[RATE MY TEAM] Conquering the Earth: Ray-Ogre + Double Genie Team (VGC 2016)

[jouzea]

(Feb 13, 2016, 07:20 PM)DanielJames Wrote:

(Feb 13, 2016, 08:17 AM)jouzea Wrote:

(Feb 12, 2016, 07:54 AM)DanielJames Wrote: Scizor is a great replacement for Ferrothorn. The first match I tested it, my opponent lead with a Cresselia and I knocked it out in two turns. Plus, applying offensive pressure with a +2 Bullet Punch is great.

Just wondering though, Ferrothorn is there to wear down opposing kyogres, fairies and physical attackers especially with rocky helmet. If it's replaced by scizor, there'll be no kyogre and physical attackers check; and you'll have another mon that needs a setup. I agree though that breaking through protects/guards is a valuable thing.

People who tried scizor over ferrothorn, was there an instance that you wanted ferrothorn instead? I'm sorry I haven't tried it yet, too busy soft resetting mew.

You bring up a great point. I did notice that I had more trouble with opposing Kyogre, especially other Ray-Ogre teams. I'm thinking that possibly a way around it would be to make Thundurus more invested in special attack so it can hit Kyogre harder. I haven't ran any damage calcs but maybe it's an alternative to not using Ferrothorn?

I see. I don't think thundurus can one on one kyogre though. And the lost of bulk will mean less turns for thundurus to cripple opposing xerneas or other fast opponents. It's been two weeks since i last played vgc2016, so i'm not aware of new threats that thundurus should cripple.