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Silly Things You've Seen On The OU Ladder!
- Thread starter MrEon
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http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/uubeta-83647916
This one is really silly. Featuring such "creative" strategies as:
Mega Banette: Confuse Ray, Thunder Wave, Headbutt (!), Destiny Bond
Kyurem (regular form): Rock Slide, Hone Claws, Outrage, Substitute
Beedrill: Focus Energy, Poison Jab, Swords Dance, 4th move unknown
Fortunately, he forfeited before the battle could drag into a stall war. I ran into the Showdown glitch which gave me two battles to fight at once, making it so that I was not playing with undivided attention.
This one is really silly. Featuring such "creative" strategies as:
Mega Banette: Confuse Ray, Thunder Wave, Headbutt (!), Destiny Bond
Kyurem (regular form): Rock Slide, Hone Claws, Outrage, Substitute
Beedrill: Focus Energy, Poison Jab, Swords Dance, 4th move unknown
Fortunately, he forfeited before the battle could drag into a stall war. I ran into the Showdown glitch which gave me two battles to fight at once, making it so that I was not playing with undivided attention.
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/battle-hackmons-83652739
Featuring :
-Cotton Guard Amnesia Blissey
-Juggling poisoned Blisseys
-Horn Drill Fissure Sheer Cold Guillotine Deoxys-S
-A guy confused by Choice Scarf
Featuring :
-Cotton Guard Amnesia Blissey
-Juggling poisoned Blisseys
-Horn Drill Fissure Sheer Cold Guillotine Deoxys-S
-A guy confused by Choice Scarf
Hey, don't hate on Heal Pulse. I mean, you never know when Espeon or Xatu will switch in.
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/uubeta-83665686
Here's me being a jerk with Wobbuffet. Why is this allowed in standard matches anyway? :)
Here's me being a jerk with Wobbuffet. Why is this allowed in standard matches anyway? :)
Sub Hone Claws Kyurem, eh? That's what got it banned from UU last gen IIRC.
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/battle-hackmons-83652739
-Red Card Regigigas
-Luxray with both Close Combat and Superpower.
It's good to see that people are really taking these limitless possibilities to the edge.
-Red Card Regigigas
-Luxray with both Close Combat and Superpower.
It's good to see that people are really taking these limitless possibilities to the edge.
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Is "hackmons" (as opposed to the "balanced hackmons") the metagame where you can do things like put No Guard and Sheer Cold on Ninjask/Speed Deoxys/any fast Pokemon? Or do rules like the OHKO clause apply there too?
Still, two physical fighting moves on Luxray is really uninspired. :)
You can do whatever you want in Hackmons, even break sleep clause. Trust me, that caused me a lot of problems at one point.
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/battle-hackmons-83679769
This one has to be seen to be believed. Shame I didn't get to see the rest of this fabulous team.
That Baton Pass was beautiful. That lucky crit, not so much.
Random Shit volume 19: Enough Hackmons Edition
-Wooper: http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/ou-83768811
-Bad pun time: An Air Balloon Luxray switching in on Lando-T that had previously used Gravity. Apparently, he didn't understand the gravity of the situation.
-Shuca Berry Bisharp. I guess it works...?
-Nobody expects the mighty mixed Thundurus! (Not even me.)
-A Charizard that didn't mega evolve.
-That awkward moment when Ice Beam does more damage to Rotom-W than Grass Knot...
-Draco Meteor missing twice in a row. Unfortunate.
-Explosion Cloyster.
-A team of Garchomp, Haxorus, Hydreigon, and Dragonite. Nothing else.
-Genesect with Shift Gear and... U-turn.
-Shedinja without a sash.
-Mega Mawile with Dark Pulse and Fairy Wind.
-A Rotom-H using Trick on said Mega Mawile. Twice.
-Braviary.
-Non-mega Banette and Absol.
-Jellicent without Leftovers. What else would it hold? It (hopefully) wasn't Specs, because it used Will-o-Wisp (on a Conkeldurr, of course).
