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Jun 21, 2013 18:53:10 GMT -5
Post by Aphoristic on Jun 21, 2013 18:53:10 GMT -5
Is 5th gen as all out offensive as 4th was?
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Jun 21, 2013 18:57:04 GMT -5
Post by Dumien on Jun 21, 2013 18:57:04 GMT -5
alot of suuuper low speed. some super high attack.
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Jun 22, 2013 16:22:59 GMT -5
Post by Dumien on Jun 22, 2013 16:22:59 GMT -5
VGC13 games rarely last more than 5 turns.
Anything that lasts longer is generally considered stall or a gimmicky team.
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Jun 22, 2013 16:57:54 GMT -5
Post by Aphoristic on Jun 22, 2013 16:57:54 GMT -5
Does nobody play with full teams of 6 blind anymore?
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Jun 24, 2013 20:19:13 GMT -5
Post by Dumien on Jun 24, 2013 20:19:13 GMT -5
I'm looking forward to (hopefully) new abilities too. I really loved how the DW abilities breathed new life into some old pokes...now only if they would release them all.... Zapdos LR I'm looking at you.
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Jun 24, 2013 20:31:46 GMT -5
Post by jaedrik on Jun 24, 2013 20:31:46 GMT -5
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Jun 25, 2013 4:11:46 GMT -5
Post by Tyzerra on Jun 25, 2013 4:11:46 GMT -5
^ That's ooold news, bro. Get with the times! I'm looking forward to (hopefully) new abilities too. I really loved how the DW abilities breathed new life into some old pokes...now only if they would release them all.... Zapdos LR I'm looking at you. I'm looking at Contrary Serperior. Lightning-fast 113 Speed, decent 75/95/95 bulk, access to 140 Base Power Leaf Storm that also provides +2 SpAtk each time it's used, and Giga Drain for healing. Sure you have practically no coverage, but Hidden Power would be more than enough with the SpAtk boosts from Leaf Storm. I'd take it.
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Jun 25, 2013 16:51:03 GMT -5
Post by Dumien on Jun 25, 2013 16:51:03 GMT -5
Zapdos the Rod and Regice the Stallking are the two I was looking at. Alot of the legendaries have some great unreleased DW abilities. But yeah Serp would be crazy with contrary.
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Jun 26, 2013 2:56:22 GMT -5
Post by kittymulcher on Jun 26, 2013 2:56:22 GMT -5
You think so mousey? I think it'll be OU because 80 base speed, and even if it's too good for OU they'll not be motivated to do a suspect test because X and Y will be out.
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Jun 26, 2013 3:25:45 GMT -5
Post by Dumien on Jun 26, 2013 3:25:45 GMT -5
Talking singles here.
choice scarf Entrainment Durant + Chandelure w/ acid armor + calm mind + Protect + spAtk move + lefties
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Memento + Shadow Tag/Arena Trap Chain (3 pokes) + Chandelure w/ Acid Armor + Calm Mind + flame charge/Rest + SpAtk Move
Those combos are crazy good. For the Durant one all you need to do is make sure Durant gets KOed the turn it use it. With the memento chain you just have to make sure your first poke gets a memento off...so you probably want to scarf it. Other than that it's pretty easy to execute. I remember using it on one of the simulators (not showdown).
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Jun 26, 2013 16:02:34 GMT -5
Post by Tyzerra on Jun 26, 2013 16:02:34 GMT -5
The Smogon Dream World / Unreleased article reckons Shadow Tag Chandelure will rocket up to OU, and possibly Ubers. I can't imagine Chandelure will be so hideously OP that it will need to be locked into Ubers... But it sure as hell isn't going to stay in UU any more. I'll have to find a new special attacker to replace it, but like Dumien said: X and Y will be the main focus soon, as well as introducing a plethora of new Pokémon.
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Jun 26, 2013 20:24:38 GMT -5
Post by Usagi on Jun 26, 2013 20:24:38 GMT -5
Having a Shadow Tag Chandelure in singleplayer would be the shit.
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Jun 27, 2013 13:39:49 GMT -5
Post by Tyzerra on Jun 27, 2013 13:39:49 GMT -5
pokemonshowdown.com/replay/uu-36742574Talk about 'luck' and 'hax'. This has to be one of the luckiest games I've ever played. It wasn't really a spectacular match, but I thought I'd share it just because of the sheer number of enemy misses, Ice Beam freezes, etc that happened. 36 turns.
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Jun 28, 2013 2:08:26 GMT -5
Post by kittymulcher on Jun 28, 2013 2:08:26 GMT -5
Pokemon showdown improved their random battles, so now teams are improved, ie you won't see budew caterpie weevile teams etc. YOu get a fair balance of teams. Here's a battle, and all the teams look like this.
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Jun 28, 2013 3:29:03 GMT -5
Post by Dumien on Jun 28, 2013 3:29:03 GMT -5
Dat Linoone.
