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**Pocket** · Oct 2nd, 2012, 2:12:06 AM

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To spice things up, here are the conditions to earn Grandmaster:

1) Top #3, 2300 min glicko2 rating
2) only 1 Grandmaster per DHP
3) The original Grandmaster can be knocked out by someone with a higher glicko2 rating.

The second and third condition is important to note, because it's not a "firstcomer wins" like the rest of the challenge, and only one person can receive this rank. It will encourage people who are in Platinum or even Gold to vye for the sacred spot!

Current Hall of Fame (25):

Be one of the few to conquer the Ladder with your Dark Horse, and you will be forever recorded in our Hall of Fame! Remember, admission now requires you to obtain the Top 100 on Showdown's ladder with minimum Glicko2 rating of 1950.

Grandmaster: >2300 & top 3

- Lavos Spawn -

Suicune
"just your standard crocune, nothing special, but let me tell you it does some serious work, laughs off rotom-w and sets up all over rain/sand's face"
Peaked at: 2435 (#2) on 10/4/2012
First Peak and Moveset

Full Set

Platinum Class: 2299-2200 & top 10 (4)
- The Great Mighty Doom -

Dog
" I instantly fell in love with Stoutland, with it's 518 speed under the sand - which outspeeds pretty much the entire metagame - it's ridiculous power, bulk and decent coverage; Stoutland can spell doom for any team."
Peaked at: 2412 (#1) on 10/10/2012
RMT

Full Set

- DarkBlazeR -

Victini

Cresselia
"Victini's V-Create is bar none the strongest attack in the game. Cresselia is an incredible Pokemon on sun teams as it hard-counters many of the biggest threats to them, such as DDNite and RP Landorus-I."
Peaked at: 2325 (#8) on 10/9/2012

Full Set

Ditto
"Given the offensive nature of the metagame, a dedicated revenge killer isn't really a wasted slot in my opinion."
Peaked at: 2191 (#32) on 10/7/2012
Discussion

Full Set

- Lady Alex -

Kingdra
"[Kingdra] sets itself apart as a specs user from Latios by having access to a stabbed hydro pump, which makes Jirachi an unsafe switch-in. Another thing that sets it apart from Latios is that, with Swift Swim, Rain offense teams are easily decimated after Ferrothorn has gone down."
Peaked at: 2323 (#8) on 10/5/2012
Entered Hall of Fame at: 2353 (#15) on 10/3/2012
RMT

Full Set

AND

8 more HoF!

- Molk -

Scrafty

Amoonguss
"Out of the 29 wins i had on my alt, just about half of them were scrafty sweeping my opponents team once their check/counter was weakened, lol"
Peaked at: 2273 (#6) on 10/7/2012
First Peak & Set Explanation

Full Set

Hippowdon

Celebi
"Overall, hippowdon should be more solidly OU, its great bulk and ability to phaze/set rocks as well as recover its hp ensures that sand will stay up during the majority of the match. A great choice for any sand team."
Peaked at: 2237 (#5) on 10/4/2012
Discussion Response

Full Set

Weavile

Slowbro
"Weavile plays a lot like mamoswine, and may seem outclassed at first, but its incredible speed and access to pursuit more than make up for the power and bulk that mamoswine has."
Peaked at: 2213 (#21) on 10/5/2012
Peak & Set Explanation

Full Set

Smeargle

Gorebyss

Nidoking
"Although Smeargle was only capable of doing one thing, it did it very well, and almost never failed to pull off at least one smashpass during the match (...) look at (Nidoking) and tell me it doesnt look absolutely badass, stare in awe at the mighty power of the king of the....purple hamster rat thing.....okay moving on."
Peaked at: 2073 (#30) on 10/19/2012
Peak & Set Explanation

Full Set

OUTCLASS THIS
"With Hustle taken into account, Durant hits 475.5 attack with a neutral nature, the equivalent of 188 base attack, this surpasses even stuff like Medicham, Rampardos, and Kyurem-B, and unlike those 3, Durant sits at an incredible speed tier."
Peaked at: 2054 (#27) on 10/18/2012
Peak & Set Explanation

Full Set

Gold Class: 2199-2100 & top 25 (2)
- ginganinja -

Gothitelle
"Gothitelle gave me pretty strong control over the battle, since I could highlight pokemon it could trap just by looking at Team Preview, and then make a game plan around it. I was very happy with my choice."
Peaked at: 2227 (#16) on 10/2/2012

