Forgetting about Hippopotas?
In any case, passing tactics seem to be what'll dominate here, what with Gorebyss in OU being a good example of how good this is?
-
Check out the relaunch of our general collection, with classic designs and new ones by our very own Pissog!
-
Welcome to Smogon! Take a moment to read the Introduction to Smogon for a run-down on everything Smogon, and make sure you take some time to read the global rules.
Rarely Used (RU) Tier
- Thread starter Rising_Dusk
- Start date
- Status
Forgetting about Hippopotas?
In any case, passing tactics seem to be what'll dominate here, what with Gorebyss in OU being a good example of how good this is?
We're really doing this....
It's in UU. Check the first post.
Snover.
Gorebyss+Huntail.
AAAAAHHHHH!!!!!
Seriously though, thank you R_D! I am so going to love this tier once it's developed (I'm already liking it now :D).
Time to go abuse Yanmega and Sharpedo on a team! Or should I go for double-Quiver Dance-Pass with Venemoth and (lol) Masquerain? So many choices...
Gorebyss+Huntail.
AAAAAHHHHH!!!!!
Seriously though, thank you R_D! I am so going to love this tier once it's developed (I'm already liking it now :D).
Time to go abuse Yanmega and Sharpedo on a team! Or should I go for double-Quiver Dance-Pass with Venemoth and (lol) Masquerain? So many choices...
Oh gosh!! SmashPassing and QuiverPasses... I'm going to NEED a hazer. I also might run scarf Vital Spirit E-vire just to take Venomoth's Sleep Powder and then hit it with a fire punch.
After a little while on the ladder, I'd like to say that Bulky Waters who have recovery are absolutely wonderful in this metagame (except Pelipper and Swanna, they will never stop sucking).
That leaves us with Slowking, Gastrodon, and Alomomola. I know it's too early to be making assumptions about the metagame, but I can see them being premier tanks or walls for RU.
That leaves us with Slowking, Gastrodon, and Alomomola. I know it's too early to be making assumptions about the metagame, but I can see them being premier tanks or walls for RU.
its basically how nu was it the 4th gen, whatever did not make the UU cut. However whats important here is that it will be supported on the official smogon servers and in a month when we have usage stats and suspect tests there will be an additional tier made, NU.
And Rotom-C could set up on those bulky waters, since it 4x resists it?
Just a thought.
No, I think there will be another tier below RU called NU, which will be the old favorite fail tier.
(or maybe there should be a RRU called Really Rarely Used in between)
(or maybe there should be a RRU called Really Rarely Used in between)
Why was there no Cresselia or Umbreon on that list? Those two are going to be a pain in RU.
The only difference that there would have been between this and NU if they had done it now is the name. This just leaves it open to create NU below this next month, but for all instances, is the same thing as NU was in gen 4.
This looks like a great idea!
Granted, I haven't played very much competitive battling this year yet (too much schoolwork, argh!), and I've never been much of an expert at it or anything, but...
1. It seems to me that there's so many pokemon not in Ubers/OU now that having three or more tiers under them may be the best idea to give a decent percentage of pokemon a chance to actually fight. Also...
2. If the last auto-weather-starter is in this tier, then that will leave NU with no auto-weather starters, giving people who don't want a metagame centered around weather a tier to play, whereas if Snover were simply placed in NU, that could potentially make all tiers' metagames be centered around some sort of weather or another.
Granted, I haven't played very much competitive battling this year yet (too much schoolwork, argh!), and I've never been much of an expert at it or anything, but...
1. It seems to me that there's so many pokemon not in Ubers/OU now that having three or more tiers under them may be the best idea to give a decent percentage of pokemon a chance to actually fight. Also...
2. If the last auto-weather-starter is in this tier, then that will leave NU with no auto-weather starters, giving people who don't want a metagame centered around weather a tier to play, whereas if Snover were simply placed in NU, that could potentially make all tiers' metagames be centered around some sort of weather or another.
Yeah I misread apparently. I'm stupid.
I might hop on when I get some time. From what I've seen though, Venemoth just kills shit.
- Status