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Because change is scary, better stick with what we know. Bit lulzy that legendaries are behind old OU pokes that people want to keep shoehorning into their teams for the ultimate reason "because". These numbers make me feel like I'm not really missing out on an evolved metagame, just the...

Bit of a newbie question to those who are actively playing the Suspect Testing whilst I just watch and wait for everything to sort itself out (hehe): How are last generation's ubers that aren't marked as "banned" faring in the testing? I've seen discussion that the dragons (Garchomp and...

Experiences without proof are subjective. When backed by statistics they become more credible. Typically "statistics" that come into play are damage calculations, but usage should still be very important. More so if you could actually break usage down into users with higher ratings. I mean...

As a Leafeon user in lower tiers, I've always found Leaf Blade + Return/X-Scissor as attacking options work well. Sure, you are walled by steels but Leafeon isn't meant to be the 6-0 sweep pokemon. Leafeon is best used to Swords Dance, see what comes to wall you and then Baton Pass to a...

I'm tempted to run Abomasnow in a balanced team as a way to have a constant weather-checker by invoking a weather status that is probably not going to benefit 90% of weather-based teams (since hail is the rarer weather-team of the bunch). Of course I could just run tyranitar like everyone else...

As a fan of the Espeon, I can see this, even with a shifting metagame, at least pushing Espeon into UU on a more regular basis. Will it make Espeon OU? Hard to say, it is still outclassed by Alakazzam offensively, and outclassed as a defensive psychic type by many other pokes. Either way, it...

http://www.serebii.net/abilitydex/magicmirror.shtml I was entering this thread ready to ask the exact same question: Basically, is there any confirmation regarding the mechanics of this ability? As an Espeon user, is my favourite eeveelution getting an upgrade, sidegrade or downgrade with it's...

Am I the only one thinking slapping a Baton Pass onto Blaziken is a good idea, or am I crazy? Throw out Blaziken, get a boost, setup something or attack to check opponent's reaction and BP at least +1 speed to a bulky offence poke. On a good day, also BP'ing +2 attack or a sub. Yet still...

This is the first generation I've kept a track of the competitive scene for, so I had just a couple of questions about how things would work in the aftermath of a new generation. I know tiering discussion is not on the cards, but I'm not here to speculate what gets tiered where, just wondering...

Wow, Moltres dropped 9 places from #7 to #16 in UU. Perhaps Stealth Rock has become more common over spikes or tspikes in UU again? Also found this interesting: | Swellow | Item | Toxic Orb | 59.9 | | Swellow | Item | Flame Orb | 35.7 | | Swellow |...

Yeah I mentioned Venusaur as the problem, but what the problem is is actually Venusaur, Venomoth, Muk, Toxicroak, Drapion, Nidoking and Nidoqueen. I seem to always run into one or the other unless they run rapid spin instead. Still, Drapion as my spiker typically gets a second or third chance...

Only just joined UU laddering recently, and been trying some pokes that I've always liked even if they aren't that popular or in NU. Been finding some relative success with an Offensive Calm Mind Espeon though it severely struggles against anything physical (which is sadly a lot of things)...

Simple question: Do the metrics for last month's shoddy statistics come out on a certain date? Or is it whenever the moderator gets around to it?

Apologies if this is a bump, but I am having the same problem with Shoddy at the moment also and would like to run a heal bell + reflect set which, as mentioned above, should be legal as HG/SS move tutor gives heal bell, and reflect is an egg move. Thanks in advance

Seems like a pretty hyper-offensive team with Pert and Celebi being your only real "bulk" (specially since the other 4 all have EV'd for sweeping). Seems like a bit of a gamble, and I can't help but feel that your team will be weak to anything that sets up or uses a Scarf since you've also...

Without even going into specific threats, you're team has very few safe switch in's to some common types. Four of your pokemon are weak to Ground (and thus the deadly Earthquake), and nothing resists it. Three of your pokemon are weak to Fighting, and nothing resists it. Three of your pokemon...