School Girl Emily
06-02-2009, 03:39 PM
Before Platinum, Garchomp seemed to have the same OU-or-Uber issues.
And this time, it's something else faster than Garchomp (and having both attack and sp.atk. above 100) that has the same issues.
Anyways, the reason why Garchomp was pushed to the Ubers is its ability, which makes countering difficult due to the evasion. Not only that, but it also has respectable HP, Defense, and Sp.Def.
And Shaymin-S have slightly lower HP, Defense, and Sp.Def compared to Chompy (just a difference of 8, 20, and 10 base points) and Shaymin-S having a slightly shallower movepool, so I guess Shaymin-S will be considered OU. And Shaymin-S is also hurt more by Stealth Rock and Sandstorm.
Both Chompy and Shaymin-S can Swords Dance though, and both too are double-weak to Ice, but Chompy can use the Yache berry effectively due to slightly higher HP and both of its defenses, and has higher attack stat to use swords dance effectively.
Although Shaymin-S is faster...
But can be revenge killed easily, especially Ice Shard.
And this time, it's something else faster than Garchomp (and having both attack and sp.atk. above 100) that has the same issues.
Anyways, the reason why Garchomp was pushed to the Ubers is its ability, which makes countering difficult due to the evasion. Not only that, but it also has respectable HP, Defense, and Sp.Def.
And Shaymin-S have slightly lower HP, Defense, and Sp.Def compared to Chompy (just a difference of 8, 20, and 10 base points) and Shaymin-S having a slightly shallower movepool, so I guess Shaymin-S will be considered OU. And Shaymin-S is also hurt more by Stealth Rock and Sandstorm.
Both Chompy and Shaymin-S can Swords Dance though, and both too are double-weak to Ice, but Chompy can use the Yache berry effectively due to slightly higher HP and both of its defenses, and has higher attack stat to use swords dance effectively.
Although Shaymin-S is faster...
But can be revenge killed easily, especially Ice Shard.