Some kind of bulky Oblivious Slowbro set? Maybe an offensive Starmie set?To come back to the topic of TerraCotta: Does anyone has an idea how to handle TerraCotta safely? Was thinking about Fake Out Weavile but not sure about that
The most feasible thing I can think of is outright KOing Terrakion before it can move. Not exactly easy as you have to guess which berry it has, but a Fake Out + faster mon with super-effective STAB (Starmie, Latios, Hawlucha, Serperior, Ribombee, Greninja, etc.) can work if out of options, as you lose the risk of that Terrakion happening to carry the berry that weakens your STAB.To come back to the topic of TerraCotta: Does anyone has an idea how to handle TerraCotta safely? Was thinking about Fake Out Weavile but not sure about that
The problem with this play is that it doesn't account for the turn 1 Tailwind + Protect. Sure, you stop the Tailwind first turn, but then Whimsi just gets Tailwind up for free on turn 2 and the Terracott user is free to switch out their Terrakion into a resist because you can't afford to go for anything other than the super-effective attack that you've already revealed. I think that Feint is a better call for dealing with Terrakion for sure - a lead like Latios + Tsareena can double target it turn 1 and KO even if it protects with Feint + Psychic. Preferably, bring something that can use both Fake Out and Feint - Weavile comes to mind but there's likely one or two more in this format.The most feasible thing I can think of is outright KOing Terrakion before it can move. Not exactly easy as you have to guess which berry it has, but a Fake Out + faster mon with super-effective STAB (Starmie, Latios, Hawlucha, Serperior, Ribombee, Greninja, etc.) can work if out of options, as you lose the risk of that Terrakion happening to carry the berry that weakens your STAB.
Terrakion is bulky enough to take a not very powerful super-effective STAB move most of the time, but Fake Out makes that point moot, and it can't take two anyways.
Yeah, I just happened to edit that post including that problem. Feint is better, yeah.The problem with this play is that it doesn't account for the turn 1 Tailwind + Protect. Sure, you stop the Tailwind first turn, but then Whimsi just gets Tailwind up for free on turn 2 and the Terracott user is free to switch out their Terrakion into a resist because you can't afford to go for anything other than the super-effective attack that you've already revealed. I think that Feint is a better call for dealing with Terrakion for sure - a lead like Latios + Tsareena can double target it turn 1 and KO even if it protects with Feint + Psychic. Preferably, bring something that can use both Fake Out and Feint - Weavile comes to mind but there's likely one or two more in this format.
You can always have your Tailwind setter start with one of those faster Pokemon (and have another Pokemon faster than Terrakion in reserve) as well.The most feasible thing I can think of is outright KOing Terrakion before it can move. Not exactly easy as you have to guess which berry it has, but a Fake Out + faster mon with super-effective STAB (Starmie, Latios, Hawlucha, Serperior, Ribombee, Greninja, etc.) can work if out of options, as you lose the risk of that Terrakion happening to carry the berry that weakens your STAB.
Terrakion is bulky enough to take a not very powerful super-effective STAB move most of the time, but Fake Out makes that point moot, and it can't take two anyways.
Issue: Terrakion uses Protect, Whimsicott uses Tailwind. Then you are screwed.
...hmmm...Other than that, looking at the viability rankings, i have barely seen any of the following mons at all in the 100 games i played (listing 0-3 encounters):
Marowak-A (1), Rhyperior (3), Chesnaught (0), Delphox (2)
Yep, I sort of realized I made that mistake after the fact, but was too busy to care to fix it!Do you mean foul play?
I'm surprised nobody has been running Poison Jab or Iron Head.TerraCott isnt as good as hyped up to be, due to the large amount of Togekiss denying the Beat Up and having a lot of partners for it to KO Terrakion
Since it cannot Close Combat into the Follow Me, its forced to Slide, and Charti helps Togekiss a lot in that situation.
I've seen Poison Jab in one of my most recent games.I'm surprised nobody has been running Poison Jab or Iron Head.
Then I'm surprised it hasn't resulted in your Togekiss ending up with squiggly eyes. Maybe holding a Kebia Berry would be smart. It would be situational though, and STAB Rock Slides are going to hurt.I've seen Poison Jab in one of my most recent games.
I am breeding a Modest Jangmo-o at the moment.Are people really using physical Kommo-o over special? Clanging Scales has damn near nothing to resist it beyond Togekiss and the Grass+Fairy crowd. There are no Steel types.
And Aerodactyl goes miles in that direction lol
i tried Special before i switched to Physical. Too many Focus Misses and having sandstorm on my team which gives all rock types x1.5 spdef, of which there are a lot, hurts its damage output.Are people really using physical Kommo-o over special? Clanging Scales has damn near nothing to resist it beyond Togekiss and the Grass+Fairy crowd. There are no Steel types.
And Aerodactyl goes miles in that direction lol
In this format what would Focus Blast cover that Flash Cannon would not?i tried Special before i switched to Physical. Too many Focus Misses and having sandstorm on my team which gives all rock types x1.5 spdef, of which there are a lot, hurts its damage output.
Well just getting STAB off of it is a big factorIn this format what would Focus Blast cover that Flash Cannon would not?
252+ SpA Kommo-o Focus Blast vs. 4 HP / 0 SpD Chople Berry Tyranitar in Sand: 126-150 (71.5 - 85.2%) -- guaranteed 2HKOIn this format what would Focus Blast cover that Flash Cannon would not?
You get Terrakion in ORAS through the Hoopa rings. It's one of the earliest legendaries you can get this way.People are talking about Terrakion, and yet are not Pokemon that are brought up through the transporter illegal?