Recent content by devoninja

Is there a place to find reasoning for banned Pokémon for OU? Maybe somewhere where the tiering announcement threads are collected?

The idea that anything "requires little support" in balanced hackmons is silly. High tier BH battles basically become an elaborate dance of strategies and counter strategies, with each team trying to get some advantage over the other. There are so many potential threats that every member of the...

Didn't hit share replay sorry. If you get to it in time here's the battle link: http://play.pokemonshowdown.com/battle-balancedhackmons10257450 It's a balanced hackmons battle so things are unusual, but I'm sure this is a bug. Turn 1 I trick his chansey a choice scarf Turn 12 His chansey uses...

I think this is a holdover from last gen when there was no team preview. You didn't have enough info to make predictions about their team and what they might switch in on the first turn. After a few switches you knew more and could predict with better accuracy.

So you're saying that freezes and crits are bigger determinants than Frosslass evasion? Statistically, you are probably wrong.

Before continuing, I'd like to say that I don't know why my Minccino has had -10% evasion this whole time. Larvitar is the one with a -speed nature. Perhaps this has affected outcomes perhaps not, but I dropped the ball on calling it earlier so I'm fine with everything staying as it is. Ok. We...

Bleh. I'm seriously bummed that I pulled 2 normals with grass attacks. :( Minccino Tail Slap -> Mega Tail Slap -> faint If Minccino drops to 0 health, replace that action with faint.

Alright let's do it one more time. Minccino Tail Slap (Cleffa) -> Wake-Up Slap (Cleffa) -> Tail Slap (Cleffa) Larvitar Rock Slide -> Ancient Power (Cleffa) -> Rock Slide If Cleffa uses Protect or dies redirect actions to Igglybuff.

Once I found the feathers in the basement, I knew the monster was nothing more than Bird Keeper Betty in disguise. Let's keep it simple:

This was cleared up recently. You can have up to 2 subs, the first can be against any mon. The second sub can only be against a 2 sub mon. It hasn't been clarified whether each mon gets those subs or not, though i think most people ref that each does.

Sorry for not posting in a while, I've been super busy with family stuff over Thanksgiving weekend. Minccino Swift (Hoppip) -> Tail Slap (Pidgey) -> Tail Slap (Pidgey) If Hoppip uses protect a1, switch a1 and a2 Larvitar Stone Edge (Pidgey) -> AncientPower (Pidgey) -> Stone Edge...

Thanks for re-reffing! Alright guys, let's show them that we've got more than enough tricks up our sleeve to deal with the likes of them. Minccino, I'm counting on you to get Larvitar through this. Minccino After You (Larvitar) -> Tail Slap (Hoppip) -> Double Slap (Hoppip) Larvitar Dig...

Do drain moves count as recovers? They can be a source of quite a bit of healing.

My substitution should have redirected my attacks to Pidgey on action 1, which would leave Pidgey paralyzed and with less health which could have a non-trivial effect on the rest of the round.

Great, exactly the flying type I didn't want to fight. :/ Here we go, take down that Hoppip and fast. Minccino Thunder Wave (Hoppip) -> Tail Slap (Hoppip) -> Helping Hand (Larvitar) Larvitar Stone Edge (Hoppip) -> Rock Slide -> Stone Edge (Hoppip) If Hoppip uses Protect or faints, redirect...