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Agility v.s. Thunder Wave on a special sweeper
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questionfanatic
Psychic Trainer
Joined: Tue May 15, 2007 4:00 pm Posts: 56
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pros:
thunderwave - cuts opponents speed and 25% full paralysis, also remains until opponent is knocked out
agility - raise speed by 2 levels and remains with user
cons:
thunderwave - needs to be used on each new opponent
agility - is removed when user switchs out, knocked out, or hazed / pseudo-hazed
which is perferable on a sweeper which can learn both (i.e. zapdos etc.)
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Sun Mar 02, 2008 12:07 pm |
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Sion9
Pokemon Master
Joined: Wed Apr 11, 2007 6:46 pm Posts: 1241
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questionfanatic wrote: pros:
thunderwave - cuts opponents speed and 25% full paralysis, also remains until opponent is knocked out
agility - raise speed by 2 levels and remains with user
cons:
thunderwave - needs to be used on each new opponent
agility - is removed when user switchs out, knocked out, or hazed / pseudo-hazed
which is perferable on a sweeper which can learn both (i.e. zapdos etc.)
If you're fighting opponents that are just going to switch, then T-wave might be better as it lasts. However, Agility lets Zapdos take out pokemon like Ice Punch Weavile that would otherwise come in on a revenge kill.
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Sun Mar 02, 2008 3:44 pm |
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Platinumdelcatty
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Joined: Mon Mar 03, 2008 7:24 pm Posts: 14
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well it depends on the sweeper's speed, if its fast, give it thunder-wave, if its slow, give it agility
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Fri Mar 28, 2008 8:21 am |
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Big E
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Joined: Sun Nov 05, 2006 5:21 pm Posts: 104
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Platinumdelcatty wrote: well it depends on the sweeper's speed, if its fast, give it thunder-wave, if its slow, give it agility
if its like a jolteon use thunderwave
but a slower special sweeper id use agility
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Fri Mar 28, 2008 4:53 pm |
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hammythepig
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Joined: Fri Nov 16, 2007 7:57 am Posts: 302 Location: Whitby, Ontario, Canada
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Agility is better because some pokemon might have abilities that prevent paralysis.
Then again thats only a few ( , , etc)
Thunder Wave is better if they don't have Limber though
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Fri Mar 28, 2008 4:58 pm |
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Poke'GUY 1025
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Joined: Wed May 30, 2007 5:02 pm Posts: 12
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Platinumdelcatty wrote: well it depends on the sweeper's speed, if its fast, give it thunder-wave, if its slow, give it agility
couldn't have said it better myself.
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Mon Mar 31, 2008 6:10 pm |
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Sion9
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Joined: Wed Apr 11, 2007 6:46 pm Posts: 1241
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Big E wrote: Platinumdelcatty wrote: well it depends on the sweeper's speed, if its fast, give it thunder-wave, if its slow, give it agility
if its like a jolteon use thunderwave
but a slower special sweeper id use agility
Well, Jolteon often has Agility because it can BP, as with Zapdos. (For some common movesets for Zapdos, look here).
If a sweeper is fast enough, though, Twave and Agility are often not used; instead, the sweeper would use an attack boosting move or item with a Spd boosting nature. For Zapdos, though, which does not have a good option for SpA boosting, it's best to go with Modest and focus on Spd.
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Wed Apr 02, 2008 2:52 pm |
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questionfanatic
Psychic Trainer
Joined: Tue May 15, 2007 4:00 pm Posts: 56
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i used zapdos as an example, i'm not trying to come up with a specific moveset for s specific pokemon
i was just wondering for those pokemon who learm both moves which i should use.
thanks 4 the input it makes alot of sense, slow poke use agility, faster use sgility
of course there r exceptions such as a bper
thanks for the replies
feel free 2 lock this topic
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Thu Apr 03, 2008 9:13 am |
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