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Often there's complaints on the forum about many things - scald, spikes, stealth rock, et cetera, or at least these complaints have existed at some point, as well as about a couple of abilities and such (like arena trap), and I thought it would be interesting to ask, what are people's favourite...

Well.. this concept's discussion is in some ways beyond the realm of these generations, but on the flipside are only realistically likely in GSC and in certain tiers RBY. What methods are there to constitute an infinite match? As far as I can see it it's one of three conditions: - Switching...

On the request I guess of my bud [who wishes to not be spotlighted here] I'm opening up a discussion for any suspects in the tier. He and others feel that Sableye and Huntail may be banworthy, whilst my personal stance is the metagame is still far too underexplored to really be in sufficient...

The matchup between this pair of leads has been discussed quite a lot lately, and I figured it'd be a good idea to work out the odds. I'll look at 2 scenarios, in both cases assuming that the Gengar player's strategy is not to Explode turn 1. I'm also going to ignore 255s since in this scenario...

[Overview] - Prankster and Huge support movepool - Dark and Ground resistance somewhat key - Huge disadvantages in Flying and Fire weaknesses, Pdon and Mega Mence kinda annihilate it. - Huge competition with Klefki, but Ground resistance and access to extra moves such as Taunt, Encore, Memento...

[Overview] - Actual bulk unlike similar Pokemon such as Beedrill, but actual boosts to pass, unlike venomoth. - Insomnia and a 4x Grass resistance actually let it check Sunnybeamers somewhat effectively. - Can run Agility+Baton Pass [SET] name: Baton Pass move 1: Baton Pass move 2: Agility move...

[Overview] - Appalling bulk - 4x resistance to Fighting and a couple of nice moves give it a niche. - Baton Pass is a big draw. - Good base 80 Attack, with Physical STABs, but an easily walled STAB combo. - Interesting movepool. - Its frailty, in spite of a solid typing, makes passing boosts a...

[Overview] - Checks Hitmonchan with Flying sub-typing - Can run SunnyBeam, and has Chlorophyll - Can boost with Growth or Phaze checks to rack up Spikes Damage [SET] name: Going Through A Sunny Phaze, Though I Might Grow Up Instead. move 1: Sunny Day move 2: Solar Beam move 3: Hidden Power Fire...

[Overview] - Fire type automatically grants it both a niche and lots of competition. It has enough Special bulk to check sunnybeamers, whilst incredible physical bulk lets it check a lot of threats such as Vigoroth. - Curse+Explosion lets it bait+explode on Water and Fire types. - One of the...

[Overview] - Peculiar ability Forecast, but actually suprisingly helpful, in a tier where users of Rain Dance and Sunny Day are pretty common. - Answers sunnybeamers very well whilst on rain teams, so great partner to huntail - Quite easy to wear down - Base speed is quick, but a lot of...

I felt like making a thread for this! In this thread, please post and discuss strong cores in the ADV NU Metagame. I'll start off with a couple. Sableye+Flareon A very solid defensive core, covering large amounts of threats, and very difficult to break. Huntail+Rain Dance Plusle...

[Overview] - Its double Fighting resistance automatically grants it some sort of a niche. It is immune to Ground, which is also very helpful, although it's weak to Rock. Similar Pokemon that can do similar things include Chimecho, Arbok, and Swalot. Golbat's quirky typing, exceptional Base 90...

[Overview] - Main draw is Rapid Spin. Has slightly different traits to Hitmonchan, but it's generally inferior. However, does get Foresight - Doesn't get many chances to Spin in defensive matchups, gets worn down fairly easily but can be kept healthier with Cleric support - Mediocre choice but...

My 14th Analysis posted today, now I'm off to bed! [Overview] - Very fast, very powerful. - Faces competition with Raticate, which is faster and enjoys having Guts to prevent anyone from statusing it. On the flipside, Vigoroth has Bulk Up, Endure alongside Flail and Reversal, and Focus Punch...

[Overview] Sableye's typing is fantastic in ADV NU, where the competition allows its bulk to be sufficient. Normal, Fighting, and Psychic immunities help it answer many top threats, whilst additionally its Poison Resistance makes it a fantastic Arbok and Swalot counter too. It stops a huge...

[Overview] Arbok's typing, bulk, and power are altogether enough to make it a consistent member of the tier. Intimidate combined with Poison typing allows it to be a solid Hitmonchan switch-in, as well as resisting SunnyBeamers' Grass type STABs and returning hits with its strong CB-Boosted STAB...

[OVERVIEW] More powerful than Plusle or Minun, but slightly slower and much frailer, Pikachu makes its name in the tier as amongst the handful of viable Electric types, with great speed and power. Light Ball doubles its Special Attack, and Surf or Volt Tackle allow it to be uniquely threatening...

Thanks to Oglemi most of this is just reworded and edited from the Charmeleon Analysis, since it's a very similar Pokemon. [Overview] - Fastest Fire-type in the tier, important in leading. - Really one-dimensional, isn't going to be doing much apart from its special attacker set, and is very...

Thanks to Oglemi most of this is just reworded and edited from the Charmeleon Analysis, since it's a very similar Pokemon. [Overview] - 2nd-Fastest Fire-type in the tier, and the only one other than Ponyta outspeeding Glalie, giving it an edge over the wide variety of competition. - Really...

Thanks to Oglemi most of this is just reworded and edited from the Charmeleon Analysis, since it's a very similar Pokemon. [Overview] - Tied 3rd-fastest Fire-type in the tier, alongside the very similar Charmeleon, giving it an edge over Flareon who is slightly stronger. - Really...