Welcome to the NeverUsed tier Old Gens Hub. The purpose of this thread is to have a place to discuss all past generations of NU. Among those things you can discuss changes to the viability rankings listed below, any meta trends you've experienced, Pokemon or cores you've been using, and any teams you might wish to share and get feedback on. We've made this thread because, while there are a couple of people who play old gen NU, we want to bring more exposure to what we believe are incredibly fun metas. These metas are in no way meant to overshadow the current meta.
Rules for posting:
Sand by Togkey
SubTox Mantine by Togkey
Choice Band Tyrantrum by zS
Dragon Dance Aerodactyl Spikes by Rabia
Starmie Spikes by Togkey
Growth Vileplume Balance by Togkey
Offensive Bulk Up Braviary Balance by Togkey
Meteor Beam Spam by Togkey
Shuca Berry Swords Dance Toxicroak by Pokeslice
SM
Calm Mind Comfey + Life Orb Sceptile by Eternally
Flyinium Z Braviary + Calm Mind Comfey by Finchinator
Psychium Z Gallade by Finchinator
Choice Specs Sigilyph + Calm Mind Comfey by quziel
VapoVally Balance by Rabia
Z-Future Sight Delphox by Rabia
Dragon Dance Scrafty by Rabia
ORAS
Rain Offense by honchkrow
Focus Sash Archeops Hyper Offense by Shaneghoul
Shell Smash Omastar Offense by Rapture
Work Up Tauros by Eternally
Malamar Bulky Offense by Abejas
Copycat + Nasty Plot Liepard by Abejas
Standard ORAS NU by Teddeh (and like 50 other people lol)
BW2
Swords Dance Sawsbuck Spikes by Links and Expulso
Duosion Spikes by Finchinator
Samurott Offense by Bughouse
Haunter + Serperior Spikes by Bughouse
Eelektross + Kangaskhan Spikes by SBPC
Camerupt Spikes by Togkey
Choice Scarf Braviary + Life Orb Gardevoir by Finchinator
"Magic Spam" Spikes by Togkey
Double Grass Offense by Togkey
DPP
The Six Plagues by Bughouse
Lead Ampharos Paralysis Spam Bulky Offense by Bughouse
ADV
Lead Octillery by Rabia
Offensive Calm Mind Chimecho by poh
Flying-type Spam by poh
Baton Pass
Pressuring Water-types 101 by Rabia
Semi-Rain Offense by ArcticBreeze
Lead Choice Band Hitmonchan Balance by ArcticBreeze
THE VIG by ArcticBreeze
GSC
Persian + Fearow Offense by BeeOrSomething
Ninetales Balance by holly
Triple Boom Offense by MrSoup
Porygon Spikes by BeeOrSomething
GrowthPass Offense by MrSoup
MagGongTales by Estarossa
Triple Normal Spam by Estarossa
Primeape Offense by FNH
Houndour + Kingler Offense by BeeOrSomething
Graveler Balance by MrSoup
Rules for posting:
- Basic forum etiquette applies
- Make sure to put which tier you're discussing at the beginning of your post so the reader can easily tell which gen you're talking about.
- I realize that these tiers have been out for a long time now, however that does not mean that every single thing has been discovered. In fact, there is still room to innovate and discover new things. Don't write off something that someone else has posted just because you have preconceptions on how viable it is.
- This is a forums rule, but it deserves a special mention here. If you're posting a nomination, core, replay, or whatever, include relevant content or arguments with your post. Not every post needs to be a novel, but if your post shows a clear lack of concern for quality then it will be deleted
Sample Teams
SS
Sand by Togkey
SubTox Mantine by Togkey
Choice Band Tyrantrum by zS
Dragon Dance Aerodactyl Spikes by Rabia
Starmie Spikes by Togkey
Growth Vileplume Balance by Togkey
Offensive Bulk Up Braviary Balance by Togkey
Meteor Beam Spam by Togkey
Shuca Berry Swords Dance Toxicroak by Pokeslice
SM
Calm Mind Comfey + Life Orb Sceptile by Eternally
Flyinium Z Braviary + Calm Mind Comfey by Finchinator
Psychium Z Gallade by Finchinator
Choice Specs Sigilyph + Calm Mind Comfey by quziel
VapoVally Balance by Rabia
Z-Future Sight Delphox by Rabia
Dragon Dance Scrafty by Rabia
ORAS
Rain Offense by honchkrow
Focus Sash Archeops Hyper Offense by Shaneghoul
Shell Smash Omastar Offense by Rapture
Work Up Tauros by Eternally
Malamar Bulky Offense by Abejas
Copycat + Nasty Plot Liepard by Abejas
Standard ORAS NU by Teddeh (and like 50 other people lol)
BW2
Swords Dance Sawsbuck Spikes by Links and Expulso
Duosion Spikes by Finchinator
Samurott Offense by Bughouse
Haunter + Serperior Spikes by Bughouse
Eelektross + Kangaskhan Spikes by SBPC
Camerupt Spikes by Togkey
Choice Scarf Braviary + Life Orb Gardevoir by Finchinator
"Magic Spam" Spikes by Togkey
Double Grass Offense by Togkey
DPP
The Six Plagues by Bughouse
Lead Ampharos Paralysis Spam Bulky Offense by Bughouse
ADV
Lead Octillery by Rabia
Offensive Calm Mind Chimecho by poh
Flying-type Spam by poh
Baton Pass
Pressuring Water-types 101 by Rabia
Semi-Rain Offense by ArcticBreeze
Lead Choice Band Hitmonchan Balance by ArcticBreeze
THE VIG by ArcticBreeze
GSC
Persian + Fearow Offense by BeeOrSomething
Ninetales Balance by holly
Triple Boom Offense by MrSoup
Porygon Spikes by BeeOrSomething
GrowthPass Offense by MrSoup
MagGongTales by Estarossa
Triple Normal Spam by Estarossa
Primeape Offense by FNH
Houndour + Kingler Offense by BeeOrSomething
Graveler Balance by MrSoup
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