Silly Things You've Seen In Other Metagames

[Fossil_Maniac_27]

Just had a BH battle against mold breaker electrode with metronome, rampardos, and drizzle kingler with giga impact.

 

[aesf]

http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/oumonotype-48928642
This is me playing OU monotype ~1 year ago

enjoy

 

[Halliday]

Is that... a bug/flying monotype?
lol, I remember when I was ladder trash

 

[Uselesscrab]

http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/oumonotype-48928642
This is me playing OU monotype ~1 year ago

enjoy

"superlaserchickon"

 

[aesf]

"superlaserchickon"

lol I still use that name on some online things today.
also btw the name is an inside joke.

 

[Uselesscrab]

the name is an inside joke.

I can appreciate that, that's what most of mine are :P

Anyway,

http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/balancedhackmons-156896298

Not that great but the chat is funny. Haven't battled too much recently :/

 

[Fossil_Maniac_27]

http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/balancedhackmons-162296792
Not so much silly as a why would you dark void something you know has magic bounce thing, but whatevs. Also snow warning deo-s worked I guess.

 

[michaeloche]

http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/monotype-162304718
Why do people use mediocre stuff like Electrode on mono teams when stuff like Thundurus is completely better?

http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/fairyfaceoff-162304591
Just because this particular battle competition is set to level 30 does not necessarily mean you have to run NFE's.

http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/balancedhackmons-162302101
Mega evolving your Kangaskhan in BH is bad enough. Spamming Sucker Punch against a Cresselia that obviously has no intention of attacking is worse. But Blue Flare?

http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/triplescustomgame-162302022
Yeah...

http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/monotype-162303605
Electric mono from before returns, revealing Explosion Electrode. His opponent had, among other things, Murkrow and Hone Claws Noivern.

http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/monotype-162303063
Shuca Berry Mawile, and just what was that Pinsir guy thinking?

http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/customgame-162307136
Acrobatics+Flamethrower Life Orb Talonflame, Return+Giga Drain Ferrothorn, Night Slash Shedinja, mixed Dragonite without Multiscale, Flamethrower+Blizzard+Outrage Gyarados, Blizzard Torrent Greninja, and Acrobatics Charizard Y... it feels like the OU thread all over again.

http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/pandora-hackmons-1117096
OU team vs. 6 Imposter Dittos, one of which ended up struggling to its death when it had teammates alive.

Also, just a message to you PU players out there: If you are using Marowak without Thick Club, you are not using Marowak correctly.

 

[SP458]

http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/monotype-162303063
Shuca Berry Mawile, and just what was that Pinsir guy thinking?

Have you noticed that Mega Gardevoir had both Hyper Voice and Moonblast? Alas, Shuca Berry foiled the plan (making people think that Mawile is the Mega, maybe?).

 

[Hclegend]

http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/balancedhackmons-162302101
Mega evolving your Kangaskhan in BH is bad enough. Spamming Sucker Punch against a Cresselia that obviously has no intention of attacking is worse. But Blue Flare?

Parental Bond apparantly means nothing. (It's banned otherwise)
But Blue Flare = WTF (Sacred Fire means nothing apparantly)
And Sucker Puching a fricken WALL >_<

 

[Whatwasthatnoise]

http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/balancedhackmons-162302101
Mega evolving your Kangaskhan in BH is bad enough. Spamming Sucker Punch against a Cresselia that obviously has no intention of attacking is worse. But Blue Flare?

The ability of Parental Bond Super Fang and Night Shade to 2HKO everything not named Giratina, along with outclassing literally every other offensive ability not already banned, was why Parental Bond was banned in the first place- granted, that particular one didn't run them but saying that mega-ing Kanga in BH is bad is flat-out wrong.

 

[michaeloche]

Whoops, forgot PB was banned. But what it did with that is still dumb.

 

[Olaph Olaffsson]

http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/1v1-162488940

No comment.

 

[michaeloche]

http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/1v1-162488940

No comment.

