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OPstolen from inspired by SV OU
There are countless Pokemon to take into account when teambuilding. From handling the strongest breakers to getting past the sturdiest walls, every team must be able to make their way around these threats.
How does it work?
Every week, a new 'victim' will be submitted. Your goal is to submit 1 check and/or 1 counter to it. Once voting starts, you may vote for the best check and counter in your eyes.
Rules (READ BEFORE SUBMITTING):
1. Please follow The Smog's description of 'check' and 'counter' if you are unsure:
2. Only post Pokemon sets that are reasonably viable in OU. If you aren't sure, try to stick to the mons on the Viability Rankings. Due to new regulations coming our regularly, do keep in kind the Viability Rankings may not list Pokemon that came out with the newest Regulation at the time.
3. Reservations are allowed, however if you don't complete your post within 24 hours someone else is free to take your Pokemon.
4. Give explanations. Not a thesis or anything, but more than one sentence should be fine.
5. If someone posts a Pokemon with a certain set, you can only submit the same Pokemon if it has a directly different set. You should be able to explain what makes your set unique.
6. You can vote even if you have not submitted a check or counter.
Hall of Fame
Click on a Victim to be directed to the week's post. Click on a winning check or counter to be directed to the submitted set. Click on All Checks or Counters to be redirected to a ps! paste containing all the week's sets.
OP
There are countless Pokemon to take into account when teambuilding. From handling the strongest breakers to getting past the sturdiest walls, every team must be able to make their way around these threats.
How does it work?
Every week, a new 'victim' will be submitted. Your goal is to submit 1 check and/or 1 counter to it. Once voting starts, you may vote for the best check and counter in your eyes.
Rules (READ BEFORE SUBMITTING):
1. Please follow The Smog's description of 'check' and 'counter' if you are unsure:
Pokémon A checks Pokémon B if, when Pokémon A is given a free switch into Pokémon B, Pokémon A can win every time, even under the worst case scenario, without factoring in hax.
Pokémon A counters Pokémon B if Pokémon A can manually switch into Pokémon B and still win every time, even under the worst case scenario, without factoring in hax.
There are some parts of those definitions that may be confusing to the unfamiliar, so now I'm going to make sure we're all on the same page. "Hax" does not mean cheats or codes used to win. "Hax" means, loosely, things that have a chance of happening but usually don't, for example, critical hits (under most circumstances), Ice Beam freezing, and Fire Blast missing. This means that we don't take into account these types of things when we analyze if one Pokémon checks or counters another. Despite this, it's unwise to declare that one Pokémon checks another when the victorious Pokémon relies on hitting Focus Blast three times in a row, or something like that. Basically, you're often okay ignoring hax unless something that doesn't have a high chance of happening must happen in order for a Pokémon to check or counter another.
There are some things, like flinching, which you would normally consider to be hax but aren't always so. For example, Jirachi has a 60% chance to flinch a slower opponent with Iron Head, so in this case, flinching is not hax because it happens over half the time. For things such as missing or secondary effects, such as a Scald burn or Special Defense drop from Seed Flare, that have a decently high chance of happening, you need to think about them when you analyse checks or counters. Even though they might fit the standard definition of hax, they happen often enough for you to expect to see them in real situations somewhat commonly. There's no official or best guideline, but in my opinion, if some form of "hax" has a 30% chance or higher of happening, you should keep it in the back of your mind because it's not a negligible occurrence.
Pokémon A counters Pokémon B if Pokémon A can manually switch into Pokémon B and still win every time, even under the worst case scenario, without factoring in hax.
There are some parts of those definitions that may be confusing to the unfamiliar, so now I'm going to make sure we're all on the same page. "Hax" does not mean cheats or codes used to win. "Hax" means, loosely, things that have a chance of happening but usually don't, for example, critical hits (under most circumstances), Ice Beam freezing, and Fire Blast missing. This means that we don't take into account these types of things when we analyze if one Pokémon checks or counters another. Despite this, it's unwise to declare that one Pokémon checks another when the victorious Pokémon relies on hitting Focus Blast three times in a row, or something like that. Basically, you're often okay ignoring hax unless something that doesn't have a high chance of happening must happen in order for a Pokémon to check or counter another.
There are some things, like flinching, which you would normally consider to be hax but aren't always so. For example, Jirachi has a 60% chance to flinch a slower opponent with Iron Head, so in this case, flinching is not hax because it happens over half the time. For things such as missing or secondary effects, such as a Scald burn or Special Defense drop from Seed Flare, that have a decently high chance of happening, you need to think about them when you analyse checks or counters. Even though they might fit the standard definition of hax, they happen often enough for you to expect to see them in real situations somewhat commonly. There's no official or best guideline, but in my opinion, if some form of "hax" has a 30% chance or higher of happening, you should keep it in the back of your mind because it's not a negligible occurrence.
3. Reservations are allowed, however if you don't complete your post within 24 hours someone else is free to take your Pokemon.
4. Give explanations. Not a thesis or anything, but more than one sentence should be fine.
5. If someone posts a Pokemon with a certain set, you can only submit the same Pokemon if it has a directly different set. You should be able to explain what makes your set unique.
6. You can vote even if you have not submitted a check or counter.
Hall of Fame
Click on a Victim to be directed to the week's post. Click on a winning check or counter to be directed to the submitted set. Click on All Checks or Counters to be redirected to a ps! paste containing all the week's sets.
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