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       #Post#: 52--------------------------------------------------
       Haxmons Viability Thread
   DIR By: Snaquaza
       Date: July 14, 2013, 4:24 pm
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       Viability Rankings
       S:
       Lucario
       Scizor
       Ninetales
       Omastar
       Escavalier
       Dragonite
       Shedinja
       Cloyster
       A:
       Starmie
       Gengar
       Dugtrio
       Politoed
       Weavile
       Toxicroak
       Hitmonlee
       Kangaskhan
       Drapion
       Alakazam
       Infernape
       Venusaur
       Volcarona
       Fereligatr
       Samurott
       B:
       Tyranitar
       Torterra
       Shiftry
       Cofagrigus
       Meloetta
       Lanturn
       Snorlax
       Marowak
       Jolteon
       Electrode
       Abomasnow
       Jellicent
       Thundurus-T
       C:
       Mismagius
       Aerodactyl
       Torkoal
       Reuniclus
       Ferrothorn
       Blissey
       Virizion
       Kabutops
       Sceptile
       D:
       Tornadus
       Golurk
       Landorus
       Kingler
       Forretress
       Swellow
       E:
       All Others
       Undecided (Playtest)
       Keldeo
       Terrakion
       Venusaur
       Sharpedo
       Crustle
       Liepard
       Mienshao
       Arcanine
       Victini
       Lapras
       Medicham
       Victini
       Sandslash
       #Post#: 55--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Haxmons Viability Thread
   DIR By: Danano
       Date: July 14, 2013, 6:15 pm
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       Sweet nice thread!
       #Post#: 56--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Haxmons Viability Thread
   DIR By: Wolverine
       Date: July 14, 2013, 10:00 pm
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       Azelf and Jirachi both for A Rank. Azelf is in one of the
       highest speed tiers around, has a flinching move, and haxy
       moves. Jirachi is the same, except it's Scarf set can't outspeed
       Scarfmie.
       #Post#: 60--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Haxmons Viability Thread
   DIR By: Present
       Date: July 15, 2013, 2:11 am
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       Stoutland for B at the least, despite Hippowdon not being good
       in this meta due to its low speed and being vulnerable to freeze
       and flinch, in sand Stoutland outspeeds almost everything and
       can hit all pokemon for huge damage with crit returns, super
       powers and pursuits/bite (flinch move) with the last move being
       Iron Head (even more flinch shenanigans with immense speed in
       the sand). It might be better in this meta to run Life Orb
       instead of Choice Band (because one free turn due to a forced
       switch can be disastrous).
       I would argue for A too, the only downside is having to run
       Hippowdon / Tyranitar (Both of who have low speed for this meta
       and scarfing Hippowdon is just silly :) )
       #Post#: 68--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Haxmons Viability Thread
   DIR By: Wolverine
       Date: July 16, 2013, 12:49 am
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       ScarfTar is a decent idea though, with crits it gets all the
       power it needs to Pursuit trap opposing scarfers stuck with a
       NVE move. Even with crits, it has to live one of those. And no
       runs Politoed since it can't survive crits so Stoutland should
       still be a beast. The only problem is it's vulnerability to
       priority which sucks.
       #Post#: 151--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Haxmons Viability Thread
   DIR By: Snaquaza
       Date: July 29, 2013, 11:52 am
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       I'll think about all proposed tier switches, but please give
       comments and arguments, I have some changes myself too and
       actually Politoed is quite decent
       #Post#: 195--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Haxmons Viability Thread
   DIR By: Snaquaza
       Date: July 29, 2013, 7:17 pm
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       okay some Theorymonning as I can't test cuz server is down
       Chandelure
       Ability: Flame Body (If it always activates)
       EV's: 4 HP / 252 SPA / 252 SPE
       Nature: Timid (+SPE -ATK)
       Item: Choice Scarf
       Flamethrower
       Ominous Wind / Shadow Ball
       Dark Pulse
       Energy Ball / Trick
       What it does: The first thing you'll notice about this is its
       typing, it resists moves like Iron Head, Bullet Punch, Vacuum
       Wave, Mach Punch, Quick Attack, Extremespeed and Ice Shard. You
       may already notice it, but that makes up lots of Lucario's
       movepool, one of the hardest Pokemon to defeat, that is where
       the scarf comes in, so it outspeeds all non-boosted, non-scarf
       Lucario's, not only that, but it can also check Scizor and the
       like. Flamethrower always burns, Ominous Wind Raises all Stats,
       but is weaker before the boost than Shadow Ball, so you got to
       look which you like more, Dark Pulse is for the obvious
       flinching and Energy Ball is for coverage, although Trick can be
       used to handle things like Lanturn and the like.
