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It's pretty clear he has a cocky attitude, but I wouldn't go as far to say it's a simple "look at me I beat a Smogon admin" thing like some others may do. Even if it is, he made some good predictions and played pretty well, and gave some decent insight, so it's still a pretty good story...

What's the fun in spending literally hundreds of mind bogglingly repetitive hours to simply breed your Pokemon so you can stay competitive with people who already traded for/have/hacked good IV'd Pokemon? That's before you even talk about EVing your team. I wouldn't mind it so much if the IVs...

I like your team, Togekiss able to pass to a fast electric-immune or an Agility-capable ice/rock resist, or even Dugtrio to get rid of Blissey. Really similar to something I tried a while back, although I would've never thought of something like Empoleon. Nice battle.

Taking into account all defenses makes sense, but the way it has been implemented does not. This is using a straight Pokemon-vs.-Pokemon comparison, so it doesn't make sense to use both Atk and SpAtk since a Pokemon can't attack using both of those stats in the same turn. Instead, since we're...

The other issue with speed is that the actual difference in values doesn't matter, unlike the other stats. A Pokemon with 80/80/80/80/80/1000 would have a huge BST, but against something like Arceus it'd still lose. If you put the 1000 in something else like attack it would obviously come out...

One feature I'd like to see is the ability to select two Pokemon and a move and have it automatically tell you how many EVs you'll need to guarantee against a certain Pokemon. Could even set it up so that it gives you the amount for 0/0, 255/255, 255/0 etc. EV's automatically as well as allowing...

When I build a team, Garchomp is the only Pokemon I take a hard look at specifically to counter. Things like Salamence are dangerous, but if I build a solid team I usually won't have to worry about it specifically. Chomp, on the other hand... Right now, I feel like every time I make MUST...

How is this relevant to the argument? The fact that people actually ARE saying that Garchomp should be removed from OU when someone like Gyarados never had that problem suggests that there really are grounds to do such a thing. Personally, I'd like to see a metagame without Garchomp. His...

If only making a team on an actual cartridge wasn't so time consuming.

The more practical question should be how many Pokemon does it hit Super-Effective, since we know that not all Pokemon are part of the 17 types. Or, even better, how many OU Pokemon out does a moveset hit SE? Some ratios of that for different movesets would be interesting. Perhaps Electivire...

Wow, lots of people want to be subs... I've been in Puerto Rico for 12 days with no internet (first time I've gone without internet for that long since I went backpacking like 6 years ago) and naturally the tournament signup was in that time... Sigh. Second time something like this has...

Not too many options there for OU use... Togekiss, and a Pokemon that isn't even a special attacker. Sweet.

What Pokemon can Baton Pass Nasty Plot or a similar SPatk boost? Togekiss, Ambipom... ?

My problem with Choice Scarves isn't really how they affect the metagame as a whole; during the course of a regular battle, it doesn't come into play as a really game defining change or anything like that. It's nice to be able to boost a Pokemon so it outspeeds a Gyaradao after a Dragon Dance or...

Kristy is pretty cool, but... the thread title is "Best" set, not "most innovative." Granted, it's a good set, but it's hardly effecting change on the metagame like some of the others mentioned above. Of course, I suppose my argument really hinges on what "Best" really means, so...

It sounds like it would have the most potential as a move for a lead Pokemon, since there is a higher percentage of status moves in that spot, but it doesn't look like too many Pokes suited for leading get the move.

This seems to be a recurring point of debate in this thread, so I figure I'll chime in here. I've ran a ScarfGar lead since Shoddy came out, and the only thing that's ever outsped me without a boost while I was running Modest was another ScarfGar. When I asked my opponent he was apparently...

It wouldn't be too hard to get a team of taunters faster than most commons stall members so they basically can't do anything to you at all. The real question is... how do you beat an offensive team running a lot of choice items or something of similar nature?

You guys should read the thread before replying - this is for a 1v1, no-sleep metagame...

Games like Final Fantasy do have luck and crits but they are not as huge of a factor as they are in Pokemon. You don't get a critical hit in Final Fantasy and kill a boss that has 100,000 HP in one hit, but you can get crits in Pokemon and kill Elite Four Pokemons in one shot. Plenty of other...