DougJustDoug
Knows the great enthusiasms
The big stat story this month is Scizor usage. Take a look at the stats below, and you'll see that Scizor made a significant jump. You may not think 3.2% is very much -- but that is HUGE for the top pokemon on the ladder. Scizor usage had stabilized around 29% for the past several months, and has been the unquestioned top pokemon in the land. Now it has spiked even higher. Since Salamence usage fell by roughly 1%, that means that Scizor is extending the gap between the best and second-best. I'm not sure what this means for the metagame, but this is big news in terms of stats. That 30% usage number is rare air for a pokemon in today's competitive game. AFAIK, only Garchomp has broken the 30% usage mark in the 4th generation.
In other news on the other end of the spectrum, Heracross continues to fall closer and closer to UU. And now we have a new pokemon on the rise that may move up into OU, and push Heracross down further -- Crobat. For those of you that enjoy watching the various tier thresholds, this month has some action to note. Yeah, it's not the kind of action that most people would find exciting. But, if you are reading this, I assume you are a stat junkie like me, and you know exactly what I mean!
These stats were gathered from 485,335 individual battles that were fought during the month of September on the Smogon Shoddy Battle Server. Usage and Leads are listed in the posts directly below this one.
Happy stat hunting!
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Links to Detailed Stats:
[thread=44003]July 2008[/thread]
[thread=45438]August 2008[/thread]
[thread=46752]September 2008[/thread]
[thread=47910]October 2008[/thread]
[thread=49056]November 2008[/thread]
[thread=49828]December 2008[/thread]
[thread=51012]January 2009[/thread]
[thread=51725]February 2009[/thread]
[thread=52941]March 2009[/thread]
[thread=54461]April 2009[/thread]
[thread=56144]May 2009[/thread]
[thread=57805]June 2009[/thread]
[thread=59201]July 2009[/thread]
[thread=60906]August 2009[/thread]
In other news on the other end of the spectrum, Heracross continues to fall closer and closer to UU. And now we have a new pokemon on the rise that may move up into OU, and push Heracross down further -- Crobat. For those of you that enjoy watching the various tier thresholds, this month has some action to note. Yeah, it's not the kind of action that most people would find exciting. But, if you are reading this, I assume you are a stat junkie like me, and you know exactly what I mean!
These stats were gathered from 485,335 individual battles that were fought during the month of September on the Smogon Shoddy Battle Server. Usage and Leads are listed in the posts directly below this one.
Happy stat hunting!
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Links to Detailed Stats:
Smogon Standard Ladder Details - Sept. 2009
Smogon UU Ladder Details - Sept. 2009
Smogon Uber Ladder Details - Sept. 2009
Smogon Unrated Details - Sept. 2009
Links to Teammate Stats:Smogon UU Ladder Details - Sept. 2009
Smogon Uber Ladder Details - Sept. 2009
Smogon Unrated Details - Sept. 2009
Smogon Standard Ladder Teammates - Sept. 2009
Smogon UU Ladder Teammates - Sept. 2009
Smogon Uber Ladder Teammates - Sept. 2009
Smogon Unrated Ladder Teammates - Sept. 2009
For convenience, here are links to all past statistics threads:Smogon UU Ladder Teammates - Sept. 2009
Smogon Uber Ladder Teammates - Sept. 2009
Smogon Unrated Ladder Teammates - Sept. 2009
[thread=44003]July 2008[/thread]
[thread=45438]August 2008[/thread]
[thread=46752]September 2008[/thread]
[thread=47910]October 2008[/thread]
[thread=49056]November 2008[/thread]
[thread=49828]December 2008[/thread]
[thread=51012]January 2009[/thread]
[thread=51725]February 2009[/thread]
[thread=52941]March 2009[/thread]
[thread=54461]April 2009[/thread]
[thread=56144]May 2009[/thread]
[thread=57805]June 2009[/thread]
[thread=59201]July 2009[/thread]
[thread=60906]August 2009[/thread]