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Do you find Hyper Beam to be underrated?

Well?

  • I agree, it's really not that bad.

    Votes: 39 48.1%
  • I disagree, it just plain sucks.

    Votes: 42 51.9%

  • Total voters
    81
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Phantom Raichu

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hyper beam rocks!
 

Horn Drill

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masquerainmistress said:
I'm not really not going to put up a big argument, but...
Hyper Beam and the elemental beams actually work quite well in tandem with sleeping moves. Against me and my friend at least, and we aren't too good at competitive play.
IMO they're lifesavers in the game but if you're going competitive then don't use them or you'll be ridiculed and flamed. Damn competitive battlers.

Guess what? No one cares if you use shite movesets against your skilless friends. You're only hurting yourself. Just don't try to push them on other people. You'll be ridiculed and flamed for a good reason.

I find it funny that most of you people have hardly ever, maybe never, been to CRMT or at least IGRMT. ._.

Tyranitar-Rex said:
True but understand that I was simply using using Static as an example. There are also other abilities like Flame Body, Poison Poiint, Rough Skin, Effect Spore that I didn't mention. Poison Point and Flame Body pokes can be taken care of by EQ as well, but not Roselia for it's a grass/poison poke with the poison point ability. Also, if you face a Breloom, you will use Return instead of EQ, even though you're risking your poke of getting an abnormal status. :-/

It's a reasonable risk to take. Would you rather have Slaking or whoever poisoned or fainted? If you get a status condition, just switch to Blissey or some other healer. :eek:
 

leafgreen386

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Phantom Raichu said:
hyper beam rocks!
Wow. Another brainless poster that doesn't have anything to back up their uninformed opinion.
 

Medical Meccanica

give me the booty
Horn Drill said:
Guess what? No one cares if you use shite movesets against your skilless friends. You're only hurting yourself. Just don't try to push them on other people. You'll be ridiculed and flamed for a good reason.

I find it funny that most of you people have hardly ever, maybe never, been to CRMT or at least IGRMT. ._.



It's a reasonable risk to take. Would you rather have Slaking or whoever poisoned or fainted? If you get a status condition, just switch to Blissey or some other healer. :eek:
Look, I never said I liked it. I said we were bad and that someone kicked the crap out of us with that combo. I said it was good in-game, like in the E4. Hydro Cannon saved me there.

This is why I hate competitive battlers. they'll insult you at the drop of a hat.
 
masquerainmistress said:
This is why I hate non-competitive battlers. They'll insult CRMTers at the drop of a hat.

Fixed, IMO. People always complain about us insulting, but isn't that in itself an insult? And really, from what I've seen, people only hate the CRMTers because they've been pooned by them at least once and refuse to abandon their precious @Soft Sand, EQ/Double Team/Toxic/Sandstorm Shuckles for a standard Shuckle(which isn't isn't much to fear, anyway ._.).

~*CB*~
The 8th Champion
 

Medical Meccanica

give me the booty
I'm not insulting. I'm just saying that competitiveres (for lack of a better word) seem to be a bit... blunt... in making their points. I've seen a few very nice ons, but I'm not sure how good they are in terms.

Okay, I'll clear this up so I don't start a flame war-
Me and my friends can get beaten by that combo because we are noobishly bad and don't give a crap about competitiveness.
Hyper beam sucks from a competitive standpoint. It actually does help in the game storyline and e4 IMO.
kk
 

Horn Drill

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masquerainmistress said:
Look, I never said I liked it. I said we were bad and that someone kicked the crap out of us with that combo. I said it was good in-game, like in the E4. Hydro Cannon saved me there.

Anything can work ingame. Just because you beat the Elite Four with a Hydro Cannon-using Blastoise doesn't make it good.

This is why I hate competitive battlers. they'll insult you at the drop of a hat.

And whose fault is that? We won't insult you unless you really need to be insulted.

And all of this wealth of knowledge about how we competitive battlers act all the time is coming from somebody who's never been to CRMT. ._.
 

Medical Meccanica

give me the booty
Horn Drill said:
Anything can work ingame. Just because you beat the Elite Four with a Hydro Cannon-using Blastoise doesn't make it good.



And whose fault is that? We won't insult you unless you really need to be insulted.

And all of this wealth of knowledge about how we competitive battlers act all the time is coming from somebody who's never been to CRMT. ._.
I have been to CRMT a few times out of boredom.
*points up to post*
No flame wars please.
 

Horn Drill

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masquerainmistress said:
I have been to CRMT a few times out of boredom.

O rly?

*points up to post*
No flame wars please.

You're the one complaining about how competitive team raters are big bad bullies with their skillz. >_> We certainly deserve to be hated for doing our friggin' job. ._.

In conclusion, the more you use Hyper Beam, the more you look like a nube.
 
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Shun

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Tsk... Tsk... I think both of ya are picking fights. Simple as that. If someone holds a mightier than thou tone(even if you can beat them) expect someone to take offense. If someone blames one of being insulting expect the one you blame to take offense. Simple as that.

