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Naxte said:
Primarily, it was found to be able to run too many viable sets, including the Dual Screen (Reflect/Light Screen/Stealth Rock/Taunt) set, which was found to be too centralizing to the metagame.
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The idea that it was centralizing (which is disputable) was a bit of a side effect; nowadays we would say it's Uber under the Support Clause, since it not only could get up get up Stealth Rock and deny the opponent Rocks, the Dual Screen set made the Gliscor/Metagross Baton Pass strategy almost unstoppable. In fact, it's a classic example of what the Support Clause actually means.
 
Determining Relative Speed

One interesting change made to the Doubles environment during the transition to Diamond and Pearl is the order in which multi-target moves affect the Pokémon. They always hit the Pokémon with the highest Speed first, then the next-fastest Pokémon, and so on. The Speed stat used for this calculation includes all temporary changes to the actual Speed stat such as the boosts from Agility or a Choice Scarf as well as the penalties from Paralysis or an Iron Ball. When either you or your opponent uses an attack that hits both sides, you can use this information to determine the relative Speed of all Pokémon targeted by the attack.
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Quoted from the main site. I was wondering whether Trick Room will affect the order. Say I have the following with Trick Room up:

Camerupt (explodes) 60 speed.
Rhyperior (ally) 65 speed.
Something (opponent) 120 speed.
Something else (opponent) 80 speed.

Who gets hit in what order?
Rhyperior - Something else - Something?
Something - Something else - Rhyperior?
 
If Trick Room is in effect, the order just reverses. So, when your Camerupt explodes, it'll move first and hit Rhyperior first, the 80 speeder, and then the 120 speeder.
 
I've been gone for some time, so I need to ask a couple of questions.

What is Shaymin's Sky Forme? Does it add a flying type, change the base stats, or give it a better movepool?

What are the Rotom formes? The question is similar to the one about Shaymin.
 
Is there some sort of list out there that has legal egg move combinations? I use serebii's egg move lists, but it can be kind of confusing looking through the parents and trying to match them up to see what's legal.
 
adman2 said:
I've been gone for some time, so I need to ask a couple of questions.

What is Shaymin's Sky Forme? Does it add a flying type, change the base stats, or give it a better movepool?

What are the Rotom formes? The question is similar to the one about Shaymin.
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http://www.serebii.net/platinum/forms.shtml

That'll give you a side by side comparison other than movepool. There isn't any difference in Shaymin's movepool (moves carry over between formes), and each Rotom form gets one special move based on their object, and this special move does not carry over if it changes form.
 
adman2 said:
I've been gone for some time, so I need to ask a couple of questions.

What is Shaymin's Sky Forme? Does it add a flying type, change the base stats, or give it a better movepool?
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Shaymin Sky-Forme is Grass/Flying in type. It and Shaymin-L (Land Forme; the normal form) switch forms through an item in Platinum, so it and Shaymin-L have the same resulting movepool, similar to Deoxys (just like it, Shaymin-L and Shaymin-S have access to a few different moves, but since they can switch forms, they both can use any of them).

As for stats:
http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Shaymin_Sky_Forme#Sky_Forme

And the new moves as the result of being able to switch back and forth:
http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Shaymin_Sky_Forme#By_leveling_up


What are the Rotom formes? The question is similar to the one about Shaymin.
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A series of five new forms that Rotom got access to in Platinum (Wash Forme, Cut Forme, Frost Forme, Heat Forme and Spin Forme). They are all still Ghost/Electric, but have a different stat-total from the normal Rotom (all five new forms share this same stat-spread) and each of them has their own unique move, which is forgotten when Rotom changes forms so it can't mix the moves from the formes, unlike Shaymin.

The stat-spread:
http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Rotom#Other_forms

The special moves:
http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Rotom#Special_move

Edit: As for the link that Veedrock provided, Serebii still hasn't fixed Shaymin-S's stat spread on that page; the speed and Sp. Atk stats are mixed up (Shaymin-S actually has 120 Sp Atk and 127 Speed). Bulbapedia and the Serebii Pokedex have it right, though:
http://www.serebii.net/pokedex-dp/492.shtml
 
Anyone know the link to the thread where they were talking about calculators, in particular TI-83, TI-84, and you can enter the damage formula into it?
 
Is there any such program, spreadsheet, etc. that will allow you to search for moves similar to Serebii's moveset calculator, but also allow you to further define the search with things like abilities, types, etc.?

For example, is there anything out there that would let me do a search for every Pokemon that has the Technician ability and learns Quick Attack? Or, as another example, would let me search for every Grass-type Pokemon that learns Synthesis?
 
What exactly does the term "set up fodder" mean? It's in a lot of RMTs (X threat: set up fodder) and apparently Chansey is an extreme example of set up fodder. How do you take advantage of set up fodder? Is it just sticking a sweeper in and using SD/DD or similar moves? Is there another way of taking advantage of set up fodder?
 
MagicMaster87 said:
Is there any such program, spreadsheet, etc. that will allow you to search for moves similar to Serebii's moveset calculator, but also allow you to further define the search with things like abilities, types, etc.?

For example, is there anything out there that would let me do a search for every Pokemon that has the Technician ability and learns Quick Attack? Or, as another example, would let me search for every Grass-type Pokemon that learns Synthesis?
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This works decently for me.
 
whistle said:
What exactly does the term "set up fodder" mean? It's in a lot of RMTs (X threat: set up fodder) and apparently Chansey is an extreme example of set up fodder. How do you take advantage of set up fodder? Is it just sticking a sweeper in and using SD/DD or similar moves? Is there another way of taking advantage of set up fodder?
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That's pretty much what set-up fodder means; it's a Pokemon that is either forced out by several high-usage Pokemon due to the threat of being KO'd, or because it simply cannot do anything to them.

Using Chansey as an example, it is setup fodder for Gallade (because it must switch out or risk being KO'd by Close Combat) and for Calm Mind Spiritomb/Mismagius/any Ghost simply because it cannot do anything to them (since Chansey normally runs Seismic Toss as its only attacking move), aside from a possible Toxic that could just as easily be Rested away/blocked by Substitute.

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Lorak said:
This works decently for me.
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It's a bit more thorough than what I was actually looking for, but that's a good thing. Never know when those extra options will come in handy. I just wish it were downloadable... :(

Thanks a bunch!
 
This may not be a simple question, but what was the metagame like in 2008? I burned out for a while after the summer of 2007, mainly due to my shoddy connection at the time and I was tired of IV breeding. I noticed that Garchomp is Uber and Latias is Overused. Did the metagame focus on stalling or offense?
 
Latias just become OU like a few days ago (without Soul Dew). Latios is the new suspect.

When Garchomp was OU the game was massive offense. Typical games only lasted about 20 turns. Now that he is Uber, the game has become a little more stallish. With the advent of Platinum, the game is very stallish.

Also, the BL's have merged with UU.
 
Platinum made the game more stallish? Bullet Punch Szicor, OutrageMence, ScarfTrickers are everywhere. I would say Platinum made the game even more offensive, which is a, imo, good thing.
 
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