Rate of the Week V3: Week 42

[IronBullet]

Rate of the Week
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Welcome to Rate of the Week! This is a project that looks to bring quality individual rates into the spotlight and recognizes the hard work of unbadged raters. Here's how it will work:

• Each week, official Team Raters will be paying close attention to the RMT forum and reading the rates posted in their respective tiers. They will then shortlist a few which will be in contention for the Rate of the Week award.
• From the pool of shortlisted rates, one will be chosen which most exemplifies the qualities of an excellent rate. That rater will be the winner for that particular tier!
• A post will be made by an official TR who specialises in that tier, explaining how and why the particular rate won. This will allow aspiring raters to gain an idea of what constitutes high-quality rates, and hopefully incorporate those aspects into their own rates.
• There will be multiple winners every week, one from OU and a couple from other tiers depending on the quality of the rates posted. We hope that in this way we can expand rating activity in less popular tiers, while maintaining a weekly OU winner.
• Official Team Raters are eligible to win, but unbadged raters will have priority since that is the main focus of this project.

So what's in it for the winners? Well, they will earn a place in the Hall of Fame, which will be kept in the OP of every thread, and will earn more consideration for the Ladybug

and Team Rater

badges. Also, after gaining three places in the Hall of Fame, a rater will be eligible to earn voice status in the RMT room on PS! on the condition that they've shown an interest in getting involved.

We hope that this project will encourage people to put more effort into their rates and become better and more experienced raters, which will consequently increase the quality as well as the quantity of rates in the forum. Good luck to you all!

Hall of Fame

Week #1 - Toon Linked (OU)
Week #2 - Nedor (OU), Arifeen (UU)
Week #3 - Fireburn (Ubers), Do A Bibarel (UU)
Week #4 - AM (OU), Raiza (PU), Kiyo (NU)
Week #5 - FlamingVictini (OU)
Week #6 - Cyndequil. (UU)
Week #7 - BreloomMyHomie (OU)
Week #8 - FlamingVictini (OU)
Week #9 - oml it's too ez (OU), Cyndequil. (UU), MrAldo (RU)
Week #10 - Nedor (OU), Cyndequil. (UU), Cranham (Ubers), Lax (Monotype)
Week #11 - AM (OU)
Week #12 - Lange (OU), Amaroq (UU)
Week #13 - all falls down (UU)
Week #14 - Manipulative (UU)
Week #15 - mil (OU)
Week #16 - Tricking (OU)
Week #17 - Hector Hard Mode (OU), Christo. (UU)
Week #18 - p2 (OU), all falls down (UU)
Week #19 - ez (OU), Chakra (RU), S0LID G0LD (LC), Memoric (Doubles)
Week #20 - nv (UU), GradeAGarchomp (VGC), Joshz (Anything Goes)
Week #21 - King Sun (OU), PrinceLucian (NU), GradeAGarchomp (VGC), NOVED (Battle Spot)
Week #22 - ez (OU), fran17 (LC), TONE114 (PU)
Week #23 - Sken (LC)
Week #24 - Nedor (OU), RebornFX (VGC)
Week #25 - Adaam. (UU), Level 51 (Doubles), all falls down (Monotype)
Week #26 - bludz (OU)
Week #27 - celes (OU), Cyndequil. (UU), Chakra (RU)
Week #28 - Hector Hard Mode (OU), nv (UU)
Week #29 - Special Mention: Nedor, celes (OU)
Week #30 - Fireburn (Ubers), Level 51 (Doubles)
Week #31 - Eutychios (OU), pokeisfun (UU)
Week #32 - GradeAGarchomp (VGC)
Week #33 - ez (OU)
Week #34 - Bright Size (VGC)
Week #35 - Amaroq (UU)
Week #36 - ez (OU)
Week #37 - zbr (OU)
Week #38 - tigers jaw (OU), Killintime (UU)
Week #39 - 2xTheTap (PU)
Week #40 - Killintime (UU)
Week #41 - Millionsunz (OU)
Week #42 -

 

[Cynde]

This week's UU winner is obii! His rate is one that contained efficient and well explained changes that greatly enhanced team response and performance to certain threats. He starts of his rate by recommending that Assault Vest Conkeldurr be run over Heracross. He states that while this team loses out on breaking power it gains a short term answer to Hydreigon and has access to Mach Punch in order to revenge kill threats such as Hydreigon.

His next change was to run Calm Mind Reuniclus over the current Assault Vest set in order to gain a win condition against slower teams. He says that Calm Mind Reuniclus would add a new dynamic to the team by posing an immediate threat to the opponent which partially makes up for the breaking power lost with the Heracross -> Conkeldurr change.

His last major change was Choice Scarf Hydreigon over the Taunt + Roost set. He reasons this by saying that it allows the team to revenge kill pokemon such as +1 Gyarados in addition to providing general speed on the team outside of priority moves. Finally he wraps up his rate by suggesting 96 speed on Tentacruel to outspeed Adamant Mamoswine. Thanks to excellent rate obii has earned himself a well deserved spot in the Hall of Fame! Congratulations!