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Event

Fortune Championship

gimmepie, Sep 2021: What's this about Nitro being over?
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Featured

The NEW Showdown Alt thread

Arcaneum, Jan 2021: Invictus Isawa Rabinov Rabinova PC Rabinov Arcaneum
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Battle Server Support

SawkTheWarrior, Aug 2020: Thanks!!
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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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Rules

Events & Groups Approval

wolf, Apr 2020: We allow them. :)
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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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ORAS Gen 1 Showdown

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Sirfetch’d, Apr 2016: The finalists are having scheduling conflicts. Will post an update on this soon.
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RMT

Please rate my odd team setup :3 (Pokemon X)

AkioMoto, Feb 2016: Hm I see I'll do research into OU and go from there thank you I think I know where to start now
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Pokemon Battle Basics /w Sample Teams 2016 For Beginners

SmIIIte, Feb 2016: Hello! This Thread is Here for those who are new to Competitive side of Pokemon! The following below Will have Teams from many Different tiers. In order for you to Understand how competitive battling works Click the Link below:...
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Event

LC Drafted League Tournament.

SmIIIte, Feb 2016: Hello, I Am Hosting an LC Draft Tournament. This is my First Draft Tournament that I will be hosting. This Tournament is similar to the UCL Off Season Tournament. You will Be Randomly Drafted 8 Pokemon From the LC Tier. I Would like to Have at least...
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Event

PS U.P.C.T.[CLOSED]

SmIIIte, Feb 2016: U.P.C.T. Hello, I Am Currently looking for Volunteers/Helpers to aid me in this tournament. This tournament is a small 16 man tournament. If you are interested in helping out please submit a PM With the Following. PS Name: Time zone: Age: Can...
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RMT

First ever RMT

PlatinumDude, Feb 2016: Wigglytuff is a bad Pokemon mainly because of its mediocre stats overall, despite its high HP, which is let down by paper-thin defenses. Sylveon outclasses it in the Choice Specs Fairy role: -Hyper Voice -Psyshock -Hidden Power...
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Event

Pokemon Draft League. Sign up today!

robbie4, Feb 2016: Yes this is still open, I'll check my inbox ASAP.
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RMT

need help refining team

punkysaur, Feb 2016: The first problem I notice is that this team lacks hazard stacking minus spikes.Also you dont have a way to remove hazards on ur side of the field.This is of critical imp. in competetive pokemon.(for non-competetive almost anything is fine) You...
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PCL

PCL Team-Building Competition

Sirfetch’d, Mar 2016: This was a fun competition! For anyone wondering which teams belonged to which clans, here are the results: 1st place: Ghosts of Perdition 2nd place: Team Orb 3rd place: Black Magic 4th place: Majestic Milotics The points will be updated...
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RMT

yet another team

punkysaur, Feb 2016: Rock polish mega diancie seems a big threat to ur team.Cause its seen a lot as of late and once it sets up it pretty much 6-0's ur team if lando is weakened. 252 SpA Mega Diancie Moonblast vs. 72 HP / 8 SpD Landorus-T: 216-255 (64 - 75.6%) --...
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Event

Draft Based League Tournament (open)

SturdyStibrava, Mar 2016: Age: 21 Country: Finland Can you use teamspeak: pretty sure i can Team name: Helsinki High Jump Kicks Say something about yourself: I have never lost a single battle in a draft format.
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PCL

Event Suggestions and Feedback

ddrox13, Mar 2017: As you wish. If you have the thread ready beforehand, could you send it to me? I'll write up an advertizement article in advance and post it as soon as I see your tourney.
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Started by Anti

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Article

How to battle with Froslass

Anti, Feb 2016: I wanted to post some feedback on this article. Quote below to ping the author: First off, this is a fun article, so well done. I just want to give some suggestions to improve it since you plan on making more of them. - First, I thought...
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Started by PokéCommunity Daily

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RMT

Strategics pokemon

Wavybone, Feb 2016: If you want to keep Chandelure Modest you should just make it an all out sp. attacker. Give it a Life Orb or Specs depending on your the last move slot. -Shadow Ball -Heat Wave/Flamethrower -Energy Ball -Trick/Momento A Quiet Nature also...
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Started by Skyxyd

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Asking for pokemon tiers.

