Recent content by Better_Sandw1ch

Personally, I can't stand some of the luck-based statuses, most notably confusion and full paralysis, just because they always seem to destroy my plans at the exact wrong time. Flinching isn't fun, either. Of course, those very things can be the most fun to pull on other people... Anyway, I'm...

I'm sorry, but this kind of idea is situational past the point of possibility. To get the turns you'll need out of this, you'll need both Sunny Day and Trick Room in effect, which means running a Dry Rock SunnyDayer, then switching to a TRer, successfully getting off the TR, THEN switching to...

Honestly, I found myself skipping over most of the dialouge; it had nothing to do with the actual battle, which is what I was most interested in. I enjoyed the battle, mainly because I've been on the fence about adding a Dugtrio to my team and it was encouraging to see him get so many revenge...

Wouldn't a Metronome be able to reach a higher damage than choice band eventually? Of course, the opponent would have to survive long enough (and you'd have to hit continously)...but if you could SS No Guard onto the opposing pokemon, it should be enough to guarantee that Rollout won't miss, right?

Actually, considering that this sample consists of 11069 (give or take a few, it's a lot of rows to add) pokemon compared to the previous sample of only 4932, Blissey usage has decreased slightly. It's gone from 5.9% of all pokemon (roughly 35.4 % of all teams) to 5.37 % (roughly 32.25% of all...

It sounds like a good idea in theory, but in practice it would be difficult to implement, as there would be no way to give each pokemon an entirely fair level so that its potential would equal that of every other pokemon. It would likely devolve into a constantly changing environment of people...

Generally the best time to stat-up is against a pokemon that isn't immediately threating to your own, i.e. one locked into a choice item. Predicting a switch-in to an ineffective move also does the trick. In the case of DDMence, luring something like a CB EQ (with an electric, steel, or poison...

That Beedrill drives me nuts. Your strategy behind him is to survive one attack, then rely on confusion to set up Toxic Spikes? While potentially setting up an opposing physical starter for a sweep? There has got to be a better way to do that. Forretress? Anyway, it was a fairly well-played...

This turned me off right here. If you're not expecting your warstory to be good, why are you bothering to make it in the first place? Starting off making excuses isn't the right way to get things done. Also, the advertising for N seems out of place, but w/e. Shop Target. Anyway, it was a...

Given my recent defeat at the hands of PabloMeza, I set out to ShoddyBattle with the intent of redeeming myself. One of my greatest regrets in that particular battle was that the central figure in my team, Gastrodon, never really got a chance to shine outside of his single kill. As far as I...

Max speed Timid Starmie is 361, and I'm definetly running Specs...are you sure your Weavile is Jolly? Edit: Haha, no problem. Guess I caught a bit of a break against your Weavile :p

Agh, that's actually my team there (I go by Amnesia on Shoddybattle). I've been tinkering around with that team for a little while now, and analyzing some of the mistakes I've made in-battle for future reference. Regarding this battle: - One of the biggest things I screwed up was right from...

For your first set, Subbing should nullify your Focus Sash by putting you below 100% health; you would have to run Protect if you wanted to scout. Anyway, Raticate is horribly outclassed by other normal types that can do any job he can much better (Scrappy Kanga with Sucker Punch for Endeavor...

Honestly, it seems to me like you'll be at the advantage in this battle - Steel is a great typing, and Psychic should be able to cover what it can't. On his side, Dark and Flying suffer from Fighting and Electric weaknesses, which you should be able to exploit. Running a Lucario, TrickZam and...

It could have some use with Toxic, but even then the variable nature of the move (and the uselessness of Toxic against some pokes) would most likely catch up to you. Running something like: Milotic - Zoom Lens Wrap Toxic Recover Surf / Ice Beam / Attract would probably give you the best shot...