The trick to beating one is to chip its HP down to somewhere above half health (the closer the better) before slamming it with a hard super effective hit. The Compendiums we have provided are the Checks Compendium. The user disperses electrically charged particles, which changes Normal-type moves to Electric-type moves. National Dex. The reason I say so is that HO requires you to be two steps ahead of your opponent at most points throughout the battle, strategically weakening. I'm not sure what you mean by "boost" its defenses. Minior is one of, if not, my favorite Pokémon introduced in Generation VII. Ice Beam is generally the preferred attacking move because it OHKOes Noivern and Flygon. High critical hit ratio. Versions: Height 1' 00" Weight 88. Minior is really good, maybe running 4 Def instead of 4 SpDef as you have a lot of SpDef Evs on your team. Minior is a dual-type Rock/Flying Pokémon. -Minior For a grand total of 27 Pokémon left. Minior is an interesting pokemon, it has an interesting ability Shields Down being similar to really good abilities such as Stance Change or Power Construct. Places where Minior fall from the night sky are few and far between, with Alola being one of the precious few. Oct 4, 2017. Minior, The Meteor Pokémon. Moves. Typhlosion-Hisui | SV | Smogon Strategy Pokedex. . . Loading. Water. Loading. Minior being weaker in its shell form is very abusable since a lot of mons can take a +2 and KO it back through the defensive form with a bit of chip first. . 248 HP. A short blurb. This does let Gurdurr activate Guts as it switches in, unfortunately, and Toxic also invites in Pokemon like Aggron and Qwilfish, which can handle both Toxic and Return. Guys, in terms of Smogon tiers, I can safely say that Minior will land itself in OU, with a tiny Hanse to go up or down a tier (could just be my respect talking, but I can see Minior in Ubers). Thread starter Nexus; Start date Nov 8, 2016;Mar 1, 2023. It lives in the ozone layer, where it becomes food for stronger Pokémon. A sizable base 135 Attack coupled with Tough Claws and a wide. This lets you, without entering Core form, outspeed Scarf Lele, Pheromosa, Scarf Landorus-Therian, and Scarf Excadrill. Typhlosion. 100% chance to lower the target's accuracy by 1. Ice Punch is an option that OHKOes Choice Scarf variants of Landorus-T and has a. User sleeps 2 turns and restores HP and status. It effectively checks tier staples like Stakataka, Salazzle, and Drapion, and Storm Drain helps it check Water-types like Inteleon, Starmie, and Vaporeon. For one, its good physical bulk allows it to handle dangerous attackers such as Sneasel and Centiskorch and punish them with Rocky Helmet and Aftermath, while a pure Poison typing lets Garbodor naturally check common Grass- and Fairy-types like Ribombee, Eldegoss, and. Find content Find all content by Minior Fan Find all threads by Minior Fan. Shields Down. Substitute takes advantage of passive threats that rely on status or are too weak to break it in one turn, such as Toxapex and Rotom-W. During the effect, each Pokemon's Speed is considered to be (10000 - its normal Speed), and if this value is greater than 8191, 8192 is subtracted from it. It lives in the ozone layer, where it becomes food for stronger Pokémon. Overview. Minior in sword and shield Theorymon Thursday With the new move meteor beam it could be played with a power herb and use acrobatics and stab power gem. This Pokemon's moves of 60 power or less have 1. Huge losses and gains this month make for some massive shifts to the PU metagame. Finland - Quality Control. 30% chance to make the target flinch. Loading. Mudkip: Hydro Because I can. Minior's powerful Flying-type STAB attacks are amazing against the top threats in the NU metagame. Loading. . Gastrodon stands out as a great defensive pillar with its great bulk, useful defensive typing, and reliable recovery. Loading. It's getting to the point where it's depressing, really. Raises the user's Sp. Thread Cryonics. Loading. [OVERVIEW] Despite Minior's appeal as a Shell Smash sweeper with a useful ability to aid it with setting up, it falls short of more reliable setup sweepers like Comfey, Braviary, and Delphox due to its lacking stats in Meteor forme and poor defensive typing, which limit its ability to force. National Dex. No additional effect. This set can utilize Heatmor's decent Attack stat and its coverage to try to hit every Pokemon in the tier for at least neutral damage. It has 2 forms: Meteor form and Core form. More power the less HP the user has left. . It effectively checks tier staples like Stakataka, Salazzle, and Drapion, and Storm Drain helps it check Water-types like Inteleon, Starmie, and Vaporeon. Minior. 