Sopheria, Feb 2016: I'd also like to add that Smogon is just one of a few different metagames that has its own set of tiers, rules, and regulations that it defines for itself. An example of another metagame is VGC (Video Game Championships), which is the metagame...
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RMT

VGC 16

WingedDragon, Feb 2016: IMO for staying power you have Amoongus run with Giga Drain, spore, Sitrus berry. Extra Calculations maybe need to be considered for a Harsh Sun Flamethrower from Groudon unless it gets OHKOed anyway then it wouldnt matter. You way also want to...
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RMT

Kanto Classic Team

Ceratops, Feb 2016: Updated and added to the team trying to be as open on moves, while still having at least one STAB.
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How to Battling & Team Building carefully?

quazigalib06, Feb 2016: How to Battling & Team Building carefully for fifth generation?
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Tips on getting into 5th gen competitive battling?

PlatinumDude, Feb 2016: Pokemon Showdown is a Pokemon battling simulator, which supports Pokemon battling from all 6 generations: http://pokemonshowdown.com
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The January 2016 stats are in

Vrai, Feb 2016: it means nothing to higher tiers. tiering megas separately does not impact them in even the slightest way - the same pokemon would still be used, the same megas would still be just as effective, the metagame would evolve in the same way. tiering...
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RMT

a double team with VCG2016 format

RawrMonkey, Feb 2016: I'll just add on to what PlatinumDude mentioned. Draco Meteor > Dragon Pulse: Draco Meteor, for the most part, has always been the dragon move of choice despite the special attack drop. Dragon Pulse just doesn't have enough power, especially if...
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RMT

OU Hyper-Offensive Team (Starring Whimsicott)

gimmepie, Feb 2016: I don't have much advice really, but I will say you're misunderstanding how Psyshock works. It might inflict damage according to your opponents defence stat but your offensive power is still calculated from your Special Attack, so it's still...
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No Fairies Tournament - Won by aeternum

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PCL

LC Random Tournament - Won by Dragon

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Sirfetch’d, Mar 2016: Congrats to Dragon for winning this tournament! I had a lot of fun watching the replays of the battles and hopefully we'll have another one of these in the future. Thanks to everyone who participated! :)
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Zen Mode Darmanitan

wolf, Feb 2016: It would be possible to use Substitute to get Darmanitan down to half of its HP, but what are you going to do once you're in Zen Mode? It's slow and its defenses aren't worth much at 50%, especially with its bad defensive typing and no reliable...
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Group

The Random League

Melody, Feb 2016: The Random League Welcome fair battlers to the Random League thread. What is it? We are primarily a group of battlers who favor or enjoy the fun of random battles! Sometimes the server can be a bit tier oriented; this is why I founded TRL;...
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EV Training?

ddrox13, Feb 2016: TO simplify what Howmander said: 4 EVs = +1 stat. Max 252 evs per stat, 510 total. Macho Brace (Hold) = *2 EVs Power (Hold) = +4 EVs per mon killed in the appropriate stat (aka +20 from Hordes) Pokerus = *2 EVs Super Training is exempt...
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Good Poke's for Rain Team? (Doubles)

Sayuri, Feb 2016: Here's an example of a rain core with Mawile (inspired by Scar's team; in theory it looks good, but I don't know how good it actually would be in battle): Tornadus is a great partner for Kyogre on a dedicated (or even non-dedicated) rain team,...
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Wondering where to start

PlatinumDude, Jan 2016: To get things up to speed in the Gen VI metagame, Blissey has dropped out in favor of its pre-evolution, Chansey, since it benefits from the Eviolite item, an item that increases the defenses of non-fully evolved Pokemon. In Chansey's case, if it's...
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Create stupid sets (OU)

Sayuri, Feb 2016: I used to run a special Zygarde under Trick Room to pretty good success. Also, Furret has been working well for me in VGC '16. In OU: Not sure if this counts as stupid, but:
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Started by KorpiklaaniVodka

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My Team for VGC 2016

Worldslayer608, Jan 2016: I processed the suggested changes and ran a few games. I am thinking I should just ditch Thundurus, as I have not really brought him in and I am not really liking the Scarf on Smeargle. I will give it another day or two, so I am not making cuts...
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Iron Fist or Guts

Howmander, Jan 2016: Oh I know, I just wanted to know how much damage was actually being inflicted, because if one did universally lower damage than the other I would go with the other. Sort of the same principle behind deciding whether to run a physical Nidoking with...
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RMT

OU Team

wolf, Jan 2016: Agreeing with the others that sand + Excadrill would be helpful. Try testing Tyranitar instead of Hippowdon/Cradily. Hippo is a momentum killer and not particularly suitable for a team like this. Tyranitar @ Smooth Rock Ability: Sand Stream...
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Shedinja Stall

wolf, Jan 2016: The main reason is that it allows slower teams to counter Manaphy that don't have HP Fire. The only other options they have without using offensive alternatives are Unaware + CM Clefable and Ferrothorn + Scald absorber. I used to rely on that type...
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Started by KorpiklaaniVodka

