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  1. Kashinn

    Question about team eligibility for Rated BS vs. VGC

    For this season's Special Flat Doubles format you cannot enter with something like Swampert or Hitmontop. This can be easily checked by selecting the "Choose a Pokemon" option on the PGL Ratings page and looking through the list of Pokemon that were used. For regular ranked Flat Doubles anything...
  2. Kashinn

    Time Stalling as a Strategy

    Is the timer used for Flat Singles the same as the duration used for Flat Triples? If so that's far too long for Flat Singles whereas it's a reasonable time used for Flat Triples. I do find that it could be slightly longer for turns that may take a bit to consider factors on both ends and the...
  3. Kashinn

    Battle Spot Triples

    Of course, I'll be more than happy to have a battle with you. I will be available for a scheduled time slot anywhere between 7:30PM - 11:30PM EST tonight. If you want to schedule for tomorrow that may be a bit more difficult depending on how my plans go. FC will be sent in a moment, I just need...
  4. Kashinn

    Smogon Battle Spot Leaderboard (updated as of Feb 2nd)

    VGC is very much like Flat Doubles, except the threat considerations are slightly different so that's really the only thing to think about if you can do well in its regular Flat.
  5. Kashinn

    Serious Popularity in Schools: How It Affects People

    I always thought that the people that felt like they "didn't belong" was something exaggerated on television. Back when I was in High School I felt like almost everybody knew each other, from the athletics to the video gamers etc and everybody hung out with each other in some way. But I did feel...
  6. Kashinn

    Weird Sets You've Seen on Battle Spot

    Was that during the first or second day of the competition? If so it might've been a scout team.
  7. Kashinn

    Time Stalling as a Strategy

    Correct me if I'm wrong here, but isn't time-stalling an option that is only available if one of the players makes it possible? I don't think there are a lot of players out there that fall under as victims of time-stalling in any of their battles unless they've opened up an option where one of...
  8. Kashinn

    Battle Spot Triples

    First I'll comment on the bolded individuals where needed, then I'll get into how I interpreted your ideas and comment on that. Rapidash It seems like Rapidash is highly dependant on either Swagger or Flash Fire where it otherwise under-performs. Setups that boosts only one member is often...
  9. Kashinn

    Battle Spot Triples

    I do remember encountering a few teams that lead with Meowstic/Klefki, which almost begs for an Eject Button. I haven't seen teams that used it with much success nor would I imagine it could consistently, but it could probably do well against the players that need more experience which are...
  10. Kashinn

    Doubles Viability Rankings (C- Votes if u care lol)

    No worries, but for this gen I do not. I have dropped Doubles since the introductory of Triples, so I came from 6v6 Doubles prior to Gen5 but after Gen3 (DPPtHGSS basically). Was there anything I wrote that seemed off?
  11. Kashinn

    Battle Spot Triples

    @SionReaver: At the moment this thread, taking from the title, should be just about anything Triples-related. I have an exam tomorrow so I'll go through things briefly from what I see. If you're using Klefki for those moves, why not take in a Meowstic instead? Klefki could potentially have...
  12. Kashinn

    Doubles Viability Rankings (C- Votes if u care lol)

    What I was trying to bring up was that Intimidate is a general consideration across most physical users in Doubles and that Scizor does not stand apart from this consideration, which was actually a response to someone else's post mentioning that Intimidate was a bottleneck for Scizor but I...
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    Pokemon Ranking - LOTS of Data

    Hitmontop really takes its shine in Triples. Fake Out/Wide Guard and Intimidate are utilized across the field when centered and Eject Button allows for repositioning against the opposing leads. In Doubles you have two Pokemon out instead of three so your forces are cut down to half when the...
  14. Kashinn

    Pokemon Ranking - LOTS of Data

    Odd, I don't see any of these on my screen for Mawile. 3.1% done in by Rock Slide. Now how much of that is from Terrakion (:
  15. Kashinn

    Doubles Viability Rankings (C- Votes if u care lol)

    Although Scizor does have only one huge weakness being fire, it's a bit too rampant across a board of effective users to neglect as a factor. Switching into a Bullet Punch or Bug Bite with a number of Pokemon that uses fire moves could prove to be an issue for Scizor depending on Scizor's...
  16. Kashinn

    Smogon Battle Spot Leaderboard (updated as of Feb 2nd)

    A quick note about challenges like these. The extent of ranks that players can reach more flexibly is highly dependent on the highest ranks of other players available for any of the battle modes at a given time, so 1750+ is perfectly reasonable to expect every battle mode to have players with...
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    Pokemon Ranking - LOTS of Data

    Yeah I saw this earlier this morning, though it's also good to note that not all of the moves listed are practical which should be obvious to most at first glance. Examples of this include Togekiss on Doubles with Fire Blast at 29.5% vs Flamethrower at 27.0%. The same pretty much goes for...
  18. Kashinn

    Doubles Viability Rankings (C- Votes if u care lol)

    Assuming the list is also in part influenced by popularity, I'm slightly surprised at some of the things that are as popular as some others in the A list, which includes Scizor, Gyarados, Excadrill, and Volcarona. These four struck to me as a surprise for their popularity, but perhaps some...
  19. Kashinn

    Battle Spot Triples

    I don't remember about Landorus, but I was struggling with getting a Tornadus with a decent spread not too long ago so I just settled for IVs that would work. It may or may not become available later from XY events but the drawback is that Heat Wave is an unavailable move tutor in XY...
  20. Kashinn

    Beta Competition Rules?

    If it's based off a starting rank of 1500, the best approach is probably to wait until the next day or last day before playing in the tournament if rankings is what you want. The higher the ranked player you beat compared to your own rank the more points you'll gain out of the match while there...
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