want to try in VGC now, right under Dedenne, Mega Pinsir, and Rotom - Mow.
~ FireTaco
I think its problem might be a lack of move pool. Not that he doesnt get good moves, but that there is not enough that it sets him apart from other good ice types. Superpower, Rock Slide, Icicle Crash are all moves that Mamoswine also learns, but instead of Aqua Jet, he gets a stab priority move in Ice Shard. As far as stats go, Mamoswine has a bit more hp, the exact same attacks, and 20 more base speed points that Beartic. Another major point is that Mamoswine doesn't require weather control to outspeed stuff.
I like Beartic a lot, however things are just better at playing the roll of a simple sweaper, BUT there is still a lot of hope for him yet,
After doing some calcs I have found out some pretty fun stuff (all of which is set to VGC standards):
252+ Atk Life Orb Beartic Icicle Crash vs. 252 HP / 252 Def Landorus-Therian: 348-421 (177.5 - 214.7%) -- guaranteed OHKO
252+ Atk Life Orb Beartic Superpower vs. 252 HP / 0 Def Heatran: 187-221 (94.4 - 111.6%) -- 68.8% chance to OHKO
252+ Atk Life Orb Beartic Icicle Crash vs. 0 HP / 4 Def Charizard-Mega-Y: 126-149 (82.3 - 97.3%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
252+ Atk Life Orb Beartic Aqua Jet vs. 0 HP / 4 Def Charizard-Mega-Y in Rain: 120-143 (78.4 - 93.4%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
252+ Atk Life Orb Beartic Superpower vs. 140 HP / 0 Def Kangaskhan-Mega: 198-234 (100 - 118.1%) -- guaranteed OHKO
252+ Atk Life Orb Beartic Icicle Crash vs. 240 HP / 80 Def Amoonguss: 250-296 (114.1 - 135.1%) -- guaranteed OHKO
Its a surprising amount of damage on a lot of the VGC Meta, and that just seems like it would be fun to use, so I guess Bearartic is going up on the pile of mons I want to try in VGC now, right under Dedenne, Mega Pinsir, and Rotom - Mow.
~ FireTaco
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