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Old Jan 8th, 2012, 8:27:32 PM   #28
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Originally Posted by Fat Sir View Post
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That's the link of the team I just rated. I know my lengths aren't as lengthy as other rates but I feel(hope) that I still get the job done. Any criticisms?
IMO, length is fine, although I would suggest putting your sets into hide tags to make your rate look more visually appealing. The command is [ HIDE]the set[ /HIDE] (remove the spaces). Now, the changes you've made to the team are fine, but the first thing I noticed is that you've failed to pick up on this:
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Thunder has 50% accuracy in the sun, which is just... sad...

There are a couple other threats you've failed to identify, but over time, you should be able to pick up on those, so I wont bother listing them out. As for the rate itself though, you may want to mention a few side effects of your changes, and why you should make the changes in spite of these side effects. For example, when you suggest Heatran over Vaporeon, you take away his Wish support. Just throw in a little blurb saying, "Heatran brings so much to the table, in the form of a Fire immunity, Dragon resist, Stealth Rock user, blahblahblah that the loss of Wish is worth it."
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