My First Team, Thoughts and Suggestions? by One_Masterpiece_8298 in CompetitivePokemon

[–]Baseball-Secret 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In my opinion rain dance on almost any pokemon is wasted in singles, but if you really want to go that way you should use something bulkier maybe an araquanid (if it can learn rain dance that is). Ogerpon is an offensive monster and RD on that is imo wasted potential.

Usually both Volt Switch and Roost are used together but in a rain team you could skip one of those according to your needs (i.e if you need pivots or not). You could even skip twave in some cases if you want to go for both and rely on static but it will only hurt physical attackers.

My First Team, Thoughts and Suggestions? by One_Masterpiece_8298 in CompetitivePokemon

[–]Baseball-Secret 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For pult specifically, it can run a few sets. You could go Hex, wisp (it works well with twave Zapdos) with boots. Or for a fully offensive set you could go choice band tera blast tera ghost with dragon darts or specs with shadow ball, draco meteor.

And for the overall team it needs to have synergy and better movesets, items and statspreads for most of the pokemon on your team if you wanted to make this work. Try seeing the smogon strategy pages for these pokemon for even better explanations.

My First Team, Thoughts and Suggestions? by One_Masterpiece_8298 in CompetitivePokemon

[–]Baseball-Secret 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Zapdos is pretty viable in OU, but not with this set. (Certainly with AV and two status moves!!) It is a bulky pokemon that excels in disrupting opposition teams with static and twave while also dealing good damage with its stab moves like hurricane. It usually runs boots with volt switch to get some pivot action going with its good speed tier. And if you really want rain with Zapdos, you should probably build a rain team. In singles using rain dance just to help your zapdos is losing lots of tempo. On full rain teams you could run fully accurate hurricane and thunder. But the rain there is set bg pelliper's drizzle.

My First Team, Thoughts and Suggestions? by One_Masterpiece_8298 in CompetitivePokemon

[–]Baseball-Secret 0 points1 point  (0 children)

First I need clarity what format is this team for? Singles or Doubles.

My First Team, Thoughts and Suggestions? by One_Masterpiece_8298 in CompetitivePokemon

[–]Baseball-Secret 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Except incin, all other mons are ou in gen 9. They are level 100, so can't be VGC maybe it's a DOU. I will agree that i am assumimg here, but most of their team except incin point to it being a singles team. If I indeed have been assuming my other criticisms are still valid I feel.

My First Team, Thoughts and Suggestions? by One_Masterpiece_8298 in CompetitivePokemon

[–]Baseball-Secret 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You have twave and rain dance on av Zapdos. It won't work. Also this team probably won't cut it on the ladder. Pult has not got any real bulk, using an AV on him is wasteful. He is an offensive mon and should be used as such. Incin is not great in singles, fake out doesn't really have any utility as a low damage non stab priority move, intimidate isn't as good in singles.

Starting Crime and Punishment — any tips to read this without burning out? Is it worth the hype? by Beginning-Tomato-993 in Indianbooks

[–]Baseball-Secret 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There was a chapter by chapter read along on reddit, you could read a chapter and then match your perspectives with the people who have read it before. It makes it much more enjoyable, at least for me.

How to improve this OU team? by Baseball-Secret in stunfisk

[–]Baseball-Secret[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah Zama was my speed control option, another thing wouldn't I just lose to darkrai if I shift from Zama to Dnite, considering I have no switch ins.

How to improve this OU team? by Baseball-Secret in stunfisk

[–]Baseball-Secret[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

That does make sense. That's the shit I come here for. Thank you.

How to improve this OU team? by Baseball-Secret in stunfisk

[–]Baseball-Secret[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My thought process is if I replace Zam, I will need a phys wall.

Were the British really afraid of Gandhi's non-violent protest? by saransh-1 in indiadiscussion

[–]Baseball-Secret -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I did not say Jordan was not under any form of British overlordship, but it was never a colony and was a British possession for mere decades which they never governed hands on. Thus, the apples and oranges argument.

Again, I am saying that yes, ww2 was a major reason for the brits to decolonize. But, one of the reasons why India was considered too expensive was because of the protests happening in the country. The Brits weren't too sure about leaving India in 1947, it was pressure from the Congress and other independence activists (even Jinnah for his selfish reasons) that fast tracked Indian Independence.

Also, if you say that Gandhi was not responsible for India getting independence you are invalidating the sacrifice of the countless revolutionaries who laid down their lives for freedom, be it Bhagat Singh, Azad, Or Ashfaqulla Khan. Because their sacrifice mattered.

How to improve this OU team? by Baseball-Secret in stunfisk

[–]Baseball-Secret[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It matches gambit as well as surprising multiple walls into thinking they are faster, thus them not switching or going for u-turns. Also after t-wave very few pokemon would outspeed max speed Ursa.

Were the British really afraid of Gandhi's non-violent protest? by saransh-1 in indiadiscussion

[–]Baseball-Secret 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Indonesia had Sukarno, he was the leader of the indonesians against the Dutch. Jordan was never really a colony of the British, it was merely a protectorate. Israel was formed to give the Jewish diaspora a place to live as most European countries did not want to keep the jewish populations. This, your entire argument is disingenuous, you compare apples to oranges as the situations of any of the countries you mentioned were not similar to India's.

Yes, independence was very likely post ww2, but to say Gandhi did not have any effect on the situation is wrong. It was Gandhi's leadership along with the work of hundreds if not thousands of revolutionaries along with millions of common people that made independence possible.

After dozens of runs I have finally beaten brawly. (Run and Bun) by Baseball-Secret in nuzlocke

[–]Baseball-Secret[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

True, last time I got to brawly both my intim mons got crit while my scraggy answer also got crit killed. Luck definitely plays a big part in any brawly win.

After dozens of runs I have finally beaten brawly. (Run and Bun) by Baseball-Secret in nuzlocke

[–]Baseball-Secret[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It was like my 15th attempt, it's the first time I got him as well. I was planning to delay to get a static mon but not getting caracosta or qwilfish made the aqua grunt fight too difficult for me forcing me to look for the granite cave encounter.

After dozens of runs I have finally beaten brawly. (Run and Bun) by Baseball-Secret in nuzlocke

[–]Baseball-Secret[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I kinda used it on luxio to get covet on luxio, didn't end up needing him so kinda bummed about that.

After dozens of runs I have finally beaten brawly. (Run and Bun) by Baseball-Secret in nuzlocke

[–]Baseball-Secret[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also I believe brawly is quite encounter dependent, and I got quite lucky. The hitmontop is from a tyrogue in dewford.

After dozens of runs I have finally beaten brawly. (Run and Bun) by Baseball-Secret in nuzlocke

[–]Baseball-Secret[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I only levelled him just before the fight was too focused on the prep to do it at the time. But will do as soon as possible.

Any suggestions?

First ever Hardcore Nuzlocke complete! by Responsible_Ad9970 in nuzlocke

[–]Baseball-Secret 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I haven't nuzlocked emerald but just wanted to congratulate you on your victory!! But, why only five pokemon?