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  1. Other XY OU Viability Ranking Thread (B- and C+ Pokemon discussion)

    What the heck are you talking about? Chansey struggles to handle Thundurus, much less lighter special walls. It can't kill Thundurus fast enough - Thundurus will just NP twice, and start slamming it with TBolt. Chansey will win barring parahax or crits, but it'll still be at something like...
  2. Other Current Metagame trends

    Definitely noting the Deoxys-D everywhere, but one thing I'm observing is that it seems that every special Pokemon out there runs Calm Mind these days to fight the pink blobs. I saw a Calm Mind Slowbro just the other day, never mind Espeon, Suicune, Clefable, Reun, and so on.
  3. Other XY OU Viability Ranking Thread (B- and C+ Pokemon discussion)

    Walling half the metagame isn't that great when the other half can set up on you at will. Chansey gives up way too many free turns for it to be A.
  4. Other XY OU Viability Ranking Thread (B- and C+ Pokemon discussion)

    There are some. Mandibuzz, Venusaur, a lot of the more defensive Pokemon who use Knock off as a utility move instead of an attack, and who don't nearly always carry it. Blissey can come in on those Pokemon and start healing on them, Chansey can't until you're sure that it doesn't use those...
  5. Resource ORAS OU Simple Questions, Simple Answers (Read the OP First!)

    Just realized after looking at that thing...is there a reason Soul Dew isn't listed among the banned items? I know it's banned, it just surprises me.
  6. Other Stall

    Hmm, perhaps. Charizard's the only one who gives me trouble, however, and I feel Clefable does a better job supporting the team with Wishpassing. Btw, reached 1600 after one day with Chansey-Clefable-Skarm-Heatran-Megasaur...and Salamence. Salamence has done a surprisingly good job. I've...
  7. Resource ORAS OU Simple Questions, Simple Answers (Read the OP First!)

    Did Togekiss just forget Roost or something, or is there just some reason people don't use it? I've fought three straight Togekisses, none of which knew that move. Given its defensive nature, it's weird as hell.
  8. Other Stall

    Is Unaware Quagsire really that popular? I've tried using it a few times, but I really don't understand it's value over Unaware Clefable. There's a lot more viable ground types for a stall team than there are fairies. I currently run Hippow-Skarm-Clefable-Chansey-Tentacruel -Zygarde ( hesitant...
  9. Pokémon Zygarde

    I use it on my stall team, largely because I'm looking for a dragon that can take hits on the physical side. It's done fairly well, with Max Defense/HP with Glare/Earthquake/Stone Edge/Haze, and is a backup of sorts to my Hippo and Skarm.
  10. Other Silly Things You've Seen On The OU Ladder: V2

    Two things I saw from watching other battles: A Smeargle with Hypnosis. He seemed really annoyed when it missed twice in a row. A Skarmory with Focus Sash. And that guy was so proud of himself when it activated. Not to mention that he later in the duel tried to Toxic an Excadrill. Twice.
  11. SwagPlay, evaluating potential bans (basic definition of "uncompetitive" in OP)

    No, because under that guideline, Kyurem-B should be banned, because that thing craps all over stall but struggles against offensive teams due to its poor defensive typing and speed.
  12. SwagPlay, evaluating potential bans (basic definition of "uncompetitive" in OP)

    Stall laughs at swagplay. Chansey/Blissey/walls with low attack take basically nothing from Foul Play/Confusion hax, and worst case scenario can end up stalling swagplay teams out of pp. I know I've done it. But a serious question to everyone: how often do people actually see Swagplay...
  13. Pokémon Quagsire

    You don't expect a burn. You hope for one, but you certainly don't expect one, and the burn chance isn't reliable. Maybe after 3 or 4 scalds, then you start to expect a burn. Not 1. And in a Mega Gyara vs. Quag scenario, you only get one shot, maybe 2 if he doesn't 2HKO you.
  14. Pokémon Quagsire

    I guess the problem I have with Unaware Quagsire...is why would I use this thing over Unaware Clefable? Clefable has higher defenses, higher Sp. Atk than either of Quagsire's atk or sp. atk, can fight dragons, and can stall with wish-protect. It just doesn't make a lot of sense to me.
  15. Official NBA 2010-11 Season Thread

    And Mike Miller gets badly injured. That makes things even better for Miami. I am fully convinced Miami will completely regret signing Juwan Howard, as every team he's on seems to get about 2029382 injuries when he shows up.
  16. Official NBA 2010-11 Season Thread

    Blake, as far as I'm concerned, really isn't that much better then Fisher (Aaron Brooks became well-known for beating the crap out of Fisher in 2009, but he also beat the crap out of Blake when we faced Portland), Barnes is as said a complete offensive liability as well as a total punk (there is...
  17. NBA Season 2009-2010

    Not exactly sure why you, of all people, would call Robert Horry dumb. I admit I have a soft spot for him thanks to the Houston years.
  18. NBA Season 2009-2010

    I'm not as confident as Hero is, but still: 1. Not relevant in 2009 Playoffs, Gasol was clearly fine. 2. Uh, no. There's a reason the discussion was Battier vs Kobe, not Artest vs Kobe. Artest couldn't guard Kobe, he's too slow for that, so we let Battier do that job. 3. Guess who was the...
  19. NBA Season 2009-2010

    The thing about Yao and Martin is this. The Rockets have lots of depth. If they are going to improve from here on out, they need stars, not role players, as we have tons of those. The way I see it is this: There is possibly one center superior to a healthy Yao. We aren't getting him in a...
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