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    ORAS OU Sandstorm Isn't the Only Thing that is Raging (Peaked #1 on Suspect)

    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hello all. Originally this team started as a joke to make the most cancerous team possible, but this team was way more effective than I thought it was going to be and I used it get #1 on the suspect ladder. The very first thing...
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    Resource doughboy teaches teambuilding - Lesson 2 - Synergy

    doughboy teaches teambuilding Approved by Reverb, Aragorn the King, and AM. Introduction Hello everyone. It has been awhile since I wrote the last one of these because these articles take awhile to make and I was pretty busy. For those unfamiliar with the last thread, these lessons aim to teach...
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    Other doughboy teaches teambuilding: Lesson 1 - What makes an effective team?

    doughboy teaches teambuilding series Approved by Reverb and Aragorn the King. Introduction Hello everyone. I have some extra time this week so I wanted to get this project off the ground. The teaching teambuilding series intends go over concepts in teambuilding, from the most basic to the...
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    ORAS OU downpour (Peaked #1)

    downpour ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Proof of #1ness: Rain has always been a really potent playstyle, but it has been really underrepresented as of late. ORAS introduced Mega-Swampert, the most potent rain sweeper in the game. This is my take on ORAS rain that uses...
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    XY OU Hazard Stacking Offense

    Hazard Stacking Offense Since the metagame is going to be flipped on its head once ORAS comes out and I don't really play much here's my usual team that I play around with for a quick rate. Its a hazard-stacking offense team that uses SR Garchomp + Spikes Greninja and builds itself around...
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    XY OU omg new meta - Charizard X Stall Team

    omg new meta Charizard X deserves the obnoxiously large picture since it is so powerful. So I am pretty sick of OU at this point because the metagame revolves around 5 pokemon on hyper offense, so the same teams crop up over and over again (teambuilding and playing). Since I wanted to move...
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    Other Team Analysis Project - Balance

    Team Analysis Project Introduction: Ever wonder what types of teams tournament level players use and what ideas go into building those teams? Well this is the project for you! In the Team Analysis Project, every week I will be presenting you a tournament level team. During our...
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    Other Better Battlers Project

    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...
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    Other A Guide to Lures in OU

    Lures are pokemon that are specifically designed to draw in their usual checks and counters, and then cripple or KO them in order to benefit another sweeper on your team. While lures are not particularly common on the ladder, due to the fact you can face an opponent multiple times in a short...
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    Other Priority in OU

    One of the interesting characteristics I have noticed about this generation is the huge expansion of priority options compared to last generation. From 4th generation to 5th generation, the common priority users stayed the same. The mainstay priorities were Bullet Punch (Scizor / small Lucario)...
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    [AMA] ThePillsburyDoughBoy

    This Ask Me Anything (AMA) thread is a resource provided to you by the Smogon Mentorship Program. In it, feel free to ask this mentor about anything you'd like. They're most prepared to answer Smogon-related questions, but don't be afraid to ask them about their personality and life outside of...
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    Pokémon Ampharos

    Sheep says Baaaaaaaah ---------> Ampharos ------> Mega-Ampharos General Information (pipelines || indicate Mega-Evolution) Pokedex Number - 181 Type(s) - Electric || Electric / Dragon Base Stats* - 90 HP / 75 Atk / 75 Def / 115 SpA / 90 SpD / 55 Spe || 90 HP / 95 Atk / 105 Def / 165 SAtk /110...
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    Favorite Pokemon to Use in Generation V

    The metagames throughout this generation have seen pokes in the spotlight only to fall into depths of UU (or below) or be banished to the heavenly realm of ubers. Some of fallen into relative obscurity in OU from their initial high (I'm looking at you Haxorus) while others have remained a...
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    The Last of BW

    The Last Hello, everybody. Above is my take on the standard Sandstorm offense team that uses TTar - Keldeo - Landorus-T. While my team does use a standard formula, I added a lot of my own personal twists to the team that makes sure people are thrown off guard. I am getting pretty bored of...
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    OU CCAT - Round 7 - Revision

    Hello everyone! Welcome back to a brand new OU CCAT! Since the last thread lost interest, we (TGMD and I) have restarted the project. Some of you stated that the last OU CCAT's team's main subject, SubDD Dragonite, wasn't very interesting and good enough for the new metagame, so we are...
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    Gen V 1 vs 1 Metagame

    META OF THE MONTH YEAH BABY!!1111!1!! The return of a classic. 1 vs 1 is the most basic of all Pokemon battles; just one Pokemon versus another. Without team mates, a Pokemon faults become more glaring, so it has to rely upon its best traits to win games more than any other format. Despite the...
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    Enter Paralysis! Bromoonguss Shows its Face!

    Enter Paralysis! Hi everyone. I have been playing with many variations of this team for a long time. I really have enjoyed playing with it and I need to move on xD Anyway, the idea for this team came around during the end of the Genesect era going into Tornadus-T's / Deo-D's era, where the...
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    Doubles Pokemon Comparison (Round 1)

    The Project In doubles, nearly every Pokemon has an effective niche. However, some Pokemon's roles and niches vary only slightly when comparing them. Naturally, this can create a challenge when teambuildling to decide which Pokemon is the best fit for your team. Doubles Pokemon comparison aims...
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    Jellicent (Life Orb) [QC 0/3]

    U jelly? [SET] name: Life Orb move 1: Hydro Pump / Surf move 2: Shadow Ball / Ice Beam move 3: Giga Drain / Taunt move 4: Recover item: Life Orb nature: Modest evs: 176 HP / 216 SAtk / 116 Spd Why this set deserves to be on-site: Provides an alternative spinblocker to Gengar on offensive...
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    Forretress (BW2 Revamp) [QC 3/3] [GP 2/3]

    What a Baller Forretress [Overview] <p>When one thinks of Forretress, one word springs to mind: utility. Forretress's role in OU is defined by its use of the semi-exclusive Rapid Spin to clear entry hazards from the field. With Rapid Spin, it extends the longevity of a wide range of...
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