Donphan Earthquake Damage

Reader1237 · 07/18/2011, 02:46 PM

I am just wondering how stage one toolbox decks like Donphan/Yanmega/Zoroark deal with the damage caused to your bench from Earthquake.

jumpluff82 · 07/18/2011, 02:57 PM

Yanmega, Zoroark, and Cinccino die so easily that the damage doesn't matter a whole lot.

Reader1237 · 07/18/2011, 02:59 PM

So you just try to win the prize trade?

jumpluff82 · 07/18/2011, 03:04 PM

Well yeah, Stage 1 Rush has so many options that you can use to counter whatever the opponent is using. That's how it wins games.

Shen · 07/18/2011, 06:39 PM

The only thing in that deck that doesn't go down too easily is Donphan, and its Poke-Body reduces Earthquake damage, anyways. Some people play the Phanpy with the Body, too.

untitled · 07/18/2011, 06:45 PM

Yeah and also the deck usually only uses Donphan in the Magnezone and Zekrom matchups. It also serves as a late-game tank, but if it gets to that point he's probably your last attacker anyway. I rarely play down my Donphan in Yanmega matchups because he can get Reversaled up and Yanmega will just snipe around on the bench until I hit a triple Fighting energy or a Switch (my build only runs 1).

Also, think about the attackers in this game right now; they all deal 120+ except for Yanmega. So 10 damage doesn't change anything in most matchups.

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07/18/2011, 02:46 PM	#1
Reader1237	Donphan Earthquake Damage I am just wondering how stage one toolbox decks like Donphan/Yanmega/Zoroark deal with the damage caused to your bench from Earthquake. __________________ SP 3rd Place Utah States 2010

07/18/2011, 02:57 PM	#2
jumpluff82	Yanmega, Zoroark, and Cinccino die so easily that the damage doesn't matter a whole lot. __________________ Trades (OUTDATED) ---------------------- I'm not gonna buy a Mewtwo for $65. That's rechunkulous.

07/18/2011, 02:59 PM	#3
Reader1237	So you just try to win the prize trade? __________________ SP 3rd Place Utah States 2010

07/18/2011, 03:04 PM	#4
jumpluff82	Well yeah, Stage 1 Rush has so many options that you can use to counter whatever the opponent is using. That's how it wins games. __________________ Trades (OUTDATED) ---------------------- I'm not gonna buy a Mewtwo for $65. That's rechunkulous.

07/18/2011, 06:45 PM	#6
untitled	Yeah and also the deck usually only uses Donphan in the Magnezone and Zekrom matchups. It also serves as a late-game tank, but if it gets to that point he's probably your last attacker anyway. I rarely play down my Donphan in Yanmega matchups because he can get Reversaled up and Yanmega will just snipe around on the bench until I hit a triple Fighting energy or a Switch (my build only runs 1). Also, think about the attackers in this game right now; they all deal 120+ except for Yanmega. So 10 damage doesn't change anything in most matchups.