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It shouldn't matter for in-game really

I feel like setting dual screens and tailwind takes too long

dual screens tailwind u-turn lol

You only have like 1 screens abuser

if I make it reflect I can use the xatu as the screens abuser

What do you think of sigilyph

I've never used one before but is it just better xatu

Xatu has magic bounce, great for competitive but idk how often it matters in this

magic bounce

literally carried me through clay

and continues to be useful

Sigilyph is a really cheap mon if you can get it setup properly

Psycho shift + flame orb (so that orb you bought won't be wasted now), then you use roost, stored power, and either cosmic power or calm mind

well if stored power then you do cosmic power

that's just kind of a given

It's if you want immediate power or not

Even at max power a lack of spA boosts can be underwhelming

understandable

You're walled by darks, so you have to burn stall with psycho shift

what does psycho shift do again

Transfers your status onto the target

ah

And since you have magic guard burn won't hurt you

oh interesting

where do I find a sigilyph

this is the first time I've ever played gen 5

Desert

I think it's in the temple

relic castle?

or desert area

Yeah

Castle

gotcha

It's supposed to be an animated vase or something

it looks like a drum to me

like the bad guys from donkey kong country returns

gent

help me solve this riddle

Man, skyla looks easier than clay

alomomola

but takes neutral from ground fighting

what the fuck type is it

Water

water resists steel?

Yes

oh

I did not know that

Something about rust is the reasoning, probably

I love rust

also each screen in the nymbasa pokemon center costs 30k

guess I really am just getting one of them

and light screen probably

How often does the AI switch

I don't think I've ever seen the ai switch outside of u-turn and volt switch

A lot of these gyms just have easy setup fodder as their leads

like

clay

opens with his nidoqueen

which only has status or hazard

I magic bounce it

it stays in and just keeps trying to use sandstorm

after giving me rocks

I need a better win condition here I think

like

what we've got going on is good

but

Seems like you can kinda get away with using whatever you want

Are you not using in-battle items

held items you mean

or

Potions and x items

I use those

You can make literally any pokemon good then

x items are just priority setup moves

And potions are priority full heals

this is highly true

well I don't use x items

but I do use healing items

not like I don't want to use x items I just never have used them consistently in the past

It's just a question of if you think it's more fun to make strategies with good mons or to make shit mons that you like viable with x items