OU ADV OverUsed Ladder Achievements

Bug Catcher Patrick · Jan 3, 2025

Bugs are the best! And they just keep getting better...

I'd like to claim Gold in the Spirits Achievement, Bronze in the Knowledge Achievement, and Silver in the Guts Achievement with these monotype bug teams:
https://pokepast.es/40bec192aec1a788
https://pokepast.es/dcf0009ac58dad64

https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen3ou-2267464511?p2
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen3ou-2267715290
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen3ou-2267716801-y8oxk8rj7hfcrc8oplwis8grdgkmub8pw?p2
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen3ou-2267717855-0za31jctescfl4mykqw4wusrilwuzmopw?p2
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen3ou-2273327544
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen3ou-2273975380
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen3ou-2273977268
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen3ou-2274406396

Insects are incredibly resourceful! Did you know that some dung beetle species use the stars to navigate on dark nights!?

Special thanks to the user snowflake necklace for teaching me a lot about teambuilding, and to bugwithabigass for fighting the good fight out there. I think these teams are capable of making it to top 500!

Zelph · Jan 15, 2025

claiming platinum Knowledge

CrazyJeff · Jan 15, 2025

Padeli · Jan 16, 2025

I was in the zone and got 1933 today:

https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen3ou-2282510832-kboy3s3bb1xic8pno2pgawsk14k630hpw?p2

Loving my new team, feels very comfortable

L3W · Jan 19, 2025

Post in thread 'ADV OU Creative Sets, Synergistic Cores, and Concepts'
https://www.smogon.com/forums/threa...stic-cores-and-concepts.3687815/post-10411856

Claiming Platinum Guts

Osterzone · Jan 19, 2025

Claiming silver knowledge and bronze brave

https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen3ou-2284231636-tnfheypgcezaz6j5sj3b3pvqbpoqgl8pw
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen3ou-2284236144

L3W · Jan 21, 2025

Platinum brave, platinum knowledge, and a couple luck challenges

Guacamole:
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen3ou-2285559420-3dcgccopbxleqvwf66cohpl8rkxp1g3pw?p2

Sweepage:
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen3ou-2285564836-hfaiik2fcbj862ddswzcqdaxg6159vppw

L3W · Jan 22, 2025

Surgical strike:
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen3ou-2282849489-9qqy495allh4nwp4hpp70rz0x79n7yypw

(See previous guts post for alt confirmation)

I’m not sure if this counts because even though I was for sure winning (rules say this is the condition for forfeits to count) swampert lives 1 hp grass and registeel can’t sweep from there, so I’d have to send out a 4th mon. Up to your discretion

Nal · Jan 24, 2025

L3W · Jan 29, 2025

Platinum Spirits
Team: https://pokepast.es/3dd85fb1b4ccc5ab

Thoughts: Building for this was interesting. I am surprised aero didn’t make the final cut here, but given how much ttar, dd mence and cm bliss threaten mono flying, I think mence makes sense defensively. Offensively the power is really nice for progressing against stall in a more active way than pp-stalling.

It would be interesting to see something other than flying and psychic make the cut, because they’re a clear step above the rest. I think a rock spam with cradily, spikes omastar and lunatone as backbone might work. Mono water could work with lanturn and ludicolo as electric/grass answers. Mono fighting is a long shot, but the potential might be there with reversal sweepers. Mono-ground has a shot with quag for water checking + spin + dugtrio for celebi. Poison has some interesting options including nido’s for rock resisting, tentacruel for fire checking, spikes via roselia and destiny bond gengar. Probably wouldn’t work, though.

Anyway, I will edit this post with replays later.

Nal · Jan 31, 2025

Claiming platinum knowledge and platinum brave

(Account confirmation is in my previous post, from the guts achievement)

Hclat · Feb 1, 2025

claiming the guts record - 1943 elo https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen3ou-2275606359-i7b2ebv5gjl1t3u8twhjvz2gya5ha4wpw?p2 (the unrevealed is a 4th BL)

Skarph's elo record should be reflected. I believe 2036 was his peak.

A3ONFA · Feb 6, 2025

Nal · Feb 12, 2025

Claiming Platinum Tactics

(shoutout to padeli's ladder team)

AC7 · Feb 12, 2025

Did a pretty big update, sorry for the delay ( I've had a hectic irl lately). Achievements not in compliance with alt age have been reinstated, as that rule no longer applies.
I'll keep up with the thread and have it up to date as you all post.

[I may very well have missed something, so please shoot me a dm if you have questions.]

Happy laddering!

Nal · Feb 16, 2025

Claiming platinum ability, and the completion of all achievements!

Tempokin · Feb 16, 2025

Nal said:
Claiming platinum ability, and the completion of all achievements!
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen3ou-2301907936-55ajmb9hv6gbg1rp49d91ni2aolbph5pw
View attachment 714181

i want you

A3ONFA · Feb 18, 2025

badabing · Feb 18, 2025

nothing tops off the ultimate skill based achievement like beating on good ole fashioned flareon

zinc · Feb 18, 2025

Claiming seven of eight luck challenges:
KABOOM!
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen3ou-2302598787-oewg00i3kic1a0ndqmte2lenql2altypw
https://pokepast.es/1466af52fef17b2e
Death by 1000 Cuts/STABless
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen3ou-2302763418
https://pokepast.es/b3c3860f5906d362
The Sweepage Special
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen3ou-2303246946
Not So Weak
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen3ou-2303310893-rfku8nwxpn15bgbnv4iubm5alrb7rjgpw
https://pokepast.es/f5b316b15e03ca75
Taken by Storm
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen3ou-2303229594
Surgical Strike
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen3ou-2294601360

Teams are provided for the ones where I had to build specifically for this challenge. Special thanks to nal for giving tips for a few of the challenges and for providing teams that I could edit to my liking for the challenges that required building from scratch. Sharing these teams to give people food for thought for those challenges. I'll be back to claim Guacamole later.

Spreek · Feb 19, 2025

claiming plat knowledge https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen3ou-2303999439-bdskd5twci549ftccgv1d455y1vxmywpw

Spreek · Feb 19, 2025

claiming platinum brave

Sinodin · Feb 22, 2025

Claiming new Platinum on the Fun Challenge Guts Achievement. 1700 Elo with 3 BL pokemon. Raikou Armaldo and Kingdra in my case :) Can anyone beat it?

zinc · Feb 24, 2025

Claiming Platinum Guts (hopefully)
I have most of the replays from my ladder sessions but am missing two of the last three replays (but you can still see me struggle in the mid-1500s with these teams for dozens of replays if you so please). Regardless, here are the ones that I saved:
https://pastebin.com/B5cV0dpu

The replay in which I hit the goal for Platinum:
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen3ou-2306579886

Teams used:
https://pokepast.es/3390b7469b310e4f
https://pokepast.es/404f38bb88a1dd2e

Kingdra sucks. Don't use it. These teams aren't that good, the second one at least has potential though.

RL · Feb 24, 2025

Claiming Platinum Spirits
Last Replay: https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen3ou-2307006473-nxs82pusmxs559en5w720rco8awg130pw

Sorry to everyone I Jynx haxxed

Edit, got Platinum Guts too: https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen3ou-2307070463-oqtb2976qvvxahtor4wqaqer5b2brt6pw
zinc i got it! Thanks for posting teams Nal btw!

OU ADV OverUsed Ladder Achievements

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As a friend you are ... replaceable, farewell!

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