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Released September 26, 2013

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General

Note From the Editor Sun and Sandz: A Farewell Interview What is Smogon Mentorship? What's going on in RMT? Trivia

Battling Strategy

NU Teambuilding 101 A Beginner's Guide to Trick Room

Metagame

The Outrageous Dragons of RU Powerful Plants: The Grass-types of RU NU's Top Threats: How do they fare in RU? Metagame Comparison: DPP UU vs BW RU Differences Between Smogon Doubles and VGC When Babies Escape Daycare: LC Pokemon That Wreck Outside of LC Anything Goes! Balanced Hackmons Threats Revealed

Arts & Recreation

The Arterview: elcheeso Movie Critics - The Panel: Blue Times Two

Entertainment

Smogon Noir - The Underside of Smogburbia The Five Stages of Hax Plus drops some bars RODANNING it, how to survive on smogon whilst badgeless The Societea: The Aftermath

Other Features

Best New Moves of Each Generation Mega Speculation: Mega Evolutions and Their Potential Impact Generation Five: The reasons why we wish we didn't have to say goodbye Similarities & Differences: Mantine & Skarmory Pokémon Origins Streaming: Next Generation YouTubers RU Sure About That? Advising Opponents on the RU Ladder A Cyclic Psychic: The Ups and Downs of Alakazam