Nooo. 1st vgc, and now gbu. Smeargle's usability is now gonna decrease so much. Its sad that there going to do this. Its not even used much as is.I just read on Serebii that Random Match-up rules will be updated on December 27, which involves banning the move Dark Void altogether!!! Man, I just cannot express how happy I am.
Don't go throwing around n00b like the word is cool and that describes eveything that happens online. There have been less disconects recently (at least in my case, I finally get my wifi to do random matchup sucessfully and only have 2 dc's so far). There is nothing noobish about chansey + shuckle besides "IF" minimize is in play. It's a valid strategy otherwise.Honestly, GBU Doubles is very useful for when I'm practicing for VGCs, or at least that's what I would've said if people weren't disconnecting just after the 2nd turn 58% of the time. It's great that Dark Void got the Ban Hammer. Now all I have to worry about is Breloom and Amoonguss as far as Sleep moves are concerned. As far as I'm concerned, Dark Void being banned is the only thing that keeps n00bs from abusing it with Smeargle. It's like that mess with Guard Split Shuckle and his partner, Chansey. High defenses + Minimize spam = n00b's victory.
AbomasnowHow do people deal with Rain? I've got two teams I'm testing for the upcoming tourney. One has a Ferrothorn, Jellicent, and Paralysis support, the other is a Sand team and even has Gastrodon (Rindo + Mirror Coat to kill Ludicolo). Even though I can beat the standardest of Rain teams, there are so many variant strategies that I find myself getting thrashed by a Tornadus or Manectric or Cradily way too often.
Regice can pretty much cockblock any rain special attacker if it's not packing Focus Blast. You will need to be weary of Rock Slides and Scizor's Bullet Punch.How do people deal with Rain? I've got two teams I'm testing for the upcoming tourney. One has a Ferrothorn, Jellicent, and Paralysis support, the other is a Sand team and even has Gastrodon (Rindo + Mirror Coat to kill Ludicolo). Even though I can beat the standardest of Rain teams, there are so many variant strategies that I find myself getting thrashed by a Tornadus or Manectric or Cradily way too often.
trick roomHow do people deal with Rain? I've got two teams I'm testing for the upcoming tourney. One has a Ferrothorn, Jellicent, and Paralysis support, the other is a Sand team and even has Gastrodon (Rindo + Mirror Coat to kill Ludicolo). Even though I can beat the standardest of Rain teams, there are so many variant strategies that I find myself getting thrashed by a Tornadus or Manectric or Cradily way too often.
... has anyone had any success with sun teams? i can't get any to work but i have trouble with them from time to time
Just reposting...My sun team is a little different. Darmanitan, Exeggutor, Weezing, Terrakion and Gastrodon, with Sableye as my Sun set up.I've been using Sableye as my answer to opposing weathers recently. Any Prankster that can use Sunny Day/Rain Dance/Hail/Sandstorm will work though.
Just try and predict when a weather abuser that summons weather you don't like, and change it with priority.
My Sableye is running Sunny Day, along side of Will-O-Wisp, Confuse Ray, and Detect. I considered Fake Out over Detect, but my set is running just fine for what I want it for right now.
Prioritize your weather, I say!