Locked Wrote:Ken, I'm going to make a good team and show you eventually.
EDIT: Need to think of a better Wall, any suggestions?
Some of the best walls in the metagame are in OU, sadly. Not sure if Dusclops is UU or not, but he's a pretty good physical wall. Movesets for him varies from person to person, you can use it like you would with a Weezing. Pain Split, etc. Not sure how Dusclops sets are in 4th gen. :/ Back then, it was Will-O-Wisp, Pain Split, and some random crap mostly made to piss people off and tank hits.
I think Skarmbliss is near obsolete in 4th gen, so assuming Blissey is UU (LOL?), use that for a Special Wall. If not, use Chansey, which isn't as bad. They're slightly inferior compared to back then, but still useful. I try not to use Smogon Standards unless I have to, but usually, I change the EVs-spread a bit or take out a certain move and add in something that I would think is more useful, meh.
That's why metagame is so hard, do you trust the Standard sets listed on Smogon, and use that to predict, or do you believe in purely instinct? Ie:
If you were winning and constantly sweeping with, let's say Altaria (with DDx2). Your opponent sends in a Salamence (no DD), you question on whether they have Choice Scarf, Choice Band, or some sort of OMGWTF attack that will freak you out. Would you refer to the Smogon standards listed in Smogon for prediction, or believe that they might have something else up their sleeve? That's why metagame is fun. You don't need to necessarily set-up everything, though I start to see that it's relied on heavily in 4th gen based on all of the battles I've witnessed. Stealth Rock, Toxic Spikes, constant Subbing to hide behind + healing, etc.