X/Y RarelyUsed Metagame PrimerCompositionRU (Rarely Used) is Smogon's third usage-based tier. All Pokémon that are not UU or higher by usage and are not banned to Ubers, UUBL, or RUBL can be used in RU, including Pokémon from NU and PU. While any of the aforementioned Pokémon can be used in RU, only those Pokémon that make up at least ~3.41% of total weighted usage in the tier are designated 'RU.' A Pokémon is truly 'RU' if a typical competitive player is more than 50% likely to encounter that Pokémon at least once in a given day of playing (20 battles). In addition to its subforum RU also has a very active and public room on Pokémon Showdown! A list of the current RU Pokémon and those with RU analyses for the XY era are found on the dex page. Play RestrictionsPlayers cannot use Pokémon from the Uber tier, OU, UUBL, UU, or RUBL. Players must abide by the following clauses:
Players cannot use the following abilities: The RU ForumLearnThe RU Info & Guidelines is a comprehensive list of rules to abide by when posting in the RarelyUsed forum along with resources to get involved with the tier. The RarelyUsed Tiering Info thread contains information about the RU council as well as the results of the Suspect tests and quickbans of the RU metagame. The RU Simple Questions, Simple Answers thread is a great place to ask any simple questions you might have relating to the OU metagame. Do not make new threads for questions that could be answered here. The RU Analyses forum is the place to go for writing analyses. You may reserve an analysis in the Index Thread or comment on analyses that are a WIP. ParticipateThe RU NP Thread is where discussion on suspect tests takes place. This thread also houses other topics of interest such as general metagame discussion and metagame trends. The RU Viability Rankings shows how well every RU-viable Pokémon fares in the RU tier. The Good Cores thread is for discussion pairs of Pokémon and how they complement each other to form a solid core. |