Rarely Used (RU) Tier

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Ya, guess I wasn't thinking right. At least we have Kabutops right guys? And with rain dance it could be beast.
Rydon is also a cool poke with eviolite. Even with it's 4x weakness to grass and water, it could still be used properly by a good trainer.
 
Kabutops is fairly strong, even without rain. But obviously when rain is up and he has doubled speed and boosted Aqua Jets and the like...it's pretty nuts.
 
Master Win said:
Rydon is also a cool poke with eviolite. Even with it's 4x weakness to grass and water, it could still be used properly by a good trainer.
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Even with Eviolite Rhydon doesn't stand a chance against those weaknesses, but with that aside he's probably one of my favorite Pokemon to use in this tier.

Also, what's a good counter to Sharpedo? I've been trying Poliwrath out, but Pedo's Earthquake and Hidden Power Grass/Electric hurts more than I like it to. Maybe Hitmonchan/Hitmonlee with Mach Punch?
 
CB Entei is a ready-made check to nearly all the speed boosting sweepers in this tier because they are all quite frail. 94.7% - 111.7% on Sharpedo. Mach Punch would do the trick too!

An outright counter is hard to find though, Poliwrath is the closest thing I have found since a lot of Sharpedo don't carry a Hidden Power but Earthquake still hurts... Try Ferroseed?
 
No Luck Involved said:
CB Entei is a ready-made check to nearly all the speed boosting sweepers in this tier because they are all quite frail. 94.7% - 111.7% on Sharpedo. Mach Punch would do the trick too!

An outright counter is hard to find though, Poliwrath is the closest thing I have found since a lot of Sharpedo don't carry a Hidden Power but Earthquake still hurts... Try Ferroseed?
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I might try Entei on my team. My team would enjoy priority outside of Sucker Punch to deal with Yanmega and Pedo anyways.
 
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This guy. He can spin, he can wall, he can hit things, and he can stall. Blastoise can do lots of stuff if he feels like it. Plus he has rain dish for the Rain dance teams. Not much of a downside for the cannon turtle. Hopefully we can see him make a big splash (pun not intended) in the RU metagame.
 
Master Win said:
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This guy. He can spin, he can wall, he can hit things, and he can stall. Blastoise can do lots of stuff if he feels like it. Plus he has rain dish for the Rain dance teams. Not much of a downside for the cannon turtle. Hopefully we can see him make a big splash (pun not intended) in the RU metagame.
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...You're telling us stuff we already know. Refer to my thread to see the stuff that's good and common in this metagame.
 
Oh-ho-ho, man, this looks fun. A lot of my favorites are here, and I can really wreck things with my prized shark. P-Z might also shine particularly bright here.
 
Xephyr said:
...You're telling us stuff we already know. Refer to my thread to see the stuff that's good and common in this metagame.
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Sorry, it's just that I signed up yesterday and I havn't seen All the posts and threads in the dragon spiral tower. But aside from that, I can see some fun with two of my fav types: Rock and Water. Better make an RMT soon after I test it.
 
OK, I can see the list of things in UU (meaning the lowest-tier Pokes banned from RU), but where can I find a list of Pokes that are actually in the RU tier? I'd like to know for Speed-benchmark reasons, so I can gear my Speed Boosting shark accordingly.
 
SharKing said:
OK, I can see the list of things in UU (meaning the lowest-tier Pokes banned from RU), but where can I find a list of Pokes that are actually in the RU tier? I'd like to know for Speed-benchmark reasons, so I can gear my Speed Boosting shark accordingly.
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http://www.smogon.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3449511

Every poke in every tier + more.

Also, you might want to mainly just look at the fully evolved, but take note some pokes are great with Eviolite, like Tangela, which is probably a great wall for your shark.
 
SharKing said:
Thanks, man. Oh, and about the Tangela thing? 252 SpA EVs, +SpA nature, and LO means Ice Beam > Tangela.
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I can not see anyreason to run the SpA EV's and Nature just for Tangela. Your'e much better off with Adamant/Jolly and 252/252 Atk and Spe. Will edit with calcs in 2 mins
 
Synth_Metal said:
You use Stunfisk as an annoying wall that disperses paralysis (with Static and T-Wave), sleep (with Yawn), and poison (with Toxic).
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Stunfisk sounds interesting. Being a ground and electric type is pretty useful. I can see something like this:

Stunfisk used Yawn!
Marowak is getting sleepy!
Dude switched Marowak for Scolipede!
Stunfisk used Yawn!




*Facepalm
 
Master Win said:
Stunfisk sounds interesting. Being a ground and electric type is pretty useful. I can see something like this:

Stunfisk used Yawn!
Marowak is getting sleepy!
Dude switched Marowak for Scolipede!
Stunfisk used Yawn!

*Facepalm
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More like

Stunfisk used Yawn!
Marowak is getting sleepy!
Marowak used Earthquake!
Stunfisk fainted!

And then NEXT turn Marowak gets swapped out. Why you'd leave an Electric type in on Marowak is beyond me.
 
Lou Cypher said:
More like

Stunfisk used Yawn!
Marowak is getting sleepy!
Marowak used Earthquake!
Stunfisk fainted!

And then NEXT turn Marowak gets swapped out. Why you'd leave an Electric type in on Marowak is beyond me.
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It's called an example. I was tired, and I was trying to think of a pokemon that doesn't want to fall asleep. What I'm trying to point out is how it could be an annoying troll in battle. That's all.
 
I've been looking through this thread, a people have been complaining about bug types... If you're having problems, try Specially Defensive Regirock. He can take almost any hit from the common Bug types, and hits back hard with Stone Edge. Plus he gets the Rocks up, which is invaluable with a Bug ridden metagame. Regirock can also take down ScarfCrow, as long as you can predict when a Brave Bird is coming or when a SuperPower is coming, and Regicrock I believe is a 2HKO from Superpower anyways. I'm also surprised Electivire hasn't been used more. He can OHKO Standard Venomoth with Fire Punch with 252 Att Neural Nature, and has insane coverage with TPunch/Fpunch/EQ/Cross Chop. So there's my take on RU so far.

EDIT: Also, Eviolite Tangela walls Sharpedo and every single other Water type in RU (even if they have Ice Beam), so don't be complainin :P
 
SuperChillarmy said:
I've been looking through this thread, a people have been complaining about bug types... If you're having problems, try Specially Defensive Regirock. He can take almost any hit from the common Bug types, and hits back hard with Stone Edge. Plus he gets the Rocks up, which is invaluable with a Bug ridden metagame. Regirock can also take down ScarfCrow, as long as you can predict when a Brave Bird is coming or when a SuperPower is coming, and Regicrock I believe is a 2HKO from Superpower anyways. I'm also surprised Electivire hasn't been used more. He can OHKO Standard Venomoth with Fire Punch with 252 Att Neural Nature, and has insane coverage with TPunch/Fpunch/EQ/Cross Chop. So there's my take on RU so far.

EDIT: Also, Eviolite Tangela walls Sharpedo and every single other Water type in RU (even if they have Ice Beam), so don't be complainin :P
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Surprisingly, I haven't seen a lot of Regirocks floating around lately. You think with SD Scolipede you would want one of those on your team.
 
Xephyr said:
Sharpedo is much better with a mixed set.
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And I just so happen to run a mixed set.

Mild / Life Orb / Speed Boost
- Hydro Pump
- Crunch
- Ice Beam
- Protect
252 Sp. Attack, still trying to figure out what Speed benchmark I want to hit before splitting EVs between Attack and Speed.
 
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