That would be why. VGC has the pentagon rule mening the Pokémon have to be bred/obtainable in the current game (ORAS in this case). There's no way to get Multiscale Lugia in ORAS, so you need to run pressure. Lugia is also generally accepted as unviable in VGC16, especially the set that you are using. There is a strategy which uses Lugia, where a partner Fling's a Salac berry to Lugia, giving it +1 speed whilst simultaneously activating Lugia's Weakness policy. You also want to practically always run protect unless it's for a very important reason, e.g. you're choiced or you need the 4th moveslot drastically.
Would it be worth teaching my Lucario follow me to absorb fake out? Or to similarly absorb a dark move if I have one with Justified? Or would it just be better to completely focus on damage? It will be in a double battle by the way....
Fake Out has a higher priority than Follow Me, so that's irrelevant. And even if it had a higher priority than Fake Out, you wouldn't flinch because you would have already moved, meaning you wouldn't get the Steadfast boost (which is what I'm assuming you're getting at here). Considering how much of a Glass Cannon Lucario is, using Follow Me seems counter intuitive. You don't want Lucario to be taking hits, you want it to be picking up KOs before your opponent can attack it, since even resisted attacks can hurt with STAB. But the real question is, why use Lucario in doubles anyway? In its non mega state Lucario really does leave a lot to be desired. It's offensive typing is nice, but it faces a lot of competition from faster, stronger and bulkier fighting types like Terrakion. Yes they patch different holes that may be in a team, but being outsped by Mega Kang really doesn't help it. If you are going to use it, I suppose a Mixed set would make the most sense to take advantage of its higher base sp.atk and to make it less susceptible to Intimidate. Inner Focus is probably your best bet to allow it to have a guaranteed KO on Mega Kang assuming they don't switch out or are running the fairly uncommon Protect Kang. Close Combat, Flash Cannon and Protect are mandatory on a set like this. Then you have a choice between quite a few interesting moves. Extreme Speed is probably your best form of priority (since without the adaptability boost, bullet punch won't be hitting particularly hard and E speed has greater neutral coverage), Substitute could be used to shield you from status from slower Pokémon like Amoonguss or to take advantage of an obvious double Protect, Feint can be used to ensure you secure a KO on a Pokémon even if they use Protect and has a higher priority than E speed and Helping Hand could be a niche move to power up your allies attacks. Max Speed is a must, and you should get a good split between physical and special attack to ensure you pick up the KOs that you need to. Naive nature makes the most sense to minimise damage taken by priority moves (which are almost entirely physical, the only special priority move I can think of is Vacuum Wave which Lucario wouldn't appreciate anyway).
Here's a morsel I need some help on. Meteor form Minior vs Carracosta. Assume 31 IVs in Speed. Ignore EV investment in Speed stat also for now. Carracosta uses Shell Smash. Gets the two stage speed boost. So how then could a Meteor form Minior still manage to outspeed the turtle? It must've been scarfed, right? Because unless I'm missing something glaringly obvious, I'm at a loss here as to how this was possible...
Yes in meteor form it would have to have a scarf. With max ivs, evs, and a beneficial nature after shell smash carracosta would have 358 speed while a scarfed meteor form minior would have 360.
Awh man, two points in the difference!? I feel robbed, haha. Oh well, back to the drawing board with Carracosta I guess.
A dated question but what would you guys recomend for a hail team in sun. I have slush rush sandslash and snow warning ninetales to start with but I'm not certain what else to uses. Sandslash @ Life Orb/Chople Berry 5IV Missing SpA Ability: Slush Rush EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Adamant Nature - Swords Dance - Icicle Crash - Iron Head - Earthquake Ninetales @ light clay 5IV Missing Atk Ability: Snow Warning EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Timid Nature - Aurora Veil - Freeze-Dry - Moonblast - Encore What do you guys think I could or should do with this?
I'm assuming this is for use in OU. Honestly I'm not all that familiar with the current OU metagame but I do know that Sandslash + Ninetales isn't too viable. Ninetales is a strong option due to its access to Aurora veil and that's about it, and with its poor defensive typing Sandslash just doesn't take advantage of it like you would hope. Stacking ice types isn't the best thing to do, again because of the numerous weaknesses they have. Really if you want a weather abuser you'd be better off with something like Ttar + Excadrill or rain. If however this team is for VGC where the core is more usable, I would recommend these sets instead. Ninetales-Alola @ Focus Sash Ability: Snow Warning Level: 50 EVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe Timid Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Blizzard - Aurora Veil - Freeze-Dry - Protect Sandslash-Alola @ Groundium Z Ability: Slush Rush Level: 50 EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe Adamant Nature - Earthquake - Icicle Crash - Iron Head - Protect As for teammates, again it depends on the format. For singles, hazards are massively important to both have and remove. A defogger like Tapu Fini could make sense, and hazard setters like Lando-T and Ferrothorn could work. Really I couldn't tell you without just making a team for you, what you choose should be based on the other choices you've made.
I'm looking for help in DOU and VGC18 teambuilding, as well as possibly competitive tutoring. If anyone is willing to help please let me know! (Disc server ping would be prefered) Why chopple on sandslash? Probably Cary somthing like life orb, z-move, band, or some other attack boosting item... slash is supposed to hit as fast and hard as possible, not survive hits Mod edit: please use the edit button to add to the previous post. You can quote multiple people in the same post.
There isn't necessarily a best moveset, it depends heavily on the team it's on and the roles you need it to fill. You also haven't specified the format which basically makes this question impossible to answer.
