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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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A way too early thread on the Sword and Shield metagame

5qwerty, Feb 2019: What I'm hoping to see and what I'll likely see are so different. I agree with DA in the sense that I also wish they would stop trying to outdo the previous generation. Hopefully we get some genuinely cool but not gamebreaking Abilities - stuff like...
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Event

NU Tournament - Portable Atrocities!

Dark Azelf, Mar 2019: Yes i am. ;) Added lol
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Favourite Format/Tier of All Time?

gimmepie, Apr 2019: Honestly I've really enjoyed the current gen of OU. It feels like a much more diverse and fluid metagame than OU had been n previous generations.
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Help Me Start

LGPE Pokémon Draft League (PDL

TGPDavid, Mar 2019: I’m starting up a Lets Go Pikachu/Eevee draft league. It will be single battles and will consist of 8 teams for this first season. If you are interested, please let me know or shoot me a message on discord: TGPDavid#9391 Thank you for your time.
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Help Me Start

I want to do this but...

Megan, Apr 2019: Do yourself a favor and don't swamp yourself with terminology that you're not capable of understanding (yet). When you start out you won't be able to "get" why a certain Pokemon is viable and why another one is not. You won't "get" why IVs need to...
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Article

Fluffing up OU - Ampharos HO team [Peaked 1900s]

5qwerty, Apr 2019: wtf this team gets 6-0'd by Agumon and you're not even using the fabio set for ampharos -2/10
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Started by Arcaneum

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Event

The Super Battle/Fun Event! (Interest Gauge)

5qwerty, Apr 2019: Hi all, the Signup Thread is here!
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Where should I start?

gimmepie, Apr 2019: Worth noting, not all of us bss are currently purple. So it doesn't hurt to check the list at the top of the forum. I think a good starting point would be learning the common threats in the meta you want to dive into and how to check/counter them....
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Started by Mooys

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Super Event

The Super Battle/Fun Event! (Signups)

5qwerty, Apr 2019: Thread has been closed due to the event being over.
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Trying to make my first competitive team (Rain Dance)

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Super Event

Team Face-Off Matchups

5qwerty, Apr 2019: Thread has been closed due to the event being over.
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Super Event

Make-a-Mega!

5qwerty, Apr 2019: Results: Mega Toxicroak: Mega Typhlosion: Mega Staraptor:
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Super Event

Live Events

5qwerty, Apr 2019: Thread has been closed due to the event being over.
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Super Event

The Super Battle/Fun Event! [Won by Divine Libra]

5qwerty, Apr 2019: The Final Score: https://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/xyani/cradily.gifTeam Killer Cradily Points: 549https://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/xyani/cresselia.gifTeam Divine Libra Points:...
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Looking for a welcoming, small-ish competitive group.

5qwerty, Apr 2019: As Levea said, we're more than willing to help you learn and battle. We're a pretty friendly and small group of people. Hop on the Battle Server sometime!
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Started by SilverLeafeon75

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Super Event

The Super Battle/Fun Event! (Feedback Thread)

Sirfetch’d, May 2019: I felt like the timing of the event was the biggest flaw tbh. It's exam season for the majority of people so activity definitely took a dent because of that.
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Started by 5qwerty

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OU funny moments

TOKZK, Apr 2019: This thread is for moments you would like to share for random/funny teams you have come across (any gen). I'll start off. I came across a full F.E.A.R. team in a gen 6 ou. You know, the usual culprits. Anyways, unluckily for him, my first pokemon...
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This doesn't seem right

Levea, May 2019: The problem with genesect is that it gets perfect coverage and the perfect typing to use it. First off, It has download which means it immediately gets +1 in an offensive stat ( preferably special attack ). compound that with 120s in both offensive...
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Started by gimmepie

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common cores

Nah, May 2019: So basically a core is a group of 2-3 Pokemon that work (well) together, and usually are the most important part of/do the most work on the team. Preparing for individual 'mons in the team building phase is one thing, but more important than that...
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Event

