Recent content by TotemoIsogashii

Yeah, those "Protips" were entirely aimed at myself, in case anyone's wondering :P This Warstory was less about the Sandstorm Excadrill and more about me making stupid mistakes and trying desperately to stay alive despite them, but point taken. Thanks for reading!

Great battle, I actually learned a few things! The formatting made it easy to read, and as many before me have said, the alternate ending was a great innovation.

I thought he would switch Ferrothorn out, which I admit in retrospect was not a smart move. I wouldn't *deliberately* seed a grass type, I'm not that bad :P

Ahh, that makes sense. I guess that proves how noob I really am :P Thanks for explaining. Also, just to reiterate (in case anyone missed it), this wasn't meant to be a serious Warstory, but rather a public self-mockery for entertainment's sake. I hope it accomplished its objective ^^

But...but I like Steel ._. And it's been working for me, at least so far. I suppose I could look into replacing Skarmory, though :(

Hi guys, I discovered this site a few months back, but this is the first time I'm posting a Warstory. I didn't really get into competitive battling until a few weeks ago. I threw together a Sand/Stall team and somehow managed to make it into the top 1% on the Pokemon Online server. This is...

Hey, thanks a lot for the suggestions! I'll definitely consider the TTar change. I may go for a Mixed offensive spread, perhaps. As for Rapid Spin, I actually just got finished playing about 10 games, and in a few of them a clutch Rapid Spin was one of the factors that allowed me to win, so I'm...

You make great points, and they are well-taken. I've decided to give Ferrothorn a spin to see how he and Jellicent work out. Thanks a ton for the suggestion! And you're right, I think I hyped up Conkledurr a bit too much. Also, thank you On The Wind for your Jellicent suggestion! I went ahead...

O_O You're absolutely right, I don't know how I missed my blatant weakness to Gengar. Hmm...I'm not sure what I can change without messing up my team's strategy. I guess it wouldn't hurt to make Excadrill Jolly instead of Adamant, though I dunno if that'd even matter since Gengar's immune to EQ...

@krum Thanks a lot for the Gliscor suggestion--I'll definitely give it a try! I've been noticing that I have trouble against opposing Stall teams, so Taunt on Gliscor is probably a good idea. @Raiu/Roninord Yeah, I've been wondering if I should sacrifice Swords Dance for X-Scissor for the sake...

Bump for great justice! *Update* Managed to reach 881/57939 (Top 1.5%) with this updated team. But I could still use some suggestions if you guys have any. Thanks :)

Hey guys, I realize that with the plethora of Sand (and to a lesser extent, Stall) teams being posted that this post may not receive much attention. But I'll be happy even if I get just a couple of constructive responses. I'm still kind of new to the competitive battling scene and could use...

I've beaten many, many weather teams without a weather setter of my own (Stall says hi). The difference between weather setters and Inconsistent is that the former is much less centralizing than the latter. You *could* use a weather setter, but that's optional. With Inconsistent, if you don't...

The exact same thing just happened to me 10 minutes ago. It was largely my fault, though, since I had no idea that Inconsistent existed until this match. My opponent was lucky and got two +2 Evasion boosts right off the bat. He then proceeded to sweep my team :( I guess this thing technically...

Thanks for catching that mistake! I made the changes to my Venusaur and updated the post, as well as corrected the EV notation. Thanks for the suggestion. I only play Wifi, so I get to see my opponent's team before the game starts. If I see a weather setter on their team, I definitely don't...