Smogon Shoddy Server Statistics - January 2010 - Page 6

jc104 · Feb 21st, 2010, 5:50:23 AM

Performance in Ubers has no bearing on Uber status, although it is a potential suspect.

~~Purple Wobbuffet~~ · Feb 21st, 2010, 6:17:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Fat jc104

Performance in Ubers has no bearing on Uber status, although it is a potential suspect.

I know, I was pointing out the fact that it is barely used in Ubers, not that that's evidence of suspect-ness.

mtr · Feb 21st, 2010, 4:09:53 PM

Speaking of Ubers, Forretress and Groudon are in decline in usage, whereas the versatile Mewtwo rises. Perhaps this indicates that we are entering into an offensive phase of the metagame?

lordkira · Feb 21st, 2010, 4:17:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Fat mtr

Speaking of Ubers, Forretress and Groudon are in decline in usage, whereas the versatile Mewtwo rises. Perhaps this indicates that we are entering into an offensive phase of the metagame?

Mmm...maybe. If this is true, I think we may see rise in usages of Palkia and Garchomp.

**capefeather** · Feb 21st, 2010, 4:46:51 PM

Remember that Mewtwo also makes a potent stall member. The rise and fall of Groudon and Forretress are probably related to those of Ho-oh.

Bad Ass · Feb 23rd, 2010, 6:27:48 PM

just from laddering, i can tell that tyranitar is going up a percent or two. or three.

lordkira · Feb 23rd, 2010, 6:50:12 PM

I've been seeing much less cbttars and (obv) a lot more scarf than the beginning of the month. I feel like scarf tar is rising even more in usage.

Also, does anyone else feel like the UBER environment is going offensive once more (even more) and predicting the usage rise in palkia and chomp again?

monkfish · Feb 24th, 2010, 10:12:10 AM

Good to see Uxie getting some OU love :) fantastic lead

~~IronGross~~ · Feb 24th, 2010, 6:55:37 PM

Erazor · Feb 24th, 2010, 11:46:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Fat ColdEye

How many times do you need to be told that Psychic sucks ass, especially in ubers? There's a reason that Psychic pokemon never use their STABs in Ubers!!

**capefeather** · Feb 25th, 2010, 9:57:00 AM

I think that that's the point. People are misusing Gallade, and yet no one's Psycho Boosting it up with Deoxys-A.

Garganator · Feb 25th, 2010, 3:17:50 PM

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Also, I'm suprised there is no Psycho Boost usage on Deoxys-A...

Tyranitar/Metagross/Scizor switches in
Deoxys-A attack drops by 2 levels
We have dead Deoxys-A (Pursuit kills it anyway, even if it doesn't switch out)
Heck, after special attack drop you can't OHKO heavily defensive Scizor with HP Fire (and those are the most popular)

And in Ubers we have... no Psychic weak pokemon (Fighting Arceus was the ONLY one in the past). And number of resists is really heavy.

Really, it's beyond me why people are still surprised by this. Play Ubers and see how it really looks like.

Disposable Puppets · Feb 26th, 2010, 11:45:56 AM

Hmm with ScarfTar ever, I wouldn't be surprised to see more people running Bullet Punch on Lucario.

~~IronGross~~ · Feb 26th, 2010, 2:07:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Fat Erazor

How many times do you need to be told that Psychic sucks ass, especially in ubers? There's a reason that Psychic pokemon never use their STABs in Ubers!!

So? Does that justify giving Gallade Poison Jab?

bobbycat · Feb 26th, 2010, 2:18:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Fat ColdEye

So? Does that justify giving Gallade Poison Jab?

Gallade was used 24 times in a tier where there were 12,194 battles. I don't think you should bother looking at what some nub did >_<. It's like, does anyone really care that Wormadam was used once but with a moveset of Giga Impact/Thief/Signal Beam/String Shot?

~~IronGross~~ · Feb 26th, 2010, 2:28:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Fat bobbycat

Gallade was used 24 times in a tier where there were 12,194 battles. I don't think you should bother looking at what some nub did >_<. It's like, does anyone really care that Wormadam was used once but with a moveset of Giga Impact/Thief/Signal Beam/String Shot?

What the...

Anyway, I'm suprised Mamoswine went so low as 39 and Weavile 37...isn't Ice like the second-best attacking type in OU?

ala · Feb 26th, 2010, 3:03:08 PM

Not ice pokemon, due to scizor being so popular. But Ice is a good attacking type, just not on an ice pokemon :)

SHUCKLE MAN · Feb 27th, 2010, 12:24:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Fat ColdEye

What the...

Anyway, I'm suprised Mamoswine went so low as 39 and Weavile 37...isn't Ice like the second-best attacking type in OU?

Ice is awesome offensively, but quite terrible defensively. Kind of opposite to how Steel is awesome defensively, but terrible offensively.

Orcelot005 · Feb 27th, 2010, 5:39:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Fat Bad Ass

just from laddering, i can tell that tyranitar is going up a percent or two. or three.

Yeah, I defiantly agree with this. I wouldn't be suprised if Tyranitar takes #1 this month. Another thing I noticed is the lack of Metagross leads. Maybe it's just me, but I hardly ever see them anymore.

Stylish Interval · Feb 27th, 2010, 6:48:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Fat Orcelot005

Yeah, I defiantly agree with this. I wouldn't be suprised if Tyranitar takes #1 this month. Another thing I noticed is the lack of Metagross leads. Maybe it's just me, but I hardly ever see them anymore.

