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Clerics seem less common in D/P's less passive metagame. Most cleric-capable Pokes seem to prefer other moves instead now, but the need for clerics is greater than ever. OU-viable clerics are hard to come by. The short list is Lapras, Articuno, Dragonite, Miltank, Blissey, Celebi, and...

Previous Discussion #481 Mesprit Base Stats: 80 HP / 105 Atk / 105 Def / 105 SAtk / 105 SDef / 80 Spd Ability: Levitate (ground moves miss) Notable Physical Movepool U-Turn Notable Special Movepool Psychic Shadow Ball Thunderbolt Charge Beam Ice Beam Energy Ball Grass Knot Notable Support...

All this is courtesy of my friend Denin and his Nintendo Power guide for Pokemon D/P. It seems that in Pokemon Diamond and Pearl there's a thing called a Characteristic. This characteristic is independant of natures and governs how fast a stat grows in the game. Perhaps this is the game telling...

#491 Darkrai Base Stats: 70 HP / 90 Atk / 90 Def / 135 SAtk / 90 SDef / 125 Spd Ability: Bad Dreams (opponent loses 12.5% HP each turn they're asleep) Notable Physical Movepool Pursuit Payback Focus Punch Brick Break Drain Punch Aerial Ace Shadow Claw Rock Slide X-Scissor Poison Jab Notable...

This thread will be a discussion of building paralysis / flinch / confusion teams for standard (OU). I intend this to be a reference to those people who wish to build such teams built around paralysis to aid in the team's sweeping. Paraflinch teams work on the premise that a Pokemon who is...

#462 Magnezone Base Stats: 70 HP / 70 Atk / 115 Def / 130 SAtk / 90 SDef / 60 Spd Ability: Magnet Pull (traps steel types) Ability: Sturdy (OHKO moves fail) Notable Physical Movepool Spark Magnet Bomb Gyro Ball Explosion Notable Special Movepool Discharge Thunder Charge Beam Thunderbolt Zap...

#062 Poliwrath Base Stats: 90 HP / 85 Atk / 95 Def / 70 SAtk / 90 SDef / 70 Spd Trait: Damp (Self-Destruct and Explosion cannot be used) Trait: Water Absorb (water attacks against Poliwrath are absorbed into up to 25% of max HP) Notable Physical Movepool Brick Break Waterfall Earthquake Rock...

Mekkah mentioned this possibility that D/P could merely have three tiers in Uber, Overused, and Underused. I think this would be a great idea as it would eliminate the Borderline tier and allow for a wide variety of Pokemon to be featured in an amazingly large and diverse tier. A lot of Pokemon...

#003 Venusaur Base Stats: 80 HP / 82 Atk / 83 Def / 100 SAtk / 100 SDef / 80 Spd Ability: Overgrow (when HP drops below 33% grass-type attacks are boosted by 1.5x) Projected Tier: Borderline Notable Physical Movepool Seed Bomb Earthquake Rock Smash Notable Special Movepool Solarbeam Energy...

Couldn't find a recent discussion on Rampardos, so here we are. #409 Rampardos Base Stats: 97 HP / 165 Atk / 60 Def / 65 SAtk / 50 SDef / 58 Spd Ability: Mold Breaker (opponent's attack-negating abilities are negated) Notable Physical Movepool Rock Slide Stone Edge Head Smash Earthquake...

I simply love how UU looks in the few brief glimpses that I have caught of it throughout the discussions here, but I feel that UU has been majorly neglected unfortunately. With the exception of Phuquoph's UU team I've yet to see another UU RMT. Perhaps UU falls into place once people start...

#423 Gastrodon Base Stats: 111 HP / 83 Atk / 68 Def / 92 SAtk / 82 SDef / 39 Spd Ability: Sticky Hold (Gastrodon's item can't be stolen) Ability: Storm Drain (water attacks are drawn to Gastrodon in 2v2) Notable Physical Movepool Earthquake Stone Edge Waterfall Body Slam Counter Notable...

#217 Ursaring Base Stats: 90 HP / 130 Atk / 75 Def / 75 SAtk / 75 SDef / 55 Spd Ability: Guts (one stage attack increase when statused) Ability: Quick Feet (one stage speed increase when statused) Weak 2x: Immunity: Notable Physical Movepool Slash Hammer Arm Focus Punch Facade Return...

#146 Moltres Base Stats: 90 HP / 100 Atk / 90 Def / 125 SAtk / 85 SDef / 90 Spd Ability: Pressure Notable Physical Movepool Aerial Ace Pluck U-Turn Notable Special Movepool Flamethrower Fire Blast Heat Wave Overheat Air Slash Ancientpower Solarbeam Extrasensory (XD Purification) Notable...

#465 Tangrowth Base Stats: 100 HP / 100 Atk / 125 Def / 110 SAtk / 50 SDef / 50 Spd Trait: Chlorophyll (speed doubles during Sunny Day) Trait: Leaf Guard (Tangrowth cannot be statused during Sunny Day) Notable Physical Movepool Power Whip Knock Off Earthquake Brick Break Aerial Ace Payback Rock...

#106 Hitmonlee Base Stats: 50 HP / 120 Atk / 53 Def / 35 SAtk / 110 SDef / 87 Spd Ability: Limber (Hitmonlee cannot be paralyzed) Ability: Body Risk (attacks with recoil do more recoil damage to the opponent) Notable Physical Movepool Double Kick Hi Jump Kick Brick Break In Fight Reversal Mach...

#464 Rhyperior (Rock / Ground) Base Stats: 115 HP / 140 Atk / 130 Def / 55 SAtk / 55 SDef / 40 Spd Ability: Hard Rock (super-effective damage is cut by 33%) Ability: Lightning Rod (why would you use this one?) Notable Physical Movepool Earthquake Stone Edge Rock Blast Rock Slide Megahorn Arm...

Poison Spikes haven't been explored much, and with D/P so close I thought we ought to have a discussion on them. They could be very good, but you really have to plan your team to handle enhanced threats. OU / BL Potential Poison Spikers #205 Forretress #452 Drapion Possibly Useful Poison...

This is a work-in-progress of a Unifying Strategy: Stealth Rock guide. All assistance and constructive criticism is greatly appreciated. I'm only focusing on definitely OU / BL Pokemon with this guide currently, along with possible helpful Pokemon that could have usefulness in OU as well...

#110 Weezing (Poison) Base Stats: 65 HP / 90 Atk / 120 Def / 85 SAtk / 70 SDef / 60 Spd Trait: Levitate (Weezing laughs at Earthquakes) Notable Physical Movepool Explosion Double Attack Repeat Quick Revenge Gyro Ball Notable Special Movepool Sludge Bomb Thunderbolt Thunder...