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[OVERVIEW] Wonderful typing, reliable recovery, and a solid base stat total keep Zapdos aloft as a persistent defensive OU threat. Zapdos's niche is how hard it is deal with for many offensive teams; staples to this archetype such as Supersonic Skystrike Landorus-T, Garchomp, Mega Pinsir, Mega...

[OVERVIEW] Mega Metagross is at the tip of any offensive team's spear. It requires no setup to break down defenses, moves fast enough to put high pressure on offensive teams, and has the defenses to consistently make its way into battle and stay there. There are few defensive answers to Mega...

[OVERVIEW] Zygarde is a top threat in SM OU, and Thousand Arrows is the source of its power. Because it compresses coverage extremely well and breaks past common answers to Ground-types like Celesteela, Skarmory, and Landorus-T, Thousand Arrows gives Zygarde excellent anti-meta properties...

[OVERVIEW] Gengar's great Speed tier, good Special Attack, and excellent typing make it a nasty threat in the OU tier. Few, if any, threats that resist Ghost exist in SM OU, and this is ultimately the secret to Gengar's power, as it can simply spam Shadow Ball and cause serious havoc...

[OVERVIEW] * Terrakion's excellent offensive typing, good Attack, useful Speed tier, and access to some key utility moves make it a great Choice Scarf and Stealth Rock user. * It also can run wallbreaking and sweeping sets, but in general they're not suited well for SM OU. * This is because...

[SET] Name: Offensive Trick Room Move 1: Trick Room Move 2: Fleur Cannon Move 3: Flash Cannon Move 4: Focus Blast / Aura Sphere Item: Fairium Z Ability: Soul-Heart EVs: 252 HP / 252 SpA / 4 Def Nature: Quiet [SET COMMENTS] Moves ======== * Trick Room is used as a pseudo-Agility, allowing...

[OVERVIEW] * Good Special Attack, passable Speed tier, Adaptability, a good offensive movepool, and Z-conversion combine to make Porygon-Z a formidable sweeper needing just one turn of setup. * While its Speed is not abysmal, it leaves it short of most Choice Scarf users after setup. *...

Where have you to run? [OVERVIEW] * Moxie, Dragon Dance, and a Z-crystal together have frightening synergy, allowing Salamence to outspeed and OHKO many common answers to it, starting an unstoppable snowball. * While 100 base Speed is by no means like lightning, arguably the tier's two best...

[OVERVIEW] * Togekiss's access to Nasty Plot, Serene Grace, Heal Bell, Roost, and Air Slash makes it a fairly formidable stallbreaker. * While it does have very nice defensive stats and solid Special Attack, its middling Speed prevents it from really shining as an attacker and Togekiss's typing...

The Ivory King [OVERVIEW] * Mamoswine has an exceptional offensive typing that allows it to put serious pressure onto nearly any team. * In addition, it possesses a powerful Ice Shard, which is useful for checking those that are weak to it or very frail. * Ground / Ice typing and Thick Fat are...

Come and see. [OVERVIEW] *Tyranitar's Sand Stream provides a sandstorm for Excadrill and acts as an emergency stop against rain sweepers. *Its Pursuit is extremely strong, being capable of removing threats such as Choice-locked Hoopa-U and Tapu Lele as well as as Latios, Xurkitree, Nihilego...

Name: Kartana Type: Grass/Steel Ability: Beast Boost Base Stats 59 / 181 / 131 / 59 / 31 / 109 Level Up Movepool L1 - Sacred Sword L1 - Defog L1 - Vacuum Wave L1 - Air Cutter L1 - Fury Cutter L1 - Cut L7 - False Swipe L13 - Razor Leaf L19 - Synthesis L23 - Aerial Ace L29 - Laser Focus L31 -...

In this thread I wish to promote creative, and interesting nicknaming, and examining these nicknames. Nicknaming is a way of personalizing your Pokemon and your team, and expressing yourself not unlike an art. It becomes stimulating and somewhat poetic to come up with a short but fitting...

This has been approved by the original writer labyrinthyiene or alter or something, as well as CC mod Accidentalgreed. Overview ######## Banette is the only Pokemon with access to the combination of Prankster and Destiny Bond. In tandem with Taunt, this allows Banette to check a large majority...

Overview ######## Togekiss is a Pokemon with a lot of potential that is held back by some major flaws. With good defenses, real offensive presence, great movepool, and useful ability, all topped off with a Fairy typing, one might wonder why Togekiss isn't a dominant threat in XY OU. Togekiss...

Overview ######## From beneath the loamy sand and calm tides, Crawdaunt arrives on the battlefield as a true powerhouse. Crawdaunt's Knock Off, Crabhammer, and Aqua Jet are truly exceptional. Coming from a base 120 Attack stat and boosted by Adaptability, nearly nothing can stand up to this...

Overview ######## Gengar returns for another bout in OU, undisputed as the only Pokemon to consistently remain in the tier over the past decade or so. Gengar has always just been that good, and in XY it is no exception. The XY generation shift does little but benefit Gengar; the new Fairy-type...

Cometh Doom Overview ######## Mega Houndoom is an often overlooked specially offensive threat. It takes up a team's Mega Evolution slot, doesn't hit as hard as its competition due being unable to hold other items, and has its ability mostly wasted by how poor sun is in respect to other...

######## Has a very high 135 base attack Very good bulk, especially on the physically defensive side High stats in general A nice set of resistances Pretty bad offensive STAB moves starving it for coverage moveslots Faces pretty big competition as offensive steel type, and as a defensive...

Overview ######## Barbaracle is one of the most threatening one-turn setup sweepers in the Overused tier by virtue of Shell Smash. With usable defenses and a respectable set of resistances, Barbaracle can find opportunities to set up, and when it does, it can punch holes in teams or finish them...