Jan 14, 2015, 02:51 PM
(Jan 14, 2015, 11:50 AM)z2porygon Wrote: I would swap Garchomp for Hydreigon because I see Gengar as a huge threat to the team as it has access to Taunt, Icy Wind, Shadow Ball and Sludge Bomb.
Aegislash has Shadow sneak but 8 Atk Aegislash-Blade Shadow Sneak vs. 0 HP / 4 Def Gengar: 98-116 (72.5 - 85.9%) -- guaranteed 2HKO vs 252 SpA Gengar Shadow Ball vs. 252 HP / 252 SpD Aegislash-Blade: 162-192 (97 - 114.9%) -- 81.3% chance to OHKO.
Aegislash is the only counter to Gengar which is a problem plus Gardevoir is the only special attacker so Intimidate/Burn will rekt the team seeing how Lando-T and Rotom-Wash are not going away anytime soon.
Even though Tailwind is the key to having this team work, Max speed Jolly Mega-Metagross, Garchomp and Talonflame do not need Tailwind boost and the opposing team just needs to survive hits and OHKO. I have not done much calcuations but I think Mega-Metagross and Gardevoir will stick around because they need to get 2OHKO or more like they will.
I think you need a fighting-type because Bisharp will run over this team with Sucker Punch and Iron Head. Also Paralysis will make everything almost useless. Otherwise, a very decent offensive team but I would change it to counter these threats.
Very good points. I haven't really seen many Gengars lately so I havent really seen them as that much of a threat. And when it does show up, it's never done well... but this is a new team to me whith a different dynamic.
And speaking of dynamic, I think Hydreigon would't quite fit in. I... had something I was gonna point out to explain that but I forgot. Oh, well - I already have both a Hydreigon and the Garchomp ready so I can just try it out.
From my experience with the previous team, Bisharp's Sucker Punch wasn't as much of a problem as the Knock Off. At least as long as I keep the Talonflame alive at least. But I will look into a fighting type.
Once again, the Slurpuff is my oddball Cleric. He's already gotten me out of quite a few jams, especially against that blasted prankster Thundurus.
I wasn't very happy with my Aegislash build. Thanks for the damage calcs, went and did some more on physical sets against Gengar. Did not look very good regardless of nature and EV's.
You know what... Bisharp makes a whole lot more sense on this team than Aegislash. Aside from it's defensive typing, of course.
If I put the Bisharp on the team, I'd have to remove Mega-Metagross. If I remove it... I need something with ice attacks... and a new mega...
I need to do some thinking and tinkering.
