Ok i say we stop being trivial about this and call it a draw and continue to post the silt things we see on the ladder
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Silly Things You've Seen On The OU Ladder!
- Thread starter MrEon
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Today's lesson: Customgame allows even more brokenness than hackmons, 'cause you can use anything including CAPmons and Showdown-only moves. As such, when challenged to a customgame, remember that your opponent may bring something like this to fight an OU team: http://pokemonshowdown.com/replay/customgame-84606541
Edit: Pachirisu sweeps a team in Ubers, thanks to a long and drawn-out Baton Pass setup: http://pokemonshowdown.com/replay/ubers-84604939
Edit2: Parental Bond Deoxys-Defence with Charge Beam, Power-up Punch, Oblivion Wing, and an unknown fourth move. Also Dragon Dance-boosting Bisharp. Didn't see what else it had 'cause it got V-created. And he forfeits after complaining that my team is clichéd.
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/hackmons-84648902
Edit3: Apparently, this guy somehow got somewhere on the ladder using nothing but a Wonder Guard Raikou: http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/hackmons-84657497
Edit4: The fine art of forfeiting: http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/ubers-84669438
Edit: Pachirisu sweeps a team in Ubers, thanks to a long and drawn-out Baton Pass setup: http://pokemonshowdown.com/replay/ubers-84604939
Edit2: Parental Bond Deoxys-Defence with Charge Beam, Power-up Punch, Oblivion Wing, and an unknown fourth move. Also Dragon Dance-boosting Bisharp. Didn't see what else it had 'cause it got V-created. And he forfeits after complaining that my team is clichéd.
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/hackmons-84648902
Edit3: Apparently, this guy somehow got somewhere on the ladder using nothing but a Wonder Guard Raikou: http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/hackmons-84657497
Edit4: The fine art of forfeiting: http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/ubers-84669438
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Random Shit volume 21: Of Age II Edition
-Sashed Dragonite with Thunderbolt.
-This: http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/ou-84631060
-Bouffalant, Psychic Klefki, Signal Beam Vaporeon, and Shell Bell+Hone Claws Talonflame, all on the same team.
-Torkoal.
-Here's how you revenge kill a Heatran: Scizor.
-Yet another Thunder Wave+Gyro Ball Ferrothorn. Please stop doing that.
-Same Ferrothorn attempting to use both Thunder Wave and Leech Seed on a Breloom with both Toxic Orb and Substitute up. I fear for that guy, I really do.
-Hawlucha 1, Eeveelutions 0: http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/ou-84631644
-Attempting to use Stone Edge, one guy says, "This better not miss." It did, of course.
-Non mega Pinsir.
-Defensive Volcarona with Whirlwind and Will-o-Wisp. He also had a Toxic Orb Talonflame and a Fire Pledge Charizard-X.
-Scyther, Magmar, and Meganium.
-4 belly drummers on one team: Charizard, Azumarill, Slurpuff, and Chesnaught.
-Not silly, but a rare event: http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/ou-84630942
-This guy must think he's Team Rocket, except for the Scolipede: http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/pandora-ou-255954
-Red's team yet again: http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/ou-84630033
-Sashed Dragonite with Thunderbolt.
-This: http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/ou-84631060
-Bouffalant, Psychic Klefki, Signal Beam Vaporeon, and Shell Bell+Hone Claws Talonflame, all on the same team.
-Torkoal.
-Here's how you revenge kill a Heatran: Scizor.
-Yet another Thunder Wave+Gyro Ball Ferrothorn. Please stop doing that.
-Same Ferrothorn attempting to use both Thunder Wave and Leech Seed on a Breloom with both Toxic Orb and Substitute up. I fear for that guy, I really do.
-Hawlucha 1, Eeveelutions 0: http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/ou-84631644
-Attempting to use Stone Edge, one guy says, "This better not miss." It did, of course.
-Non mega Pinsir.
-Defensive Volcarona with Whirlwind and Will-o-Wisp. He also had a Toxic Orb Talonflame and a Fire Pledge Charizard-X.
-Scyther, Magmar, and Meganium.
-4 belly drummers on one team: Charizard, Azumarill, Slurpuff, and Chesnaught.
