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Ask a Simple Question; Get a Simple Answer & General Resources (OU Edition)

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Immoral Wombat said:
Does Imposter Ditto copy the opponents happiness stat, and by extension, effectiveness with Return/Frustration?

no, Happiness isn't copied.
Return/Frustrations base Power will be based on Dittos happiness.
 
I'm curious. Are the pinch berries (Petaya, Liechi, Salac, etc) still not usable for OU because they're not released? If so, shouldn't Petaya Berry be availaible since you could technically steal them with Thief if you fight Morimoto in Castelia City(each of the Simi monkeys have them)?
 
All pinch berries are released, they can be bought in the join avenue. And Thief doesn't work like that since BW came out.
 
Navarch said:
So is Smogon's tiering system now based on Pokemon Showdown!'s pokemon usage listings?

It is going to be a combination of the two. But as of now, the Smogon PO server members are drifting over to Pokemon Showdown. As time goes on, it will eventually reach a point where the Smogon PO server will no longer be supported/used for tiers because its user base would be too small.
 
Does Cell Battery work when the Pokemon hit is Ground-type (and obviously an Electric-type attack move is used)?
 
JellyOs said:
Does Cell Battery work when the Pokemon hit is Ground-type (and obviously an Electric-type attack move is used)?

No, since its immune its like the attack doesn't connect.
 
Since I don't know where to ask this (and I am too lazy to set up IRC):

What was the decision on Soul Dew? Is it insta-ban in OU? Or are we going to test it?
 
MikeDecIsHere said:
Since I don't know where to ask this (and I am too lazy to set up IRC):

What was the decision on Soul Dew? Is it insta-ban in OU? Or are we going to test it?

I'm under the impression that there's a Soul Dew Clause, in which case it's the former (straight-up ban).
 
The QWAZ said:
How viable is sun in the current metagame?

From what I can tell, rain got more than a few good toys from bw2 (namely thundurus, keldeo and tornadus t from what I can tell) which has caused a huge spike in use of rain teams. So I personally would not run a sun team right now. However it does have the pro's of preventing thunder and hurricane spam.

Ultimately, if you do use sun, use it carefully or risk being bulldozed over by the multitude of rain teams
 
The QWAZ said:
How viable is sun in the current metagame?

Sun is okay, but it's not as good as it was in BW 1. The disparity between the boosts the other weathers got (most notably Rain) and the limited tools Sun gained access to really hurt it. Perhaps the most important change that's now available to Drought teams is Roost Volcarona; with it, one can easily acquire multiple boosts and muscle through teams, even in inclement weather. Giga Drain on Venusaur and ResTalk Ninetails are also nice changes, but it's not that great compared to things like the therian forms, Keldeo, or even Superpower Stoutland. In short, it can still dominate against weatheless teams, but will have more trouble against opposing Rain and Sand.
 
If I want to host a Sig Shop, which forum/sub-forum should I create it in?

Just in case you don't know what a Sig Shop is, it's where I take requests and make some pretty pictures for you guys to place in your Signature. (Free of charge, despite the fact it's called a Shop).
 
Is sandstorm still viable on OU? Because what I see is that the metagame is too overcentralized around rain. I don't want to be forced to run rain teams just to win.
 
Dark Fallen Angel said:
Is sandstorm still viable on OU? Because what I see is that the metagame is too overcentralized around rain. I don't want to be forced to run rain teams just to win.

Sand is still very viable. Especially with Superpower Stoutland released. I've even been running an adapted version of the Euthanasia RMT and its been working wonders. While everyone is loving using all of rains new toys that just means it should be even easier to check all those threats.
 
Scarfwynaut said:
Venusaur got gigadrain. Guys growth Venusaur can just outright beat Chansey and Blissey with gigadrain.

Sun is doing fine.

I never said Sun was doomed to obscurity, just that its boosts weren't as good as the ones Rain got.
 
SwimTheTricycle said:
If I want to host a Sig Shop, which forum/sub-forum should I create it in?

Just in case you don't know what a Sig Shop is, it's where I take requests and make some pretty pictures for you guys to place in your Signature. (Free of charge, despite the fact it's called a Shop).

All art stuff on Smogon goes here: http://www.smogon.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=50

Just make sure to read the rules and lurk around before starting up if you want to do a good job
 
Tyvm, I'll get right-ish on it (lol).

Maybe not for a while though depending on the rules, as it won't be fully operational for some time.


Edit (New question):

I noticed this rule:
All signatures must be at least 100 pixels tall when the signature area is viewed with a width of 500 pixels at the default font size. It must scroll horizontally at this size. This rule applies to all members.

So, to make sure this isn't some error by the poster: Signatures have to be 500- pixels in width, but 100+ pixels in height (so as tall as we like (within reason))?
 
XIII Rabbits said:
Has anything ever been "un-ubered" and brought back to OU?

Latias was "un-ubered" in DPP OU, and I suppose the few ubers at the beginning of BW: the deoxys, darkrai, shaymin-s, manaphy, salamence and garchomp.
 
Forgive me if this is the wrong place (and please direct me to where it is), but I have a question about the MM effect/eggs:

BW1:
The MM effect increases the odds of a shiny. This is possible, per Bulbapedia, because an Egg holds information about whether the parents are international or not [http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Masuda_method#Mechanics_and_reasoning].

The question: If you trade an MM'd egg, does this "info" get kept or discarded?
i.e., If I were to trade an MM egg, does the recipient have a 1/366 chance of getting a shiny, or 1/8192?
 
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