6th Gen Pokemon of the Week

[Richard and Blaziken]

Yes, I'm finally back for all 3 people that read this with new issues! As before, they'll be posted once a week (though occasionally real life gets in the way, and occasionally I just don't meet the deadline - I am only human after all). The first issue is already up!

Any future issues can be found here!

Leave a comment here or on the article about what you'd like to see next, and I hope you enjoy! :>

[Kerou 犠牲]

As always, I'll give it a cheeky little read. Good to see this back, one of the great features on the site atm =]

[SirBlaziken]

Richard, I have a sylveon set if you're interested.

Also, we all know you're itching to do mega blaziken. Already read it, nice work as usual.

[Richard and Blaziken]

Thanks, both of you! The new issue is up!

I decided on Florges this time, as it's one that most people playing X and Y will have gotten early on in the game and stuck with all the way through to the end. Hope you enjoy!

@SB2K - I believe you're referring to Weakness Policy Aegislash? I know of it, but I find it unreliable overall. If anything, it's a possible slash for the item of choice on a set, but it's down to personal preference. Thanks though!

And to everyone else: feel free to use this topic to both discuss the current Pokemon of the Week, and to suggest future Pokemon you'd like to see covered! Any feedback and discussion is greatly appreciated! :>

[SirBlaziken]

Not me, I got sylveon. It's really the only fairy useful in the standard metagame, seeing as Xerneus is banned

[SaRo|Rapidash]

Not me, I got sylveon. It's really the only fairy useful in the standard metagame, seeing as Xerneus is banned

....what?

Togekiss & Azumarill are way superior. Sylveon can do a SubCM and that's about it, and it's outclassed in this role massively. It's not even the best eeveelution, let alone the best fairy.

[Richard and Blaziken]

Yeah, I'm going to have to agree with Dick here. Mega Mawile, Azumarill and Togekiss are the only things I see running around in standard OU.

[SirBlaziken]

Mega Mawile, Azumarill and Togekiss

Forgot those were fairies. My bad. *Facepalms*

Sylveon can do a SubCM and that's about it

Then the set I run must be gimmicky.

Sylveon @ Leftovers
Calm
Pixilate
252 SpD 252 SpA 4 Spe

Heal Bell
Calm Mind
Moonblast/ Hyper Voice (Hey, goes through sub, plus it becomes fairy with ability)
Draining Kiss

[JSM]

I run a heal bell/wish/hyper voice/protect sylveon very successfully. It surprised me with how good it is tbh, not the best fairy by a long shot, but it's better than I expected.

[SaRo|Rapidash]

Forgot those were fairies. My bad. *Facepalms*

Then the set I run must be gimmicky.

Sylveon @ Leftovers
Calm
Pixilate
252 SpD 252 SpA 4 Spe

Heal Bell
Calm Mind
Moonblast/ Hyper Voice (Hey, goes through sub, plus it becomes fairy with ability)
Draining Kiss

Why would you ever use Moonblast? Like ever? Hyper Voice is more powerful (pixilate gives a power boost) and, as you said, goes through subs.

And this set dies to any physical attacks, general rule is if you're using CM you use defence EVs...

And this set is done generally better by Slurpuff, who also has access to Flamethrower and Cotton Guard.

I run a heal bell/wish/hyper voice/protect sylveon very successfully. It surprised me with how good it is tbh, not the best fairy by a long shot, but it's better than I expected.

Ah, I forgot it even learnt heal bell tbh, it's usually better to just use Blissey for the role of Special Wall come cleric. I mean, Blissey can pass bigger wishes and can take hits better. Sylveons more for if you have some sort of vendetta against Blissey xD ( or for if you're playing wifi and can't transfer a wish Blissey all the way up from emerald xD in which case use Vaporeon who also passes bigger wishes, has access to Heal Bell and Wish also, has better overall bulk and is much more stylish xD)

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Anyway, as for the actual article, it's nice to see you're giving ways of using pokemon that are used more ingame than competitively - especially given that a lot of people don't know what to teach pokemon ingame ^^

[SirBlaziken]

Why would you ever use Moonblast? Like ever?

Moonblast - Power of 95, gets fairy stab
Hyper voice- Power of 90, gets fairy stab with pixilate

It's up to decision.

And this set is done generally better by Slurpuff, who also has access to Flamethrower and Cotton Guard.

Well, it works for me and I prefer using it. It adds a surprise factor to it. Not many actually see it coming in time to stop it. So.... slurpuff can become the next snorlax for all I care.

[Richard and Blaziken]

Pixelate not only changes Normal type moves into Fairy type moves, it boosts their power by 30%, bringing Hyper Voice to a base power of 117. o:

[Richard and Blaziken]

Sorry for the brief delay, but PotW will be posted tomorrow rather than today. I've gotten sick and writing is a slower process for me when I'm sick. :<

[Richard and Blaziken]

Aaand posted! Again, sorry for the delay, but pushing through an article when you're feeling under the weather can be difficult.

This one's on Chesnaught, and will be the first in the series of X and Y starters, so that everyone playing can get a good grasp on how to best use their first Pokemon in-game. Hope everyone enjoys! I promise you won't get sick from reading it! ^_^

[OpalRhea]

Are you planning on doing Greninja at any point?