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Earlier in the thread it was mentioned he gets Endure as a transfer only move, it would definitely be a safer way of getting to <25%. Plus it doubles as a pseudo-protect at 1 HP so it might be a good replacement. It's a shame he doesn't get Calm mind or something to boost SpA. You could always...

For Volt turn, wouldn't it just make more sense to hard switch out into Dugrtio right away? He's unaffected so it shouldn't trigger swap anyways. I'd just use the golio for eating U-Turns in this case.

Sitrus seems to be the better berry option over confuse berries from my experience. Hitting that 0-25% Hp sweet spot can be pretty luck oriented. A lot of the times when I used the sitrus I'd get knocked down, eat the berry, harvest at turn end, and eat the berry again for the same 50% heal a...

I've had it happen 3 times in the Battle Tree that I can count: Twice by a Haxorus and once by an Excadrill. So unless EE just breaks for no apparent reason that's the only thing that makes sense.

Mold Breaker does negate EE. You might have it confused with Sheer Force.

Wouldn't 252 HP/4 Spd/ 252 Spe A- Persian be the standard? I typically see it run Foul Play, Taunt, Parting Shot, Toxic(Roar) sets so having SpA investment seems pointless. Edit: Just calcd, best stat spread would be 244HP 8 Def A-Persian. Damage is still done though: 252 Atk Mimikyu Play...

If they know/predict that your going to switch they will see the pokemon you bring in before they are required to choose their pokemon when BP kicks. So if you bring in say, Magnazone for example, they will see it when you switch, BP will go, and they can bring in Dugtrio or something that will...

Maybe A-Persian? It's a lot faster with taunt, furcoat makes play rough essentially a neutral hit, foul play is SE, and it can parting shot out. Edit: jk FP is neutral hit.

I've been playing around with this guy in the battle tree and pairing him with A-Persian seems to work wonders with Z-Parting Shot since E. Exit doesn't seem to proc a second time. With the right play you can almost use some setup moves (Bulk up or SD) after the EE is used up and is re-healed to...

This could be pretty fun if run with choice scarf too. Since his atk is already pretty decent it might even outspeed and kill some squishies. Like you said though, definitely not a high tier strat.

I had a weird interaction in the battle tree where my Goliospod got hit by a Fake Out from Hariyama and it didn't flinch when I had used First Impression. I'm not sure if this might have been caused by the Hariyama potentially having Sheer Force but this is the only time I recall not being...

But it gets the worlds slowest Baton Pass meaning it is guaranteed to bring whatever it wants to counter your switch in soooo no, you can be in the worst possible matchup giving all the momentum to the opponent.

Comparatively, I'd say there is a significant gap between between Lando and Gene. Gene has 1 less weakness, 4 more resistances, 5 BP higher Def, 15 higher BP SpD, and 8 more BP speed. Intimidate vs Download is probably pretty even in effectiveness, so with that I won't look at the offensive...

I feel like if the metagame could adjust to Genesect, it would have after one gen if not two. If I was to make up a pokemon with the typing and stats required to check it would need to be some demon spawn with Toxipex stats and Alolan Muk type resistances for it to be able to eat a hit safely...

In previous Gens, Genesect was considered so overwhelming powerful that it needed to banned because the rest of the meta couldn't handle it. The best way to determine if it should stay or go is placing it side by side it's new rivals in the game and see how it compares those that share it's...

Do you think dropping return or explosion for EQ would be worth it? Granted it's not stab but it would give you some better coverage to go with rock slide.

Pretty sure Disguise can't be traced. Your best option when going against Mimikyu is to hit it with a burn so it's offensive capabilities get shut down. If it's running Lum though you just got out played hard. Mimikyu's defensive/offensive typing is very hard to play around since between ghost...

Just wanted to test this with power split in effect to see the results as well: (No Powersplit, bold) 252 Atk Garchomp Dragon Claw vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Eviolite Dewpider: 93-111 (33.2 - 39.6%) -- 100% chance to 3HKO 252 Atk Garchomp Dragon Claw vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Araquanid: 100-118 (29.4 -...

I'd set the nature to +SpA personally, you get more value and you won't need any EV invest in SpA after that.

I agree, white herb always seems like the safer option. Having 60-70% remaining health is definitely better all around than sitting at 1 HP. It let's you eat some priority moves you'd not be able to otherwise and you can't get immediately prankster burn/toxic KO'd. 0+ SpA Comfey Draining Kiss...