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Hey, everybody. I'm taking another stab at warstory writing. This time it's to show off Triple Battles. Now I'll tell you right up front that in this match both I and my opponent make some misplays. It's also a bit longer than most Triple Battles. Still, it gives you a sample of what they're...

It has recently come to my attention that WiFi battles in Black and White are finally adopting a console-style pre-match. What does this mean? It means that when you start a battle against another player, you get to see the species of all six of their Pokémon and they get to see yours. Then you...

Hi ho. TMN here. I'm back again to talk about tiering, specifically the UnderUsed (or UU) tier. Hopefully you all have a good grasp of how our tiering system at Smogon currently works. We create the standard environment rules by banning Pokémon to the Uber list when we feel that they...

Well, I'm back with a new Doubles team. It occurs to me that Sunny Day got a lot of boosts with the advent of HGSS, so this team attempts to take advantage of many of these. Keep in mind that I play most of my battles in Pokémon Battle Revolution, so I'll only be picking four of these six to use...

Double Battle Strategies (Work In Progress) <Intro to be added at a later date> [Explosion] Explosion is a 250-power, 100%-accuracy, Normal-type, physical attack that hits both of the user's opponents as well as the user's ally. During Explosion, damage is calculated as if the targets had...

Now that Platinum has been released with new move tutors, I've decided to update my favorite Doubles team. For those of you who've seen it before, here are the changes that I need the most input about: 1. Bellossom has replaced Leafeon. Its moveset is not set in stone. 2. Politoed's moveset...

I've noticed over the recent months that there has been a growing interest in D/P Doubles. At first I attributed this entirely to the Pokémon Showdown tournament currently going on, and that's certainly a factor. However, I'm seeing a greater and greater number of general Doubles RMTs that...

Well, it's time for me to finally take a crack at warstory writing. As a bit of background, I play most of my games on PBR random Wi-Fi. You tend to see a lot of kids with crappy, un-EVed Uber teams, but there are also a good number of decent players with quality teams. I chose this battle...

PLATINUM UPDATE: Now that Platinum has been released with new move tutors, I've decided to update my favorite Doubles team. For those of you who've seen it before, here are the new changes in a nutshell: 1. Bellossom has replaced Leafeon. Its moveset is not set in stone. 2. Politoed's moveset...

THIS GUIDE IS ON THE SITE AT www.smogon.com/dp/articles/double_battles THIS COPY MAY BE OUT OF DATE Double Battle Primer Welcome to my Double Battle Primer. This guide is geared toward players who have some experience with Single Battles and want to learn more about...

*Under Construction* Most, if not all, talented Pokémon players try to minimize randomness when building teams and playing matches. If one player is more skilled than the other, then randomness increases the chance that the less-skilled player will win. With this team, I'm taking a bit of a...

Stop me if this idea has already been discussed. I was taking a walk today when I had an idea. Those of you who've played Magic: The Gathering may be familiar with the Five-Point Star game, where five players sit around a table and your goal is to defeat the two opponents sitting across from...

THIS GUIDE IS ON THE SITE AT www.smogon.com/dp/articles/move_restriction THE FORUM VERSION MAY BE OUT OF DATE. Welcome to the Move Restriction Guide. Here, we take a close look at the workings of moves, items, and abilities, that restrict the move options available to Pokémon. Any...

There are many tier-based threads lately and many opinions bouncing around about what should and should not be in Standard Play (also called OU). Many of the differences of opinion we're seeing are based on 'theorymon' because different people have different predictions about how the inclusion...