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1) Why is M-Sableye S rank? I haven't used him at all so I'm curious what makes him so good.
2) How did Mega Houndoom move up to B rank? Didn't he use to be much lower?
3) Is it ever really worth it to use M-Medicham when M-Lopunny exists? M-Medicham has bullet punch, psychic attacks, and pure...
Pretty sure you can only vote once, though.
A question from me: What's the best way to get started in tournaments? I know what I'm doing when I play, but I've never been in a "real" tournament before. What tournament should I look out for to join?
Thanks. That's a fantastic answer.
When I asked this a while back, I was told evasion clause was disposed of in Gen 5 and just hasn't yet been officially reconsidered. Whether we will get any more changes to ubers after the last two suspects is unclear though. If you're having trouble with...
I've been trying a team with:
Sheer Cold Suicune
Horn Drill/Fissure Mold Breaker Excadrill
Guillotine Pinsir
Banded MegaRay with just Dragon Ascent
Swagplay Thundy
Moody BP Smeargle
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/anythinggoes-187727519
The team managed to make someone mad on the anything...
Just picked up the pumpkaboo-super from the distribution event. It has a relaxed nature. I know impish is ideal, but relaxed ain't bad, right? I figure it doesn't really need its speed anyway. I don't really want to have to keep SRing.
Just thought I'd add - speed affects the order of lots of things. The faster pokemon will attack (except when out-prioritized or under trick room), switch out, get leftovers recovery, and take sandstorm/hail damage before the slower pokemon does each of those things (like, faster mon takes...
THIS. This is what I was saying too when his ability was revealed and people were moaning that he doesn't keep regenerator. Crit immunity is really a wall pokemon's best friend. I'm definitely seeing a Cro-Bro set becoming popular.
Gens 5 and to a lesser extent 6 saw a huge power creep, as well...
Melee Mewtwo mentioned that the unofficial result is that Gengarite is not banned. They are supposedly still going through the paragraphs, but I suspect they're probably not going to bother announcing anything officially (since the result is "no change") until the next suspect test, if there is one.