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ORAS OU Experiment: Patterns, Trends and Flipping the Meta on its Head Good Day everyone. As the title of this piece suggests, we are here today making a valiant attempt at trying to combat the metagame as it is presently constituted. However, in order to do this we need to first...

The Suicide Squad: ORAS Edition (Somewhere off the Coast of Lilycove City) Lights flash on… beeping sound blares from the speakers above…. metal doors slide open….. “Good day…. I am Rafael Feliciano…. you Pokémon are here today because I need something from you. Hyper Offense X is an...

OU Refit: Taking a Step Back After Smogon pranked everyone with the Giratina-O April Fool’s Joke (haha… very funny guys and gals) it’s time to focus our collective energy into the current meta until Aegislash gets Suspect Tested again… cough cough… With that being said let’s jump into the...

What is that Stench: First Look at the PU Metagame As the heading suggests, this my first attempt at a new Meta as I usually battle in OU but wanted a change of scenery. I am not going to delve too much into the intro, so let’s dive into the Team Building Summary and Details Section...

The More Things Change… The More They Stay the Same… Ever since the introduction of Megas this Gen, the power creep that has occurred has caused all players to re-evaluate just how to go about the Team Building process. Some elements of the game will always remain, such as entry hazard...

Dante’s Inferno: The Many Circles of Hell When one decides not to accept their Lord Arceus as its creator; the fate of those is left to the many layers of the Distortion World. In it, Giratina determines where your soul will lie. This determination is demarked by the servants of Giratina...

ORAS OU: When the Easter Bunnies go Rogue!!! Like the title of this thread suggests… we are building a team where half of the team is composed of members of the Leporidae Family (Rabbits and Hares). With Mega Lopunny about to dawn upon us, I felt now would be a good opportunity to drop this...

UU Team Building towards ORAS: Advice GREATLY appreciated… Hello everybody and welcome to my RMT. This is my first time writing an RMT on a tier other than OU so please bear with me. I’ve tried lurking for the past couple of weeks trying to grasp what’s viable and what’s not and one of the...

The Science Behind Team Building: An Attempt at Understanding the Gen VI Meta Version 2.0 For those of you who might be asking where the first version of this RMT is, here is the link for it. When I build teams, I always try to install a level of ingenuity or forward thinking behind it in...

It's amazing how things have come full circle. The first RMT I wrote when I joined Smogon was a Rain Team. Now, with the rise of Sand Teams, it appears that we are somewhat back where we started with a need to combat Sand Offense. With that being said; here is the team that I came up with to...

Battle at the Pantheon: Where Titans Clash (The following is a scripture translated from the ancient Unown text that was etched onto a newly discovered plate which has been named by the Archeologist who discovered it; Prof. Rafael J. Feliciano, Director of Metagame Studies and Leader of the...

Dawn of a New Age: Ingenuity to Sand Offense With what feels like a flipping on the head of the meta with the rapid fire Suspect Tests, and eventual banning/limiting, of things like Baton Pass, Deoxys Speed and Defense and more recently Aegislash, with Mega Mawile now being under a Suspect...

Self Evident Truths: The Pursuit of a Well Constructed Concept Instead of writing a fun intro about scientific pursuits, alternate views on playstayles and historical mechanisms; I decided to modify an excerpt from one of history’s most important documents to reflect the current state...

History 101: Dictatorship through Intimidation Nobody knows this, but I studied History in College. History fascinates me in that, even though there appears to be copious amounts of evidence that suggest that certain acts should not be repeated due to the negative backlash or results...

A Different Approach to Hyper Offense: If you build it, they will come!!! Hello everybody. I’m here with yet another look at another aspect of the Metagame in the form of Hyper Offense. Most of us already have a general idea of what to expect from Hyper Offense, but this Gen, thanks to...

The Science Behind Team Building: An Attempt at Understanding the Gen VI Meta For anyone that either is in or has progressed passed High School has come across in Science Class the Scientific Method. This is composed of the following Steps: Ask A Question: My title subtly asks the...

Hey all, Welcome to another RMT. This one is a bit different in that this team is on my cartridge. So unfortunately, no Pokébank for me yet. (Yes America Sucks, I know) Please keep this in mind when rating it, but also broadcast any concerns that you might see for the team once Pokébank...

The Assassin Infernape @ Choice Scarf EVs: 252 Atk / 252 Sp / 6 HP Ability: Blaze Jolly Nature Moves: - Flare Blitz - Thunder Punch - U-Turn - Close Combat This Pokémon’s role on this team: Revenge Killer, Wall Breaker & Physical Sweeper - With the unbanning of Genesect from Ubers, guys who...

Hello all. Well its been a couple of weeks since I last posted a RMT. So without further ado here is another team that I have fun with. Once again any constructive criticism would be greatly appreciated as I'm always looking to improve my team building technique and incite. Tyranitar...

Hello all. This is my first RMT post. Any critiques would be greatly appreciated. Politoed Ability: Drizzle Nature: Timid EV Spread: 252 Sp / 252 SpA / 6 Def Item: Damp Rock - Ice Beam - Scald - Protect - Rain Dance This Pokémon’s role on this team: - Thanks to Gen V blessing this...