Full Set

- Master of the Six Kings -

Metagross

Whiskers
"Whiscash is the only thing i've ever used that can take Scalds without falling to burn and actually set up in front of all these bulky waters in the metagame."
Peaked at: 2152 (#12) on 10/18/2012

Full Set

Tornadus

Raikou
While slower than his winged counterpart, i realized i could justify his extra offensive power as justification for a choice scarf. Raikou was no slouch in dominating teams of Forretress/Jellicents/Gliscors and often times Ferrothorns with his great power and coverage."
Peak & Set Explanation
Peaked at: 2139 (#28) on 10/12/2012

Full Set

Swampert
"Swampert generally preformed how i imagined, but as i rounded towards peaking on the ladder, i was met with Energy Ball Latios, Grass Knot Infernape and Giga Drain, Expert Belt Genesect that really hampered the poor mudfish."
Peaked at: 1989 (#59) on 10/11/12
Entered Hall of Fame at: 1957 (#59) on 10/10/2012
Ladder Peak, Set Explanation

Full Set

Victreebel

Charizard

Hitmontop
"Charizard and Hitmontop had their moments and their purpose. Victreebell absolutely ripped teams to shreds once its three counters (Mamo, Poli and Hetran) are removed by other members."
Peaked at: 1974 (#45) on 10/17/12
Peak & Set Explanation

Full Set

Machamp
"... No Guard proved to be more a curse than a blessing alowing Pokemon to alwasy hit Hurricanes, Focus Blasts and Thunders against Machamp without weather and when Trick Room isnt up, his abysmal speed makes OU a very unforgiving metagame for him."
Peaked at: 1955 (#73) on 10/11/2012
Entered Hall of Fame at: 1950 (#96) on 10/5/2012
Ladder Peak, Set Explanation

Full Set

Silver Class: 2099-2050 & top 50 (10)
- myzozoa -

Venomoth
"Basically Venemoth is a perfect passer to balloon Heatran or Keldeo... Even when Venemoth couldn't pass quiver dance, it could still sleep something which is valuable all by itself"
Peaked at: 2209 (#33) on 10/10/2012
Team

Full Set

- Electrolyte -

Cobalion
"I saw the tremendous amount of potential in Cobalion with its high speed, great defense, and workable offensive stats as well as its wide movepool. Its fast Taunt bought me the moment I saw it."
Peaked at: 2148 (#38) on 10/6/2012
RMT

Full Set

- SubakSupreme -

Sharpedo
"Overall Sharpedo is a boss and deserves way more usage."
Peaked at: 2143 (#39) on 10/4/2012

Full Set

- TropiOUs -

Froslass
"Set hazards, prevent other mons from getting them, and if you get the chance, get a free kill without really trying."
Peaked at: 2119 (#42) on 10/7/2012

Full Set

Kyurem
"(I) wanted to prove Kyurem can be good without needing to be with Abomasnow."
Peaked at: 2060 (#17) on 10/4/2012
Discussion Response

Full Set

Shiftry
"108 attack is to guarante OHKOing Latios with Sucker Punch in case I can't get SR up. 164 speed allows Shiftry to outspeed Scarf Keldeo/Terrakion and allow it to Leaf Storm before he takes a hit."
Peaked at: 2032 (#88) on 10/10/2012
Peak & Moveset

Full Set

Ambipom
"Troll scarf genesect leads, ohkoing it with Fire Punch, Low Kick Tyranitar and other heavy mons like Terrakion, Return becaus STAB, and finally, Switcheroo is pretty much the only move I used to render things like Skarmory and other walls useless and allow me to set up with a truly scary mon like Mence or Terrakion easily."
Peaked at: 1971 (#93) on 10/5/2012
Peak & Moveset

Full Set

- alexwolf -

Moltres
"Its Specs Hurricane was freakin powerful, 2hkoing stuff such as Rotom-W and Skarmory easily, while also being able to easily 2HKO Jirachi and SpD in rain, unlike Torn-T and making for a wonderful Sun, Lucario and Scizor check."
Peaked at: 2098 (#37) on 10/12/12
Entered Hall of Fame at at: 2052 (#36) on 10/5/2012
Discussion Response

