One example would be switching Vaporeon into Cloyster, which might be looking to take out your Zapdos or Raikou with Explosion. Target On Bulbapedia's Movedex On Smogon's Movedex On Eevee's Movedex 1 Description 2 Effect 3 Pokémon that learn Volt Explosion 3.1 Level Up 3.2 Breeding this move has the following additional effects: User faints. The only new changes are that the Dark and Steel types get to keep their typing (we'll throw the Dark types a bone and change Bite to Dark type, but no other moves are changed). Exeggutor is mostly held back as an Exploder by its limited defensive abilities. Furthermore, the exclusive SPL XII … WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. The main role of Forretress is to set up Spikes. JavaScript is disabled. Alolan Golem. Of course, if you don't have a good Normal-resisting Pokémon in your pocket, Explosion does little good if it KOes the wrong thing. However, there is some finesse to using Gengar to Explode on Raikou; it's slower, 2HKOed by Thunder, and normally doesn't OHKO with Explosion in return (the minimum damage 86% against most Raikou, 90% against Raikou with Hidden Power Water, and 92% against the rare Raikou with Hidden Power Grass), so unless you plan ahead and make sure Raikou is weak enough to be taken out (and preferably paralyzed so you don't have to take a big hit or risk it using Reflect to neutralize your Explosion), Raikou might barely survive and use its ridiculous Speed to use Rest next turn, thereby negating that Explosion! If Skarmory is looking somewhat low on health and still needs to be able to wall Snorlax, it might not be the best idea to aim to use it to absorb Exeggutor's Explosion. On top of its raw power, because Snorlax is very often a defensive lynchpin of a team, very few people assume from the outset that Snorlax will use Selfdestruct, so this can catch a lot of people by surprise and force them to lose an important Pokémon before they even realize what is happening. Spe. For example, Raikou can use Reflect to prevent Gengar from blowing it to bits, Vaporeon can use Acid Armor to protect itself from Explosion while setting up, and Tentacruel can use Substitute to block attempts to explode on it. There are effective ways to combat the use of Explosion to ensure that you end up on the winning end of your opponent's attempts to trade Pokémon. The first is that its Explosion is fairly obvious when used defensively by Exeggutor; it cannot survive a Belly Drum Snorlax's Frustration, and because it is outsped by Vaporeon and Electric-types, if it doesn't pull the trigger quickly it could find itself in a situation where it is outsped and OHKOed. Vine Lash Wildfire. Explosion is much more secondary to Forretress's function than, say, Cloyster, because Forretress is slower and has no attacking prowess outside of a fairly weak Hidden Power Bug to dissuade Normal-resistant Pokémon from switching in. In Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team and Explorers of Time and Darkness and Sky, Smog is a move with 4 base power, 73% accuracy, and 17 PP.The user attacks enemy in front of them, and might poison them. Misty Explosion cannot be used when a Pokémon with the Ability Damp is on the field. In the overview, change Golem switching into Dodrio's Hyper Beam into it can switch into Hyper Beam and anything Dodrio can do. **Articuno**: While Articuno has the potential to be OHKOed by Golem’s STAB Rock Slide, it is immune to Earthquake. Explosion can be used as a suicide attack to heavily damage a single threat, while Protect is useful to scout Choice Scarf users, notably Magnemite, and deter High Jump Kick from Mienfoo. Trading down is a concept commonly seen in chess when a player has a material advantage and/or wants to simplify the game to avoid giving theiropponent an opportunity to develop a crazy tactical attack, and using Explosion to achieve the same effect in GSC is very sound strategy. This means that it can be OHKO'd UU's aforementioned Water types. Explosion ensures Golem doesn't lose option value if it is paralyzed, so absorbing Stun Spore or something in really bad spots isn't inherently bad, and Body Slam paralysis isn't the end of the world when it's trying to check Normals and the like. This is the most straightforward way to counter Explosion, and is generally the riskiest, as most good Explosion users have ways of dealing with the Normal-resistant Pokémon that could otherwise switch in. This move is prevented from executing if any active Pokemon has the Damp Ability. 90. While slow, it's OHKOed by no unboosted attack not named Explosion or Selfdestruct, and its SelfdestructOHKOesany unboosted Pokémon that does not resist it. Unlike its fierce competitors such as Bellsprout, Bulbasaur, and Deerling, Seedot lacks usable offensive stats, a secondary STAB, and even a decent Speed tier, with only Explosion to set it apart from other Chlorophyll attackers. SpD. Ideally, you should be sacrificing something that doesn't stand to lose very much if your opponent actually ends up bluffing. Misty Explosion inflicts damage and causes the user to faint. Smogon Pokemon. To put that in perspective, one Snorlax's Selfdestruct is stronger than two Thick Club Marowak's Earthquakes. As a defensive cog, however, its Poison typing leaves a lot to be desired, although outspeeding Snorlax and Marowak before a Curse, in addition to handily surviving Vaporeon Surfs, makes it