OU Team Study
Certain thread components and idea from Melee Mewtwo!
Welcome to the OU Team Study. The goal of this project is to help unite the community while improving the overall quality of the playerbase by studying the art of teambuilding at the highest level. Certain thread components and idea from Melee Mewtwo!
What is this for?
This project was shamelessly stolen from Melee Mewtwo, but I liked it so deal with it. The basic idea of this thread is to look at a high level player's team under the microscope and see what the community can find and learn from each team. Discussing a team helps not only you learn and think about it, but the fellow OU'rs who are new can learn by reading your post. It is a win-win situtation! Additionally, you are supplied with high-level teams to take ideas from if you like a build, and it gives us a look at what is "good" in the high-stakes Tournament metagame.
How does it work?
Each week (more or less) there will be a high-level team that will be displayed for the community as a whole to discuss. The aim of this discussion will be to analyze the team by identifying roles and explaining their purpose, investigating specific movesets and Pokemon choices, strong points of the team, flaws it may have and even questions concerning unusual or confusing aspects. Essentially, the team will serve as a model to learn from and an example to refer to. Once the discussion is over, the teambuilder will post explaining his decisions and answering any questions or false ideas concerning them.
What do I get out of it?
- Good posting can result in nominations for a Ladybug or Community Contributor badge depending on your work in the OU subforum.
- A good look at current tournament teams and trends.
- Insight on how teams are built and more knowledge of the OU Metagame.
- There may be another prize or so, but it's still not worked out yet. Don't let this discourage you, however.
- A good, intelligent thread!