Approved by Arcticblast!
Hello guys! This is me! This is a new tier. 1vs1 Ultra!
Lastly, I`ve been hosting alot 1vs1 tournaments on Pokémon Showdown and I`ve enjoyed it! I`ve seen alot of battles and tactics in my tournaments and wanted to share this with you guys.
As you can see, I have included Genesect above. Yes, Genesect is unbanned. And so are other Pokémons. However, they`re a little bit nerfed now.
ALL abilities have been released! Also Shadow Tag Chandelure, but he has no point is this tier anyways.
Also, all Pokémons who were once OU in BW are now released and nerfed.
Excadrill - Rapid Spin and Weather teams have no use in this tier.
Thundurus-I - Instead of Prankster, Thundurus-I has Inner Focus as his first ability.
Tornadus-Therian - Regenerator has no use. Still, to give a fair ability to Tornadus-Therian, he gets Prankster now >.>
Blaziken - Instead of Speed Boost, Blaziken has Flash Fire as his Dream World ability.
Darkrai - Nasty Plot and Focus Blast are banned in Darkrai`s movepool.
Genesect - Rock Polish is removed from Genesect`s tier. Otherwise, Genesect was okay in the OU metagame >.>
Thundurus-I - Instead of Prankster, Thundurus-I has Inner Focus as his first ability.
Tornadus-Therian - Regenerator has no use. Still, to give a fair ability to Tornadus-Therian, he gets Prankster now >.>
Blaziken - Instead of Speed Boost, Blaziken has Flash Fire as his Dream World ability.
Darkrai - Nasty Plot and Focus Blast are banned in Darkrai`s movepool.
Genesect - Rock Polish is removed from Genesect`s tier. Otherwise, Genesect was okay in the OU metagame >.>
Also, I felt like Rapid Spin shouldn`t be banned on Excadrill, since it has no use anyways. Excadrill should pretty much be in the UU of the 1vs1s >.>
Also, U-Turn shouldn`t be banned. He can`t switch out anyways, but he can do serious damage on Pokémons who are weak to Bug-type moves. This makes Genesect effective in some way.
Shadow Tag Chandelure doesn`t need a ban, you can`t switch out in 1vs1s anyways.
But we have a banlist ofcourse. It isn`t so big, and it is like the standard banlist:
- Evasion Clause is ON.
One cannot have Double Team or Minimize in its moveset.
Also, Snow Cloak and Sand Veil is banned.
- OHKO Clause is ON.
One cannot use Guillotine, Fissure, Sheer Cold or Horn Drill in its moveset.
- Moody Clause is ON.
One cannot have a Pokémon having the ability Moody.
- Soul Dew
One cannot use Latios or Latias with the 'Soul Dew' item.
- Amount of Pokémons
One cannot have more than 1 Pokémon in his team.
- Selfmudering moves (+ Sash)
One cannot use Selfdestruct, Explosion, Destiny Bond, Memento, Final Gambit, Lunar Dance and Perish Song.
One cannot use these moves, including a Focus Sash.
One cannot have Double Team or Minimize in its moveset.
Also, Snow Cloak and Sand Veil is banned.
- OHKO Clause is ON.
One cannot use Guillotine, Fissure, Sheer Cold or Horn Drill in its moveset.
- Moody Clause is ON.
One cannot have a Pokémon having the ability Moody.
- Soul Dew
One cannot use Latios or Latias with the 'Soul Dew' item.
- Amount of Pokémons
One cannot have more than 1 Pokémon in his team.
- Selfmudering moves (+ Sash)
One cannot use Selfdestruct, Explosion, Destiny Bond, Memento, Final Gambit, Lunar Dance and Perish Song.
One cannot use these moves, including a Focus Sash.
Noticeable Threat List
Also, I took note of some really threatening Pokémons in this tier:
@ Choice Scarf
Trait: Justified
- Secret Sword
- Hydro Pump
- Hidden Power [Ghost]
- Icy Wind
Trait: Justified
- Secret Sword
- Hydro Pump
- Hidden Power [Ghost]
- Icy Wind
@ Leftovers
Trait: Serene Grace
- Body Slam/Thunder Wave
- Iron Head
- U-Turn
- Wish
Trait: Serene Grace
- Body Slam/Thunder Wave
- Iron Head
- U-Turn
- Wish
Made by Cerco
@ Focus Sash
Trait: Thick Fat
- Endeavor
- Ice Shard
- Earthquake
- Stone Edge
Trait: Thick Fat
- Endeavor
- Ice Shard
- Earthquake
- Stone Edge
Machamp is, however, a threat to this tier, as Machamp can do alot of damage output.
