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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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Balance Doubles

Paige Berlitz, Mar 2014: http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/smogondoublessuspecttest-99201682 http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/smogondoublessuspecttest-99199939 http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/smogondoublessuspecttest-99197900 here are some replays of some...
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Team Garchomp

Paige Berlitz, Mar 2014: well I didnt change really anything but Trevanant and after that change i went undefeated in the main server but i got off the main server cause I was lagging. But then I scrapped the team for a different Uber team which is a lot better. And Fire...
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Do you record your losses in battle spot?

Elements1, Mar 2014: I save the epic wins and whatnot to relive the moments :P never have saved losses but your ideas are great! I could fix my mistakes and see if I could actually win. Love this feature ^^
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Help with my team

JuniBoy, Mar 2014: Really appreciate it platinum thanks, and definitely im gonna try greninja, I've been hearing that hes really good, but dont know how to use it, well not yet, but thnx again pal.
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Judge my OU team

Kakarot1212, Mar 2014: Thanks for the recommendation! I'm going to give it a try. ^^
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Community Day XIV Participant List

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Paige Berlitz, Mar 2014: Well i know this is kinda late but I was there. You can ask Wolf Masin, awolffromspace that i was there. I was Paige Bryan, Pàige Berlitz, or Gym Leàder Pàige
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Help with Battle Spot Team

Azire, Mar 2014: I would personally use a mixed wall and definitely wouldn't use Umbreon. Umbreon I would never use for anything unless it's one of your favorites. Chansey @ Evolite Ability: Natural Cure Nature: Bold EV: 252 HP / 252 Def / 252 SDef - Seismic...
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Which Pokemon Should I Use?

TheHooter, Mar 2014: Okay so I'm building a team to use in pixelmon and I have come up with good move-sets for 10 pokemon. I will might get all of them eventually, but I need help deciding which 6 to use in my main team because I'm a bit of a noob. I think pixelmon...
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Which pokemon is the best physical wall?

Rapture11, Mar 2014: Oh, at first I thought Guts raised attack to 1.5 times when below 1/3 health or something like that but I checked and I'm wrong, it raises when it has a status.
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Rate my XY Team!!!

Nah, Mar 2014: Air Balloon is slightly better for Heatran than Shuca Berry since temporary immunity>one time weakening (Heatran will still take a lot of damage from a Ground attack even with Shuca Berry). Also, you can't really make a mix of an offensive Heatran...
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Pokemon Battle Spot Teams

Flushed, Mar 2014: If I'm doing Battle Spot, I'm usually messing around with a bunch of different Pokemon, seeing what works. When I actually go into a rating battle though I usually use the following team (which I've actually posted on here before asking for help): ...
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Started by Rapture11

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A Gen VI Competitive Battling Team-Trapping

Nah, Mar 2014: Aye, but then the team doesn't have to be all Ubers since he's not battling in the Uber tier.
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Started by Hydreigon99

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Gengar's Revenge (Ubers, peaked #166... for now)

Nah, Mar 2014: Oh, this is funny. XD No, seriously, I find the names and commentary hilarious. I don't think there's much to fix on your team. The only things I can think of are giving Palkia a Life Orb to boost all of its attacks and maybe give Arceus an...
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Battle Spot Help!

PlatinumDude, Mar 2014: Lucario should be Jolly to take advantage of its Mega form's good 112 Speed. Recommended Wash Rotom sets: -Volt Switch -Hydro Pump -Will-o-Wisp -Pain Split/Rest Nature: Bold EVs: 248 HP/216 Def/44 Spe Item: Leftovers
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Competitive Team Help

Cordova.Erick, Mar 2014: Just Know That Two Turn Moves Are Bad Except When You Have A Move Like Solar Beam + Sunlight Or Sky Drop , Stuff Like That . I Would Keep Sword Dance & Maybe Replace Sacred Sword For Iron Head Or Something Since Does A Lot More Damage (STAB) & Can...
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Free for all Battles!

