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According to Haunter's post in the Victory Road thread, the test is to end two weeks from the day after the post. In other words, it supposedly ends on the 31st of March. However, I'm not sure if this is a final date, so take it with a grain of salt.
my ou glicko rating is currently 1762 ± 68
does that mean I affect the usage statistics now? or does the second number have to be a certain value?
does that mean I affect the usage statistics now? or does the second number have to be a certain value?
The usage statistics are based off 1760+ glicko1 ratings, so yes, you should affect the usage statistics.
Aren't the statistics affected by every player, but weighted based on the glicko? I was under the impression it worked like that (like, if my glicko is 1600 it will affect the stats less, but will still affect them a little).
From my understanding, you either affect the stats or you don't. You can't "affect them less," unless I'm proven wrong.
This is incorrect.
What this means, or at least this is how I'm interpreting it, is that people at the bottom of the ladder still contribute to the usage stats, but only marginally. The higher your rank is, the more "weight" you carry.
exists any thread with rules for multi battle?
just want to know if both players can use same pokémon. [ imagine thundurus-i side by side using discharge ]
just want to know if both players can use same pokémon. [ imagine thundurus-i side by side using discharge ]
If I switch in a Gardevoir with Trace in I'll copy my opponent's ability. If after that, I mega evolve, do I lose the traced ability? Or do I now have 2 abilities?
Also, if I switch out, do I get to keep the traced ability when I come back?
Also, if I switch out, do I get to keep the traced ability when I come back?
I'm not too sure of the answer to your first question, but I believe that the traced ability is lost upon Mega Evolution. Although, I do know that if you switch out, you do not retain the original ability you traced.
As a spinner i would suggest u a specially defensive tentacruel, as a defoger u might as well use a mew since mew is just usefull overall. maybe play it with heal bell and stuff
There is no lower Uber tier Ubers isn't a tier but a banlist (it is also a tier, but primarly a banlist) also things aren't tiered by subjectively by power but objectively by usage statistics and suspect tests, something is uber because it is or would be unhealthy for the OU meta game. If the OU council thinks something should be placed in the uber tier there will be a suspect test and at the end there will be a vote that everyone can qualify for by playing on the ladder.
yeah both players can use the exact same team if they want, however a player can't use two pokemon of the same Pokedex number, (e.g. you can use both Chansey and Blissey on your team but not Rotom-W + Rotom-H or tw different Deoxys formes)
Since you lose trace when you mega evolve you will also lose the ability you got from it so no you won't have two different abilities and yes you will lose the ability you traced when switching out and get a new one every time you switch in.
No...for a spinner, Excadrill. Excadrill is more of an offensive Pokemon, but I think it's the best spinner in the tier as of now, and Mandibuzz is a good physically defensive mon with access to Knock Off, another great move this Generation. Other spinners and defoggers include Latias (a good specially defensive Pokemon) and Mega Blastoise (nice, has Mega Launcher Dark Pulse which takes care of most Ghost-types, but it has no recovery, gets worn down quickly sometimes, and also takes up a Mega Slot). Since you have Talonflame on your team, it gets walled by Rotom-Wash and Tyranitar, both of which Excadrill can beat, so I would suggest Excadrill.
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I was looking for something on my team that could counter or at least check Thundurus-I and Keldeo in one, and I ended up going for Lanturn because I couldn't think of anything else. Obviously Lanturn is complete ass and has helped my team very little. I would use Mega Venusaur but I already have a mega on my team, so I really need something that can at least reliably check the two of them (I have SpDef Scizor who can get the check in safely with U-Turn so I don't need something to necessarily counter them, though it helps if they can switch in to some of their attacks).
Any suggestions?
Any suggestions?
Does Contrary Serperior exist? How can I get one? Are those people on the GTS offering 6IV HA Snivys for Mew a bunch of liars?
No, it doesn't exist. Yes, they are a bunch of liars.
You may be able to get it from hacking, probably lying on the gts. You can't even trade event pokemon on the GTS.
Edit: you can pokegen it but can't trade it in the gts. So you cannot get it legitly. I'm pretty sure you can't even battle with it so it doesn't matter.
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Those are both really hard pokes to check let alone counter but Gastrodon could work reasonably well against both.
Specially defensive Trevenant can work fairly well against both of them, if it uses the sitrust/harvest set and especially if it has shadow claw, leech seed, and status. Both have to use a weak ice move (HP Ice for Thundy and Icy Wind on Keldy) to deal the most damage and even then it only does a bit more than your sitrus heals. If the Thundy doesn't have taunt, you can even leech seed it to ensure you don't lose to bad luck with harvest (and you can always do that with Keldeo). If it does, you can spam shadow claw and hope you kill him before your harvest gives out.
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