Recent content by Ortheore

If you're interested in tradebacks, Pokemon Perfect is now starting tradebacks seasons- hoping this can become an ongoing thing and we can build some support for tradebacks. Especially since tradebacks should technically be the official tier, as there's kinda no good reason for banning...

I don't really think there's a substantial sampling issue here, especially since the replays aren't just a random sample of matches, there's a few factors I consider that might filter out replays. I generally don't buy that the difference between ladder and tournament metas is so large that...

I've returned from the wilderness after conducting unspeakable experiments, now I'm going to, uh, report on them It's unusual for me to be posting about things with relevant usage, but even though Dragonair (and Weepinbell) are ranked on the VR, this feels like the spot to talk about them...

Chansey freeze wars are cringe imo, you absolutely have the option to just not take that line. Paralyse it and swap to Lax or something. Also if you have an Ice type you can make it do something else As for Tauros dittos, you should only initiate them if you're desperate, or if you have an...

If I'm going all in on Bro as a sweeper I probably prefer Reflect tbh, as it shuts down almost all revenge killing options, which I think is far more beneficial to supporting a Bro sweep. To use Egg as an example, I think I prefer Reflect since Egg's main counterplay against Bro (assuming sleep...

Dropping Drill Peck on Zapdos is crazy lol, being able to potentially break through Chansey is too valuable. Also Egg. Agility is 1000% its most droppable move. My gut reaction to water move Zapdos would be that it's S tier but not immediately banworthy. That said, with Lax/Taur/Chans/Egg/Star...

Will it launch Weepinbell out of the VR and into a dumpster where it belongs? :fukyu: If so let's do it lmao

Wrap is too ass to be worth banning. Before any discussions on "broken" and "uncompetitive" can begin, there first needs to be an understanding that the item in question is a problem (e.g. banning Sand Attack would be bloody silly), and I don't think this is the case with Wrap. It doesn't see...

Holy shit, Counter continues to break the game. That's wild, I can't believe no-one's tried to ban it yet! Imagine if something had been done idk, several years ago or something The thing that bothers me is that people are still somehow misrepresenting a push for cartridge accuracy as requiring...

Holy fuck dude how are you this committed to misapplying mathematics in order to demonstrate your lack of understanding of the game? You clearly don't have data supporting any sort of mathematical representation of the worth of sleep, you're clearly ignoring a LOT of the ways sleeping pokemon...

I mean at that point you're just describing stall, which has pretty much always struggled in rby. Parahax and crits ruin the efficacy of stalling out the game, making teambuilding for that sort of thing even more of a stretch. As much as I like to bash Wrap, it's just better at utilising...

Hi, I've researched Kadabra, brought it to tournament and posted about it in the jank thread and on my blog (on mobile rn, so linking sucks). Suffice it to say that it's usable, and honestly one of the better shitmons available. It's honestly a solid lead, usable outside the lead slot (better as...

It isn't "for" anyone. Individual issues got decided on a case by case basis over the years (e.g. freeze clause originated around the time NetBattle was developed, making it bloody ancient), and then that patchwork kinda stayed in place long enough to build up such inertia that change is...

Although I've previously supported the idea that Venu is a better SDer in a vacuum than Bel, I think sometimes we take it too far lol and that the gap isn't as big as we tend to make it out to be. Sure SD isn't Bel's best set, but imo it can gain a lot of mileage out of the fact that most people...

Also what the fuck are garbage ass mathematical "proofs" about Jynx doing here? Pretty sure this thread was intended for discussion of jank strategies that aren't likely to be good enough to use in tournament. I'd rather this thread serve that purpose than act as garbage disposal for shitty...