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:rb/rhydon: [OVERVIEW] Rhydon's typing and raw power make it a major threat in the RBY Ubers metagame. Sporting the most powerful unboosted physical attack in the generation without a downside in its Earthquake, which 3HKOes tier titans Mewtwo, Mew, and Snorlax and 2HKOes Chansey, Rhydon is...

[OVERVIEW] What Exeggcute lacks in stats, it makes up for in status moves and typing, utilizing its key Psychic and Electric resistances to spread sleep and paralysis. Its typing does come with drawbacks, however, making it extremely vulnerable to the plentiful Fire- and Ice-type attacks in the...

[OVERVIEW] With its combination of power, speed, and movepool, Tauros shines as a wall-breaker, revenge killer and even lead. Just like in OU, Tauros' powerful Normal-type STABs and complementary coverage coupled with its high crit rate makes it difficult to switch into and all but impossible...

This thread is for discussing competitive RBY OU. Discuss metagame trends, analyze and critique gameplay, share teams, and more. This serves as the general hub for all things RBY OU. RBY Discord | RBY Resources | RBY OU Sample Teams | RBY OU Viability Rankings | RBY OU Tournament Archives...

[OVERVIEW] In the OU metagame, Porygon is a small fish in a big pond. Its stats are comparable to unevolved Pokemon, it is slower than most Pokemon in the metagame, and despite having Recover it is mostly outclassed by Chansey defensively. Despite its issues, it has just the right qualities in...

This is part of a project to get rid of the poor quality, misinformation-ridden RBY analyses from over a decade ago. These works are low-priority and should be treated as such. [OVERVIEW] Flareon in RBY OU faces heavy competition from the bulkier and faster Moltres as a Fire-type mixed...

This is part of a project to get rid of the poor quality, misinformation-ridden RBY analyses from over a decade ago. These works are low-priority and should be treated as such. [OVERVIEW] Arbok is mostly outclassed by Victreebel in RBY OU in its only viable role as a Wrap user. Middling stats...

Right now, Showdown allows illegal under leveled Pokemon and rejects legally obtainable under leveled evolved Pokemon. Some examples: -In RBY, Snorlax can only be obtained at L30, so any Snorlax below that level should be illegal. Showdown Validator accepts a L2 Snorlax. -In RBY, Dewgong can be...

[OVERVIEW] Plagued with a terrible typing and mediocre stats, Arbok is limited to abusing Wrap to contribute any useful role in a team. However, even the niche role of Wrap sweeper is outclassed heavily by Dragonite and Victreebel, both of which provide much stronger sweeping potential and...

In RBY and GSC, link battles do not restore your Pokemon's HP, status or PP, for example allowing you to bring a Flail Dodrio into a GSC battle with 1 HP, or a paralyzed Chansey into RBY, or any other 'impaired' Pokemon. Which brings forth the question: what should be legal, and how should they...