Silly Things You've Seen In Other Metagames

[Ransei]

So I made an alt on showdown called metronomemadness and used this team in balanced hackmons:

http://pokemonshowdown.com/replay/balancedhackmons-193061127
I'm only showing this one because of the sheer cold at the start of the battle.

Untimate Hax right there.

 

[GlassVeins]

http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/seasonalsleighshowdown-193103920
here's a kinda ridiculous way to end the game!

 

[AOPSUser]

http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/1v1-192683337
One of "those" battles.

The opposing Don't tell Zarel is loafing around!

Lucario used Aura Sphere!
The opposing Don't tell Zarel avoided the attack!


Wait how the actual fuck did this happen lol

 

[Pikachuun]

The opposing Don't tell Zarel is loafing around!

Lucario used Aura Sphere!
The opposing Don't tell Zarel avoided the attack!


Wait how the actual fuck did this happen lol

Truant effectively locked Durant into the Dig state for that turn, which means Aura Sphere can't hit it

 

[JungleB]

The opposing Don't tell Zarel is loafing around!

Lucario used Aura Sphere!
The opposing Don't tell Zarel avoided the attack!


Wait how the actual fuck did this happen lol

Go home Showderp, you're drunk.

 

[GlassVeins]

http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/statswitch-192630540

Highlights are probably :
Letting Emboar set up to +4 before switching Scizor out.
Physical Scizor.
Hydro Pump/Water Pulse Blastoise.
Headbutt Aggron.
Apparently protect-less Sharpedo.

Don't forget aqua jet sharpedo, using solar beam out of the sun, etc.

 

[Xmas121]

Truant effectively locked Durant into the Dig state for that turn, which means Aura Sphere can't hit it

Wait.... Does this mean that Durant is practically invincible until it runs out of PP? Oh god...

Edit: I'm so reporting this...

 

[Yoshiebi]

So I'm monopolizing on lost stall tactics in BH, including a Funbro variant and Truant Abuse. Oh, and FEAR Heatran. Here's my results so far.
Credit to ForeverCubone and Burning Sceptile for helping me be an idiot.
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/balancedhackmons-193159408
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/balancedhackmons-193155930
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/balancedhackmons-193158581

 

[Ransei]

http://play.pokemonshowdown.com/battle-balancedhackmons-193247379 so...Fury Cutter MMXs and Ancient Power MMY i don't see exactly how that works. I made the battle a 3-0 on purpose to see what other moves my opponent had. It would of been 5-0

 

[Yuelia]

 

[michaeloche]

Maybe he's one of those people who thinks all mega stones block Trick/Knock Off/etc.

 

[aleuser]

"Quick has priority over everything"
"I didn't need Scizor to sweep"
"That's why I'm still winning?"
-My opponent at 5-3.
Words not to say when you run Quick attack over Bullet Punch on a Scizor against a Fairy-mono.

http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/monotype-193554223

 

[iEvils]

"Quick has priority over everything"
"I didn't need Scizor to sweep"
"That's why I'm still winning?"
-My opponent at 5-3.
Words not to say when you run Quick attack over Bullet Punch on a Scizor against a Fairy-mono.

http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/monotype-193554223

This was the funniest thing i have seen in my entire life on here! Lmao. Afterwards he battled me and says afterwards that bullet punch isn't needed for Scizor for fire types. vv
[19:48:12] iEvils: That's why you run rock types!
[19:48:32] ferno2552: its mono bug.....
[19:48:35] ferno2552: youre new
(pssst rock/bug types are a thing!)

 

[Choice Banned]

http://pokemonshowdown.com/replay/anythinggoes-193577953
Let's see the silly things!
Aqua Tail +Signal Beam Slowbro
Non-Mega beedrill with SD + Toxic
Mons that should not be used in AG (Exploud, Delphox, Swellow, DEWGONG)
Charizard that most likely was not mega, with DRAGON RUSH
Going mixed on mons that should not (Focus Blast Excadrill, Heat Wave + Brave Bird Guts Swellow, Psychic Metagross, Earthquake Exploud, etc)
While this is the least silly, Hypnosis Delphox is odd (on top of Delphox in the first place in AG), but that might be a legit RU set, so that's not as much a silly thing

 

[Invisibool]

http://pokemonshowdown.com/replay/smogontriples-182728976

Aside from the fact that my opponent clearly didn't seem to really know what he was doing, a number of things in particular stood out to me:
- Tirtouga
- Aqua Tail + HP Water Gyarados
- Is Dragon Claw Aggron a thing...?
- Dragon Claw + Dual Chop Garchomp (Is this a thing either...?)
- Not seeming to comprehend Storm Drain.

http://pokemonshowdown.com/replay/pu-162252498

Used a joke team for laughs. Ended up with a victory somehow.

http://pokemonshowdown.com/replay/smogontriples-184026455

Wanted to see how a Gimmick team centered around Magnetic Flux would work. (Spoiler: Not well)

 

[DoABarrelRoll]

http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/anythinggoes-193862880
Nice try.

http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/anythinggoes-193862920
Giratina-O using Dragon Pulse on Carbink, Rocky Helmet Kyurem-W and more.

