OU Metagame Analysis is up!

Philip7086 · May 6th, 2010, 3:23:25 PM

Scofield and I wrote it as fast as we could after the April stats came out, so enjoy!

http://www.smogon.com/smog/issue8/ou_metagame

Thanks again to Doug for getting those stats out so fast!

That rounds off Issue #8 :)

Blue_Tornado · May 6th, 2010, 4:35:51 PM

was waiting for this, now for a good read =)

edit: Wow, Scizor's usage is really showing in the teammates statistics for each Pokemon. If you take a look, Scizor is in the top 5 in teammate statistics for every of the other 19 top Pokemon bar Skarmory, which is plain amazing. Also, Scizor is way too often no. 1 and no. 2.

lordkira · May 6th, 2010, 5:04:37 PM

thanks a lot.
been waiting for this ㅡㅜ

Phantom_IV · May 8th, 2010, 4:39:15 PM

Great read. Amazing that you could write this up in so little time (though perhaps it needed a small grammar check). Thanks Phil!

VirtualKaraokeCircusAct · May 8th, 2010, 9:19:44 PM

Fantastic, favorite article of this issue me thinks.
One thing I noticed:
under heatran it says

Quote:

Although Heatran only attacks on the specially (except for Explosion, of course)

Hood Dream · May 9th, 2010, 12:00:29 AM

I love it, this will help me a lot.

Crim09 · May 11th, 2010, 4:23:14 PM

Scizor is definitely used a lot. Looking over this should give me a good idea about what I need to look out for.

Skippy · May 25th, 2010, 6:51:23 PM

I see Bliss frequently and mence frequently. I see scizor and lucario moderately. Most teams are builtaround mence when I see mences.

~~Loisal~~ · May 29th, 2010, 8:02:25 AM

The way through without getting bored halfway lol. Most of the things that comes to my mind about the current metagame has already been addressed. Though I think maybe there should be some mention about Gyarados, though it hasn't changed much at all since DP except for the new addition of Bounce. Many teams now also run both Salamence and Gyarados (offensive spread) despite the double SR weakness because double Intimidate has proven to be very helpful in the current metagame.

~~Sprinkles~~ · May 29th, 2010, 7:27:53 PM

good read, great job

SatiSuicune · May 29th, 2010, 7:53:13 PM

Cool, that was a lot to read. It's amazing how the metagame has changed so fast in such a short time. I'll be reading it again later (since I skipped a lot of the reading the first time through. lol)

eXeggutoraped · Jun 21st, 2010, 5:05:22 AM

I want to see the usage with latias gone

***jumpluff**** · Jun 21st, 2010, 6:18:59 AM

Um, this was from last issue, we have a new issue lol, and you can view usage stats in the threads in Stark Mountain, but keep in mind May's only show a few days of Latias's ban. Just wait for next month...

May 6th, 2010, 3:23:25 PM	#1
Philip7086 Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 2,929 Mentor	OU Metagame Analysis is up! Scofield and I wrote it as fast as we could after the April stats came out, so enjoy! http://www.smogon.com/smog/issue8/ou_metagame Thanks again to Doug for getting those stats out so fast! That rounds off Issue #8 :) __________________ # of times I've beaten the E4: 173 # of level 100 Pokes: 9 (NO HACKS!!!)

May 6th, 2010, 4:35:51 PM	#2
Blue_Tornado Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 2,892 Phantastic	was waiting for this, now for a good read =) edit: Wow, Scizor's usage is really showing in the teammates statistics for each Pokemon. If you take a look, Scizor is in the top 5 in teammate statistics for every of the other 19 top Pokemon bar Skarmory, which is plain amazing. Also, Scizor is way too often no. 1 and no. 2. __________________ .

May 8th, 2010, 4:39:15 PM	#4
Phantom_IV Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 651 University of Maryland	Great read. Amazing that you could write this up in so little time (though perhaps it needed a small grammar check). Thanks Phil! __________________ "Paper working as intended. Nerf rock." -Scissors "Give a man a fish, you'll feed him for a day. Give him access to the internet and he won't bother you for weeks."

May 29th, 2010, 7:53:13 PM	#11
SatiSuicune Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 173	Cool, that was a lot to read. It's amazing how the metagame has changed so fast in such a short time. I'll be reading it again later (since I skipped a lot of the reading the first time through. lol) __________________ Check out my Youtube which can be found here.

Jun 21st, 2010, 6:18:59 AM	#13
*jumpluff just came to say hello Super Moderator** Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 5,376 Location: Australia Mentor	Um, this was from last issue, we have a new issue lol, and you can view usage stats in the threads in Stark Mountain, but keep in mind May's only show a few days of Latias's ban. Just wait for next month... __________________

May 6th, 2010, 5:04:37 PM	#3
lordkira Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 994 won't	thanks a lot. been waiting for this ㅡㅜ

May 9th, 2010, 12:00:29 AM	#6
Hood Dream Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 114	I love it, this will help me a lot.

May 11th, 2010, 4:23:14 PM	#7
Crim09 Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 70	Scizor is definitely used a lot. Looking over this should give me a good idea about what I need to look out for.

May 25th, 2010, 6:51:23 PM	#8
Skippy Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 14	I see Bliss frequently and mence frequently. I see scizor and lucario moderately. Most teams are builtaround mence when I see mences.

May 29th, 2010, 8:02:25 AM	#9
~~Loisal~~ Banned deucer. Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 3	The way through without getting bored halfway lol. Most of the things that comes to my mind about the current metagame has already been addressed. Though I think maybe there should be some mention about Gyarados, though it hasn't changed much at all since DP except for the new addition of Bounce. Many teams now also run both Salamence and Gyarados (offensive spread) despite the double SR weakness because double Intimidate has proven to be very helpful in the current metagame.

May 29th, 2010, 7:27:53 PM	#10
~~Sprinkles~~ Banned deucer. Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 987 #stark	good read, great job

Jun 21st, 2010, 5:05:22 AM	#12
eXeggutoraped Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 51 melbourne, australia	I want to see the usage with latias gone