Project Monotype Core Laddering Challenge Season 2 [INDEX THREAD]

Actually Lucas

Actually Lucas

Banned deucer.
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Guwahavel

Guwahavel

PS! Name: Guwahavell
Laddering Alts: CCS2Dr3 Guwah, CCS2Wa3 Guwah
HoF Rankings:
Bronze: https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen7monotype-821396293
Silver: https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen7monotype-822346064
Gold: https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen7monotype-822697738
Platinum: https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen7monotype-823678633
Bronze: https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen7monotype-821875260
Silver: https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen7monotype-822370355 (battle after because replays suck)
Gold: https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen7monotype-823132714
Platinum: https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen7monotype-824624119

W/L Ratios:
26-4
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23-7
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Peaks:
1608 https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen7monotype-823678633
soon
 
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average fella

average fella

Challenge Registration:
PS! Name: average fella
Laddering Alts: ccs2wa3 xd
HoF Rankings:
bronze https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen7monotype-820905655
silver https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen7monotype-820952213
gold https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen7monotype-821597697
platinum https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen7monotype-821914540
peak:
http://prntscr.com/l8nuvm

w/l after 30 games
http://prntscr.com/l7bkds

THINGS I HAVE LEARNED FROM THIS CC:
the best way to win is to commit 4 of your mons to destroying anything even vaguely bulky, offense be damned
vast majority of my losses were against impermissibly bad teams with things like solarbeam torkoal. guess how many times i lost to normal. guess. 0. good team.
rain is fake

uhhh heres my team
fuck (Manaphy) @ Iapapa Berry
Ability: Hydration
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Tail Glow
- Psychic
- Scald
- Ice Beam

anything (Greninja) @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Protean
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Ice Beam
- U-turn
- Dark Pulse
- Hydro Pump

even (Swampert) @ Leftovers
Ability: Damp
EVs: 252 HP / 240 Def / 16 SpD
Impish Nature
- Earthquake
- Scald
- Stealth Rock
- Roar

vaguely (Tapu Fini) @ Leftovers
Ability: Misty Surge
EVs: 252 HP / 4 SpA / 252 SpD
Calm Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Moonblast
- Defog
- Nature's Madness
- Taunt

bulky (Keldeo) @ Choice Specs
Ability: Justified
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Surf
- Secret Sword
- Icy Wind
- Hidden Power [Electric]

crawdaddy (Crawdaunt) @ Life Orb
Ability: Adaptability
EVs: 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Swords Dance
- Knock Off
- Aqua Jet
- Crabhammer
 
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Namranan

Namranan

:)))))))))))
Congrats to Ridley and average fella for winning the Dragon and Water core challenges respectively!

Also congrats to average fella and Guwahavel for winning the Water and Dragon win/loss ratios respectively!

I will also shoutout our platinum ranks!
Actually Lucas (Water)
Guwahavel (Both)
Poison Adhesive (Dragon)
Average Fella (Water)
Ridley (Dragon)


Thank you to all who participated and apologies for the late post. Tagging Eien to merge with index thread. The next challenge will be up briefly!
 
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Namranan

Namranan

:)))))))))))
taken over from Illama and approved by Eien.
hosted by Namranan , co-hosted by Perish Song

(Banner by Ticken)
Monotype Core Laddering Challenge Season 2 Cycle 3
2 Cores, October 22 - November 5 (extending time)

Flying

Togekiss + Thundurus-I
Tag : CCS2Fl3
Hall of Fame Rankings:
Platinum: 1600+
Gold: 1450+
Silver: 1325+
Bronze: 1250+
Togekiss - Togekiss is often not used on flying due to how it generally gets outclassed by Pokemon like Tornadus-T and Thundurus-T as a special attacker. However this does not mean it is completely useless on the type. Running Togekiss allows you to have a decent revenge killer with a decent movepool that allows you to run less coverage on a different sweeper, like Double Dance Thundurus not having to use focus blast on offensive teams. It may also run a thunder wave paraflinch set that can lockdown walls like Toxapex or boost its destructive power with nasty plot, this along with its ability to check Mega-scizor for some Scizor-weak flying teams allows it to still have a niche on Flying.
Thundurus-I- Thundurus-I is a great mon to assist Togekiss with its access to thunder wave and a good movepool selection that appreciates Togekiss' ability to compress coverage. It also can knock out opposing flying pokemon like Celesteela to make Togekiss' job easier.



Poison

Gengar + Golbat
Tag: CCS2Po3
Hall of Fame Rankings:
Platinum: 1600+
Gold: 1450+
Silver: 1325+
Bronze: 1200+
Gengar - While it is more popular on ghost and with its loss of levitate in gen 7, gengar isn't seen a ton on standard poison teams. However its ghost typing and speed tier allow it to help immensely with opposing psychic types like Mega-gallade, and can act as a greater form of speed control than nihilego.
Golbat - While it may appear to be inferior to crobat in every way, Golbat is actually bulkier than crobat with an eviolite, and can almost bring the same amount of utility crobat had. With it only losing a ton of speed, with a proper team golbat and its added bulk allow poison's already strong defensive core even more strong.


Note: This project is now lead by Namranan and cohosted by Perish Song. So now all questions and suggestions regarding to CLC should be directed towards us now and not Illama, the former leader.

