Recent content by Alien

Hello, I have been playing since gen 3 and recently got back into showdown with gen 9 post DLC OU. I've been having some success with this team and wanted to get an RMT to get some advice on patching up potential weaknesses that I hadn't considered. The team revolves around finding opportunities...

What sets do you recommend for corviknight/hydreigon?

Since Zeraora got into the game it's been my favorite offensive threat, very reminiscent of Jolteon back in gen 3. I made a fairly standard balanced offensive team that focuses on removing Zeraora's problems, punching holes in the team with Excadrill, and finishing the game off with Zeraora's...

Hey DragonKnightmaster thanks for the suggestions. I've actually switched out Greninja with the following Ferrothorn set: Ferrothorn @ Leftovers Ability: Iron Barbs EVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 Def Relaxed Nature IVs: 0 Spe - Gyro Ball - Power Whip - Stealth Rock - Leech Seed But I'm switching...

My team uses rain and electric terrain together in a hyper offensive playstyle. I use koko and pelliper as pivots to my offensive pokemon. I also use Hawlucha to round out some coverage on my team and create a second win condition with just electric terrain. noose (Pelipper) (M) @ Damp Rock...

None of my pokemon knew foresight.

Just played a game where my Tornadus-T's Superpower hit a Sableye for super-effective damage. Move should not have hit.

Hey guys, here's a team I've been playing with and developing for a while, and I've had some success with it, but I was wondering what I could do to improve the team. At a Glance: Through the Microscope: Nidoqueen (F) @ Black Sludge Ability: Sheer Force EVs: 248 HP / 252 SDef / 8 Def Calm...

Blastoise is not the most expendable member of my team by far. It has good special bulk and is used as a bulky rapid spinner who can also deal out a lot of damage with special attacks to setup sweepers as long as it's at full health and isn't getting hit for SE damage. Excadrill is too frail to...

I've thought about Lum Berry and it could definitely help out, and I forgot about Knock Off and how annoying it can be. I think the Lum Berry/Leftovers is a tossup where both are good in certain situations. I think that for my team Leftovers is better in general because I like to do a lot of...

Hey guys, I've been battling since gen 3, but I always end up taking long breaks halfway through a gen, only to come back to it every time a new game is released. I've been fiddling around with teams that fit my playstyle of bulky offense and have finally made a team that is doing decent on the...

But then you're literally using mew just to counter its own counters. Which is silly :( I think that a team that is running mew should be able to deal with those counters in other ways, while using mew as a counter to heavy physical attackers.

Did you mean sleep powder instead of rest? Also, should I be using this as a secondary defensive pokemon to help out my Chomp, or should I be using it more to handle threats?

I feel like trying to use Mew as a sweeper isn't going with its most prominent role. There are much better pokemon that can sweep while being bulky, usually due to better typing or coverage. However, as a defensive wall, while Mew's psychic typing is a liability to U-turn and Pursuit, it can...

Hello Smogon! This is a team I originally made and slightly tweaked from July of last year. I decided to recently start competitive battling again (been playing since 3rd gen), and this is the team I've been using with a large amount of success so far. I've identified problems I want to work...