At least he admitted he was doing something wrong. Eventually.

http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/balancedhackmons-162523482
Dream Eater Mega Gengar is one thing. Using it on Darkrai is another. Also, Hypnosis in BH at all, Feraligatr, Entei, Outrage Palkia, and Dragon Tail everywhere.

http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/monotype-162519750
>defensive Azumarill

http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/almostanyability-162520959
So Illusion Pinsir is a thing now...?

http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/fairyfaceoff-162523620
I think we found a use for Synchronoise now.

http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/pandora-academiapokmon-1119190
Warning: noobs. (not really sure where else to put this one)

http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/monotype-162527598
Lunatone and Solrock, both with Trick Room and GRAVITY. And he won.

http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/haxmons-162532041
A mono Explosion team in Haxmons meets its match.

 

[Fossil_Maniac_27]

Just fought freezedry escavalier. Even let him use it on my kyogre.

 

[Uselesscrab]

[21:29:03] M3gapede: $20 to someone that gets a kill with guts flame orb shedinja in BH
[21:29:41] M3gapede: trust me its possible
[21:32:25] kingslayer2779: okay
[21:32:29] kingslayer2779: i will do it

http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/balancedhackmons-162656242

 

[Kingslayer2779]

Due to guts Shedy's clear op ness i will post the set here:

Best Shed Set (Shedinja) @ Flame Orb
Ability: Guts
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Endeavor
- Ice Shard
- Trick
- ExtremeSpeed
Clearly metagame changing. I don't think i need to explain the sheer power and destruction this set can do.

 

[insanelegend]

Due to guts Shedy's clear op ness i will post the set here:

Best Shed Set (Shedinja) @ Flame Orb
Ability: Guts
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Endeavor
- Ice Shard
- Trick
- ExtremeSpeed
Clearly metagame changing. I don't think i need to explain the sheer power and destruction this set can do.

Nice set. I just want to say Hail > E Speed to help take away Shedinja's weakness to sandstorm

 

[Olaph Olaffsson]

Two-mon team, both of which would die in one hit if they didn't have Sturdy. Or if the opponent has Teravolt. And this team had a 17-11 W/L record before I beat him.

http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/balancedhackmons-162778674

 

[thdhted]

http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/smogondoublesubers-162832966
a Red team in Ubers Doubles. the only thing that prevented a complete ROFLstomp was the snorlax.
i realize i could have made better plays, but i was laughing too hard to concentrate

 

[Fossil_Maniac_27]

Nice set. I just want to say Hail > E Speed to help take away Shedinja's weakness to sandstorm

Nah, you're better off running final gambit in the last slot. Ice types are immune to hail, and you want to be able to kill those off. You could also try protect/ variant to scout before attacking.

In unrelated news, I just missed 6 focus blasts in a row after finally getting a tier shift battle.

http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/balancedhackmons-162917896
WTF is this? Oran Berry everything, work up, wing attack, dazzling gleam. It hurts.

http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/balancedhackmons-162926239
This is actually me fighting in a battle and I have to say, sitrus berry deo-d and electric gem mega ampharos with charge beam don't exactly strike me as top tier threats.

 

[michaeloche]

Forgot to save the replay, but I spectated a PU battle with Shadow Ball+Explosion Gourgeist-Average and an Altaria that wanted to hit other dragons so badly it ran Draco Meteor, Dazzling Gleam, and Ice Beam.

Edit: http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/almostanyability-163175183
Magician Rotom-Fan. Why. Either. Mummy Chansey was a bit odd, and Levitate Heatran is not obvious, apparently.

http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/monotype-163174249
Ninetales using Solarbeam after its sun ran out. Magcargo. Air Balloon Combusken. Electivire. And motherfucking PACHIRISU (at least it managed to use Nuzzle successfully).

http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/1v1-163175884
Using Frenzy Plant on an obvious Critdra is not the greatest idea. Nor is Serperior in 1v1, for that matter. Or the not sent out Fennekin.

http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/smogontriples-163173940
Electric mono in Triples. Alas, abusing your own Discharges will only get you so far.

http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/balancedhackmons-163179593
What the actual fuck...

 

[JungleB]

http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/balancedhackmons-163179593
What the actual fuck...

I think that took off half life expectancy from how stupid that was.

 

[Fossil_Maniac_27]

http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/balancedhackmons-163179593
What the actual fuck...

Words cannot describe the sheer mental retardation that is the lower portion of the BH tier.

 

[Olaph Olaffsson]

http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/balancedhackmons-163207111

This is why you don't invite the Lobby to spectate a battle. And why you need a Sturdinja counter.