As long as the Pokemon is used enough in OU, it will be OU. Whatever the hell it does in UU, that's nobody's business.
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As long as the Pokemon is used enough in OU, it will be OU. Whatever the hell it does in UU, that's nobody's business.
You can sell the artifacts you get from diving in Undella Bay to the Karate Guy in the Riches condo for a HUGE profit. I recall 1 item alone he offered 100-200K for. Amulet coin battling is the way to go too, since the artifacts aren't unfortunately, limitless.
Anyone forgetting about that free daily Star Piece outside Pinwheel Forest?
There's also Casteliacone spammage btw. And the stadiums, virtually ALL the battles that can be repeated.
There's also Casteliacone spammage btw. And the stadiums, virtually ALL the battles that can be repeated.
For normal Singles, you get 3 for the first two sets of 7, and 10 for the last. For Super Singles, you get 5 for the first set, 6 for the second, 7 for the third and so on, up to a max of 10 per set (except the set where you battle the boss, which gives you 30 at the end).
Icicle Spear, with Skill Link, is a 125 power STAB move with 100% accuracy. 125 is a big number. Use that.
Cloyster's OU, but not Weavile.
Both are UU as well, although Kyurem is most likely going to be kicked out.
At the moment, this is the current OU list, peaking at the top 53 used pokemon.
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APR 2011 BW OU USAGE
Total Battles: 299644
+ ---- + --------------- + ------ + ------- +
| Rank | Pokemon | Usage | Percent |
+ ---- + --------------- + ------ + ------- +
| 1 | Ferrothorn | 127997 | 21.3582 |
| 2 | Tyranitar | 124735 | 20.8139 |
| 3 | Scizor | 112589 | 18.7871 |
| 4 | Garchomp | 109670 | 18.3000 |
| 5 | Gliscor | 89599 | 14.9509 |
| 6 | Latios | 78471 | 13.0940 |
| 7 | Excadrill | 78095 | 13.0313 |
| 8 | Reuniclus | 76510 | 12.7668 |
| 9 | Heatran | 72800 | 12.1477 |
| 10 | Rotom-W | 69963 | 11.6744 |
| 11 | Conkeldurr | 64134 | 10.7017 |
| 12 | Jirachi | 62501 | 10.4292 |
| 13 | Politoed | 61688 | 10.2935 |
| 14 | Dragonite | 60079 | 10.0251 |
| 15 | Thundurus | 57828 | 9.6495 |
| 16 | Gengar | 57689 | 9.6263 |
| 17 | Jellicent | 54143 | 9.0346 |
| 18 | Skarmory | 53975 | 9.0065 |
| 19 | Volcarona | 52072 | 8.6890 |
| 20 | Starmie | 49991 | 8.3417 |
| 21 | Gyarados | 46153 | 7.7013 |
| 22 | Hydreigon | 42618 | 7.1114 |
| 23 | Forretress | 41393 | 6.9070 |
| 24 | Blissey | 40940 | 6.8314 |
| 25 | Infernape | 39458 | 6.5841 |
| 26 | Ninetales | 37550 | 6.2658 |
| 27 | Vaporeon | 35047 | 5.8481 |
| 28 | Salamence | 34864 | 5.8176 |
| 29 | Breloom | 32410 | 5.4081 |
| 30 | Chandelure | 31648 | 5.2809 |
| 31 | Scrafty | 31427 | 5.2441 |
| 32 | Tentacruel | 31247 | 5.2140 |
| 33 | Metagross | 31188 | 5.2042 |
| 34 | Terrakion | 31080 | 5.1862 |
| 35 | Swampert | 30888 | 5.1541 |
| 36 | Haxorus | 29906 | 4.9903 |
| 37 | Lucario | 28559 | 4.7655 |
| 38 | Cloyster | 28456 | 4.7483 |
| 39 | Hippowdon | 28282 | 4.7193 |
| 40 | Magnezone | 27769 | 4.6337 |
| 41 | Deoxys-S | 27314 | 4.5577 |
| 42 | Machamp | 26504 | 4.4226 |
| 43 | Landorus | 26297 | 4.3880 |
| 44 | Whimsicott | 25583 | 4.2689 |
| 45 | Latias | 25340 | 4.2284 |
| 46 | Bronzong | 25206 | 4.2060 |
| 47 | Mienshao | 24469 | 4.0830 |
| 48 | Darmanitan | 23841 | 3.9782 |
| 49 | Toxicroak | 23494 | 3.9203 |
| 50 | Virizion | 23124 | 3.8586 |
| 51 | Venusaur | 21397 | 3.5704 |
| 52 | Porygon2 | 20833 | 3.4763 |
| 53 | Tornadus | 20586 | 3.4351 |
lol, 5 members of my team are on that list ^^
I think Cloyster (with Icicle Spear, not Crash) would remain OU for a while, what with the constant threat of his Shell Smash. Kyurem might join him (highly unlikely) or be sent to BL.
4 of my team is OU, 1 of them shouldn't be in OU, and out of the other 2, 1 of them is broken for UU, and 1 of them is my spinner. *facepalm*
still looking
Who are some good partners to Swords Dance Lucario and Calm Mind Latios?
I've heard Air Balloon Heatran, Ferrothorn, SpD Jirachi. Any other ideas?
Is that a good starting point for a team? SD Lucario and CM Latios?
Also, I'm looking for a legit Timid Mew, if you have one PLEASE VM me!
I've heard Air Balloon Heatran, Ferrothorn, SpD Jirachi. Any other ideas?
Is that a good starting point for a team? SD Lucario and CM Latios?
Also, I'm looking for a legit Timid Mew, if you have one PLEASE VM me!
I just wandered off the forums of Dragonspiral Tower (Which is something I very rarely do), and noticed this game-thing: Mafia. What exactly is it, and how does it work. It seems to be quite popular. I usually like those forum games, and I think I'd like to join one.
I feel dumb for asking this, lol.
(PS. I live in Holland, and Mafia is not really known there. Maybe it is like super-popular in the USA, how should I know)
I feel dumb for asking this, lol.
(PS. I live in Holland, and Mafia is not really known there. Maybe it is like super-popular in the USA, how should I know)
Yep, the usual forum game. So if I'm not mistaken, its basicly one big bunch of people, and a few of them are actually mafia. The 'normal' people don't know who the mafia are, but the mafia know their team members. Each night/day, the 'normal people' (including the mafia) get to choose one person who dies. Also, the mafia gets to choose one person. The goal is for a group to stay alive the longest.
Right?
Right?
Question, what happened to the Smogon Server on PO? It's either invisible for me or it's just not there. Have I been banned for no reason?
Thanks, I was getting worried for nothing then.
Can I make this pokemon work for me?
I'm brand new to the metagame and really wanted to use a Hydregion. Luckily, I discovered a legitimate shiny on the GTS (dont think the guy really knew what he had) and I would love to have him on my team.
His nature is Bashful and his ability is Hustle. I know people breed obsessively for the right nature, and I've never seen a pokemon recommended to run Bashful, so how bad would it be to use this guy competitively?
I'm brand new to the metagame and really wanted to use a Hydregion. Luckily, I discovered a legitimate shiny on the GTS (dont think the guy really knew what he had) and I would love to have him on my team.
His nature is Bashful and his ability is Hustle. I know people breed obsessively for the right nature, and I've never seen a pokemon recommended to run Bashful, so how bad would it be to use this guy competitively?
It wouldn't be very good, Bashful does absolutely nothing for your stats and your IVs are probably crap. That means you'll be doing several percent less damage, taking a similar amount more, and (most importantly) being outsped by many things that you should beat.
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