BW Threat List
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Requesting reservation for Tornadus.
Reserving Snorlax, Abomasnow, Deoxys-S, Gengar, and Porygon 2.
All reservations granted (I'm not going to keep updating the OP with who has what, as it takes 2 seconds to browse through the thread). Porygon2 and Snorlax are very borderline cases but as they are sometimes seen in OU and are unique walls in their own right I think they should go in.
You know me well enough to expect that I would pick the pokemon that are hindered enough to be anything but OU, yet good enough to play as well as your mid-range OU, for example, Tentacruel.bacon-boy said:
Gastrodon
Type: Water/Ground
Stats: 111/83/68/92/82/39
Gastrodon walks into B/W OU with a bit of a swagger, with some new toys that make him all the more threatening. Storm Drain now provides Gastrodon with not only a Water immunity, but a means of boosting its special attack. The slug's special attack is at a respectable base 92, and it really compliments his good coverage, with Ice Beam, Scald, and Earth Power up his sleeve. However, most people choose Gastrodon due to its ability to tank hits and wall many common pokemon in OU, such as Heatran, Politoed, Rotom-W, and Offensive Gliscor, and entire Rain Teams will have problems with him. Because of this, Gastrodon often plays a defensive role, reliably spreading Toxic, increasing its longevity with recover, and perhaps even boosting its defences with Recover. Overall, Gastrodon is a solid team player, and really should be considered if you have problems with Rain.
Fixed it up a bit. I'm not sure I can shorten it any more :/
I've cut down a couple of sentences and phrases, but on the whole good stuff. Remember to keep your "it"s and "him"s consistent. As this is a very short summary, we don't need to make concluding remarks such as your last sentence because it's short enough so that the reader doesn't need a reminder of what he's just read. Here's my fix, but feel free to comment if you think there are elements I should have left be. Also I may change "walks" into something else as Gastrodon doesn't have any legs, but maybe I'm being picky!
Good job, thanks for your contribution!
Gastrodon walks into B/W OU with a bit of a swagger, with some new toys that make it all the more threatening. Storm Drain now provides Gastrodon with both a Water immunity and a means of boosting its mediocre Special Attack, which is complemented by impressive coverage in the way of Ice Beam, Scald, and Earth Power. Most people choose Gastrodon due to its ability to tank hits and wall many common pokemon in OU, such as Heatran, Politoed, Rotom-W, and Offensive Gliscor, and entire Rain Teams will have problems with it. Gastrodon often plays a defensive role, reliably spreading Toxic, increasing its longevity with Recover, and perhaps even boosting its defences with Stockpile.
Type: Water/Ground
Stats: 111/83/68/92/82/39
Gastrodon walks into B/W OU with a bit of a swagger, with some new toys that make him all the more threatening. Storm Drain now provides Gastrodon with not only a Water immunity, but a means of boosting its special attack. The slug's special attack is at a respectable base 92, and it really compliments his good coverage, with Ice Beam, Scald, and Earth Power up his sleeve. However, most people choose Gastrodon due to its ability to tank hits and wall many common pokemon in OU, such as Heatran, Politoed, Rotom-W, and Offensive Gliscor, and entire Rain Teams will have problems with him. Because of this, Gastrodon often plays a defensive role, reliably spreading Toxic, increasing its longevity with recover, and perhaps even boosting its defences with Recover. Overall, Gastrodon is a solid team player, and really should be considered if you have problems with Rain.
Fixed it up a bit. I'm not sure I can shorten it any more :/
I've cut down a couple of sentences and phrases, but on the whole good stuff. Remember to keep your "it"s and "him"s consistent. As this is a very short summary, we don't need to make concluding remarks such as your last sentence because it's short enough so that the reader doesn't need a reminder of what he's just read. Here's my fix, but feel free to comment if you think there are elements I should have left be. Also I may change "walks" into something else as Gastrodon doesn't have any legs, but maybe I'm being picky!
Good job, thanks for your contribution!
