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    Gen 5 The OU Viability Ranking thread

    Reserved for Pokemon who can sweep or wall significant portions of the metagame with little support, and Pokemon who can support other Pokemon with very little opportunity cost ("free turns"). Also the home of Pokemon who can easily perform multiple roles effectively, increasing their...
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    Gen 5 The OU Viability Ranking thread

    I strongly agree with Slowbro and Cresselia, they're amazing walls. Not much can take down a Cresselia because of it's amazing defenses, and slowbro has amazing coverage, great stats, and an amazing ability. I disagree with Azumarill. You're right, the metagame has changed where it's less...
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    Gen 5 The OU Viability Ranking thread

    I agree, what I said was dumb, but I can't delete my post, so oh well.
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    Gen 5 The OU Viability Ranking thread

    A huge problem with heatran is that it's pretty foolish to use it if you run rain. In my eyes, that alone is enough to stop it from being moved up. EDIT: I actually disagree with this, and should have thought about that before I posted it. Oops.
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    WHY THANK YOU

    WHY THANK YOU
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    I've seen you posting all over the place and you seem like a cool dude. Just thought I'd let you...

    I've seen you posting all over the place and you seem like a cool dude. Just thought I'd let you know your cool dude-ness isn't ignored.
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    Gen 5 The OU Viability Ranking thread

    Well, from what I've seen we as a community have ranked Jirachi as S-Rank. Stemming from the latest discussion, a large majority of people ranked it that way. Maybe I misunderstood the original post, but if I did perhaps you should addend it to specify that you make the decisions, not the...
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    Generation Y, "yuppies", "millenials"...unhappy?

    You say that like recommending Sharknado is a bad thing.
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    Gen 5 The OU Viability Ranking thread

    That's the main reason I tagged PK. I think the higher rank discussions are much more important than decided if something is kind of bad or really bad.
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    A Monotype Take on the OU Metagame - Analyses Repost - (contributions are welcomed)

    Terrakion and Infernape get stealth rock
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    Gen 5 The OU Viability Ranking thread

    This thread is on Viability Ranking of OU Pokemon, nothing more. The "Skill" of a set is irrelevant, just the viability.
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    Gen 5 The OU Viability Ranking thread

    What he's been saying is that paraflinch is bad because of how cheap/uncompetitive it is, and that's not valid. Now if you said it was unreliable I'd say that's a valid complaint, but then I'd reply and tell you paraflinch isn't the main strategy, spreading paralysis and being a defensive pivot is.
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    Gen 5 The OU Viability Ranking thread

    The only reason you should ever not use a certain strategy is if it's bad, or doesn't work with your team. There's no morals or honour in this, it's just a video game. Stop trying to use "cheapness" or "skilllessness" as reasons to why something is bad.
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    Gen 5 The OU Viability Ranking thread

    Well someone's rage against ParaFlinch doesn't make it any less of a good strategy, or any less of a boon to Jirachi's viability.
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    Mister bojangles? ;-;

    Mister bojangles? ;-;
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