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Finally got around to actually posting my hall of fame registraion. Mew is such an awesome pokemon. Fun project, pretty cool idea for spreading the word about under-utilized pokemon, may try it again next month.

Pokemon Online Username:Booorego
Dark Horse Pokemon:Mew

Screenshot of Top 80 Ladder Ranking:

Dark Horse Pokemon Complete Set:(With a decription as well! Be warned, it is kinda long.)

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Here's the team I used to get into the top 80 this time around, with brief descritions (don't worry, they aren't nearly as long as mew's was :D):

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TL;DR Taunt-Wow Mew is a fantastic pokemon, try him out.

Feel free to ask me any questions you may have about this mew set or even just the team I ended up using.

Feb 23rd, 2012, 6:57:41 PM	#111
Boorego Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 31	Finally got around to actually posting my hall of fame registraion. Mew is such an awesome pokemon. Fun project, pretty cool idea for spreading the word about under-utilized pokemon, may try it again next month. Pokemon Online Username:Booorego Dark Horse Pokemon:Mew Screenshot of Top 80 Ladder Ranking: Dark Horse Pokemon Complete Set:(With a decription as well! Be warned, it is kinda long.) ... Mew @ Leftovers Trait: Synchronize EVs: 252 HP / 160 Def / 98 Spd Bold Nature (+Def, -Atk) - Softboiled - Psychic - Will-O-Wisp - Taunt Standard stall breaker set here, with enough speed evs to always outspeed adamant dragonite, letting you taunt or burn him before he can start setting up or smack you (this is paticuliarly helpful against dd lum nite as you don't need to reley on WOW hitting TWICE in a row) also lets you beat even the speed creepiest of defensive gliscor. Most people that use stall breaker mew end up agreeing that mew's a great pokemon that deserves more use than he gets. Stall breaker mew really lives up to his name, he can single handely destroy most defensive teams lacking a heatran or espeon (90% of all rain stall teams in other words). He is also an excellent counter to most of the fighting types in the tier, only cm virizon and nasty plot lucario can reliably beat taunt-wow mew. Unlike some other bulky psycic types like slowbro and latias, mew is not very easy to set hazards up against thanks to taunt. Aside from that mew is just an overall good physical wall that can be durable and very frusturating for the opponent to battle. He doen't beat every physical attacker in the tier but remains a solid check for things like landlous and dd mence. The biggest problems that this mew set faces are heatran , nasty plot celebi and WOW's awful accuracy. Lati@as and hydreigon also problem pokemon set to battle. Here's the team I used to get into the top 80 this time around, with brief descritions (don't worry, they aren't nearly as long as mew's was :D): ... Metagross @ Leftovers Trait: Clear Body EVs: 240 HP / 80 Atk / 168 SDef / 20 Spd Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk) - Meteor Mash - Bullet Punch - Earthquake - Stealth Rock Bulky all around tank and stealth rock setter, his special defense evs let him battle lati@s, gengar and alakazam, all of whom can give mew trouble. Rotom-W @ Leftovers Trait: Levitate EVs: 252 HP / 164 SAtk / 92 SDef Calm Nature (+SDef, -Atk) - Hidden Power [Fire] - Volt Switch - Toxic - Hydro Pump My main answer to mew’s biggest enemy, heatran. I’m running a more specially defensive spread in order to take water attacks from offensive rain teams better. Hidden power fire usually one shots scizor out of rain (also 2hkos unsuspecting ferrothorn), so this guy is probably my most reliable answer to scizor. Landorus (M) @ Choice Scarf Trait: Sand Force EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spd Jolly Nature (+Spd, -SAtk) - Stone Edge - Rock Slide - U-turn - Earthquake Standard set here, rock slide is run because I have much more effective ways of dealing with gliscor and I can’t afford to miss against a +1 volcorna, the attack is also handy for finishing off weakened gengar and dragonite. Tentacruel (F) @ Leftovers Trait: Liquid Ooze EVs: 220 HP / 244 SAtk / 44 Spd Timid Nature (+Spd, -Atk) - Ice Beam - Hydro Pump - Rapid Spin - Giga Drain Probably the “weak link” if I had to pick one. Still a decent pokemon on this team, gets rid of hazards, is another check to heatran, gengar and some hydreigon, giga drain lets me stick it to rotom and gastrodon. and helps take off some of the preassures of being a water resist of of rotom. I never tried it out but starmie seems like he’d be a fine replacement for this guy in theory. Cloyster (F) @ Leftovers Trait: Skill Link EVs: 248 HP / 84 Atk / 162 Def / 16 SDef Relaxed Nature (+Def, -Spd) - Icicle Spear - Ice Shard - Spikes - Surf Another Dark Horse Pokemon! This one joined the team a bit late to be in the hall of fame, though. Physically defensive cloyster is honestly not nearly a bad as you’d think a defensive grounded ice type would be......if you have rapid spin support. He 100% hard counters all physical dragons from dd nite to cb haxours and is a fantastic counter to thoese pesky gliscors and checks landorous. Mew @ Leftovers Trait: Synchronize EVs: 252 HP / 160 Def / 98 Spd Bold Nature (+Def, -Atk) - Softboiled - Psychic - Will-O-Wisp - Taunt It’s the Dark Horse himself, Mew! I kinda went over mew’s perks and whatnot in the set description above. Just remember, mew is a supporter, and is often not the star of the show (although he has helped me come back from a great many games). On this team for example, his ability counter fighting types and prevent defensive pokemon that would gladly set up on cloyster,metagross and choice locked landlous form setting up makes him a wonderful asset to this team. TL;DR Taunt-Wow Mew is a fantastic pokemon, try him out. Feel free to ask me any questions you may have about this mew set or even just the team I ended up using.