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Victini
- Thread starter KnightoftheWind
- Start date
That's exactly what I was thinking! :o
Choice Scarf/Focus Sash in order to swap before being KOed. I would say Choice Scarf myself, as Focus Sash is less useful in Double Battles.
Wrong. Victini does both Choiced and LO sets better mostly because of that one move, coupled with that fact that his stats and movepool are already better.
That mostly because you don't know what you're talking about and probably haven't even touched V-Generate Victini. I have one on my team and it's tearing up PO ladder. If you had any decent experience with it yourself, you wouldn't touch Darmanitan ever again.
V-Generate is a physical attack.
Focus sash would be more reliable IMO. with choice scarf, spinda only reaches 360 speed max. still outsped by a good amount of pokemon. With focus sash, spinda can only be stopped by sandstorm, hail, priority, and taunt.
Or both opponents attacking it...
Perversity reverses the boosts and drops of stat-changing moves, not the effect of the boosts and drops themselves. That's why its effects can be Baton Passed without changing back, for example.
so choice scarf then.
although, spinda would still be trolled by base 115's with max speed and above...
although, spinda would still be trolled by base 115's with max speed and above...
When V-Generate is released, Physical.
For now, Special. 93% acc. Fire Blast and 77% acc. Thunder/Focus Blast are not to be taken lightly.
SR weakness makes it a lot less formidable though...
In 2v2, you have a Balloon Groudon (whom deters Stone Edge, Rock Slide, *and EQ for Victini's sake) set up Drought (which weakens Surf) but switch to Victini while Scarf Spinda uses Skill Swap on the first turn.
This way Victini will be out on the field first turn less likely to face a move it is weak to, while V-Gen will be 270 Base Power. Second turn it will get a Boost to Spe, Def, and SpD from Perversity, while Spinda switches out to Cherrim to further boost Atk and SpD.
This way Victini will be out on the field first turn less likely to face a move it is weak to, while V-Gen will be 270 Base Power. Second turn it will get a Boost to Spe, Def, and SpD from Perversity, while Spinda switches out to Cherrim to further boost Atk and SpD.
Skill Swap is a Gen 4 only TM. End of story.
Likes to thrash about means its highest IV is Atk and that its Atk IV is 31, 26, 21, 16, 11, 6 or 1, not that it is 31 necessarily. You can cross compare with the IV checker dude I think to ascertain which of these it is, however.
WallBreaker
Victini @ Life Orb
Ev's: 252 Spe / 252 SpA / 4 HP
- Work Up
- Fire Blast
- Psychic
- Brick Break
Great coverage, and after a Work Up, Fire Blasts will hurt anything. Brick Break is mostly for Blissey. Ferrothorn and Skarmory will not even dream of switching in, and from that point you should have a clear shot at a sweep.
Victini @ Life Orb
Ev's: 252 Spe / 252 SpA / 4 HP
- Work Up
- Fire Blast
- Psychic
- Brick Break
Great coverage, and after a Work Up, Fire Blasts will hurt anything. Brick Break is mostly for Blissey. Ferrothorn and Skarmory will not even dream of switching in, and from that point you should have a clear shot at a sweep.
Oh, I forgot about Victory Star.
And Psychic+Electric has rather good accuracy.
Also, isn't +1 Accuracy Thunder 93%? I remember that being said on the Galavanta thread. And if 75% Thunder is boosted to 93%... What is 85% Fire Blast boosted to?!
Face, meet palm.
However, in double checking this, I found out Spinda gets Rapid Spin as an egg move. Wut?
Victory Star is a 10% accuracy boost. Compoundeyes is 30%.
Oh. Well, then. Thanks.
Still, Thunder is not 77%, as it has 75% before the boost. It's 75*1.1=82.5%
So Thunder basically gets the Accuracy of Fire Blast without the boost. Time to SR for a Modest/Timid Victini.
It's 77% after the boost. Thunder does have 70% accuracy actually.
10% boost is not the same as a 1.1 times boost. 10% is added on afterwards not during.
70*.1=7
7%+70%=77%
70*.1=7
7%+70%=77%
I saw a set on another thread, and I thought it would do quite well:
Antini (Anti-Lead)
Victini@Choice Scarf
Timid Nature
252 HP, 4 SpA, 252 Spe
-Death Gambit (or whatever it is in English)
-Searing Shot
-U-Turn
-Thunder
As Victini is weak to Stealth Rock, it functions relatively well in the lead spot. 252 HP EVs and Death Gambit, along with 252 Speed EVs, Timid, and a Choice Scarf ensure a speedy death to anything that has Base 100 or lower HP. U-Turn get you out of anything that has higher than B100 HP. The other of the moves are largely filler, though they do provide decent (or not...) coverage.
Antini (Anti-Lead)
Victini@Choice Scarf
Timid Nature
252 HP, 4 SpA, 252 Spe
-Death Gambit (or whatever it is in English)
-Searing Shot
-U-Turn
-Thunder
As Victini is weak to Stealth Rock, it functions relatively well in the lead spot. 252 HP EVs and Death Gambit, along with 252 Speed EVs, Timid, and a Choice Scarf ensure a speedy death to anything that has Base 100 or lower HP. U-Turn get you out of anything that has higher than B100 HP. The other of the moves are largely filler, though they do provide decent (or not...) coverage.