Gen 1 Random Battle Tournament

Syndrome, Jun 2019: And that concludes this tournament! Congratulations to Gimmepie for winning, and the opposite of congratulations to Aurora for not even logging in after she signed up. Stay tuned for the next tournament, coming sometime soon.
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Started by Syndrome

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What’s an EV? I’m new to pokemon gaming and I might get into competitive

Nah, Jun 2019: To try to explain EVs: Building teams for both in-game play and competitive is often difficult given that each requires different things, so you'll likely need to create two separate teams. EV training in the games basically consists of...
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No more megas

NavyBlue, Jul 2019: I'm really going to miss the megas that needed it (ie Beedrill, Mawile, Lopunny, Medicham, etc.) because they breathed new life into otherwise unusable (or non-viable) Pokemon. Like others have said, with a lot of heavy hitters likely not returning,...
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Started by Sirfetch’d

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Anyone want a tournament?

Sirfetch’d, Jun 2019: GP and I have something in the works. Stay tuned!
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Help Me Start

Gen 3 only competitive Pokemon team suggestions.

accountofjason, Jun 2019: Hello, Thank you for taking the time to ready my post, all advise is greatly appreciated. So, me and my friends have set a challenge. We are all using Pokemon emerald, we the intention of having a competitive tournament between ourselves. The...
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Event

The Galar Invitational [Won by wolf]

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gimmepie, Jul 2019: I'll keep that in mind heh
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Make a Set by Request game

ClassyPolar, Jul 2019: Manaphy @ Waterium Z Ability: Hydration EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Timid Nature - Tail Glow - Rain Dance - Surf - Psychic Show me a pokemon holding the Tanga Berry
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Group

strongest gen 1 team without legendary Pokemon

pokemonster907, Jul 2019: whats your strongest team from gen 1 without legendary or mew or mewtwo ...
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Is Bisharp any good?

gimmepie, Jul 2019: Take what I say with a grain of salt because I play smogon not VGC, but here's my take. I certainly wouldn't call it a bad Pokemon as such, he's UU on Smogon and has a small niche in OU play. But in the VGC environment I don't think he's very...
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Who is the best steel type?

gimmepie, Jul 2019: According to Smogon, the best Steel type in VGC currently is Kartana. Runners up include Stakataka, Heatran, Solgaleo, Bronzong and Ferrothorn. No idea how accurate that is but I can definitely see Bronzong being really good with an EQ immunity and...
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Is it worth trying to get my Venusaur to mega evolve?

Snowvyle, Jul 2019: A lot of people tell me Mega Venusaur is a beast in the VGC, are they right?
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How do you go about teambuilding?

gimmepie, Aug 2019: Okay, this is hilarious.
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Started by Palamon

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Event

Gen 2 Random Battle Tournament

Syndrome, Aug 2019: And with that, the tournament has come to an end! Congratulations to Cid for coming out on top, and thanks to everyone who participated for making this tournament what it was.
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Started by Syndrome

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Worlds 2019

Cid, Aug 2019: hBBjcnADWDI D5aLWtndRSA Have you seen any matches from Worlds this year? Personally, I was really happy to see Umbreon and Togedemaru getting used in the championship matches. It reminded me of the Pachirisu year. What did you think of Worlds...
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Galar so Far

Sheep, Aug 2019: I'm curious too, even though I'm not the best competitive battler. Galarian Weezing's ability seems absolutely nuts and could definitely change the entire metagame if abilities like Truant could be ignored. Perhaps what gimmepie said above is true...
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Help Me Finish

Double: TrickRoom - Serene Grace

EvioGrace, Aug 2019: Hi there! I'm a noob with no experience in competitive Pokémon and I started playing on showdown simulator three weeks ago. Don't judge me if I say something vert stupid (and neither for my bad English), please. I had this weird idea of a...
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Gen 3 Random Battle Tournament

