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  1. Karpi

    SM Ubers Toxic everything (Trapped in the 1400's)

    This is an interesting idea, because it would alleviate Waterceus's 4 moveslot syndrome by adding a Defogger. I'm a bit unsure about it because Dialga occasionally grabs Xerneas kills, but I'll give it a shot!
  2. Karpi

    SM Ubers Toxic everything (Trapped in the 1400's)

    Small update: After some suggestions to play more aggressively with Yveltal and discovering this can address several of the problems, I'm starting to think this is actually a finished product team.
  3. Karpi

    SM Ubers Toxic everything (Trapped in the 1400's)

    With many of the lower tiers yet to stabilize, SM Ubers has proven the perfect environment for me to improve my skills, as it is well-developed enough as a metagame that it does not feel like a hyper offense crapshoot. I've been slowly modifying this team, which I believe has a solid basis, but...
  4. Karpi

    Metagame SM Ubers Replays & Discussion

    I finally got a replay worth posting here: http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen7ubers-591688084 126 turns of me slowly trying to beat down a stall team with Ho-oh that I was otherwise completely unprepared to face. I'll be the first to admit I made some horrible misplays with Yveltal, but it...
  5. Karpi

    Metagame SM Ubers General Metagame Discussion

    Personally I had to remove Latias from my team as its post-nerf stats are just too disappointing. 1. Arceus-Water with Judgment + Ice Beam --> Arceus-Fairy with Judgment + Defog 2. Yveltal to replace Latias is the way I have replaced her while causing the least amount of harm to my team.
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    Metagame SM Ubers Replays & Discussion

    http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen7pokebankubers-483073487 I thought this was a pretty good match I had, lasting 177 turns! Regarding new additions, it at least shows that Toxapex can be used (by my opponent) to pretty great effect. Also, I would love to improve my team further - I was...
  7. Karpi

    Other ORAS Mega Speculation Thread (NO talk about potential bans NOR Aegislash)

    Diancie is the new mega I'm most likely to use, and for this exact reason. I'm a big fan of teams that can go either offensive or defensive depending on what's needed, and centering a team around a Diancie that could do either I think has some huge potential! I'm thinking of ignoring speed, but...
  8. Karpi

    Other Creative / Underrated Sets Thread (Read the thread, NO SHITTY GIMMICKS)

    I agree. I was going to respond that my stall team has two absolutely hard counters for this (Skarmory and Restalk Gyarados), which is more than I have for most threats. It just doesn't have the power to smash through the things it needs to. In fact, in 4th gen when this did occasionally show...
  9. Karpi

    Other Stall

    What is recommended as a defense against Knock Off users then? Not relying on items? Because I don't think I want to be using Skarmory@Abomasite to counter it.... right?
  10. Karpi

    Other Stall

    Seems pretty good to me. I have used Sp Def Heatran on past teams and absolutely loved it. Definitely going to try that out! You're probably right in that I'm way more than sufficiently prepared for Breloom. Restalk Gyarados is almost perfect just by itself. I'll keep Escavalier in the back of...
  11. Karpi

    Other Stall

    I'm going to use this thread to ask for a tiny piece of advice on my stall team, since it's very obvious what my problem is. (Is this ok?) I'm using Quagsire/AV Tyranitar/Sylveon/Restalk Gyarados/Defog Skarm. Sounds good, right? But my 6th pokemon is AV Escavalier. I was using him because...
  12. Karpi

    CAP 19 CAP 19 - Part 1 - Closed Concept Assessment

    Normally I lurk in these threads, but I just wanted to say that I think you guys should avoid the idea of sacrificing a pokemon to guarantee a setup for another. You can already do that in various ways, and it's not like what you think it is. Go find a one-turn setup sweeper (Mawile?) and a...
  13. Karpi

    Data Data-Driven Team Building & Theorymon

    What I wonder about is, for example, when Tyranitar shows up. The things it counters and is countered by according to the stats are a combination of all of its wildly divergent sets (Assault Vest, Mega, SR setter), and if I'm correct, the way your script interprets Tyranitar is as a pokemon who...
  14. Karpi

    Resource ORAS OU Simple Questions, Simple Answers (Read the OP First!)

    Oh, yes, this is it! Thank you! I must have dumped P2 really early on :P
  15. Karpi

    Resource ORAS OU Simple Questions, Simple Answers (Read the OP First!)

    I shamelessly copied a stall RMT using Chesnaught/Quagsire/Garchomp/Sylveon/Skarmory/Gyarados, and I've modified it quite a bit and am about to post my own RMT. But I can't seem to find the original thread to give credit. Does it sound familiar to anyone? I feel like it was one of the RMTs that...
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    Resource ORAS OU Simple Questions, Simple Answers (Read the OP First!)

    Can someone explain to me why Florges is unranked in the above list and is blacklisted? I know that's for bad pokemon, but can someone explain to me why Florges is THAT much worse than Sylveon or another fairy? I don't particularly like Florges so I'm not going to get mad about it, I just want...
  17. Karpi

    Please don't laugh. Trying to salvage this, somehow.

    For my own reference: (I'll just edit this post from now on to avoid bumping myself) I managed to put together some improved pokemon that have basically the same roles as before. -Gyarados is better than Kingdra in every way. Mixed sweeper not needed. Used Bulky DD EV's with Gyaradosite...
  18. Karpi

    Please don't laugh. Trying to salvage this, somehow.

    I thought about posting there, but I didn't think I'm a good fit for that since I'm not actually new. If that's where I need to go to have an in depth discussion, I can do that though? Is that what it's for? I don't need the basics of battling or anything, I just need help brainstorming ideas
  19. Karpi

    Please don't laugh. Trying to salvage this, somehow.

    Disclaimer: This is more of a "help me with teambuilding thread" rather than "look at my movesets for me". If this shouldn't be posted here, I apologize. Embarrassingly enough, I have been using the same team of 6 pokemon since 4th gen. And unsurprisingly, they're no longer good. And now I'm...
  20. Karpi

    XY OU Suspect Process, Round 3 - BATON PASS [READ POST #590]

    I just realized this is completely true. It's almost like there are people intentionally seeking out the most annoying strategies possible.
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