(Stolen from Ashley11, credits to ToxicPhox for art. Perms from atomicllamas)
Hello RU. Those of you who've been here a while might remember the Dark Horse Project that Birkal hosted in OU a long time ago; well I'm here to port it to Rarelyused. There are a couple good reasons to participate in this project. First, participating will help us test the new Pokemon that this generation brought us. Second, participating will bring up the usage of some criminally underused Pokemon to help balance out all the noobs spamming Claydol. Third, if you succeed your run of the Dark Horse project, you'll get a nice reward (Leaderboard points Idk, maybe you will get some other cool reward but dont get your hopes up)!
The rules of the project are as follows:
- You must choose two Pokemon on the list of usage stats (found , at least for now) that have had less than 3.41% usage in the previous month. (Here: http://www.smogon.com/stats/2014-11/ru-1760.txt)
- You must build a team with them (don't just steal an RMT that happened to have both).
- You must post here stating the two Dark Horse Pokemon you were using and the fresh alt you are going to ladder under.
- After that, you have the entire month to bring said fresh alt up to a point where you can be a Dark Horse champion!
- Once you've achieved this, edit your registration post with a screencap of your ranking to be added to the Hall of Fame.
- Every month, the Hall of Fame will be preserved, but a new Dark Horse challenge will start, so you can pick another couple Pokemon that you want to use and score leaderboard points again!
- Note you can't get in the Hall of Fame with the same Dark Horse Pokemon multiple times (though the rest of your team can be recycled if you so wish).
- Discussions of your Dark Horses are greatly encouraged. Post here with commentary, findings, teams, strategies, etc.—anything to do with the Dark Horse you've been using and what you've learned from it!
Were any of your Dark Horses very useful for your teams, did they do there job correctly and then some?
Did you have any challenges in your way for creating a team out of not so common pokemon? Any key roles for a team that weren't covered by underrated threats?
Rate your dark horses from 1-10. How useful were they? Would you use this pokemon again? Why?
These questions aren't necessary, but they make me very happy :> so its reccomended
IMPORTANT THING: For the sake of this thread being useful, I would like you to explain the Pokemon you've chosen. When you build a team, explain the processes behind the team and the options you chose. Give us a breakdown of your matches, whether things were successful, etc. The true merit of the Dark Horse project is to show off forgotten threats in order to discover niche Pokemon that deserve usage. Please explain to us why the Pokemon you've chosen are good. This is not a reccomendation. This is a requirement.
GOALS HAVE CHANGED
There will be three ranks in the hall of fame.
C rank is going to be having at least 25 battles with a GXE of 70 or higher. B rank is getting at least 25 battles with a GXE of 76 or higher. A rank is getting at least 25 battles with a GXE of 82 or higher.
Hall of Fame:
A Rank:
B Rank:
C Rank:'
Registered Dark Horses and Alts:
Pokemon Showdown Username: SD Hitmonlee
Dark Horse Pokemon: Cinccino, Archeops
Dark Horse Username: Remi's Maid Yuna!
Dark Horse Pokemon: Sp. defensive Prinplup and SubPetaya Typhlosion
Pokemon Showdown Username: Lol they lose
Dark Horse Pokemon: Ninetales, Regigigas, Exeggcutor, Primeape, Carracosta, Drifblim
Pokemon Showdown Username: GaggleOfGeese
Dark Horse Pokemon: Kekleon, Beartic, Staravia, Frogadier, Scyther and Raichu
Pokemon Showdown Username: L4S3R R4V3RZ
Dark Horse Pokemon: Glalie, Mesprit, Sawk, Xatu
Showdown Username: speedghilliesniper
Dark Horse Pokemon: Virizion, Piloswine
Dark Horse Pokemon: Cinccino, Archeops
Dark Horse Username: Remi's Maid Yuna!
Dark Horse Pokemon: Sp. defensive Prinplup and SubPetaya Typhlosion
Pokemon Showdown Username: Lol they lose
Dark Horse Pokemon: Ninetales, Regigigas, Exeggcutor, Primeape, Carracosta, Drifblim
Pokemon Showdown Username: GaggleOfGeese
Dark Horse Pokemon: Kekleon, Beartic, Staravia, Frogadier, Scyther and Raichu
Pokemon Showdown Username: L4S3R R4V3RZ
Dark Horse Pokemon: Glalie, Mesprit, Sawk, Xatu
Showdown Username: speedghilliesniper
Dark Horse Pokemon: Virizion, Piloswine
A registration form looks like this:
New Pokemon Showdown Username (must be a fresh alt with 0 battles in RU on it.):
Dark Horse Pokemon:
Screenshot of Ladder Ranking:
Full Team Importable (in hide tags please):
Obviously these things will not be all filled out when you first register. That is because you should keep updating the same registration post, instead of making new update posts.
Useful Dark horses to consider
none yet
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