-Not silly, but a rare event: http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/ou-84630942
-This guy must think he's Team Rocket, except for the Scolipede: http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/pandora-ou-255954
-Red's team yet again: http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/ou-84630033
Given that the Greninja is on the same team as a special Conk, wouldn't be too surprised if it had a bulkier spread... Also the Victini is clearly mixed, so might have had a neutral nature + not a whole lot of atk investment.
0 Atk Victini Bolt Strike vs. 252 HP / 0 Def Greninja: 260-306 (74.7 - 87.9%) -- guaranteed 2HKO <-- which is consistent with the damage it did that match.
On a side note...
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/frost-ou-288964 <-- clean sweep with Venomoth. Yes, it's a grass mono vs. a bug mono, but still. The thing that makes this match funny is this guy's comments. "u r hacking stop stop"
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/ou-84655894 <-- "banded" ditto lol.. 1/2 his team is weak to fighting, and most of the rest has been weakened. WTF did he expect? (there's a reason this thing is being suspected, after all..)
Fair enough.
First off, that is not how you fight a Bug/Poison using Grass types. Did it not occur to him to maybe switch in Breloom while you were boosting and hit you with Rock Tomb?
Secondly, there are in fact ways to play around a Scarfed Imposter Ditto as Mega Lucario. Like maybe... having a Ghost-type still alive? Or having Mega Lucario carry priority that your other members resist, so that either Ditto locks itself into priority and gets tanked, or locks itself into Close Combat and gets owned by priority?
And yes, Mega Lucario is pretty darn powerful. But personally, I'm alright with that. It's a Mega. You get ONE of those on your team. If anything, Genesect needs to be banned, not Mega Lucario. Genesect has the approximate power of a Mega Evolution (since it can actually use items), has at least seven different viable sets (compared to Mega Lucario's four or so), and doesn't take up the Mega slot, allowing you to run both Genesect and "another" Mega on the same team. I would actually be perfectly alright with allowing Genesect to stay OU... if it took up the team's Mega slot, and had a weaker base form that it had to Mega Evolve from before sweeping teams.
To quote the OP of the current suspect thread: "stop using being a mega as an argument or that megas are supposed to be powerful. This is stupid flawed logic that means nothing."
Hey, I didn't intend to start a debate of whether or not it's banworthy. Just that it's up for suspect for a reason (and that is undebatable). Whether or not it gets banned is outside of what this topic is to discuss.
Back on topic:
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/ou-84700052 <-- LOL
He deserved that.
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/balancedhackmons-84738378 -- In the name of charity, let's assume that he didn't know about the change to Nature Power. Which means he tried to hit Aerodactyl with Earthquake.
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On second thought, he was using a Tri Attack Rhydon. Let's go with that.
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On second thought, he was using a Tri Attack Rhydon. Let's go with that.
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/ubers-84777904 — Classic ragequit.
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/ubers-84778222 — Someone falls for the old "nickname your Arceus after another Arceus forme" trick. And tries to Extreme Speed an Arceus-Steel.
Edit: Apparently the Custom Game format allows all the silliness in the universe, as I have just discovered: http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/customgame-84797818
It's like Hackmons on steroids.
On a more related note, Klefki sweep and a really random Rotom-W set: http://pokemonshowdown.com/replay/ou-84797736
Edit2: http://pokemonshowdown.com/replay/ubers-84877236 — non-Mega Charizard, Hyper Beam Bisharp, and Giga Impact Golurk. And Draco Meteor everyday. And Keldeo trying to CC the aforementioned Golurk. On that note, physical Keldeo in the first place.
Edit3: http://pokemonshowdown.com/replay/customgame-84835856 — basically just an Ubers match with debug mode. Kyogre sweeps the opposing team due to a truly massive amount of hax.
Edit4: http://pokemonshowdown.com/replay/customgame-84795161 — (Mostly) legit team 6-0s a hackmons team. And that is not how you use Deoxys-Speed.
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/ubers-84778222 — Someone falls for the old "nickname your Arceus after another Arceus forme" trick. And tries to Extreme Speed an Arceus-Steel.
Edit: Apparently the Custom Game format allows all the silliness in the universe, as I have just discovered: http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/customgame-84797818
It's like Hackmons on steroids.
