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[The Imposter]

Smergle...

Smeargle has neither the Speed, bulk, or power to Rapid Spin effectively. While it may be unexpected, the hazards Smeargle would intend to spin would destroy his Focus Sash, the only hope of survival for Smeargle.

It honestly depends on the type of team. If you're going for offensive teams, Starmie is the best bet. For defensive teams, the other two are more appropriate.

[pkmnswampmaster]

Who would be the best rapid spinner in OU

Starmie, tentacruel or Forretress?

Most of the time Forretress thanks to it's bulk and typing, but Starmie can also spin hazards while attacking for good damage, Tentacruel is not as effective as the other 2 but with Rain Dish it can be an excellent choice for a rain that need Rapid Spin (If you have Tornadus or Dragonite)

[Serpentine]

Who would be the best rapid spinner in OU

Starmie, tentacruel or Forretress?

It depends on your team ,but here are some reasosn for each.

If you're using a Trick Room team then Forretress is good. It also resists pretty much it'll lose 3/8 of its HP but it can't get badly poisoned. You can also use your own entry hazards, although, then you'd be left with Rapid Spin as your only move, not that you'll last that long anyways... Not unless they weren't smart and didn't pack a fire move. Another option is to have Payback incase of Spin Blockers. Oh and you also have Volt Switch and it's the only one out of the three that can Volt Switch.

Tentacruel would also lose 3/8 of its HP and it removes Toxic Spikes immediately. It has a base speed of 100 which is pretty good. It could also be a special sweeper, a physical sweeper which would help the Rapid Spin or a mix sweeper.

Starmie's the fastest out of the three with a base speed of 115. It can use Rapid Spin and be a dual screener. Only problem is that it's affected by the toxic spikes and after setting up dual screens and spinning that adds up to 75% of your health being gone. You could always recover and that'd be your fourthmove. Then you'd lose another quarter of your health. So possibly switch out after Rapid Spin to get the Natural Cure and then dual screen and recover.

[Blue Harvest]

abrar14 I doubt you're using stall so I'll flat out say the best spinner for you is Starmie. Its an offensive juggernaut and it has enough speed to Rapid Spin pretty much whenever it needs to. It also craps on the common spin blockers like Gengar and can 2HKO some Jellicent with Thunderbolt.

You can't just slap Forretress and Tentacruel and get results like you can with Starmie.

[thatjeremykid]

I would say start out with a Taunt which will allow you to use your other moves. Then T-Wave will slow Down the opponent. I suggest Roar as the last move since if yhou don't like the Pokemon out you can always make them switch. That or U-Turn since you're hindered by Jolly so Volt Switch isn't as good and U-Turn causes damage where Baton Pass doesn't and you have nothing to pass on anyways... Hmmm... I wonder if you can baton pass a transformation. Probably not.

Yea, i was thinking definitely Taunt and T-wave. With Max investment in Speed and HP (since Transform copies all stats except HP). The last move i'm trying to decide between U-turn and Me First. Me First would be cool to hit Psychic and Ghost types that try to use Shadow Ball or something on it. Thanks for your input ^_^

[Serpentine]

Now I feel like a whatever-pokemon-there-is-that-gives-Psyducks-headaches. Oh, right, Alakazam.

Reuniclus @ Leftovers/Life Orb
252HP/252Sp.att
Quiet
Magic Guard
-Psychic/Psyshock(Personal Preference)
-Focus Blast(Near perfect coverage, except against psychic types)
-Trick Room(Well, it is a trick room team)
-Shadow Ball/Recover/Protect(personal preference. Shadow ball for perfect coverage, though Crustle can use X-Scissor. Recover is a reliable way to heal, and protect is good for utility).

Question. What if I replace Focus Blast with Shadow Ball. I cover everything that's weak against Fighting attacks with my Crustle.

[Zachmac]

Question. What if I replace Focus Blast with Shadow Ball. I cover everything that's weak against Fighting attacks with my Crustle.

Well, if steel pokemon aren't a problem, go ahead.

