Recent content by Wind of Portent

This is awesome =D Will play when I have time.

Confirming as Hurcade. Also laddered as Morphology and Crystal Teardrops.

Although I actually haven't seen too many Spiritomb, Houndoom does pretty well against most kinds of Spiritomb, resisting both STABs and sporting an immunity to WoW. However, it doesn't like being tricked a CB. On another note: Approximately when will the rating reset occur? Or has it already...

And now I've made it unanimous.

Yeah, my offense teams are really going to miss the combination of Roserade's ability to force switches and (decently) fast sleep.

Noooo...Roserade, why? We lost a powerful special attacker, reliable spiker, and "wall-breaker" in one. And possibly most importantly, we lost one of best the Milotic counters, if not the best. Rhyperior looks dangerous, but its poor special defense and speed kind of let it down. Nevertheless...

True, although there are still pokemon that are slow enough to not mind Twave present on offensive teams, the most prominent example being Scizor.

Actually, despite what other posters have said, I enjoyed your colloquial style of writing. It was an interesting break from the Smogon-esque writing used by many of the best battlers. And yes, while I noticed the Hippowdon lead and thought "it's stall team" subconsciously, I never really...

Confirming as Crystal Teardrops. Laddered a few matches under Lukewarm Rain.

Oh god, if Roserade goes, Milotic will get a huge boost. Rhyperior won't be too bad; even with its good hp and Solid Rock, its common x4 weaknesses, low spD and spe will make sure that many things can check it. RP sets could hurt, though.