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Zapdos @ Psychic Seed Ability: Pressure (some people like Static but I use Pressure to check speeds) EVs: 252 HP / 4 SpA / 252 Spe Timid Nature - Thunderbolt - Tailwind - Hidden Power Ice - Roar/Roost/Heat Wave Some people prefer more bulk but I have always appreciated the speed tie with...

Aegislash is absolutely still meta, and in fact is on the ladder-topping iteration of Sand, which almost exactly like it did in 201, but with a Z Crystal on the Excadrill: https://3ds.pokemon-gl.com/rentalteam/BT-4E31-92CD We can stick with it if you'd like. And, Wide Guard is super valuable...

I would like to vote for Suicune please.

I've been hitting the Doubles ladder pretty hard this season, peaking at 1,865 on the ladder and bobbing in the 1800's currently, with a 50+ battle sample. Here's what I've observed: - Trick Room is underpowered right now, lacking a good option for a mega (this will change with the Mawilite...

Man if I could get rid of one thing in the meta. Probably freeze, as lame as it sounds. One of my best friends whom I've competed with since 2015 made a solid point the other day when we were talking about what holds Pokemon back as a competitive game from becoming an eSport, and I'm in...

I think it depends on which meta you're referring to. In formats like OU where things like Megas and Kyurem-B are available, I think Z moves are very much in scale with the ever-present power creep, and while there are definitely some shining stars, they can turn almost any Pokemon into a...

Not sure what you're waiting on Alpha, but Polar has delegated all of us with our positions at this point in the OP.

Pokemon battles send very small packets, so the actual transmissions require minimal data usage. Most of the processing is done on your 3DS. To put things in perspective, I played BattleSpot almost daily using my Mobile Hotspot on a 2 1/2 week road trip for a couple hours at a time last August...

It's not entirely necessary to have a tapu, but they certainly do fit onto a number of teams - Tapu Fini is probably the most flexible as it fits as a mid-speed pivot on Trick Room teams and Goodstuffs alike, but obviously the other more offensively motivated Tapu all hit like a truck, and Lele...

There aren't really time constraints on how long it takes you to finish your league challenge. Some people knock it out in a few weeks, other take half a year or more. We're always glad to have another challenger :)

This is my third time trying to respond to this so forgive me if I sound jaded. If you'd like a royal road to team building I would recommend just ripping a team off of http://trainertower.com/

Oblivion Wing and I battled last night. Turns out that even though it was bred with Gluttony, my Muk's true ability is Plot Armor. Watch the video though, for real. T2UG-WWWW-WWW5-3N8X I won, btw. Realized I forgot to mention that.

Just beat TGM's gym. Somehow I survived 10 turns of Hail ;_; Battle Video: 8Z7W-WWWW-WWW5-XAT4

I agree that we need this. A lot of challengers will want to clear the leaders who play their own preferred format, then readjust their team for the other format to finish the circuit.

That's a good point. As far as I know we are all gym leaders at the moment.