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I think you understand me. Let's see if I understand you. Is the crux of what you're saying that no one playstyle is better than another? If so, allow me to prove you wrong. Consider a set of n strategies [s_1, s_2, ..., s_n]. A strategy represents the set of actions a player takes in each...

The deadline has passed. I marked activity wins and coinflip wins in italics next to the matchups. If you believe you have been wrongly coinflipped or activity won, or if you have any other questions or concerns, please contact me about it. Here are the Round 2 results: 19. Somalia vs. 27...

I almost made a large post about this but then realized it might work here. Is there a standard metagame people refer to or are supposed to refer to in the OU forum (and other forums, I suppose)? Obviously it's the OU metagame, but which one? The tournament metagame? The ladder metagame? An...

I'd say Krookodile is more effective than Heracross as a late-game cleaner, actually. Dark has really good neutral coverage, especially in UU, really helping Scarf Krookodile get a clean sweep. My UU teams always seem to be weak to offensive Dark-types like Krookodile, Weavile and Honchkrow. I...

I scream, you scream, we all scream for Icecream. EDIT: kokoloko's set is already in the analysis fwiw

What I'm saying here is that if your battling strategy say "involves a lot of switching" as Moose's does, and you concede that others may do better with a team because they play different, then you're doing it wrong. You should adapt your battling style so that you can play a variety of styles...

First of all people talk about "playing styles" and it's just the wrong way of approaching things. Everyone should try to play the optimal style (which exists). I get annoyed every time I see people making comments about what best fits their style of play. Hitmontop isn't out of the question...

old new why [Overview] <p>While Phione was once a threatening Rain Dance sweeper with Rain Dance in DPP, it now has rarely any use in the NU tier. (If you intend to say that it is almost completely useless, change to "has barely any use". If you intend to say that almost no one uses it...

Hitmontop is horrible and this team doesn't need Rapid Spin. You have one Stealth Rock weak Pokemon and it has Roost. Your Pokemon handle Spikes better than most (esp. Zapdos isn't affected, Sharpedo doesn't care, Slowbro has Regenerator), and Rhyperior can usually stop Froslass from getting two...

I think HP Ice would be better on this set. Gligar and Band Flygon are both immune to Spikes, meaning Roar doesn't really help against them. HP Ice sure does though.

Some things to change Shiruba: -- Togekiss doesn't need to invest in offense to gain attacking prowess either, already hitting pretty well with Air Slash. The fact that it regularly carries Nasty Plot means that it is far more offensive than Umbreon and doesn't even need EVs to be an absolute...

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Yeah kokoloko, your point is well made. Ghost-typing really saves you team slots, especially since Cofagrigus is really a mediocre Pokemon outside of its spinblocking (though Metal Sonic seems to disagree). I wasn't saying that bulky Froslass is less effective as you alleged, just that it...

If you believe the precedent set by the Chandelure suspect test is a good one, you should want to suspect Victini. This Pokemon truly has no 100% counter, and unlike Chandelure runs much less dubious methods (e.g. doesn't have to resort to Will-o-Wisp to beat Snorlax) to get past its counters...