With blaziken now having focus blast, how does he rank?
As mentioned, I'm sure eagle eyed gamepress users have seen the change from stone edge to focus blast for this flaming chicken. So now the best fighting types are:
Machamp (c/dp)
Hariyama (c/dp)
Breloom (c/dp)
Heracross (c/cc)
Blaziken? (C/fb)
Medicham i doubt he deserves a mention atm until abilities come in. So how will blaziken's dps rank amongst the fighting type heroes?
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Blaziken or breloom or hariyama? It seems like hariyama is a tanky dpser like vaporeon and the other 2 are glass cannons but breloom has the better moveset soooo... cant wait for silph road and gamepress to get the official dps tests done. For now i will just collect as many high IV mons of the fighting variety that i can
https://www.pokebattler.com/raids/defenders/TYRANITAR/cp/34707/attackers/attackerLevels/30/strategies/CINEMATIC_ATTACK_WHEN_POSSIBLE/DEFENSE_RANDOM_MC?sort=TIME&weatherCondition=NO_WEATHER&dodgeStrategy=DODGE_REACTION_TIME
This is against tyranitar, for example. Blaziken ranks 8th in time to win, behind:
1. Counter/Dynamic Punch Machamp
2. Karate Chop/Dynamic Punch Machamp
3. Counter/Dynamic Punch Hariyama
4. Counter/Dynamic Punch Breloom
5. Counter/Cross Chop Machamp
6. Counter/Close Combat Machamp
7. Bullet Punch/Dynamic Punch Machamp
Focus Blast Blaziken is solid and has some unique resistances for a fighting Pokemon, but he does not dethrone Machamp.
Machamp against a level 35 Blissey with Dazzling Gleam:
https://www.pokebattler.com/fights/attackers/MACHAMP/quickMoves/COUNTER_FAST/cinMoves/DYNAMIC_PUNCH/levels/30/ivs/FFF/defenders/BLISSEY/quickMoves/ZEN_HEADBUTT_FAST/cinMoves/DAZZLING_GLEAM/levels/35/ivs/FFF/strategies/CINEMATIC_ATTACK_WHEN_POSSIBLE/DEFENSE_RANDOM_MC?includeDetails=true&dodgeStrategy=DODGE_REACTION_TIME&weatherCondition=NO_WEATHER&seed=1513007968110
Blaziken against a level 35 Blissey with Dazzling Gleam:
https://www.pokebattler.com/fights/attackers/BLAZIKEN/quickMoves/COUNTER_FAST/cinMoves/FOCUS_BLAST/levels/30/ivs/FFF/defenders/BLISSEY/quickMoves/ZEN_HEADBUTT_FAST/cinMoves/DAZZLING_GLEAM/cp/2989/strategies/CINEMATIC_ATTACK_WHEN_POSSIBLE/DEFENSE_RANDOM_MC?includeDetails=true&dodgeStrategy=DODGE_REACTION_TIME&seed=1513008149628
C/DP Machamp does it faster. You can run the simulations at pokebattler yourself for the Slaking comparison or any other variations you'd like to test (level, IV's, weather, etc.). If you need help with how to do this, just let me know. I'm at work atm and won't be able to consistently help though.
