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One thing I noticed about smeargle is that while it struggles early game against lum berry carrying offensive pokemon, it works very well midgame if you can lure out slow things like politoed and ferrothorn. If facing somthing that can avoid spore like a d-nite, salamence, or (...could have...

I will back up False Sense on the keldeo for A-rank thing. Seriously, keldeo may be an extremely powerful pokemon, especially under the rain, but consider how many counters it has. Keldeo never can beat latias, only beats jellicent with offensive life orb calm mind with hp electric (and loses...

I also believe Keldeo really should be moved down to A-Rank. While it is the best abuser of the 50% boost rain provides to water type moves, the combination of its moves is walled by a few pokemon. It can muscle past some of them with a weak hidden power, but not all, and not all at once...

I would like to nominate Sigilyph for D-Rank. I checked and this was brought up once before, but I think the set being suggested wasn't right for the ou metagame. The cosmic power set is extremely prone to critical hits as well as pokemon using lum berry or substitute alongside set up moves...

You do realize it also has surf. Chances are if its remotely offensive it can't take a surf. Can someone at least try octillery on a volt-turn team without bashing it? Sorry, I just don't think anyone who has replied to me has actually tried to use octillery in the niche I think he has...

Fine, D Rank it is, but I don't get why everyone only responds to their preconceptions about octillery. I only mentioned tirck room once at the end as joke and never mentioned baton pass (he is too slow to be an effective reciever for the most part, as he needs 3 speed boosts to oustpeed scarf...

Maybe I wasn’t clear enough concerning the niche octillery has over the other water types. As far as I can see, the competition in regards to being outclassed as a water type comes from three pokemon, ludicolo, gorebyss, and samurott. Two of these are S-rank, and one is A-rank. Before I start...

I think you missed the point a little. It does matter that leafeon is ohkoed by water spout on the switch. It isn't supposed to best it one on one, it is supposed to kill it or regirock, the opponents choice. The hit on mantine weakens it to the point where swellow can ko with quick attack...

I would like to nominate octillery for C or even b rank. I have had huge success using a specs octillery alongside volt-turn offensive pokemon like swellow, braviary, and rotom-S. The best way to use him, in my experience is to get swallow in on a volt-switch to something it can outspeed and...

I actaully have found a very effective genesect counter to most sets that isn't trapped by dugtrio in specially defensive conkeldur. With 252 special defense and hp evs, adamant, scarf genesect can't 2 hko with any move, except for a boosted thunder, or a sun boosted boosted flamethrower, only...

Mdevil, I like the idea of chesto rest, but how does weak armor actually help it? I tried my own dragon dance set with weak armor, but it almost never peformed better than a quiver dance set. Anyway, about selecting moves with only two move slots, I believe you would be best served by either...

Bugmanciac Bob, thanks for the reply. Sorry about the shell smash thing, I didn't mean to go off topic. On the subject of risk, you bring up an interesting point. Risk is not inherent to only the battlefield. After all, don't all great warriors win before they begin to fight? The way most...

I have a few points to discuss about the playtest thus far. First off, I have tested the new aurumoth spread with 252 special defense evs. It resulted in a pokemon that just won't die. Here is the exact set I used and some calcs: Aurumoth @ leftovers 100 hp/ 252 SpD/ 156 Spe Modest Ability...

Hello smogon, this is my first post. Even though I've been playing pokemon for over a year, I only just registered with smogon, partially to discuss this playtest. Many of the above posters have battled me under the username garchomporus 2 on showdown. I peaked at number 4 with a substitute...