i was considering kyogre over ho-oh but that needs more testing.I think your team would do better with a palkia instead of a ho-oh and a brave 0 speed tyranitar to combat the hail issue
Well, what else is there to discuss right now? Possible locations for the regional qualifiers? Unless someone familiar with the VGC stops by the RMT forum, teams for it will largely be ignored. It's better to ask here, in a frequently checked forum, where we know what we're talking about.Hey guys if you want team advice you can feel free to make an RMT. This is not a team help thread.
I agree. It is a very competitive enviroment, so much so that TPCi has it as their main battling format.I always felt like we should get a subforum (like UU and UBER sections in the Stark Mt.) for Double battling in General. I feel like we could really increase the number of double battlers and form some effective strategies for the possible metagame. What do you guys think?
Well...I feel like we are in need of a subforum or something greater than just a single thread as discussing a whole meta in just one single thread is insufficient...especially when we are at a point where the meta isn't even known/set.quick question.....why hasn't anyone started a thread discussing 2010 VCG teams and strategies? I realize that some teams are meant to be a surprise, and we do not know the official rules yet, but still......I think it would be a great place to talk just teams/natures/moves/ev's and you could post links to battles, stuff like that....just a thought
I posted this like a month ago!!!!!! I agree, we really should start talking strategies...
Yeah, I agree.I agree. It is a very competitive enviroment, so much so that TPCi has it as their main battling format.
Seeing how right now there is only one forum that specializes in double battles (Skarmbliss.com) it would be nice to see how the populous of smogon would take to the format. You never know, if more smogon players took to VGC's it would increase the likelihood of getting bigger and more VGC events around the world.
SkarmBliss...has a lot of very good players but that's it.@lordkira-Your P.S. made my day. I feel no site really helps you out with double battling. Yes there is Skarmbliss, but barely anyone uses that and isn't nearly as popular as smogon. Very few people use this VGC forum, it would be cool to see what outsiders think of these new ideas considering no one really uses ubers to a certain extent. The thought of ubers in competitive play could be appealing to other smogonites. Lets spread the word!
Yeah, of course the threads should be appropriately made so that the forum wouldn't flood with a sentence worthy answers. Well, who am I kiding I'm not a mod, I just want the mod/etc/wutevs to help us form and shape this metagame that has the potential to be as great or even greater than the singles. Furthermore, I believe this will help us competitively fare much better against our Eastern hemi competitors. :DI thought that's what we were already doing? Though, we wouldn't need scattered threads if we had a subforum. ;)
Damn. I'm attempting to come up with a better team idea... mine was working great on PBR three days ago but the Kyogre + Abomasnow thing has it shut down--especially the dude that scarfed his palkia with thunder and blizzard. I had been running a sweet team with an adamant rock polish groudon that outsped scarfers, but he never seemed to do enough damage with earthquake even with STAB, 150 base attack, benefiting nature and 252 EVs. Heh.Wobbuffet is a no no. Lets say your playing mewtwo carrying taunt, wobbuffet is a goner and a waste of space.
i know it sounds weird but Roost does work in VGC play you guys have to try it. also that wasnt my team it was only an idea.Haku your team lacks Protect. Your carrying explosion which could be useless if your only left with ho-oh and shiftry. Recover moves dont work out well in vgc play.
I had careful Togekiss follow me support so getting the rock polish off was cake since i was drawing all the fake outs and such in. Some teams I swept like it was my job since my third was a scarfed Zapdos with discharge and heat wave. I just can never top the overpopulation of Hail+Rain Teams.Groudon is really a powerful pokemon yep, though in double battles, I see him more as a support pokemon than a sweeper/offensive pokemon like Palkia. Usually, more like always, I avoid using moves like rock polish...as it can be the end of me often times (in double battles, the situation can, at worst, allow your groudon to get hit twice, or giving up two turns in terms of singles, which is...horrible). In doubles, I would say the meta is not based around speed as it is in singles but more of team synergy and pokemon combinations, though the metagame is really much quicker than the singles lol.