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  1. Gen 6 The XY Ubers Viability Ranking Thread [Read Post #1000]

    Blaziken is A+ because a set of SD/Knock Off/Flare Blitz/Low Kick crushes balanced and stallish teams, while a set of Protect/Knock Off/Flare Blitz/Low Kick is really tough to beat for fast/fragile teams. There's also the rare baton pass variant that poses it's own problems to common "checks"...
  2. The XY Ubers Replays of Excellence Thread

    I found it interesting how often Sweep's scarf Kyogre got in safely, and how much trouble it caused, especially considering that his opponent had two counters (AV Amoongus and AV palkia). It came in 3 times on roost/recover and threatened a ko each time, and also threatened a revenge kill each...
  3. The Ubers Viability Ranking Thread (Now Taking Write-Ups)

    Garchomp Garchomp's primary attributes in Ubers are Sand Veil, his base 102 speed and the terrific coverage granted by his STAB moves. Garchomp's sets can be divided into Choice Scarf sets, and all the rest. Choice Scarf almost always makes Garchomp the fastest dragon in the tier (since...
  4. Reflecting on BW and Looking Ahead to Gen VI - SEE POST #508

    How about a reverse Stealth Rock, that you put on your side of the field, and it gives you health if you switch in? That would do a lot to revitalize stall, since switching your resists wouldn't be nearly as penalizing
  5. np: BW OU Suspect Testing Round 9 - Rock You Like a Hurricane

    That is an elegant explanation of why Tornadus T is broken on a micro level. I tend to focus on why Tornadus T is broken on the macro level. In particular, his synergy with other rain sweepers. Absent Tornadus T, pokes like Celebi and Ferrothorn would do an excellent job of taking the rain...
  6. np: BW OU Suspect Testing Round 9 - Rock You Like a Hurricane

    @vemane, that match was completely decided when your opponent failed to get stealth rocks up (and you made a great double switch to get Zapdos in against tornadus t for free, allowing you to roost). Rocks really hinder Zapdos' attempts to wall Tornadus T (his tornadus was doing about 30% with...
  7. The Ubers Replay Thread

    @Aquasition your opponent had poor late game strategy once you were down to just Arceus Steel. Rather than fishing for the crit with Palkia, he should have sacrificed lugia (simply by switching in, not using recover, and letting burn damage accumulate. If you roar it out to palkia, he switches...
  8. np: BW OU Suspect Testing Round 9 - Rock You Like a Hurricane

    A lot of the discussion has been about whether Tornadus T has counters, but having counters clearly doesn't preclude something from being uber. Even obvious Ubers like ExtremeKiller Arceus have solid checks in OU (Skarmory switches into anything but overheat in sun, most terrakion can revenge)...
  9. np: BW OU Suspect Testing Round 9 - Rock You Like a Hurricane

    I could be wrong, but I think the assumption is that if you're using Tornadus T, you're using Politoed. Therefore, there will be rain from the moment your Politoed enters the fray until your opponent changes it. Here are the November 2012 ou suspect stats: 9 | Tyranitar | 2267 |...
  10. np: BW OU Suspect Testing Round 9 - Rock You Like a Hurricane

    I think a lot of posts in this thread have argued something like this: pokemon x and y are the strongest pokemon in the metagame, therefore they should be banned. However, there will always be a few pokes who are the best or must useful in the tier. The question is: how large of a gap are we...
  11. Rain Offense - A Discussion

    How about some good leads for Rain Offense? Kyogre and Dialga are the obvious ones, since Kyogre brings the rain and Dialga is a reliable hazard setter. As evidence by the above discussion Rain offense has many roles to fill, so I have trouble fitting one dimensional leads like Deoxys S on my...
  12. Rain Offense - A Discussion

    What do you think the best Arceus form for Rain offense is? I like Support Arceus Fighting, since it crushes Ferrothorn and Dialga, can switch into random dragon attacks, beats opposing weather summoners, and lures and toxics Latias. It hates Ho-oh and Mewtwo, but Scarfogre solves that problem.
  13. The Weatherless Rainy Day

    why do you get the +1 attack vs EKiller? The Standard Extreme Killer has equal defense and special defense, and Download boosts special attack if defense and special defense are the same. Maybe add Explosion instead of Aerial Ace for Genesect? Also, Stalltwo works best as a stallbreaker paired...
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