@ Choice Band
Trait: No Guard
- DynamicPunch
- Pursuit
- ThunderPunch
- Stone Edge
Trait: No Guard
- DynamicPunch
- Pursuit
- ThunderPunch
- Stone Edge
@ Toxic Orb
Trait: Poison Heal
- Protect
- Substitute
- Toxic
- Earth Power
Trait: Poison Heal
- Protect
- Substitute
- Toxic
- Earth Power
@ Leftovers
Trait: Prankster
- Substitute
- Leech Seed
- Stun Spore
- Taunt/Giga Drain/Encore
Trait: Prankster
- Substitute
- Leech Seed
- Stun Spore
- Taunt/Giga Drain/Encore
@ Focus Sash
Trait: Technician
- Spore
- Swords Dance
- Mach Punch
- Bullet Seed/Substitute
Trait: Technician
- Spore
- Swords Dance
- Mach Punch
- Bullet Seed/Substitute
@ Life Orb
Trait: Bad Dreams
- Dark Void
- Dark Pulse
- Substitute
- Focus Punch/Drain Punch/Foul Play
Trait: Bad Dreams
- Dark Void
- Dark Pulse
- Substitute
- Focus Punch/Drain Punch/Foul Play
Beginner Section
[Lum Berry]: Lum Berry is a great item. It cures the confusing of Machamp`s DynamicPunch and even better: Breloom`s Spore. The Lum Berry can be a game-breaking move.
[Chesto Berry]: This has the same purpose as Lum Berry, however, Chesto Berry is for curing sleep. Easy to abuse Rest+Chesto with it, which can, on a bulky Pokémon, be incredibly important.
[Choice items]: Choice Band, Choice Specs and Choice Scarf are piece for piece, great items. Maybe they are even the best 3 items in the game. Especially Scarf makes the biggest threat in this tier such a threat: Keldeo. Keldeo with 1.5x boosted speed is amazing. Also, Choice Band/Specs can be a OHKO instead of a 2HKO.
[Focus Sash]: However, this may be the most important item in the whole tier. It allows you to cover 1 hit. A single hit, which is gamebreaking, disastreous. It is the main part of the FEAR tactic. Focus Sash however, is incredibly gamebreaking. It tanks a super-effective hit. Maybe the item that could win a tournament.
[Chesto Berry]: This has the same purpose as Lum Berry, however, Chesto Berry is for curing sleep. Easy to abuse Rest+Chesto with it, which can, on a bulky Pokémon, be incredibly important.
[Choice items]: Choice Band, Choice Specs and Choice Scarf are piece for piece, great items. Maybe they are even the best 3 items in the game. Especially Scarf makes the biggest threat in this tier such a threat: Keldeo. Keldeo with 1.5x boosted speed is amazing. Also, Choice Band/Specs can be a OHKO instead of a 2HKO.
[Focus Sash]: However, this may be the most important item in the whole tier. It allows you to cover 1 hit. A single hit, which is gamebreaking, disastreous. It is the main part of the FEAR tactic. Focus Sash however, is incredibly gamebreaking. It tanks a super-effective hit. Maybe the item that could win a tournament.
I also have a few tips. So as beginner, you`d probably better read this!
Hazards have no point. They are a waste of moves. The only hazard that eventually works is Leech Seed.
If you`d lean towards a stally gameplay, you should reckon a Ferrothorn Leech Seed set.
Weather isn`t dominating in this tier. You can use a Politoed (Specs Politoed + STAB + Rain with Hydro Pump = huge damage output!), Ninetales, Tyranitar or Hippowdon for the STAB, but aren`t very important.
If you`d lean towards a stally gameplay, you should reckon a Ferrothorn Leech Seed set.
Weather isn`t dominating in this tier. You can use a Politoed (Specs Politoed + STAB + Rain with Hydro Pump = huge damage output!), Ninetales, Tyranitar or Hippowdon for the STAB, but aren`t very important.
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Please Luvdisc this! I hope this tier can be implanted in Pokémon Showdown anytime soon!