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Sharing my ADV rain team: :medicham: :dugtrio: :aerodactyl: :ludicolo: :kingdra: :suicune: Medicham lead plays very well into most matchups except mixed zap and mence leads, the main threat of this team is the less common vaporean def tank and blissey. The team is structured as a dual end game...

Introduction This document outlines modifications to the Glicko-1 rating system to better handle team-based competitive formats, specifically designed with Pokemon 2v2 in mind. The system extends Glicko-1's individual rating approach to handle team compositions while maintaining the core...

1. The typical max RD is 350, smogon has changed that to 130. I dont think theres anything different I am quoting here. The arbitrary deadzone where the initial player skill is ignored is why GXE is prone to initial streaks while Glicko, with its two parameters of R and RD is much more accurate...

I'm redirected here to provide a critical review of Glicko and its misuse through GXE in Smogon. Rating systems are fundamental to competitive gaming, helping match players of similar skill and track improvement over time. The Glicko rating system, developed by Mark Glickman, improves upon the...

# Understanding Glicko Ratings: A Guide to Player Skill Assessment ## Introduction Rating systems are fundamental to competitive gaming, helping match players of similar skill and track improvement over time. The Glicko rating system, developed by Mark Glickman, improves upon the Elo system by...

Hyper Offense Scarf Spam with Lead Scizor :scizor: :magnezone: :jirachi: :tyranitar: :azelf: :rotom-heat: This follows the similar team structure of ADV baton pass zapdos: lead pass to a trapper. General game plan is to scout out the opponent team structure as soon as possible, scizor leads...

It's interesting how the metagame analysis around DPP is skewed towards offense (even past 1500) but from what public data I can see, those who make the reqs mostly do stall/balance teams instead, and there's not any machamps on the ladder as expected. I would expect Machamp to not get banned as...

As of right now, most of the comp battling focuses on just stats and this does not reflect that each pokemon is also balanced by xp tiers. The most prominent example is bug types which are mostly in the medium fast/fast tier, which is a trade off for bad stats. This skews alot of fast/medium...