My thoughts on them Mega Evos. Will Update from time to time.
Houndoom
Pros: Damn good speed, decent typing and surprisingly decent coverage with access to solar beam. Now Mega Houndoombawkz here has a suprising amount of bulk with his 75/90/90 defenses. Above average however is not reccommended to switch in. Ground/Water/Rock/Fighting will body this man. Fairy however only hits neutral do to the Fire portion of his typing.
Tested Practicality:
Faced a Mega Charizard Y on campus today.
"Oh Preon, what a nice Gliscor you have there. I'mma blast burn him for the easy 1hko."
However what he didn't know... was going to be his end. So I switched into my Flash Fire houndoom. Got the power up for my fire type moves. Then I mega evolved. New ability Solar Powered ups my SpAtk.
Now between Solar Beam / Fire Blast / Dark Pulse only one option would cut it here. Dark Pulse.... cue music and Fire Blast sweep the rest of the game.. Situation at best. But mega houndoom is no scrub. Just watch out for mach punch and Mega Gardevoir.
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(Nasty Plot) If this thing leads and goes against some common foes like "Ferrothorn/Scizor" or basically any steel type that isn't Lucario/Heatran/Metagross or any non substitute build grass type.
Upon their switching out, you could set up a Nasty Plot and in some cases if you can tank it out a Sunny Day. Then get your sweep going from there. Granted I think this defeats the purpose of a Mega Evolution due to the fact I don't think any other competent Mega Evolution needs further set up upon the initial Evolving.
Tyranitar
So Mr. Tyranitar's Mega evo is blessed with having sand stream. Now you may be thinking "Yeah, so does regular Tyranitar." But here's the thing. Let's say you have a Tank Tyranitar in play and you know its not going anywhere. So you sit on your Mega Evolution for 2 turns. Did you know that when you Mega Evolve it counts as resetting the weather? So you get a fresh weather turn counter? Now you may say that doesn't matter. Well try this. Someone comes in and uses rain dance. Then you mega evolve it'll go something like "Tyranitars Sand stream -> Foe's Rain Dance / Hail -> Mega Tyranitar's sand stream" Basically it'll allows you to attack and "use" sand storm in one turn. Also it definitely has the bulk to even outshine Goodra. 100/150/120. Only Fighting moves are real scares.
Practicality:
Its literally Tyranitar on Roids... Base 700 stat total. You do not need me to advertise this thing.
Ampharos
This guy here has a surprising amount of versatility. However there are a couple builds I haven't seen to many go for. For one. The thing can parafuse. With access to Thunder Wave and Confuse ray it can make this guy pretty tanky. For one you have to go through to 50/50's in order to get a hit. While it has access to two solid moves in Dragon Pulse and Volt Switch (For those critical get of dodge moments). However to add to its tank-like set you can drop Confuse Ray for Reflect or Light Screen depending on your team's various needs. Also it has access to Cotton Spore and Cotton Guard... by the way
Cotton Guard raises the user's Defense by three stages.
Practicality: Parafuse ray is a Rage Quit inducer. He just sits there looking like Fabio laughing at you since you can't move. Then the off chance you do move, you hit yourself. While he's just laughing himself into a coma with Dragon Pulses. Oh you switch to a fairy? Hopefully the Ampharos didn't make the read and volt switched... To a Heatran or steel type with stealth rock/spikes perhaps? Fairy then has a bad time.
Or it completely walls you with Cotton Guard. Physical Pokemon no longer need apply.
Mega Scizor
This guy is the epitome of being a "Scum Bug Steve". (Photoshop inbound) He is literally "What if Choice Band Scizor wasn't locked into one move" Not to mention he gains increased bulk and a face that a mother can't even love. You REALLY don't want to switch in on this thing unless you're a super tank. Why? This scizor sports a mediocre 75 base speed. It isn't Usain Bolt fast, but it is no longer Snorlax Slow either. Not to mention it keeps its Technician Ability so its Stab Bullet punch pretty much nullifies it being slower than you. If you manage to barely survive any of its attacks you'll be eating a bullet punch next turn. Also with its Bulk it can almost guaranteed get off a Swords Dance. However even though it has a 4x weakness to Fire, it is his ONLY weakness, that and will-o-wisp.
Practicality:
Choice Band Scizor is practical. So obviously Scizor with better defenses, speed, and choice-bandish attack boost is more than viable. Once again I do not have to sell this thing to you
Mega Pinsir
... .... ... Its like you guys don't even know ... ... ... No he's not getting a fancy write up. Nope.
Practicality:
His Ability Aerialte Turns all Normal type moves into flying type moves. . . It also gives all of his Flying moves a base 30% Boost... and then he gets the STAB from now being Bug/Flying. Lets take Return and quick attack.... without a swords dance you take Quick Attacks mediocre base 40. Multiply that by 1.5. Now we're at 60. Now take that 60 and multiply it by 1.3. So we're at 80... So quick attack has turned into Extreme Speed. Which we all know is a damn good move. Now... its time to discuss the big one.... Let's look at his RETURN. The base power of Return varies between 1 (minimum friendship) and 102 (maximum friendship). So 102 is what most people will be running it at. So 102*1.5*1.3=198.9 or basically lets just round to an even 200.........................With a base Atk Stat of... 155..... yeah fuck you bug... fuck you. Oh did I mention it has a great Coverage move in Earthquake? And that its decently fast with a base speed of 105? ...Enjoy your 4x weakness to steath rock... with your fecal matter eating grin....
Also once again with Mega Pinsirs base 155 Atk stat... its nothing to scoff at. You do not get to downplay this Mega in any way shape or form.
Mega Female Mother Cubone...Er Kangaskhan
Anyone whom I've used this thing against. I appologize. Seriously. Since it gets to attack twice per turn with its ability parental bond, the first hit does standard damage, however the second hit does half of the first hit. So basically it hits you for 1.5x damage every turn. If we disregard any stat boosting, it basically critical hits you with every move. However keep in mind each of these moves have a chance to critical hit in their own right. With a move like STAB Return this thing can sweep no problem, with Sucker Punch ghosts are held in check for the most part. However then there's its gimmick. It has access to Power-Up Punch. Now this may sound like a joke, but it isn't. Mega Kangaskhan gets to go +2 off Power Up Punch. It gets a stat boost when it hits you, then she gets another when the baby hits you. Now its return/sucker punch/Outrage (yes it can learn OUTRAGE) are basically going to One shot anything that doesn't resist it. Also did I mention that Mega Kangaskhan's lowest base stat is 100?
Practicality:
You know how many battles you could've won if you just had one more chance to attack? Yeah this woman doesn't have that problem. Little Mac seems to always deliver the bop in the crunch time. However Mega Kangaskhan is held in check by literally any faster Fighting Type. Mega Lucario comes to mind. Also if they lock themselves into Outrage, just switch into a fairy pokemon and stall them out.
That's all for now. i was bored between classes. Worth updating from time to time yay or nay?
