Recent content by Sergeus

  1. Battle Spot Teambuilding Discussion & Help Thread (read post #453, page 19)

    Yeah, another grass resist aside from Ferrothorn is definitely your better option. But Ferrothorn can do in a pinch - you can switch back to Politoed expecting the Flamethrower and take very little damage - no risk of Solar Beam since it has to charge first. And if all else fails, you could...
  2. Battle Spot Teambuilding Discussion & Help Thread (read post #453, page 19)

    Ah, I got confused and wasn't thinking of Knock-Off as an attacking move - woops! Why do you fear switching into Solar Beam? Drizzle activates when Politoed switches in and then Charizard's Solar Beam needs to charge. If you see the charge (your opponent predicted the switch), then you...
  3. Battle Spot Teambuilding Discussion & Help Thread (read post #453, page 19)

    You make me want to run Swampert on my rain team (but it's XY league, so I can't)! Have to say that this is an awesome RMT post - very well put together. Also very interesting to see another rain team - I built one recently (RMT pending) - and I'd say yours is definitely superior. Have you...
  4. Battle Spot Teambuilding Discussion & Help Thread (read post #453, page 19)

    Fellow long-time lurker here! I ran a doubles Trick Room team for some of the online tournaments in BW, interesting to see a different take on it! Have you found that dual screens is very helpful on Uxie? I always found that Trick Room is a hyper-aggressive strategy (since you've only got 5...
  5. Weird Sets You've Seen on Battle Spot

    Man, I got caught by surprise on WiFi by someone (don't remember where they were from) using this set: Emolga @ Light Ball Ability: Probably Static? EVs: Guessing something like 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe - Fling - Acrobatics - ???? - ???? That Acrobatics did a surprising amount of damage and...
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