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Cid, Oct 2019: It is. Thank you! Hope to participate in Gen 4 as well. Thanks for organizing!
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Started by Syndrome

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No Trainers Have Any Heart In Their Team?

gimmepie, Sep 2019: I'm not sure this really fits what this section is about and honestly I'm not sure where I'd move it to otherwise. So for now I'm going to close this thread.
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Help Me Finish

Need help tweaking my team

Levea, Sep 2019: From inspection Aside from the threats you stated ( fire and dragon ) this team gets shredded by ash-greninja dark pulse. I recommend swapping tangrowth for a tapu-bulu spdef set to offset this. I am also thinking that heatran would work in tandom...
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Help Me Finish

[Gen 3] OU (Seeking Meta Advice)

Dark Azelf, Sep 2019: Comments in bold.
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Started by Burtle

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Natural Battle - No TM/HM allowed.

11wildy, Sep 2019: This could be quite interesting, Id love to try this in multiple generations! May make some underused pokemon viable and some big threats unviable
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Started by Snowood

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Help Me Finish

Best Possible Team out of these 13 Pokémon?!

Cid, Sep 2019: Mega Gengar @ Gengarite - Shadow Ball - Sludge Bomb - Thunderbolt - Ice Beam Tyranitar @ Rockium Z - Rock Slide - Crunch - Earthquake
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Gengar help pls

Dark Azelf, Sep 2019: Thunderbolt, Psychic and Giga Drain offer little to poor additional coverage so have little justification warranting a place on any set imo. Sludge Wave, Focus Blast and Substitute, Taunt or Destiny Bond @ Black Sludge, Fightinium Z or Life Orb are...
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Group

Bookends

Yoshikko, Oct 2019: Warms my heart to see people here that I spent years building friendships with online around one thing we all shared! Being part of the battling community (from PO on for me) felt like such a privilege, like I was part of a special club. I guess...
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Help Me Finish

Need help with team for Showdown

Levea, Oct 2019: For starters if the serperior leaves the playing board and gren does not exist or have water shuriken, scraf lando goes crazy ( assuming you play conservatively and not let it die to kangaskan ice punch or something ). Also on the fun side mega...
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Event

Help out with designing a Galarian Shroomish/Breloom!

bobandbill, Oct 2019: We have an event running in the SwSh forum section at the moment, looking for ideas on a Galarian form/evolutions for existing Pokemon! We've started with Shroomish and Breloom. Right now we're looking for more input on: Art! We have existing...
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Help Me Start

Thoughts On Girafarig? (Yes, I know he's awful)

Ace Trainer Slash, Oct 2019: Very true on that part. My suggestion for healing moves would be Wish, it seems to be the only healing move it gets (that's actually quite good). It can be used instead of Agility if you need to heal for the next turn, and are confident you can...
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Help Me Start

Thoughts on a Meowstic based team?

NevDev, Oct 2019: Just to kind of finish this discussion up, thank you both for your opinions. I think what I'm going to do is make a team the way I've said I would and gimmepie recommended and try it out in PU. I might also experiment with Psych Up or snatch a...
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Idea to counter Stealth Rocks

gimmepie, Oct 2019: Fun concepts, I like them. That being said, I'm not sure they "counter" Stealth Rock in the sense of making less of a problem, more it changes the flavour of the problem and adds a little versatility. The ice one in particular, has much the same...
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Started by Venheart

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Help Me Finish

This is my thinking for a competitive team. Any changes?

DragonKing48, Jun 2020: Garchomp only has Ice and Fairy weakness besides Dragon. Iron Head takes care of both instead of Crunch.
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Started by Noctis

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Help Me Finish

Mimikyu moveset (Doubles)

Zeiro, Nov 2019: Curse, Substitute, Protect and Play Rough/Shadow Sneak/Shadow Claw with Leftovers is pretty gimicky. Use Curse then Sub/Protect to stall their HP loss, with leftovers restoring the HP you lose from Curse/Protect. Then go in for the kill when their...
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