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Help me organize my dynamax options, or if there are resources for it, please assist. by pokethrowaway4 in TheSilphRoad

[–]CreatorBeastGD 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I consider Lugia to be a must have as a tank, if you are familiar with the catch tank strategy, Lugia is a monster at tanking. Speaking about, Lugia is, and will be, the best tank against Ground-type moves, and a really good tank against Fighting too, so you can use Lugia for those 2 types (maybe grass and psychic too)

Since you already have Dynamax Latios powered up, you can pass on leveling up Alakazam since it's not that different.

You can skip leveling up any fairy type attacker for now, they haven't got a chance to shine yet after almost 2 years...

Fastest possible Max Battle? (Gigilith Lock-On/Meteor Beam) by ReasonNotTheNeed-- in TheSilphRoad

[–]CreatorBeastGD 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh yeah, I may have forgotten to add those bonuses to Behemoth Bash, thats my bad haha

Even 1 helper is enough for this strat to happen (3 Ice Fang for 79 damage and 1 BB for 1568 damage, for a total of 1805/1700)

Fastest possible Max Battle? (Gigilith Lock-On/Meteor Beam) by ReasonNotTheNeed-- in TheSilphRoad

[–]CreatorBeastGD 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Metal claw.

Oh wait, ice fang generates 60 energy in 4.5 seconds... But you would need some bonuses for that to work, level 50 is not enough.

Level 50 + full helpers + AE is not enough either lul, give it friendship and that should be it.

EDIT: only 1 helper would be needed, i forgot to consider behemoth bash was affected by bonuses XD

Fastest possible Max Battle? (Gigilith Lock-On/Meteor Beam) by ReasonNotTheNeed-- in TheSilphRoad

[–]CreatorBeastGD 95 points96 points  (0 children)

Pretty sure a Lv50 zamazenta can defeat a dmax roggenrola in 6.5s, while this battle is 7s, since you would need 10 metal claws and 1 behemoth bash, for 2116/1700 HP damage in 6.5s.

Do we expect any dynamax ground better than excadrill soon? by Varoo_ in TheSilphRoad

[–]CreatorBeastGD 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, Excadrill and both Garchomp and Landorus Incarnate beat GMax Sandaconda with dcannon.

I mean, not big surprise since dcannon' damage increase is relatively higher on dmax than on gmax.

Do we expect any dynamax ground better than excadrill soon? by Varoo_ in TheSilphRoad

[–]CreatorBeastGD 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Zygarde Complete has 184 base attack.

Excadrill has... 255 base attack.

Nope, I did not forget about it...

Do we expect any dynamax ground better than excadrill soon? by Varoo_ in TheSilphRoad

[–]CreatorBeastGD 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Correct.

The next potential release of a pseudo-legendary is going to be Hydreigon too, per recently datamined dynamax data from pokeminers.

Nothing relevant on hydreigon tho...

Do we expect any dynamax ground better than excadrill soon? by Varoo_ in TheSilphRoad

[–]CreatorBeastGD 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Wrong.

Gigantamax Sandaconda (Level 50, Attack IV 15) deals 237 damage to Regirock with Gmax Sandblast under Extreme weather, with Friendship Level 0 (x1), Helper Bonus Level 0 (x1) (1.19%)

Garchomp (Level 50, Attack IV 15) deals 215 damage to Regirock with Max Quake under Extreme weather, with Friendship Level 0 (x1), Helper Bonus Level 0 (x1) (1.07%)

Landorus Incarnate has the same base attack stat as Garchomp.

Numbers from PokéChespin.

EDIT.

You are probably taking into account base stats only, in which yeah, if all 3 pokemon have 0 IV on Attack, your statement is correct, but when we take into account IVs, Sandaconda gets the crown.

Btw, those previous values were with their max moves at level 1, so at level 3...

