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Old Dec 1st, 2012, 11:55:51 AM   #1
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Old Dec 1st, 2012, 12:01:45 PM   #2
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Weavile is lower then arceus poison. Please help me.
I want it to reach top 100 by march.
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Old Dec 1st, 2012, 1:01:21 PM   #3
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If Arc Poison was actually any good...

Nah JK, it's just that it has a very small niche and you can use other Arc formes, mainly Electric, Fighting, and Ground, to do what it does better without absorbing Toxic Spikes.

And, another meta where Forry is above Arceus Ghost. Great job guys, great job.

Finally, I never EVER see Mewtwo and its 4 in regular, 3 in suspect. Whatever.
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Old Dec 1st, 2012, 2:22:18 PM   #4
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| 53 | Arceus-Fighting | 1238 | 1.716% | 967 | 1.680% |
Honestly, this is very disappointing, as Arceus-Fighting does an EXCELLENT job of checking a variety of threats, (eg Kyurem-W, Dialga, Ferrothorn, Excadrill, Tyranitar, etc.) just with its STAB, and then Ice Beam takes down Rayquaza, Shaymin-S (on the switch), Groudon, Zekrom, Garchomp, etc. USE IT MORE!!! It's WAY better than Terrakion (bulk + speed) which somehow made 30.
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Old Dec 1st, 2012, 5:22:22 PM   #5
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| 17 | Arceus-Ghost | 8991 | 12.460% | 6944 | 12.066% |
| 33 | Arceus-Steel | 2893 | 4.009% | 2300 | 3.996% |
| 50 | Arceus-Grass | 1454 | 2.015% | 1186 | 2.061% |
| 55 | Arceus-Electric | 1184 | 1.641% | 890 | 1.546% |

Yeah yeah yeah I also want these Pokemon to have higher usage (Arceus Steel :( ) . However, we have to remember that there can be only one Arceus forme on a team due to species clause. Therefore, it's really obvious that there is naturally lower usage.

However, there's one thing I don't understand

| 25 | Latias | 5097 | 7.063% | 3941 | 6.848% |
| 27 | Latios | 4204 | 5.826% | 3239 | 5.628% |

Just......why? Lati@s are so great in the metagame, checking Kyogre like bosses, having those awesome CM sets, fantastic speed, as well as insane Special offenses. I mean, yeah, they're not perfect nor meta-defining but they deserve more than Top 30 :/
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Old Dec 1st, 2012, 6:48:30 PM   #6
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| 79 | Charizard | 660 | 0.915% | 570 | 0.990% |

Good. However, I'm sure that we can do better than this.


| 94 | Aron | 529 | 0.733% | 356 | 0.619% |
This, on the other hand, I'm somewhat upset by. Namely because, while it's a good way to start a match 5-5 (or close to it) I've seen some people who stupidly have it set to level 100. Although it's funny using Trick on them then setting up while they Endeavor helplessly because they don't know how to switch.
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Old Dec 1st, 2012, 6:49:40 PM   #7
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| 96 | Ninetales | 496 | 0.687% | 433 | 0.752% |
| 109 | Arceus-Fire | 385 | 0.534% | 300 | 0.521% |

Someone PLEASE HELP ME, i knew the ladder sucked at PS (i dont really play ubers there) but i didnt think we had come to this.

| 79 | Charizard | 660 | 0.915% | 570 | 0.990% |

I know i has been some months since the Smog 21 (the last that was actually good) but i still think people should at least have a little common sense, SOLAR POWER DOES NOT JUSTIFY THIS PIECE OF SHIT.

