Ratings are based
on a 1 to 5 scale.
1 being the worst. 3 ... average. 5 is the highest rating.
Alex Bramham
Top 8
UK Nationals
2006
Combusken
If you're using Blaziken, then THIS is the combusken.
During setup, you
simply mentor for your basics and a castform then next
turn warp point,
celio's, attach castform and blast that opponent's
castform! Focus energy is
also cool if you get the chance to really put on the
pressure before you
discard a fire to retreat for Blaziken's firestarter and
evolve again.
Groovy stuff, but Blaziken lacks that X factor Metanite
has for consistency.
3/5
NN
British Nationals
Qualifier
Combusken
Good Hp, Respectable attacks , considering that your
gonna evolve him into blaziken, he is decent if your
running a fire and fighting deck that involves blaziken.
3.5
Meganium45
PTO - St. Louis
"You must respect my authoitae"
Combusken...EX
Crystal Guardians.
Great! We have a fighting type chicken weak to Psychic!
80 Hp is nice, but, 1 for "focus punch" (read, you are
getting knocked out anyway most likely against 90% of
the decks out there, even with 80 HP)
Then, 2 for 30, is really, well, underpowered in this
envio.
Psychic weakness makes this chicken food for Mew,
Vibrava/Flygon, Deoxys Metagross, Espeon, Banette, and
the list goes on...DON'T PLAY IT.
The fighting type, and 2 for 30 aspect is very tempting.
Turn 2 popping a Castform, or an Elekid, Pikachu, a lot
of fighting weak stuff right now.
If I felt the need, or desire, to splash some fighting
in my Fire/Blaziken deck, this may be the choice I
make...
Boy, do I sound like I am on the fence? If you are
playing the Crystal Guardians Blaziken EX...fighting
type, you may well use this baby.
OK, let's rate it.
Unlimited. Blaziken? I don't think so. 1/5
Modified...Pink Decks (Blaziken/Delcatty Variants) are
becoming more and more popular. It may have some use in
here...I will stretch to give it a 2.5/5
Limited...OK, 2 for 30 is good in draft and fighting is
a good draft type. Unfortunately Psychic is a good draft
type too. It's not as easy in limited to knock this out
in one hit...and you may be able to focus punch. .Let's
be nice and go 3.5/5 here.
This is all subject to change when the magic of Diamond
and Pearl comes out!
Vince
Moza
Combusken CG
Well, he is fighting type, so focus energy then high
jump kick could OHKO steelix ex, and steelix would have
to mudslide it because of it's 80 HP.
But I like burn better, so use the other one
Modified: 2/5
Limited: 3.5/5
Greenzan
goose
Combusken – Crystal
Guardians
Hello again. Today’s COTD is the stage one of the
pokemon Blaziken. There are now 6! (Yes 6!) Combusken’s
in the modified format. Here’s a list of them, Combusken
CG 16/100 (the COTD,) Combusken P3 7/17, Combusken CG
21/100, Combusken PK 29/108, Combusken EM 25/106,
Combusken T2 2/10. The biggest difference between the
COTD Combusken and all the other ones is that the COTD
one is the only fighting type Combusken (and has a
psychic weakness not water.) The problem with this is
that there is only one fighting Blaziken and that the
COTD Combusken has psychic weakness (has Banette bait
written all over it.) All in all I’d stick with a fire
type Combusken (probably the T2 or the PK one.)
Unlimited – 2/5 Blaziken isn’t strong enough in
unlimited to make this pokemon very good.
Modified – 3/5 There are better Combusken you can use.
Limited – 4/5 There are two Combusken in the set, run
whatever you need to run to use your Blaziken.
Smell ya later, =P
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