248 HP. Earthquake is incredibly important and I don't think it'd be. However, Dodrio and Stoutland directly outclass it as a Normal-type Choice Band user due to their higher Speed tiers, the former's secondary Flying. . Home. Loading. Ash-Greninja is a top Pokemon because its excellent offensive typing combines with its monstrous Special Attack and Speed stats to turn it into a dangerous attacker that is capable of shredding offensive teams. Last seen Apr 27, 2023. As a defogger and a pivot, I used Tornadus-T, and finally, I added Minior. Cake — Quality Control. Albeit uncommon, Venomoth is among UU's most potent sweepers thanks to its access to Quiver Dance, Sleep Powder, and an amazing ability in Tinted Lens, which severely limits its checks. These forms cannot breed or evolve, and do not get the benefit of the Eviolite. Reactions: PyProd, MaahirMomtaz12, FeelingTrue. Minior is another Pokémon that seemed promising at the start of Generation 7. Its abilities are useless, it has a mediocre movepool, it is very passive, and its bulk isn't even that impressive. 76 HP. Forums. ago. This Pokemon's attacks have 1. Pikachu's form are unique to a special distribution of Ash's Pikachu, each with a separate hat. Forums. User faints. Loading. If the target is electrified before it uses a move, the target's move becomes Electric type for that turn. Atk by 2. The composition of the dust determines the color of its core. Loading. Abilities. Loading. Sword. For 5 turns, special damage to allies is halved. Feel free to suggest roles or other mons. . Z-Move Base Power: 180 (Inadequate description? Let us know in this forum. I was looking at NU teams and thought of a really good Minior set. Minior is a Rock/Flying type Pokemon that can change its type to Core at 1/2 max HP or less. 10% chance to lower the target's Sp. Minior Discussion. Additionally, Mega Diancie can set Stealth Rock against many of the best methods of hazard control in the tier, namely Tornadus-T, Zapdos, and Mega Sableye. . Honestly, I'm not a big fan of Forretress these days and would probably get rid off it in favor of a better hazard removal option but I felt obliged to keep at least 3 members of the team the same. This Pokemon's Fire attacks do 1. Tepig, Pignite and Emboar. 20% chance to lower the target's Sp. Frillish-Female & Jellicent-Female. Weavile's solid attacking stats and offensive typing make it a big threat to offensive teams, as it can outspeed and heavily damage threats like Tornadus-T, Garchomp, Landorus-T, and Serperior. It also does much greater damage to Toxapex, Tapu Fini, and Magearna. Deslash Rock Slide, Explosion, and Substitute. Welcome to Smogon! Take a moment to read the Introduction to Smogon for a run-down on everything Smogon, and make sure you take some time to read the global rules. Repeats for 5 turns. Def by 1. Special defense investment also helps Pelipper comfortably U-turn out of Mega Charizard Y. HP; Attack; Defense; Special Attack; Special Defense; Speed > A potent anesthetic can be made by diluting Komala’s drool. This is further enhanced by its access to Water Shuriken, which is one of the most powerful priority moves in the game if. Forces the target to switch to a random ally. . can't really argue with that. The idea of this thread is to provide a representation of what Pokemon do in the metagame. 