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  1. Gyarados

    I don't know about anyone else, but to me Gyarados seems like the most nerfed OU Pokemon in B/W. Between the addition of Nattorei and Boiling Water, Rotom-W's new typing, a bunch of physical Pokes getting Wild Bolt, Porygon2 w/ prevo stone and the new and improved Cloyster / Quagsire, in...
  2. Reuniclus

    Personally, I think a set like this shows the most promise in OU play: Rankurusu @ Life Orb Magic Guard Nature: Relaxed 164 HP/248 Def/96 SDef Focus Blast Shadow Ball Calm Mind Recover With this you get perfect coverage and can hit almost all threatening Pokemon hard right off the bat, even...
  3. Terrakion

    Not sure why people wouldn't consider Quick Attack in the final slot on the SD set. Sure it's no Extremespeed, but it is priority all the same, allowing you to get the jump over other priority moves coming your way (likely with 108 base). Besides, with the much higher Attack and possible Justice...
  4. NP: UU - Zero to Hero

    I have to agree with this. I have managed to find some time to test Heracross on the ladder recently, and the mono-attack ResTalk set is just ridiculously effective. All the hype and whatnot has forced a shift in the metagame towards packing numerous 90+ speed revenge-"killer"s in an attempt to...
  5. Probopass (LV 2 Sturdy Abuse)

    Has anyone managed to test Ononokusu's / Rampardos' / Pinsir's Earthquake (well any attack will do against Lv2 lol) against this set yet? Should OHKO by common logic, but you can't account for Gamefreak's logic sometimes.
  6. Volcarona

    Shouldn't HP Rock be in the supposed "dominant set" mentioned in the OP instead of HP Ground, or am I missing something? Sure, Heatran and Tentacruel might be some trouble, but surely all the other Pokemon that still resist all your attacks are more threatening, being physical and overall...
  7. NP: UU - Zero to Hero

    So Heracross did drop after all. This surprised me actually, I thought it would always be on the lower edge of OU. I might actually end up playing on the UU ladder again to give it a go. Maybe. Just a little. Anyway, am I the only one who thinks that, when considering all possible sets...
  8. Pokemon Black and White (SPECULATIONS ALLOWED HERE)

    You just made Battle Armor complete trash, whilst making Pick Up crazy good. Battle Armor doesn't need to be changed IMO, but I think Pick Up should work like this: Pick Up: a 1-in-3 chance of picking up a dropped / discarded item (from either side) in battle at the end of every turn if not...
  9. Pokemon Black and White (SPECULATIONS ALLOWED HERE)

    Mold Breaker is already a great ability, it is just that the distribution is currently very poor, only available for two mediocre Pokemon. Add to the fact that abilities become more numerous / better with each passing generation, and a 'good' 5th Gen Pokemon with Mold Breaker sounds very...
  10. Pokemon Black and White (SPECULATIONS ALLOWED HERE)

    I have a better name: Ho-oh Lite! I jest, of course. Also, I have noticed something about Sturdy that may or may not have been mentioned already. People say it is now just like Focus Sash without using the item slot, but it is actually better than that. Theoretically, you could take a full OHKO...
  11. NU Discussion Thread (Mark II)

    Um, Shadow Sneak (???...). Of all of the problems that plague Muk, Espeon shouldn't be one of them. Also one thing that Muk doesn't have is Earthquake, unless I somehow misread a post a bit further up.
  12. Inception (spoilers)

    That might be the perfect title for any sequel. Or maybe not. Anyway, just saw this movie today, and I am in almost complete agreement with the general consensus. What made this unique to me was that it was so confusing on occasions that it made my head spin, yet I was so utterly compelled all...
  13. NP: UU - Silent Night

    The only BL I think should be considered for a re-test is Abomasnow, simply because it was never tested in the absence of Froslass, and that is a pretty huge difference given Abomasnow's concept.
  14. Spiritual Crisis

    Um, nobody's to blame for this, as this is all we humans are capable of really. You just try to imagine yourself consciously performing an act that you really don't want to do for any reason at all. You won't succeed, but you may hurt your head if you think about it too hard. All human acts are...
  15. Pokemon Black & White, aka Gen 5. Coming to Japan in Fall 2010.

    Bug doesn't resist itself let's not forget. If you don't resist U-turn and Bug Bite, walling Scizor you ain't, unless your physical defense is of Blissey special defense proportions.
  16. Pokemon Black & White, aka Gen 5. Coming to Japan in Fall 2010.

    IIRC, Vacuum Wave was translated as Vacuum Blade from the Japanese name.
  17. World Cup: South Africa 2010 - Paul and Spain win!

    Denmark v Cameroon was easily the best match I have seen so far this tournament. Screw England and their shite, Rommedahl and co have given me reason to be extra proud of my Danish routes. They've already accomplished more than England have in my lifetime, and they actually play as one...
  18. Pokemon Black & White, aka Gen 5. Coming to Japan in Fall 2010.

    What's really funny is that I actually made up a theoretical new ability that raises Attack +1 after fainting a Pokemon in my head many months ago. I called it Ego Trip, but the official name will probably be a lot better. It won't be called Earthquake Spiral in English due to character space...
  19. Pokemon Black & White, aka Gen 5. Coming to Japan in Fall 2010.

    Yeah, I pondered the idea of a Storage ability a while back that could be given to Pelipper and Cradily as a second ability. Though I recall one guy saying that such an implementation would be a heavy burden on programming for some reason that I don't understand. Still, Specs + Scarf +...
  20. Pokemon Black & White, aka Gen 5. Coming to Japan in Fall 2010.

    You can also get Geodudes dead early in almost every game. However, a pre-1st gym Dragon type really would be breaking the mold. It surely won't happen.
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