a pretty solid defensive Exploder (although, as with anything slower that Explodes to stop Vaporeon, watch out for Acid Armor). Of course, this example assumes the common, although by no means universal, situation wherein you judge your Electric-type to be more valuable than your Vaporeon. It's something that can happen, but i don't think it's common enough or something you can plan for enough to be mentioned in an analysis. Explosion deals high damage, but causes the user to faint. It is the TM64 found in Route 15. It draws Earthquake-immune Zapdos and is also good at taking out Suicune because it can survive a single Surf and, after a single Curse, is guaranteed to OHKO it with Explosion. The best way to switch a Normal-resistant Pokémon into an Explosion is to do so when the risk is mitigated. While somewhat reliable, Explosion is still a fairly risky move, and many "old guard" GSCers will shy away from using Explosion or trying to call bluffs because they feel they're good enough to win most games without having to take that risk. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. Clamp is not a standard move on Cloyster, but it helps a lot with keeping Cloyster's Explosion targets in place. This can be a way for Golem to beat Articuno or get off an explosion against Kang or Persian, even from low health. Bug-Type Pokemon are now innately immune to move-binding effects, confusion, and infatuation Bug types are one of the only Pokemon types that don't have an unique property (Fire has sunny weather, Electric can't be paralyzed, etc.) Sleep-inducing moves and attacks that hurt said Pokémon are very helpful in accomplishing this. Mention that you can punish Hyper Beam. In general, a good offensive Exploder must have some way to force its target to switch in without risking a Pokémon that resists Normal from easily switching in. Using certain moves, while less common, can mitigate the effect of Explosion. subscribe. It typically allows the user to OHKO whatever doesn't resist it, even with only moderate Attack backing the move. Explosion still does a lot of damage even when resisted; for example, an unboosted Skarmory will take 41-48% damage from Exeggutor's Explosion. This move is prevented from executing if any active Pokemon has the Damp Ability. Or H beam, as I keep mentioning. Thick Fat. Thus, Forretress's Explosion is good mostly for defensive emergencies and trading down in the endgame, and is basically useless as a wallbreaking tool. Description **Water-Types**: Due to Golem’s low special, low speed, and 4x weakness to Water, any Water-type is a threat to OHKO Golem. Those might be a good reminder. Say that Articuno can only safely switch into an EQ. For instance, team 213456 will swap the first two Pokemon and keep all other pokemon in order. ★ Vire Padrim do Canal - padrim.com.br/sharktuxa ★----- LEIA A DESCRIÇÃO!!! Cloyster also struggles to fight its way past Explosion-immune Ghost-types, although with enough Surfs on the switch, Cloyster can prevail. 3. . Because most good Exploders dissuade Pokémon that resist Normal from switching in, it's a fairly reliable way of getting rid of annoying pieces on your opponent's side and transitioning to a simple endgame. This is also often utilized by Exeggutor, which can spam moves such as Psychic and Sleep Powder against an active Zapdos that, depending on the situation, might be deathly afraid of taking an Explosion by virtue of being the only remaining counter to a threat such as Vaporeon or Heracross. Smogon's tiering is the basis for Pokémon Showdown. ★ Vire Padrim do Canal - padrim.com.br/sharktuxa ★----- LEIA A DESCRIÇÃO!!! Smogon Tour 31 and SPL XII Apparel Shop. Misty Explosion cannot be used when a Pokémon with the Ability Damp is on the field. Untiered; HP. This combination makes it an extremely good defensive Exploder, as it is faster than the two most common setup sweepers in GSC and can even afford to take a hit when bluffing if the opponent calls that bluff. You'll still have to level up the female Seedot/Shroomish. One of the more subtle tactical uses of Explosion is gaining free turns. Golem should ideally be exploding when it's at ~50% HP as that's where a feather will likely kill it. For each explosion user, there is either a pokemon that does the same job better but without explosion (think golem and rhydon) or that pokemon has multiple strong moves that they might not run explosion (cloyster, exeggutor). However, despite its poor coverage, it often can have everything it needs to keep these Pokémon out: Giga Drain + Hidden Power Fire on a 3 attacks set thatforgoesa status powder keeps both Tyranitar and Skarmory out of its face. 2. Cloyster also has a pretty decent Speed stat, a Defense stat that allows it to tank Snorlax's blows, and a typing that allows it to tank Vaporeon's Surf. If you want to know more about Smogon Tour - including the tournament times and where you play your games - you can read the tournament's introduction or watch 2-time winner BKC further detail the process to new players. Further, a Focus Sash is an incredible item that I discovered lately. Because of its role as a Spiker, it tends to bait Starmie and Explode on it without much trouble at all. There still isn't enough information about Explosion that has been presented, write these points into the 2nd paragraph. OU (OverUsed) is Smogon's fundamental usage-based tier. Teams that appreciate the free