Rate of the Week V3: Week 7

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Rate of the Week
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 not more than once. Unbadged raters can win the award multiple times.
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 their rates will be announced on social media. Also, after gaining 3 places in the Hall of Fame, a rater can be eligible to earn room voice in the RMT room on PS! on the condition that they've shown an interest in getting involved. Winners also earn more consideration for the Ladybug
and Team Rater
badges.

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! :pimp:

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)
 

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apologies for being late this week but enki and I were very busy :(

This week's OU winner is BreloomMyHomie! He put a lot of effort into this rate including useful explanations for all his changes. He started outlining the biggest threats to the team, such as Mega Pinsir, Talonflame, and Mega Charizard X. He therefore suggested to replace Clefable with Scarf Tyranitar. While Clefable isn't that useful except for Heal Bell support, the latter is particular useful to revenge-kill all those threats with a powerful STAB Stone Edge.

Then, he noticed that the removal of Clefable made the team much weaker to the likes of Keldeo and Tornadus-Therian, he replaced Salamence - whose presence in the team wasn't necessary at all - with Thunder Wave Latias. This Pokemon removes entry hazards thanks to Defog but, unlike Salamence, it's also able to deal with Mega-Manectric throughout the whole match, taking very little damage from its attacks.

He also suggested to use RestTalk Keldeo with Life Orb after he had noticed that Mega Sableye and Weavile were very problematic for the team. This particular set, unlike the Choice Specs one, increases Keldeo's longevity allowing it to switch into either Sableye or Weavile multiple times throughout the match without fearing status moves and item removal respectively.

He admitted he couldn't cover the weakness to Diancie properly, so he said that Hidden Power Steel, although being a gimmicky option, could be used on Latias to surprisingly deal with Diancie. Finally, he also included some replays to show how these suggestions didn't undermine the team synergy.

Thanks to his accurate and well-finished rate, BreloomMyHomie has earned himself a spot in the Hall of Fame. Congratulations!
 
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