       Rank: I want to propose A rank
       Breloom
       Ability: Technician
       EV's: 4HP / 252ATK / 252SPE
       Nature: Adamant (+ATK -SPA)
       Item: Choice Band
       Mach Punch
       Bullet Seed
       Force Palm / Low Sweep
       ThunderPunch
       What it does: Ever heard of Scizor? Well this hits equally hard,
       but with a better typing priority in Mach Punch. Because it is a
       bit to slow to run Spore effectively here it can forgo Life Orb
       for Choice Band, which makes it an incredibly revenge killer.
       Although it has a lesser defensive typing than Scizor, it has
       multiple advantages over it, which are better offensive typing
       and arguably better other moves. It has in Bullet Punch a strong
       move against locked or slow Water Types and that will be good
       with the lack of Grass Types in this metagame, it also has Low
       Sweep, if you predict a switch you can use it to hit harder and
       lower to foes speed, tho Force Palm does the same for non-limber
       pokemon, but both enable you to hit hard and faster. At last you
       have ThunderPunch as coverage although much moves can be used
       too altho lots are special. But it is too bad it is hindered by
       some of the bigger threads in this metagame like Lucario, Scizor
       and Shedinja.
       Rank: I want to Propose A / B
       I am also having some changes and the idea of a new mon I'll
       keep to myself for now
       Well Chandelure can't learn Ominous Wind :/, so count Shadow
       Ball in
       S > A
       Cloyster, too weak special bulk
       Escavalier, too slow, loses to any flincher that keeps patience
       (Only one I am almost certain about, others are just borderline
       Pokemon for me
       A > S
       Starmie, amazing revenge killer, good typing and attacks
       A > B
       Nothing as of yet
       B > A
       Torterra, great bulk, but ice weakness
       Meloetta, insane special bulk and auto sleep + good special
       attack and able to become awesome sweeper
       Jolteon, insanely fast and decent power + flinching
       B > C
       Shiftry, easily beaten by the suberbly common priority
       Snorlax, idk, not saw it much, but seems a tad too slow
       C > B
       Nothing as of yet
       C > D
       Nothing as of yet
       D > C
       Nothing as of yet
       Say what you think and I know I'll be a bit off at some places
       #Post#: 231--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Haxmons Viability Thread
   DIR By: Snaquaza
       Date: July 30, 2013, 4:29 am
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       oh Present, be aware of common priority in the metagame and some
       scarfers actually outspeed Stoutland, of course I'll think it is
       B, but A might be a tad much
       #Post#: 232--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Haxmons Viability Thread
   DIR By: Srinator
       Date: July 30, 2013, 5:00 am
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       i think porygon-z should be in the same rank as alakazam . its
       not as frail as alakazam and has the same spA stats also it gets
       download. here is one of the sets i suggest
       Porygon-Z @ Focus Sash
       Trait: Download
       EVs: 252 Spd / 252 SAtk / 4 HP
       Modest Nature
       - Dark Pulse
       - Agility
       - Tri Attack
       - Thunderbolt
       
       i guess a scarf set will work better since it can avoid facing a
       priority move at 1% health.
       priority attacks like mach punch can destroy it.but with dark
       pulse ,agility and better defense i think it's a better choice
       than alakazam.
       i agree with escavalier being demoted and thats only because of
       speed,but i guess if somehow a tr haxmon team is made it will
       fit in nicely
       also i suggest azumarill for rank A , mainly cause of aqua
       jet,banded huge power aqua stab jet can wreck and some sr
       support can help it in ko'ing mons easily.
       as for terrakion and keldeo imo terrakion is better but i guess
       we need to test it first
       also in my opinion volcarona doesn't deserve A in this
       tier.mainly cause it cant set up here without being ko'd due to
       being frail to physical attacks and flame body being useless
       against fire mons.
       also latios should be considered for testing
       #Post#: 276--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Haxmons Viability Thread
   DIR By: Snaquaza
       Date: July 31, 2013, 9:33 am
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       Hippowdon can Body Slam, Bite and Iron Head and has a strong
       Earthquake, while as well surviving most physical attacks and
       even some special
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