you got a better place to put those evs? he cant get faster or else might outspeed other scizors and lose the superpower duel,and put in special defense also would give him little to nothing,i wont even talk about special atack,and defense simple because he prefer to take physical hits rather then special ones(this remind me of how much scyther sucked in RBY for no good reason....)Why would you put the 8 evs into defense???
Does it suddenly make him better if he's OU again?To some people yes
Why wouldn't it?
partly, yesDoes it suddenly make him better if he's OU again?
I figure Scizor taking special hits is generally more desirable but maybe that's just me. More Speed might mean losing the Superpower duel or the U-Turn switch-off but it also lets you win the Bullet Punch duel and allows you to Roost first if you're at low health.you got a better place to put those evs? he cant get faster or else might outspeed other scizors and lose the superpower duel,and put in special defense also would give him little to nothing,i wont even talk about special atack,and defense simple because he prefer to take physical hits rather then special ones(this remind me of how much scyther sucked in RBY for no good reason....)
and what if both scizors are low on health? i have always put those evs into speed...you got a better place to put those evs? he cant get faster or else might outspeed other scizors and lose the superpower duel,and put in special defense also would give him little to nothing,i wont even talk about special atack,and defense simple because he prefer to take physical hits rather then special ones(this remind me of how much scyther sucked in RBY for no good reason....)
There's also the "Title" factor going on. Everytime a pokemon moves from UU to OU it gets a boost in usage while a pokemon takes a drop in usage should it lose the OU title.
People always say this, but why would anybody do that? I just can't fathom why anybody would.OU usage is going to be somewhat impacted by the people who only look at the OU list when building a team and don't sniff the lower tiers for legit pokémon like Alakazam.
well,its always better to put then in something not named special atack,so it dont really matter where you put,you are winning something....and what if both scizors are low on health? i have always put those evs into speed...
Taunt Heatran still gives her trouble regardless of the set. A HP Ground Cresselia might be worth a lol or two though.Cresselia stuff.
Cresslia's good at walling, but it she really can't do much to powerful threats. You mentioned Tyranitar, because it really does give that set MASSIVE problems. Without Thunderbolt/Ice Beam, you'll lose to Gyara and Mence as well, not to mention Crocune can come in and CM alongside you.Now i can say:
Why no one uses Cresselia anymore? Damn, she's good!
But she's good only with CM sets. Hidden Power Fire and Psychic leaves you with nice coverage for OU. Any Scizor thinking it's gonna wall Cresselia is OHKOed by a +1 HP Fire(so does Forry).
Heatran can only hope to defeat Cresselia with Toxic or Exploding itself. Starmie is walled despite the resists on both attacks.
The problem is Sandstream, Tyranitar, Blissey and Latias. But if you can get around those, you're set to go.
Seriosly, without those pokes, many teams struggle against a CM Cresselia. Even the ones that can hit it for SE(Gengar, Rotom appliances etc can't break through Cresselia defenses after a CM)
Though Houndoom handily beats it(though these days no one uses UU pokes in OU, no matter how good they are).
that is probaly why she also get toxic,to stop enemys that want to setup on her,her problem is that her offensive movepool is lackluster,it dont got fighting moves,her special atack is below average and like many other pokemons,weak to pursuitCresslia's good at walling, but it she really can't do much to powerful threats. You mentioned Tyranitar, because it really does give that set MASSIVE problems. Without Thunderbolt/Ice Beam, you'll lose to Gyara and Mence as well, not to mention Crocune can come in and CM alongside you.
That's because those OU are stale. Last month before the change Alakazam and Rhyperior had 3.17 and 2.77 usage respectively while this month they took a drop. Look at past OU, Yanmega, Donphan and Dugtrio are no where near where they use to be when they were OU.People always say this, but why would anybody do that? I just can't fathom why anybody would.
Also, I don't think the statistics really back up these theories. If that were the case, we'd expect a bit of a 'jump' in usage at the cut-off point. However, we aren't getting that. If the usages were plotted on a line graph, I don't think we'd see anything noticable at the cut-off.
I'm sure there are a few people who probably do refuse to use UU Pokemon in OU, but there's also people who refuse to use OU Pokemon in OU, to 'prove a point', and demonstrate the UUs are as good as OUs, or that tiers are a bunch of garbage, although I suspect the latter are rarer than the former.
At any rate, I don't think this effect is very prevalent.
But how do you know that it wouldn't have happened anyway?That's because those OU are stale. Last month before the change Alakazam and Rhyperior had 3.17 and 2.77 usage respectively while this month they took a drop. Look at past OU, Yanmega, Donphan and Dugtrio are no where near where they use to be when they were OU.
In that case, then I'd actually add the rarely used 244 EVs also to Max, so that the first and last classes have equal spreads.@x-act: I understand that it is mathematically and perhaps logically cleaner to have the same ev range for the "none" and "max" categories, I still think that none should be 0-11 and max 248+. Because of entry hazard rounding considerations, certain pokemon can end up with 10 extra evs after "maxing" two stats. These 10 evs don't represent any real investment and so should probably be placed in the "none" category.
If you really wanted to get specific, you could have different ev categories for hp (it's the only stat where 248 evs is strategic), but that would just be a mess.
I assure you Gyara won't win against Cresselia. Mence can win only with Outrage, an easy switch for steels.Cresslia's good at walling, but it she really can't do much to powerful threats. You mentioned Tyranitar, because it really does give that set MASSIVE problems. Without Thunderbolt/Ice Beam, you'll lose to Gyara and Mence as well, not to mention Crocune can come in and CM alongside you.