ladders. Not like Slaking isn't UU material anyway. © 2021 GAMESPOT, A RED VENTURES COMPANY. For Pokemon HeartGold Version on the DS, a GameFAQs message board topic titled "Looking at the tier list of smogon. Truant is too much of a disadvantage. are there any gift codes that still work in 2020 for pokemon x? What kinds of fire type pokemon are in sinnoh? lucario could prolly Sd twice. And then you get THE free-est turn EVER. However. They were BL. You're browsing the GameFAQs Message Boards as a guest. Spoovo The Pirate Meep! It eats grass growing within its reach. Anything may be used in Breakdown Ubers Items: - Focus Band - Brightpowder - King's Rock - Quick Claw - Razor Fang - Soul Dew Pokemon and Ability Combos: Caractéristiques du Pokémon Tritosor : PV: 111: Attaque: 83: Défense: 68: Att Spé : 92: Def Spé: 82: Vitesse: 39: Type(s) : Eau. How could he when she was always near? ^ You can't really prove an entirely new metagame without testing it. (All my FC's are in my quote) Ditto, why the hell not? BL got scrapped for the moment, and everyone tossed into UU. OK, so I found out what STABmons is, and apparently it is where a Pokemon can learn any move of its typing. If you resist normal moves or are just overall bulky. This is my first post/RMT, so it'll probably suck... Any-who, here is the team ;289; OU Slaking @ Life Orb 4HP/252Att/252Spd Jolly (+Spd,-SpAtt) Truant Moveset Giga Impact Shadow Claw Earthquake Hammer Arm Basic physical Slaking. In Gen 3, Hyper Beam Slaking could tear apart most things that didn't use Substitute, Protect, or a similar form of protection (Ghosts excluded). Here I am walking on the hill in this town. Double-Edge is very similar to Return but has higher Base Power, and because Slaking has such a huge HP stat, it usually will not take large amounts of recoil damage. The reasoning for this is the fact that all competitive players on this website use that tier list for all battles. View strategies and more for Slakoth on the Smogon Strategy Pokedex. Frankly, the only problem in my eyes that's stopping this from happening is that PU hasn't been reviewed or balanced. The Smogon motto is "Pokémon on the Internet: Let's make i… PU Tier. Versions: Height 6' 07" Weight 287.7 lbs; Gender; Category Lazy; Abilities. [Final] Slaking. Tier is fairly similar to SC's Pokemon Survivor and Face's Ultimate Poké-type tournament. There is voting. Giga Impact SUCKS. They pass Truant to themselves, then the next turn they pass it to the opponent. http://www.techieanalyst.net/index.php?/index. With the exception of the Uber tier, which is considered a ban list, the tiers are solely based off usage from players from the Pokemon Showdown! Privacy PolicyCookie SettingsDo Not Sell My InformationReport Ad. Pokémon: Tier vs. Clan License: 2449-5014-6382 / WW License: 4124-8679-5808. But on OM of the month (December 2020) one of the formats is StAAAbmons. The difference with slaking of course being that it was non-optional. share. Given that Slaking's ability is a net negative and that if he hits Cofagrigus with a contact move his ability will become Mummy, would it be possible to have a set-up in doubles where you earthquake with Slaking once, hit your own Cofagrigus, and rid yourself of Truant? Gig impact slaking can effectively give you 2 free turns to set up ( for truant 1 for the switch out or resisted attack.). Thus, once your ability is Mummy, could you sweep with the now massively overpowered Slaking? I have no idea why you would choose to use Giga Impact on Slaking. Slaking seems like an appealing option at first glance due to its sky-high Attack stat, great bulk, and expansive movepool. Slaking really does not have many other notable items or moves it can utilize. Either way, what was once a comfortable OU (Overused) Pokémon has taken a major fall from grace in the generation shift. Although its many positive attributes were attractive, its crippling ability which could so easily sink a team’s momentum if used improperly sent it down to the tier below. Smogon's tiers are getting shaken up just a bit as plenty of Pokemon are changing tiers this month. Ce Pokémon a changé de tier depuis la dernière mise à jour de cette fiche, les informations ne sont donc plus forcement justes ! What even is that about? Slaking was garbage in gen 3 because it was such a defense-oriented meta that a lot of things carried Protect or Substitute that wouldn't today, like Blissey and Gengar. ~Those who don't know pain, can never know true peace.~. Pokemon like Salamence, Dragonite, Celebi, Heatran, and (Blissy?) They pass Truant to themselves, then the next turn they pass it to the opponent. genGARCHOMP.........U SEE WAT I DID THAR?!?!?! Let's make it happen guys. Sol. Or you could just use a better Pokemon, instead of wasting time setting up Slaking. 640 . (proud Arceusist). Apr 26th, 2012. I can't find a guide on it anywhere, not even from Smogon! It also has a great movepool with coverage against other common metagame threats including Zygarde , Heatran , and Genesect and can utilize alternative spreads to beat bulkier Pokemon like Mega Gyarados . By dumping everything into UU, we might be able to truly sift through what is "too good" and what isn't. Unfortunately, any sort of viability Slaking could have is completely undermined by Truant, making it immobile every other turn and hopeless against users of Protect and Substitute. The official rad dude of the Pokemon X board. I've basically made it my holy mission to make PU a legitimate Smogon/PO tier. It's not worth it. 15 comments. There are winners. I also plan on contacting youtubers and moderators to help spread the idea. I've basically made it my holy mission to make PU a legitimate Smogon/PO tier. Thus, it is senseless to make an unused tier list that is made from people who lack a true understanding of the meta-game. In my opinion the tiers have helped and can slightly hurt because it has organized the competitive scene and helped set the standards for how it … Slaking spends all day lying down and lolling about. It offers guides on battling strategies for people of different Pokémon knowledge backgrounds. Type. I think Smogon could have been wiser about