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Welcome to the Doubles OU general resources topic! In this thread, I've compiled all the important resources that the Doubles OU subforum has to offer in a single post. If you think that I'm missing something important, or if something needs updating, just let me know itt and I'll update/add it.
Links that are extra important to new users in particular are italicized.
Metagame Resources:
Other:
Beginner's Guide to Doubles:
Getting associated with the Doubles community can seem tricky and a bit intimidating at first, due to how rigid a lot of the community members can appear at times. However, don't let this discourage you! Everyone starts somewhere, and most of the doubles community recognizes this and will do their best to help you out with most of what you need.
On Showdown:
A great way to get associated with the community directly is by chatting in the Smogon Doubles room on PS. Here, you can easily identify experienced users (generally, those with +/%/@/# symbols) and therefore who will be giving you the best advice. However, unlike these ranked people, the Doubles OU ladder on PS is, most of the time, of a very shaky quality. A lot of the players that you'll see on the ladder will be using really bad gimmick teams. That being said, winning games on the ladder is not a very big achievement worth bragging about (unless your elo is very high), nor is it a foolproof method of testing new teams. Although, laddering with a new team is a good way to get a feel for your new team, since it's easier to notice certain flaws in your teams once you put it into practice. Also, once you acquire a decent ladder ranking, you'll see less of the unviable gimmicks and more players that are worth battling. In the Doubles room, room tournaments are a common occurrence; these tournaments typically have a somewhat higher quality than ladder matches because a lot of the room's experienced members participate in this tournaments. A great way to get yourself noticed as a good player is by consistently winning official room tours against good players or, more notably, forum tournaments. You can also use sample teams that have been built by the more experienced users to get a more firm grasp on the tier; they're especially catered to new users like yourself.
In the Doubles Subforum:
The subforum is a much different dynamic than the doubles room. Those who frequent the Doubles subforum are typically more rigid to newer users than they would be in the PS room. That being said, its a cardinal rule to lurk in the forum before posting to ensure that you don't end up with a bad reputation. A great way to make yourself known as a good poster is to make good posts in threads like the viability rankings, good cores thread, creative sets thread, etc. You can identify good posts by observing what kind of feedback that post received, how many likes it has, or if they just conveyed their point in an intelligent way. Avoid making bad, cringe-worthy shitposts like this, as jokes like these will normally not be funny unless you're a relatively well-known user. You can also see how teambuilding is usually done by the forum regulars by checking out the teambuilding competition, where posters build around a certain core or pokemon to then have it voted on by the community. Outside the Doubles Subforum, however, the best way to make your name recognized is by performing well in major Doubles tournaments like the Doubles Open or the Doubles Seasonals.
Doubles OU Council Members:
Doubles Forum Moderators:
Welcome to the Doubles OU general resources topic! In this thread, I've compiled all the important resources that the Doubles OU subforum has to offer in a single post. If you think that I'm missing something important, or if something needs updating, just let me know itt and I'll update/add it.
Links that are extra important to new users in particular are italicized.
- Viability Rankings
- Sample Teams
- Simple Q&A, Benchmarks, and Overview
- Banlist <- (it is different from singles)
- Roles Compendium
- Effective Cores
- Metagame Discussion
- Creative Sets
- Doubles Stats Megathread
- Teambuilding Competition
- Teambuilding Shop
- Teambuilding Frameworks
- EV Spread Compendium
- Speed Tiers for DOU + DUU
Other:
Beginner's Guide to Doubles:
Getting associated with the Doubles community can seem tricky and a bit intimidating at first, due to how rigid a lot of the community members can appear at times. However, don't let this discourage you! Everyone starts somewhere, and most of the doubles community recognizes this and will do their best to help you out with most of what you need.
On Showdown:
A great way to get associated with the community directly is by chatting in the Smogon Doubles room on PS. Here, you can easily identify experienced users (generally, those with +/%/@/# symbols) and therefore who will be giving you the best advice. However, unlike these ranked people, the Doubles OU ladder on PS is, most of the time, of a very shaky quality. A lot of the players that you'll see on the ladder will be using really bad gimmick teams. That being said, winning games on the ladder is not a very big achievement worth bragging about (unless your elo is very high), nor is it a foolproof method of testing new teams. Although, laddering with a new team is a good way to get a feel for your new team, since it's easier to notice certain flaws in your teams once you put it into practice. Also, once you acquire a decent ladder ranking, you'll see less of the unviable gimmicks and more players that are worth battling. In the Doubles room, room tournaments are a common occurrence; these tournaments typically have a somewhat higher quality than ladder matches because a lot of the room's experienced members participate in this tournaments. A great way to get yourself noticed as a good player is by consistently winning official room tours against good players or, more notably, forum tournaments. You can also use sample teams that have been built by the more experienced users to get a more firm grasp on the tier; they're especially catered to new users like yourself.
In the Doubles Subforum:
The subforum is a much different dynamic than the doubles room. Those who frequent the Doubles subforum are typically more rigid to newer users than they would be in the PS room. That being said, its a cardinal rule to lurk in the forum before posting to ensure that you don't end up with a bad reputation. A great way to make yourself known as a good poster is to make good posts in threads like the viability rankings, good cores thread, creative sets thread, etc. You can identify good posts by observing what kind of feedback that post received, how many likes it has, or if they just conveyed their point in an intelligent way. Avoid making bad, cringe-worthy shitposts like this, as jokes like these will normally not be funny unless you're a relatively well-known user. You can also see how teambuilding is usually done by the forum regulars by checking out the teambuilding competition, where posters build around a certain core or pokemon to then have it voted on by the community. Outside the Doubles Subforum, however, the best way to make your name recognized is by performing well in major Doubles tournaments like the Doubles Open or the Doubles Seasonals.
Doubles OU Council Members:
Doubles Forum Moderators:
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