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OU Playstyles
By LilOu. With some collaboration of Stoned RG. Special thanks to Shurtugal.
Welcome to the OU discussion of the different playstyles! The main purpose of this thread is to choose a playstyle every week (I'll choose it) and you, (yes, you), are going to be able to comment, give your opinion and suggest Pokemons that should be considered when making a team around the style [posting teams is also allowed, just keep in mind that this is not the RMT forums, so if you want to post a team try to make it short and use sprites of pokes, explain how does the team work and post replays if possible. Obviously, your comments must have connection with the chosen style, as well as solid arguments of why your comment(s) are valid. With this, newer players can decide what playstyle they like most and, of course, more experienced players can also expand their knowledge. Remember to be friendly with other people; if you disagree with someone's opinion don't slam with an aggressive response, just let everyone know what you think in a kind way. The links to discussions of each playstyle will be posted in the OP so everyone can read it at anytime!
Don't be afraid of posting! If you have a great offense, stall, etc team, just think about what to say and go for it! Don't forget that participating in this kind of threads gives you opportunity to earn that awesome Community Contributor(
Summary of the rules (Must read):
- Make quality posts. No one-lined posts.
- Your comments must be about the weekly playstyle chosen.
- No gimmicks. If you decided to post a team (or pokemon) don't suggest using pursuit Tauros to trap Celebi or Latios while there is an overall better option named Tyranitar.
- Comment how the chosen style affects the current metagame and how it fares in it.
- Support your team's posts with replays if possible. Explanation of them are a must.
- Having a wide point of view is needed. Don't post that stall sucks because you always lose to it.
- Your new ideas must have strong arguments of why them should be considered.
- This one is important: We don't want this to become a debate of: "this metagame is stale and has no diversity due to weather". This thread is here to make a discussion about the different playstyles, not to discharge all your hate against weather. Please, incoherent posts will be deleted and possibly penalized, so think about what are you going to write.
Past Discussions:
- Week #01 (February 8, 2013 - February 15, 2013): Hyper Offense
- Week #02 (February 15, 2013 - February 22, 2013): Sand Offense
- Week #03 (February 22, 2013 - March 1, 2013): Rain Offense
- Week #04 (March 1, 2013 - March 8, 2013): Sand Stall
- Week #05 (March 8, 2013 - March 16, 2013): Sun Offense
- Week #06 (March 16, 2013 - March 23, 2013): Hail Stall
- Week #07 (March 23, 2013 - March 30, 2013): Trick Room
Week #08: Weatherless Offense
So...this is the final week. We've had 7 weeks talking about playstyles, and now we are going to start the one that has more diversity, Weatherless Offense.
Now, we are going to make this week the best of all. Yeah, you are going to give your thoughts about this and why should Weatherless be used instead of rain, sand, sun, etc. But, don't limit to this, there are a lot of things that can be said about the playstyle, so, like I said before, be open-minded. Here is a great example of what I'm seeking for. We started really good with the Week #1, I want to finish the same.
I don't want to keep saying stuff, so here is when I stop talking and you begin to write. Last week, let's go!
by LilOu