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Celebi is a big problem for my team, can anyone suggest counters? preferably ones that can OHKO it

Dragonite or Salamence resist anything Celebi will throw at them except Salamence could have troubles against a boosted Psychic. Heatran can take anything except for an Earth Power. Scizor can also threaten Celebi if it doesn't have HP Fire so most of the counters I can think of are situational
 
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there's no other way that I know of

EDIT @ Pocket: No, but if you're using solarbeam in any other weather, you're an idjit, and i assume you're running a sun team, so power herb would only be consumed in other weathers

EDIT2 @ DragonKnighted: Zapdos with Heat Wave is a perfect Celebi counter, as is any Hydreigon
 
Not a "pokemon" question, but how do you insert images and sprites in a post without getting the colors inverted?

First you find the URL of the image you want to use. You can do this by right clicking on the image, and then finding it in that menu. On IE, it'll be in the "properties" section and on Firefox you can just click "copy image location" to immediately copy the URL. If the image you want to use is not online, you can upload it at places like www.tinypic.com for free. Then take that URL and wrap it in image tages like this:
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[IMG]urlinhere[/IMG]

However, when you want to use an image you find online its generally more polite to save it to your computer and upload it yourself rather than to use the direct link, as using the direct link hogs bandwith from the site that has the image posted and that's just not right. Also, often images you didn't upload yourself simply won't show up properly.
 
You can't upload directly from your pc. You have to upload the image to an image hosting site and then copy the URL within the IMG tags.
 
What would be good nature for the shiny Lavitar i got from the VGC's, i was also wondering the best moveset, because i wanted to keep superpower, but i can't get stealth rock on it like the standard, any suggestions?
 
What would be good nature for the shiny Lavitar i got from the VGC's, i was also wondering the best moveset, because i wanted to keep superpower, but i can't get stealth rock on it like the standard, any suggestions?

While they aren't the first listed one, Tyranitar's analysis does list several sets that utilize Superpower without Stealth Rock, namely the Choice Band and Choice Scarf Sets:

Tyranitar@Choice Band
Adamant
Sand Stream
156HP/252Atk/100Spd
~Stone Edge
~Crunch
~Pursuit
~Superpower

Tyranitar@Choice Scarf
Jolly
Sand Stream
4HP/252Atk/252Spd
~Stone Edge
~Crunch
~Pursuit
~Superpower

The Mixed Attacker set also advises running Superpower over Stealth Rock if something on the team already has it so you could run that as well:

Tyranitar@Leftovers/Chople Berry
Sassy
Sand Stream
252HP/64SpAtk/192SpDef
~Superpower
~Crunch
~Fire Blast
~Ice Beam
 
I noticed that the Research OP had the 6 experience pass powers specified, and the Prize Money, HP Restoring, PP restoring and money powers are fairly self-explanitory, but what about the Hatching, Befriending, and Encounter powers?
 
Hey guys, is there a list of all released berries in 5th Gen anywhere? More specifically is the Custap Berry released yet?

No, the Custap berry is not released yet, and I'm pretty sure none of the other pinch berries are either. I'm not aware of any comprehensive list of released berries for generation V.
 
No, the Custap berry is not released yet, and I'm pretty sure none of the other pinch berries are either. I'm not aware of any comprehensive list of released berries for generation V.

Out of Dream World we currently have:
All 17 type reducing berries
(Pleasant Forest)
Cheri, Pecha, Oran, Sitrus, Figy
(Windswept Sky)
Aspear, Persim, Aguav, Iapapa, Pomeg, Kelpsy, Qualot, Hondew, Grepa, Tamato (eg all the EV reducers)
(Sparkling Sea)
Chesto, Rawst, Wiki, Mago
(Spooky Manor)
Lum, Razz, Bluk, Nanab
(Rugged Mountain)
Wepear, Pinap, Cornn, Mago

In-game, I think you can get most of the common ones out of Rangers and misc NPCs around Unova. Notably, you can only get Leppa berries in-game through some guy in Lacunosa on Sundays, 2 rangers, and wild Pokemon.
Likewise I think all the type berries can be found on Wild Pokemon, too.

Also you can get a Starf & Lansat berry for getting really higher Battle Subway streaks (105 and 203 respectively).

I think a Darkrai was given away in Japan that held an Enigma berry: http://bulbanews.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Darkrai_to_be_distributed_in_Japan

So I think this means that the only ones you can't have right now are:
Rabuta, Nomel, Spelon, Pamtre, Watmel, Durin, Belue
Leichi, Ganlon, Salac, Petaya, Apicot
Micle, Custap, Jaboca, and Rowap
 
I was just looking at the Stoutland OU analysis and noticed that it mentioned under other options that one could boost its attack with either work up or howl and I was wondering why both are listed. Howl only boosts Attack while Work Up additionally boosts Special Attack. I know you'd be crazy to run special moves on something with base 45 special attack, but, even if its just for the chance to occasionally psych out your opponent, is there any time when work up wouldn't be superior to howl?
 
no, it was just listed for completeness as far as I can think.

you could always post this in the "Small Subjective Changes" thread and get it fixed
 
I was just looking at the Stoutland OU analysis and noticed that it mentioned under other options that one could boost its attack with either work up or howl and I was wondering why both are listed. Howl only boosts Attack while Work Up additionally boosts Special Attack. I know you'd be crazy to run special moves on something with base 45 special attack, but, even if its just for the chance to occasionally psych out your opponent, is there any time when work up wouldn't be superior to howl?

Well there is always the possibility that someone will run Snatch or Heart Swap or Psych Up or something, so boosing superfluous stats isn't always a perfect idea. Then again, who the hell runs those moves?
 
no, it was just listed for completeness as far as I can think.

you could always post this in the "Small Subjective Changes" thread and get it fixed

Thanks for the tip. I always see people suggesting that when people bring up similar things but I wasn't exactly sure what that thread was called.

Well there is always the possibility that someone will run Snatch or Heart Swap or Psych Up or something, so boosing superfluous stats isn't always a perfect idea. Then again, who the hell runs those moves?

You're probably right, and, taking that into account, Howl probably does have its advantages over Work Up. I'd also agree you're right to call it a non-issue for the most part. I couldn't find any data for Stoutland on the OU February Moveset Statistics and in UU Howl was used 2.1% of the time (below No Move at 2.6) and Work Up wasn't listed at all.
 
Probably a silly question, but i want to get into competitive battling. i was wondering what the best way to go about it would be. Should i go the WiFi route, or PO? And if i do the WiFi Would i have to RNG all my Pokemon to be competitive?
 
Probably a silly question, but i want to get into competitive battling. i was wondering what the best way to go about it would be. Should i go the WiFi route, or PO? And if i do the WiFi Would i have to RNG all my Pokemon to be competitive?

I would say try PO for a bit first. It's a lot less effort and there are many more people to battle against. It also gives you a lot of time to tweak a team and fix stuff up before training it in game. Then move onto Wifi/Competitions with your DS if you have the time :) And I don't really know about the latter... I would say yes though because basically every competitive team out there is RNG'd to a degree nowadays.
 
I forgot my password for my account (I've been logged in for like a year), and I want to access it on a new computer. However, my old email address is now dead, so I can't do the password retrieval. Is there any way to fix this or will I be forced to make a new account on the new computer?
 
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