Full Set

- scampy -

Rotom-H

Blastoise
"(Rotom-H is) simply a Pokemon who fits well into the current metagame...Blastoise was consistent Pokemon. I think some teams which rely upon eliminating Rapid Spin users evidently have trouble with Blastoise, due to its lack of exploitable weaknesses."
Peaked at: 2076 (#34) on 10/8/2012
Discussion Response

Full Set

- Boondocker -

Sableye
"It seems like every team i build is weak to Sableye, so i figured id try my luck with it."
Peaked at: 2062 (#38) on 10/7/2012

Full Set

- Jobriq -

MEHNDIbuzz

Frosty
"People underestimate this birds godly bulk."
Peaked at: 2057 (#46) on 10/6/2012
Entered Hall of Fame at: 1970 (#100) on 10/5/2012
Discussion & Full Team

Full Set

- Patolegend! -

Rocky
"An absolute menace with the right support (rain), and very impressive in previous metas, with the new drain punch tutor he becomes a true beast, easing its woes in other weathers."
Peaked at: 2056 (#44) on 10/30/2012
Entered Hall of Fame at: 1986 (#95) on 10/22/2012

Full Set

- HuntoftheLion -

Feraligatr
"Torrent makes him really dangerous since often the way I'd set up was on an attack I knew would hurt but wouldn't kill, and then I'd get to torrent very fast and basically smash my way through the other team."
Peaked at: 2051 (#23) on 10/20/2012
Peak; alt ATG2

Full Set

Heracross
"... I chose Heracross because I used him for WCOP tryouts over the summer and he's always been one of my favorite pokemon."
Peaked at: 1978 (#69) on 10/15/2012
Peak; alt ATG3; Team Explanation, Set Explanation

Full Set

Bronze Class: 2049 -1950 & top 100 (8)
- discoboy -

Chansey
"I feel like Chansey was just a worse version of Blissey when I used it."
Peaked at: 2048 (#64) on 10/12/2012

Full Set

- ssbm -

Aerodactyl

Magneton

Jumpluff

Kabutops
"sd jumpluff is so funny and sexy to sweep with! it kills sun 100% of the time, tbh. occa magneton > genesect. lo kabutops is mad underrated it literally kills rain more than anything else. aerodactyl is the best sr setter in the meta i think."
Peaked at: 2016 (#88) on 10/12/2012
RMT

Full Set

- FastFlygon -

Lapras
"Didn't get that many sweeps, but Ice Shard + that bulk was an excellent combination, and there were a couple of stall teams I ran through since they had no way of touching it."
Peaked at: 2014 (#97) on 10/13/2012

Full Set

Quark Star

Rogue Planet
"Scolipede has also been doing very well, Bug Gem Megahorn is really damn strong - it OHKOs lead Deoxys-D if it doesn't have a Tanga berry... with a simple 252/252 specially defensive spread (Empoleon) has awesome bulk. "
Peaked at: 2003 (#46) on 10/17/2012
Ladder Peak, Set Explanation & Full Team

Full Set

- jaredz99 -

Walrein
"Some say stall is impossible in 5th gen, even more say that hail sucks and has no viable abusers. My goal was to revitalize my favorite playstyle and prove them wrong."
Peaked at: 2013 (#38) on 10/17/2012

Full Set

- Ninelol -

Boss

Boots
"SD Virizion is super anti Rain/Sand and coupled with Rotom-H Makes weather easy to manage. Honchkrow is just a surprise pokemon, Just ruining teams game after game."
Peaked at: 1985 (#27) on 10/4/2012
Entered Hall of Fame at: 1929 on 10/3/2012
RMT

Full Set

- TheStarRapper -

Staraptor
"Fast and powerful, and a powerful martyr with a 374 HP nuke."
Peaked at: 1977 (#47) on 10/5/2012

Full Set

- ClubbingSealCub -

Excadrill Lite
"It's like Excadrill, except it's not broken."
Peaked at 1976 (#83) on 10/6/2012
RMT

Full Set

- Temp V1 -

Uxie
"How this thing is RU is beyond me, for the set I used alone it should at least be UU, and probably OU."
Peaked at: 1971 (#89) on 10/2/2012
Discussion Response

Full Set

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