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I would also be interested in said stats, because there are a lot of really cool tools that could be created with a little bit of data science knowledge, but AFAIK the restricted level of data released is a Smogon policy decision. With complete information, it would be trivial to scout...

If sampled stats are the proposed resolution, would they at least be published?

Basically the most popular Blaziken moveset is an illegal combination that is not possible in game. Low Kick (egg move) + Knock Off (Gen 5 tutor) + Speed Boost (Hidden Ability). In generation 5, the only Speed Boost Torchic was the 2010 Japanese Dream World event, which was male only. Also...

Interesting that the Nintendo finally started using real crypto for rng. Frankly I'm shocked that it took them this long to do so. Think of it this way Strange_matter: If you can break AES, you have a promising future in the international intelligence community. That is to say that there isn't...

I'm distro'ing your Shiny Flawless Throh in about 12 hours.

Great write up, lots of thought effort explaining your choices all wrapped up in a pretty format. As far as the team, have you tried a Virizion running a similar set? Trade some speed for significantly more bulk. RotomW and Jellicent become much less threatening for you. A mixed set with Close...

Still experiencing the "new Pokemon bump" and likely will for months to come. People use the new stuff disproportionately to usefulness, just to try it out. Usage stat tiering assumes everyone is playing to maximize their chance to win, but this just isn't the case. This is especially apparent...

I'm personally of the opinion Garchomp's time is up. Ever since KG's RMT, every other team is paralysis spam + sub sd chomp. It just plain wins games.

My complaint is not the system in place, simply the lack of a reset. Player x, who ended round 2 above 1500, literally only has to battle twice in round 3 in the last day of the test to remain above that level and all but guarantee voting rights. Player y, already above 1400 at the end of round...

The rating "decay" isn't really.

An undisclosed source has rumored the votes cast so far have sealed the fate of all but deoxys-n, whose vote remains too close to call at this time. Manaphy has achieved majority for uber, latios/reinculus/excadrill cannot possibly achieve supermajority this round.

Sableye can Trick Lagging Tail and set up Gravity with priority. Might be worth considering for that role.

Deoxys-N: Deoxys-N was banned almost purely on theorymon. In the previous round, it was completely outclassed by Deoxys-A and thus marginalized. Though there are no usage statistics to back up this claim, I would speculate based on anecdotal evidence Deoxys-N was on less than 0.5% of teams. This...

They don't exist yet; I don't know the official answer, but I've been told Super is working on it. For stats of a somewhat similar metagame, look for a link on the pokemon-online.eu website.

Inconsistent: Almost completely turning the game into a convoluted series of coinflips, I feel Inconsistent should be banned. I don't believe that Inconsistent is in anyway overpowered, it is more often than not a waste of a team slot. However, I don't feel as if the ability (the strategy is...

Will the usage stats be released for the server at the end of the testing period?

I agree with everything said here, so +1 on this comment. As more people become higher rated, achieving such a rating will be easier, but unless the goal was a very small pool of voters this is a lofty goal for three weeks of play. Does anyone know the exact rating system PO uses? (maybe some...

1500 is pretty exclusive. I'll probably just get into the 1400s and hope for the best.

Addendum: It is looking like Pokemon Online should have Gen 5 up in just a few weeks.

I feel there is no reason to play in this suspect test, because the council will all no doubt all be the most high profile prolific smogonites who bother to play and submit. Even if the nine themselves haven't been decided, the pool from which these nine are drawn is finite and predetermined. A...