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Rules

Guidelines & Resources

wolf, Jul 2017: Guidelines & ResourcesGeneral Guidelines ・For submitting events and groups, look at the Events & Groups Approval thread instead. ・Don't make a new thread regarding a topic that has been posted in the last thirty days. ・Don't make a thread that...
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Events & Groups Approval

wolf, Apr 2020: We allow them. :)
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Replay Sharing Thread

ARSOO_95, Jan 2020: I think the replay data is available on your Switch SD card, maybe you just need to convert it to a clip first in the Smash interface? After that you can just upload it to YouTube,
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Battle Server Support

SawkTheWarrior, Aug 2020: Thanks!!
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Featured

The NEW Showdown Alt thread

Arcaneum, Jan 2021: Invictus Isawa Rabinov Rabinova PC Rabinov Arcaneum
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Fortune Championship

gimmepie, Sep 2021: What's this about Nitro being over?
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PC Battle Server Alts

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Starry Windy, Jan 2014: awolffromspace Altairis Unconditionally Aslan Squirrel Castform ExtremeGamer Twilight Sky Aura Blackquill JNathan
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Event

Grand Magic Games Tournament

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Captain Gizmo, Jul 2013: Ah, 2nd place. Not bad haha :-P Congratz to the winner :-)
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Event

Back to the Future — A VGC'98 tournament

ShiningLust, Aug 2013: is the tourny still going on ?
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Event

The Tag-Team Randbat Tournament of DEATH

wolf, Jul 2013: Won vs srinator, good game. Sorry about the lateness.
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Event

Community Day XI

RollsOfSushi, Aug 2013: http://challonge.com/lcrandbats2commdayxi <- yay, I won :D
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Event

Battle Nights

AluminiumOxide, Dec 2013: Hey guys well i am from india my time is (UTC +05.30) i am from india so the question is what time will it be in India ? its (UTC + 05.30)
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Guidelines, Resources & Feedback

dragondude1.12, Jul 2014: i could say .smogon.com:8080 is a good statistics
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Moveset Help & Other Questions

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Zeffy, Mar 2015: We have a new thread! http://www.pokecommunity.com/showthread.php?t=346004
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In-Game Team Help

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wolf, Dec 2013: We have this cool place for in-game team help over here now. B) Feel free to repost your teams there. Any simple questions related to team building should be directed towards BC's Q&A thread.
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Quick Battle Requests

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-Nonsense-, Jun 2017: Looking for a 6 v 6 battle in Gen 7 at Lv. 50. We can use anything in this battle if someone accepts. Warning: I'm not really good. Send a message if you want to.
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Started by wolf

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What's your MVP (Most Valued Player)?

Snowdrop, Jul 2013: My Misdreavus in Pokemon SoulSilver, she's indestructible! I kinda wish I hadn't evolved her, though :/ In White it was my Arcanine, who I hatched early on in the game from her mother who was traded. I regularly use my starters a lot in...
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What's the best Pokemon type?

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KRUDDYMUSICIAN, Sep 2013: you seem to forget, dragon type moves are only super effective against dragon types. they are tied with poison types with having the lowest amount of types weak against 1 type. poison is only super effective against grass. But when you have Kingdra...
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Underrated Pokemon

KorpiklaaniVodka, Jul 2013: Lilligant faces a lot of competition from Venusaur. The latter has access to Growth which lets it go on a mixed route and has a really useful Poison typing. Also, depending on its type of Hidden Power, Lilligant will be walled by something. HP Fire...
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Most difficult Pokemon to fight in Random Battles?

Solace, Aug 2013: I can attest to Umbreon, and Lala could throw in something about Cresselia. Those two are the banes of my existence, especially if paired with something else stall, like Serperior, because then it has Wish support + dual screens and OH MY GOD
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Started by wolf

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Creative/underrated movesets

Solace, Jul 2013: Generally, Pokemon can be found using the same sets from use to use, as those sets are effective in the metagame it's being used in. However, sometimes the repetition gets old and there are other, perhaps less practical or unorthodox sets that could...
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Battle Replays, Logs & Videos

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Wüfzhéévk, Feb 2017: https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen7anythinggoes-538827618 https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen7anythinggoes-537134126 Hello!, well In both I made a great sweep!! (In the second one the pokemon fainted at the end, but at least it killed...
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Hax! You haxed!!!