10% chance to paralyze the target. While in its Meteor Form, it cannot become affected by a non-volatile status condition or Yawn. 8 SpD. Home. If this Pokemon is a Minior, it changes to its Core forme if it has 1/2 or less of its maximum HP, and changes to Meteor Form if it has more than 1/2 its maximum HP. Thanks to its ability Illusion, Zoroark can disguise itself as their checks, and it can hinder Pokemon with Knock Off and pivot into wallbreakers safely with U-turn. Minior | SM | Smogon Strategy Pokedex. Delibird | SS | Smogon Strategy Pokedex. I can and I will. Tier. Here is my reasoning: Acrobatics has 165 power with STAB while the best you'll get on a special move is Power Gem at 120. . Loading. Set Details. Minior is Located at Mount Hokulani. Take a moment to read the Introduction to Smogon for a run-down on everything Smogon, and make sure you take some time to read the global rules. Sandslash should prioritize setting Stealth Rock on physical Pokemon it is able to wall such as Crustle, Electivire, and Mawile. It switches between its Meteor form and its Core form. . Raises the user's Defense by 2. Lowers the foe (s) Defense by 1. Loading. Minior | SM | Smogon Strategy Pokedex. 10% chance to lower the target's Speed by 1. 50% chance to lower the target's Defense by 1. Focus Blast gives Jynx coverage for Steel-types like Alolan Sandslash as well as doing more damage to bulky Normal-types such as Type: Null and Audino. 5x power, including Struggle. 4 SpD. Lycanroc is a solid late-game sweeper thanks to its high Attack, stellar Speed tier, and access to a uniquely powerful Z move in Splintered Stormshards. When its HP drops to half or less, the Pokémon's shell breaks and it becomes aggressive. If Minior, switch-in/end of turn it changes to Core at 1/2 max HP or less, else Meteor. Shields Down. 172 Def. It is also Nihilego's best source of damage against Mega Blastoise, Suicune, and Ground-types like Mamoswine and Hippowdon. #1. Hello ihajlkfjkl and thanks for your RMT, it's really courageous to send a stall team in smogon. Minior's ability, Shields Down, gives it setup opportunities by providing it with an immunity to status as well as decent. Def by 1. Pheromosa possesses many traits that enable it to threaten offensive threats in the Uber metagame. #0774 Minior #0776 Turtonator. Psyshock hits Pokemon such as Sawk and Qwilfish, and is its main STAB move once Power Herb has been used. Minior is also weak to Primal Kyogre's STAB Water moves, which also get a boost from rain. Jolly is preferable, as an Adamant nature leaves Feraligatr outsped by Choice Scarf Latias and Infernape even after an Agility boost. Dragonium Z turns Draco Meteor into a 195-Base Power Dragon-type move that can break past a lot of specially defensive Pokemon after a Shell Smash, such as Lanturn and Assault Vest Hitmonchan. 4 SpD. It is also able to revenge kill sweepers reliant on Sucker Punch to sweep like Mega Mawile and Bisharp and can provide Intimidate support to soften the blow from. 252 Attack EVs and an Adamant nature maximize Mega Banette's damage output, allowing its attacks to 3HKO most uninvested foes at worst. Teleport allows Porygon2 to reliably get in powerful wallbreakers while sparing them from taking direct damage. Claydol's main role is to remove entry hazards, so Rapid Spin is crucial. This Pikachu wears its partner's cap, which is brimming with memories of when they first met. Rotom provides some information while Molayne explains that Minior eat space dust which goes on to make its hardened shell. 10% chance to lower the target's Sp. National Dex. When its HP drops to half or less, the Pokémon’s shell breaks and it becomes aggressive. Its blunt snout is metallic on the bridge of its. Healing Wish can support strong, frail wallbreakers like. Surprising. Competitively, this Pokémon has a very well. Has a higher chance for a critical hit. Because of that, it is the most relevant old gen in the tournament scene. Pyukmuku's considerable defenses combined with Unaware can make it difficult to break through. Thunder Wave is preferred, as it punishes Pokemon such as Heatran, Clefable, and Kartana. Minior is one of, if not, my favorite Pokémon introduced in Generation VII. Tier. Completed - The Start of a Grand Adventure! (Boowi vs Snarguffle) | Smogon Forums. Shadow Ball lets Jellicent pressure Pokemon like Musharna and opposing Jellicent. Volt Switch lets Rotom-W pivot out against checks like Amoonguss and Tangrowth and bring in Scizor and Salamence, while Hydro Pump lets it nail Volt Switch blockers