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Whether you are a seasoned veteran or a young guy in his prime on the tour scene, everybody remembers their big team tournament debut, SPL or WCoP. This thread is for people to share their memories, tell an interesting story about their first time on the Pokemon big stage. For the young guys...

[OVERVIEW] Metagross offers a unique and fantastic mixture of power and versatility to ADV. It is a staple of many iterations of offense, with access to the devastating Explosion and the ability to draw in many of its best targets. Metagross goes far beyond just blowing itself up, though; it is...

[Overview] <p>At first glance, Houndoom seems unsuited to the ADV metagame, being entirely walled by the sponges Blissey and Curselax, stopped by bulky Water-types such as Milotic and Suicune, and trapped by the ubiquitous Dugtrio. However, Houndoom is capable of filling an often pivotal role...

ADV UU is an underappreciated tier which I massively enjoy, perhaps more than OU. However, having played only around 250 matches in it since I took it up in 2011, it's not my strongest tier. The metagame is far quicker than ADV OU, with battles ranging from 35-85 turns in general. This is caused...

Residents of Jinsy, stand by your tesselators, and sing, sing, sing *coughs* because the inaugural RoA CCaT is here! OK - Jelli gave me permission to host this CCaT in whatever gen and tier I wanted, and I chose ADV OU. (as the tiers change in future CCaTs, so will the hosts probably). I am...

This team is currently very standard, and always does a good job. There are quite a few good players using similar teams to this, especially the Forretress Gengar PursuitTar core which everyone and their dog is using. In fact, I’ve played against quite a few teams where the difference is only...

[Overview] <p>Does your team need a spinner who isn't vulnerable to the Spikes it deals with? Does your team need a half-decent check to Dragon Dance Tyranitar, Dragon Dance Salamence, and the likes of Flygon and Jirachi? Does your team need a resistance to the QuakeSlide combination? If you...

[Overview] <p>One cannot help but compare Jolteon to Raikou, its fellow fast special attacking Electric-type. At face value, Raikou seems the superior choice, as it has superior bulk and access to an excellent boosting move in Calm Mind. However, Jolteon has three main niches over Raikou. The...

Ruins of Alph was originally designed as a competitive discussion of past generations, although nowadays it is cluttered with in-game discussion that ideally needs to be relocated to the Orange Islands section of the forums. What I am suggesting is that Ruins of Alph should be more thoroughly...

[Overview] <p>Swampert is one of the most important Pokemon and one of the best defensive pivots in the ADV metagame. Whenever you have a Swampert in your team, it's usually in the thick of the action. It shapes the metagame to the extent where everyone and their dog eschews Hidden Power Ice...

[Overview] <p>With a huge 130 base HP stat, decent stats all around, an excellent offensive movepool coverage-wise, and a great ability in Water Absorb, Lapras looks awesome in theory. However, it has major issues in practice. First of all, Lapras is outclassed by other OU Water-types, notably...

[Overview] <p>With an excellent typing that makes it one of the three Pokemon resistant to the BoltBeam combination in ADV (and the only one that can be called bulky by any stretch of the word), good special bulk, excellent type synergy with Pokemon such as Skarmory and Gyarados, and the...

[Overview] <p>Ursaring is the epitome of power, with a whopping base 130 Attack and an excellent ability in Guts. However, its rather lackluster Speed and vulnerability to all forms of residual damage certainly don't do it any favors. It's also rather difficult to switch in on anything other...

ADV OU - often praised by many as a tier of balance, can be seen as a happy medium in between the drawn-out stalemates where players have on average 2 birthdays per game that plague GSC, and the offensive RainTurnSandDragVoltSunMagDonkey spam death-every-other-turn metagames of BW2. The purist's...

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