how they approached reworking the tiers, they didn't need to dump every BL Pokemon into UU. I am just wondering what others think of smogons tiers for the metagame and how you think it has helped or hurt the competitive metagame. Soft Resetting for Shiny Starter (How do I Check). I could imagine gyarados getting 2 DD's out of him. Before this turned into 'Giga Impact vs Return on Slaking,' it was about the tiers, correct? As someone who has only played OU, I've always been curious about the other, lower tiers. Slaking would be loafing around on the turn that you fire these moves off. Discussion in 'Gen 5 NU Analyses' started by Spoovo The Pirate, Jan 29, 2013. I also plan on contacting youtubers and moderators to help spread the idea. If it eats all the grass it can reach, this Pokémon reluctantly moves to another spot. There've been a lot of arguments about Pokemon that should be Ubers or about Psuedo Legendaries becoming Ubers. This is a split board - You can return to the Split List for other boards. Smogon University, commonly shortened to Smogon, is a website whose content encompasses competitive Pokémon battling. At least Slaking can switch in and out with Return. Slaking would just get walled by anything running either attack and be forced to switch or get set up on. Giga Impact is the new physical Hyper Beam, and while it's very slightly less accurate then Return, it's still miles above Return in raw power. Instead of waiting on someone else to do it for you, why don't you do some experimenting and come up with your own set? Frankly, the only problem that's stopping this from happening is that PU hasn't been reviewed or balanced. can go there. Her lips tasted like tragedy, but he could never forget her. Will it still be a top tier pokemon though, on par with tyranitar … That's two whole turns of not attacking, and if the Truant passer isn't dead by then, then Slaking is. We start off by getting rid of one whole Smogon tier to speed things up. Truant; Close Ability Info Truant . Eh, I don't know. Usually when you see Slaking, you see Cresselia or Gardevior with it. Tier Remade to be approved. Joined: Sep 29, 2012 Messages: 2,463 Likes Received: 162. updated. The Pokémon can't use a move if it had used a move on the previous turn. Usually when you see Slaking, you see Cresselia or Gardevior with it. The only way to let these moves work is 1) Use a Power Herb, 2) set up Sunny Day for SolarBeam or 3) Skill Swap or Gastro Acid Slaking's abilty away in Double Battles. I was thinking, what if Slaking got a signature move that bypasses Turant? Slaking’s obscene power enables it to deal with some of 1v1’s bulkiest threats like non-Will-O-Wisp Mega Charizard X, Kommo-o, Primarina, and Tapu Fini. You're browsing the GameFAQs Message Boards as a guest. One of the shocks that I came across recently was to see Slaking ranked by Smogon as an NU (Never-used) Pokémon. How do you delete a save file to start over? What if there were a Borderline Tier between Uber and Standard? Slaking OHKO'ing about 68% of pokemon with choice banded giga impact =/= UU, Dont speak ill of the dead, cause you cant see their faces when you insult them! Ninjask can use Protect or Substitute against non-Fury Swipes variants, set up a Swords Dance boost, and use Baton Pass on the free turns. Tier breaking is banned as far as Smogon rules go, but there’s nothing stopping a player from ignoring said ban as Game Freak doesn’t take Smogon into consideration for online play. It’s a strategy that lives up to the series’ core philosophy, but it also flies in the way of basic balancing. However, Slaking does have three alternative STAB options: Double-Edge, Body Slam, and Giga Impact. "holy **** angler fish are ****ing awesome" ~ ruesap12. Yeah, previously BL seemed to be based on a weird mix of Pokes that had been previously BL and some Theorymon arguments about who was too good for UU. That was the problem with the original UU DP metagame. However, Double-Edge is illegal with Night Slash and will … Contribute to smogon/pokemon-showdown development by creating an account on GitHub. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ". In … Choice Scarf Slaking is designed to use a hit-and-run approach to pick off opposing Pokemon one by one. Article Contributor Article Contributor. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Users of Protect can stop Slaking in its tracks: Blissey and Ninjask can use Protect on Slaking's attacking turn and do whatever they please when Truant kicks in. The website was founded by 'chaos' (one of the developers of NetBattle, the most popular battling simulator back then) and is a considerably well-known website, visited by competitive Pokémon battling enthusiasts. Anyone think that's a good idea? Pokémon battle simulator. © 2021 GAMESPOT, A RED VENTURES COMPANY. I figured I'd take a crack at PU for the fun of it, and somehow made a half-decent team! Obviously no one has any real information yet, but considering they thought Mewtwo, a legendary, being 4600 was going to break game balance, its pretty safe to say they won't release Slaking at 5400. Changing Truant to Levitate would be amazing. "I do a lot of push ups and sit-ups and I drink plenty of juice"-Vegeta. Cynthia, Celastic town, Cave, and the Psyduck. Privacy PolicyCookie SettingsDo Not Sell My InformationReport Ad. a guest . can't chimecho learn entertainment? Cookies Pokemon Online will be Adopting Smogon Tiers. Black 2 FC: 3569 1730 6208 She would return every so often. Pokémon: Tier vs. Blissey can use Wish to support its team while Slaking is idling or whittle its HP down with Seismic Toss. Before this turned into 'Giga Impact vs Return on Slaking,' it was about the tiers, correct? As such, I've compiled a list of changes in order remedy this. Although Slaking has absurd stats and movepool that are Uber worthy, it’s always been in the lowest usage tier due to Turant holding it back. As such, I've compiled a list of changes in order remedy this. This tier list does resemble Smogon's Tier list. Sadly, this isn't really an unfair classification either, since its usage has fallen significantly. 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