Recent content by Strapps

Well I started doing some research in preparation of trying out this battle subway. I want to start out with singles, what do you guys think of this team? we could use some work I think Cloyster@Focus Sash Jolly, Skill Link 252 Att, 252 Spe, 4 HP -Shell Smash -Icicle Spear -Razor...

Planning out a team in advance is one of my favorite things to do. I recently restarted my copy of Diamond, so I wanted a team that would be fun and take me through the game without holdups. So I traded over a Tauros and a Skarmory (to keep at level 1 as HM slaves. To have all 8 available i...

so im throwing together a fun team to play through diamond again im using: Simple-Bibarel@Leftovers (Waterfall, Curse, Amnesia, Charge Beam) because i just want to play with his awesome ability Poison Heal-Breloom@Toxic Orb (Spore, False Swipe, Focus Punch, Seed Bomb) because of usefulness...

does a Simple Bidoof using Growl lower the opponents attack 2 stages?

so, uh... ::blush:: how do you insert pokemon sprites in a post?

So I can't claim to have read this entire thread, but I did a few searches and didn't find anything quite the same as this my crazy friend just used this against me, make me lol, as well as lose miserably. this probably isn't quite tailored for "real" use, (compared to our "casual" use) but i...

so, im on a mac and can't use the damage calculator http://www.smogon.com/forums/showpost.php?p=1795390&postcount=1 so i was wondering, out of morbid curiosity, if someone could punch some numbers in for me? im wondering what the highest possible damage is... so i figure its either going to be...

oh oops, i didn't mean to post that link all by itself, i was saving it to use as a reference in a longer post but mustve hit send by accident anyway, just found this thread (and its predecessor) and its been a lot of fun following your stories. though im studying to become a psychiatrist...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2009/may/19/ida-fossil-missing-link

also, as a follow up on this, does the extra 10% on each successive turn from metronome ultimately outweigh the boost from choice band, for instance? i guess this isn't really a simple question... sorry :-) i just like thinking about things like this even though it probably has zero practical...

Just because I'm not confident with math~ Situation: Armaldo is holding a metronome and using STAB Fury Cutter How powerful is this attack when it maxes out? How many turns does it take to max out? At 95% accuracy for the move, what is the chance of successfully landing the necessary amount of...