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t3mporary_126 on 15 April 2009
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wfz said:
t3mporary_126 said:

Metagross can get hit by earth power of flamethrower, and tyranitar can also get hurt by earth power.

However, since Sandstream makes the special defense raise up like crazy (I forgot the %) and that he has a freaking 100 based special defense and 110 defense... Add in Rhyperior into your team with the ability to weaken super effective attacks against him as well as his high defense, you pretty much killed a lead Gyarados, and possibly wear down the bulky water pokemon or those special attackers, like Starmie, until they hit the red or yellow zone.

BTW, this is why I like my Swampert so much.

 

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... Uhhh, what? I never heard that Sand Stream makes his special defence go up, and I can't find any info like that on Serebii.net.

 

Also, I didn't know that Rhyperior had such a badass ability! But cut him some slack, the poor guy is weak to about half of the types of attacks.... :P

That's true, Rhyperior does have a major type disadvantage.

Oh, and I think I might have gotten the sandstream ability mixed up. I know for sure it affects the special stats category in favor for rock/steel/ground types when it comes into play. And it doesn't really affect hugely, but significantly enough to determine what pokemon will win one to one. I think I sort of overexaggerated a bit there... :P I just hate it when rock pokemon will kill my gyarados (sometimes avoiding earthquake comes with a price) in the battle frontier and felt this was a time to vent a little hate to them.