Gastrodon walks into B/W OU with a bit of a swagger, with some new toys that make it all the more threatening. Storm Drain now provides Gastrodon with both a Water immunity and a means of boosting its mediocre Special Attack, which is complemented by impressive coverage in the way of Ice Beam, Scald, and Earth Power. Most people choose Gastrodon due to its ability to tank hits and wall many common pokemon in OU, such as Heatran, Politoed, Rotom-W, and Offensive Gliscor, and entire Rain Teams will have problems with it. Gastrodon often plays a defensive role, reliably spreading Toxic, increasing its longevity with Recover, and perhaps even boosting its defences with Stockpile.
Oh I'm sorry, I seem to have missed your updates. Some feedback:
Gengar looks good, but be sure to keep it formal though. I know that injecting humour into articles can make them a more interesting read, but due to the volume of submissions here we need to keep things as concise and informative as possible (I'm mainly refering to the "moer like Focus Miss, amright?" quip).
Skarmory is OK, I think there are a couple of wording issues that can be fixed just to make it flow better. Don't forget Taunt either. : )
Gengar looks good, but be sure to keep it formal though. I know that injecting humour into articles can make them a more interesting read, but due to the volume of submissions here we need to keep things as concise and informative as possible (I'm mainly refering to the "moer like Focus Miss, amright?" quip).
Skarmory is OK, I think there are a couple of wording issues that can be fixed just to make it flow better. Don't forget Taunt either. : )
TM12 Taunt
For 3 turns, the target affected by this move can only use offensive (i.e. damage-dealing) attacks. Can even bypass Substitute.
Basically it locks Pokemon out of moves used to set up, like Dragon Dance, Stealth Rock, Substitute, or even Taunt itself, since those are not offensive attacks. Very common on Whimsicott and Thundurus due to the Prankster ability (which gives it priority).
For 3 turns, the target affected by this move can only use offensive (i.e. damage-dealing) attacks. Can even bypass Substitute.
Basically it locks Pokemon out of moves used to set up, like Dragon Dance, Stealth Rock, Substitute, or even Taunt itself, since those are not offensive attacks. Very common on Whimsicott and Thundurus due to the Prankster ability (which gives it priority).
Any more feedback for Hydreigon? I fixed it up a little bit.
Oooooooooook, here's the next batch of critiques. Chillarmy, you're good to go with both of those, looking forward to reading them : )
NinjaSamurai said:Okay, so here's Hydreigon:
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Hydreigon
Type: Dark/Dragon
Stats: 92/105/90/125/90/98
This monster has a nice Atk stat and an even better SpA stat. It has decent bulk, a great movepool, decent speed, and is immune to two types thanks to its ability Levitate. Hydreigon can utilize a Life Orb, which makes it a formidable Special Attacker and has access to Taunt, which would totally prevent Blissey from walling. Also, Hydreigon can be seen as a revenge killer by making use of a Choice Scarf and sometimes Choice Specs. Hydreigon can run U-Turn which really sets it aside from other choiced dragons like Latios/Latias, along with having access to Focus Blast and Fire Blast/Flamethrower. Furthermore, Hydreigon isn't weak to Pursuit and is bulkier. Typical movesets may include moves such as Dark Pulse, Draco Meteor/Dragon Pulse, U-Turn, Focus Blast, Fire Blast/Flamethrower, Surf, Taunt, or Earth Power.
The first two sentences are more or less redundant on their own because the information on stats and typing has already been presented to the reader. Blissey isn't really prevented from walling, she will still beat Hydreigon with Seismic Toss, so be careful with your wording. Revenge killers don't run Choice Specs, so be careful about your sentence subject there too (I know it's not what you mean, but that's how it reads). You have all the key information here which is nice, but think a bit carefully about how you want to word things so they just flow and read better.
47bennyg said:
Tyrant Tyranitar said:
Just letting you know that I plan to post Vaporeon's analysis sometime this weekend, probably tomorrow.
you need to update the OP, cause people are taking my reservations. I had gengar.