 

[Ransei]

http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/challengecup1vs1-192018332 what the heck.....i challenged stretcher...it accepted....then it just leaves on me like that! ;_; >:^( and i managed to beat stretcher by time stall...just reboots on me probably cause it wants to escape..it fears me cause i'm stretcher's rival. >:^) lol.

Ay remember when i said that, guess what, MUH BANS DID THE SAME THING! To another player tho. lol http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/challengecup1vs1-194006410

 

[Lukethehedgehog]

Is there an equivalent of this thread for OU? The one I found was locked.

 

[Uselesscrab]

Is there an equivalent of this thread for OU? The one I found was locked.

Not at the moment, no. There have been several iterations of the OU version, but they never last long because their quality tends to deteriorate over time.

 

[michaeloche]

Is there an equivalent of this thread for OU? The one I found was locked.

It was locked like 6 months ago. (and I got ninja'd)

Random Shit: It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Smogon Edition

http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/frost-monotype-1238784
Detect Scrafty, Quick Claw Sableye, multiple King's Rocks, Aerial Ace+Snatch Weavile, and Bisharp using Snatch successfully.

http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/smogontriples-194179584
I think it's obvious Meowstic was going to spam Quick Guard (even when the opponent is down to Latias), so why bother having Sableye falling for it so much? Meanwhile, Charizard used Dragon Claw on Klefki.

http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/anythinggoes-194184337
No comment.

http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/almostanyability-194185153
FEAR Snivy, anyone?

http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/1v1-194185003
Using Sleep Powder on Venusaur? Bad. Using it THREE TIMES IN A ROW? Even worse.

http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/anythinggoes-194183270
Mirror Coat Wartortle did it for me.

http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/anythinggoes-194181821
Six Metronome Snorlax.

http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/anythinggoes-194188720
...

http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/monotype-194188208
Focus Sash Hypno, anyone?

http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/anythinggoes-194186531
Same BP chain as before, this time against Flamethrower Mega Aggron and Aerial Ace Swellow.

http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/monotype-194187606
A common mistake from the aforementioned OU thread makes it to Monotype: Magic Bounce awareness fail.

http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/anythinggoes-194186808
Overheat+Blast Burn Mega Charizard X, Dig Leafeon, a slow Gardevoir, Electivire, and Politoed without Drizzle. No wonder he lost to two Brelooms.

http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/anythinggoes-194189486
Low ladder AG is worse than low ladder Ubers. And trust me, that's saying something.

http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/anythinggoes-194191336
6 FEAR Rattatas, and he forfeited after the first one went down.

http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/anythinggoes-194189636
Again, no comment.

http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/anythinggoes-194188980
Yeah...

http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/pu-194189820
Even PU is not immune to it.

http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/balancedhackmons-194189435
And, of course, the requisite BH stupidity.

 

[Stocke]

This.

[url]http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/tiershift-194299298[/URL]

 

[Uselesscrab]

This.

http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/battle-tiershift-194299298

That's a link to the battle room. You want this: http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/tiershift-194299298

 

[Stocke]

That's a link to the battle room. You want this: http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/tiershift-194299298

Fixed, for some reason I thought that changing the "play" in the URL to "replay" would do it and the "Share replay" button was unresponsive for a bit (better be more patient next time!)

For the record, I was Based God Snorunt.

 

[FlameUser64]

Not at the moment, no. There have been several iterations of the OU version, but they never last long because their quality tends to deteriorate over time.

Actually, one of them lasted until Gen VI happened and they locked the Gen V thread to make a new one. The second one died around 130 pages in (iirc) because a spoilsport mod decided to close it. Well, it didn't help that it got the attention of people using silly things against even sillier things (I was one of those. Physical Celebi lol.) and there were people complaining about actually not-all-that-silly things as if they were really stupid. But the most recent one is the only time I've seen that thread "deteriorate over time" to the point of getting locked.

 

[GlassVeins]

Here's my contribution for today: a farfetched killing something!
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/randomtriplesbattle-194501922