I've also encountered a few players clever enough to switch from his own Scarfrai to Wobbuffet "because it's that predictable". Personally though, I still use Scarfrai because I loathe Deoxys-s leads with a passion.That quick sleep is what Scarfrai leads are handing on a thread with. Soon, people will abuse Lum Berry random things and end Darkrai's leading reign. I've started to do this with Lum Berry Scizor, which was/is pretty effective at decimating Darkrai leads (and has the added bonus of smacking Deoxys-A leads as long as they don't have Counter).
It's not one a metagame, just to clarify for people unfamiliar with the game. For stuff like Palkia though, there was a good time where you could just assume it was scarfed pretty much all the time and you'd be fine. Most pokes usually shuffle between only two or three sets (with some variation) a metagame, and they're usually identifiable pretty quickly. (On a miscellaneous note, I've felt Dialga is an exception to this rule. I've felt it runs a greater variety of sets per metagame than any of its peers. I don't have any proof; I'm going by the uncertainty I feel when it comes out)As for variety...uhhh...this isn't quite the most interesting topic to work with. Apparently the uber metagame suffers from people running the same sets over and over again it becomes ridiculous (Specs Kyogre and Scarf Palkia being the main ones), and thus reduces the amount variety that could be harnessed by some of these Pokemon's massive movepools. Sure they can be the best sets...but would it hurt to try something different? Because I'm certain they can't be the best set forever. So I'd like to redirect all of you who just skipped posts to read reachzero's post.
Nifty. On that note:This is a Palkia set I've been using with some great results
Palkia @ Lustrous Orb
Trait: Pressure
EVs: 252 Atk / 252 Spd / 6 SAtk
Hasty Nature (+Spd, -Def)
- Aqua Tail
- Spacial Rend
- Outrage
- Fire Blast
As you know, I've been running Mixquaza the past month to great success. A simple Draco Meteor/Fire Blast/Extremespeed/Outrage @standard spread messes shit up and is just a blast to use. That Palkia set looks pretty sweet though. Great for my purposes. ;)As darknessmalice mentioned, Kyogre, Groudon, Rayquaza, Dialga, Palkia and Darkrai are the most common Pokemon in the uber metagame at the moment. For me, though, I haven't seen a lot of Rayquazas lately, and I don't know why. I'm just guessing that Rayquaza's main force is that it takes advantage of choiced moves and sets up, and if people are starting to be more cautious about it, Rayquaza's time to set up becomes more limited. That can be both good or bad. Good in the fact that the metagame's finally shifting, bad in the fact that I love Rayquaza and if he can't find time to set up I'm sad :(
(Ironically, Lugia is the only thing that walls both of them, I believe)
(PPS: I too love Ray. Might be my favorite uber.)
Scarf Darkrai still outspeeds after a RP if they don't invest in speed.Rock Polish Groudons I see nowadays run a whole bunch of Speed. I don't know how much exactly, but they often outran my Giratina-O, who is uncomfortably sitting at 254 Speed.
That shouldn't be possible without nearly maxing out a defensive stat (yes, I just ran the calc; also, "even then", the odds are slim), so that's pretty understandable lol.At one point I got ticked off at a person whose Rayquaza survived my Palkia's Spacial Rend.
More I want to say, but I've gotta go for now.