To register to participate in a core challenge, you must reply to this forum with the proper information to be eligible! See the example post below for details. This also applies for submitting peaks (with that said please keep all of your information onto 1 post)! Otherwise, refer to the Index Thread for the official rules and info on this project. Please make sure to post replays of your Hall of Fame Rankings, failure to do so will result in your post being ignored.

In order to win this challenge, one player must obtain the highest ladder peak with the given core. In order to be eligible for winning the challenge you have to either post a replay of your peak (Highest elo reached) or take a screenshot of your accounts highest rank on ladder. The person with the highest rank at the end of the week is the winner of the challenge and will get posted in a new hall of fame in the Index thread along with the team they were using. If you win, please PM the team to Perishing Song or Namranan along with a brief description of the team and how you got the elo you got to. (Replays are much appreciated)

Remember to keep track of your Win/Loss ratio because the person with the best ratio out of 30 games can get a shoutout after the challenge has ended. To submit your Win/Loss ratoi just take a screenshot of your record and post it in your registration. The team with the best record will be added to its own Hall of Fame.

Have Fun!​
 
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Namranan

Namranan

:)))))))))))
Example Challenge Registration:
PS! Name: Namranan
Laddering Alt(s): CCS2Po3 TSoftie, CCS2Fl3 TSoftie
Peaks/HoF Rankings:
none yet
W/L ratio: none yet
 
Guwahavel

Guwahavel

PS! Name: Guwahavell
Laddering Alts: CCS2Fl3 Paraflinch, CCS2Po3 Fat Bat
HoF Rankings:
Bronze: https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen7monotype-824665903
Silver: https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen7monotype-825719099
Gold: https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen7monotype-826617413
Platinum: https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen7monotype-827048705 (game after but I was at Plat at the beginning)
Bronze: https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen7monotype-824676085 (replay after cause whoops, but its a better game anyway)
Silver: https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen7monotype-825729663
Gold: https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen7monotype-826638585
Platinum: https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen7monotype-827168960

W/L Ratio:
26-4
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28-2
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Perish Song

Perish Song

flaunt
is a Tutor Alumnusis a Community Contributor Alumnusis a Contributor Alumnusis a Battle Simulator Staff Alumnusis a Dedicated Tournament Host Alumnus
taken over from Illama and approved by Eien.
hosted by Namranan , co-hosted by Perish Song


(Banner by Ticken)Monotype Core Laddering Challenge Season 2 Cycle 3
2 Cores, October 29 - November 9

Grass


Roserade + Decidueye
Tag : CCS2Gr3
Hall of Fame Rankings:
Platinum: 1550+
Gold: 1425+
Silver: 1300+
Bronze: 1200+

Roserade : Grass's one of greatest strenghts is being capable of beating bulky / fat teams with the hazardstacking, its access to both spikes and toxic spikes makes it an option as hazard setter pokemon. Its good speed tier and acceptable Sp.Atk lets Roserade run offensive sets aswell.
Decidueye : This pokemon is a good offensive addition to grass teams. Its access to spirit shackles lets it trap and eliminate certain threats, while Shadow Sneak and Sucker Punch servers a key role in a Psychic matchup as well as revenge killing some choice locked pokemons.

Ghost


Dusclops + Gourgeist
Tag: CCS2Gh3
Hall of Fame Rankings:
Platinum: 1550+
Gold: 1425+
Silver: 1300+
Bronze: 1200+

Gourgeist : Gourgeist is only there because its halloween! All jokes aside, its access to Leech Seed, Will-o-Wisp and being able to spam substitutes from a fast variant makes Gourgeist a very annoying pokemon to deal with.

Dusclops : Dusclops high natural bulk paired with eviolite makes it a very hard mon to kill. Its access to meanlook lets dusclops fulfill a crucial duty for ghost, which is trapping. Trapping is very well appreciated by ghost teams, as the type lacks good wallbreakers to get thru common physical walls like Toxapex and Porygon2.

Note: This project is now lead by Namranan and cohosted by Perish Song. So now all questions and suggestions regarding to CLC should be directed towards us now and not Illama, the former leader.

To register to participate in a core challenge, you must reply to this forum with the proper information to be eligible! See the example post below for details. This also applies for submitting peaks (with that said please keep all of your information onto 1 post)! Otherwise, refer to the Index Thread for the official rules and info on this project. Please make sure to post replays of your Hall of Fame Rankings, failure to do so will result in your post being ignored.

In order to win this challenge, one player must obtain the highest ladder peak with the given core. In order to be eligible for winning the challenge you have to either post a replay of your peak (Highest elo reached) or take a screenshot of your accounts highest rank on ladder. The person with the highest rank at the end of the week is the winner of the challenge and will get posted in a new hall of fame in the Index thread along with the team they were using. If you win, please PM the team to Perishing Song or Namranan along with a brief description of the team and how you got the elo you got to. (Replays are much appreciated)

Remember to keep track of your Win/Loss ratio because the person with the best ratio out of 30 games can get a shoutout after the challenge has ended. To submit your Win/Loss ratoi just take a screenshot of your record and post it in your registration. The team with the best record will be added to its own Hall of Fame.

Have Fun!

​
Example registration :
PS! Name: Perish Song
Laddering Alts: CCS2Gr3 Perish, CCS2Gh3 Song
HoF Rankings:

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