Shout-out to Kitten Milk for the excellent suggestion to revive this project!
I've ran Research Week projects since Black and White, and one of the major issues I've noticed is that getting participants has always been a bugger. Today, that problem ishopefully no more! I present to you a fresh take on a classic idea, Research Week V2! Once again, I welcome UU-ers and all those looking for an excellent competitive Pokemon experience! Unlike last time where you chose between a number of Pokemon, you'll now be choosing between a number of Pokemon sets.
Keep the following things in mind during every Research Group:
This Week's Research Pokemon:
CB Machamp / Porygon2 / Mega-Banette / Moltres
Any blank spaces in these sets are to be filled with the moves of your choice. Moltres does not have a mandatory set for this week. Tell us about why you chose specific moves and what they were able to accomplish!
How useful are these Pokemon in XYUU? What gives them trouble? What advantages do they have over other Pokemon? How well do they work in the metagame? If you have anything to say about any of these Pokemon, please post about them! It doesn't matter if you've used them or have just faced them in battle, anything is fine (but please, do try them). Just be sure to back up your posts with good competitive reasoning. Remember, discussion is not limited to this topic, you are encouraged to talk about these Pokemon in #xyuu as well!
The Research Group Challenge:
In order to participate you must do the following:
I've ran Research Week projects since Black and White, and one of the major issues I've noticed is that getting participants has always been a bugger. Today, that problem is
Keep the following things in mind during every Research Group:
- Be open-minded, don't just say something is terrible and walk away; look at its stats and typing and think something up!
- Feel free to theorymon early in the research period, but make it clear you're doing so. Later in the period though, you will be expected to back up your posts with hard evidence like logs, actual sets, perhaps even teams.
- Just because an analysis has been done for a Pokemon doesn't mean there isn't more to explore; it's very likely that something has gone unnoticed.
- Do not post in this thread complaining about the Pokemon or movesets I choose and / or suggesting ones we should do for future weeks. Feel free to VM / PM me these suggestions, but don't expect me to always listen to you..
- Sign-ups can be as late as you want, but cut-off days will be on Tuesday (also the day that I post a new thread)
- Early period means the first three days of the Research Week, so let's keep the theorymoning to a minimum after. The late period refers to the last four days of the research week, where raw evidence and discussion should become the basis of the thread.
- The prizes for Research Week have been decided; winning a Research Week will grant you half-ops on our IRC channel, #xyuu. You'll also earn yourself a Community Contributor nomination point. Collect ten of those, and you will be nominated for a Community Contributor badge!
- I'm implementing a mandatory discussion in order to be considered as a winner of Research Week. If you do not post one somewhat-coherent post that describes the pokemon that you're using, their roles, and their niche in the metagame, you will be disqualified from winning this week. Please post about your experiences no matter if you think you've got a chance to win or not.
- Finally, I'd like to implore you to all please remember to post and save your replays. Often, these replays are the most informative sources of information about RW pokemon - you can write a full two paragraphs about the role of a pokemon, but often that can all be summed up with a video and an explanation of it.
This Week's Research Pokemon:
CB Machamp / Porygon2 / Mega-Banette / Moltres
Machamp @ Choice Band
Ability:
EVs: 252 Atk
Nature:
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- Heavy Slam
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- Knock Off
Ability:
EVs: 252 Atk
Nature:
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- Heavy Slam
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- Knock Off
Porygon2 @ Eviolite
Ability: Trace
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 4 Spe
Calm Nature
- Tri Attack
- Recover
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- Thunder Wave
Ability: Trace
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 4 Spe
Calm Nature
- Tri Attack
- Recover
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- Thunder Wave
Banette-Mega @ Banettite
Ability: Prankster
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4SpD
Adamant Nature
- Knock Off
- Will-O-Wisp
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- Destiny Bond
Ability: Prankster
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4SpD
Adamant Nature
- Knock Off
- Will-O-Wisp
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- Destiny Bond
Any blank spaces in these sets are to be filled with the moves of your choice. Moltres does not have a mandatory set for this week. Tell us about why you chose specific moves and what they were able to accomplish!
How useful are these Pokemon in XYUU? What gives them trouble? What advantages do they have over other Pokemon? How well do they work in the metagame? If you have anything to say about any of these Pokemon, please post about them! It doesn't matter if you've used them or have just faced them in battle, anything is fine (but please, do try them). Just be sure to back up your posts with good competitive reasoning. Remember, discussion is not limited to this topic, you are encouraged to talk about these Pokemon in #xyuu as well!
The Research Group Challenge:
In order to participate you must do the following:
- Post here with a fresh alt and the name(s) of the Pokemon you will be using.
- Use at least one of the Pokemon being researched.
- Post your experiences with the Pokemon you're using, participate in the discussion!
- Post logs of this Pokemon in action against other teams - don't just tell us, show us!
