I know it's hard to believe me, but i've seen grown adults struggle with these games (and still play with them regularly, occasionally on their streams). Despite what smogon would have you to believe, there's a decent enough adult-ish (say, 20-30 year old) playerbase that is super casual and just plays for fun with nearly 0 knowledge of what's going on other than what's directly in front of them, and prone to forget basic things like abilities within a day of running into them.
Oh no I perfectly agree that the "target demographic" is the majority.
are you trying to run min HP to get more Shell Bell value or did 7* raids make you forget maxing HP is usually betterGrimmsnarl and Hatterene raid time, and here's a set that works for both of them:
Kingambit @ Shell Bell
Ability: Defiant
Tera Type: Steel
EVs: 252 Atk / 128 Def / 128 SpD
Adamant Nature
- Snarl
- Brick Break
- Iron Head
- Leer / Swords Dance
Snarl weakens Hatterene's Mystical Fire, which procs your Defiant boost. Brick Break removes Grimmsnarl's Screens. Leer lowers Defense, while Swords Dance boosts your Attack, although Leer is better since it combos well with your Defiant boosts. Keep in mind Leer won't work on Magic Bounce Hatterne. Both Pokemon have attacks that lower stats (Mystical Fire on Hatterene and Spirit Break and Play Rough on Grimmsnarl). Since they're both slow, you'll be faster than both even with no Speed investment.
If you have more than one Kingambit, you can make one full Def and one full SpDef rather than mixed bulk, and you can run SD alongside Leer on both, swapping out Snarl vs Grimmsnarl and replacing Brick Break vs Hatterene.
Get more out of Shell Bell. Tbh Hatterene and Grimm barely damage you at all anyway so it hardly matters.
Unironically:
5 star raids come with 4 guaranteed IVs by default which is already over halfway optimal and you can raise up the rest with Bottle Caps if needed. The harder part would be finding the right Tera type (Dark) and maybe going for Prankster, but even then that can be solved with Blisseys and money.
Most of us are having it as a given that there'll be a Nasty Plot somewhere. We have also considered it to be at start, which is why there's a lot of focus on having access to Snarl (on Dark types) or even Clear Smog if we really need to.
How about Struggle Bug plus Leech life?
Would work if there was any pokemon that learns this and doesnt suck or doesn't resist / is weak to psychic...
Pokémon in SV that learn both:
I am talking about using Mew. It can learn every move.
Well yeh, tecnically that is a option. In fact if using support Mew, Struggle Bug is prolly a better option than Snarl anyway due to accuracy.
I think Volcarona has an actually solid chance though you'd... still not use Leech Life anyway, if anything you could use Giga Drain if you really want recovery.
Actually no, assuming Mewtwo's Modest Thunderbolt does 59 - 69.6% and Aura Sphere does 52.2 - 61.8% without any HP or Sp. Def investment on Lokix's part, and Lokix's Leech Life will rip 68.5 - 81.5% (75.3 - 88.9% if using an Attack boosting nature) off Mewtwo with max Attack investment. It will slowly lose HP but Lokix can actually heal most of the damage off unless Mewtwo immediately leads off with Nasty Plot or Calm Mind. Though Lokix will survive a Calm Mind boosted Aura Sphere and can survive a Calm Mind boosted Thunderbolt.
Ok sir I think we're cooking something here... Expecially with a Mew providing screens or snarl/struggle bug
