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Can someone please explain to me where I sign up to get tutoring for ubers if possible?

I've read the rules for that forums but it looks like there is no available thread to post, most of them say something about being approved or something like that
 
I have a couple questions on the move 'Doom Desire.'

1. IIRC, DD is a 120 Base power special type steel move. What I would like to know is does DD get affected by STAB, so that it actually is a 180 BP move and not just 120 BP?

2. I still am not quite sure how DD deals damage. I'll show different examples and could someone tell me which one of the examples is it:

a. When you use Doom Desire, it gets affected by the current enemy's SpDef stat and my SpAtk stat and it deals the % damage it would have done to the original enemy to the current enemy when it hits.

b. Similar as above, except it deals the same damage according to hit points and not percentage.

c. Doom Desire deals damage according to the original enemy's SpDef stat, but the current enemy's HP stat, regardless of the original enemy's HP.

d. None of the above.

3. Last question, how is Doom Desire affected by pressure?

Thanks in advance.
 
doom desire is affected by pressure like any other move.. it takes away 2 pp instead of one pp.
thats the only thing i can answer for ya, i have no idea about the rest ._.'

that sparks a question. what would happen if two pokemon with pressure in a double battle were hit by EQ. what would happen to the PP of EQ?
 
In regards to how Doom Desire deals damage, the Smogon movelist says:
Doom Desire

Deals damage at the end of the turn after three turns.
The damage is based on the Special Attack and Special Defense at the time of using Doom Desire, not at the time of striking. This means that if you use Doom Desire on a Pokémon with 100 Special Defense, and then your opponent switches to a Pokémon with 300 Special Defense, the damage calculations will be done as though the target has 100 Special Defense. Life Orb does not boost Doom Desire's damage, nor does the user receive recoil damage.
Doom Desire is technically typeless, so it does not get STAB, and hits all Pokémon neutrally. It hits through Wonder Guard. Because it damages at the end of the turn, it is not blocked by Detect or Protect, and can KO a Pokémon that used Endure. Focus Sash will block Doom Desire. If the target uses Detect or Protect on the turn Doom Desire is selected, however, that will count as a successful Detect or Protect against Doom Desire.
Multiple Doom Desires cannot be queued for the same Pokémon. Doom Desire must hit the target before it can target that Pokémon again. It uses the same queue as Future Sight, so they cannot be stacked together.
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In regards to multiple Pressures in a Double Battle, I think I remember readig somewhere that the Pokemon would lose 1 extra PP for every Pressure Pokemon affected by the move. So Earthquaking with 3 Pressure Pokemon out would lose 4 PP. I'm not sure, but I do remember seeing this.
 
Which is best for Exeggutor to have? (I checked the smogon ms data about him, didn't help much)

So far it has:
Sunny Day
Solarbeam
HP Ice
Explosion/Sleep Powder

Is explosion better for the walking coconut palm? Or should I say f u to the sleep clause and use sleep powder? Blissey walls me if I use Sleep Powder (somewhat) but Ghosts, Rock, Steel types will laugh at my exploding tree. I'm sorry if this is in the wrong section....
 
Which trait is better for Arcanine, Intimidate (helps with his average Defense) or Flash Fire (free switch-in against Choice and some Scarf Heatrans)? Or should I just go with both while breeding?
 
Sorry if i'm too lazy to understand, but how many times a full health lvl 100 pokemon with 250 hp will be able to sub, and at what hp will the last sub let him?

Same question for 251hp

If someone can share its calculations, I may be able to do it myself next time =)

Finaly, does the same calculations apply to stealth rock switching-in (assuming the pokemon is 2x weak to rock, so 25% dmg on switch ins).

Thanks
 
Is there an AR code to clone in DIAMOND version? I can't seem to find any that are not for pearl. Please give me the link to the code or copy paste on here. Thanks.
 
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