Krazzikk, Aug 2013: Yes it is annoying at times, but it does have a large role in balancing the game. For example, moves like Razer Leaf, Night Slash, and Air Cutter have low base damage but they have high crit ratios to make up for it. Hax is also nice because Pokemon...
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Monotype teams without weather?

2007RNC, Aug 2013: Well, monotype teams can work. I have a Steel team that works incredibly well because steel types have so many resistances as well as secondary typings and abilities that cancel weaknesses. On the flip side of that is something like Mono Bug, which...
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Event

The Monotype Tournament Mini

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wolf, Aug 2013: Conclusive proof that dragons should be banned! Congrats Shawn.
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RMT

NU Team Help topped at #52 on PS

Nolafus, Jul 2013: I've asked for help quite a few times before, but this is the first time I've asked help for my NU team. It's been my most successful team ladder wise, and has won two NU tournaments. Since I got the 52 ladder rank, it's been going downhill. My team...
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If you could give Flareon a good moveset

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Shrew, Jul 2013: "Saving" Flareon doesn't mean it has to outclass Arcanine, Darmanitan, Infernape, and other physical fire types. Even something like Entei is RU (aka, not that strong), yet most players are content with it. "Saving" Flareon would just be giving it a...
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RMT

Electric Monotype Team

Zylas, Aug 2013: Biolurn, he said a wild card, which is like a one Pokemon that you can have that doesn't have to correspond to the type :P EDIT: Gosh darn you ninja'd me jellicentfan!
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Thunder...bolt?

Shizzable, Aug 2013: Unless it's the extra damage is really necessary, I always use the weaker, more accurate version of the move (i.e. Thunderbolt). I absolutely hate missing and I seem to have terrible luck with the 70% accuracy moves (i.e. Thunder).
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Event

Pokemon Regionals Tournaments already announced for the 2013-2014 season!

Griffinbane, Nov 2013: Dude, I left that date blank for a reason.
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Event

Little Cup Randbat Tournament

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Sirfetch’d, Aug 2013: Confirming. I got incredibly lucky in that last battle :I. Good games!
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X&Y's impact on competitive battling.

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Pokedra, Oct 2013: Yeah, people claiming stall is dead are overhyping Defog. It's availability is pretty iffy as well in terms of viable users. Although I'd argue bulky offense is the premier playstyle this generation on paper; hyper offense (lol BW OU) seems to have...
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Favorite team styles

Zebz213, Aug 2013: I tend to use heavily offensive sandstorm teams so I can do plenty of damage with sweepers while doing small amounts of damage with sandstorm, I don't use entry hazards so the battles tend to be cut short with me just doing insane amounts of damage.
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Choice Items

Aeroblast, Aug 2013: Choice items are the closest thing to a double-edged sword, as with band/specs it could land you important 1HKO/2HKOs and scarf gives that extra speed to surprise and KO the opponent, and one Pokemon down could shift the match on your favor...
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Event

Community Day XI Participant List

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Kanzler, Aug 2013: I'm the guy cheering on dis guy. But I was there!
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If you could make a Pokemon, what would it be?

Boilurn, Aug 2013: L no, with the help of my calculator it adds up to 600. (And thus makes it a pseudo-legendary!) The Pokemon I would make is obviously Boilurn. It's a Water/Fire type that learns Scald, Barrel Roll and Boil via level up. (See here for details...
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What are you using right now?

Solace, Aug 2013: I've been laddering pretty consistently in UU on Smogon's main server the past week or so and this is the team I've been using. I personally think it's a solid construct that's earned me 47/60 wins so far. That's not fantastic but it sure as...
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Started by wolf

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Event

The Battle Pyramid

Poll (2 pages)
wolf, Aug 2013: Annnd I'm ready to move onto the next round.
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Favorite tier?

