As of now, the BW OU metagame is defined by cores, both offensive and defensive. If one has taken a look at the recent usage statistics you will see that both Rotom-W and Scizor are above 30% in usage (22.4% and 29.4% respectively). The next closest to rotom-w, ferrothorn, is below Rotom-W by 3%, a pretty significant amount! This is no coincidence, Rotom-W and Scizor form the offensive core of ScizorWash, used on (by my estimate) 15% of teams in BW OU. Another popular and new core that is popular in BW is Ferrocent. Both Ferrothorn and Jellicent cover eachother's weakness perfectly and provide moves that can shut down many offensive threats, making it an excellent defensive core. Their popularly clearly shows how effective and useful cores can be in the metagame.
This thread is to showcase cores that have been made by yourself and/or the community. We will be take one Pokemon and build around it by giving teammates that synergize with the Pokemon well, but can perform various tasks that work well together and ultimately contribute to letting your team win. These cores can be offensive and defensive in nature, but they must follow the characteristics inherent of every core. You should list these characteristics when you showcase your's:
- How do these Pokemon's typings synergize well?
- Individually, what are each individual Pokemon's role in the core?
- Ultimately, how do each of these Pokemon's role contribute to winning?
- What can counter your core and how does it get defeated? This question will help build upon and improve our cores.
I believe by showcasing each others cores, as well helping each other improve upon another person's core, we can improve the construction of our teams as well as improve on our teambuilding skills. To start us off, I will give us the defining defensive Pokemon of this generation, Ferrothorn.
The cores we will be posting will be 2-3 Pokemon. When you showcase the core, make sure you tell us what they do and how they synergize by answering the questions above. Good luck and build that core!
This thread is to showcase cores that have been made by yourself and/or the community. We will be take one Pokemon and build around it by giving teammates that synergize with the Pokemon well, but can perform various tasks that work well together and ultimately contribute to letting your team win. These cores can be offensive and defensive in nature, but they must follow the characteristics inherent of every core. You should list these characteristics when you showcase your's:
- How do these Pokemon's typings synergize well?
- Individually, what are each individual Pokemon's role in the core?
- Ultimately, how do each of these Pokemon's role contribute to winning?
- What can counter your core and how does it get defeated? This question will help build upon and improve our cores.
I believe by showcasing each others cores, as well helping each other improve upon another person's core, we can improve the construction of our teams as well as improve on our teambuilding skills. To start us off, I will give us the defining defensive Pokemon of this generation, Ferrothorn.
The cores we will be posting will be 2-3 Pokemon. When you showcase the core, make sure you tell us what they do and how they synergize by answering the questions above. Good luck and build that core!
