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  1. New Model Quickstall

    This actually looks like it has a huge amount of potential; the synergy that it offers is actually really impressive, and excadrill is actually quite terrifying under a substitute. I really like the mew set - and to be quite honest, Rotom-W is one of the most horrifying things in the meta today...
  2. Porygon2

    I'd actually consider running Analyze with trick room, or alternatively download; in all honesty, all three of Porygon2's abilities have something going for them, That said, I usually run trace to irritate mischievous heart and other abusable ability pokemon. In any case, P2 is simply impossible...
  3. Rotation Battle Play

    I'm afraid to say that it doesn't work like that; Giga's ability activates upon first being rotated in, and for every turn he spends in, the counter goes down one. It sucks, but that's how it works.
  4. Prankster

    Magic Mirror espeon has been an absolute godsend against erefuun and other mischievous heart users - as well as shutting down practically any non-offensive lead (the joy of deflecting stealth rocks to your opponent's side off a Deoxys-S is simply the best). With calm mind and baton pass, he can...
  5. Want to write for The Smog? (Yes, you do!)

    I'd quite like to write an article for the Smog on how we've been creating a new metagame as of Black and White's release - how and why we came up with our banlist, those threats we thought would be predominant that turned out to be wet fish, and so on - but its relevancy would probably be...
  6. Ferrothorn + Jellicent, Stallmates

    I'm actually considering running Magic Mirror CM Espeon just due to these two and Erefuun. Although at present it's just theorymon, Espeon is pretty much invulnerable to Erefuun, and can easily set up on any of the three. If I'm not mistaken, it also gets immunity to taunt and encore, as well as...
  7. Ask a Simple Question, Get a Simple Answer - Read FAQ in First Post Before Asking

    I believe you have to type this IP into the advanced connection: '91.121.107.186' to get to the Gen V server.
  8. Deoxys-S

    I like deoxys-s a lot, but I'm not sure that it fulfils the criterion for being banned (if the criterion is that it can set up consistently on almost all of the metagame) as successfully any more. It's certainly going to have more competition than the last generation gave it, at any rate.
  9. B&W Research Thread

    He means that random wi-fi supposedly doesn't allow pokemon with moves that they can't get in 5th gen. If that's the case, either it's a clever hacker, or an interesting consequence for the metagame (and I was hoping only the 5th gen stealth rockers would be able to be used, hmph).
  10. B&W Research Thread

    Yes, I believe that that is the case. It appears that rotating out is more like going into suspension and not switching out; everything resumes as if you hadn't rotated out as soon as you rotate back in (including your opponent being able to encore the last move you made, as has already been...
  11. B&W Research Thread

    Thanks, Philip - I must have missed some of them, and thought you hadn't tested those - but rereading it, you did (whoops). Actually, though, there was one thing: 'Confirmed Natural Cure does not activate upon rotating a Pokemon out. (How about Regenerate?)' Regenerate doesn't activate when you...
  12. A completely new Standard OU metagame?

    I have a gut feeling that there are enough almost-viable pokemon to replace borderline with a tier in between the current OU and UU, with the tier above becoming the new 'Standard'. Still, that's just theorymonning, but I'd like it all the same.
  13. B&W Research Thread

    Using pursuit in a rotation battle has no effect; it doesn't 'catch' a pokemon that's rotating out. However, 'switching out' and not 'rotating' lets pursuit activate as normal. Additionally, Leftovers do not activate (and, I assume, neither do any other held items) when a pokemon is rotated out.
  14. B&W Research Thread

    I'm *pretty* sure that it will cancel it out, but do we know if Lucky Chant is superseded by the auto-crit moves? By the way, I'm going to test the rotation battle with pursuit to see if that goes before a rotation, too. Also, Mien - I'm impressed at your diligence, 60! is almost a Gogol =P
  15. B&W Research Thread

    Just to confirm - in a Rotation battle, the act of 'rotation' does take place before any move. I tested with Helping Hand, Feint, and Aqua Jet/Mach Punch; in all cases, the rotation occured first, followed by the move. Also, I believe that you don't take entry hazard damage when you rotate in a...
  16. In-Game Tier List Discussion

    I would say that Denchura and its pre-evo probably deserve to be mid/mid-high in the rankings. An electric/bug combination, coupled with the chance to level up almost immediately at the flying-type gym, in addition to compoundeyes and all the electric TMs and X-scissor (does it learn X-scissor...
  17. B&W Research Thread

    Just posting to say that, in a triple battle, Flame burst will hit the adjacent pokemon to the one that is targeted primarily - so if you target the pokemon on the far right, the middle one but not the one on the left will take damage. Also: Is it known how damage calculation works for...
  18. R.I.P. Leads and Scouting

    unless I've missed something, you don't get the chance to pick the order of your team in Wifi battles (unlike PBR), do you? edit: whoops, I have missed something ~_~. Anyway, anti-leads were mostly ineffective before (despite the fact I used one all the time), so there shouldn't be so much of a...
  19. (Archive) Small Subjective Changes Thread

    Just a very minor change to the formatting of the introductory passage to belly drum, which didn't have mistakes but rather just some slightly off grammar, like overlong sentences: (the article) The updated version: In the card game Hearts, certain cards are worth points; if a player is...
  20. Jirachi (Update)

    Alright - although I can't actually approve the analysis, I'll take a look and see what I find, and add in some suggested changes. I'll go red for removals, blue for suggestions, and bold my notes (and put them into brackets). The overview's already been looked at, so I'll leave that be for the...
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