kamikaze
The King Of Games
Fight back the flight deck
Bring on the breakneck
Cue the solar eclipse
Summit the sunset
Dovetail the dragnet
And blow your backbone to bits
Welcome to the fourth Suspect Test of SM Doubles OU! Deoxys-A has been a longtime member of the Doubles OU over the past few years. It was always a glass cannon Pokemon that could drop heavy nukes with Psycho Boost and had access to a multitude of options in Ice Beam, Superpower, Extreme Speed, Dark Pulse. Things however changed in SM. Common checks such as Mega Kangaskhan and Jirachi were banned, priority attacker Talonflame received a heavy nerf this gen, as well as Tapu Lele's entrance into the generation which brought Psychic Terrain. Psychic Terrain giving a 1.5 times boost to all Psychic moves made Deoxys heavily focused on dropping STAB Psychic nukes to OHKO and even nearly OHKO threats that would normally check it such as Steels. A lot of Deoxys-A have even dropped the usual Focus Sash item for items such as Choice Specs or Z Crystals to maximize its offensive nuking potential to rip big holes in teams before fainting so its partners can clean up. The priority protection from Psychic Terrain also protects Deoxys from something that was commonly used to check it in the previous generation, forcing most teams to either pack something very fast such as a Choice Scarf Pokemon to outspeed it before it can drop a heavy nuke or be forced to make potentially costly trades.
As usual, the only requirements to vote for the suspect are the ladder points required further below on the post. There are NO posting requirements; still, we advise everyone to actually read the arguments others present for and against Deoxy-A's overbearing metagame presence (or lack thereof) and still attempt to participate in discussion on this thread. A sheer volume of people saying one thing or another will change nobody's opinion so make sure you're actually doing something to make people think.
Important Info!: The ladder will only be open for eight days. Yes, you read that right! The suspect ladder will now only be open for four days at the end of the week only and there will be two laddering periods. This will hopefully concentrate competitive players into a tighter time period as they now can't play games on early weekdays against less (high level) competition, alleviating concerns about the competitiveness of the suspect ladder.
Ladder Period 1
Start: Wednesday 10/25 11pm (GMT -4)
End: Sunday 10/29 11pm (GMT -4)
Ladder Period 2
Start: Wednesday 11/1 11pm (GMT -4)
End: Sunday 11/5 11pm (GMT -4)
Note: The ladder rankings from the first laddering period will carry over to the second. The suspect ladder will only be up at those listed times and will be taken down between sessions. This time instead of the usual full Thur, Fri, Sat, Sun ladders will be both starting and ending 1 hour earlier due to some accommodations with PS that were made to help us run this suspect test. The vote will commence after Ladder Period 2.
The B value for this suspect is 14.5. One will need to achieve a COIL of 2600 to qualify. In addition, one will also be required to have a minimum of 76.85 GXE with a game limit of 60 maximum.N=14.5/log2(40*GXE/2600)
Remember to keep an open mind in this suspect! Please respect the opinions of others; remember, just because you believe in your side does not mean the other is wrong!
Have fun
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