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approved by Celticpride + bludz banner by dk Welcome to Creative + Underrated Sets, Sun / Moon edition! Standard sets are, well, standard for a reason. They're reliable and effective at what they do. On the other hand, something a little less conventional can have an edge as well, either...

QC checks: Gary / p2 / Colonel M GP checks: P Squared [OVERVIEW] * Tapu Lele's claim to fame is Psychic Surge, which gives it access to boosted Psychic-type attacks and grants an immunity to priority for grounded Pokemon. * Complementary STAB types and a wide enough coverage movepool allow it...

Previous thread, OP, and banner done by Infernal Pokémon teams rely on offensive and defensive synergy to function. Cores of Pokémon are units within teams that are built specifically to take advantage of these synergies between Pokémon. Many teams are built around such cores. The premise of...

Taken over from Vertex Approved by celticpride banner by starry blanket Welcome to the third version of the Creative and Underrated movesets thread. This thread serves as a place to share sets that are different from their more common counterparts. While standard sets are standard for a...

TEAM TOUR inspired by Alkov and Analytic's Tag Team Tour approved by bludz and Celticpride This tournament pits you and two of your best friends / random users against numerous other teams in a grueling elimination tournament for minor bragging rights. Each team will be pitted against another...

[OVERVIEW] Latias's typing makes it a great offensive check to a variety of OU threats, including Keldeo, Breloom, Manaphy, and Mega Manectric. This defensive utility, coupled with access to Defog, makes it an excellent choice for both offensive and balanced teams. On top of that, Latias's Mega...

Approved by The Immortal Taken over from Isa Simple. You can find the last thread here. banner by Ssensenh Welcome to OU Theorymon! This project was created to examine the effects of buffing (an added move, changed ability, or type change) a Pokemon below a B- ranking in the OU metagame...

good l_ck qc: p2 / Hootie / AM gp: The Dutch Plumberjack / P Squared [OVERVIEW] Jirachi's solid defenses and typing allow it to check Fairy-, Dragon-, and Psychic-types, such as Mega Diancie, Kyurem-B, Latias, Latios, Clefable, and Mega Alakazam, and it notably is one of the best switch-ins...

banner by -Clone- approved by Oglemi OU NO MEGAS TOURNAMENT Hosted by Tressed and Karxrida Rules Tournament Rules Best of three format, single elimination Matches will be held under OU (no Mega) format Swagger Clause: Swagger is banned Baton Pass Clause: Limit one Baton Passer, can't pass...

banner by -Clone- approved by Oglemi OU NO MEGAS TOURNAMENT Hosted by Tressed and Karxrida Rules Tournament Rules Best of three format, single elimination Matches will be held under OU (no Mega) format Swagger Clause: Swagger is banned Baton Pass Clause: Limit one Baton Passer, can't pass...

banner by -Clone- approved by Oglemi OU NO MEGAS TOURNAMENT Hosted by Tressed and Karxrida Rules Tournament Rules Best of three format, single elimination Matches will be held under OU (no Mega) format Swagger Clause: Swagger is banned Baton Pass Clause: Limit one Baton Passer, can't pass...

banner by -Clone- approved by Oglemi OU NO MEGAS TOURNAMENT Hosted by Tressed and Karxrida Rules Tournament Rules Best of three format, single elimination Wins will not count unless a replay is provided. If you're unwilling to post a replay in the thread, PMing it to myself or to Karxrida is...

Approved by the OU Council OUnderdogs Minitour What is This Tournament? This is a best of one tournament using standard Smogon OU format, but with a twist; two of your Pokemon are not allowed to be listed in the OU Viability Ranking Thread. How to participate: The OU Mini-Tournaments are run...

Taken over from Agent Gibbs Approved by AM Credit to D_what for the awesome artwork! Following the same basic idea as the other teambuilding compendiums found throughout the OU sub-forum, the basic goal of this thread is to provide a visual tool to assist teambuilding by giving players a...

OU Playstyles Approved by Aragorn the King OP originally made by LilOuOn Welcome to the OU discussion of the different playstyles! The main purpose of this thread is to choose a playstyle every week (I'll choose it) and you, (yes, you), are going to be able to comment, give your opinion and...

So here's my 1k, and I figured I'd be super unique and post an RMT. At least the team itself is fairly interesting, hazard stacking with Mega Pidgeot. Even though it's a bit of a goofy team, it's been pretty good thus far on the ladder, and I've really enjoyed both building and using it. This...

Approved by Aragorn the King Taken over from SketchUp Sometimes you are looking in the viability rankings and think: Why is this Pokemon even ranked? Why would I use Pokemon X if Pokemon Y exists? In this project we will discuss such forgotten or underrated Pokemon in the OU tier. Every week I...

QC: Steve Angello / / implementing changes from here atm, stay tuned Hi, this analysis is bad and needs a total rework. Putting it back into WIP until I'm okay with the quality. In the meantime, please don't post or PM me about corrections until I fix it and put it back to QC Overview ########...

originally approved by alexwolf OP stolen from boltsandbombers Taken over from firehusky Welcome to the Pokemon of the Week Project. Each week, one Pokemon will be chosen for discussion. Not only do we hope to bring some underrated sets and pokemon out into the exposure of the OU community, but...

Poek97 went AWOL, so aim gave me the okay to take over. Just going to C/P from that thread to start with. Old Thread: http://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/whimsicott-qc-0-3.3533173/ QC 1/3 (Leftiez) GP 0/2 Overview ######## + Wide choice of utility moves + Great ability in Prankster that...