I'll also throw my hat into the ring for comparing 2 similar mons.
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Official ladder | Elo | GXE | Glicko-1 | W | L |
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gen9ou | 1455 | 73.4% | 1694 ± 64 | 23 | 4 |
people are so desperate for one that they're turning physical grounds into special ones even though they're very clearly built to be physical. first treads, now lando, it's only a matter of time until people start slapping earth power on gliscor and tusk. i just don't get it. i understand why it was a thing during the arch days, but is it really that necessary for gouging? or is there something else i'm missing? are they that scared of dondozo? glimmora? someone please explain why the mon with base 145 attack isn't using it because i'm just confused
You need 80% GXE still, so you’ll need more than that sadlyough poop dnb
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Official ladder Elo GXE Glicko-1 W L gen9ou 1455 73.4% 1694 ± 64 23 4
im getting so close, i think.... is my math mathin that i just need to win 3 more games to qualify?
bout felt like a game of fortnite ranked playing against that last team heart racing
With Intimidate, it has psuedo 158~ Def, in addition to having a great defensive typing. Most teams like having bulky ground type for Electric spam, but Landorus-T does that while also providing Ground immunity and Fighting resistance, and having only 2 weaknesses (covered by Water most of the time).Why is the mon with 145/105/91 offenses mostly known for its defensive sets?
I dont know what gxe is I guess I thought it was win percentage? And so I thought 30 x .84 = 25.2 so 26 out of 30? Is there a resource that breaks it down?You need 80% GXE still, so you’ll need more than that sadly
In the ladder help page, they define Gxe asI dont know what gxe is I guess I thought it was win percentage? And so I thought 30 x .84 = 25.2 so 26 out of 30? Is there a resource that breaks it down?
In the ladder help page, they define Gxe as
"GXE (Glicko X-Act Estimate) is an estimate of your win chance against an average ladder player."
https://pokemonshowdown.com/pages/ladderhelp
This is the page, it doen't explain how to calculate gxe, but there most likely is something that breaks it down. I would most likely just continue to play games and check after every game to see when you reach 80% gxe.
nah, i believe in himNo, with 73 GXE, peepeepoopoo722 would need to win many, many matches in a row to reach the required GXE. I would recommend starting over from scratch, as you'd need to be an elite player to recover from having 73 GXE.
The way to deal with kyurem is offensive pressure. Specs sets are weak to hazards, so using those limits it's turns. HDB sets have less power and are easier to wall, but for both out offensing it is best.I want to make a post discussing the effects of the Kyurem suspect; namely I think that Kyurem is still a problem and is still way too constraining, and the no ban result was a mistake. I'd argue Kyurem is mostly difficult for balance archetypes, but it shreds it like no other. Freeze dry/ground coverage is just way too strong, and it makes bulky waters just a lot less good defensively then usual, because whereas previously waters were the only type able to switch into ice/ground coverage, now that's gotten rid of, making ICE the only type that doesn't get blanked by it, and that's forgetting for a second that Kyurem still has STAB draco meteors it can throw out off of 130 SpA. As well, for a mon this offensively threatening, its quite bulky, with 125 HP/90defense/spd being really nice, and despite the fact that it's an ice type, ice/dragon is a surprisingly not awful defensive combo; water/grass/electric resistances are still quite solid, it gets a defense boost in snow, and base 90 speed means it is still outspeeding a lot of stuff like Tusk and Ghold.
Case-in-point here, I need to ask what's actually a good defensive check to Kyurem, especially on balance; on stall you have Blissey, but blissey only fits on stall. Really its down to bulkarona and Glowking, and while they're both good mons in their own right, they still aren't as strong of a check as you want, especially if it teras. As well, Volc is arguably unhealthy in its effect on the meta anyways. But really you have 3 defensive checks for fatter structures, otherwise you need to rely on offensively checking Kyurem. It's a bit like Wellspring in that regard, where its close to unwallable, although wellspring comes with worse stab coverage but better speed and SD; at least with wellspring something can tera grass though.
