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Steelix Viability

Anonymous Wed 20 Nov 2013 20:10:36 No.16112780 View View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>16112833 >>16112896 >>16113332 >>16113375

Steelix @ Assault Vest - Adamant
This gives Steelix a special defense of 97.5 instead of its average 65
EVS: 252 Attack | 252 HP | 4 Special Defense
-Earthquake (STAB Earthquake, covers fire weakness)
-Gyro Ball (kills faster foes with STAV)
-Stone Edge (for our feathery friend)
-Thunder Fang (covers water weakness)

So what do you think? Can the assault vest save our steel friend? Also remember when steelix was the shit in gen 2

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 20 Nov 2013 20:12:45 No.16112833 Report

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>>16112780
*STAB

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 20 Nov 2013 20:13:02 No.16112842 Report

Quoted By: >>16112893

Lack of Leftovers recovery is bad... Just stick to using him as a Def wall don't try and get crazy

Anonymous

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Anonymous Wed 20 Nov 2013 20:14:48 No.16112887 Report

Quoted By: >>16112915

>steelix
>useful without stealth rock or curse

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 20 Nov 2013 20:14:52 No.16112893 Report

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>>16112842
i've been playing around with the assault vest for pokemon with massive defense and decent attack, i thought about aggron, but its typing just put me off

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 20 Nov 2013 20:15:01 No.16112896 Report

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>>16112780
I think this set isn't bad at all just the lack of leftovers recovery can really hinder Steelix in the long run especially when other Pokes can run assault vest better

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 20 Nov 2013 20:15:57 No.16112915 Report

Quoted By: >>16113010

>>16112887
thinkin outside the box

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 20 Nov 2013 20:16:06 No.16112917 Report

Quoted By: >>16112956 >>16112960 >>16113201 >>16113655

assault vest is a shit item

it's better to go choice band with sdef evs

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 20 Nov 2013 20:17:44 No.16112956 Report

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>>16112917
in the age of bulk, i think assault vest could be a big change to this gen

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 20 Nov 2013 20:18:02 No.16112960 Report

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>>16112917
Lol what? no. What makes you think that's useful

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 20 Nov 2013 20:20:00 No.16113010 Report

Quoted By: >>16113152

>>16112915
yeah, steelix just isn't good enough for the idea though. 85 base attack unboosted for an offensive poke is really bad

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 20 Nov 2013 20:26:17 No.16113152 Report

Quoted By: >>16113275 >>16113301

>>16113010
what about aggron?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 20 Nov 2013 20:28:09 No.16113201 Report

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>>16112917
I don't think you are thinking ofthe same item the rest of us are thinking of

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 20 Nov 2013 20:29:59 No.16113245 Report

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Slowbro Tangrowth and Tyranitar are some of the best current users of assault vest as of now. I gavent tested any pokebank pokemon yet.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 20 Nov 2013 20:31:14 No.16113275 Report

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>>16113152
should work a lot better since head smash is already really powerful

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 20 Nov 2013 20:32:09 No.16113301 Report

Quoted By: >>16113458

>>16113152
suffers from 4x weaknesses without his mega

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 20 Nov 2013 20:33:29 No.16113332 Report

Quoted By: >>16113371

>>16112780
>No Brave Nature to max Gyro Ball Damage
>No Sneaky Pebbles
>65 base power move with no stab coming from a 85 base attack

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 20 Nov 2013 20:34:02 No.16113349 Report

Quoted By: >>16113422 >>16113611

/vp a shit

NO ONE has seriously noticed that this Steelix set that's running Gyro Ball isn't using a Brave nature? Step it up! You're a disgrace to my favorite Steel type.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 20 Nov 2013 20:35:09 No.16113371 Report

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>>16113332
>>16113332

>Bravenaturemind

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 20 Nov 2013 20:35:24 No.16113375 Report

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>>16112780
DTail instead of TFang.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 20 Nov 2013 20:37:11 No.16113422 Report

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>>16113349
op here, yeah brave is better, i'd agree

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 20 Nov 2013 20:38:53 No.16113458 Report

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>>16113301
that's the thing :/

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 20 Nov 2013 20:45:16 No.16113601 Report

Quoted By: >>16113666 >>16117351

Okay

Okay guys hear me out here.

Gothitelle and Steelix in doubles. First turn Gothitelle uses Low Sweep on Steelix. It tickles and activates Weakness Policy and lowers its speed making Gyro Ball more damage with a +2 attack. Second turn if Gothitelle is still alive you Trick Room while Steelix protects. After this, Gothitelle is dead weight and can be EQ'd if need be.

patent pending

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 20 Nov 2013 20:45:42 No.16113611 Report

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>>16113349
I reccomend iron head cause you wont be damaging anything in the bulky meta plus flinch is nice

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 20 Nov 2013 20:47:30 No.16113655 Report

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>>16112917
>SpDef evs
>ever putting evs into Defenses
pleb

they go in HP

High Def, low HP is shit

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 20 Nov 2013 20:47:58 No.16113666 Report

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>>16113601
you broke pokemon

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 20 Nov 2013 23:07:46 No.16117351 Report

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>>16113601
Wouldn't TR fuck up the gyro ball?

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