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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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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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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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ORAS Double battle

Hannahmc, Aug 2017: Need 2 people for oras doubles . Add FC 2895-7629-7522 and 4742-8972-7012
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Event

Summer Glory Festival [Serebii vs PokéCommunity]

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Kevin Garrett, Aug 2017: DecisionAfter a month of competition, the Summer Glory Festival is coming to a close. With both communities each having notched six victories, no clear winner could be determined. In lieu of a sudden death tiebreaker, both sides have agreed to a...
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Hall of Fame

wolf, Aug 2017: Hall of FameGeneral Info This thread is for showcasing the community's tournament and ladder achievements, setting goals for everyone to strive for, and coordinating when the community should focus on joining certain Smogon tournaments. Any recent...
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Help Me Start

VGC Team build help

PlatinumDude, Aug 2017: Check Trainer Tower's EV spread compendium as a starting point.
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Event

NU & Improved

noa, Aug 2017: Woo, thanks for playing everyone!
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Article

PokéCommunity Tournament Guide

5qwerty, Aug 2017: Not familiar with tournaments? Still want to join? No worries, we're here to help you out.
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B4G

OliPlayzHD, Aug 2017: So I am starting a new Pokémon Competitive Draft League It will use standard smogon tiers in a UCL type format we will have 16 players in a snake format picking 3 OU in the first set of 3 then 3 UU 3RU and 3 NU and below for a better explanation...
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Event

Draft Challenge

PokemasterEke, Aug 2017: Hey everyone, I'm hostig a pokemon draft tournament. Witch will be decided as time goes but if you want to join it just go to https://discord.gg/UGXATQp. Just say your IGN and team name in the Discord chat and i'll write it down. the Tournament...
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RMT

SM UU Infernape BalanceTeam

TopoftheFlops, Sep 2017: So I have used this team over several battles, and the only problems I have with it is that Aerodactyl-Mega, Terrakion, Scizor, and Entei give my team the most trouble. Usually Tsareena will get whittled down extremely fast, leaving Blastiose-M to...
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Help Me Finish

A team to play with an IRL friend.

Nah, Sep 2017: Mimikyu's STABs give it all the coverage it needs really. Almost nothing resists both Fairy and Ghost, and there's little else in its movepool that looks like its worth using. Shadow Sneak is more there for the priority than the damage, so a second...
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September 2017 tier shifts

Pinkie-Dawn, Sep 2017: All of these tier shifts makes me wish Smogon should've increased the number of Pokemon for each tier besides NU and PU, so OU wouldn't restrict only around 50 Pokemon in its tier (as well as to prevent any impressions from people new to the...
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Started by Sirfetch’d

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PCL

Season 4: Signup Tournament

FireSnow, Sep 2017: RIP Spheal Force Ye shall not soon be forgotten
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Started by wolf

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Help Me Finish

1v1 MGardevoir

neoshai, Sep 2017: Oh okay, good to know. And that spread was a suggestion from another player who I randomly came up against a couple of times. So I'm just trying things out atm. Tbh I never used showdown before for battling ... it's actually quite handy XD
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Started by neoshai

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Thoughts on Dragonite?

Zeffy, Sep 2017: I don't think you're shallow. You just have different views when it comes to Pokemon and battling, and everyone is free to uphold their views! These guys are just giving you the best advice they can based on statistics and facts. Most people here...
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Started by Veil Loreraven

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Marowak-Alola "with a twist"

Veil Loreraven, Sep 2017: aww...really? I thought Bubblebeam was a good idea. You can only get it from transfering from yellow and He hasn't been able to learn it since Gen 1 so it would be unexpected in the right situation. My Marowak does have rock head since he was...
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Help Me Finish

Help Me Make My Shiny Team Great!

Geowlett, Sep 2017: I will not be evolving them. I am putting everstones on them til they reach lvl 100
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Help Me Finish

Need a 6th Pokémon (VGC)

Alfieri, Sep 2017: I was thinking of Celesteela too but wasn't sure if having another Pokmon weak to fire would be bad because of Kartana's 4x weakness. Or is that a non issue?
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PCL

Season 4: Week 1

Poll
gimmepie, Sep 2017: http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/pokecommunity-gen7ou-278195 http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/pokecommunity-gen7ou-278197 Won vs Firesnow
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Started by wolf

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Event

Fun in the Sun [wolf wins!]