-Chesnaught beating CM Reuniclus 1-on-1.
-Flower power: http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/ou-83768885
-Taunt Tyranitar. Never saw that before.
-Sometimes you have to sacrifice something to get a counter in. You should not, however, sacrifice 4 grounded mons against an EQ-spamming Garchomp when you have Mandibuzz waiting in the wings. Especially if 3 of those mons are weak to ground.
-Stone Edge Heatran.
-Aromatisse.
-Red Card Gardevoir.
-Sigilyph without Magic Guard. But with an Enigma Berry.
-Earth Plate Lando-T. wut.
-Wooper: http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/ou-83768811
-Bad pun time: An Air Balloon Luxray switching in on Lando-T that had previously used Gravity. Apparently, he didn't understand the gravity of the situation.
-Shuca Berry Bisharp. I guess it works...?
-Nobody expects the mighty mixed Thundurus! (Not even me.)
-A Charizard that didn't mega evolve.
-That awkward moment when Ice Beam does more damage to Rotom-W than Grass Knot...
-Draco Meteor missing twice in a row. Unfortunate.
-Explosion Cloyster.
-A team of Garchomp, Haxorus, Hydreigon, and Dragonite. Nothing else.
-Genesect with Shift Gear and... U-turn.
-Shedinja without a sash.
-Mega Mawile with Dark Pulse and Fairy Wind.
-A Rotom-H using Trick on said Mega Mawile. Twice.
-Braviary.
-Non-mega Banette and Absol.
-Jellicent without Leftovers. What else would it hold? It (hopefully) wasn't Specs, because it used Will-o-Wisp (on a Conkeldurr, of course).
-Chesnaught beating CM Reuniclus 1-on-1.
-Flower power: http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/ou-83768885
-Taunt Tyranitar. Never saw that before.
-Sometimes you have to sacrifice something to get a counter in. You should not, however, sacrifice 4 grounded mons against an EQ-spamming Garchomp when you have Mandibuzz waiting in the wings. Especially if 3 of those mons are weak to ground.
-Stone Edge Heatran.
-Aromatisse.
-Red Card Gardevoir.
-Sigilyph without Magic Guard. But with an Enigma Berry.
-Earth Plate Lando-T. wut.
Who in their right mind would run sun on a mono-grass team. That's what pisses me off most about this battle.
Cheatingtaco: Someone using Cherrim, maybe. Or who has a Chlorophyll user that can actually sweep. Or who has a Mega Venusaur.
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/pandora-ou-247660
Now we've seen physical Alakazam before, but physical Kadabra?!
Now we've seen physical Alakazam before, but physical Kadabra?!
The rest of the team is just as amazing. Flame Orb Smeargle with Odor Sleuth and Mean Look?
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Smeargle trying to set up SmashPass on my KyuB, turn 1. KyuB had put up a sub earlier Turn 1. Turn 2, Smeargle passes off to another KyuB, who promptly gets wrecked by my KyuB. Seriously, if your opponent has a KyuB behind a Sub up, DO NOT go to your own KyuB. You will lose unless the KyuB behind the sub clicks Sub again.
Many grass types have chlorophyll, so I could see reason for it. That guy's team/sets were all bad though. And most of those flowers, even though they have Chlorophyll, aren't all that fast with it, given that Togekiss still outspeeds. (even if max speed/timid, still no excuse)
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/ubers-83920410
Focus Punch/Mega Kick Alakazam
Mega Kick Charizard
Only Uber is Xerneas (though, the guy with the fire mono I know just went on the uber ladder with it because he was bored/fishing for derps)
Focus Punch/Mega Kick Alakazam
Mega Kick Charizard
Only Uber is Xerneas (though, the guy with the fire mono I know just went on the uber ladder with it because he was bored/fishing for derps)
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/ou-84041795
wut even
actually a very legitimate team if the other guy knew what the heck he was doing.
wut even
actually a very legitimate team if the other guy knew what the heck he was doing.
