Taken over from Lord Alphose who took it from Minus's version found here
Approved by Montsegur
Original OP by Mazz
Welcome, NUers and all those looking for an excellent competitive Pokemon experience! A new installment of an old Pokemon game means we've got new Pokemon to research!
Keep the following things in mind during every Research Group:
How useful are these Pokemon in ORAS NU? What sets can they run effectively? What gives them trouble? What advantages do they have over other Pokemon? How well do they work in the metagame? If you have anything to say about any of these Pokemon, please post about them! It doesn't matter if you've used them or have just faced them in battle, anything is fine (but please, do try them). Just be sure to back up your posts with good competitive reasoning. Remember, discussion is not limited to this topic, you are encouraged to talk about these Pokemon in #neverused as well!
The Research Group Challenge:
In order to participate you must do the following:
Approved by Montsegur
Original OP by Mazz
Keep the following things in mind during every Research Group:
- Be open-minded, don't just say something is terrible and walk away; look at its stats, movepool, and typing and think something up!
- Feel free to theorymon early in the research period, but make it clear you're doing so. Later in the period though, you will be expected to back up your posts with hard evidence like logs, actual sets, perhaps even teams.
- Just because an analysis has been done for a Pokemon doesn't mean there isn't more to explore; it's very likely that something has gone unnoticed.
- Do not post in this thread complaining about the Pokemon I choose and / or suggesting ones we should do for future weeks. Feel free to VM / PM me these suggestions, but don't expect me to always listen to you.
- Early period means the first three days of the research week, so let's keep the theorymoning to a minimum after. The late period refers to the last four days of the research week, where raw evidence and discussion should become the basis of the thread.
- Sign-Ups close Monday nights (about three and a half days of sign-ups), so be sure to sign up before they close!
- I don't have any prizes to give if you win, but your name with be forever in this thread's Hall of Fame
- You must post a ladder ranking in order to win the above prize(s).
How useful are these Pokemon in ORAS NU? What sets can they run effectively? What gives them trouble? What advantages do they have over other Pokemon? How well do they work in the metagame? If you have anything to say about any of these Pokemon, please post about them! It doesn't matter if you've used them or have just faced them in battle, anything is fine (but please, do try them). Just be sure to back up your posts with good competitive reasoning. Remember, discussion is not limited to this topic, you are encouraged to talk about these Pokemon in #neverused as well!
The Research Group Challenge:
In order to participate you must do the following:
- Post here with a fresh alt and the name(s) of the Pokemon you will be using.
- Use at least one of the Pokemon being researched.
- Post your experiences with the Pokemon you're using, participate in the discussion!
- Post logs of this Pokemon in action against other teams - don't just tell us, show us!
- At the end of the week, post the set of the Pokemon that you've been using. We'd love to see what creative sets you used and hear how that worked out for you.
Week 1: Ninetales| Tangela| Togetic| Musharna
Week 2: Pawniard| Lanturn| Roselia | Rotom-Fan
Week 3: Bouffalant| Raichu| Swanna| Piloswine
Week 4: Mega Audino| Accelgor| Poliwrath| Gourgeist-Small
Week 5: Jynx| Kecleon| Mr. Mime| Carracosta
Week 6: Gurdurr| Beheyeem| Swellow| Regice
Week 7: Heliolisk| Mawile| Virizion| Quagsire
Week 2: Pawniard| Lanturn| Roselia | Rotom-Fan
Week 3: Bouffalant| Raichu| Swanna| Piloswine
Week 4: Mega Audino| Accelgor| Poliwrath| Gourgeist-Small
Week 5: Jynx| Kecleon| Mr. Mime| Carracosta
Week 6: Gurdurr| Beheyeem| Swellow| Regice
Week 7: Heliolisk| Mawile| Virizion| Quagsire
Week 1: Davon using Musharna with a Ladder Rank of 1506
Week 3: Shuckleking87 using Raichu with a Ladder Rank of 1511
Week 4: Jim E. Russler using Gourgeist-Small with a Ladder Rank of 1471
Week 6: Bowtie Addo using Gurdurr, Beheyeem, and Swellow with a Ladder Rank of 1466
Week 3: Shuckleking87 using Raichu with a Ladder Rank of 1511
Week 4: Jim E. Russler using Gourgeist-Small with a Ladder Rank of 1471
Week 6: Bowtie Addo using Gurdurr, Beheyeem, and Swellow with a Ladder Rank of 1466
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