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HeartGold Battle Frontier Assist Team - Page 1

HeartGold Battle Frontier Assist Team

Posted by: voltage
Date: 2014-04-23 19:50:42
I am fully aware that this is a gimmick team and the idea behind this team is that Assist will function as a stance change for Infernape to fool the AI.

Infernape @ Expert Belt
Ability: Blaze
EVs: 252 Spd / 252 Atk / 4 SAtk
Hasty Nature (+Speed, -Defense)
- Assist
- Fire Punch
- Thunder Punch
- Hidden Power [Ice]

Infernape functions as the attacking lead. Fire Punch, Thunder Punch, and HP Ice provide good type coverage. Assist will always call Transform due to the movesets of the other members.

Wobbuffet @ Leftovers
Ability: Shadow Tag
EVs: 252 SDef / 252 HP / 4 Def
Calm Nature (+Special Defense, -Attack)
- Mirror Coat
- Counter
- Destiny Bond

Represents the bulk of the team. I limited the moveset just to those three moves because Assist doesn't call any of them.

Ditto @ Focus Sash
Ability: Limber
EVs: 252 Spd / 248 HP / 8 SDef
Timid Nature (+Speed, -Attack)
- Transform

Exists for Assist to call Transform 100% of the time.

Re: HeartGold Battle Frontier Assist Team

Posted by: luckytyphlosion
Date: 2014-04-23 22:23:38
Werst TEAM EVAR.

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Deoxys-S @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Pressure
EVs: 252 Spd / 2 Ready / 4 Ban
Hasty Nature (+Speed, -Defense)
- Assist

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Smeargle @ Stick
Ability: Own Tempo
EVs: 42 Spd / 69 HP / 9001 PMG
- [Glitch Move transferred from Gen 3]

GET READY FOR THE INFINITE SLAPPING OF TEH OPPONENT1!!!!11!!!111!!!!

#YOLOSWAG420BLAZEIT

Okay, real seriousness now.
Actually, may as well use the Rage Glitch to give Infernape Transform, since that's really what your strategy is all about, but I guess Assist makes it legit. It's better to have BoltBeam Punch coverage than all Elemental Coverages, because all that Fire Punch does is add a STAB move, which Brick Break perfectly covers since Fire Punch has similar coverage to Ice Punch.
Should have given Wobbuffet Splash.

Re: HeartGold Battle Frontier Assist Team

Posted by: Zowayix
Date: 2014-04-24 00:19:26
If I might ask, what is the actual purpose of having Infernape use Transform? Seems to me that it's still just as mediocre as normal transform, just that your Pokémon is a bit faster and can use some other coverage moves as well.

Re: HeartGold Battle Frontier Assist Team

Posted by: voltage
Date: 2014-04-24 02:17:18

If I might ask, what is the actual purpose of having Infernape use Transform? Seems to me that it's still just as mediocre as normal transform, just that your Pokémon is a bit faster and can use some other coverage moves as well.


The purpose of having Infernape use Transform is to change its typing so it could survive attacks it wouldn't normally be able to. It's kind of like an inferior version of Protean.

Re: HeartGold Battle Frontier Assist Team

Posted by: luckytyphlosion
Date: 2014-04-25 15:31:04
Another thing is Wobbuffet is near useless without Encore, and generally Wobbuffet is useless in the Battle Frontier, because you'd be better off attacking, than waiting for your opponent to attack (and the opponent could also use Double Team).

Re: HeartGold Battle Frontier Assist Team

Posted by: PokeGlitchFanatic
Date: 2014-04-26 17:58:00
No offense,but that team deserves to get stuck in a black abyss. ( gen 4 tweaking reference)

Re: HeartGold Battle Frontier Assist Team

Posted by: voltage
Date: 2014-04-29 00:53:41
While I can see the many, many flaws of this team now, I think I am ultimately going to replace Fire Punch with Brick Break to see how the team is in-game because I personally still have an interest in this team.

Re: HeartGold Battle Frontier Assist Team

Posted by: Missing? NO!
Date: 2014-05-09 00:21:40
Does Assist-Infernape's transformation work in X and Y? I tested it out in Showdown and it didn't do anything.

Re: HeartGold Battle Frontier Assist Team

Posted by: voltage
Date: 2014-05-10 23:38:54
Assist cannot call Transform as of Gen V.