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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.

SmexySnarf
06-01-2008, 04:58 PM
It's a decent argument, but like you said, it's usage is in the 40's, and OU is determined by USAGE, not if something is better than it.

Also, not everyone likes having sandstorm flying around

Farmer
06-01-2008, 05:36 PM
Who told you it choosen only by usage only site that does that is smogon every other goes by usage and power if a pokemon outclass by others it becomes bl ex azelf and gengar being better then alakazam because if it was done by “usage” we would have to add alakazam,roserade and kingdra to ou if it was simply usage there would be need for any forms of discussion.

ShieryuSilvr
06-01-2008, 10:44 PM
Actually he's being used less so im ok with this kind of switch

XxSalientxX
06-02-2008, 09:34 AM
Doesnt ice shard ohko garchomp?

Farmer
06-02-2008, 10:41 AM
rofl it needs atk evs to even 2 hit ko does between 146-172

Duskie
06-02-2008, 04:29 PM
lol hippo>pert>donphan

XxSalientxX
06-03-2008, 06:30 AM
lol hippo>pert>donphanAint it the truth.

impostoroak557
06-15-2008, 06:56 AM
Doesnt ice shard ohko garchomp?

maybe with max attack and a choice band

mosers15
06-15-2008, 08:02 AM
lol...its useless donphan would suck if it didnt have decent hp and good defense

it should be UU if it didnt outclass sandslash in UU......BL for sure..

Eternal
06-18-2008, 10:47 PM
Donphan --> Moved to BL

ikke
07-03-2008, 09:31 AM
donphan too BL. outclassed by Hippo