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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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Rules

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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Event

Fortune Championship

gimmepie, Sep 2021: What's this about Nitro being over?
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New Draft Discord Server

5qwerty, Aug 2018: Hi I've removed your link since advertising is against the site rules (moreso joining to advertise). You can ask people to contact you for the discord server, but that's up to other people.
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Thoughts on Other Metagames?

gimmepie, Aug 2018: I haven't played it enough but I really like Mix-and-Mega. It's a lot of fun to Team Build for and see what others come up with.
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Help Me Start

Any tips on a full Kanto ONLY team?

GlitchWarrior, Aug 2018: So full Item circulation? That could fix a few problems. However I'm not entirely into competitive, so Cloyster's role is still kind of an unknown for me. Usually I give it some attacking moves and Spikes, it is a Pokemon that I never really focused...
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Umbreon Builds.

PlatinumDude, Aug 2018: Verlisify is generally looked down on because he comes up with suboptimal sets. Umbreon’s pitiful Attack means that Payback will inflict pathetic damage even with the damage bonus. It’s better off using Foul Play to circumvent this as well as...
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Help me get the most out of this Eevee

5qwerty, Aug 2018: Yikes, Bashful. Honestly, yeah that's pretty bad. It's really hard utilize this, so I would just to pick a Shiny that you think looks cool and build around it.
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Event

PC Live Randbats Tournament #1 (LC)

Dragon, Aug 2018: PC Live Randbats Tournament #1 (LC) Welcome everyone, to the first of many Live Random battle tournaments, featured on our PC server! For this tournament, you'll have just a few hours to battle and gain as much points as you can, while battling...
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Started by Dragon

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What Pokemon do you dislike battling against?

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gimmepie, May 2019: Thankfully, Breloom is significantly less threatening than it used to thanks to a pretty good number of mon that can absorb spore and either stall it out or kill it. Tapu Bulu and Mega Venu in particular come to mind.
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Does a Pokémon's pre-mega ability matter if you only plan on using its mega?

CrimsonMajestic, Aug 2018: Or Pokemon that can gain positive stat boosts or inflict stat decreases in a stat like Speed Boost (Sharpedo & Blaziken), Lightning Rod (Manectric), Moxie & Intimidate (Salamence, Gyarados, and Mawile (Intimidate only))
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RMT

Looking to get back into vgc after a six year abscence

CrimsonMajestic, Aug 2018: You may want to consider using a confusion berry instead, since they recover 50% max HP in this generation; however, Wiki Berry will confuse it, since Adamant Nature Pokemon dislike dry flavored berries such as Wiki. Thus, any of the other four...
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What’s your preferred play style?

DeathOrDoom0, Sep 2018: Hyper Offense.
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Challenge

Wi-fi Battle Requests

Midnight Umbreon, Aug 2018: Format Double battle, 6v6 Generation Gen 7 Other rules Any FC: Eh, will give in later update, I'm hound g to bed
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Started by CrimsonMajestic

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RMT

My first NU Team

kevcrash, Dec 2018: In my opinion if you are going for life orb Vikavolt, you might want a faster spread and agility. Otherwise, I'd suggest a choice specs set (assuming you won't use specs Whimsicott as the previous poster suggested). Here's a set that's found on...
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Started by Reli

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Surprisingly effective

5qwerty, Sep 2018: Mamoswine. This thing is so strong and has excellent typing and a decent Ability. Its dual STABs are almost unresisted and it hits like a truck. Pair this with Magnezone and you have a good offensive core already. Not to mention that it gets Ice...
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RMT

Team test.

Aduitt, Sep 2018: So, I was mucking around with RU Pokémon on Showdown when I decided to try my team out in OU. After replacing my Choice Scarf Tyrantrum with Mimikyu, I found that this team can actually hold up against the META of today. Even if it's not the best...
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Help Me Finish

VGC Sun 2019 Format Kyogre Team help?