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| Solar Power 28.485% |

Thats it, sorry im going to comit suicide, dont wait for me.
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Old Dec 1st, 2012, 8:51:41 PM   #8
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Hey look on the bright side, Charizard WAS used less in November than he was in October.
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| 183 | Rattata | 121 | 0.168% | 101 | 0.175% |

This is not right. How is this thing #183. I bet someone must have used a team with Rattata 121 times which is weird.
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| 183 | Rattata | 121 | 0.168% | 101 | 0.175% |

This is not right. How is this thing #183. I bet someone must have used a team with Rattata 121 times which is weird.
Nope. I've seen different people use it. They think FEAR is an effective playstyle for some reason and make a team of Tyranitar (which they usually sacrifice to get a FEAR monster in) and level one monsters. Those people are few in numbers, but they're sadly present.
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| 94 | Aron | 529 | 0.733% | 356 | 0.619% |

So many people using the FEAR tactic :|
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| 256 | Arceus-Psychic | 55 | 0.076% | 43 | 0.075% |

This proves it, Arc-Psychic is the most useless Uber, the ladder just confirms it!
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Old Dec 4th, 2012, 10:37:28 PM   #13
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| 256 | Arceus-Psychic | 55 | 0.076% | 43 | 0.075% |

This proves it, Arc-Psychic is the most useless Uber, the ladder just confirms it!
Yes indeed, it's completely outclassed by Mewtwo in every aspect! And it has no niche, so much that nobody will ever use it!

That aside,

| 1 | Kyogre | 30207 | 41.861% | 25463 | 44.244% |
| 2 | Arceus | 21728 | 30.111% | 16644 | 28.920% |

Nothing surprising here.

| 10 | Kyurem-White | 11975 | 16.595% | 8782 | 15.260% |

One of the godliest Pokemon in Ubers is doing well. Quite good.

| 16 | Excadrill | 9052 | 12.544% | 6892 | 11.975% |
| 23 | Tyranitar | 6560 | 9.091% | 5999 | 10.424% |

Looks as though Excadrill isn't as dependent on Tyranitar as it once was.

| 24 | Genesect | 5147 | 7.133% | 4386 | 7.621% |

Woah
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That's impressive, Genesect. It looks as though you fit right into the Ubers environment. Good job.

| 25 | Latias | 5097 | 7.063% | 3941 | 6.848% |
| 27 | Latios | 4204 | 5.826% | 3239 | 5.628% |

But....these two need a lot more love in Ubers. They have incredible special stats and they also stand as the best Kyogre checks in the tier. They need at least Top 20 usage.

| 49 | Dragonite | 1457 | 2.019% | 1185 | 2.059% |

Someone please enlighten me on what is so redeeming about D-Nite in Ubers that it gets 2% usage in the tier. I don't see anything appealing about this thing and Hydreigon and Salamence are superior in every aspect.

| 58 | Abomasnow | 1141 | 1.581% | 1019 | 1.771% |

This is pretty mediocre, but it can support the Kyurems well, and they become a complete terror. Froslass also becomes annoying. I'm not surprised.

| 71 | Gengar | 804 | 1.114% | 680 | 1.182% |

Gengar is fucking terrible in Ubers, and it cannot even revenge Mewtwo, which is a shame. It should get less usage.

| 79 | Charizard | 660 | 0.915% | 570 | 0.990% |

This needs to stop being used. It is close to 1% usage, which it shouldn't be, and should be getting less than 1% usage.

| 85 | Deoxys | 595 | 0.825% | 492 | 0.855% |

This thing is pretty useless, which leads to me being surprised it gets above .5% usage.

| 118 | Bisharp | 304 | 0.421% | 256 | 0.445% |

This thing needs quite a lot more usage. It's really good guys. Sucker Sweeping is nothing to laugh at. Once it gets an SD boost, it's hard to stop. It's also helped by the fact that Fighting-types are almost nonexistant in Ubers.

| 256 | Arceus-Psychic | 55 | 0.076% | 43 | 0.075% |

This makes me laugh at how useless this piece of shit is in Ubers.
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Deoxys only gets use because of surprise. It can run a weaker version of either Deoxys-A or Deoxys-S's sets, so you can get a bit of a jump on your opponent. Not worth it IMO, but .8% doesn't surprise me at all.