[en sabah nur]

hey everyone. i'm trying to work on my 1st real doubles competitive team ever. i've been trying to practice on wifi but so far my win/loss has been about 50/50. i kinda like most of my team but i've been trying to fill the last slot. any suggestions/criticisms of my team would be appreciated. thank you.

openers:

Swampert 252HP/196Def/60SAtk Careful
earthquake
ice beam
scald
hammer arm
Item:quick claw(i know it's dumb but it's saved my life more than a few times)

Hydreigon 252SAtk/252Spd/4HP Modest
dark pulse
draco meteor
flamethrower
surf
Item: white herb

other opening option:

Gyarados 252Atk/252Spd/4HP Jolly
waterfall
stone edge
ice fang
dragon dance
Item: wacan berry

Metagross 252Def/140Atk/116SDef Impish
stealth rock
meteor mash
zen headbutt
earthquake
Item:either leftovers or air balloon depending on if he opens or not

My sweeper:

Weavile 252Atk/252Spd/4HP Jolly
aerial ace
night slash
brick break
ice punch
Item: Choice band

last slot is usually filled by a choice garchomp or lucario. sometimes curse/slack off hippowdon but i'm wide open to suggestions as to what i should train and any move/poke replacements i should make.

[OverpoweredScizor]

I need a good UU special sweeper that doesn't care about taking fighting-type moves

[Zachmac]

I need a good UU special sweeper that doesn't care about taking fighting-type moves

Mew, Mismagius, Nidoking, or Zapdos.

None of this is from personal experience, though, since I don't actually play UU.

hey everyone. i'm trying to work on my 1st real doubles competitive team ever. i've been trying to practice on wifi but so far my win/loss has been about 50/50. i kinda like most of my team but i've been trying to fill the last slot. any suggestions/criticisms of my team would be appreciated. thank you.

Check out the RMT section.

[Serpentine]

Well, if steel pokemon aren't a problem, go ahead.

Cover that with EQ by Crustle. Then Rock Wrecker for any floaters/Skarmories. Those accursed flyhing birds shall be the death of me.

[schumaga]

This is kind of a noobish question, but here goes:

Imagine that I have a pokemon with 255 evs on one stat, and the other 255 still to spend. Let's supose that I beat some pokemon that gives me 3 evs on that stat. What would happen? I know that it wouldn't add up to the 255 already spent on that stat, but would I be left with only 252 evs to spend or would it have no effect at all?

[Chaos Werewolf]

so would using all three Pledge moves in a triple battle result it all the effects?

[Ilan]

This is kind of a noobish question, but here goes:

Imagine that I have a pokemon with 255 evs on one stat, and the other 255 still to spend. Let's supose that I beat some pokemon that gives me 3 evs on that stat. What would happen? I know that it wouldn't add up to the 255 already spent on that stat, but would I be left with only 252 evs to spend or would it have no effect at all?

when a stat reach 255 evs it is "maxed out" every EV point in this stat will be ignored.

but try to ensure no stat reach 255 but only 252 as 255 waste one EV point

Cover that with EQ by Crustle. Then Rock Wrecker for any floaters/Skarmories. Those accursed flyhing birds shall be the death of me.

never use a hyper beam variant competitively there are only 2 exceptions: porygon-Z in doubles (where he wouldn't survive a hit anyway) and slaking (also try to use it only in doubles)

[Zerdax]

This is kind of a noobish question, but here goes:

Imagine that I have a pokemon with 255 evs on one stat, and the other 255 still to spend. Let's supose that I beat some pokemon that gives me 3 evs on that stat. What would happen? I know that it wouldn't add up to the 255 already spent on that stat, but would I be left with only 252 evs to spend or would it have no effect at all?

It wouldn't work that way. 252 is the maximum amount of EV's for one stat, there's no way for anyone to accumulate more than that. Basically, you'd have to beat 84 Pokémon without Pokérus, or vitamins, or power items.

[Ludwig]

It wouldn't work that way. 252 is the maximum amount of EV's for one stat, there's no way for anyone to accumulate more than that. Basically, you'd have to beat 84 Pokémon without Pokérus, or vitamins, or power items.

255 is the maximum.

[The Imposter]

255 is the maximum.

Correct. However, due to the way the game formula works, the highest EV value you can reap benefits from is 252.

[Ludwig]

Correct. However, due to the way the game formula works, the highest EV value you can reap benefits from is 252.

True, but irrelevant in the context because the statement he wrote is that 252 is maximum.

[Zerdax]

Why do people think it's possible to place 255 EV's in one stat? Blue Harvest didn't post that on her guide.

[thatjeremykid]

^you can put 255 in one stat, but it's pointless since it's not divisible by 4. it is maybe a little insignificant because it's just one stat point you're missing out on though..