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  1. zyzzyva

    Metagame SV OU Metagame Discussion v4 [Gouging Fire remains in OU]

    Max HP and max PhysD Flutter Mane... the mon with 55/55/55 bulk. Bro should be glad we banned it so he could stop playing that garbage :worrywhirl:
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    Resource Simple Questions, Simple Answers Thread

    In the first month after a DLC or Home update where a bunch of mons are added to the meta all at one time, it's possible for mons to drop more than one tier if their usage in OU is sufficiently low. This is done to expedite the process of lower-tier mons making it to their appropriate tier. But...
  3. zyzzyva

    Metagame SV OU Metagame Discussion v2 [Update on Post #5186]

    Serious answer, just go look at the UU metagame discussion thread. It's much less conversation but most posts there goes in-depth on relevant metagame trends and is of a pretty high quality with regular contributions from tournament players and council members. I think it's basically the ideal...
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    Metagame SV OU Metagame Discussion v2 [Update on Post #5186]

    Gentlemen, a short view back to the past. Thirty years ago, Heroic Troller told us: "Take a trained monkey, place him into the gamer chair and he is able to win in RBY." Thirty years later Finchinator told us: "I had to tera my Volcarona like a computer. It's very complicated." And Joey Pokeaim...
  5. zyzzyva

    Resource Simple Questions, Simple Answers Thread

    I see Walking Wake is above Torkoal in the preliminary VR; what sets does Wake run outside of Sun, and which team structures does it fit on?
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    Resource Simple Questions, Simple Answers Thread

    Garg, and in particular Tera Fairy Garg, easily deals with any Dragapult set you may encounter (except the odd Tera Steel Tera Blast variant which nobody runs). Takes nothing from Ghost moves, can't be statused, and after you Tera Fairy will be immune to Dragon moves. It's particularly nice if...
  7. zyzzyva

    Smogon Premier League XIV - Commencement Thread

    I guess ties count as half a win, so if Espeon has a tie and two losses that's 0.5 wins in 3 games for a 16.67% win rate. Same thing with odd usage numbers but 50% win rate.
  8. zyzzyva

    Metagame SV OU Metagame Discussion

    Baxcalibur went from UUBL to Top 15 in usage... safe to say it has secured its place in the post-Chien Pao metagame as a formidable wall breaker and sweeper. I thought Ceruledge and Quaquaval might drop but they both managed to stay, the rising popularity of Sun teams is probably good for...
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    Resource Simple Questions, Simple Answers Thread

    50/50 for moves like Icicle Spear, Bullet Seed, etc.
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    Metagame SV OU Metagame Discussion

    Skeledirge is a solid answer to defensive Volcarona, particularly Wisp variants, but more offensive Volcarona sets have some ways past Dirge. In particular, Volc on Psychic Terrain teams: 252+ SpA Life Orb Tera Psychic Volcarona Psychic vs. 248 HP / 252+ SpD Skeledirge in Psychic Terrain...
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    Resource SV OU Viability Ranking Thread [ UPDATE: POST #751 ]

    :Indeedee: D -> C+ :Polteageist: D -> C+ :Armarouge: UR -> C+ Psychic Terrain teams have gotten stronger in the wake of the Chien-Pao ban (even though they lament the loss of Espathra) and they were underrated in the VR to begin with. As far as I can tell, pretty much every Psychic Terrain team...
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    Metagame SV OU Metagame Discussion

    Useful correction to the above post: Tera narrowly avoided the Tera Preview restriction being implemented last time around--a Full Ban was never even close to coming to fruition. Perhaps time and the additions to the meta from Home will poison the player base's views on Tera to the extent that a...
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    Tournament Smogon Premier League XIV: SV OU Discussion

    2 weeks have passed since I talked about Garg's low usage in SPL, so I just wanted to make a quick follow-up. In each of the past 2 weeks, Garg has been used 3 times, going 1-2 in week 4 and 2-1 in week 5 for a total record of 3-3 the past 2 weeks, and 4-7 the past 3 weeks. 11 usages in the past...
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    Project SV OU - Lure That Threat Week 37 Dragapult!

    :Sylveon: & :Tinkaton:
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    Metagame SV OU Metagame Discussion

    Did someone say "One shot Amoonguss"? 252+ SpA Choice Specs Tera Ice Glaceon Freeze-Dry vs. 252 HP / 84 SpD Amoonguss: 548-648 (126.8 - 150%) -- guaranteed OHKO Boom. OU is saved
  16. zyzzyva

    Metagame SV OU Metagame Discussion

    Did the Chien-Pao ban leave a Choice Band Wallbreaker-sized hole in your teams? Here are what I imagine will be the best replacements in Mr. Pao's absence. To show how powerful these Pokemon are relative to Chien-Pao, I'll show this calc of Pao's banded Crunch Vs Toxapex 252+ Atk Choice Band...
  17. zyzzyva

    Metagame SV OU Metagame Discussion

    Very disappointed to see the OU Council continue to take steps to improve the meta game instead of simply complaining about the results of the Tera suspect... if they keep this up, soon we'll have a healthy and enjoyable meta game, and then what will the Tera haters do? :blobsad:
  18. zyzzyva

    Official SV OU Suspect Process - Round 2 Voting

    Chien-Pao: Ban
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    Project SV OU - Lure That Threat Week 37 Dragapult!

    Tera Dark keeps the Dark resist you want against Chien-Pao while giving an immunity to Espathra's Stored Power; with Tera Fairy it is possible to lose to certain Espathra variants, with Tera Dark that should never really happen. Ghost resist is nice too, and no Steel weakness means the match-up...
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    Project SV OU - Lure That Threat Week 37 Dragapult!

    :ting_lu: and :quaquaval:
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