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  1. Reflecting on BW and Looking Ahead to Gen VI - SEE POST #508

    Except with both Ice Shard and Mach Punch backed by base 140 attack it would still be amazing.
  2. how viable is stall as a playstyle?

    This is so true, and it wasn't the case back when Excadrill was around. I used to use him without Swords Dance as both an outstanding revenge-killer and an unblockable Rapid Spinner on my sandstall team. Unfortunately most people opted to abuse his sweeping capabilities with SD (damn you...
  3. how viable is stall as a playstyle?

    This may go without saying, but I think weather is incredibly important to stall in this meta and indeed this whole Gen, probably more so than for any other playstyle. The simple reason for this is that without a weather of your own you allow your opponent to, unhindered, let loose powerful...
  4. Gen 5 The OU Viability Ranking thread

    This is false. 102 base speed is still phenomenal in Gen 5. I think you're looking at speed the wrong way; while 108 speed (which the S-Ranked Terrakion and Keldeo have) may look a ton better than 102, unboosted the only thing it misses out on in OU that 108 gets is the speed tie with the 108s...
  5. Creative / Underrated Sets Thread (Read the thread, NO SHITTY GIMMICKS)

    Umm, no, it's pretty damn easy to determine the superior ability for Dnite. There's no question whatsoever. Running a Dragonite without Multiscale is like running a Politoed without Drizzle.
  6. OU Team Style Tournament #2: Weather Wars [Won by Joeyboy]

    It seems to me the dominant strategy against rain is just to stack up with Swift Swimmers and never send your weather inducer in.
  7. OU Playstyles - Week #04 [Sand Stall] - READ OP FIRST!

    I'm curious to know what Landorus-T set you use. Most of the Lando-T's I've seen have come on offensive teams, and indeed the only somewhat stallish seeming set is titled the "Offensive Pivot" in the Smogon Analysis, though I can see it being used effectively on a stall team, forcing switches...
  8. Gen 5 The OU Viability Ranking thread

    Why the hell is Ninjask D-Rank? BP teams with Ninjask have, in the right hands, been able to do very well on the ladder throughout this entire Gen. The metagame can shift around all it wants, but pure Baton Pass teams with Ninjask have remained consistently effective no matter what. At least...
  9. The Top 10 Titans of the 5th Gen OU Metagame

    Let's make this easier by defining the absolute certainties: The two defining weathers of the entire Gen need their (main) starters: Politoed Tyranitar His consistent usage speaks for itself: Scizor Another constant from day one: Ferrothorn I don't think anyone would argue against...
  10. The Top 10 Titans of the 5th Gen OU Metagame

    Seconded. I remember way back in the Garchomp/Excadrill days when having Volt Switch on a Rotom-W was like a novel thing: some had it and some didn't. Then VoltTurn became a huge, trendy thing and every single Rotom-W carried it. Now, VoltTurn has died down a lot (though idk why; it's as...
  11. OU Playstyles - Week #04 [Sand Stall] - READ OP FIRST!

    One of the thing's I've always had trouble with when making sandstall has been finding a spinner since Excadrill left the tier. Rain stall has the easy Tentacruel pick, but in sandstall picking Tenta means you can't really take Jellicent, the only good spinblocker, because the typing is too...
  12. Simple Questions & Simple Answers & General Resources (OU Edition) MK II

    When and why did Deoxys-D become a big enough threat to go Uber? IIRC when I took a hiatus a year ago it was like UU or something, but certainly not used much in OU. Is it that it was outclassed by Deoxys-S as a lead spiker but once he went Uber people very slowly realized that he was a pretty...
  13. OU Playstyles - Week #04 [Sand Stall] - READ OP FIRST!

    Honestly, even in stall Ttar is usually the better choice. Hippo can't switch in to either Politoed or Ninetales as easily, and doesn't have the benefit of being an outstanding special wall. Still love him though.
  14. Are you ready to (Stealth) Rock!

    I don't really buy the argument that Stealth Rock is that important for set-up sweepers. In fact, HO teams chock full of set-up sweepers are pretty much the only teams that don't really need SR at all. Only a select few sweepers gain a ton of important KOs from it, and other than that you're not...
  15. Smogon University PO Statistics — November 2011

    Love isn't the word I'd use for it. I don't think anyone that uses Starmie (outside of rain) truly loves her, they just find her Rapid Spinning utility extremely useful. Even inside rain, I think most people only use her over Rotom-W for Rapid Spin. She's extremely frail and has fairly awful...
  16. CAP 13 CAP 2 - Part 5 - Flavor Ability Discussion

    Guys, no one is gonna use SubSeed. Everyone will be too busy sweeping with her ridiculous attack stat. Pressure really isn't uncompetitive, it's just stupid because it doesn't fit flavor at all. Poison Touch seems like the best in terms of flavor to me, though it can be argued that it's kinda...
  17. Ubers CCAT: Stage 3 - Teammates

    Lol. My understanding of Ubers is limited, but isn't that basically the whole tier right there? :D
  18. SandyHail

    You may not use a Hail/Sand team without using Mamoswine. It simply is not allowed. Seriously though, use him. Probably over Kyurem.
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