like Hippowdon, Excadrill, and Thundurus-T. Shields Down. EVs. #0774 Minior. Zacian is a good revenge killer in AG due to its good Speed and Attack stat, which are further boosted by Choice Scarf and its ability Intrepid Sword. Def by 1. If you are looking for other Generations, you can find them as. Atk is 1. Komala spends its entire life sleeping. Play Rough OHKOes Yveltal, Darkrai, Latios, and Latias and deals a lot of damage to all of the common Dragon-types in Ubers. It first aired in Japan on June 14, 2018, in New Zealand on October 5, 2018, in Australia and the United Kingdom on November 1, 2018, in Canada on. 4 SpD. Repeats for 5 turns. It would be a pretty cool fast mixed attacker. . Torterra is a great Grass / Ground type Pokemon that brings a variety of sets and niches to the ZU metagame thanks to its well-rounded stats and diverse movepool. . 3x power if it is the last to move in a turn. Covering most of its head and neck is a thick, silver mane that extends down over its chest. HP: 60. It feeds on leaves that contain a potent poison only Komala can break down. Shield. 30% chance a Pokemon making contact with this Pokemon will be paralyzed. In the game itself, there is no such reference of Type:Null and Silvally being legendary. I lose to teams of six weather setters, and even if I climb to 1300 at times, I fall back down to 1150 after a series of losses. Swords Dance boosts Terrakion's Attack by two stages, allowing it to break through bulkier teams with ease. Holder's Speed is 1. The composition of the dust determines the color of its core. Lowers the user's Defense and Sp. Grass Knot allows Nihilego to revenge kill the likes of Terrakion, Krookodile, and Mega Sharpedo, though the former two often require some chip damage to KO. Meteno and Bevenom, the Promise that Disappeared into the Starry Sky!) is the 79th episode of Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon, and the 1,018th episode of the Pokémon anime. Grass-types like Dhelmise, Tsareena, and Alolan Exeggutor can be. . Pawniard is one of Little Cup's best Stealth Rock setters, and it fills an invaluable role as a defensive Steel-type, checking powerful special attackers like Porygon and Abra. HP: 60. Play Rough OHKOes Yveltal, Darkrai, Latios, and Latias and deals a lot of damage to all of the common Dragon-types in Ubers. The shiny form is black. Overview. 30% chance to make the target flinch. 252 SpA. Try to avoid scenarios that will exacerbate this issue, such as Kommo-o's Leftovers being removed by Knock Off and. 88 Spe. Porygon. While it is not known to into or from any other Pokémon, Minior can during battle, due to its Shields Down, depending on its current . Thread starter Reviloja753; Start date Jul 10, 2017; Reviloja753. Gastrodon stands out as a great defensive pillar with its great bulk, useful defensive typing, and reliable recovery. Competitively, this Pokémon has a very well-defined role, and a strong one at that. Minior Fan. 36 SpA. Thunderbolt damages bulky Water-types like Alomomola,. Apparently I'm dumb and missed the part where it say blatantly says "QC can skip this step" QC [2/2] GP [2/2] Overview Minior's excellent Speed stat makes it one of the fastest Pokemon in the metagame after a Shell Smash boost, and its solid offensive stats allow it to function as a powerful. In a sea of lower-tier Fire-types, Salazzle stands out as one of the most lethal among them and one of the most powerful RU Pokemon. When they’ve consumed a large quantity of particles, their bodies become heavy, and they fall toward the planet’s surface. Steel. During the effect, each Pokemon's Speed is considered to be (10000 - its normal Speed), and if this value is greater than 8191, 8192 is subtracted from it. If its core stays exposed, it will soon die off. HP: 60. Shell Smash is really busted on Minior due to Shields Down as the stat buffs and drops compliment the Core's stats really well, making Minior a monster after Shields Down activates. White herb keeps you at +0 and you have a nice 60/100/100 bulk so while you have to be careful to your matchup when setting up you should be able to live Too much bulk could even prevent you for triggering Shields Down in one hit, leaving