Tainers14
12-07-2012, 06:40 PM
Everyone has that one pokemon that they love using in competitive battling. It's that one pokemon that they rely on to secure them clutch wins. It's also that one pokemon everyone knows inside out.
For me, it's Heatran. Heatran has a monstrous special attack and relatively good defense stats, the only thing that it really lacks is speed(lands at 278 after max speed/timid nature, which is one less speed point than adamant lucario or modest p-z (base 90 neutral nature gets 279) the bracket within a bracket). However it can out speed many walls, making it good for checking against physical walls such as skarm or gliscor (if you're ballsy) and it can bait the switch and get a free substitute. Btw if you don't have sub on heatran, especially in gen 5, you're doing it wrong. subtran makes it really good a scouting out how your opponent reacts to heatran and how you can neutralize their reaction in order to make heatran a terrifying menace.
I think the main reason why I find heatran so appealing is that its type coverage is incredible. If it gets bared up with a grass and a water type you have a walling combination that is hard to break. Celebi + heatran is really cool since they cover each other perfectly. Also with para support it makes it easier for heatran to get free switches since most sweepers won't be able to outspeed it.
The best way to deal with heatran is to simply catch the person off guard and randomly go for the super power with scizor when u-turn on celebi seems like it's the obvious choice. When heatran goes down, it hurts any team since it's type coverage is that good, so try and take it down early, makes it easier for you to win.
k now let's hear about your guys' fave competitive poke!
For me, it's Heatran. Heatran has a monstrous special attack and relatively good defense stats, the only thing that it really lacks is speed(lands at 278 after max speed/timid nature, which is one less speed point than adamant lucario or modest p-z (base 90 neutral nature gets 279) the bracket within a bracket). However it can out speed many walls, making it good for checking against physical walls such as skarm or gliscor (if you're ballsy) and it can bait the switch and get a free substitute. Btw if you don't have sub on heatran, especially in gen 5, you're doing it wrong. subtran makes it really good a scouting out how your opponent reacts to heatran and how you can neutralize their reaction in order to make heatran a terrifying menace.
I think the main reason why I find heatran so appealing is that its type coverage is incredible. If it gets bared up with a grass and a water type you have a walling combination that is hard to break. Celebi + heatran is really cool since they cover each other perfectly. Also with para support it makes it easier for heatran to get free switches since most sweepers won't be able to outspeed it.
The best way to deal with heatran is to simply catch the person off guard and randomly go for the super power with scizor when u-turn on celebi seems like it's the obvious choice. When heatran goes down, it hurts any team since it's type coverage is that good, so try and take it down early, makes it easier for you to win.
k now let's hear about your guys' fave competitive poke!