Rate of the Week V3: Week 6

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Rate of the Week
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Welcome to Rate of the Week! This is a project that looks to bring quality individual rates into the spotlight and recognizes the hard work of unbadged raters. Here's how it will work:

• Each week, official Team Raters will be paying close attention to the RMT forum and reading the rates posted in their respective tiers. They will then shortlist a few which will be in contention for the Rate of the Week award.
• From the pool of shortlisted rates, one will be chosen which most exemplifies the qualities of an excellent rate. That rater will be the winner for that particular tier!
• A post will be made by an official TR who specialises in that tier, explaining how and why the particular rate won. This will allow aspiring raters to gain an idea of what constitutes high-quality rates, and hopefully incorporate those aspects into their own rates.
• There will be multiple winners every week, one from OU and a couple from other tiers depending on the quality of the rates posted. We hope that in this way we can expand rating activity in less popular tiers, while maintaining a weekly OU winner.
• Official Team Raters are eligible to win, but not more than once. Unbadged raters can win the award multiple times.

So what's in it for the winners? Well, they will earn a place in the Hall of Fame, which will be kept in the OP of every thread, and their rates will be announced on social media. Also, after gaining 3 places in the Hall of Fame, a rater can be eligible to earn room voice in the RMT room on PS! on the condition that they've shown an interest in getting involved. Winners also earn more consideration for the Ladybug

and Team Rater

badges.

We hope that this project will encourage people to put more effort into their rates and become better and more experienced raters, which will consequently increase the quality as well as the quantity of rates in the forum. Good luck to you all!

Hall of Fame

Week #1 - Toon Linked (OU)
Week #2 - Nedor (OU), Arifeen (UU)
Week #3 - Fireburn (Ubers), Do A Bibarel (UU)
Week #4 - AM (OU), Raiza (PU), Kiyo (NU)
Week #5 - FlamingVictini (OU)
Week #6 - Cyndequil. (UU)

 

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This week's UU winner is Cyndequil.! His rate is a well built one with a nice formatting. Firstly, he suggested offensive Shuca Berry + Defog Empoleon, since the team was weak to Gyarados and Salamence. His Empoleon had Hidden Power Electric over Stealth Rock, which seemed unusual at first, but he stated that this is a great way to beat Waterfall+Bounce Gyarados. With Stealth Rock gone, Cyndequil. suggested running offensive Krookodile over Umbreon, as it is a nice Psychic-type check. He suggested running Taunt to shut down Wish passers and hazard setters, and Stealth Rock to remedy the loss of Stealth Rock from Empoleon.

Cyndequil. stated that the team would be pretty worn down, due to no Wish passer present, and therefore suggested Lunar Dance Cresselia with Thunder Wave, allowing him to check Slurpuff, Salamence, and Alakazam. With these changes the team seemed relatively slow, barring Mega Sceptile, and so Cyndequil. suggested to run Choice Scarf Rotom, as the team already had a Mamoswine switch in, and Rotom dealt with Aerodactyl, Earthquake Gyarados, Mega Beedrill and Suicune. Finally, the team seemed like Suicune would pressure it a lot, so his change of Mienshao to Toxicroak nullified it. Cyndequil. suggested the lesser common Nasty Plot variant, stating that Dark Pulse will lure Doublade, a Pokemon that completely walls Mega Sceptile.

Thanks to his detailed and helpful rate, Cyndequil. has earned himself a spot in the Hall of Fame. Congratulations!