Farmer
06-01-2008, 01:20 AM
Ok been meaning to make this thread.Well it should be obvious Donphan not the threat it was at begining of the D/P Metagame.Its usage may be within the 40s though it enough to merit ou status.So today im going to compare Donphan to a ou that has higher usage and outclasses it at what it does.
So lets take a look at Hippowdon
Base 108 hp
Dohphan 90 hp
A minor diffrence but makes a diffrence to something meant to support and wall.
On to attack Hippowdon
Base 112
Donphan 120
Ok one of phans few points over hippo.
Now we move on to Def
Hippowdon base 118 where as phans is 120 minor diffrence which doesnt give it merit since it lower base hp doesnt allow it to take hits as well.
So what moves do Donphan have that are worth noting ?
-Knock off
-Rapid spin
-Iceshard
Ok Donphan shouldnt be used as spinner due to its typing much better choices ex starmie.He may have a prioty ice move but in no way does hippowdon unable to deal with dragons due to have icefang.
Now whats does Hippowdon have over Donphan.
Yawn
Crunch
Curse
Slack off
Its get instant recovery which is more then enough a reason to see it does the job better.It can stat up phaze or pseudo phaze unlike phan so ubless someone can validate a reason i dont see why it needs to be ou anymore.
So lets take a look at Hippowdon
Base 108 hp
Dohphan 90 hp
A minor diffrence but makes a diffrence to something meant to support and wall.
On to attack Hippowdon
Base 112
Donphan 120
Ok one of phans few points over hippo.
Now we move on to Def
Hippowdon base 118 where as phans is 120 minor diffrence which doesnt give it merit since it lower base hp doesnt allow it to take hits as well.
So what moves do Donphan have that are worth noting ?
-Knock off
-Rapid spin
-Iceshard
Ok Donphan shouldnt be used as spinner due to its typing much better choices ex starmie.He may have a prioty ice move but in no way does hippowdon unable to deal with dragons due to have icefang.
Now whats does Hippowdon have over Donphan.
Yawn
Crunch
Curse
Slack off
Its get instant recovery which is more then enough a reason to see it does the job better.It can stat up phaze or pseudo phaze unlike phan so ubless someone can validate a reason i dont see why it needs to be ou anymore.