initially approved by UU mods, will be carrying on the legacy created by Lilburr
Art by ausma , thank you so much!
One year ago, Lure that Threat was founded, giving players a cool competition to help come up with cool new sets to lure and remove in top UU metagame threats. After a few months of hiatus, this project has returned and is as strong as ever. Welcome to SWSH UU's edition of Lure That Threat! Version 2.0! For those who forgot, in this project I will give a Pokemon to lure and your job as the participants is to find a way to lure that threat. What a lure actually is is self-explanatory: specific Pokemon that run an unexpected move or moveset in order to weaken or directly OHKO a specific threat and pave the way for another sweeper. This allows the other Pokemon on a team to have an easier time carrying out their roles to win a game. Having said that, a good deal of lures used by battlers aren't really that optimal, so this project forms a competition to see what creative and effective ideas people can come up with.
Process:
Things to ask yourself before posting a lure:
Art by ausma , thank you so much!
One year ago, Lure that Threat was founded, giving players a cool competition to help come up with cool new sets to lure and remove in top UU metagame threats. After a few months of hiatus, this project has returned and is as strong as ever. Welcome to SWSH UU's edition of Lure That Threat! Version 2.0! For those who forgot, in this project I will give a Pokemon to lure and your job as the participants is to find a way to lure that threat. What a lure actually is is self-explanatory: specific Pokemon that run an unexpected move or moveset in order to weaken or directly OHKO a specific threat and pave the way for another sweeper. This allows the other Pokemon on a team to have an easier time carrying out their roles to win a game. Having said that, a good deal of lures used by battlers aren't really that optimal, so this project forms a competition to see what creative and effective ideas people can come up with.
Process:
- Every week, I will post a threat in the SWSH UU metagame alongside a set and a brief description of how it works.
- The community will then have five days to nominate Pokemon (with sets) that they feel are effective lures to that specific threat. Each person may nominate one lure per week.
- Remember to include a short description of the lure and how it works.
- There will then be a three day voting period in which users can vote on the lure that they believe is the best. Each user is allowed one vote.
- Once the voting period has concluded, the lure with the highest number of votes will be added to the archive. A new set will then be posted.
- You must post a set and an explanation of why your chosen Pokemon is a good lure alongside your nomination. Damage calculations are appreciated and will help better illustrate your point but are not required.
- Please focus on only posting viable Pokemon as lures. As a general rule of thumb, only nominating Pokemon found in the UU Viability Rankings is a good idea. Nominations can be rejected on the basis of the Pokemon being unviable.
- You are welcome to reserve a lure, but only if you plan to complete the write-up within 12 hours. Other users may nominate the Pokemon themselves if you fail to meet this time requirement.
- Do NOT ask anyone for votes, offer votes, exchange votes, or try to manipulate the voting in any way under any circumstances. You should vote for the lure that is the most effective for each round.
- Most importantly, have fun!
Things to ask yourself before posting a lure:
- Does this Pokemon have to sacrifice anything important? If you're losing a key part of a set just for an uncommon threat that isn't even lured in, that is what we call a "bad lure;" always consider what you give up in order to lure something, that is very important.
- Does this Pokemon gain anything important when using this moveset? Does this Pokemon or the team benefit from the lure?
- Could this method be better aided through teammates? Does your lure need team support to carry out its role effectively?
- Is this set uncommon enough to be really considered a lure? Would your opponent, under normal battle conditions, expect to be able to safely switch the Pokemon into your lure?
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