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[doomhound63]

I say palkia. How about u?

[Flash Flyer - Sakura]

Palkia lacks an Earthquake and Fighting weakness so it helps, though it's now weak against Fairies. (A Hydro Pump can still kill most of them, save for Azumarill)

 

Dialga has neutrality to Fairies and can most likely KO with Flash Cannon/other Steel STAB

 

 

Don't have preference here.

[doomhound63]

still palkia for me, but dialga's roar of time is a memorable move

[Flash Flyer - Sakura]

Roar of Time is literally Dragon Hyper Beam; that's it.

At least Palkia's Spacial Rend gets crits on things more often and doesn't require a recharge turn

[doomhound63]

but roar of time sounds beast

[Flash Flyer - Sakura]

It does, but that means nothing in Smogon terms.

[Cat O' Nine Tails]

I would go for Dialga Any day.

[Flash Flyer - Sakura]

Dialga's bulkier; Palkia has a little extra speed.

I use both though for whatever reasons.

 

In terms of Fairies, only ones Palkia really needs to worry about in Ubers is Xerneas (defenses are low enough that Hydro Pump should maim it enough, if not flat-out kill), Mega Gardevoir (assuming it's Uber and not just run in OU) and well, I don't think anything else is in here. Other Fairies are either too frail, offenses suck or a combination of both.

[Cat O' Nine Tails]

What About A mega Mawile?

[Flash Flyer - Sakura]

Palkia can still Hydro Pump/Surf it to death if it has to; too lazy to calculate damage spreads right now though.

But Mega Mawile is still a threat though.

[Cat O' Nine Tails]

That makes sense, Unless Mawiles speed is high enough to Use Play rough or is using A quick claw

[Flash Flyer - Sakura]

Quick Claw is gimmicky (and can't even be used with its Mega Stone)

Also Mawile has a base speed of 50; compared to Palkia's base 100; so only way it's outspeeding is Trick Room or if partners lower its speed through other methods.

 

In normal form, Mawile doesn't have enough power to really do much.

[Cat O' Nine Tails]

Ok, I know When I am beat ya got me, I guess I am biased becaused I have never been a fan of palkia...

[Flash Flyer - Sakura]

It depends though.

If you get the setup for Mawile to cause major damage, then great.

 

Mega is fairly decent [I haven't tried one out yet], just that you need to survive 1-2 hits to counter back; considering its low speed.

[Henrior]

I'd say Dialga

[Flash Flyer - Sakura]

Dialga has a moderately powerful STAB it can use to kill most of the Fairies that would piss it off (see Xerneas), so it'll survive longer against Fairies due to neutrality and better defenses.

[AtomfrEak]

hey i'm new.  2 things 1. if its me choosing i would choose Diagla but #2 what is mawile?  

[hector flame]

both are good but i like palkia

[Flash Flyer - Sakura]

Mawile is that Pokemon from Gen 3 that resembles a kuchisaki-onna or something [or flytrap if a "Westernized" description is needed] that became a Fairy this gen.