Restarting
Pokemon Showdown! Username: SpeedBoostVick
Hall of Fame Standing: Bronze
Dark Horse Pokemon Currently Working With: Sableye
Current Ladder Standing: 1950
How did you choose your Dark Horse Pokemon for this project? What lead you to choose the Pokemon you did? Did you have regrets or were you happy with your selection?
It seams like every team i build is weak to Sableye, so i figured id try my luck with it. I originally had Wob as my Dark Horse Mon, and it wasn't bad, but it struggled against offensive teams. Alot of Defensive Mons had Toxic/WoW/Scald and that was the nail in the coffin for me using Wob. As for Sableye, i was very happy with him, he did better than expected. There is no reason this thing is not top 20 in Ou.
How did you go about building a team for your Dark Horse Pokemon? Which kinds of teammates did you consider? What factors contributed to the team you created?
First i made a list of his counters and i tried to add teammates that could beat them. Sableye is hard countered by a number of things, but most of them are vulernable to being trapped. So I threw in a Choice Band Ttar. Sable is a spinblocker and tends to force alot of switches, so i added Skarm for hazzards. Most sandstorm teams follow the formula of Tar+Revenge Killer+2 water resists+Terra+Landerous and i decided to try something different by only having 1 water immune (Vaporeon). It worked nicely although there were some games i wished i had multiple water resists.
Do you think it is more difficult or less difficult to ladder with a Dark Horse Pokemon? Why? Does the element of surprise play a factor in your battles? Is it easier to fight with a "highly used"" team or with Pokemon that are less common?
As always it depends on the Mon. Suprise did play a factor because Sableye is pretty rare. Its one of those threats that everyone says "I'll accept a weakness to Sableye because its so rare". Its easiest to ladder with less used but still effective Mons.
(For Hall of Fame members only) How did you reach the Hall of Fame? Was it easy or difficult? Did having a Dark Horse Pokemon on your team benefit you? What advice would you give to those laddering with Dark Horse Pokemon?
It was pretty easily actually. I didnt expect to make it due to poor internet but surprisingly i didnt disconnect from any battles and hax didnt bite me too hard. My advise for people using dark horse Mons is this: You are often at a disadvantage from the get-go, and one way to get an advantage is to predict. Over predict, under predict, and predict often. Just dont mispredict.
I just realized i had another Dark Horse on my team the entire time (Sandslash). My team was Ttar/Skarm/Vaporeon/Sableye/Sandslash/Genesect.
Pokemon Showdown! Username: SpeedBoostVick
Dark Horse Pokemon: Sableye
Screenshot of Top 100 Ladder Ranking:
Dark Horse Pokemon Complete Set:
Sableye @Leftovers
252Hp 128Def 128Spd
Impish Nature
Prankster
~Wil-O-Wisp
~Calm Mind
~Recover
~Taunt
Pocket EDIT: Sorry, but you haven't registered Sandslash, so only Sableye is going on HoF