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RMT

Gimmick Mew

wolf, Jan 2016: I suggest Gyro Ball > SR on Ferro and SR > Sub on Chomp. At least that gives you another emergency check for Mega Gardevoir. edit: You could also try Protect > SR and Leftovers on Ferro and abuse Leech Seed damage. TWave cripples Gardevoir anyway so...
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RMT

RU vs OU kinda team

PlatinumDude, Jan 2016: Tyrantrum's Speed is mediocre. Dragon Dance is the superior setup move over Hone Claws to fix said Speed. Head Smash does a ton of damage to Fairy Pokemon anyway, so Iron Tail isn't necessary. In fact, a neutral STAB Head Smash does more than a 2x...
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RMT

Help me for a tournament please :)

PappapiconVik, Jun 2016: Hey! Sorry for the late response, things have been very busy. So the tournament never got around to actually happening, but it should hopefully happen soon so I will take into consideration what you have told me. Thanks heaps!! :)
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Online mode tutorial/overview site?

wolf, Jan 2016: I assume you're talking about hacks. Check out the ROM Hacking Hub for that.
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RANDOMETRO LEAGUE

ZoneX, Jan 2016: But now we'll pick up where we left off at as we move onto Day 2!! Where the next handful of teams will face-off!! WEEK 1-DAY 2 9.Team Blackthorn(1-0) VS. 10.Team Petalburg(0-1) http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/aqua-customgame-1349 Bio: The...
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RMT

Any advice on my team?

Rafimah, Jan 2016: I added Hitmontop to replace Staraptor, and its a big improvement. I'll work on Rotom next.
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RMT

Good competitive team?

PlatinumDude, Jan 2016: To add to what Nah said, I'll reiterate that despite its frailty, Gengar can act as a fast utility Pokemon, as it has a good defensive typing and Levitate to completely negate one of its weaknesses. Refer to the Hex set I posted. If you really...
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Pokemon Skylocke

wolf, Jan 2016: Please remake your thread in the Challenges forum. Be sure to read the rules there, as they have thread approval.
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Started by FennekMaster

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Favourite battling disasters that worked out in your favour

Howmander, Jan 2016: This can apply to online, with your friends or in game battles (either trainer or just wild pokemon) but what complete disaster (for the opponents) worked out in your favour spectacularly? Mine happened the other day when I was facing a Greninja...
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Started by Howmander

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RMT

12 OUs, where to put them?

PlatinumDude, Jan 2016: First off, what purpose do any of your EV spreads serve? Team A: Mega Altaria's EV spread should be 248 HP/168 SAtk/92 Spe, which is enough to outspeed Jolly Azumarill. Swords Dance Gliscor should be specially defensive to better take on...
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Started by LinearAxel

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vodka can't build

Aurora, Jan 2016: I think I'm a reasonable teambuilder. I can slap fairly decent teams together in 5-10 minutes for tiers like RU because I've been playing it for long enough that I can quickly ascertain 'what goes with what' and what I'm weak to. I usually either go...
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Started by KorpiklaaniVodka

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High IVs?

PlatinumDude, Jan 2016: Don't use that Pichu, IMO. Raichu is best off as Timid and Bold doesn't help its physical frailty. The Speed IV should be perfect so that Raichu outspeeds as much as possible with a Timid nature
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Started by 3mma

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RMT

Rate my OU HyperOffense team

PlatinumDude, Jan 2016: Psychic hits Mega Venusaur supereffectively, as it walls Manaphy without it. That being said, either Therian Landorus or Garchomp should be used over Gyarados or Manaphy, since the latter two stack weaknesses. I'd rather use Garchomp over...
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Started by SlamJamin

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Thoughts?

tweakfox, Jan 2016: That's pretty awesome! I know a few of mine are good for competitive battling, but there are a couple I use that I'm pretty sure I'd be laughed at for using hehe... I've never really cared about that though since I'm not super into the competitive...
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Started by tweakfox

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What's the most super effective attack possible legit?

JamUsagi, Jan 2016: 32x without Normalize shouldn't be possible, since Fighting and flying share no SEs in either inverse or regular battles. Other type-changing abilities wouldn't work because they only change normal-type moves, and Electrify couldn't work because...
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LF Monotype Battlers for Monotype Skype League

DrifblimDTR, Jan 2016: Hey everyone, I currently have a Monotype League and a group chat on Skype, would anyone be interested? You can add my Skype Acct, david.sieczkowski if interested. The rules are followed - Rules: - Single and Dual typing is allowed - No Uber...
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