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[OVERVIEW] Rotom-W acts as one of the best pivots in the tier. Its defensive typing of Water / Electric allows it to check Flying-types like Tornadus-T and Mega Pinsir as well as Fire-types like Heatran and Talonflame. Rotom-W's defensive capabilities are further enhanced thanks to its ability...

[OVERVIEW] Hydreigon's unique Dark / Dragon typing, high Special Attack and good overall stats, and wide range of coverage moves like Flash Cannon, Surf, and Fire Blast make it difficult for certain teams to switch into. Its ability in Levitate allows it to avoid all entry hazards barring...

[OVERVIEW] With a great defensive typing and amazing natural bulk, Suicune acts as a solid bulky Calm Mind sweeper as well as a check to common foes like Gliscor and Heatran. Suicune's ability Pressure allows it to outlast a large range of Pokemon that could otherwise wall it, which includes...

[OVERVIEW] Despite having largely mediocre stats and a vulnerable typing, Talonflame remains a viable option thanks to its ability Gale Wings, which gives its Flying-type moves, such as Brave Bird and Acrobatics, priority. Talonflame also has an above-average Speed stat to use its other moves...

[OVERVIEW] Manaphy is one of the best wallbreakers and stallbreakers in the tier thanks to Tail Glow. Manaphy also has a wide movepool consisting of many coverage moves, which includes Energy Ball for Water-types like Rotom-W and Slowbro; Ice Beam to hit Latios, Mega Latias, Mega Altaria, and...

[OVERVIEW] Thanks to its great defensive typing and excellent Defense stat, Skarmory is one of the best physical walls in the tier, able to check many physical attackers like Excadrill, Weavile, Mega Lopunny, Mega Scizor, and Landorus-T. Skarmory also has access to many utility moves, like...

[OVERVIEW] Jellicent has an excellent Ghost / Water defensive typing alongside a fantastic Special Defense stat, allowing it to act as a solid wall and the best spinblocker in the tier. It also has access to good utility moves such as Recover to keep itself healthy, Will-O-Wisp to cripple foes...

[OVERVIEW] Mega Alakazam possesses the highest Special Attack in the tier and incredible Speed, allowing it to function as a revenge killer and wallbreaker. Before Mega Evolving, Alakazam has the ability Magic Guard, allowing it to bypass entry hazards like Spikes and Stealth Rock while also...

[OVERVIEW] Mega Scizor's typing, great defensive stats, and access to Roost allow it to fit on any type of team and reliably check many threats in the metagame such as Mega Metagross, Choice Specs Latios, Clefable, Mega Diancie, and Weavile. The combination of its high Attack stat and Swords...

[OVERVIEW] Gliscor is one of the best Pokemon to break bulkier team archetypes like stall and balance. Gliscor's ability Poison Heal allows it to be immune to status effects when poisoned while also providing it with passive recovery, which is useful alongside reliable recovery in Roost. Since...

[OVERVIEW] Serperior acts as a powerful sweeper thanks to its great Special Attack and Speed as well as its access to Contrary, which allows Serperior to boost its Special Attack by two stages every time it uses its strongest STAB move in Leaf Storm. Serperior's decent Speed tier also allows it...

[OVERVIEW] Excadrill's strong STAB moves, enhanced by its access to Sand Rush and Mold Breaker, make it a significant offensive threat in the OU tier. Its defensive typing and natural bulk allow it to switch into attacks like Magnezone's Thunderbolt, Clefable's Moonblast, and Psychic-type moves...

[OVERVIEW] With excellent defensive stats alongside a solid Water / Psychic typing, Slowbro is an excellent choice for taking on threats such as Mega Lopunny, Landorus-T, Mega Charizard X, and Mega Medicham. With recovery moves like Slack Off and Rest plus a fantastic ability in Regenerator...

INTRODUCTION Hello, my name is ez. A team rater and tutor on smogon and a random who recently had a nice run in OST and made top 16. I started playing pokemon at a pretty young age but only got into the competitive scene around 2 years ago. Today I would like to share a team that was made for my...

Rate of the Month Welcome to Rate of the Month Christmas edition! This is a project that looks to bring quality individual rates into the spotlight and recognize the hard work of unbadged raters. Here's how it will work: During December, official Team Raters will be paying close attention to...

Banner by Team Pokepals, Trainer Sprites by mil Approved by IronBullet So you think you can rate as well as our badged team raters? This is your chance to prove it in our OU Rating League! The league will work just like our Team Rating Competitions. You will face off against one of our TRs in...

Merry valentines day smogon, since I am alone on valentines i made a team with my friend hiye and the team ended up peaking number 1. So i decided to share the team. The team is around hazard stacking then winning with clef! Oh and you have a manetric-mega cause manetric-mega is hawt and can put...

Hi Smogon! Havent done an rmt in a while so heres a team i made "about a week ago''. Nothing that speical just trying to wall as many things as i can in the meta which is kinda tough in oras cause we got things like metagross/altaria. Also the title is take a hint cause i want u guys to guess...

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