Approved by Pocket, credit to whoever came up with this (not sure who tbh), and a special thanks to Bummer for the great art :)
With the ORAS games recently released, Smogon Doubles has had a lot of new threats thrown into the mix. The general purpose of this thread is to serve as a place for people to share and discuss innovative sets that have had consistent success in the current metagame.
What is a good creative moveset?
What are some things that constitute a bad gimmick?
For those not aware, the Hall of Fame keeps track of well built and effective innovative movesets for people to look at if they are searching for some unique ideas or just some simple inspiration.
What is a good creative moveset?
- It fulfills a role that sets it apart from others
- It is not incredibly common (i.e. don't post things like Substitute Heatran, Dragon Dance Salamence-Mega, etc)
- It has had some success. It is recommended that you post replays or logs to strengthen your case in a given set's viability.
What are some things that constitute a bad gimmick?
- Movesets that are not practical or are extremely outclassed by another Pokemon.
- Movesets that have a lack of consistency, e.g. Prankster Swagger spam, excessive use of set-up moves (Acid Armor + Calm Mind for instance), etc
- Tactics/Combos that revolve completely around one partner assisting another and are hence too difficult to pull off in most matches (Skill Swap + Slaking, Beat Up + Justified, etc)
- Usually sets involving stalling will be considered gimmicks, since there isn't enough time to pull stalling off in Doubles matches due to the fast-paced nature of the metagame
- No banned Pokemon, moves, or items should be posted in a set.
- As a last note, a good way to check whether a set is gimmicky if you aren't sure is to consider A) whether Taunt would shut your strategy down, and B) will this strategy take more than one turn to put into effect? If either of these are true it is likely (there are some exceptions to this) your set is in fact a gimmick
All posts are subject to moderation.
Creative Sets Hall of Fame
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For those not aware, the Hall of Fame keeps track of well built and effective innovative movesets for people to look at if they are searching for some unique ideas or just some simple inspiration.
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