
Welcome to the fourth suspect test of ORAS Doubles OU. For the next two weeks we'll be looking at Jirachi. A longtime veteran of the Doubles metagame, Jirachi is one of the rare suspects we have that primarily functions in a supportive role. Jirachi boasts the ability to redirect attacks with Follow Me, provide speed control in multiple forms (Icy Wind, Thunder Wave, Trick Room), and put on pressure due in part to its Serene Grace ability giving it a 60% chance to flinch with Iron Head. This is all combined together with its solid Base 100 stats around the board and its Steel/Psychic typing offering multiple resists. However only recently have people deemed Jirachi a problem due in part to its ability to enable easy setup for its partners thanks to all the support it offers. For these reasons, we have decided to suspect Jirachi to deem if it should remain in the tier.
This test will run for about two weeks. As usual, there will be battling requirements to qualify for voting (No posting requirements this time around). Battling reqs will consist of either laddering or suspect tournaments, and are still being determined at the moment. Even though there are no posting reqs, we advise everyone to actually read the arguments others present for and against its brokenness (or lack thereof) and still attempt to participate in discussion on this thread. A sheer volume of people saying one thing or another will change nobody's opinion so make sure you're actually doing something to make people think.
Remember to keep an open mind! Jirachi is a controversial Pokemon and many people's opinions are pretty set in stone already. All of these people, myself included, should remember that just because you believe in your side doesn't mean everyone else is wrong!
For clarity, yes Jirachi will be allowed on the Doubles OU suspect ladder
Like the Shaymin-Sky suspect, the B value for this test is 12. You'll need to achieve a coil of 2600 for the ladder.
Achieving Ladder Reqs also requires a min GXE of 74.6 with a Game Limit of 60 games maximum
N=12.0/log2(40*GXE/2600)
(Google calculator is awesome for this kind of thing).
Here are some sample values:
Code:
GXE N
100 19
95 22
90 26
85 31
80 40
75 58
74 64 (try again)
Remember to be respectful to other players, and try not to shitpost.
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