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Tyranitar (M) @ Choice Band Trait: Sand Stream EVs: 252 HP / 64 Atk / 192 SDef Careful Nature (+SDef, -SAtk) - Crunch - Pursuit - Stone Edge - Superpower The EVs are mostly arbitary, but I think I was going for a specific OHKO with the Attack EVs, I cant remember specifically. Its basically...

I agree with this. I almost always use ridiculous sets, and my favorite thing to do is make sure I have at least one Pokemon with moves that are either unorthodox or completely revolutionary. While at times this seems to work really nicely, thats just because of the adrenaline rush you get at...

I could not disagree more. While everyone else has been orgasming over the new rain threats, I saw the potential of using Sand specifically to counter it and snuff out their weather and as a result, their advantage. In particular, a specially defensive Band Tyranitar destroys any Politoed with...

Sandslash @ Life Orb / Leftovers Trait: Sand Rush EVs: 252 Atk / 252 Spd Jolly Nature - Swords Dance - Earthquake - Stone Edge - Rapid Spin This is one of the best revenge killers to use with Sandslash's new ability: Sand Rush. Despite his pathetic speed of 65, in sand he outspeeds everything...

I don't even use the set, I don't even use Lucario all that much. I was just trying to point out to certain people on this thread who threw away the idea instantly and angrily that being creative is a good thing, and is to be cultivated. In any case, the set I recommended can't be walled by...

Fantastic job at ignoring everything I said. The point of this set is NOT to sweep, but to eliminate Lucario's usual counters and checks. Whats a Landorus going to do to it behind a Sub? Whats a Gliscor going to do? Whats *anything* that can take on Lucario going to do when its behind a...

Excuse me? I never made any such assumption, or anything close to it. If you want to argue that types have no value in analysis or usage, then go right ahead. This topic is simply made to demonstrate the popularity of the various types and attempt to find correlations between usage and...

Of course, which is why I only intended to evaluate the frequency of Pokemon types, not move types. It would be difficult to impossible to actually count up how common every coverage move type is, so I wouldn't advise that anyone try it themselves. It is, however, possible to judge how effective...

Lucario (M) @ Expert Belt Trait: Steadfast EVs: 252 SAtk / 252 Spd Modest Nature (+SAtk, -Atk) - Aura Sphere - Shadow Ball - Hidden Power [Ice] - Subsitute Lucario (M) @ Expert Belt Trait: Steadfast EVs: 252 Atk / 252 Spd Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk) - Close Combat - Crunch /...

You hear a lot these days about how BW is the "fighting generation" and how important it is to have a Dragon resist in the form of the ubiquitous Steel type. This got me wondering; how popular are these types, really? In addition to that, how does the actual data compare to people's...

Thanks Thought and Destiny Unknown! You both recommended a bulky grass type, and I tested both for a bit. Celebi worked a bit worse than Shaymin for my team, but neither really worked at all for me. I cannot understand why, especially considering how sound your advice was, but as soon as I...

Balance of Power A Powerful and Balanced, Yet Unique OU Team ====The Team at a Glance==== I have been playing OU in this generation since the very beginning. And I have learned some things. First of all, everyone uses the same things over and over. Secondly, everyone focuses on preparing...

So wrapping up all the big changes... Politoed +10, Thundurus +8, Toxicroak +11 This one is pretty obvious. With Garchomp gone and rain in general becoming a more viable alternative to sand, rain skyrocketed in usage. Although Thundurus is not only used in rain teams, that is probably the...

There is a difference between being unorthodox and just plain bad.

Could I have that Gliscor? This one actually: Gliscor | Gliscor★ OT: Infi | ID 48660 Ability: Poison Heal (DW) IV: 31-31-31-1-31-31 Impish | EVS HP 252 DEF 178 SP 80 | Level 100 Moves: Swords Dance | Earthquake | Baton Pass | Protect In return, I have this Lucario: Lucario |...

Your ice type example is terrible. Ice types are the worst defensive type in the game, and are not worth the STAB. Anyway, the impact of Stealth Rocks is often overexaggerated. SR prevents no one from using Dragonite, Gyarados, etc. The way that it impacts those 2x weak to rock is nowhere near...

Of course not, I never said anything like that. But it is much, much worse. I was just trying to say that Fire types in general are much less viable. I can assure you that Infernape would jump up in usage should Drizzle be banned.

Okay, its time for me to finally vent out all my issues with Drizzle. Although it is not "broken", I don't believe that we can only ban things that are "broken". However, we can and should ban things that affect the metagame in the way that Drizzle does. And I will describe my reasons below...

I just wanted to point out that if Lucario had used Swords Dance on turn 2, then it would have been good game for Cynthia. Barring a burn from Volcarona's Flame Body, nothing on the opposing team could have stopped Lucario's sweep. A tragic misplay, I must say.

I recently started using a new set for Arcanine that I created. It works very well in OU. I switched my Heatran for this set. To my surprise, it worked at least on par with Heatran most of the time. Arcanine @ Leftovers Ability: Flash Fire / Intimidate Nature: Adamant EVs: 252 Hp / 200...