Lugia vs. Ho-Oh

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Ridley_Prime Smug icon slayer

Originally posted by BloodRain
Lugia can control the weather not just cast rain dance/sunny day.

Altering the weather is nothing special when plenty of Pokemon such as Groudon, Kyogre, etc. can also do it.

Originally posted by BloodRain
Reincarnate the beasts to stronger forms, and giving life < destruction in a fight.

Because blowing apart houses is something beyond what Ho-oh and the three beasts can do, mirite?

Originally posted by ares834
Waterfall is physical and Ho-OH's defense is 90... Ancient Power can also be used.

Ah, I forgot Waterfall was physical now. Still, nothing an Impish nature Ho-oh or somethin' can't Recover from.

And Ancient Power is no longer physical, it's special. Ho-oh's special defense is 154. AP's base power is only 60.

wakkawakkawakka Senior Member

Well won't Aeroblast and Hydro Pump still give Ho-oh hell? However I really do think that Sacred fire will still mess up Lugia pretty badly despite its stats.

ares834 Senior Member

Never mind.

BloodRain Knight of Retribution

Originally posted by Ridley_Prime
Altering the weather is nothing special when plenty of Pokemon such as Groudon, Kyogre, etc. can also do it.

Because blowing apart houses is something beyond what Ho-oh and the three beasts can do, mirite?

Yeah and Ho-oh isnt one of them. Its Rain dance will stay up

No but a 40 day storm with a single movement is. One flap that makes that destructive force, how is Ho-oh's reincarnation going to help in this match?

MooCowofJustice Too Far Gone

Ho-Oh learns Sunny Day.

BloodRain Knight of Retribution

I know, im saying that those tms < natural strong powers of weather control like Lugia what Groudon have.

ScreamPaste Carpe Noctem

Originally posted by BloodRain
I know, im saying that those tms < natural strong powers of weather control like Lugia what Groudon have.
Learns sunny day naturally. 😐

BloodRain Knight of Retribution

Sunny day is still < weather control.

ScreamPaste Carpe Noctem

Originally posted by BloodRain
Sunny day is still < weather control.
Sunny Day is weather control. If you wanna get technical, MewTwo probably has the best feat of weather control in the movies and stuff.

Ridley_Prime Smug icon slayer

Originally posted by wakkawakkawakka
Well won't Aeroblast and Hydro Pump still give Ho-oh hell? However I really do think that Sacred fire will still mess up Lugia pretty badly despite its stats.

And when the opponent Pokemon gets a burn status (which Sacred Fire has a 50% chance of causing), its attacks become not as strong, making it even easier for Ho-oh to survive.

Originally posted by BloodRain
Yeah and Ho-oh isnt one of them.

Yes he is... Like Moo said, Ho-oh learns Sunny Day, and naturally, not just through TMs.

Originally posted by ScreamPaste
Sunny Day is weather control. If you wanna get technical, MewTwo probably has the best feat of weather control in the movies and stuff.

That he does.

And Lugia's no Kyogre. Its Rain Dance effect will still wear off in battle just like Ho-oh's Sunny Day does.

BloodRain Knight of Retribution

All im saying is that I don't see a 40 say storm powered Rain dance will be equal to a normal Sunny day. And a Hydro pump can stop any Sacred fire before its near Lugia.

Ridley_Prime Smug icon slayer

Originally posted by BloodRain
All im saying is that I don't see a 40 say storm powered Rain dance will be equal to a normal Sunny day.

Scream's point still stands regardless, and there's nothing that says Lugia's 40-day storm can't be cancelled out by another Pokemon's weather control powers.

Originally posted by BloodRain
And a Hydro pump can stop any Sacred fire before its near Lugia.

Hydro Pump's lower accuracy says otherwise, and SF is no ordinary attack. Highly unlikely that a mystical sacred flame which instantly destroyed a tower and created 3 legendary beasts would be stopped by just an ordinary water attack that has no additional properties.

MooCowofJustice Too Far Gone

Ho-Oh also always carries Sacred Ash, so he gets a free revival.

BloodRain Knight of Retribution

By damage Hydro pump would be more then enough to stop it.

Heythere,Honey 9th Pokémon League Champ

Ho-Oh can still win if Sacred Fire burns Lugia.

Ridley_Prime Smug icon slayer

Originally posted by BloodRain
By damage Hydro pump would be more then enough to stop it.

Normally, perhaps, but both of Ho-oh's attack stats are way higher than Lugia's.

BloodRain Knight of Retribution

100 damage 130 atk 1.5 STAB
120 damage 90 spatk x2 for Water>Fire move

The attack will stop Sacred flame and damage it in the precess.

MooCowofJustice Too Far Gone

Lugia does not get STAB from Hydro Pump. He's Psychic/Flying I believe.

However, Ho-Oh's Sacred Fire is now a Physical Attack. And I believe his Attack stat is 134.

BloodRain Knight of Retribution

Top on was Sacred fire, bottom was Hydro pump.

MooCowofJustice Too Far Gone

Ho-Oh still comes out on top. Stats have a much greater effect on power than the moves power.

150 power off 130 Attack vs 120 power off 90 special attack. X2 only puts the power at 240.