Recent content by Raven8

*waves* This point may have been driven home, but in my opinion the strongest use for attacking Z-Moves has to be lures... to be specific, fire-types packing Solar Beam Heatran in particular comes to mind, as its Power Herb set is now entirely out-classed by the same set packing Grassnium Z...

Double-post time! Back from the tournament... and I'm happy to say that with all of the help provided here, I won the whole shebang! I followed everything outlined above with one exception; I'd heard that one of my opponents was stall-heavy, so I switched Healing Wish back to Trick... and BOY...

Wow... sorry for the late reply here, but this has given me a TON to work with. While I don't have the exacts, this is what I'm working with now: Lopunny: Power Up Punch>Toxic/Ice Punch (I find massive utility in both, not sure which I'll use right now) Jirachi: Ice Punch>Fire Punch...

Gunna give this a BUMP.

My local GameStop is hosting a tournament for the midnight release of Sun and Moon, and they're going by Smogon's OU rules (heck yes). Really happy with this, so figured it was time to dust off my old team and get some ratings/advice! Lopunny(F)@Lopunite Nature: Jolly Ability: Limber>Scrappy...

Hmm, a number of changes to make... thanks much for the advice, I'll try it out ^_^d And yeah, I'm going more for bulky offense. Not quite comfortable enough with playing more offensively to go all the way off that deep end. Also; I believe that Mega Lopunny can take care of Mega Gardevoir if...

Since I started playing I've always leaned more toward balance/stall teams for the most part. I love being able to outright shut down enemy tactics on the fly. However, recently I've been thinking a bit more about offense, so I've put together a team and it's been working out fairly well...

I... um... wow. I had no clue that so much had shifted in the metagame. Your outline really gives me a lot to go on and think about in regards to moving forward. Holes are one thing, but it looks like my old team is downright fractured by many, many threats. It's a lot to soak in, but I'll give...

Eep, edited Skarm. It was 252 DEF / 4 S.DEF, guess I just got too used to writing 252 over and over. And this exactly what I'm talking about; your insight into this team is invaluable. I never would have thought of running scald over HP Ghost, and would never have known about the increase in...

I haven't really played Pokemon in any form for around 2 years, but for some reason I've recently gotten the itch to begin messing around again. A ton has changed on the Smogon scene since last I played, so I figured that I'd post my current team of choice, complete with a few of my own more...

I mainly play in-game rather than in simulators like Showdown, so my views may a bit different on the subject, but here we go just the same: In my game-time in X/Y, Greninja has probably been the most common threat that I've encountered. But, in spite of it being pain, I never considered it to...

I'm a pretty casual user compared to most here, and am nowhere near as good as the vast majority of the players stating their views, but I largely agree with the tiering process that Smogon has in place, and feel that it makes the entire game far more enjoyable. I've seen the flack given with...

Hi all, I'm a bit green when it comes to competitive Pokemon battling, and had a few thoughts on Diancie and its mega evolution. Specifically, I was giving thought to its potential in a sand-storm team. To begin with, I'm basing my thoughts on this set: Diancie @ Diancite Hasty, 252 HP, 252...