Recent content by Texas Cloverleaf

I have an issue with this line of thinking when as of 8pm yesterday there was nobody on the ladder with a rating over 1700. The player base is speaking, loudly, by not playing the game.

Too frail and not strong enough to compensate. Lucario lives a hit more reliably with its ability so can be more threatening with its setup options when supported.

An underrated mon at the moment is Mega Baxcalibur. I've had a lot of early ladder success with a bulky offense team focused around positioning for it to get off big nuke shots, finished my MB climb on a six win streak around 1700 ELO and only lost two games at all along the way. Rillaboom /...

I will be voting to unban Rocks. My rationale from earlier in the season still holds true, and will be reposted below for visibility. --- First, the meta with the removal of Rocks is significantly worse than the meta with Rocks present. On a subjective level I have significantly less fun...

For my first decree as WCOR champion bring back rocks

I'm expecting all the Z megas to be weak and not part of competitive lists, Mega Mence to be meta at the same level as Raptor, and Mega Bax and Golisopod to be strong, regularly topping rogue picks

won a haxy set vs Wigglytuff, ggs https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen4randombattle-2676698486 https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen4randombattle-2676701570 https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen4randombattle-2676705822 Free Stealth Rocks

Life orb should be mentioned in OO as a commonly seen item on hard trick room teams, occasionally alongside nasty plot

On the Sub vs PSong bullet I think you're missing the main idea of Sub. It's really not about interactions with specific moves, but rather positioning. Mega Gar behind the Sub makes it easier to fire off attacks, but more importantly it lets it stay on the field trapping in the opponents for...

https://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/jaxcalibur-a-gen-9-randbats-bot-that-reached-1-on-the-ladder.3787537/ The future is now.

Caught in a Level Ball with my Bulk Up Annihilape chipping away while partner Hands/Koraidon/support Poliwrath did the heavy lifting

Ladder reqs have always been an imperfect solution to a complex problem. They fit the needs of the era for when competition was a narrow field and having someone set the definitive standard really mattered. Allowing anyone to contribute to the process of creating that standard was meaningful in...

Did you read my post? I said Sinistcha uses Shadow Ball on Sand comps to hit Archaludon, nothing about them being teammates. And Sand teams are uncommon but certainly seen enough to be mentioned, they see regular play in Victory Road tournaments and the occasional top and this analysis dedicates...

Shadow Ball in OO is good imo, but I would add a couple more targets, notably Archaludon is a major target for the meta Sand team that runs it.

https://www.vrpastes.com/KzhovtV8 10th place in the most recent VR tournament, was Careful with 32/0/24/0/10/0