CAP 30 So Far
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Here is the explanation Lasen, our Section Leader for this stage, has provided for each of the options. In addition, please refer to the Stats Submission thread here to make an educated decision when submitting your ballot!
snake_rattler:
Defining Moves: Swords Dance, Brave Bird, Gunk Shot, Roost
Snake's spread hits the Speed limit and has a more than respectable Attack stat with quite well balanced Defenses. The HP is kept the same as 30b's already established HP. Swords Dance and Roost can be clicked with ease thanks to its blistering Speed and enough Attack to scare out certain foes, without making it impossible to take a hit from.
dex:
Defining Moves: Taunt, Rapid Spin, Knock Off, Thunder Wave, and Toxic.
Dex's 30i submission has a scary Attack attack stat and aims to outspeed Alolatales and Adamant Weavile, making our offensive checks very concise when combined with its low Defense. Specs Dragapult remains a solid answer but Tornadus-T needs Stealth Rocks up to ever attempt to 2HKO.
Estronic:
Defining Moves: Poison Jab, Gunk Shot, Brave Bird, Roost, Body Press, Coil
Estronic has a very balanced spread, aiming to utilize Coil to boost their already good Attack and Defense and using the added defense to occasionally fire a Body Press. The Speed tier aims to showcase how something like Krilowatt who is a solid Pokemon can offensively check us, especially so with base 50 SpD.
BinaclePinnacle:
Defining Moves: Brave Bird, Coil, Roost, Gunk Shot, Rapid Spin, Thunder Wave
BinPin has submitted an interesting set with Rapid Spin attached to it, having a higher HP to minimize Brave Bird recoil. Boosting move of choice is Coil, highlighting a lower Defense stat and being a nice addition to a spread with solid Special Defense. While the immediate damage output isn't as high as some of the other spreads, its Speed and utility make up for it.
Reviloja753:
Defining Moves: Brave Bird, Drill Peck, Gunk Shot, Roost, Coil
Reviloja has changed their spread after some feedback and has submitted a spread with very good special bulk and good Attack to boot. 102 Speed is enough to outspeed things like Pajantom and tie with Garchomp. This spread also has some very nice bulk attached to it and Coil mitigates a rather low Defense without pushing it over the edge. Lower defense does make switching in challenging at times.
spoo:
Defining Moves: Coil, Brave Bird, Drill Peck, Gunk Shot, Recover
Spoo couldn't decide on whether he should be cautious or not with Swords Dance but ended up going for the more quaint Coil. Speed is enough to tie with Astrolotl, effectively always outspeeding it. Good balanced defensive stats tie the whole thing together, with more emphasis put on Special Defense. A good mid ground between the faster spreads and the hard-hitting slower spreads.
Tadasuke:
Defining Moves: Brave Bird, Drill Peck, Gunk Shot, Poison Jab, Roost, Thunder Wave, Swords Dance
Tadasuke went for a very slow but very hard hitting sort of tank. With a good HP value minimizing Brave Bird recoil and 100 Special Defense, it can very easily shrug off small chunks of chip coming in from Special Attackers and survive a Future Sight from Slowking. A lower Defense stat keeps this all in check, especially with the Stealth Rock weakness making it hard to find an opportunity to set up without potentially getting OHKOed by a strong physical attacker.
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This will be a Ranked Pairs vote (RP) (a form of voting where each candidate is ranked according to head to head matchups with each of its competitors in a directed acyclic graph), the details of which were discussed here.
This is a ranked vote: order does matter! You can upvote your favorites and downvote your least favorites. You may choose to rank as many or as few options as you like, but we encourage you to rank as many options as possible to ensure your preferences are taken into account.
Bold your votes and nothing else!
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The voting options are:
snake_rattler: 85 HP / 110 Atk / 85 Def / 55 SpA / 85 SpD / 120 Spe | 540 BST
Defining Moves: Swords Dance, Brave Bird, Gunk Shot, Roost
dex: 85 HP / 122 Atk / 60 Def / 65 SpA / 98 SpD / 110 Spe | 540 BST
Defining Moves: Taunt, Rapid Spin, Knock Off, Thunder Wave, Toxic
Estronic: 85 HP / 121 Atk / 111 Def / 70 SpA / 50 SpD / 103 Spe | 540 BST
Defining Moves: Poison Jab, Gunk Shot, Brave Bird, Roost, Body Press, Coil
BinaclePinnacle: 115 HP / 106 Atk / 60 Def / 54 SpA / 90 SpD / 115 Spe | 540 BST
Defining Moves: Brave Bird, Coil, Roost, Gunk Shot, Rapid Spin, Thunder Wave
Reviloja753: 85 HP / 114 Atk / 69 Def / 58 SpA / 112 SpD / 102 Spe | 540 BST
Defining Moves: Brave Bird, Drill Peck, Gunk Shot, Roost, Coil
spoo: 85 HP / 117 Atk / 71 Def / 60 SpA / 93 SpD / 114 Spe | 540 BST
Defining Moves: Coil, Brave Bird, Drill Peck, Gunk Shot, Recover
Tadasuke: 101 HP / 140 Atk / 63 Def / 80 SpA / 100 SpD / 56 Spe | 540 BST
Defining Moves: Brave Bird, Drill Peck, Gunk Shot, Poison Jab, Roost, Thunder Wave, Swords Dance
Those options without formatting:
snake_rattler
dex
Estronic
BinaclePinnacle
Reviloja753
spoo
Tadasuke
This poll will be open for 24 hours.
