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Grass Knot, although viable, is pretty dang rare (doesn't even crack 3% usage in OU to show up on the moveset statistics), and only really has use on the offensive CM set, which I think we all can agree is not exactly the best Jirachi set (or, say, a top-3 Jirachi set). Gastrodon is my favorite...

Yeah, you're not alone in wanting more moves like this- moves that require prediction to achieve the greatest potential that the move has. Because as great as pursuit is, the majority of the time you're just bringing in your CB Tar/Scizor/Weavile and spamming it vs the ghost/psychic, not really...

Yeah, I'll join in on the choir that wants Celebi in A now. And just for fun, here are a few other musings I have about the tiering now that one of the biggest threats in the metagame is completely gone. - Breloom to S? Yeah, it's still checkable, but Breloom just lost one of the biggest...

Ice-type stealth rock. Saw the idea in an old Smogon article. I....I....can't even. That would literally change everything. Mind blown. But yeah, buff hail and give more DW abilities to bad pokemon. I long for the day that really cool pokemon like banette and unfezant can actually be...

Yeah lol definitely should've looked at the thread a little more. I suppose at the very least I found something that's good. Definitely will have to try Scarf Keldeo+ Specs Latios as well

I've been using this offensive core that's a little bit counter-intuitive, but it actually works surprisingly well...Tyranideo? Tyranitar @ Choice Band Trait: Sand Stream Adamant Nature (+Atk., -SpA.) EV's: 180 HP, 252 Atk, 76 Spe -Pursuit -Stone Edge -Crunch -Superpower Keldeo @ Choice...

The Kyurem-Black post looks good but I'd mention Terrakion as something that gives it a lot of trouble. Also you say that Kyurem-Black has Technician. That would be Turboblaze. Although I must admit a Technician Kyurem-B would be interesting.

The whole "Tornadus-T has offensive counters, stuff that can outspeed it and kill it" argument doesn't really do it for me...like I'm pretty sure everyone here knows that Jolteon is a shaky check at best (let alone counter) due to it only being able to switch in once and the Tornadus-T user can...

Would definitely propose moving Haxorus up to B-Tier. Look at PK Gaming's "Enter the Dragon" RMT. That kind of team still works, folks! Banded Haxorus has one safe switch in, Skarmory, a pokemon that's pretty anemic in its usage right now due to the prevalence of rain, and is completely...

On the topic of Keldeo, I've given this a lot of thought while using it to first ever break into the top 100 (nobody cares I know, but still, big deal for me!) It's a very dangerous weapon, maybe too powerful of a weapon to give rain teams at this point in the metagame, where rain is the...

I like that phrasing a lot, that Tornadus-T is "too safe" in rain. There is no reason not to run this thing on a rain team. There's just no risk involved to this guy in the rain. You have base 121 speed, solid bulk, a 100%-accurate 120-power pure-stab attack that has a 30% confusion chance...

Yeah. I don't personally think that Tornadus is broken in this meta though. It is certainly a top-tier threat that can tear apart poorly made teams with ease, but it is hard-countered by one of the best and most-used pokemon in the meta, is very dependent on rain and is not quite bulky enough...

Hey guys, great warstory! Format was solid and the dual commentary went just about as in-depth as you would want without getting too rambly...great battle too. I know this makes me want to warstory debut and hopefully it creates some revitalization of threads like this. Cheers

I've used alakazam on a few of my HO teams of middling success, and the LO Sub set is pretty much guaranteed to net a few kills or a sweep against any HO player who's stupid enough to let him get a sub up. However, I think the most difficult thing is actually getting that sub and keeping it...

This is pretty damn random, but I'm wondering if anyone's got some insight about my little predicament. I'm 19 years old, 5' 10 and 150 pounds, and run on a collegiate cross country team and run 65-70 miles a week (I'm not spectacular but I'm decent, sub-15:30 for 5K). I generally eat healthy...