As for hyper beam, I will once again reiterate that it is fine(not best but not worst) in game where if you KO with it you can switch. Should have let that happen competively in my opinion. Would have made it something other then a last resort suicide move(weak compared to the others of that type) for pokes who don't get the 'Go Boom' moves. That is of course assuming there is nothing else you want that could go there.
 

V Faction

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I find Hyper Beam to be utter crap.

Sorry for the bluntness, I haven't read the other posts in here.
 

Horn Drill

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Shun said:
Tsk... Tsk... I think both of ya are picking fights. Simple as that. If someone holds a mightier than thou tone(even if you can beat them) expect someone to take offense. If someone blames one of being insulting expect the one you blame to take offense. Simple as that.

Uhh... Hyper Beam is not good. Simple as that. ._.

As for hyper beam, I will once again reiterate that it is fine(not best but not worst) in game where if you KO with it you can switch. Should have let that happen competively in my opinion. Would have made it something other then a last resort suicide move(weak compared to the others of that type) for pokes who don't get the 'Go Boom' moves. That is of course assuming there is nothing else you want that could go there.

Why waste a moveslot on an attack you'd only use at the end of the battle? Hyper Beam isn't supereffective against anything, and it only gets STAB from Normal types. Any Normal type you'd try to use it on would probably get creamed when it rests on the next turn.
 
just switch to Blissey or some other healer.
Look, i dont know about you, or anyone else here, but i find getting blissy a waste of time and effort, simply for the fact that your gonna waste 3 turns
Switching
Healing
Switching again
in that time, you could peobly have over done the damage done by the stat effect and just destroied the opponent
and it only gets STAB from Normal types
and Correct me if im wrong, but normals dont get STABs
 
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Shun

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In game(unless my game was bugged) if you succesfully KO you can switch afterwards while they are bringing in thier new poke. So you see it is just like a CB'er who had a counter switched in. Cept you don't have to let your other poke take a hit since in game it starts you as with coming out at the same time.

In game it is definately a decent move. Though there are ones I would deem better it is far from as bad as some say(at least in game.. still haven't found too many ways to deem it good in competitive cept a last resort, but it takes a horrid move pool for that sort of use.. or maybe someone is hoping it would be a surprise.. meh).

See it isn't limited to just competive. Both types of play are considered in this poll. If it was just competitive.. I would likely say it is quite deserving of its bashing. However, in game balances it out somewhat since it isn't all negative. Being able to pull it after it's use makes it a fairly interesting move. And in my opinion means that it does indeed get a bit more hash then it tends to need. In game it has multiple uses... just don't use it if you won't KO your opponent.
 

Horn Drill

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WanderingRhythmicalPhoenix said:
Look, i dont know about you, or anyone else here, but i find getting blissy a waste of time and effort, simply for the fact that your gonna waste 3 turns
Switching
Healing
Switching again
in that time, you could peobly have over done the damage done by the stat effect and just destroied the opponent

Would you rather do that to heal all your status conditions and absorb pretty much any Special Attack, or let your Slaking be burned and useless?

and Correct me if im wrong, but normals dont get STABs

They do.
 
Horn Drill said:
Would you rather do that to heal all your status conditions and absorb pretty much any Special Attack, or let your Slaking be burned and useless?
I dont use slacking. I prefer Tyranatar.



Science when? I Know they didnt used to... I think
 
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Obiwan Shinobi

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dynamo said:
Hyper beam sucks. Period.

Even on Slaking it sucks, Slaking can't be switched out because of Hyper beam.

The Dark Venusaur stuff is over.

Hyper Beam sucks,
 

Horn Drill

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WanderingRhythmicalPhoenix said:
I dont use slacking. I prefer Tyranatar.

Tyranitar used Hyper Beam!

Pokemon fainted!

Horn Drill switched in Breloom/Blaziken/Salamence!

Breloom/Blaziken used Focus Punch/Sky Uppercut/Dragon Dance!


Science when? I Know they didnt used to... I think

Well, they do now. o_O
 
Horn Drill said:
Tyranitar used Hyper Beam!

Pokemon fainted!

Horn Drill switched in Breloom/Blaziken/Salamence!

Breloom/Blaziken used Focus Punch/Sky Uppercut/Dragon Dance!
I also havent had HB on him in a LLOOONNNGGGG time, He has Mega Punch insted, because they get traded around so much, Return is pretty useless.
And what good is Dragon Dance? Next turn i'll probly switch to Swampert/Kyoger/Articuno and Icebeam/blizzard Sala. Swampert of Kyoger would Surf Blaziken, and Articuno would Areal Ace Breloom



Well, they do now. o_O
News to me
 
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Horn Drill

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WanderingRhythmicalPhoenix said:
I also havent had HB on him in a LLOOONNNGGGG time, He has Mega Punch insted, because they get traded around so much, Return is pretty useless.

Why use Mega Punch (or any Normal type attack) on Tyranitar at all?
 
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