TIME IS UP!
The voting and judging phase for this episode is now underway! Presenting to you the dishes of the participants!
The goal behind this team's success is to whittle down the opponent's health en route to a Reversal Hitmonlee sweep with Liechi Berry-boosted Reversals. It starts off either with a regular Aerodactyl as a suicide lead, with Double-Edge disallowing Rapid Spinners and Defoggers to clear hazards, or with a Nidoqueen as a hard-hitting Pokemon; both of them have Stealth Rock to ensure hazards on the field. Offensive Empoleon with Defog and Physical Mega Sceptile with Grass Whistle are then used to serve as a lure against some of their would-be counters. Finally, Gardevoir acts as the speed control of the team, with its Fairy typing that allows it to dodge Dragon attacks with ease.
This team started off with a classic core containing Talonflame, serving as the late-game sweeper for the team and Mega Blastoise, serving as the wall-breaker. Bewear compounds Mega Blastoise's wall-breaking capabilities with Taunt and Swords Dance and has great match-up against relatively slow Pokemon. Honchkrow with Assault Vest is then added to provide support for Bewear's wall-breaking capabilities by virtue of Pursuit. Finally, the last two Pokemon are dedicated hazard setters, integral to the success of the aforementioned Pokemon: Klefki, a Spikes setter capable of taking Dragon attacks with ease, and Nidoqueen, a Stealth Rock setter capable of taking VoltTurn cores with relative ease.
This Balanced team features two set-up attackers in Espeon with Calm Mind and Entei with Howl and Firium Z. Espeon provides mind games with Magic Bounce, and Entei serves as a late-game sweeper with Flame Charge boosting its Speed. It is then bolstered with three bulky Pokemon in Amoonguss, serving as one of the most sought-after pivots with Regenerator, Rhyperior, serving as the Stealth Rock user for the team, and Porygon2, serving as a blanket check against Special attacks. Finally, Honchkrow is included as its designated revenge killer with Foul Play to outsmart anyone who attempts to set up at it.
This Balanced team features a rather generic but unconventional defensive backbone in Mega Steelix and Florges. Slowbro is then added to improve its match-up against Terrakion-heavy teams by virtue of its defensive prowess and Stall archetypes by virtue of its Block set. Moltres is then added to serve as a proactive Scizor answer, and is coupled with Tsareena to clear Stealth Rock off the field that Moltres dislikes taking upon switching in. Finally, while the addition of Raikou is stemmed from providing another Electric resistance for the team, it is justified to break bulky Pokemon by virtue of its offensive Calm Mind set with Hidden Power Grass and Normalium Z-boosted Hyper Beam.
This offensive team starts off with Araquanid setting up Sticky Web early in the game. It is then compounded with defensive Chesnaught capable of taking hits with ease and setting up Spikes. Rhyperior is then included to lure in Mega Aerodactyl and Togekiss and deal massive damage to the opposition by virtue of Stone Edge. Volcanion is then included as a Scizor answer and it has Toxic for potential switch-ins against other bulky Pokemon. Finally, two Pokemon takes advantage of Sticky Web extremely well: first being Zygarde-10%, whose Choice Band set is a formidable force to be reckoned with along with its all-purpose Thousand Arrows, and the other one being Necrozma, a Calm Mind attacker capable of potentially defeating its would-be threats.
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The UU Community (including Iron Chefs!) may now vote for two of the most favorite teams in terms of the three criteria: Creativity, Essence, and Effectiveness. They can also vote for one team in different categories. Here's an example of how a vote goes:
Or, if you still want the reasoning behind those votes, please refer to this:
The Chairman becomes a little lenient by not requiring everyone to put the reasons behind their vote! While the Chairman is hoping for a better voter turnout in this episode and in the succeeding episodes, should the UU community wants to put reasons behind their vote, those are very welcome.
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The UU community has until
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 11:59 AM GMT -4
to cast a vote on this thread who are
the most original,
the most essential,
and
the best-tasting
dishes ever witnessed this round!
ALLEZ, CUISINE!
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 11:59 AM GMT -4
to cast a vote on this thread who are
the most original,
the most essential,
and
the best-tasting
dishes ever witnessed this round!
ALLEZ, CUISINE!
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