JordanD, Aug 2013: Ubers,ironically its the most versatile tier(Atleast IMHO)as I use a lot of Pokemon that would get slaughtered in OU that somehow come out sweeping in ubers.
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Started by Sirfetch’d

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Entry Hazards

Nolafus, Aug 2013: I don't know if they should come out with more types of entry hazards. I feel three is enough and that an entry hazard that causes burns would be over powered as it would basically require a rapid spinner to be a part of every team that has a...
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Started by Sirfetch’d

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RMT

Input on my Team

PlatinumDude, Aug 2013: I guess that works, though you'll have to give Blissey Stealth Rock. In that case, give up Wish and Protect so that you can use that move and Softboiled.
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RMT

ab initio [RU]

Fire Flyy, Aug 2013: Run a sash over white herb on Omastar if you're using it as a lead, white herb is only useful for a shell smash sweeper while sash lets you survive an extra hit to get Spikes up, I also think you should put SR>Earth power on Omastar, as SR is...
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Help wanted: Piecing together a Sweeper team

ChipmunkGamingInc., Aug 2013: @Zylas: That's just it, I don't know what IV's, EV's, and Nature to give to my Pokemon. I need to BREED them first. All part of the plan to prove my friend wrong about breeding Pokemon. @PlatinumDude: I've never been a fan of Smogon because I've...
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Are randbats a real tier in competitive battling?

wolf, Aug 2013: Randbats is not a tier by definition. It isn't part of Smogon's tiering system, which only includes Ubers, OU, UU, RU, NU (and the BLs in-between). Everything else is just referred to as a metagame or format. Randbats is most certainly a metagame,...
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Unluckiest moment?

Zebz213, Aug 2013: When battling on a UU Tournament I got to the finals and my opponent had a Floatzel that used Waterfall twice and both times the Waterfalls flinched me and OHKOed two pokemon. Luckily I managed to win but it would have been easier if I didn't get...
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DOUBLE Types?!

LolPizzaLol, Aug 2013: It just wouldn't make sense at all. If it's a water-type, it is a water-type, you can't have 200% water. It would also ruin competitive battling, some types would have so many 4x weaknesses then.
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The Road to VGC! (Part 1)

(2 pages)
wolf, Aug 2013: Closed upon request.
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RMT

Rain team

WingedDragon, Aug 2013: It is a double teams. For VGC I dk what to do with Toxicroak. Not sure if its useful at all. I know it doesnt fit for a TR team. At least the way it is, but not sure if I dropped everything down to 0 helps it either. So Im conflicted. It has...
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RMT

Standard OU Team

Shizzable, Aug 2013: Thanks for the advice! I made some changes to my team, some big and some small. I replaced Latios with Hydreigon (it's funny, I had a Hydreigon on the first version of my team but it was suggested that I change it to Latios). I also made some...
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Started by Shizzable

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RMT

My First PkMn Showdown Team

ganesha, Aug 2013: Thank you all, I'll implement you ideas in my team(s).
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Started by ganesha

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Where to do gyms?

Youngster Timmy, Aug 2013: I was thinking of doing a kind of "gyms" to extend the games gyms and E4. Now i need some reccomendation. Would you rather have these in the main game (Black, White, B2, W2) or pokemon showdown? I still need to beat the main game of White 2.
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VCG doubles Trick Room

Griffinbane, Aug 2013: Huuuuuuh. I've never heard of Spiritomb being on a VGC team. It might work, but you would have to figure it out on your own. Spiritomb's got nice defenses, decent offense, and good support but its HP is lacking. Its moveset is a bit shallow as well....
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RMT

It's getting Scrafty up in here- Gen V OU

PlatinumDude, Aug 2013: I'd rather have Scrafty set up Dragon Dance itself rather than have Scizor Baton Pass the appropriate stat boosts to it. Give Scrafty DD over ThunderPunch; it's not necessary apart from dealing with Gyarados, who's hit hard enough already by Crunch....
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Started by Snorelacks

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Haruki(An OU Sun Team)

PlatinumDude, Aug 2013: To add on Dy-licious' post, I don't agree with Pain Split and Toxic on Forretress. Forretress suffers horribly from 4 moveslot syndrome and can't include all its support options at once. All it should use in the 4th slot are Gyro Ball (for a strong...
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What Pokemon do you hope will receive a Mega Evolution?

Shrew, Sep 2013: I want low-tier pokemon which cannot (or should not) evolve to receive megas. This is why I was really happy when Ampharos and Kangaskhan got megas. They were both low tier, and had no room for evolution (or shouldn't in the case of the latter,...
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Started by wolf

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RMT

Hyperoffensive OU(current) team

2007RNC, Aug 2013: Well, the problem i see here is that for a hyper offensive team. i only see one physically offensive pokemon. Now, i'd try switching out latios with salamence. I like him better because people tend to panic when they see him or try too hard to out...
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