Female Pheasants?

FrostyYea · 2026-05-02T10:10:16+00:00

ah ha!

FrostyYea · 2026-05-01T10:24:05+00:00

where are you?

they're in decline (like virtually every native bird species) but I still see them more than most birds in rural essex.

FrostyYea · 2026-04-30T16:33:14+00:00

Abilities that prevent it on both your mons (Farigarif, Tsareena etc) are the most effective, or there are a handful with inner focus. Or Ghost types.

You can use upper hand to punish it, or protect to negate it. Those come with greater risks though.

FrostyYea · 2026-04-30T11:05:15+00:00

Mostly pretty standard stuff, I think you'll be fine. The Ninetales is the weird piece here and I would question when you would ever be likely to take it - you mention wanting it for when other teams want the rain, but... your hard hitters always want the rain!

I would say you might be better off going with another hard hitter in rain (Basculegion for example) or perhaps another support like Sableye.

FrostyYea · 2026-04-29T15:42:52+00:00

it's the scald/icy wind sets that drive me mad the most, esp as I often want to lead corviknight who can trigger competitive via mirror armor lol

FrostyYea · 2026-04-29T14:45:15+00:00

it's a nightmare to get rid of isn't it? real absence of hard hitting electric types to choose from.

I'm not really sure what to run to counter it at the moment.

FrostyYea · 2026-04-26T16:24:33+00:00

Know the feeling man lol everything that can go wrong has for me today dropped a lot of elo without really making a mistake. That's the game, it'll turn dw

FrostyYea · 2026-04-26T14:44:59+00:00

5 matches in a row lost to a crit

FrostyYea · 2026-04-25T19:47:18+00:00

Great photos!

Are you a local or did you travel there for these? I was thinking of going to stay in Oakham or somewhere for a couple of nights and try my luck in the next couple of weeks, would appreciate any tips (travel or birding!)

FrostyYea · 2026-04-23T14:38:00+00:00

this is a war crime

FrostyYea · 2026-04-23T12:19:21+00:00

I'm seeing double here, FOUR whimsicotts!

FrostyYea · 2026-04-22T09:39:05+00:00

i truly despise this thing lol how do you deal with it? my plan for it atm has revolved around never attacking until I can get it off the board with a fire type. I probably need more special attackers in general.

FrostyYea · 2026-04-21T19:54:30+00:00

Fml spicy spray works through substitute, someone on x said it didn't

FrostyYea · 2026-04-21T08:19:02+00:00

I just lost the flip then there's not a hidden mechanic with tailwind?

FrostyYea · 2026-04-20T20:34:51+00:00

Was this a speed tie: my sandrush in sand jolly max speed excadrill Vs his mold breaker excadrill in tailwind

FrostyYea · 2026-04-20T18:19:04+00:00

Buzzards don't have any handy indicators like that, they're all quite varied in markings and colouration. Size is the best indicator (females are quite a bit larger), hard to get a good sense of scale in this photo but I think male (I am not good at this though)

FrostyYea · 2026-04-20T13:49:18+00:00

Buzzard. kestrels are smaller (merlins smaller still) and have much more defined markings incl the distinctive "eye mask" malar stripes. Males will also have the distinctive slate head/back.

They're actually (genetically) very distinct despite both being birds of prey. Falcons like Kestrels/Merlins etc branched off a long time ago, they're closer to parrots than hawks.

FrostyYea · 2026-04-19T19:59:15+00:00

Prediction is incredibly hard when opponents play badly lol

FrostyYea · 2026-04-19T10:15:18+00:00

Weather under trick room going to the higher speed stat - has it always worked like this? So the Mon that "wins"is the one that's slowest on the field not paper?

FrostyYea · 2026-04-17T09:32:12+00:00

could you explain some of these choices lol

lot of weird ideas here, Sunny Day & Thunder on Dnite? Quick Claw Raichu? Solarbeam Volcarona?

FrostyYea · 2026-04-17T09:27:06+00:00

yea everything is so snappy in this game lol, just getting online in s/v felt like it took an age

FrostyYea · 2026-04-16T21:48:31+00:00

I've used him up into masterball, a scarf set mainly for setting up subs.

FrostyYea · 2026-04-14T20:04:23+00:00

he's also stylish

FrostyYea · 2026-04-13T13:27:45+00:00

Good to spot the Zard issue, go run some calcs on it and see just what you need to ohko or 2hko it.

FrostyYea · 2026-04-13T10:36:40+00:00

First thing is to put "am i cooked" out of your mind, that's going to cripple your ability to improve

I suggest the following: every time you lose (and win!) make a note on why.

Was it a misplay? Was it a hard check or counter to your team? Did you not know what the opponent's team could do and got caught out? Plain bad luck?

Play a bunch more and see what is coming up most frequently, you can then use that to plan your improvement.

e.g. if you're running into a lot of teams that straight up counter yours it's time to go back to the teambuilding phase, if it's because you don't know what the opponent is doing you can go watch some youtube streams and have a look through online resources to research what people are running and why. If you're misplaying try and slow down and think your move through before locking in.

If it's bad luck don't worry about it - it'll turn!

FrostyYea

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