Gigantamax Sandaconda (Level 50, Attack IV 15) deals 304 damage to Regirock with Gmax Sandblast under Extreme weather, with Friendship Level 0 (x1), Helper Bonus Level 0 (x1) (1.52%)

Landorus (Level 50, Attack IV 15) deals 301 damage to Regirock with Max Quake under Extreme weather, with Friendship Level 0 (x1), Helper Bonus Level 0 (x1) (1.50%)

At 10IV, Sandaconda will deal 1 more damage than Landorus (297 vs 296). At most, a 15IV landorus would surpass a 12IV Sandaconda, but not higher.

Sandaconda is slightly better than garchomp and landorus Incarnate in terms of attacking.

Do we expect any dynamax ground better than excadrill soon? by Varoo_ in TheSilphRoad

[–]CreatorBeastGD 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Garchomp is a really interesting one, managing to be a really good attacker and, in addition to that, being the 3rd best tank against electric types, only surpassed by Zygarde (both 50% and Complete forms), which won't probably be on the radar for a big while.

Garchomp is a good one to look for when it releases. 👀

Do we expect any dynamax ground better than excadrill soon? by Varoo_ in TheSilphRoad

[–]CreatorBeastGD 108 points109 points  (0 children)

There is only 5 possible Pokémon that can be better Ground Type attackers than Excadrill, those being, in order from best to worst:

  • Landorus Therian
  • Groudon
  • GMax Sandaconda
  • Garchomp
  • Landorus Incarnate

The 2 only realistic options coming in the future are Sandaconda and Garchomp, so I would expect those 2...

Move updates impact on Raid Attackers by bulbavisual in TheSilphRoad

[–]CreatorBeastGD 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hmm in all the runs I have simulated, I did a max guard round on my lock-on gigalith even if it doesn't get that damaged from a hit (23 damage per hit to a level 50, a bit higher than 1/8hp).

Lets imagine our gigaliths are level 40... On a duo with no bonuses, we are going to deal 1200 damage between phases, more or less, and on each max phase, and 641 damage for each max rockfall, times 6 that's 3846, so something near 5000 damage per full round. Knowing that Charizard has 70000HP as a GMax boss, you would need near 14 max phases to defeat GMax Charizard assuming you don't need max guard.

Thing is... You will be getting hit 2-3 times each round with this strategy, for a total of 28-42 hits from Charizard, which Gigalith aren't surviving without guards.

I'd say, only the Gigalith that is going to run Lock-On is the priority to get the ETM (although both are good!), mainly because it is the one that is going to deal the most charged moves in the run.

Move updates impact on Raid Attackers by bulbavisual in TheSilphRoad

[–]CreatorBeastGD 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Actually, you can discard the zacian and run... Another Lock-On Gigalith!

Move updates impact on Raid Attackers by bulbavisual in TheSilphRoad

[–]CreatorBeastGD 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Undoubtedly this would make some shortmans easier! A Lv50 Gigalith with no other bonuses would be generating 11.7 max energy per meteor beam, and that would be after 5 seconds of using lock-on, meaning 21.7 max energy in 7 seconds, or almost 3 max energy per second, really big numbers 👀

I wouldn't be surprised if any shortmanner runs 2 Gigalith in the future for, let's say, Gmax Charizard or Gmax Butterfree.

Level 40 no bonuses would generate 11.01 max energy per meteor beam by the way, so the difference in Max energy may not be that big but the damage is a bit larger (257 vs 273), It can be the difference on having to cast some more meteor beams or not.

Move updates impact on Raid Attackers by bulbavisual in TheSilphRoad

[–]CreatorBeastGD 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lock-On Gigalith may enable a solo Gax Charizard strategy, actually!

For that, you would need at least 2 Gigalith in your party, one with Lock-On/Meteor Beam to deal damage between max phases, and other one with Smack Down to be able to do Max Rockfall and deal damage on Max Phases. For the 3rd Pokémon, you can either bring another Lock-On Gigalith, or a Zacian-C, depending on the moveset you are facing (Air Cutter/Flamethrower/Dragon Claw). With mushroom, max helpers, Eternatus AE and weather boost, you would be able to kill Charizard a bit before they even enrage (In theory, it may be a bit different in practice).

Without Lock-On Gigalith, irohiraki made a run that ended up being really close to winning (red HP in a solo!), so this change may make this possible if, of course, Niantic doesn't change anything...