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Here is the explanation Lasen, our Section Leader for this stage, has provided for each of the options. In addition, please refer to the Stats Submission thread here to make an educated decision when submitting your ballot!
snake_rattler:
| 85 HP | 110 Atk | 85 Def | 55 SpA | 85 SpD | 120 Spe |
Snake's spread hits the Speed limit and has a more than respectable Attack stat with quite well balanced Defenses. The HP is kept the same as 30b's already established HP. Swords Dance and Roost can be clicked with ease thanks to its blistering Speed and enough Attack to scare out certain foes, without making it impossible to take a hit from.
dex:
| 85 HP | 122 Atk | 60 Def | 65 SpA | 98 SpD | 110 Spe |
Dex's 30i submission has a scary Attack attack stat and aims to outspeed Alolatales and Adamant Weavile, making our offensive checks very concise when combined with its low Defense. Specs Dragapult remains a solid answer but Tornadus-T needs Stealth Rocks up to ever attempt to 2HKO.
Estronic:
| 85 HP | 121 Atk | 111 Def | 70 SpA | 50 SpD | 103 Spe |
Estronic has a very balanced spread, aiming to utilize Coil to boost their already good Attack and Defense and using the added defense to occasionally fire a Body Press. The Speed tier aims to showcase how something like Krilowatt who is a solid Pokemon can offensively check us, especially so with base 50 SpD.
BinaclePinnacle:
| 115 HP | 106 Atk | 60 Def | 54 SpA | 90 SpD | 115 Spe |
BinPin has submitted an interesting set with Rapid Spin attached to it, having a higher HP to minimize Brave Bird recoil. Boosting move of choice is Coil, highlighting a lower Defense stat and being a nice addition to a spread with solid Special Defense. While the immediate damage output isn't as high as some of the other spreads, its Speed and utility make up for it.
Reviloja753:
| 85 HP | 114 Atk | 69 Def | 58 SpA | 112 SpD | 102 Spe |
Reviloja has changed their spread after some feedback and has submitted a spread with very good special bulk and good Attack to boot. 102 Speed is enough to outspeed things like Pajantom and tie with Garchomp. This spread also has some very nice bulk attached to it and Coil mitigates a rather low Defense without pushing it over the edge. Lower defense does make switching in challenging at times.
spoo:
| 85 HP | 117 Atk | 71 Def | 60 SpA | 93 SpD | 114 Spe |
Spoo couldn't decide on whether he should be cautious or not with Swords Dance but ended up going for the more quaint Coil. Speed is enough to tie with Astrolotl, effectively always outspeeding it. Good balanced defensive stats tie the whole thing together, with more emphasis put on Special Defense. A good mid ground between the faster spreads and the hard-hitting slower spreads.
Tadasuke:
| 101 HP | 140 Atk | 63 Def | 80 SpA | 100 SpD | 56 Spe |
Tadasuke went for a very slow but very hard hitting sort of tank. With a good HP value minimizing Brave Bird recoil and 100 Special Defense, it can very easily shrug off small chunks of chip coming in from Special Attackers and survive a Future Sight from Slowking. A lower Defense stat keeps this all in check, especially with the Stealth Rock weakness making it hard to find an opportunity to set up without potentially getting OHKOed by a strong physical attacker.
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This will be a Ranked Pairs vote (RP) (a form of voting where each candidate is ranked according to head to head matchups with each of its competitors in a directed acyclic graph), the details of which were discussed here.
This is a ranked vote: order does matter! You can upvote your favorites and downvote your least favorites. You may choose to rank as many or as few options as you like, but we encourage you to rank as many options as possible to ensure your preferences are taken into account.
Bold your votes and nothing else!
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The voting options are:
snake_rattler: 85 HP / 110 Atk / 85 Def / 55 SpA / 85 SpD / 120 Spe | 540 BST
Defining Moves: Swords Dance, Brave Bird, Gunk Shot, Roost
dex: 85 HP / 122 Atk / 60 Def / 65 SpA / 98 SpD / 110 Spe | 540 BST
Defining Moves: Taunt, Rapid Spin, Knock Off, Thunder Wave, Toxic
Estronic: 85 HP / 121 Atk / 111 Def / 70 SpA / 50 SpD / 103 Spe | 540 BST
Defining Moves: Poison Jab, Gunk Shot, Brave Bird, Roost, Body Press, Coil
BinaclePinnacle: 115 HP / 106 Atk / 60 Def / 54 SpA / 90 SpD / 115 Spe | 540 BST
Defining Moves: Brave Bird, Coil, Roost, Gunk Shot, Rapid Spin, Thunder Wave
Reviloja753: 85 HP / 114 Atk / 69 Def / 58 SpA / 112 SpD / 102 Spe | 540 BST
Defining Moves: Brave Bird, Drill Peck, Gunk Shot, Roost, Coil
spoo: 85 HP / 117 Atk / 71 Def / 60 SpA / 93 SpD / 114 Spe | 540 BST
Defining Moves: Coil, Brave Bird, Drill Peck, Gunk Shot, Recover
Tadasuke: 101 HP / 140 Atk / 63 Def / 80 SpA / 100 SpD / 56 Spe | 540 BST
Defining Moves: Brave Bird, Drill Peck, Gunk Shot, Poison Jab, Roost, Thunder Wave, Swords Dance
Those options without formatting:
snake_rattler
dex
Estronic
BinaclePinnacle
Reviloja753
spoo
Tadasuke
This poll will be open for 24 hours.
