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Anonymous Wed 11 Feb 2015 04:25:10 No.22778449 View View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>22778465 >>22778561

Is life orb heracross still viable in the X/Y metagame?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 11 Feb 2015 04:27:42 No.22778465 Report

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>>22778449
Yes, there's just a different moveset that can be utilized with Mega Heracross.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 11 Feb 2015 04:42:37 No.22778545 Report

Quoted By: >>22778675 >>22779043

Sure, scarf would probably be better though since it's kind of slow.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 11 Feb 2015 04:44:54 No.22778561 Report

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>>22778449
In ru probably, anything else it's incredibly outclassed and isn't worth it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 11 Feb 2015 04:59:08 No.22778639 Report

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Burn orb hits harder (even harder than the mega) , is immune to status, and doesn't take away life orb from item clause

It's only 2% extra damage per turn and even gives you a really strong facade

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 11 Feb 2015 05:06:05 No.22778675 Report

Quoted By: >>22779043

>>22778545
This. Scarf heracross is great.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 11 Feb 2015 06:09:17 No.22778987 Report

Quoted By: >>22782801

Burn Orb, Scarf, or Mega Stone. Anything else is novelty at best.

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Anonymous Wed 11 Feb 2015 06:20:36 No.22779043 Report

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>>22778545
>>22778675
Sounds like scarfed moxie Hera is a force to be reckoned with.
I love it.

Also, Hera a qt.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 11 Feb 2015 21:31:12 No.22782801 Report

Quoted By: >>22783031 >>22783034 >>22783077

>>22778987
does burn orb reduce attack

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Anonymous Wed 11 Feb 2015 22:00:31 No.22783013 Report

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>>22779043
Scarf lets it come in on things like Mega Lopunny and Charizard Y

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Anonymous Wed 11 Feb 2015 22:02:19 No.22783031 Report

Quoted By: >>22783055

>>22782801
Not if you have Gust as its ability

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Anonymous Wed 11 Feb 2015 22:02:32 No.22783034 Report

Quoted By: >>22783055

>>22782801
Guts, son.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 11 Feb 2015 22:04:43 No.22783055 Report

Quoted By: >>22783077 >>22783081

>>22783031
>>22783034
Why would you ever want that over Moxie for a sweeper?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 11 Feb 2015 22:06:10 No.22783077 Report

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>>22783055
>>22782801
Congratulations, we're back on square one.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 11 Feb 2015 22:06:40 No.22783081 Report

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>>22783055
Instant boost, allows you to switch out without losing boosts.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 11 Feb 2015 22:35:10 No.22783331 Report

Quoted By: >>22783594

Scarf is better. This is my set

Horn buge (Heracross) (M) @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Moxie
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Megahorn
- Close Combat
- Stone Edge
- Earthquake

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 11 Feb 2015 22:53:28 No.22783475 Report

Quoted By: >>22783509 >>22783541

Right now, the most viable Heracross set that is not mega is Flame Orb with Guts Heracross, used to break stall if your opponent is not using Doublade. It's really fucking good because it don't give a shit about M-Sableye WoW.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 11 Feb 2015 22:56:44 No.22783509 Report

Quoted By: >>22783541

>>22783475
which one's best for the VGC metagame?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 11 Feb 2015 23:00:18 No.22783541 Report

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>>22783475
Ops, it's Toxic Orb, not Flame. Sorry bout that.

>>22783509
I don't really know about VGC.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 11 Feb 2015 23:08:09 No.22783594 Report

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>>22783331
I always liked using this set last gen:
Heracross @ Choice band
Guts
252 Atk+ / 252 Spd
- Megahorn
- Close Combat
- Sleep Talk
- Stone Edge/Facade

Sure, it isn't exactly the most optimal set you can run, but being a status absorber and a reliable Breloom switch-in had its perks. Nowadays you can also use Knock Off which is always useful against its hard counters (namely crippling Gliscor before Poison Heal kicks in, and getting rid of Lando-T's scarf).

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Anonymous Thu 12 Feb 2015 01:08:03 No.22784367 Report

Quoted By: >>22784452

Is it bad that I use Mega Heracross but don't use any moves with him that take advantage of Skill Link?

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Anonymous Thu 12 Feb 2015 01:21:41 No.22784452 Report

Quoted By: >>22784788

>>22784367
Yes. Because your basically wasting a mega slot if your not going to take full advantage of your mega's potential. Why bother using a mega at all if you can't even use it properly?

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 12 Feb 2015 02:05:46 No.22784788 Report

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>>22784452
I use megahorn and normal moves and stuff in case I hit the mega limit for the battle

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