D-Nite I assume is purely for Multiscale. Lefties+Substitute+Roost can make you essentially immortal, which is very useful for some teams who need bulk.
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Charizard's usage in ubers will always be higher than it should because of randoms making "favorite mons from the anime" teams which often include Charizard and random uber legendaries, so they get defaulted to ubers.
Knowing this, can we please please stop complaining about Charizard every.single.month?
Consider it free laddering points for us serious uber players.


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D-Nite I assume is purely for Multiscale. Lefties+Substitute+Roost can make you essentially immortal, which is very useful for some teams who need bulk.
You must be kidding, unless by "D-Nite" you mean "Lugia". Name me a single dragon type in ubers who doesn't outspeed and laugh at Dragonite's Multiscale. Tip: there is none. Dragonite has no place in ubers.
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Old Dec 5th, 2012, 6:17:31 PM   #16
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| 178 | Weavile | 9 | 0.183% | 6 | 0.154% |

Thats 100% on me, if you see my RMT.

| 1 | Kyogre | 1969 | 40.102% | 1651 | 42.411% |
| 2 | Arceus | 1577 | 32.118% | 1232 | 31.648% |
| 3 | Mewtwo | 1236 | 25.173% | 914 | 23.479% |

I see these on almost every team, no surprise.
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I find it saddening that Arceus-Fire has less usage than Charizard... and the people that are using charizard aren't even using it "properly"

also I used weavile in ubers for a couple battles rofl
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| 256 | Arceus-Psychic | 55 | 0.076% | 43 | 0.075% |

This proves it, Arc-Psychic is the most useless Uber, the ladder just confirms it!
Well... its not the worst Uber... I would say that niche belongs to Arceus-Bug / Deoxys-N but thats not my point. Arceus-Psychic has a solid niche in being the only Calm Mind Arceus form that 2HKOes Chansey at +1 with STAB Psyshock. To make things better, the move also allows it to win Calm Mind wars against all Arceus not named Dark (but at +1 I think Focus Blast 2HKOes it too).

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Yes indeed, it's completely outclassed by Mewtwo in every aspect! And it has no niche, so much that nobody will ever use it!
Actually Arceus-Psychic has one thing Mewtwo lacks, BULK. I mean seriously, have you seen how difficult it is to setup a Mewtwo due to that atrocious bulk? It doesn't help much either when you finally get your sweep going then some random choice scarf dragon starts ragin and trolling and stopping your sweep with Outrage which practically OHKOes Mewtwo after SR + Life Orb damage. At least Arceus-Psychic can use Recover and take the Outrage (although it is 2HKOed it can spam Recover and hope for confusion / decently low roll, and it can get a hit in after tanking Scarf Outrage (45.94 - 54.27%)).

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Deoxys only gets use because of surprise. It can run a weaker version of either Deoxys-A or Deoxys-S's sets, so you can get a bit of a jump on your opponent. Not worth it IMO, but .8% doesn't surprise me at all.
Deoxys also has an extremely tiny, although near useless niche. It can setup screens better then Deoxys-A but has more offenses then Deoxys-N. Should a case arise where a team actually needs an offensive screener that can pack a punch (which should be ALMOST 0), Deoxys-N is your DNA. Not outspeed Genesect seriously sucks though X_X.

As for the stats I'm surprised that the top ten is so static X_X. Seeing no changes but a switch from Ferro getting more usage then Forry (?_?)

