SV AAA Research Projects
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Welcome to SV AAA's Research Project! We'll be doing regular investigations into SV AAA Pokemon or Abilities! The goal of this thread is to explore Pokemon that have niches, especially ones in the middle of the VR, and more thoroughly explore them to see how they really fare in the metagame. We will also consider exploring higher ranked Pokemon that are primarily known for one or two abilities without those abilities. Here's a breakdown of how this will work.
In this project, participants research suggested Pokemon or abilities and then share their experience. Please keep the following in mind:
approved by LordBox | hosted by UT | OP Heavily stolen from SV PU Research Week by gulch which was partly stolen from SV UU Research Week by BigFatMantis
Welcome to SV AAA's Research Project! We'll be doing regular investigations into SV AAA Pokemon or Abilities! The goal of this thread is to explore Pokemon that have niches, especially ones in the middle of the VR, and more thoroughly explore them to see how they really fare in the metagame. We will also consider exploring higher ranked Pokemon that are primarily known for one or two abilities without those abilities. Here's a breakdown of how this will work.
In this project, participants research suggested Pokemon or abilities and then share their experience. Please keep the following in mind:
- Be open-minded! Some options will naturally be better than others, but don't immediately dismiss something as terrible!
- Feel free to theorymon early on in the research period, but make it clear you're doing so. Later on in the period you will be expected to back up your findings with evidence.
- Just because an analysis has been done for a Pokemon doesn't mean there isn't more to explore. Think outside the box!
- What sets work well with this mon / ability? What weaknesses does it have? What teammates go well with it? What archetypes does it fit on?
Each project, there will be a new tag given for participants to use on the AAA ladder. The player with the highest ranking on their research alt at the end of each week will be added to this thread's Hall of Fame! Insightful comments on another user's post are also highly encouraged. Discuss your findings with others! This discussion also does not have to be limited to this thread; you are encouraged to discuss the Pokemon being researched in the OM room on Pokemon Showdown, the OM Discord, and the Viability Rankings Thread. Saving and posting of replays is heavily encouraged, as they are often the best way to provide substantial backing to your claims.
To sign up, make a post with the Pokemon or set(s) you will be researching and the ladder alt you will be using. For example, my signup post could look like this:
Signups can be as late as you'd like, but in most cases the project will still end on when I say so but let's start with two weeks.
When documenting your experiences, questions to ask yourself and answer in your post include: How useful are these Pokemon or abilities in SV AAA? What niche(s) do they fill? What gives them trouble? What advantages or disadvantages do they have compared to other Pokemon? How do they fit into the metagame?
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