Recent content by talkingtree

I didn't have the greatest tour performance this year, but I wanted to share some of the teams that did work and some of the ideas that are actually worth sharing. Click the sprites for a pokepaste; I don't remember what a lot of the spreads do but if you really need to know, feel free to ask...

https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen6doublesou-2071995750 won gg

won against Yellow Paint, gg https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen6doublesou-2046263590

Player name: talkingtree Tiers played: XY DOU, SM DOU, SV DUU Tiers NOT played: Time zone: GMT-6 Significant time missed: Might be traveling for a week or two in March

Only just now getting around to it, but better late than never..... right? DPL Retrospective/Team Dump time! I signed up for DPL IX on a whim, thinking I would mostly be chatting with a few friends and watching as a sub when I found the time. Instead, what I got was my strongest team tour run...

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won gg https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/smogtours-gen6doublesou-684475

won gg https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen6doublesou-1830536311

Player name: talkingtree Tiers played: XY, SM, SS (will also play SV / DUU but I've never touched gen 9 so feed me / give me time to learn) Tiers NOT played: n Time zone: US Central Significant time missed: last weekend in April I'm pretty busy and even more washed so probably don't buy me as a...

Agreeing with an Aegislash rise, it might just be a fad but it's pretty good right now. Actuarily mentioned needing to worry about Incineroar, but that's less fun than just using Aegislash to beat Incineroar with Z-Head Smash. :aegislash: Aegislash @ Rockium Z Ability: Stance Change EVs...

won vs SMB, gg! https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen7doublesou-1550360826 let's go lands! close it out Lord Death Man chlo

Lands were having a bit of trouble figuring out what actually clinches us anything so I figured I'd post playoff scenarios here. That being said, I'm old by Smogon standards and haven't used math in a while so if I have any issues feel free to call me a boomer and correct me. 1. Milwaukee Ducks...

Player Name: talkingtree Tiers Played: SS DOU / SM DOU / SS DUU / SS DUbers Willing to Learn a New Tier?: I know XY and BW, I'm just not great at them Timezone: GMT -5 Significant Time Missed: I'm extremely busy and haven't been active in months (years?), so I'll do my best but can't promise a...

I don't have much of a stake in this since I'm not planning to participate, but I want to share my perspective as a manager from DPL V when we did 8 slots. For reference, that tour had SM1 / SM2 / SM3 / SM4 / XY / BW / DUU / BO3 with SM, XY, BW. I was a new manager and didn't do particularly...