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Other Inverse Battles
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What about Avalugg?
I'm talking about "rise and shines" (with a "sticker collection" of now-resistances, like Aurorus and Abomasnow), not godlike mountains.
I see
Good job on completely misunderstanding my point!
I was dusputing the claim that Ice is the "new" Steel. As in, Inverse Ice is like regular Steel. Which I disagree with.
Obviously Inverse Ice is better than Inverse Steel.
Woops. But nothing resists it.
Weak to normal
ghost attacks beg your pardon
edit: 2slowbro
Well steel lost 2 res for 1, but it has an immunity, so they are somewaht different
But they are the most alike if you were comparing
OK OK sheesh so why are we all fat.
Add Leppa Berry, and your good to go.
Nah he didnt need it. He took out all your pokemon in 1-2 hits. with SD boost. SILK SCARFFFFFF
252 Atk Guts Swellow Facade vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Cresselia: 163-193 (36.71 - 43.46%) -- 99.56% chance to 3HKO
252+ Atk Reckless Staraptor Double-Edge vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Cresselia: 154-183 (34.68 - 41.21%) -- 70.83% chance to 3HKO
Now consider that they RESIST Stealth Rock and nothing resists Normal. Jesus.
Question: Have we confirmed that Flying-type immunity to Spikes and Toxic Spikes no longer works?
252+ Atk Reckless Staraptor Double-Edge vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Cresselia: 154-183 (34.68 - 41.21%) -- 70.83% chance to 3HKO
Now consider that they RESIST Stealth Rock and nothing resists Normal. Jesus.
Question: Have we confirmed that Flying-type immunity to Spikes and Toxic Spikes no longer works?
I would very much like to see inverse battles on showdown. It would take a while to get used to analyzing pokemon as inverse threats, but it'd be a lot of fun.
Steel becomes a complete joke and bug becomes a pretty strong attacking type
Steel becomes a complete joke and bug becomes a pretty strong attacking type
I'm not comparing to Gen V steel in any capacity.
I'm comparing Gen 6 Steel with Inverse Ice. G6 Steel has twice as many resistances and an immunity, while Inverse Ice has fewer weaknesses, so they're fairly different.
Whereas regular Water is very similar to Inverse Ice. They each have four resistances, and Ice only has one less weakness. So, Inverse is more similar to G6 Water than G6 Steel.
Nah, just typing will make certain mons OU. I highly doubt Furret will become OU.
This is really very interesting, but it really busts my balls that Fire manages to be underwhelming both normally and in inverse battles. Lucario, Steelix, and Excadrill are now the only 4x stealth rock weak Pokemon, although one wonders if any steel type would see use at all now.
Avalugg is one of the best physical tanks in this tier. It could surely put a stop to all the Normal types crawling out of the woodwork and shuts down other physical favorites with great Fighting, Steel, and Rock resistances. You can throw on hail+Ice Body for sustain if you like. Either way, Ice is a great defensive typing for this tier.
Oh, and what, Wormadam is going to be Uber, rather than... a whole new tier below NU? No, that's not how it works.
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