you unable to kill the foe (example : strong power-up. With a bulky Swords Dance set, it is capable of using its bulk to check the aforementioned Pokemon while simultaneously pressuring defensive cores reliant on Pokemon such as. 10% chance to freeze. Loading. In this thread, we'll be creating BW-styled sprites for all the Generation 7 Pokemon, which will be used in Pokemon Showdown should players choose the BW Sprite option. Stats for this month are based solely on March usage, with a 4. This set attempts to use Gumshoos's high Attack, decent movepool, and Stakeout to turn it into a threatening wallbreaker that can exploit its potential to put teams on the back foot. 252 Spe. Steel. Steel. Minior | SV | Smogon Strategy Pokedex. Loading. . thanks to its great defensive typing, decent mixed bulk, and access to Water Absorb. Kris — Programming Leader and Quality Control. Def. . Poor abilities in Inner Focus and Ice Body only continue to plummet Snorunt's value, and a lackluster movepool prevents it from being a semi-effective battler. . Home. Welcome to Smogon! Take a moment to read the Introduction to Smogon for a run-down on everything Smogon, and make sure you take some time to read the global rules. When it tries to run away, it falls to the. HP; Attack; Defense; Special Attack; Special Defense; Speed > The final factor needed to release this Pokémon’s true power was a strong bond with a Trainer it trusts. Sword. moist and crusty. With those traits coupled with a solid Special Attack stat, Skrelp becomes very difficult to switch into. 100% chance to lower the foe (s) Speed by 1. While it isn't perfect defensively. I then tried to improve it by combining it with Smogon's own suggestion and thought, Let's build a team! So I did. Site Projects Archive. . Home. Leave feedback please!!Shields Down. 252 Attack EVs let Feraligatr hit as hard as possible. However, Snubbull does this work better due to access to Thunder Wave, a better typing, and a better defensive presence, as well as. Welcome to Smogon! Take a moment to read the Introduction to Smogon for a run-down on everything Smogon, and make sure you take some time to read the global rules . Moves. Lowers target's Attack, Sp. Yet it isnt as good as those 2. Gallade | SS | Smogon Strategy Pokedex. Magnet Pull is the preferred ability to prevent opposing Steel-types from. If Minior enters battle with more than 50% HP after hazard damage, Shields Down deactivates and it reverts to Meteor Form on the same turn it is sent out. The last move the target used replaces this one. At 1/3 or less of its max HP, this Pokemon's offensive stat is 1. EVs. . Unfortunately, Stantler's lack of bulk, Speed or Swords Dance means it's completely outclassed by Stoutland, Dodrio, and Kangaskhan as an offensive Normal-type. Stufful is a unique and decent setup sweeper that can also function as an emergency check to physical attackers. . The cap is proof that the two traveled throughout the Alola region together. Atk, and 100 Sp. Minior has a hard and heavy outer shell with a core inside it. Tier. 10% chance to flinch. 10% chance to freeze the target. Shinx makes use of Volt Switch to act as a pivot that can weaken physical attackers with Intimidate as well as steal a target's item with Thief once Berry Juice is consumed. Cubchoo is a bipedal, ursine Pokémon with a light blue head and neck. With an awful typing and 50 base stats across the board, Snorunt is completely unviable in Little Cup. 10% chance to paralyze the target. Impish. Check out the winners of the 2022 Smog Awards! Home. Minior is Located at Mount Hokulani. Despite having a disappointing defensive. The colours are Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Light Blue, Indigo and Violet. Silvally #0773. net Eelektross Pokédex Hub for all Pokémon data for all games, anime, movies and Trading Cards#0774 Minior #0776 Turtonator. Loading. Play Rough is Mega Mawile's strongest move with good neutral coverage. Check out the winners of the 2022 Smog Awards! Home. [Minior Quickban] Thread starter MZ; Start date Jul 15, 2018; Status Not open for further. Welcome to Smogon! Take a moment to read the Introduction to Smogon for a run-down on everything Smogon, and make sure you take some time. Gen VII OU Competitive Guide: Minior. Solgaleo tends to be used best as a revenge killer and an offensive check to Xerneas. User sleeps 2 turns and restores HP and status. Abilities. Minior is a remarkable Special Sweeper. Skrelp is a powerful wallbreaker in the LC metagame due to its good typing, which gives it excellent coverage with just its STAB moves, and Adaptability, which boosts the power of these STAB moves. Loading. Traps and damages the target for 4-5 turns. . 