CutePandaPlayz, Sep 2018: Thanks for the help! I appreciate it!
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Help Me Start

ANy current competetive draft leagues?

Azeban394, Sep 2018: Hi, I've been watching a lot of the Poketuber competitive plays lately and although I've never done much competetive playing I wanted to see if there were any draft leagues starting? I haven't quite gotten to the point of Rom Hacking to play...
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Is there a Generation I competitive league?

Ethmya, Sep 2018: Kirugo, I'm not aware of any gen 1 pkmn league. If it were to occur, it'd probably use BGB or VBA Link, I suppose. You could always train your own team in game and then use it on PS, of course. If you need tips or insight into gen 1 comp play...
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Group

RBY Weekly Tournaments

Dark Azelf, Sep 2018: Id be up for it. Laddered regularly on Pokemon Onlines RBY ladder a couple of years ago. :coolduck:
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What does gen 8 need to bring to the table to make competitive better?

Phoenixred, Nov 2018: agree on z moves I don't like them and isolate the new gen 8 pokemon from the older ones to the new ones is good idea too.
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Counter that Pokémon!

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Cid, Jul 2019: Mantine @ Leftovers Ability: Water Absorb EVs: 252 HP / 36 Def / 220 SpD Calm Nature - Roost - Scald - Air Slash - Toxic
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Group

Unnamed Showdown League

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Battle Bonanza participants

Janp, Oct 2018: I was there for a while!
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Coming Soon: The PokéCommunity Gym League

Caite-chan, Oct 2018: So can't wait for this. I've been keeping my eye on this.
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Gen3 competitive team guide

Dark Azelf, Oct 2018: Aggron pretty much is bad, too many weaknesses and inferior to Tyranitar in every sense of the word stats, movepool, ability etc you name it. Slaking is a momentum sieve due to its awful ability. However if you must use it, it basically 100%...
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SM/USUM Current Metagame Cores

Levea, Oct 2018: Heatran https://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/xyani/heatran.gif https://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/xyani/magearna-original.gif or https://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/xyani/mawile-mega.gif or...
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Started by Dragon

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Help Me Start

Red/Green and Spaceworld Gold Beta Pokemon in Pokemon Showdown Server

Snow_Bunny01, Oct 2018: I'm making progress with this. I have my own server set up and can add everything except sprites, icons, and cries. If anyone knows how to do this, let me know, please!
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not good at the Spooky Cup competition

Fairy, Oct 2018: scooting this over to the right section. good luck in your contest!
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The Replay & Critique Thread (MK 4)

gimmepie, Oct 2018: Tapu is specs. Going to put T-wave on Ferro though to punish Volca switches.
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Entry Hazards

Levea, Oct 2018: Entry hazards are necessary. Rocks prevent mons such as Charizard( all forms ) , Volcarona , and other flying type mons from becoming too prominent of threats. To explain this reasoning i want to bring up that without rocks Volcarona could...
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Event

Gen 7 OU Tournament Showdown!

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Levea, Dec 2018: https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/pokecommunity-gen7ou-8930 https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/pokecommunity-gen7ou-8931 Reporting a win for Levea
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Help Me Start

Just weak pokemon team

RedyXtreme, Nov 2018: I know baton pass is banned, so i just go with anything goes. It's because i like using pokemon that can support each other. But i will take your advice. Thank you!
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Competition pokemon team

PkmnNinja, Nov 2018: Hello trainers im just starting this game in a few days and looking for diffrent pokemon teams built on competition/competitive. Please lits yalls team with move set nature why yall pick that pokemon location of those pokemon and the items you have...
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Build a team!

gimmepie, Dec 2018: Tapu Bulu @ Grassium Z Ability: Grassy Surge EVs: 248 HP / 8 Def / 252 SpD Careful Nature - - - -
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Started by Sirfetch’d

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idek

gimmepie, Dec 2018: Are there any top-tier mon that you just can't wrap your head around? Like they're supposed to be hugely good but when you use them they just seem to suck? I sometimes find this when trying out higher tiered OU mon that others use a lot.
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RMT