On a more related note, Klefki sweep and a really random Rotom-W set: http://pokemonshowdown.com/replay/ou-84797736
Edit2: http://pokemonshowdown.com/replay/ubers-84877236 — non-Mega Charizard, Hyper Beam Bisharp, and Giga Impact Golurk. And Draco Meteor everyday. And Keldeo trying to CC the aforementioned Golurk. On that note, physical Keldeo in the first place.
Edit3: http://pokemonshowdown.com/replay/customgame-84835856 — basically just an Ubers match with debug mode. Kyogre sweeps the opposing team due to a truly massive amount of hax.
Edit4: http://pokemonshowdown.com/replay/customgame-84795161 — (Mostly) legit team 6-0s a hackmons team. And that is not how you use Deoxys-Speed.
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Random Shit volume 22: Another Snow Day Edition
-Sunny Day Heat Rock Vaporeon.
-Dark Pulse Banette.
-Hypno, holding... a Cherish Ball.
-Itemless Magmortar.
-A team of only Swoobat and Chansey.
-Endure Espeon.
-Armaldo with both Aqua Jet and Quick Claw.
-So a Combusken showed up...
-Flame Charge Delphox.
-Douse Drive Genesect, also with Flame Charge.
-The rare Sashed Swagger Bisharp.
-Perhaps this guy was trying to find stupid stuff, because his team consisted solely of Magikarp.
-Solarbeam Talonflame.
-Shelgon.
-Extreme Speed Togekiss.
-Excadrill with manual sand, accompanied by the decidedly less silly Sand Veil Heliolisk.
-Using EQ on Mandibuzz and Thunder Wave on Rotom-W.
-HP Ground M-Blastoise.
-Using Shadow Claw on Smeargle and Spore on Trevenant. The latter occurred 4 times in a row.
-Brick Break Typhlosion.
-Quick Claw Starmie. Speedy star.
-Sunny Day Heat Rock Vaporeon.
-Dark Pulse Banette.
-Hypno, holding... a Cherish Ball.
-Itemless Magmortar.
-A team of only Swoobat and Chansey.
-Endure Espeon.
-Armaldo with both Aqua Jet and Quick Claw.
-So a Combusken showed up...
-Flame Charge Delphox.
-Douse Drive Genesect, also with Flame Charge.
-The rare Sashed Swagger Bisharp.
-Perhaps this guy was trying to find stupid stuff, because his team consisted solely of Magikarp.
-Solarbeam Talonflame.
-Shelgon.
-Extreme Speed Togekiss.
-Excadrill with manual sand, accompanied by the decidedly less silly Sand Veil Heliolisk.
-Using EQ on Mandibuzz and Thunder Wave on Rotom-W.
-HP Ground M-Blastoise.
-Using Shadow Claw on Smeargle and Spore on Trevenant. The latter occurred 4 times in a row.
-Brick Break Typhlosion.
-Quick Claw Starmie. Speedy star.
People using toxic on Magic Guard pokemon like Reuniclus, Clefable and Alakazam.
Welp, there's a thread in the XY forum now, right here.
Dhe
Due to the amount of Heavy Pokemon in Ubers, Grass Knot is always preferred.
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/ou-94602681
>3 pokes with Rocky Helmet. Because MKanga is OP, even when banned.
>Also Hypnosis Yanmega...
>3 pokes with Rocky Helmet. Because MKanga is OP, even when banned.
>Also Hypnosis Yanmega...
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There's a new thread for this in the XY section, guys. http://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/silly-things-youve-seen-on-the-ou-ladder-v2.3499396/
By the way, Drizzle Politoed is still good. Drizzle Politoed with HP Fire, not so much. Also, non-Drizzle Politoed is generally considered silly by most standards, since its main niche is in setting Rain to take advantage of either with the rest of your team (Damp Rock), or just with its own spam attack (Choice Specs Hydro Pump).
By the way, Drizzle Politoed is still good. Drizzle Politoed with HP Fire, not so much. Also, non-Drizzle Politoed is generally considered silly by most standards, since its main niche is in setting Rain to take advantage of either with the rest of your team (Damp Rock), or just with its own spam attack (Choice Specs Hydro Pump).
Drizzle politoed is awful though. Non-drizzle politoed is worse. Rain is quite possibly the worst weather in OU, but that's argument fodder right there, so I'll leave that alone. Thanks for the link!