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[Swift]

Nappy is bringing an adamant, banded Dragonite. :mog:

That thing is going to destroy.

 

[Rosie]

Nappy is bringing an adamant, banded Dragonite. :mog:

 

[Rosie]

Honestly if I was facing aDrive's team, something that would counter him is, setting up the rain. Just because, it completely stops the Excadrill and possible Scoutland sand rush. Not to mention it makes Tyranatar poop himself. It also can prevent Venasuar from using synthesis if it has it and Delphox gets hampered offensively. That is 5 of his mons getting hurt by rain. Not to mention if he brings Braviary Thunder will hurt it. The only two that may benefit are Vaporeon and Raichu, maybe his Ditto too depending on what it transforms into.

But then again I am a terrible battler.

 

[Swift]

Honestly if I was facing aDrive's team, something that would counter him is, setting up the rain. Just because, it completely stops the Excadrill and possible Scoutland sand rush. Not to mention it makes Tyranatar poop himself. It also can prevent Venasuar from using synthesis if it has it and Delphox gets hampered offensively. That is 5 of his mons getting hurt by rain. Not to mention if he brings Braviary Thunder will hurt it. The only two that may benefit are Vaporeon and Raichu, maybe his Ditto too depending on what it transforms into.

But then again I am a terrible battler.

Thing is Ttar can just switch in and out to set up sand, meanwhile you'd have to continously set up rain manually. Which is easier said than done unless you have Prankster or something.

 

[Rosie]

Thing is Ttar can just switch in and out to set up sand, meanwhile you'd have to continously set up rain manually. Which is easier said than done unless you have Prankster or something.

Yeah, good point. Although, you can still force a switch which gives you a turn to set up and maybe hit him hard to put the pressure on.

Example:

Ttar and a Pokemon enter the battle field.

One Turn:

Ttar uses Stealth Rocks

My Pokemon uses rain dance

Then he is forced to decide to either switch to a pokemon to absorb a hit for a turn, or wait out the rain and risk losing his sand user who is weak to water. That can give enough time for a set up move or another move to put momentum in your favor.

May not be perfect, but done right, it could work.

 

[Swift]

Yeah, good point. Although, you can still force a switch which gives you a turn to set up and maybe hit him hard to put the pressure on.

Example:

Ttar and a Pokemon enter the battle field.

One Turn:

Ttar uses Stealth Rocks

My Pokemon uses rain dance

Then he is forced to decide to either switch to a pokemon to absorb a hit for a turn, or wait out the rain and risk losing his sand user who is weak to water. That can give enough time for a set up move or another move to put momentum in your favor.

May not be perfect, but done right could work.

Fair, but he also has a Venusaur which has perfect synergy with Ttar and eats pretty much anything that isn't STAB. And also, people tend to save Ttar/Excadril for late game. I think something that can work though is Tailwind. Not sure if Nappy has a Tailwinder though.

 

[Swift]

ADrive's team looks really solid tbh. Though I said that about his GBA squad and I really don't like it anymore. Way too slow.

 

[Black Wizard]

Pokemon Apex just got really weird. It's pretty badass though, slight occult themes so far.

 

[Black Wizard]

And of course right after I make that post, I made it to the end of the current build. I knew it was incomplete, but I kinda thought there'd be more. Now I have to wait for the game to be finished, ugh.

Question related to what you guys were talking about earlier, who should I watch and where should I begin if I'm interested in watching competitive Pokemon? I'm definitely not a competitive gamer anymore, but it's really interesting to see people get that in depth into Pokemon.

 

[Swift]

And of course right after I make that post, I made it to the end of the current build. I knew it was incomplete, but I kinda thought there'd be more. Now I have to wait for the game to be finished, ugh.

Question related to what you guys were talking about earlier, who should I watch and where should I begin if I'm interested in watching competitive Pokemon? I'm definitely not a competitive gamer anymore, but it's really interesting to see people get that in depth into Pokemon.

Pokeaim and Lord Emvee are worth checking out for competitive stuff. Both are very good and knowledgeable about the game. Though, it might be hard to follow if you don't know much about battling.
aDrive's battle videos are good too because he usually goes in depth with his thought process and such. His other content is like shiny hunting and stuff, I'm not really into it.
Not really sure who'd be good to watch as a newbie. Maybe ShadyPenguinn. I find most Poke youtubers to be pretty annoying and lame, so idk lol. I'm probably not the best person to ask :

 

[Black Wizard]

Pokeaim and Lord Emvee are worth checking out for competitive stuff. Both are very good and knowledgeable about the game. Though, it might be hard to follow if you don't know much about battling.
aDrive's battle videos are good too because he usually goes in depth with his thought process and such. His other content is like shiny hunting and stuff, I'm not really into it.
Not really sure who'd be good to watch as a newbie. Maybe ShadyPenguinn. I find most Poke youtubers to be pretty annoying and lame, so idk lol. I'm probably not the best person to ask :

I might just jump right in with those two, shouldn't be too hard to pick up on things since I do have general Pokemon knowledge, and any new mechanics and stuff that were introduced in games I've never played I should be able to pick up on pretty quickly.

I'm sure I'd have to wade through quite a few people, it's why I don't really watch much of anyone considered a "Let's Player" on Youtube, I usually don't like the fake, over the top personalities and a lot of the cheesy delivery that most of them can have. I'd imagine Pokemon has its fair share.

 

[Swift]

I'm sure I'd have to wade through quite a few people, it's why I don't really watch much of anyone considered a "Let's Player" on Youtube, I usually don't like the fake, over the top personalities and a lot of the cheesy delivery that most of them can have. I'd imagine Pokemon has its fair share.

Holy fuck. Get out of my head. That's exactly what turns me off from so many of them.

 

[Swift]

Watch out for fraudulent 'Pokémon Go' apps

 

[Rosie]

@Black Wizard if you want to learn a bit of competetive and try it a bit for yourself, then other than watching videos about it, Pokemon showdown is a place you can go to practice and have fun.

I won't be doing it today because I am working all day... So for UCL, no spoils pls.

 

[Swift]

@Solidus , watch the Nappy v Adrive battle. I fucking LOL'd at turn 1. That's all I'm gonna say, don't wanna spoil anything (still watching as I type this anyway).