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My first shiny was the same as everyone else's: The red Gyarados in gen 2. My first "real" shiny was in the same game: A shiny Magikarp I could evolve into another red Gyarados. It took me until gen 6 playing every gen to catch a shiny outside that line.

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Lost to BLINGAS (Tanner). Julian gave me the win. Haven't been able to fight badabing and won't be able to play tomorrow.

Do you have calcs supporting Expert Belt as the preferred item on this set? It's always been a pretty bad item that usually doesn't even boost the Pokemon's most spammable moves (Volt Switch in this case). However, now Assault Vest exists which does a credible job of bluffing the Scarf while...

Victini @ Expert Belt Ability: Victory Star EVs: 252 Atk / 252 Spd / 4 SAtk Naive Nature - V-create - Bolt Strike - Grass Knot - Glaciate A set designed to bait and remove Charizard X's checks/counters, leaving it free to sweep. The first two moves are standard, giving Victini its man STAB and...

Won against Lohgock, gg

Sleep Talk is another reason to use less than 4 moves on a set for the increased chance to pick the move you want.

Manaphy needs to be able to take strong hits if it wants to sweep. An offensive team isn't going to let Manaphy set up for free; it's usually going to hit it very hard as it sets up, sac something, then send in something that outspeeds/has priority to kill it. The list of things you need to...

I'm not convinced Manaphy deserves A+ rank either. As a general rule, boosting only your offensive stats isn't a great strategy unless you have either strong priority (think Bisharp, Mawile, Azumarill) or outstanding speed (NP Thundurus). Manaphy has neither, so it relies on its bulk to set up...

A lot of this seems like a pretty big exaggeration. Goodra has a wide range of coverage options and is reasonably powerful with max investment (the standard set). Basically nothing you listed can actually swap in and set up. Max HP Mawile is outsped and actually has a chance to be OHKOed by Fire...

Techno Blast is actually somewhat worse than Judgment. Both hit equally hard with their respective items since Plates give a 20% boost, but without an item Techno Blast will hit for 120 BP compared to Judgment's 100. This becomes meaningful when it's an Imposter's strongest move for hitting you...

Confirming for Team Princess Power

Ranking Gyarados and Mega Gyarados separately seems a little strange. Unlike most megas, Gyarados's base form is a very strong Pokemon on its own with distinct typing and a great ability. This means that in a good amount of matches, Gyarados can and should choose to not evolve even when holding...