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Darvin replied to the thread Generation 9 Free-For-All.Baton Pass chains allow for stat boosting combinations that would otherwise be impossible, or would require so many moveslots as to be... -
Since the new bans have finally gone live I've spent the last few days putting together a collection of teams to post here. Since half...
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Darvin reacted to peng's post in the thread Partially Implemented Include Acupressure in Evasion Clause (BW) with
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See title. Acupressure is a cheesy move with the ability to double evasion ~14% of the time. In isolation this doesn't look too bad... -
Darvin replied to the thread Generation 9 Free-For-All.Yeah, screens and terrains have never been particularly good in Free-For-All. While they can be helpful in some situations, losing a...
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Rip donbozo lmaooooo Just to make this not a throwaway, the Dondozo ban means that Alomomola is probably going to see a lot more usage...
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Darvin replied to the thread Generation 9 Free-For-All.The Free-For-All Council has completed its fourth voting slate, and these are the results: * :Chien-Pao: Chien-Pao is banned *...
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Darvin replied to the thread Generation 9 Free-For-All.It is on the viability ranking, it's in B. If I recall correctly, it was pretty close to A- but ultimately B prevailed
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Darvin replied to the thread Generation 9 Free-For-All.It has a lot of great moves. Sludge Bomb, Shadow Ball, Hex, Nasty Plot, Parting Shot, Recover, and Poison Gas all look very good. For...
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I don't really see sleep mattering at all, only times I ever really saw it was on troll teams. I am excited to see Pecharunt in action...
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Darvin replied to the thread Generation 9 Free-For-All.As you may be aware, the OU format has recently eliminated Sleep Clause Mod and banned Sleep inducing moves (see their announcement...
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Darvin reacted to Finchinator's post in the thread Announcement Sleep Moves are now banned from SV OU; Sleep Clause is now lifted from SV OU with Love.
After a long discussion both within the SV OU subforum here and in the Policy Review subforum here, moves that strictly induce the sleep...
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Darvin replied to the thread Generation 9 Free-For-All.I'd drop U-Turn for Knock Off so you're not completely walled by Ghost-types. The momentum of U-Turn is not as valuable in FFA as it is...