What about Mawile? It's immune to Dragon & resists Fairy.Ok, anyone have good ideas for teammates for the CritDra set?
What about Mawile? It's immune to Dragon & resists Fairy.Ok, anyone have good ideas for teammates for the CritDra set?
IRCI noticed that HP Fire/Grass are no longer slashed on the set, any reasons why?
The way I see it, Critdra works pretty well in tandem with a Dragon-type sweeper, at least when it uses HP Fire/Grass. That way, it lures in stuff like Sylveon (demolished by Hydro Pump), Azumarill (demolished by HP Grass), and Ferrothorn (demolished by HP Fire), among other common Dragon-type checks/counters, and either knocks them out or severely weakens them. That makes it a lot easier for the Dragon-type sweeper (DD Dragonite, SD Garchomp, etc.) to sweep late-game. IMO Kingdra shouldn't really be playing around with Agility, I think the sweeping's better left to its teammates.
So if HP Fire/Grass are used, Dragon-type sweepers make pretty good teammates.
I didn't get the chance to fully explain this on irc. Let me be clear, Agility should be the only move in the 4th slot.Adding back the Hidden Powers. Not explaining it here, hop on IRC>
Fair enough, your logic is sound. Ready for QC.I didn't get the chance to fully explain this on irc. Let me be clear, Agility should be the only move in the 4th slot.
Agility's situational utility is far more useful than Hidden Power Fire/Grass's limited coverage against a single Pokemon. The clarify a point, Agility and Focus Energy are generally not used at the same time; Agility is used to sweep when the opportunity presents itself, whereas Focus Energy is used to nuke switch ins.
OP said:Scolipede can Baton Pass Speed Boost's as well as Focus Energy to clear up a moveslot for Kingdra
Really? Deo-S usually leads, this would require Kingdra to set up Agility on the first turn as the Deo-S does whatever, by that time the sash would be broken by a pokemon hat you lead with that isn't Kingdra, therefore it really isn't at beneficial.on critdra at +2, if you outspeed scarf chomper by a point that means you underspeed Deo-S by a few, I think thats worth the extra ivestment
This is done.You're almost set to go, you just need to change the overview to reflect CritDra, because that's Kingdra's claim to fame in OU.
Really? Deo-S usually leads, this would require Kingdra to set up Agility on the first turn as the Deo-S does whatever, by that time the sash would be broken by a pokemon hat you lead with that isn't Kingdra, therefore it really isn't at beneficial.
This is done.
It should be "or" instead of and.Utilize Kingdra's ability to force switches to your advantage; this is to allow setup opportunities with Focus Energy and Agility
Good idea. I've changed the spread.As AG and I mentioned in IRC (I think you were afk or something), the Sniper set is currently too slow, as it misses out on benchmarks like max Speed Breloom and Dragonite at +0, and Deoxys-S and Scarf Lati@s at +2. You should change the spread to 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe because, along with the aforementioned threats, maxing it speed allows it to tie with Pinsir before it mega evolves as well as other Kingdra.
Kingdra uses full Special Attack investment as it is its most commonly used offensive stat, while 176 Speed EVs let it outrun Choice Scarf Garchomp in the rain. 4 Defense EVs give Genesect a Special Attack boost, which allows it to take less damage from a Choice Band Genesect's Extreme Speed; this is only relevant for Modest Kingdra. Rash Kingdra should just put those extra EVs in HP. The rest is put into Attack