A lot of people tend to fuck around in Ubers, especially with leads.guys, ever look at the very bottom of the statistics and see what kind of bullshit is used in one battle in the month? I know it's only one use, but why the fuck would those guys even see that one use? I just find it odd is all.
And why did more people lead with Magikarp than Garchomp? O_O
If I used LO Staraptor, I don't really see much reason to use Return. Return doesn't really offer anything other than a neutral hit against Zapdos. For many other things, I think Quick Attack would be more useful to at least finish off severely weakened Pokemon who are faster. I'd rather go Roost instead of U-Turn, because Staraptor takes so much residual damage from LO, Sand, Brave Bird, and Stealth Rock if you don't have a Spinner, and sometimes the opponent would bring in a priority user to finish off what could have been a weakened Pokemon.Staraptor is really an underrated threat. 85/70 defense isn't that bad, especially with Intimidate, and it has perfect coverage (minus Rotom) with Return/Brave Bird/Close Combat. That leaves the 4th slot open for Roost/U-Turn, both of which work well with Spin support.
That's definately me: http://www.smogon.com/forums/showthread.php?t=78446137 | Skuntank | 64 | 0.05
If you're using Magikarp, you either don't CARE about competitive value, or you want to use the weakest Pokemon you can find.Staraptor fares decently well in the OU metagame; Machamp fears Brave Bird, and few Pokemon resist Fighting/Flying type coverage. Problem Pokemon are Infernape and Starmie and Jolteon, so a pivot for them will suffice. Recently, a Life Orb Staraptor has gone on site as well. Surprisingly effective.
Also, Magikarp? At least have the dignity to use Luvdisc :P I mean, look at it. It has higher stats, Swift Swim with higher speed to abuse it, learns everything Magikarp does, and more movepool than it.
Because Spinda's a badass who can use Trick Room, Hypnosis, etc.Who would want to use Spinda as a lead? And yet it saw 134 usages...
It is still banned on Shoddy Battle. I can imagine it is doing very well on wifi matches though.Thanks slave Doug anyway is Heracross tearing apart the UU metagame yet?
Gengar is number 3 and Flygon almost in the 10. Thanks for the stats Doug.Flygon almost in the top 10. good stuff
The sad part is that I know who used Spinda those 134 times, and it was just 2 people. Spinda doesn't get anywhere near enough love.Who would want to use Spinda as a lead? And yet it saw 134 usages...