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Hey, so I recently played through Pokemon Blue (first time since i was like 8) and fell in love with generation 1 all over again (possibly as a backlash to B/W and the 2930292039208 pokemon there are now). I decided to check out the competitive scene for Gen 1 because I was obviously not a...

I recently played through pokemon blue again and it stirred up many memories. I actually liked knowing the mechanics of the game, it made it fun knowing that I actually knew what I was doing this time around. I loved not having natures and EVs though. Not having to worry about getting a...

While Ononokusu is very interesting with that huge attack, I am not sure it will actually be better than what we already have. As a DDer, Salamence has more bulk with Intimidate + better resistances/immunities + better defenses. Ononokusu isn't a glass cannon, but it isn't exactly taking...

I think SD Luke needs a little more love. The set is virtually unchanged throughout the DP metagame (one move is varied and the nature may change from adamant to jolly). It was/is really easy to support with stuff like CB Chomp, CB Tar, Mix Mence, and DD Gyara. SD Luke is the main reason for...

Awesome read, this is the first middle cup warstory I have read (first one on smogon?) and it was cool to get a glimpse of how the metagame works. Some things seem kinda OU-lite (scarf Gabite, Sub-Painsplit Haunter, Lead Metang, Chansey as a special wall) but there are some nice unique things...

Sorry if this has been addressed or this is the wrong place to ask this, but is the conversation that the council had going to be made public anytime soon? Just wondering as it would be something cool to read and see how they made their decision and I remember it being said that the convo might...

Just finished my first year as a political science major at UC San Diego Fall Quarter Chemistry 11- A Physics 9- A MMW 1- A Introduction to Logic 10- A GPA: 4.0 Winter Quarter MMW 2- A- American Government- A- Political Inquiry- A- Great Performances in Film- A GPA: 3.83 Spring Quarter...

Give Gyarados 32 EVs in Speed to be able to outrun +Speed Natured Base 90s like Lucario and Porygon-z after a DD.

What was the fourth move on Ttar Chou? Was is Substitute? If so, couldn't you have used that against Machamp letting it take sand damage (I didn't see leftovers, maybe i missed it though) and putting it in Ice Beam/FT kill range? If the last move wasn't Sub or Machamp did have lefties ignore...

Both Roost and Outrage seem to be fairly situational, but I am liking Roost a lot at the moment along with the EV change to give more attack. I have not missed maxed speed on Mence too much. I don't think I would change to a DD set though, and I would, I would probably use the standard set...

The Speed EVs also allow me to Explode on other Metagross who may be using EQ if I just want to be done with them that way. The speed is also nice for exploding on Magnezone who only invest enough to outspeed min speed Gross. I feel like I have a better way to deal with Fire leads like Tran...

Team Blazer!!! The Lineup The Story After going through many team changes and lots of playtesting I have come to this team. It is a fairly cookie-cutter offensive team but it has a couple nice wrinkles going for it. It is my most successful team peaking at a rating of 1604 and...

That would help with Salamence, or even Stone Edge for other Gyaraods which also hits Mence, will consider it.

Thanks for the rate. I do not have a reliable way to stop DD mence. At this point my best way of stopping it is by revenge killing it with Flygon (as most do not run max speed) or Scizor's bullet punch, hoping that it would have at least taken SR damage. There are times when I wish I had...

You are probably right, the only reason I mentioned it was because I faced the same one (same person) twice in a row and was swept by it both times. This particular gross also ran enough speed to outrun flygon after an agility, so basically it was tailor made to fuck my team up. I guess you...

Bulky Gyarados has been working out nicely so far, the right mix of offense and defense that I wanted (LO dies too quickly, Restalk doesn't have enough coverage unless it sacrifices DD). Still considering a change to a more offensive set, but I feel I would need to add more bulk somewhere if I...

Even with Intimidate, taking leftovers away and giving Gyarados life orb really hurts its lasting power, also lowering defensive EVs does not help. It is a lot harder switching Dos in knowing it will be taking 10% every time it attacks rather than recovering 6% every turn.

Thanks for the rate. I am actually considering leading with a metagross over azelf, adding some bulk and still getting rocks up but I need opinions. I have thought of offensive Gyarados, the problem is that I use Gyarados to switch into a lot of tough physical attackers, and using an offensive...

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Team Home Row Preview This is yet another offensive team that I have made. Yes I know, it is very OU and boring but I guess that is what works. Personally I think that it is the best one that I have made (not saying much) but its a pokemon team, and therefore has weaknesses. The...