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Revenge killing is the worst idea ever if you're using a stall team. Losing a pokemon means losing defensive coverage, opening doors for other pokemon to sweep. Trading pokemon is better suited for an offensive playstyle, so you're simply playing into your opponent's hands if you do so.

Wanting a balanced tier and wanting a tier with different pokemon are not mutually exclusive. Guessing at a player's motivation to play UU also doesn't help establish a good tier. Saying that people want to play with pokemon used in 4.9% of OU teams but not those in 5% of OU teams is simply bad...

Crobat isn't always going to get free roosts. Play predictably and you'll be punished. Roost every time Crobat is in on an offensive sweeper that it can kill and you're eventually going to get a Fire Blast or Psychic in your face. Roosting isn't always risk free, BBing a counter means you'll be...

You seem to responding to an argument about a Scarfed Gardevoir that doesn't use Trick. Either you have misread my post, are responding to a different post but mistakenly attributed the quote to me, or simply chose to ignore the fact that Trick was part of moveset. Once locked onto a single...

You have four offensive pokemon that can't sweep because of Crobat, and you use a defensive pokemon to counter it? That might be why you're so weak to it. All Regirock can do is force Crobat out. It will never kill a Crobat unless the opponent lets you do it and it probably will not be able to...

But on the other hand, Regirock can Rock Slide if Crobat Taunts and SR if Crobat decides to U-turn on turn 1. So yes, someone who has perfect prediction and a ground type would make the Regirock not work. Otherwise, the result of the lead battle is a complete toss-up

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First of all, I don't think we're going to go down this slippery slope where everything ends up getting banned. Some things are gonna get banned for sure, but the UU tier has proven itself to be surprisingly stable and balanced, much more so than anyone would've predicted, which leads me to...

Here's my input on what needs to be tested: Offensive Characteristic: Staraptor Its one of the premier threats in UU currently. When it comes in on something slower, you either predict right and force it out, you lose a pokemon, or it U-Turns out to something that will beat your wall of choice...

Also @7ay, you forgot your grounded poison :p

I voted OU because no single set or trait of Latias or combination of traits made it Uber by definition In summary, my vote was largely based on the performance of the suspect from personal experience. A weakness to pursuit combined with a lack of power to deal with Pursuit users which can...

I'm not even sure the Lv. 1 Cleffa, Clefairy, Clefable combo should even be allowed under the species clause. They are in the same evolutionary line of pokemon and are functionally identical. A team with CB Slaking running Pursuit and Encore should help the team beat any subber/ghost type...

His point was to trap and KO them. The Steels can easily switch out if a fire type comes in.

Comfirming I am hidden.

I'm talking about other 120 base power moves with higher accuracy. We've always had to deal with moves along the lines of Fire Blast, Flare Blitz, and Close Combat. How the addition of another 120 base power move would be unbalancing is beyond me. Edit: This, of course, pertains to the...

Oh T__T that's terrible. I was always under the impression that it had 85% accuracy like Hydro Pump and Fire Blast. That's what I get for not using it since RBY. Edit: Although my point stands, there is nothing new about 120 base power moves.

What I don't understand is, since when was Stallrein considered to be too good for UU? A good, hard hit or a timely switch will prevent it from setting up, and once it is set up Encore/Taunt renders Stalrein useless, Roar/Whirlwind will knock it out of battle, Perish song works as well if you...

@LonelyNess Spiritomb is not nearly as powerful as you make it to be. The various taunters currently in UU can shut down just about every single set Spiritomb carries. Even without a taunter, while countering both sets of Spiritomb with a single pokemon may be difficult, it is not unplausible...

Froslass really suffers from not having the recovery from leftovers. Without a spinner or a wish passer on the team, it can only come in once or twice more after SR and a sub. Leftovers should take the place of brightpowder to ensure that Froslass can last longer. As for Arcanine, I would...

Since everyone is doing it, hidden is my alt.