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  1. col49

    Metagame Favourite Teams of the Generation

    With Gen 8 RU's Beta just around the corner, it felt worth taking a moment to reflect on the Gen 7 RU experience, and to me one of the best ways to do so is through teams; the prominent teams of their day to me not only showcased the prominent threats, cores, etc. that were utilized at that...
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    Tournament Smogon Snake Draft 2019: RU Discussion

    Snake Draft Introduction Howdy. Another year of snake incoming, feel free to discuss the draft, games, metagame trends, and more here. We had some really nice discussion last year, and am hoping for more with this rendition as well. I'll do my best to keep this (fairly) up-to-date with replays...
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    Tournament Smogon Snake Draft 2018: RU Discussion

    Snake Draft Introduction Howdy. Another year of snake incoming, feel free to discuss the draft, games, metagame trends, and more here. We had some really nice discussion last year, and am hoping for more with this rendition as well. I'll do my best to keep this (fairly) up-to-date with replays...
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    SM RU Nebraska

    Foreword Howdy. Being that it's been almost a generation and some three RUTL's since i last posted one of these, I felt it only right to touch down on this metagame. Recently myself and a fair few others have been pleasantly surprised at just how enjoyable the Rarelyused metagame has become...
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    Tournament RUPL Team / Set Dump

    Approved With RUPL reaching its last legs and being the last 'major' tour for the tier until the fall, this seems as good a time as any to ask players to share their experiences with the tier and whatever might come from it. Feel free to use this thread not only to bring attention to sets and...
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    Tournament Smogon Premier League IX: Team / Set Dump

    With the regular season of SPL closing out and the four play-off teams determined, now feels as good a time as any to ask players for their thoughts and experience with the Rarelyused metagame at this time. For the time being I would ask those players of the remaining teams to give their input...
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    Tournament Smogon Premier League IX: RU Discussion

    With this SPL coming in with the RU metagame at a pretty malleable stage, I felt it would be really interesting to discuss the potential games, their implications in terms of pokemon and teams used, and so forth. Let this thread serve as a hub for all discussions on this matter. Feel free to...
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    Tournament RUPL Team / Set Dump

    approved by atomicllamas , what a guy With another installment of RUPL coming to a close, I'd like to invite everyone to share any interesting teams and / or sets they felt comfortable sharing from their games. Not only does this practice help to capture the state of the metagames played this...
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    Forretress (1/3)

    don't think i actually wrote one of these since bw, so forgive my clerical errors and rust [OVERVIEW] * Forretress does, in theory, possess multiple traits that make it particularly enticing as a Pokemon; Rapid Spin, most significant forms of entry hazard, and Volt Switch are exceedingly...
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    ORAS RU garden of delete

    introduction yo. been a while since i've touched down in these parts, the life cycle of a tr badge and then some iirc. which is a shame, really, since building still holds my interest even in these trying times, and rating is something i have enjoyed doing in the past as a result. too many...
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    Resource ru creative / underrated sets thread

    not really a new project or anything, but i wanted to revamp this a little, spark up some news ideas and maybe convince a few people to post up sets they have been seeing some success in recent games. i'll be sure to be throwing a few sets of my own up in due time, but i wanted to set this up...
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    Project oras ru research week #4 (researching hariyama, mega banette, and torterra , see post #49)

    i do what i want atomicllamas pees sitting down credit to brightobject for the dope banner, be sure to check out his his thread introduction the overlying goal of this project is to encourage users to escape their useful 'comfort zones' as builders by utilizing pokemon less often seen or...
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    Tournament driver gets heated (r3 posted)

    aka RU Minitour #6, hosted by me yo. to counter balance the 'every brokemon is now in the tier', i decided this tour will instead look to bring a bit more balance to a tier. also i luv bw2 ru, hot meta (otherwise the tour name is a v.strong misnomer) rules: tier is bw2 ru, with minor changes...
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    ORAS RU ills of the earth

    Dope banner by Blue Frog , I'd implore you to peep his content Preface yo. For those of you unaware, i'm 49. Or col, Ben, w.e, call me what you will. I'm a pretty average player, all things considered, with a bit of a penchant for building; perhaps because I have viewed myself as a ladder...
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    Whimsicott (QC 2/3)

    should've gotten this up a while ago, whoops. also, i haven't done a thing since 'nam, so forgive formatting mistakes Overview ######## - utility on a stick; net's stupid amounts of momentum - two really useful abilities, backed by an expansive support movepool - mad value from typing: yields...
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    Strategy & Metagame RU Suspect Coverage

    if somebody has a cooler name, i'm all ears anywho, being the first, community-involved suspect of the oras ru metagame, it's pretty gosh darn neat, and there's a substantial amount of depth with the involved suspect 'mons. what i'd probably be doing (always open to constructive criticism from...
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    [RU] Gothorita [QC 2/3]

    Figured I'd get this out there as well, since I should be able write up camel fairly quickly, and this is a pretty narrow analysis content-wise. Also Gothorita is adorable af 'n one of my favourite 'mons :] Why This Belongs On-Site: Efficient trappers, especially ones that can set up, are...
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    [RU] Rotom-F (BW2 Revamp) [QC 2/3]

    didn't watch frozen yet, i have no reference for this. idk, frozone something something *-* [Overview] <p>From an offensive outlook, Rotom-F has many desirable traits that make it worth using in the RU tier. Electric / Ice typing is stellar offensively, especially in the current metagame, as...
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    [RU] Camerupt (BW2 Revamp) [QC 2/3]

    smoke err day [Overview] <p>While commonly overshadowed similar Pokemon in the tier, Camerupt does retain a couple significant niches in the RU metagame. Strong specially based Fire-types are in high demand in the tier, as they have very few adequate switch-ins, and its secondary Ground typing...
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    Crustle (BW2 Revamp) [QC 3/3] [GP 2/2]

    came up from the bottom… [Overview] <p>As far as appearances go, Crustle's hardened exterior is just about as deceptive as they come. Despite its reasonable defensive stats and typing, too many negative traits offset these positives for Crustle to effectively fill a defensive role. Its...
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