OU Simple Questions, Simple Answers (Read the OP First!)

[Chadtherest00]

uh Mixrachi, I would of preferred NP-Celebi, my team is weak to that

Celebi is a really solid choice.
With acess to leech seed and stealth rock its a pretty big threat.

I was thinking about Vaporeon with blizzard and scald. Is that a bad idea? !

Nope double damage on a lot of meta game
Salamance, garchomp, Gligar, Dragonite, and landorus

Slowbro is a usually solid counter for Landorus, which does heavy damage with Scald or can KO with Ice Beam, you may have issues with more offensive versions though. As a check, pretty much anything that can hit it with super effective damage, perhaps Mamoswine might be something to consider offensively and you can check with Ice Shard or even Icicle Crash, while using Earthquake in gravity.

Mamoswine is pretty solid... Has a nice shard STAB

 

[DDRMaster]

I was thinking about Vaporeon with blizzard and scald. Is that a bad idea? !

Blizzard is generally a poor choice outside of Hail due to being inaccurate. You'd be better off with Ice Beam, which should still OHKO Landorus-T.

 

[Chadtherest00]

Yeah that's the same thing I hear from running aqua tail over water fall
In honest truth damage is everything ;p

 

[dwarfstar]

The extra damage is only relevant if it turns a 3HKO into a 2HKO or a 2HKO into an OHKO, whereas a miss can cost you the game (this is not an exaggeration). The only times Blizzard should EVER be considered over Ice Beam are in hail or in Gravity.

 

[Chadtherest00]

Well honestly if it was for tournament play I'd use ice beam. I mostly always use ice beam but I don't discourage a tech difference

 

[Prof. Almeida]

Well, my team is a Gravity one. That's why I put Blizzard

And I'll use Mamoswine as well, because I play through android and Landorus is banned from WiFi ou. I've just found that out

 

[Magicxgame]

I haven't played Singles in about a year, but I figure some people might want to play at a XY prerelease event I'm going to. So far, I have a generic offensive rain team of Specs Politoed / Scarf Keldeo / CM Jirachi / offensive SD Scizor / SR Garchomp / LO Latios. I'm thinking of adding a Thundurus-T as a wallbreaker, second Electric immunity, and Pokemon to better take advantage of the rain, but I'm not sure what to replace.

• I don't want to replace Latios due to its array of resistances and 110 base Speed.
  
• I could make Jirachi a SR supporter and replace Garchomp with Thundurus-T, but that would hurt the momentum of the team and I'd miss out on one of my Elec immunities.
  
• I'm thinking of replacing Scizor since I already have a Steel, but that means I would be more reliant on Keldeo to revenge kill fast threats and half my team would be vulnerable to being picked off by Mamoswine's Ice Shard or Scarf Kyurem-B (which seems to be the most popular set according to the September stats).

Thanks in advance.

EDIT: I'm also fine with keeping the Pokemon I have.

 

[Chadtherest00]

Well, my team is a Gravity one. That's why I put Blizzard

And I'll use Mamoswine as well, because I play through android and Landorus is banned from WiFi ou. I've just found that out

Does gravity increase ur acc. Or what?

 

[dwarfstar]

Gravity decreases the evasion of all Pokemon on the field, so as a practical matter, it does increase accuracy.

 

[Chadtherest00]

Oh badass I didn't know that, would u guys like to see me run a gravity team?

 

[bobbyvaporeon]

Do it if you wish, but gravity is a hard strategy to pull off.

 

[Chadtherest00]

Blissery is a pretty good way to set it up

 

[Princess Bubblegum]

Well, my team is a Gravity one. That's why I put Blizzard

And I'll use Mamoswine as well, because I play through android and Landorus is banned from WiFi ou. I've just found that out

Oh you are playing where Landorus is allowed, I was assuming Landorus-T, sorry about that.

 

[Chadtherest00]

I have a question where can I post up videos?

 

[Chadtherest00]

I had heard u kids like mega garchomp and mega milotic so I made this
Mr. Chomps
http://pokemonshowdown.com/replay/ou-54336039
Mrs. Milotic
http://pokemonshowdown.com/replay/ou-54336973

 

[Subject 18]

I have a question where can I post up videos?

Videos for what purpose? You could talk to Lonelyness to have things posted on the Smogon YT channel but it takes some approving for your video to be uploaded there.

 

[Chadtherest00]

:D thanks and it's strictly for entrainment purposes

I always come up with cool little giminks

 

[Chadtherest00]

What's OP stand for

 

[Subject 18]

Over powered or original poster

 

[Vyro]

I'm an avid OU and UU player, but I've never noticed why Tentacruel is OU. Every time I come across one, I either oneshot it or it does no damage to me.

What's the deal here? Tentacruel is mediocre at best, and from experience, he just gets melted all day.

 

[Princess Bubblegum]

I'm an avid OU and UU player, but I've never noticed why Tentacruel is OU. Every time I come across one, I either oneshot it or it does no damage to me.

What's the deal here? Tentacruel is mediocre at best, and from experience, he just gets melted all day.

I am going to guess you are playing offensively, or at the least Pokemon that beat it one on one. If you were playing more balanced, Tentacruel is a dastardly spinner that is a pain to kill because of rain dish.

 

[Vyro]

I am going to guess you are playing offensively, or at the least Pokemon that beat it one on one. If you were playing more balanced, Tentacruel is a dastardly spinner that is a pain to kill because of rain dish.

You're right. I AM a very offensive player. Now I think I get it though. Thanks!

 

[Chadtherest00]

why isn't there any team forums?

 

[MCBarrett]

why isn't there any team forums?

If you are looking for advice on your teams the Rate My Team Forum provides you with feedback on any teams you submit from other players from across Smogon! Hope that's what you were looking for, just make sure to read the rules before posting!

 

[Homeslice]

Chadtherest00 To add on to what MCBarrett said, inside that forum is a team archive which showcases various teams if you're looking for sample teams, but most of them are banned in some way and were archived because they showcased the broken element the best