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Only recently got Y a couple of weeks ago and I've been a bit overwhelmed by all the changes that have come about since I last played competitively- I haven't touched a Pokemon game since pre-Platinum so I'm a bit rusty as to what the current threats are. Have put together a team after a few...

When looking specifically for UU (or Uber, I guess) teams to rate, it can be a pain finding them at the moment. Seeing as very few players are really experienced enough to rate properly across all tiers, I think that using sub-forums to split up teams for each tier would be beneficial for most...

I haven't played OU for a while- I haven't really played extensively since Latias was introduced to the ladder. Figured it was probably about time to actually try it ^^ I haven't played with this team much, but I'm pretty happy with it so far- I'm currently 21-2. Both times I've lost, Gyarados...

This is still a work in progress- I'll just post what I've got so far and update it as and when I've finished the last few bits. www.smogon.com/dp/pokemon/toxicroak Changes: ~ Rewritten the Swords Dance, Choice Band, Nasty Plot and Sub-Punch sets for the new UU metagame + Platinum changes. ~...

The addition of the move 'Trick' to the movepools of several Pokemon was one of the biggest changes made to the metagame as a result of the release of Pokemon Platinum. Beforehand, the only Pokemon that you may occasionally have seen in OU carrying the move was Alakazam. Alakazam's relative...

I know that I've posted another RMT relatively recently, sorry about that :s It's a few pages back now though, so I hope that's not too much of a problem, as I'd really like some help with this one. I've had a good rate of success with this, but I've had a few problems with some specific threats...

http://www.smogon.com/dp/pokemon/hitmontop [SET] name: Rest + Sleep Talk move 1: Rest move 2: Sleep Talk move 3: Hi Jump Kick / Revenge move 4: Stone Edge item: Leftovers ability: Intimidate nature: Impish evs: 252 HP / 120 Def / 136 Spe [SET COMMENTS] <p>Hitmontop has acceptable...

I've really struggled to find a team that works in the current OU Platinum metagame, as it's so different to the pre-Platinum one. Still, I quite like this team; I've still got a few weaknesses I'd really like to sort out but I can play around most of them (albeit with difficulty) I haven't...

Raticate hasn't really gained anything from Platinum, but atm there's no mention of Choice sets in there. fyi I can't say I've ever playtested Raticate, though I'll try to do so at some point in the near future. http://www.smogon.com/dp/pokemon/raticate [SET] name: Choice move 1: Return move...

I haven't had much time to UU ladder recently, but I've been making a few small tweaks to one of my older, more fun to play with UU teams. I've had a reasonable success rate with it, as it hasn't been too adversely affected by the Platinum changes. Figured I may as well post the team now and get...

www.smogon.com/dp/pokemon/aerodactyl [SET] name: Choice Bander move 1: Stone Edge / Rock Slide move 2: Earthquake move 3: Aqua Tail move 4: Fire Fang / Pursuit item: Choice Band ability: Pressure nature: Jolly evs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe <p>Aerodactyl was used almost exclusively as a...

This is something I've been playtesting quite a lot recently on a couple of offensively-based OU teams I've been trying, simply because it's one of the few things that can switch in on nearly every bulky water that you'll see commonly in OU (the exception being Kingdra) and pose some sort of...

http://www.smogon.com/dp/pokemon/ledian With all due respect to whoever wrote the current Ledian analysis, it seems slightly lacking. The set comments are all relatively short and the Other Options section is basically empty. I've done a rewrite; it's a first draft so there's probably a few...

This is something I've been playtesting in a stall team I've been running on the Suspect ladder, though I'm sure it would work equally well on the standard ladder. I have only tried it with Toxic Spikes, so I'm not entirely sure how well Rapid Spin fits here, or if any secondary attacks should...

Having had some success with my old team, getting me up to around ~35 on the UU ladder, I decided to change it around a bit, to try and push it even higher. Whilst it was meant to simply be a few small changes, I ended up changing almost the entire team around, with only two Pokemon remaining...

www.smogon.com/dp/pokemon/sudowoodo [SET] name: Sub-Puncher move 1: Substitute move 2: Focus Punch move 3: Sucker Punch move 4: Stone Edge item: Leftovers ability: Sturdy nature: Adamant evs: 248 HP / 252 Atk / 8 Def [SET COMMENTS] <p>Despite poor physically defensive typing which somewhat...

Having recently got into UU, I'm trying to build a team more tailored to my offensive playstyle. My last, more balanced team wasn't particularly successful, both because balanced teams don't really work and it wasn't a very good team anyway. I've had a decent win rate with this team, but not...

With the introduction of the UU ladder on Shoddy, it seems like a good time to get into the tier. As such I have very little idea about the common threats in UU, and so I'm sure that I've got plenty of weaknesses that need fixing. This team started off as an all-out offense team, though I've...

I am aware of the topic in 'The Policy Review' about Stealth Rock, however as far as I know a seperate discussion thread for the rest of us without a badge isn't breaking any rules. Furthermore, this thread is solely limited to the OU metagame. My experience of the Uber and UU tiers is, to say...

Started playing a bit more Little Cup; haven't played for a few weeks. Seems the metagame has come on enormously since then; I was destroyed in every game I played. I've tried to amend this by working out a much more workable team, and I'm relatively happy with it so far. I haven't had much...