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wolf, Sep 2017: I won vs Kostas, ggs. https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/pokecommunity-gen7ou-278201 https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/pokecommunity-gen7ou-278202 https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/pokecommunity-gen7ou-278203
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Assault Vest Emboar set

wolf, Sep 2017: Fire Blast or Overheat is another option over Flare Blitz. However, that might be better for singles, since in doubles the sheer power of Flare Blitz is more appreciated. Same suggestion applies to Incineroar too.
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Started by Alfieri

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RMT

Rain team featuring Electric Seed Hawlucha

wolf, Sep 2017: I wouldn't recommend replacing Ferro, because you need it for Magearna (+2 outruns Adamant Mega Swampert in rain), Tapu Lele, Zygarde, Mega Diancie, etc. I don't see any problems with the team honestly. Maybe try Knock Off, Protect, or even...
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Started by PlatinumDude

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PCL

Season 4: Week 2

wolf, Sep 2017: I'll give everyone extra time, up until Friday, September 29th at 11:59 PM GMT -4. Shawn and Aurora can choose a sub for himself and gimmepie, respectively, if they aren't confident that the matches will be completed before then. Or Shawn and Aurora...
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RMT

Crappy SM OU team

KorpiklaaniVodka v2.0, Sep 2017: https://media.tenor.com/images/6bfe75de533eb6ac09af7ae8276993d4/tenor.gif I feel like I can't play this game anymore, but I gave it one more try, so here's my team. Weavile @ Life Orb Ability: Pressure EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe ...
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Competitive Pokemon Without Ice Types

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PCL

Season 3 Signups (still open!)

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SUPREMEDARKLORD, Sep 2017: Pokémon Showdown username(s): ultradarklord Clan member or substitute: Member! Time zone: GMT-5 Are you interested in being a clan head?: Not at this time.
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Competitive Mega Steelix?

Alfieri, Sep 2017: When in doubt I use Smogon to get me started and go from there. This is their current set for SM: Steelix @ Steelixite Ability: Sturdy EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD Careful Nature - Stealth Rock - Heavy Slam - Earthquake - Toxic
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News

Play! Pokémon Program Announces new VGC Format for 2018!

HeroLinik, Oct 2017: So basically it's now just Battle Spot Doubles, or VGC15 - Alola Edition? Looks like Lando-T/Tapus/Mega Kangaskhan/UBs/Aegislash will be on every team now. Also, the announcement alone has now all but confirmed the National Pokedex will be returning...
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Worst sets you have ever seen while laddering

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ZeoStar, Oct 2017: The first battle I did, lost to a Gliscor. So I put one on my team, but with soft sand instead of toxic orb. Eventually got called out on it
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Started by Sirfetch’d

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Group

Creating A New League

Key7, Oct 2017: Hi Guys, Currently thinking about creating a new league. Is the website currently under construction >>http://dannykey87.wixsite.com/thebronzeleague We have a few members at the moment and would love for people to help it grow. We run fully...
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A way to make Wishiwashi good?

gimmepie, Oct 2017: Aqua Ring is a waste of a moveslot tbh. Even stacked with leftovers its never going to recover enough HP to make it a better option than coverage.
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Started by Veil Loreraven

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How important are perfect IVs to you?

Link119, Oct 2017: Now that it's significantly easier to get them, they're very important to me...Pre-Gen. VI, I was okay with not being absolutely perfect, but once the Destiny Knot buff happened, I don't like battling with imperfect stats...I've survived at 1HP and...
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Started by Alfieri

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Let's talk about competitive Pokemon!

wolf, Oct 2017: <p>If you still want to go through with this for next Saturday, Zeffy, let me know and I'll advertise it on the Bulletin Board. :)</p>
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Started by Zeffy

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Event

Looking for 1 more person to join a Draft League

I like fire 14, Oct 2017: Hey fragilent. I would like to join this draft league. I have experience with competitive pokemon and I've played in a league on another website, though that wasn't a draft league. What information is required? I get that sincd thisis being done on...
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Started by fragilant

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(poll) Best Pokecommunity battle server player!

Hackode007, Oct 2017: Oops! So no one is winner! There is tie between wolf, shaawn, sam, and mark. But it's ok! I am making new poll!
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Started by Hackode007

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Mega Steelix new ability ????