I would be surprised if Scizor dropped 6% or Tyranitar gained 7%. That would be....whoa.

Orcelot005 · Feb 27th, 2010, 7:43:20 PM

It doesn't need to be that extreme. It could happen if Scizor drops 4% while Tyranitar gains 3%. But yeah, I made that comment before I looked at the percentages properly. It does seem kind of unlikely.

Stylish Interval · Feb 27th, 2010, 7:46:52 PM

Even Scizor dropping 4% in favor of Ttar would be a pretty epic rock to OU. Still, though, I'm sure some people would love for that to happen lol.

lordkira · Feb 27th, 2010, 8:14:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Fat Orcelot005

It doesn't need to be that extreme. It could happen if Scizor drops 4% while Tyranitar gains 3%. But yeah, I made that comment before I looked at the percentages properly. It does seem kind of unlikely.

in ou, esp, ~3 or 4% drop or rise are huge

Abacus · Feb 28th, 2010, 7:01:28 PM

You're more likely to run into Scizor in Ubers than OU...

thered1 · Mar 1st, 2010, 8:38:55 PM

good to see swampert in the top ten. interesting to see how common of a lead he is, despite his speed compared to the common lead. still, he's my favorite pokemon , so he should stay there.

(join my group "swamprt fan club")

Feb 21st, 2010, 4:09:53 PM	#128
mtr Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 1,754	Speaking of Ubers, Forretress and Groudon are in decline in usage, whereas the versatile Mewtwo rises. Perhaps this indicates that we are entering into an offensive phase of the metagame? __________________ Huehuehue

Feb 21st, 2010, 4:46:51 PM	#130
capefeather hey, even pirates need attorneys Moderator Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 2,606 especially internet pirates	Remember that Mewtwo also makes a potent stall member. The rise and fall of Groudon and Forretress are probably related to those of Ho-oh. __________________ If we cannot take joy in things that are merely real, our lives will always be empty. <+joshe> im a registered sex offender for up to calc 3 <+Reflect_Suicune> i was thining of fucking jellicent for some reason <DetroitLolcat> I AM AROUSED BY BIMETALLIC CURRENCY!

Feb 23rd, 2010, 6:27:48 PM	#131
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Feb 24th, 2010, 6:55:37 PM	#134
~~IronGross~~ Banned deucer. Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 24 The wild east	\| Gallade \| Move \| Psychic \| 25.0 \| \| Gallade \| Move \| HP-Fire \| 12.5 \| \| Gallade \| Move \| Poison Jab \| 12.5 \| \| Gallade \| Move \| Giga Impact \| 12.5 \| Why are people misusing Gallade? Also, I'm suprised there is no Psycho Boost usage on Deoxys-A... Last edited by IronGross; Feb 24th, 2010 at 7:12:44 PM.

Feb 25th, 2010, 9:57:00 AM	#136
capefeather hey, even pirates need attorneys Moderator Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 2,606 especially internet pirates	I think that that's the point. People are misusing Gallade, and yet no one's Psycho Boosting it up with Deoxys-A. __________________ If we cannot take joy in things that are merely real, our lives will always be empty. <+joshe> im a registered sex offender for up to calc 3 <+Reflect_Suicune> i was thining of fucking jellicent for some reason <DetroitLolcat> I AM AROUSED BY BIMETALLIC CURRENCY!

Feb 23rd, 2010, 6:50:12 PM	#132
lordkira Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 994 won't	I've been seeing much less cbttars and (obv) a lot more scarf than the beginning of the month. I feel like scarf tar is rising even more in usage. Also, does anyone else feel like the UBER environment is going offensive once more (even more) and predicting the usage rise in palkia and chomp again?

Feb 24th, 2010, 10:12:10 AM	#133
monkfish what are birds? Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 5,002 we just don't know.	Good to see Uxie getting some OU love :) fantastic lead

Feb 26th, 2010, 11:45:56 AM	#138
Disposable Puppets Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 402	Hmm with ScarfTar ever, I wouldn't be surprised to see more people running Bullet Punch on Lucario.

Feb 26th, 2010, 3:03:08 PM	#142
ala a Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 3,967 mercinary	Not ice pokemon, due to scizor being so popular. But Ice is a good attacking type, just not on an ice pokemon :)

Feb 27th, 2010, 7:43:20 PM	#146
Orcelot005 Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 146	It doesn't need to be that extreme. It could happen if Scizor drops 4% while Tyranitar gains 3%. But yeah, I made that comment before I looked at the percentages properly. It does seem kind of unlikely.

Feb 27th, 2010, 7:46:52 PM	#147
Stylish Interval Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 908 Kentucky	Even Scizor dropping 4% in favor of Ttar would be a pretty epic rock to OU. Still, though, I'm sure some people would love for that to happen lol. __________________ RIP Delta RIP Delta RIP Delta RIP Delta RIP Delta if you love to lift heavy things, put them down, then lift them again, join #lifting!

Feb 28th, 2010, 7:01:28 PM	#149
Abacus Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 302	You're more likely to run into Scizor in Ubers than OU...

Mar 1st, 2010, 8:38:55 PM	#150
thered1 Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 6 Right behind you...	good to see swampert in the top ten. interesting to see how common of a lead he is, despite his speed compared to the common lead. still, he's my favorite pokemon , so he should stay there. (join my group "swamprt fan club") __________________ 42