Overall, I just really hope Kyurem gets another suspect test at some point, mf is crazy
Oh it's absolutely not the most broken thing in the tier lmao, and I also doubt it gets another suspect for awhile. it's just annoyingThe way to deal with kyurem is offensive pressure. Specs sets are weak to hazards, so using those limits it's turns. HDB sets have less power and are easier to wall, but for both out offensing it is best.
I also think kyurem is broken, but it definitely isn't the most broken thing in the tier.
Bummed out ngl but will keep grinding.. And yeah- I won two more games and each only raised by a percentage to 75.1% so not looking great- I'm probably looking at like 5-6 more games needing wins and if I lose once I'll probably give up and not make another run lol maybe I will but definitely discouraging.
Iron Crown is pretty good as my only very offensive oriented mon on an otherwise thicc team.. Can sweep a lot of teams once gambit is gone, if I happen to get rid of it before the end
I guess because there aren't other Special Ground-type attackers that are decently fast, like Nidoking/Nidoqueen would be amazing in this metapeople are so desperate for one that they're turning physical grounds into special ones even though they're very clearly built to be physical. first treads, now lando, it's only a matter of time until people start slapping earth power on gliscor and tusk. i just don't get it. i understand why it was a thing during the arch days, but is it really that necessary for gouging? or is there something else i'm missing? are they that scared of dondozo? glimmora? someone please explain why the mon with base 145 attack isn't using it because i'm just confused
I guess because there aren't other Special Ground-type attackers that are decently fast, like Nidoking/Nidoqueen would be amazing in this meta
just wanted to chime in, huge props with the plays there - conditioning the water tera from bliss and going to town with good ol fashioned ghost special spam is such a textbook play.You need Sun and Healing Wish to throw powerful Fire Moves? How sad.
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9ou-2076522583-e44ibk0etiyg45ylvxbotn8z6xx2gv4pw (This was my last battle of the Suspect btw).
Nidoqueen could check quite a lot of mons, maybe even finding its way onto stall teams for that niche, though it would more likely be better on balance teams.I don't think so. Nidoking might have some viability by being faster than Gholdengo, but Nidoqueen would really struggle in OU since neither its stats or typing would be all that useful in SV OU. Nidoqueen would check far too few mons for it to actually pull its weight.
nidoking/queen are one of those deceptive mons who's effective bst is much higher than it looks. similar to azumarill whos effective base attack stat is 149 when fully invested, taking its bst from 420 to 519. I made a post about this a few months ago explaining why psysical hoopa is so much better than special.I don't think so. Nidoking might have some viability by being faster than Gholdengo, but Nidoqueen would really struggle in OU since neither its stats or typing would be all that useful in SV OU. Nidoqueen would check far too few mons for it to actually pull its weight.
Kind of reminds me of Clefable where it's effective bst always feels way higher than it actually is thanks to life orb magic guard and Unaware being common for it to use, when in reality, it is all abilities and movepools that makes Clefable the inevitable demon it has been since gen 4. Even in the face of crazy powercreep of gen 5 and gen 9, Clefable will always be inevitable.nidoking/queen are one of those deceptive mons who's effective bst is much higher than it looks. similar to azumarill whos effective base attack stat is 149 when fully invested, taking its bst from 420 to 519. I made a post about this a few months ago explaining why psysical hoopa is so much better than special.
Kind of reminds me of Clefable where it's effective bst always feels way higher than it actually is thanks to life orb magic guard and Unaware being common for it to use, when in reality, it is all abilities and movepools that makes Clefable the inevitable demon it has been since gen 4. Even in the face of crazy powercreep of gen 5 and gen 9, Clefable will always be inevitable.
I don't think so. Nidoking might have some viability by being faster than Gholdengo, but Nidoqueen would really struggle in OU since neither its stats or typing would be all that useful in SV OU. Nidoqueen would check far too few mons for it to actually pull its weight.
when was nidoqueen ever good in OU anyway? i don't think i've seen her around since DPP OU
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