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Probably shouldn't wade into this, particularly given that my voice has no weight, but... I think the people objecting to the suspect process have some validity. You can say all you want there's no echo chamber but it's hard to really believe that's the case when people who make tiering...

Jirachi: 31/(14)/31/31/31/31, Timid. Is this thing useful? I know in past gens you'd make some kind of Superachi out of it... I've not really kept up with the times.

Rayquaza: 20-21/30-31/30-31/30-31/30-31/30-31, Adamant. That HP is as low as I'd consider, but everything else is 30+ and the nature is good. Thoughts? Oh, and a general thank-you to everyone who watches this thread! It's so much nicer to make these decisions when you can consult other...

What about this Mewtwo? Jolly- 31/25/31/29/28/31 The lowish attack is kind of a downer, but everything else is pretty solid. I'm on the fence.

Xerneas - Modest 31/14/31/31/31/27 Keep or retry?

Hi, do you still need pokemon for pokedex entries? (Nidoran F, Drowzee, Krabby, Goldeen, and Kabuto were the ones you had listed.) If so I can help you out with all of those. Let me know.

Hi. Looking for some HA Pokemon: Shadow Tag Gothorita (this is the one I care about most) Mold Breaker Drilbur (thanks crazy_man!) Reckless Staravia Natures, pokeballs, IVs, etc. don't matter to me (though of course if you feel like being nice and passing me females, nifty pokeballs, and/or...

I think there are better ways to run with this sort of OU-in-ubers theme, and to be honest I find it unlikely this is a reasonably competitive team in ubers. I don't really just want to completely restructure the team though, since that is not the point of rating teams. I do want to point...

Generally, I start with either a style (bulky offense, stall, semistall, hyper offense, etc.) or an individual Pokemon I want to use, then pick the other based on the first. E.g. if I want to base a team around Taunt Gyarados, I'm probably using some form of bulky offense, so I pick that as the...

Jirachi's ground weakness makes it difficult to fit into this team because it's not fast (by special HO standards) and doesn't deal out damage quickly. I think you can build special-heavy teams which make good use of it but not in purer forms of HO. Since I haven't played dual screens on...

Yeah I would just like to confirm: 244 Atk vs 130 Def & 714 HP (120 Base Power): 630 - 744 (88.24% - 104.20%) That's 0 attack Naive Infernape vs. fully physically bulky Bliss, and it's a OHKO after SR. That said, if your team can handle Blissey without needing Infernape to do 100% with one...

I haven't drafted so maybe I shouldn't opine, but my thoughts on the proposals are: * I don't really like the idea of a trade phase because it expands your options, which is precisely what draft is not about in my opinion. Unless you open packs that really blow, you should have adequate...

mtr makes a good point, and touches on something that I believe is pretty interesting. Even if you're not using pure HO, I think it does offer valuable insights that can inform your teambuilding and play with other sorts of teams. For example, the benefits of concentrating your threats in a...

As I mentioned on Shoddy, I think this is a very interesting idea. My inclination is that Rochester has the best balance of enforceability, strategy, and getting done in a reasonable span of time. I assume you can even put a cap on the time players get to make a pick and guarantee that it gets...

I've used SD Feraligatr on a semi-RD team and it works okay, but it's nothing particularly exciting because of the coverage and having only 105 base Attack. DD may work better if the lowish power isn't too big a problem, since that is really a lot more like a redundant Gyarados with a good Ice...

Yes, I would argue that Rain teams are in principle simply a subset of HO, as they by nature are strongly redundant and their members are walled by the same couple of guys, they are very much momentum-dependent, they don't mess around with much switching or prediction, and they have a bunch of...

Gyarados can use Sub also (Return/Waterfall hits everything but Shedinja and Empoleon, right?), although you're probably better off with Taunt anyway because it stops phazing and enemy setup as well as status. It's also worth noting that Sub is possibly useful on guys with Liechi or Petaya...

Physical HO isn't necessarily a guaranteed win against stall since most stall teams are basically built to shut you down with 4-5 physical walls, including guys with phazing ability (Skarm, Gyarados, Swampert, Hippowdon) or Taunt (Gliscor). On the other hand, they frequently lean heavily or...

Heal Bell does not seem like a generally good solution for two reasons. First, the turn you use to Heal Bell is a turn not spent threatening your opponent, and you lose some momentum; second, it only comes up at all if you work to preserve your status-afflicted Pokemon, which often isn't going...

Blissey is not that big a problem because there are so many Pokemon you want to run anyway (Azelf, Gengar, Infernape, Heatran, etc.) that kill her. Tyranitar is tough because it has a resistance to Explosion, which is the easiest way to kill stuff, and it is actually a threat to you. (The best...