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All right, fair enough. I know you mentioned it earlier, but I just wanted to hear some concrete examples (like unboosted non-Outrage attacks).

It is quite possible that it was me. However, how can you be sure? I don't think SubDisable Gengar is THAT uncommon in Battle Spot, is it? You have Unaware instead of Magic Guard as the Ability. What are some specific advantages of having Unaware over Magic Guard?

However, Drifblim is the only one with access to Minimize + Baton Pass, and that's the set I really want to use. But I'm open to hearing some Clefable Minimize sets as well. Thoughts?

Since Minimize is a legal strategy in Smogon 3v3 Singles, can anyone suggest a good Driflblim set? I know that evasion is kind of a cheap strategy but I want to have a Drifblim ready-made, just in case.

I saw the weirdest Kecleon set today on rating battle... Kecleon @ Sitrus Berry Protean Toxic Shadow Sneak Recover ??? I led with my Mega Kangaskhan, they led with this Kecleon. Mega Evolved and used double Fake Out the first turn. I thought double Power-up Punch would be enough to take it...

I don't think I was very clear on my intended point. I wasn't trying to bring OU discussions into Battle Spot discussions; I used the example of "SwagPlay" to underline the fact that the Smogon community tries to eliminate luck, hax, or unsportsmanlike behaviour in their battles (because...

I tend to agree with you, actually. Garchomp is just so strong in its versatility and surprisingly good bulk. Either way though, Garchomp, Mega Kangaskhan, whatever Pokémon it may be that is the top threat, I just think a thread should be opened to discuss interesting counters for ALL of these...

The Ambipom was holding a Life Orb. Don't tell me it was your Ambipom? ha ha

I ran into an Ambipom the other day, and the only moves it had on it were Fake Out and Last Resort. I assume these were its only moves, since you can only use Last Resort after all other moves have been used, and it used Fake Out right before. An extremely gimmicky set but it took me by surprise.

From the few comments I have read in this forum recently, one of the problems many people seem to be facing in Battle Spot in the over-centralization of the "Battle Spot Metagame;" that is to say, people are seeing the same 10 or so Pokémon on every Battle Spot team they encounter. I agree that...

Recently, a strategy known as "SwagPlay" has been discussed by the Smogon community, and it has been debated whether or not this strategy should be banned. From what I have gathered, the main reason for wanting to ban this "SwagPlay" strategy is because of its reliance on luck, a reliance which...

Thank you for the link to the Smogon usage stats. As I expected, half of the most commonly used Pokémon in Battle Spot are in the top 5 of OU. When everyone talks about how Nintendo and Game Freak should try and balance out their own metagame, keep in mind that the Pokémon franchise is aimed at...

I cannot find the tentative XY OU tier list (if anyone could provide that link to me that would be awesome) but my guess is that most of these Pokémon you've mentioned are within the top 5 of OU (except Mega Kangaskhan, who let's face it would be top 5 for sure if it wasn't banned). Because...

Overall, what would be a better nature for Mega Pinsir? Adamant or Jolly? What are some advantages/disadvantages of both?

I would think that investing anything significant into Special Attack would be pointless. You're already achieving OHKO's and 2HKO's on important Steel types with no SpAtk investment, and any drop in either Attack or Speed would be devastating to Absol's sweeping potential.

I want to run what seems to be the standard Mega Evolution set at this point. That is to say: Absol @ Absolite 252 Atk / 252 Speed / 4 SpAtk Play Rough Sucker Punch Swords Dance Fire Blast However, I would prefer to run Jolly over Naive. I know Absol's Special Defense is pathetic either way...