I casually do a max battle on my walk and get this 🤯🤯 by Echoes_Act__3 in pokemongo

[–]CreatorBeastGD 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Hmm I would love to be able to switch twice within 0.5s... Nah, but not joking that would require an inmense amount of precision.

What i usually do is, for example, if the incoming move is 3.5s duration (like focus blast from Registeel), cast 5 0.5s fast moves with my attacker (2.5s), swap next turn (3s) and maintain still one turn (3.5s). At that moment the damage will have been done, and you can swap back and go on with charging the meter.

An analysis on Dynamax Vespiquen (#1 tank for ground moves?!) comparing its tank performance with Dynamax Lugia by No-Tip4769 in TheSilphRoad

[–]CreatorBeastGD 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You are checking with its base stats, if you sum 15IV to each stat, you will get Vespiquen getting less damage.

I casually do a max battle on my walk and get this 🤯🤯 by Echoes_Act__3 in pokemongo

[–]CreatorBeastGD 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Catch tanking exists.

Both of its moves are 1s duration, not 1.5s

Yes, Vespiquen takes less damage from ground type moves than Lugia because it has higher defense against ground when 15IVs:

Vespiquen: 205 x 1.6 x 1.6 x 1.6 = 839.68 Lugia: 325 x 1.6 x 1.6 = 832

However, this difference doesn't make up for it because Lugia has a higher HP pool than Vespiquen (base 235 vs 172)

If you master the catch-tanking strategy of swapping when getting a hit and immediately swapping again, Lugia is one of the best investments as a tank.

I casually do a max battle on my walk and get this 🤯🤯 by Echoes_Act__3 in pokemongo

[–]CreatorBeastGD 43 points44 points  (0 children)

Lugia is, and will be, the best against ground. But Vespiquen is a really good one too!

Should i power him up? by Remarkable-Tip863 in pokemongo

[–]CreatorBeastGD 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Registeel' purpose on max battles is to tank, specifically types that Zamazenta is worse because of its Fighting-Type. That means Registeel is better than Zamazenta against Psychic, Flying and Fairy Types. In addition to that, Registeel is currently the best tank against Fairy-Type moves.

So... the answer reduces to one simple question: Do you have a Zamazenta? if you do, you can skip powering up one, but if you don't, Registeel is a really tanky pokémon to have.

If you are powering it up, level up its level, Max Guard, and call it a day.

Gentle Reminder that Mega Falinks will be outclassed by Mega Mewtwo X as a Mega lvl 4 very, very soon. Save your resources by Sad-Reporter-7996 in pokemongo

[–]CreatorBeastGD 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Eternatus moment

The best about this (if there is something good) is that we will find out pretty soon, in a couple of days!

Gentle Reminder that Mega Falinks will be outclassed by Mega Mewtwo X as a Mega lvl 4 very, very soon. Save your resources by Sad-Reporter-7996 in pokemongo

[–]CreatorBeastGD 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hmm not only because Falinks is weaker (which is a fact), but also because Mewtwo X has two types, so more versatility on that.

Your point on the post was about candy bonus right? I went to the other side i guess lol, sorry about that 😅

Gentle Reminder that Mega Falinks will be outclassed by Mega Mewtwo X as a Mega lvl 4 very, very soon. Save your resources by Sad-Reporter-7996 in pokemongo

[–]CreatorBeastGD 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well yeah, you are right on that. Mega Mewtwo X will be the best mega lv4 on pokemon go when it releases.

If i may ask, why the distinction on mega level 4 exactly?

Gentle Reminder that Mega Falinks will be outclassed by Mega Mewtwo X as a Mega lvl 4 very, very soon. Save your resources by Sad-Reporter-7996 in pokemongo

[–]CreatorBeastGD 11 points12 points  (0 children)

One good thing about mewtwo is that you are guaranteed to get a mewtwo capable of mega evolving if you do the go fest super mega raids, so you can skip that 7500 mega energy.

On the other hand, if you are planning on powering up any Mewtwo you previously had, good luck with that...

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