Giratina-a's growing dominance as a spin blocker is visible. Last month there was one spot difference between it and Ghost Arceus.
| 14 | Giratina | 10689 | 12.979% | 8428 | 12.749% |
| 15 | Arceus-Ghost | 10287 | 12.491% | 7989 | 12.085% |

Now its:
| 14 | Giratina | 9482 | 13.140% | 7392 | 12.844% |
| 15 | Blaziken | 9175 | 12.715% | 7206 | 12.521% |
| 16 | Excadrill | 9052 | 12.544% | 6892 | 11.975% |
| 17 | Arceus-Ghost | 8991 | 12.460% | 6944 | 12.066% |

Giratina-O also dropped in usage, from
| 17 | Giratina-Origin | 9216 | 11.191% | 7364 | 11.140% |
to
| 22 | Giratina-Origin | 6768 | 9.379% | 5371 | 9.333% |
Anyone know whats accounting for this? I mean Ghost Arceus in October was used barely less then Giratina. In September though, Ghost Arceus had more usage then Giratina.
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304: Mudkip. LOL. But seriously, why would you use NFEs other than Chansey?

75: Politoed. WHY THE FUCK WOULD YOU USE POLITOED IN UBERS?! KYOGRE IS BETTER THAN IT IN EVERY SINGLE WAY!

155: Magikarp. Why? Just... Why?

140: Pikachu. Why?! At least Charizard has 100 base speed and Solar Power...
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Um all this hate on Arceus Psychic and no one bothers to metion the fact that He checks the very pokemon that offensivley outclasses him ? Mewtwo is the 3rd most pokemon in Ubers, and he can't touch Arceus-Psychic without a sun-boosted Fire Blast, so you can use Him with Kyogre.

All these Charizards have to go, I wish we could "ban" Zard from Ubers just in an effort to stop non-competitive noobs from running rampant in the ladder and wasting everyone else's time.
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Um all this hate on Arceus Psychic and no one bothers to metion the fact that He checks the very pokemon that offensivley outclasses him ? Mewtwo is the 3rd most pokemon in Ubers, and he can't touch Arceus-Psychic without a sun-boosted Fire Blast, so you can use Him with Kyogre.

All these Charizards have to go, I wish we could "ban" Zard from Ubers just in an effort to stop non-competitive noobs from running rampant in the ladder and wasting everyone else's time.

You haven't seen my post... There's worse things than Charizard in Ubers...
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You haven't seen my post... There's worse things than Charizard in Ubers...
that's not the point. It's impossible to get legitimate matches in ubers because of all the imbeciles that run 4 fire STAB charizard in ubers. I ran into Hyper Beam arceus earlier today. There needs to be a tier that you're defaulted into that would at least partially alleviate the spam from the tier.

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that's not the point. It's impossible to get legitimate matches in ubers because of all the imbeciles that run 4 fire STAB charizard in ubers. I ran into Hyper Beam arceus earlier today. There needs to be a tier that you're defaulted into that would at least partially alleviate the spam from the tier.

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that's not the point. It's impossible to get legitimate matches in ubers because of all the imbeciles that run 4 fire STAB charizard in ubers. I ran into Hyper Beam arceus earlier today. There needs to be a tier that you're defaulted into that would at least partially alleviate the spam from the tier.

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Charizard itself isn't the problem, it's the noobs.
You could run into a team made of 6 perfectly viable uber mons, only to discover they're carrying moves such as Iron Tail and Hyper Beam. Those kind of teams definitely don't qualify as legitimate matches either.

Noob players using their favorite mons are always going to show up often in ubers for the reason I mentioned in my previous post, there's really nothing we can do about it.
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| 79 | Charizard | 660 | 0.915% | 570 | 0.990% |

I know i has been some months since the Smog 21 (the last that was actually good) but i still think people should at least have a little common sense, SOLAR POWER DOES NOT JUSTIFY THIS PIECE OF SHIT.
Actually, I've somehow managed to use Charizard pretty effectively in Ubers, (Then again, in NU, I've managed to sweep entire teams with a Pikachu.) Just give it a Scarf, and Charizard actually becomes a pretty good revenge killer that outspeeds and OHKOs common scarf users stuff like Dialga and Kyurem-W.

All in all, if you bother to use it correctly, Charizard can actually function in Ubers.
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