switch-in provided by Explosion should be using Golem, so go over this as well. 9; 152 Posts; Created Jul 27, 2015; Smogon Pokemon. I don't think you should mention countering your own explosion. In this sense, Explosion functions somewhat like U-turn in later generations, although it certainly isn't something you want to just spam in GSC. Golem's niche is possessing the strongest physical attack in the tier, so you should be going over how to make use of it in more detail. This allows it to switch in and take out Golem with STAB Blizzard. Description This doesn't make explosion predictable but it at least let's your opponent know you may have it in your back pocket. This move is prevented from executing if any active Pokemon has the Damp Ability. It typically allows the user to OHKO whatever doesn't resist it, even with only moderate Attack backing the move. . However, all of these threats take a ton from Explosion, but are not OHKOed. So you need to read your opponent and try to predict when you can get the most out of explosion and try not to be obvious when you'll use it. report share. If another Pokemon burns/poisons/paralyzes this Pokemon, it also gets that status. Take out the part about covering mons that would obliterate, because it still struggles to damage mons that hit it for 4x damage like Vap and Tang. The most obvious use of a move with effectively 500 Base Power is for wallbreaking. So normally Smogon is a den of super serious, super committed competitive fanatics hanging out. It's also the same power as H Beam and Dig so trying to talk about it like that is a little moot anyways. The 31st edition of Smogon's most popular tournament returns next Friday, 6PM EST! 70. As far as defensively Exploding, though, Steelix is too slow and is weak to too many common types of attack to save the game in many cases, although it does have the distinction of being able to survive a 999 AttackSnorlax's Earthquake. The main role of Cloyster is setting Spikes most of the time, but Cloyster is also a very effective Exploder on top of it all. Under Misty Terrain, Misty Explosion's base power is raised by 1.5×, making it 150. Wildfire Vine Lash Smogon Pokemon. Wrap and H Beam also let it burn of sleep turns and it can wake up if it's a short sleep. STAB QuakeSlide hits super and it can be a little tricky switching a wall or tank into Golem because of that. If you want to know more about Smogon Tour - including the tournament times and where you play your games - you can read the tournament's introduction or watch 2-time winner BKC further detail the process to new players. Moves such as Acid Armor, Substitute, and Protect are more intended to prevent a defensive Explosion from stopping your sweep. It can, however, outspeed a DrumLax with an Agility boost that has been Baton Passed from Jolteon, making it a great last line of defense against a Baton Pass sweep. In Generation 1, Explosion has a base power of 170 (doubled to 340 with the defense-halving). It's nitpicky, but I think you should change Explosion is the reasons it's a good wallbreak to its one of the reasons. Body Slam para or Sub also mean that Art dies. One way to use rest is when Golem gets low on health, it can go for Rest, as the opponent switches in their sleeping mon to take the explosion. It's mainly for the H Beam thing though, Say that Tangela does OHKO after 1 Growth. There isn't a way for the user to survive an explosion. This is how Exeggutor gets good Explosions in spite of the Pokémon that resist Normal (Skarmory and Tyranitar) that match up well against it. Prevents Explosion/Mind Blown/Misty Explosion/Self-Destruct/Aftermath while active. Counter can work. 70. It's more like seizing a rare opportunity kind of thing. Muk is a pretty cool, albeit unconventional, offensive Exploder. However, Forretress has the distinction of being able to use both Explosion and Rapid Spin on the same set, and it's also defensively sturdy enough to survive any hit from non-Fire Blast Snorlax, max Attack Earthquake from Marowak, and +1 Hydro Pump from Vaporeon and subsequently Explode on them to stop the sweep. Explosion is used to keep up momentum after setting screens, providing a one-time pivot option that brings teammates in as safely as possible and preserves the maximum number of … Or at the very least say something about how it can be hard to use Explosion because of your opponent's prediction skills. That's it, really. Selfdestruct Snorlax can also stop an opposing CurseLax that’s trying to set up much more easily than other Exploders can: unboosted, it does 75-88% damage to an opposing +1 CurseLax, which is extremely difficult for that slow Snorlax to recover from even if it isn't OHKOed, and which the opposing Snorlax will almost never see coming because of how surprising Selfdestruct is. Is Vine Lash and/or Wildfire affecting this side of the field? However, perhaps the biggest boon offered by Steelix's Explosion isn't by what, specifically, it targets, but rather in its allowing the user to trade downlate-game, especially against last-Pokémon CurseLax thatmight otherwise revel in being immune to Roar, or Fire Blast Snorlax that might otherwise envision getting past Steelix easily. Target On Bulbapedia's Movedex On Smogon's Movedex On Eevee's Movedex 1 Description 2 Effect 3 Pokémon that learn Poison Explosion 3.1 Level Up 3.2 Breeding this move has the following additional effects: User faints.