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I am actually a huge fan of item clause for doubles and I find it one of the best aspects of the VGC. I think removing item clause from Smogon Doubles would allow for more diversity in Pokemon's roles (Life Orb already taken up my another Poke? Find something else) and would in general prevent...

I ask, to what are these multiple years of development actually referring? If you mean to say that half a decade of four vs. four double battling under Nintendo's officially sanctioned format, a metagame which has not yet had consistent rules for an extended period of time and has sometimes...

Sounds more like arrogance and snide remarks than actual criticism. I wonder who who are these influential players that are judging the closest style of competitive play to their own based only on a handful of comments in a single thread? I would recommend these players take a step back and...

Wow! Beat Up on Justified Terrakion was really a sight see. Does your team have any Psych Up users to take advantage of the stat boost? Psych Up works through protect, so it shouldn't be too hard to scare the opponent into a free turn to use it. Looking forward to seeing more battles from you.

This is great to see a standard doubles ladder up so quickly. I encourage everyone who reads this thread who has a mild interest in double battling to give things a shot. You won't be disappointed. I honestly feel that the current state of the game will yield the best double battling since...

The 6v6 metagame is definitely not going to use Nintendo's ban list. For one, Nintendo's ban list is based on accesibility and level and the point of the "standard metagame" is to create a ban list based on criteria for competitive battling. Imagine if Jirachi was banned from singles because...

I would like to be a part of this. :] My experience with double battling goes back to the RSE era and I have been playing ever since. While I prefer standard doubles (6v6), the VGC format has grown on me and I play it frequently but I am far from satisfied with its rules and ban list. I'm...

Give that Hariyama a Flame Orb and you will kill things very quickly.

If you use Skill Swap, Gastro Acid, or Worry Seed on Regigigas in Diamond and Pearl, its stats will return to normal the instant you remove or cancel its Ability. I can't imagine this would work any differently in Platinum. --- @Yarnus vs Hartwig; you might want to use a more deceptive...

Yes, Safeguard prevents you from being confused by Swagger but I am not so sure that it prevents confusion from Outrage, Peta Dance, and Thrash.

If anybody would like to play on Netbattle, I'm in Mewshrine at the moment.

Just be sure to watch out for Empoleon! :p That should be fine as long as you have something that can deal with Metals and Water types.

It does, yes, but my point is that unless you do Psych Up Snorlax after it Bell Drums, Bullet Punch isn't going to do anything. It would be best to have a more versatile set so that you can still do some damage in the situation where you weren't able to Belly Drum or Psych Up (will happen).

Oh, no you won't get anything like that as long as you download it from the official site.

I'm not sure what you mean by "legit" but think of a more robust version of Shoddybattle.

Mewshrine.zapto.org. --- @Haku; Meteor Mash on a Metagross that is going to max out its attack is overkill to the extreme. Iron Head or Zen Headbutt would be enough. For Bullet Punch to work, though, Metagross is absolutely going to need that +6 attack boost or else it will be virtually...

According to the recent update, when a Pokemon is knocked out, all other attacks will be carried out before the switch. Just like how it should be.

Try the mewshrine server. A lot of Double battlers, including myself, frequent it. It also has platinum moves as an added bonus. :p @Donutt; I spy with my little eye 8 Pokemon that are weak to ice. What tournaments have those Pokemon been taken from, though?

I've used Kanghaskhan a lot in the past and it is quite good. Scrappy Fake Out is always a good thing (and so is Sucker Punch) but beyond its STAB Frustration it doesn't have much offense. I gave it a Life Orb and the elemental punches to help out with that. A set I used (an all-out attacker)...

Garchomp isn't really a team player in Doubles, that's its 'problem'. Salamence is part flying and has an incredibly useful ability while also being able to set up a couple of Dragon Dances for a Psycho Dance sweep. Lati@s have awesome supporting movepools and also pack Levitate though now...