The tutoring program opens up once a month. See this thread.Also, how do I sign up to be an apprentice? I looked on the 101 battle forum and on the tutor site but there was not any place to sign up. I'm hungry to learn!
The tutoring program opens up once a month. See this thread.Also, how do I sign up to be an apprentice? I looked on the 101 battle forum and on the tutor site but there was not any place to sign up. I'm hungry to learn!
What I meant was if I could find all the pokemon that have an OU section for their analysis regardless of their actual tier.
1. On most competitive battling programs, such as Pokemon Online, you use 6 Pokemon for every battle.Ok so im new to competitive Pokemon Nintendo DS play. I have played all of them like the old GBC Yellow etc all the way to Black and White. I have decided to play online and stuff and i have learnt alot because of Smogon. I am planning on entering tournaments and winning prizes in the UK as well. I play the Yugioh Trading Card Game IRL and have travelled to Spain,USA etc to play and have won many tournaments. I want to do the same but for Pokemon gaming....But first i need a few questions answering:
1.) I went to play my first online single battle yesterday. You only used 3 Pokemon. So in theory you can have 2 mini teams of 3 and your opponent wont know which one you have picked until he/she is actually battling. So why do people build a team for 6 with Starters, attackers, sweepers etc?
2.) I know what a Sweeper is i think. But just to be sure, can someone give me a Pokemon definition of a sweeper and other simlar things alike such as defenders, attackers, starter and anything else i have missed?
3.) In Yugioh, during different times of the year there is usually 3 best decks and then medium ones and lower ones. I have looked at Smogon and have learned about Uber, OU,BL,UU etc but that is just the individual pokemon. What about TEAMS? At a hobby league shop, some regulars told me about a Sandstorm team where you abuse sandstorm pokemon like the hippo pokemon (forgot its name). - So, what other teams are they (Name as many as possible and if you can, state whether it is used alot), what do they do and focus on (specific moves or something) and what Pokemon do they usually use?
4.) Cant you just have a team of 6 (or 3) really good individual pokemon with no particular theme?
Thats it for now. I have tons more but i think these need answering first. Also, if i have posted this in the wrong place or if there is a better place to post it then LMK. Anyone can answer any of the questions btw and more then once. I know its alot to answer but it would be a BIG help. Thank you.
Ok thanks for the info. When i said online i meant Pokemon Black/White online through Nintendo Wi-Fi on my DS. Just downloaded Pokemon Online now and its great!1. On most competitive battling programs, such as Pokemon Online, you use 6 Pokemon for every battle.
2. A sweeper is a Pokemon which aims to offensively destroy the opponent's team. An example is Haxorus.
3. Sand teams have a Sandstorm starter (Tyranitar or Hippowodon), and Pokemon that can abuse Sand (Landorus, Terrakion, Ferrothorn). All other weather teams are similar. Stall teams literally stall opponents to death. HO (Heavy Offense) teams sweep the opponent to death.
4. Absolutely. In fact, most battlers don't use themes. A popular team would be Scizor/Ferrothorn/Rotom-W/Tyranitar/Terrakion/Celebi, which has absolutely no theme.
Hi. Thanks for your information as well :). When i talk about playing competitivly i mean getting my Nintendo DS and using the game catridge to play others. I know there is events and tournaments for this. I dont mind doing it for online as well but im not sure there is official tournaments online which earn you prizes/rewards? If there is then great, i could do that too.I'm not well familiarized with OU, so you'll have to bear with me.
@masterk3ing
1. 3v3 is only used in ingame online. Most competitive play is in 6v6 singles. If you're referring to IRL competitive play, that is in 4v4 doubles (which is functionally identical to ingame online, barring time limits). Building teams with 6 independent Pokemon makes it easier to counter / check a threat on your opponent's team (however, this is only relevant in 3v3 and 4v4; in 6v6, obviously, you use your whole team) than if you focus on teams of 3.
2. This article is helpful. Skim through it.
3. A variety exist, but I'll expand on those AOPSUser mentioned.
-Drizzle teams focus on boosting the power of strong attackers like Rotom-W, raising the accuracy of Thunder to 100% (useful for Pokemon that run Thunder for the paralysis chance, like Jirachi), and boosting the defensive capabilities of Pokemon like Ferrothorn, Scizor, Jirachi, and Rain Dish Scizor.
-Drought teams focus on abusing sun and Pokemon with Chlorophyll (out of the Pokemon that possess it, Venusaur is the most viable); however, it's not the best team type due to a variety of awkward limitations.
-Sand and hail are mostly useful for cancelling out Drizzle. Tyranitar is a fantastic Pokemon in its own right, which ensures that sandstorm holds a grip in the metagame. Hail used far less than the other weathers because it requires that one uses Ice-types, which are fundamentally terrible. Bar Mamoswine, Cloyster, and the awkward Kyurem, few good Ice-types exist in OU (notably, the former two do not make any sort of use of it).
-Stall focuses on setting up entry hazards early on and keeping them up later. As the opponent switches to a strong Pokemon, a stall team switches out to a Pokemon that can take the hits of the attacker and retaliate with enough force to scare it out. Status conditions and sandstorm can sometimes be added to the mix to speed the process.
-HO also gets entry hazards up early on in addition to Light Screen and Reflect, but then focuses on overwhelming the opponent with strong, somewhat frail Pokemon - Haxorus is an example.
-VolTurn is not necessarily a type of team, but is a strategy that tends to abuse Scizor for U-turn and Rotom-W for Volt Switch to switch back and forth between the opponents' Pokemon; although entry hazards hurt Rotom-W and (to a greater extent) Scizor every time they switch in, the pair packs a punch.
This is a pretty shallow description and only a few of the team types. Play a few games on Pokemon Online and you'll get the hang of it.
4. Yes, you can have a team of 4 good Pokemon, but without any diversity, they will only get you so far.
Didn't see this getting answered so here is: http://www.smogon.com/bw/metagames/ou :)What I meant was if I could find all the pokemon that have an OU section for their analysis regardless of their actual tier.
Thanks!Didn't see this getting answered so here is: http://www.smogon.com/bw/metagames/ou :)
What do you mean? So say if i have a fully EV trained PKMN at LV 100, if it goes to LV 50 will its EVs be the same?But keep in mind that EVs work slightly differently at level 50 so if you want them to be optimally EV trained you need to act as if they are always level 50
True honour is no joke, my friend.
In all seriousness, yeah it's a joke. Many joke analyses exist, generally only if the Pokémon in question is obviously completely useless competitively, such as Magikarp. I know there's more, but I forget which other Pokémon have them... anybody got a list?
Honestly don't think there is a place to see all the active TRers. But I'm gunna do my best to list them off:Where can i find a list of all the active Team Raters?