EKZ1505
Well-Known Member
On a different note. I had a few VGC 16 matches with a few people on my friends list. Mainly a girl called Miono. It was very interesting seeing how much damage thing can take. Also the amount of times precipice blades missed was phenomenal.
Brave Groudon under trick room outspeeds and OHKO's Ferrothorn too.
Just my two cents.
The accuracy of Precipice Blades is why many people are running Gravity on a teammate, EQ instead (if they have immunities or Wide Guard on the team), or runnning mixed/full special with Earth Power.
Also, did you mean Quiet Camerupt? Brave Groudon does not outspeed Ferrothorn under TR.
I have seen the JPN VGC16 sample teams on nugget bridge, it was funny to see someone actually bringing along Golduck and Shedninja. Golduck also had Soak in its disposal which can be used on Shedninja for shenanigans.
The pokemon you mentioned have indeed good positions in this metagame, as an VGC player I can tell they will function well.. I would also like to give Clefairy a mention since Friend Guard seems really good with the majority of legends with there great natural Bulk.
And no, parasect seems like a great idea actually in conjunction with Primal Kyorge, first it blocks fire moves which parasect hates and gets recovery aswell.. I have seen people run Quiet Kyorge's so the trick room setting seems great with each other. I would say give it a go and let us know how you experciened using parasect xD
Mega Scizor also seems quite strong in this metagame with Kyorge as partner, the natural bulk is very appreciated and is able to shrug of Dragon acsent from Ray and after a sword dance it can kill Ray with bullet punch next turn. Also.. since every legendary mons carries Protect, feint is such a great move imo. Not to mention that it gives a nice answer towards Xerneas too.
Regarding the synchroniser tho, is there any influence on how much max iv's it has?
say a 6V synchroniser gives it an higher chance to encounter a mon with the same nature + More max iv's ?
I did mention Clefairy, but Friend Guard is an important distinction to make of why it may even be used over Clefable. Personally, I prefer Unaware Clefable, especially since you aren't locked into holding Eviolite. Sitrus, Rocky Helmet, or (my favorite) Safety Goggles all increase Clefable's usefulness.
So after a few dozen battles with Parasect, I love it, and I'm pleasantly surprised how well the team has done (into the 1400s already on Showdown, but I'm really hoping that we have a ladder on Battle Spot once the current season is up). I actually am using Mega Scizor based on your idea too, and I'm loving what it can do. I'm still working on the 4th moveslot for him though...Bug Bite just doesn't have great coverage (other than against Cres), and Knock Off is weak when so many Pokemon had mega stones and orbs. I may test out Superpower, but Aerial Ace has been pretty good so far after the boost.
Synchronizers unfortunately have no effect on the IVs of encountered Pokemon.