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  1. EndPhaze

    Resource ORAS OU Metagame Discussion

    I quite agree with your sentiments, however I did just want to point out that although they don't have the prominence of Belly Drum sets, Assault Vest and CB sets are still viable albeit less used. In some cases, other variants are better in surviving a specific attack or fulfilling a niche role...
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    Resource ORAS OU Metagame Discussion

    Ferro might move down in viability in stall in general, however against your more common BO and HO teams Ferro might see more usage as a result of the ban, being able able to force a switch on Mega Diancie, a prominent wallbreaker in the meta ( when it's not running HP Fire) is nothing to be...
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    Resource VGC '17 Complementary Pairs

    I've been quite surprised that practically no-one has been utilising a Focus Sash on Alolachu. 7/10 games that i've played that have had Koko + Alolachu have not been running a Focus Sash on A-chu. Is it just because people are just expecting to nuke everything or muscle past teams from a...
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    VGC 17 Discussion Thread

    can be tricksy to try and secure the kill necessary for transformation, and while its raw stats are impressive for offence, its defences are still poor; as a fast af mon in a slow meta game of base 60's and base 43's, it loses momentum slightly on faster u-turns, and is guaranteed to go last in...
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    Resource [SPOILERS] Early VGC 2017 Interesting Pokemon

    Potentially useful yes, albeit against a very specific matchup with mons that benefit from Tapu Koko. Most users and abusers of electric types are mostly going to be running a rain team with Pelliper/Politoed as well for the Thunder and Hurricane spam. And ofc, Water types receive a fat buff in...
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    Resource ORAS OU Metagame Discussion

    Faster Priority as well checks Mega Medicham, such as Talonflame or a mon that runs ESpeed
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    VGC 17 Discussion Thread

    You are right, Salazzle is incredibly frail, but Corrosion allows it to Badly Poison Muk. In a favourable matchup, theoretically Salazzle outspeeds, Toxic's Muk before it can Minimise. after that Muk is very much outstalled, despite minimise
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    VGC 17 Discussion Thread

    Practically only one weakness from it's typing, incredibly effective against Fairy types, which imo are going to have a prominent rise in this generation, especially with all the Tapu's. Appreciates Tapu Bulu's grassy terrain, and can use Grassy Seed to further boost defences. I hope people...
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    Resource ORAS OU Metagame Discussion

    Bulky Charizard X sets have been around for a some time with varying effect, with sets such as the one below, that generally do well against bulkier mons due to a surprise factor of a bulkier set instead of DDance sets. I can theorise that Zard X would do better against Chansey or Mega Venusaur...
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    Lower Tiers Doubles OU Viability Rankings

    I'd like to nominate Ferrothorn to Tier 1.5 The Tier 2 bio states that Pokemon which have broad applications on a variety of teams but are simply less effective than the Pokemon in the higher tiers. This also includes Pokemon which, while good, only fit on a specific team style or require heavy...
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    Lower Tiers Doubles OU Viability Rankings

    Zapdos Tier 3 -> Tier 2 I've been using this thing a lot in the rough 1500's, and it's been doing really well. A bulky physically defensive set with Tailwind has saved my ass numerous times. The Tailwind support allowed me to outspeed a lot of fast mons, such as Scarf Lando-T and Talonflame...
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    ORAS Doubles OU Gardevoir Tailwind Offense (First RMT)

    It doesn't really matter on whether you're using a legendary pokemon or not. The mons are classed into the OU tier because of their higher usage than the tiers below them, and everything in the DOU metagame has specific checks and counters. Lando-Therian if running a CS can be countered by two...
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    ORAS Doubles OU My personal team (topped 1517)

    Interesting. Veeery interesting. First off I will probably change Focus Blast to either HP Fire or Ground, depending on what I tend to see more of. Most likely it will be changed to HP Fire, due to Ferrothorn being much more annoying to deal with that Heatran. Regarding the changes to Volcanion...
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    ORAS OU RMT: The Savage 6 Hyper Offense

    It seems to me that your team has a serious SR weakness. a 2x Weakness on Weavile and Kyurem Black, as well as a 4x weakness in Talonflame. I would suggest only running those 28 EV's in SpA on Azelf only if you're going to run Hidden Power Steel for Mega Diancie leads. It also doesn't fare that...
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    ORAS Doubles OU My personal team (topped 1517)

    This is my personal team that i like to use in Doubles OU, although it was originally my Smogon Triples Team. At the moment the team has put me at the ranking of 1517 Proof^ Also, I haven't yet peaked with this team, meaning it has a lot more potential and is open to change. Originally, as I...
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    ORAS OU Rate My Team Mega Medicham

    Thank you for your reply and your considerations. The changes within my Team concerning Landorus-T, Magnezone and Suicune will be adjusted. However, there is the problem of not having a Pokemon running Knock Off, and as i'm sure you know almost every Pokemon carries an item with the exception of...
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    ORAS OU Rate My Team Mega Medicham

    So I put together a team, based around what i think is one of the best Megas in the metagame-Mega Medicham. With a base 100 Attack and Pure Power doubling the Damage, effectively becoming Base 200 Attack. And with a Base 100 Speed, Mega Medicham can be a late game sweeper or even a mid game...
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    ORAS OU cute fluff - 200th post RMT

    Um, Cheers i guess, i mean it's just a suggestion, only my personal opinion, you don't have to use them if you don't want to... im not perfect, and im not claiming to know everything
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    ORAS OU cute fluff - 200th post RMT

    I Feel like Switching the out Will O Wisp on Talonflame for Flare Blitz, as it helps with another STAB, and you could potentially be walled by Steel Types and helps Deal better with Ice types, which Check and or Counter Mega Altaria, especially if a Weavile decides to Ice Shard or Icicle Crash...
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    ORAS OU Rate My Team.

    I personally think it might be better to change Whirlwind on Skarmory to Stealth Rocks instead, as since you don't always know the matchup against an opposing team, if Heatran gets knocked out before it can set up Stealth Rocks, then using Skarmory as a Defogger and a Stealth Rocks setter can be...
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