Recent content by THB

Still underestimating Dewgong? Okay, let's shatter any misconception that Dewgong is anything but Top Tier. Enjoy the show as a lvl 43 Dewgong solos the Elite Four. He's underleveled and alone. But it doesn't matter. It's Dewgong. Watch a lvl 43 Dewgong steamroll Lorelei. Total Turns: 7 Bruno...

"It appears late" is Dewgong's only flaw, but same thing goes for Zapdos, and Zapdos is nearly always rated "Top Tier." Let's compare: - Dewgong and Zapdos are available right after you can Surf. Except Zapdos requires you to do a side quest. -Dewgong and Zapdos solo several boss battles...

You don't have to overlevel Charmander. Use Ember. It does decent damage against a Geodude and Onix. Use Growl if they use Bide. Easy match. Want proof? Watch a level 11 Charmander beat Brock's lvl 12 Geodude and lvl 14 Onix. Charizard beats Lorelei easily. Watch Charizard steamroll Lorelei...

Disagree with Tiering Most of these tier suggestions are misguided or just wrong. Remember, the first generation of games hosted a number of unbalanced battle mechanics. OHKOs, Critical Hits, and Sleep moves worked much differently back then. The best in-game pokemon abused these early...

Antar for stats guy 2011.

Excellent warstory. The commentary serves as a great example for the proper narration of a battler's thought process in a warstory. The predictions, planning, and understanding of the developing endgame was all explained. The battle, too, was excellent quality. Had plenty of smart plays and...

I never steered him towards "one sentence per turn." My advice was to remove unnecessary words(even paragraphs) but to keep the essential elements of his thought process. Further, I provided an example of a warstory which was clearly not a "one sentence per turn" warstory. @Vexatious: Good to...

Bolded for emphasis. Writing an essay for every decision, even simple ones, is overdoing it. Just looking at the first turn, it didn't require that lengthy prologue. The numerous, long expositions kill the pacing of the warstory. Length != substance. Long paragraphs of unnecessary details is...

I appreciate the time and thought you put into this. You detailed at length your thought process, and the percentages and pictures throughout made for a clean presentation. However, I felt you elaborated too much. I was already turned off when when I saw multiple paragraphs to read before turn...

I'd recommend putting a few speed EVs in Nidoqueen to outpace Lanturn. -Spd Nidoqueen has a speed stat of 169 while Lanturn is at 170. Just a few speed EVs makes the difference in getting off Nidoqueen's Earthquake before Lanturn's Surf or Rain Dance. You can also take it further and add even...

I wouldn't mind the 1700 rating requirement as that includes the entire UU leaderboard and thus encourages the most consistent, winning ladder players to vote.

Confirming LightningScarlet

Based on your opponent's team, I'd say he was using stall, and Arcanine without attack EVs is common on a defensive build. Anyway, this battle is simply an example of a bad team matchup. Stall teams are usually not built to defeat a team like yours. They can't phaze Ambi because of Taunt, and...

Gallade is UU

Honchkrow is BL