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While it's not self-sufficient, I think an encouragement award should go out to Gastrodon. I would never have expected the supremely mediocre snail to be of any use in the Subway, but now it's up there towards the top of both singles and doubles. So props for versatility to a gelatinous blob...

Thanks ~Mercury~ You're right, it makes a lot of sense to switch to a lum! I never thought of that because Salamence was always using it with Outrage. Avoiding that first turn confusion is a big plus, as it's got about a 90% chance to hurt itself. Thanks for the advise about the evs also...

Super Singles streak 214 Shuckle @Chesto Bold (+D -A) Sturdy EVs: HP - 252, D - 80, SD - 176 -Power Split -Rest -Struggle Bug -Stealth Rock Gastrodon @Bright Powder Calm (+SD –A) Storm Drain EVs HP – 252, D – 252, SD – 4 -Yawn -Flash -Recover -Memento Salamence...

@Chinese Dood, Congrats on the awesome streak! I was wondering if you ever faced a lead, Defiant Bisharp with Taunt? 280 | Bisharp | Lax | Sitrus Berry | Night Slash | Metal Claw | Taunt | Metal Burst | HP/Def 805 | Bisharp | Adamant | Focus Sash | Taunt | Sucker Punch | Rock Smash | Iron...

Subway Freakonomics Hey, I noticed that a little while back there was some scepticism/annoyance about less experienced players getting really high streaks. I think we can safely say that most people who play some pokemon don't put as much effort in as the likes of Peterko/R Inanimate and many...

Yeah, that's a good point. I'll definitely give Acupressure Shuckle a go. Having two sweepers is a lot more flexible anyway, and Struggle Bug can basically be replaced with further Power Splits.

Shuckle survives a -1 head smash? That's good to know. Also, that's a good plan against that Skarmory. Looks like I'm still learning. Vaporeon is going pretty well, the second attempt lost at 105, and I'm still going with the third at 70ish. It seems pretty solid. The most interesting thing...

Congrats on the streak, Pikiwyn. I was just wondering about Accupressure + Rollout, and it looks pretty solid. But Stealth rock is pretty useful also. In one of my first streaks I had a fully set-up Mence that lost to a Donphan with Sturdy + Custap with a Stone Edge crit. But I guess if...

My second attempt with Shuckle, Vaporeon and Salamence lost at 106, but I think the teams got potential for a much longer streak, so I won't do a proper write-up yet. I was facing a Salamence with DD, Rock Slide, Dragon Claw and Zen Headbutt. Rockslide got 3 flinches on Shuckle. It would've...

Does anyone know if there are any Japanese forums with higher battle subway records? It'd be interesting to see if there were any different tactics, as well as how well Smogon ranks internationally.

I've recently been trying out this guy: Vaporeon @Leftovers Bold (+D -A) evs in HP & D -Aqua Ring -Acid Armor -Sub -Baton Pass I actually bred this before 5th Gen was available when I heard about Quiver Dance, but I just can't get Volcarona going in the subway. So I put it aside, but the...

It’s troubling to hear the old masters of tower/subway getting worn down, but I guess it’ll make it all the better when you find that undefeatable team. Ashez Said It might be a bit of a cliché, but Outrage with Lum seems to be pretty effective (Although you’d need HGSS I believe). I find...

Battle Subway Single Record: 250 Shuckle @Chesto Bold (+D -A) Sturdy EVs: HP - 252, D - 80, SD - 176 Lv50 stats: 127, 13, 280, 19, 274, 15 -Power Split -Rest -Struggle Bug -Stealth Rock Ferrothorn @Leftovers Relaxed (+D -S) Iron Barbs EVs: HP - 252, D - 104, SD - 152 Lv50 stats: 181, 107, 178...

Stylo said: I've been using a similar team with shuckle and ferrothorn and I'm at about 120 at the moment. Firstly I found it really useful to run stealth rock on shuckle, especially as (I may be wrong) but I'm pretty sure you can power split pokemon with clear body, because it's not actually a...

@Ashenlock, I haven't heard of molf party but google tells me it was used in a championship, do you know what pokemon were in it or, or have a link? That would be really interesting. @bluemon, gastro acid does work on steels. It was surprising that the AI knew to get rid of levitate, but as...