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Jun 28, 2013 3:36:07 GMT -5
Post by kittymulcher on Jun 28, 2013 3:36:07 GMT -5
I liked the bit where Linoone raped and pillaged like it was a fucking Viking.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 1, 2013 11:01:24 GMT -5
Wow...never realized Pokemon was such a complex game. When I played it as a kid I would just mash the A button on my strongest attack, spam potions, and pretty much only use my starter the whole game with the rest of my pokemon being HM slaves lol.
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Jul 1, 2013 12:23:49 GMT -5
Post by Dumien on Jul 1, 2013 12:23:49 GMT -5
Yeah I actually had a pretty fun time with Challenge Mode on W2. Normally you need you would need a friend with an opposing game W2/B2 to give you the mode after successfully beating the game...but Action Replay is amazing as always. I find it funny there is also an easy mode...for...you know...little kids...i guess (I thought the games were easy when I was younger... I just mass suicided pidgeys at brock's onix in yellow). Also, Action replay allows easy manipulation...er generation of Mons...and if you do it right it passes by Tourney checks, though I would RNG train if you are really really concerned about public image.
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Post by kittymulcher on Jul 7, 2013 7:57:28 GMT -5
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Jul 7, 2013 21:08:53 GMT -5
Post by kittymulcher on Jul 7, 2013 21:08:53 GMT -5
The weird thing is that no one runs taunt. I've gone in on Exeggutor once or twice and been taunted off. What happens more often is a random synchronize Alakazam gives me paralysis after I stun spore one. Synch Espeon has happened too weirdly enough. Also, an encore Whimsiscott has been able to do nothing too me because of that +4 priority protect and the fact that it takes 3 turns, 1 turn is burned on using the move, 1 on switching and 1 on an attack which cannot hurt me because I'm either subbing or protecting. Rain doesn't really hurt THAT much, as long as I space out my subs and protects, If I get it so on every other turn I have 5 more subs than protects, I then have 8 or ten moves to get back a leppa berry at 50% chance of this occurring, you don' need me to tell you that those are very long odds of of failing to get a berry.
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Jul 8, 2013 10:18:27 GMT -5
Post by Tyzerra on Jul 8, 2013 10:18:27 GMT -5
Not sure if anyone else has watched the VGC Finals at all, but I was very happy to see mah boi Scrafty used by both players The matches really aren't that entertaining, but whatever, have the link anyway: Link
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Jul 12, 2013 20:22:00 GMT -5
Post by prioc on Jul 12, 2013 20:22:00 GMT -5
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Jul 28, 2013 15:12:05 GMT -5
Post by jaedrik on Jul 28, 2013 15:12:05 GMT -5
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO time to retire that team i suppose or until suspect testing is over at least UU? What's that? This kinda reminds me of the Unity ruleset and how much a trainwreck it was. I say leave the rules to the TOs, unfortunate. Why is Froslass banned? Too OP?
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Jul 28, 2013 15:18:03 GMT -5
Post by LeGitBeeSting on Jul 28, 2013 15:18:03 GMT -5
Frostlass is my waifu
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Aug 1, 2013 10:10:00 GMT -5
Post by Usagi on Aug 1, 2013 10:10:00 GMT -5
ice tiep op plz nurf
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Aug 1, 2013 13:14:58 GMT -5
Post by Tyzerra on Aug 1, 2013 13:14:58 GMT -5
Dafuq. Froslass might head up to OU? I never even thought much of the girl. Sure she's a decent lead with rocks, Destiny Bond and Disable... But I never imagined she would be pushed up to OU...
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Aug 2, 2013 5:55:28 GMT -5
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Post by kittymulcher on Aug 2, 2013 5:55:28 GMT -5
I don't like how teams run standard frosslass cofagrigus snorlax cores. Just irks me. The thing is though you're running a 5 v 6 when ever you get the spikes down, but equally it's hard to punish a team for using a frosslass lead. Brobat gets ice beamed, ambipom is terribad. But the name of the game in pokemon is to use easy mode strats with low punishability.
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Aug 2, 2013 13:21:08 GMT -5
Post by Dumien on Aug 2, 2013 13:21:08 GMT -5
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Aug 2, 2013 18:30:40 GMT -5
Post by Tyzerra on Aug 2, 2013 18:30:40 GMT -5
Bro, where have you been for the past month? Steel/Ghost is an interesting typing. Like Steel/Psychic it will be a defensive behemoth. Here's Steel/Ghost: - Weak only to Fire, Ground - Immune to Fighting, Normal, Poison - Normal damage from Dark, Electric, Ghost, Water - Resists Bug, Dragon, Fairy, Flying, Grass, Ice, Psychic, Rock, Steel STAB-Ghost over STAB-Psychic will also be great since you get some offensive capabilities over opposing Ghost- and Psychic-types. You also swap Dark's immunity to Psychic for Normal's immunity to Ghost, which could be argued as good or bad.
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Aug 3, 2013 3:09:28 GMT -5
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