Jun 4, 2015, 11:27 PM
Look friend, Toxic and Taunt is all it takes to shut down this strategy. Also, most Water types if not all tend to carry Ice moves which hit Cradily for super effective damage so your only option is to retaliate with Giga Drain. Storm Drain gives you a 1.5x boost (+1) to your Special Attack by the way.
The way Cradily works is if it doesn't get the stockpiles set up, if it keeps getting paralyzed by Thunder Waves, you can jump in and set up right in its face and 6-0 someones team since Cradily has piss poor offensive capabilities.
252+ Atk Life Orb Hariyama Close Combat vs. +3 252 HP / 252 Def Cradily: 88-109 (45.5 - 56.4%) -- 69.5% chance to 2HKO
252+ SpA Choice Specs Magneton Flash Cannon vs. +3 252 HP / 252 SpD Cradily: 66-80 (34.1 - 41.4%) -- guaranteed 3HKO
Even at +3 defenses, Cradily still takes a massive hit meaning that all its going to be doing is sitting down and playing stall games, wasting people's time and killing the batteries on people's PC/3DS.
All I'm saying is that if you plan to make a wall like Cradily, it'd make more sense to run things like Mirror Coat, Toxic, Bind, Block and Rest over Ancient Power and Giga Drain. All this set does is try to make Cradily take on two jobs ineffectively instead of doing one job at its best.
By the way, where is the suggested nature?
(Jun 4, 2015, 03:07 PM)Curtistharder Wrote: You can also use Cradily to absorb Thunder waves because Cradily isn't looking to out speed anything. After you get the switch in, it might be a good Idea to start to become Unstoppable by spamming Stockpile. If you get taunted then you might try to take your chances by using Anceint power. It's a little risky but it's worth a shot. If you end up getting 3 Stockpiles, then nothing can hurt you. Giga drain and Recover for sustain, and leftovers to gain a little more.
The way Cradily works is if it doesn't get the stockpiles set up, if it keeps getting paralyzed by Thunder Waves, you can jump in and set up right in its face and 6-0 someones team since Cradily has piss poor offensive capabilities.
252+ Atk Life Orb Hariyama Close Combat vs. +3 252 HP / 252 Def Cradily: 88-109 (45.5 - 56.4%) -- 69.5% chance to 2HKO
252+ SpA Choice Specs Magneton Flash Cannon vs. +3 252 HP / 252 SpD Cradily: 66-80 (34.1 - 41.4%) -- guaranteed 3HKO
Even at +3 defenses, Cradily still takes a massive hit meaning that all its going to be doing is sitting down and playing stall games, wasting people's time and killing the batteries on people's PC/3DS.
All I'm saying is that if you plan to make a wall like Cradily, it'd make more sense to run things like Mirror Coat, Toxic, Bind, Block and Rest over Ancient Power and Giga Drain. All this set does is try to make Cradily take on two jobs ineffectively instead of doing one job at its best.
By the way, where is the suggested nature?
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