[Gen 7] UU

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Planning irl tournaments in Sydney, would like your input =]

Ortheore, Dec 2018: Hey all, as the title says, I'm planning some irl tournaments in Sydney and I'd like to hear your thoughts on how to go about things. For some info on what I've got planned, I'm offering OU and a custom format that generally resembles ubers, as well...
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Zygarde suspect test in OU

Levea, Dec 2018: I wish to explain much more in depth upon my reasonings. I can definitely understand why the mons i listed are not true counters. personally throughout my time playing have not had any issues with too many of zygardes sets. I also understand that...
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IMPROVE THAT POKEMON!

gimmepie, Jan 2019: Jumpluff would actually be really good if it learned Spore thanks to its high speed tier and Infiltrator. Bonus mention to Strength Sap too since it has that already.
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Zygarde banned from OU

Levea, Jan 2019: The only set that i would argue that makes Zygarde a really dumb mon is the weakness policy set used on screens. Everything else can be dealt with albeit with little to some difficulty early on. In all honesty i feel that Zygarde was banned mainly...
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News

Simple Symphony online competition announced

tokyodrift, Jan 2019: Hmmm wish they would disallow the use of Z-Crystals tbh.
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Porygon-Z Z-Conversion in Doubles

Silversea, Jan 2019: Hi all, What are the general thoughts on P-Z from a competitive double battles standpoint? I'm no competitive battler but I was amazed at the sort of power this tiny robot duck can dish out. I've heard only minimal talk about this setup so far...
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RMT

Raichu centered team

Team Embrace, Jan 2019: Your right Raichu is the team's weak link. However the team was made for it so I feel changing Raichu out defeats the team's purpose. Per the guidelines "Don't make team-building suggestions that deviate from the team's purpose. For instance, if a...
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What do you need to improve on?

SilverLeafeon75, Apr 2019: I mainly get overwhelmed by the sheer amount of things to consider. Also have never been good at "trial by fire" because I get easily frustrated.
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Help Me Start

Mega Pokemon from a competitive standpoint

juliorain, Apr 2019: Isn’t mega gengar primarily used as a destiny bond trapper? While it can hit fairies, psychics, and ghost types hard it is still vulnerable and it’s defenses are trash. So you’re better off running more shenanigans with m gengar than a special...
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Metagame Ideas

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Innovative Concepts

Dark Azelf, Mar 2019: TBH im usually the one utilizing innovative stuff haha. Spikes Pain Split defensive Quilfish (i innovated this set in gen 4 and the set is still on the smogon analysis with my evs haha), Rest Spikes defensive Roserade (and this too), Spikes...
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Started by Syndrome

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Your peaks

Aurora, Feb 2019: I think I peaked around 77th on the BW UU ladder in mid-late 2012 while using an actual viable team. My more recent peaks have been around the 200-300 mark on the Ubers ladder, although in my defence both of them were while I was using Mega Mawile /...
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Is Landorus-Therian good or bad for the metagame?

2Fruit, Apr 2019: Lando-T has a huge amount of options, I'm surprised I don't see a rock polish set much, especially with z-fly letting it smash stuff and clean up in the lategame after scaring something out and boosting it's speed to insane levels. I think the...
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Started by Sirfetch’d

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Which gen is your favorite for battling?

Ace Trainer Slash, May 2019: I quite like Gen 3-5, they seem fun, especially when I started making teams, and complex movesets for important characters in my hack. I find Gen 7 pretty good too, since that's where I learnt to breed Pokemon, and learn how to make competitive...
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Started by Sirfetch’d

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Let's make Spiritomb viable

Frequency, Mar 2019: The truest of tech. I still get flashbacks about this. Moving on....more HP would help Spiritomb be useful. Flat out. 50 HP with stats like that is absurd considering how slow Spiritomb is, which means you HAVE to rely on good reads with the...
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