Preface
One of the most important exercises to become a better player at chess is to review your matches after you play them. In doing so, we find the mistakes, positions, and techniques that could have turned our loss into a win. In Pokemon we seldom review our matches, often due to the to the frustrating implications of a loss. Well, what if we applied the practices of chess to Pokemon?
In this community wide exercise, together we can develop our skills to become better battlers! Whereas most OU forum projects focus on the team-building aspect of Pokemon, this project intends to develop the battling skills of everyone around the forum.
Here is how it works:
- You post a replay of your PS! battle, the importable for the team you used in that battle, and a brief summary of what happened in that battle.
- Another experienced user will analyze your battle and critique the moves you made in that battle. The analyzer will not only tell you what you did wrong, but what you should have done instead. This includes what you lead out with, what plays you made, how your strategy / play should have changed throughout the battle, how to seek out a win in losing circumstances, etc.
- If the analysis is particularly good, it will be put into the collection below this post. The collection will have analysis for different situations (ex. Deo-D HO vs Stall)
Rules:
- In this thread, we are aiming to provide constructive criticism in order to improve our battling skills. If you can not give constructive criticism, whether it be with your attitude or skill, refrain from posting in this thread. Likewise if you can not take constructive criticism do not post in this thread.
- In order to prevent an imbalance of battles to analyses, you can only put one battle in your post, and try to post a battle(s) sparingly (eg. once a week) so others may get a chance.
- If you are using an alt in the battle please specify who you actually are in relation to your username.
- You must include the complete team you used in the battle in your description in your post eg. EV's, movesets, items, and natures.
- OU battles only
- Pokemon Showdown replays and Pokemon Online logs only
- If you are newer to the game and not a experienced battler, refrain from posting an analysis of another battler.
- Even if you are experienced in OU, feel free to submit a battle where you think it could act as a good learning experience for yourself and the OU community. No battler is infallible!
- The quality of a critique is directly linked to a quality of a battle. Ideally the battle you submit should be one where the loss was closer, lacking hax, and where no obvious pitfalls were made. An example of a bad submission: "When I played Trinitrotoluene he froze 3 of my pokemon and beat me 6-0. I used Explosion on my only Pokemon who could beat pokemon X on his team".
- Giving information about what you were trying to accomplish with your team or what your goal was for the battle will allow you to put context on what you were thinking. This will make the analysis of the battle better.
- To those giving critiques, remember that you are giving advice to possibly newer and more inexperienced players. Thus, try to remain as concise as possible in your explanation. In addition, use the terms of your post correctly. For example, the difference between a check and a counter.
- However, to those who are receiving the critique, it is your responsibility to understand the definitions and explanations used by the critic. Therefore, perusing the Gen 5 Pokemon Dictionary can be a great asset to get what your critic is saying.
- Flaming other users on their skills, teambuilding, and/or intelligence WILL NOT be tolerated.
- Previous thread for examples of analysises can be found here.
Code:
Battle: Put your battle link here
[HIDE=Team]copy and paste your team into here[/HIDE]
Username: Put your username for the battle here
Summary: Put the summary of the match and the description of your team's strategy hereDoughboy
Trinitrotoluene
Subject 18
Gary2346
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