Link119, Oct 2017: On a role-playing standpoint, solid idea, but moreso defensive side, rather than both D. and Sp.D....I think it makes more sense from both a role-playing aspect and keeps it from being maybe a bit much from a competitive standpoint... I like the...
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Help Me Finish

Help deciding other teammates?

PlatinumDude, Oct 2017: You might want to check here on viable Pokemon in Doubles UU.
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Started by SpookyPokePixels

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PCL

Season 4: Week 3

wolf, Oct 2017: https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/pokecommunity-gen7ou-282748 https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/pokecommunity-gen7ou-282749 https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/pokecommunity-gen7ou-283170 Won vs Aurora, ggs. Apologies for the delay. Aurora had...
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Started by wolf

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Help Me Finish

Building for the future

WingedDragon, Nov 2017: With Vgc 18 coming up and the assumption of everything being available I began tinkering with a team. I think I want to replace Mega Mence but not sure with who exactly. Ill be giving the roles suited for each Poke ive been running so far. These are...
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PCL

Season 4: Semifinals

wolf, Nov 2017: https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/pokecommunity-gen7ou-283800 https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/pokecommunity-gen7ou-283801 Won vs Rabinov. Unfortunately, there was a lot of hax on both sides.
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Started by wolf

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Most/least favorite changes that SM brought

wolf, Nov 2017: Gen 6 Talonflame was easy enough to deal with in my opinion. The nerf seems unnecessary when taking into account the sheer number of common checks that Talonflame has now: Tapu Koko, Tapu Lele, Landorus-T, Heatran, Toxapex, Zygarde, Ash Greninja,...
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Physical/special split

wolf, Nov 2017: Do you prefer how the mechanics worked before or after the physical/special split? Some argue that the metagame was more balanced when types were either physical or special. Powerful sweepers like Salamence had to use weaker moves like Hidden Power...
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Started by wolf

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Battle Server Room Requests & Guidelines

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AR 26, Nov 2017: Room Name : League of Champs Room Purpose: A room for offtopic discussions and different type of challenges and tournaments. Your Pokemon Showdown name(Room Owner): AR 26 Pls make this room as it is going to inspire and spread PC..
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Started by wolf

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Battle Tree Stories

WingedDragon, Nov 2017: So playing in the Battle Tree. I had Mega Mawile out against Abomasnow and with Mawile had 56 hp. I figure It would hit with something that would KO it. Abomasnow used Leech Seed. I was like "huh?" Naturally it KO it with an iron head. So any...
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Suicide leads

MachoPony, Nov 2017: if you had asked me a few gens ago then yes, azelf with stealth rocks hitting hard and possibly scoring a double KO with a nice fat explosion was great in Gen 4, and in lower tier gen 5 (even higher tier sometimes) it was fun to bring a normally...
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Started by wolf

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Event

Pokemon World League : Alolan-Z league!

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U-Hacks, Nov 2017: approved! sorry for the lating cuz i was sick & in a hospital.
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RMT

[Gen 3] OU Team

Piloswine, Nov 2017: I don't know what I say, I just want to have my team rated. :3c Gollum (Seviper) (M) @ King's Rock Ability: Shed Skin EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 Spe Impish Nature - Crunch - Haze - Swagger - Toxic
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PCL

Season 4: Finals (Ghosts of Perdition won!)

Sam1994, Nov 2017: Congrats Ghosts of Perdition :) Also congrats to my team Brave Altaria for reaching finals :) Also grats to all other teams! Looking forward for next season :)
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Started by wolf

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Everything allowed pokemon team

aheali, Nov 2017: I'm doing a challenge vs a friend. Literally everything is allowed except having multiple of the same species in your team and only 1 mega. But outside of that everything is allowed, every pokemon, every move on every pokemon and every ability. ...
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RMT

Steel Monotype Team

Robin, Nov 2017: Thanks a lot for your tips, I made a few changes to empoleon (its now the stealth rock setter) same Ivs and nature as before, Skarmory is now more physically defensive and has leftovers (and is now the spikes setter). Also I gave extreme speed to...
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Started by Robin

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Naganadel has been banned from OU

Nah, Nov 2017: I haven't battled in a while so I never got to see this thing in action, but if the post is true, it sounds like what pushes it over the edge is the ability to get Speed boosts from Beast Boost combined with the raw power afforded by Nasty Plot. ...
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