4 SpD. . Smogon » Tier Sections » Unnamed Section » Other Metagames Analyses » Minior. Hitmonlee is an interesting, albeit very flawed, setup sweeper in NeverUsed. Earthquake is used instead of Earth Power because Mega Garchomp's uninvested Attack is greater than its fully invested Special Attack and Earthquake has higher BP. And yes, it is immune to status above 50% HP. It has nearly unmatched Speed that lets it outspeed all Arceus formes, Mega Gengar, Ultra Necrozma, and Deoxys-A, which allows it to revenge kill or force switches, generate momentum with predictions by utilizing U-turn, and use coverage moves. While it is not known to evolve into or from any other Pokémon, Minior can change forms during battle, due to its Shields Down Ability , depending on its current HP . Loading. Def by 1. Water. It eats dust in the atmosphere. Weakness. Pyukumuku | SS | Smogon Strategy Pokedex. #1. Its large, ovoid black nose extends up between its fluffy white eyebrows, and there are additional white puffs of fur on each cheek. What separates Breloom from other users of Leech Seed, such as Serperior and Ferrothorn, is Breloom's access to Spore, which gives it a free turn to set up Leech Seed or Substitute, as well as Poison Heal, which. Guts is an alternative, as it allows Hariyama to beat Pokemon such as Rotom, Weezing, and. Full stats will be up shortly. To further accentuate its defensive prowess, Chansey has access to a plethora of viable utility moves such as Stealth Rock. With Shields Down, if minior switch-in/end of turn it changes to core at 1/2 max hp or less else meteor. Minior | SM | Smogon Strategy Pokedex. If Minior, switch-in/end of turn it changes to Core at 1/2 max HP or less, else Meteor. Moves. Loading. Serebii. Hopefully DLC can rectify this, maybe in one fell swoop. Sandslash's main role is to remove entry hazards, so it should come in on Pokemon that set them like Golem, Crustle, and Carbink. Rated: Wed 27 Oct 2021 17:34:45 UTCOverview. Furthermore, an immunity to Toxic prevents these Pokemon from being able to break past Crobat. Normal / Fighting is a good offensive typing. Krookodile | SM | Smogon Strategy Pokedex. But the weaknesses are some of the worst in the game. Tyranitar is somewhat common on NatDex AG teams as well, and it runs Rock Tomb 82% of the time. ----- Vire MEMBRO do Canal ----- ★ ★----- LEIA A. EVs. Regirock's Attack-invested STAB Stone Edge is effective for dealing with the Fire-, Bug-, Ice-, and Flying-types such as Simisear, Scyther, Jynx, and Oricorio-E that pose a threat to the Grass-types found on Sunny Day teams and can be utilized in matchups where it is better to preserve Regirock than to use Explosion. . #1. 5x, but it can only select the first move it executes. . Focus Sash helps protect Minior from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Since 100 speed EVs have been established as a good choice for Minior, even in paralysis, it will outspeed Clefable after Shell Smash. I then tried to improve it by combining it with Smogon's own suggestion and thought, Let's build a team! So I did. Maximum Speed investment along with a Jolly nature allows Feraligatr to outspeed the whole tier at +2 Speed. Minior Discussion. Comfey's great offensive typing in Fairy combined with Triage priority moves such as Draining Kiss and Giga Drain helps it revenge kill many offensive threats like Passimian, Sneasel, and Medicham. Varies in type based on the user's IVs. The cores will show up in Random colors. Closed Forums. Without any calcs or time to research to bacj up my opinion, I would. 8 Def. 252 Spe. User switches out after damaging the target. Wait, what? I meant paralysis only cutting speed in half now. .