oshawottlover13, Mar 2014: maybe if the battle was over when one side is finished, the other 2 start a new battle to see who wins. does that sound ok or does all of this sound stupid?
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Mono Steel

SpadeEdge16, Mar 2014: Wow, that's a lot of inro, Platinum, haha. I'll be sure to take that into consideration and actually try out a lot of this right now. Thanks so much for the advice!
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Wi Fi battles

PlatinumDude, Mar 2014: EVs would totally be appreciated here. Protect only sees use in multi-battles because when the Pokemon is Protected, its partner can deal with its counter. In singles, Garchomp should use: -Swords Dance -Outrage/Dragon Claw -Earthquake -Fire...
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Community Day XIV

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Omicron, Mar 2014: I've been looking forward for this too. ^^ Especially since I wasn't able to be there the last one.
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Competitive Fire Red & Leaf Green Season

Buddaz, Mar 2014: So as a 22 year old and watching the whole 'Twitch Plays Pokemon' I had to reminisce on the good old times playing Red & Blue as a kid... I'm not into the whole Pokemon thing now and stopped playing after Gold & Silver but I really want to have a...
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Monotype, the magic of Flying

Asteilogos, Mar 2014: Oh, I did not know I was asking to much, thank you for the information ^_^
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Team building Ideas and Suggestions?

PlatinumDude, Mar 2014: Goodra is one of the best Assault Vest tanks out there: -Draco Meteor -Fire Blast -Thunderbolt/Sludge Bomb/Dragon Tail -Earthquake/Dragon Tail Nature: Quiet/Sassy EVs: 248 HP/252 SAtk/8 SDef Item: Assault Vest Ability: Gooey/Sap Sipper
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Attack or Special Attack?

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Hikamaru, Mar 2014: I like to balance between the two, and the moves I use depend on which one the Pokemon performs better at, like having Waterfall on a physical-based Water-type as opposed to Surf on a special-based one. I may teach both physical and special moves...
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Another team? What is this?!

Anvils Alive, Mar 2014: Why, thank you for the help. I'll be trying out the changes you suggested. EDIT: I battled someone on Showdown, and only Smeargle and Rhyperior got KO'd. Sylveon and Rocks from the latter finished off the guy's Tauros and Volcarona.
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Pokemon Team Help

DumbFounDead, Mar 2014: I posted my in game team because I want to eventually use it to battle. I know I have to switch up a lot of the moves since some of them are just for in game filler until I can unlock other moves. I just needed input on how I should set it up. I'm...
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Need Competitive Team Help

PlatinumDude, Mar 2014: Fly is too easily played around competitively. It's not worth bothering. Here are much better sets for Charizard to use. Use physical moves only for Charizard X. The only physical move Charizard Y should use is Earthquake: -Dragon Dance -Flare...
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Mix Tier Team

PlatinumDude, Mar 2014: Mega Houndoom should use Taunt in the last slot to prevent walls from setting up on it. If you're not using Mega Aggron for whatever reason at all, just stick to Choice Band Head Smashes: -Head Smash -Heavy Slam/Iron Head -Earthquake -Fire...
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Trick Room/Troll Team

TonyPajamas, Mar 2014: Ahhhhh you just saved me many, many, many hours of frustration--thank you!
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Ballte Institute vs. Battle Spot

Nah, Mar 2014: Yes and no. Some level of skill is required to do well in the Battle Institute/Maison, so if you're getting your ass handed to you in the BI/BM, you probably won't do well against most most competent human opponents. However, real people behave...
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Alphabet Soup

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wolf, Feb 2014: Ah sorry, I forgot about this, haha. I should have my match done by tomorrow or the day after.
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Counter that Pokemon! (LC version!)

Hiatus, Feb 2014: http://www.smogon.com/download/sprites/bw/170.png Chinchou @ Eviolite Ability: Volt Absorb EVs: 52 Def / 232 SpA / 224 Spe Modest Nature ~ Hydro Pump ~ Thunderbolt ~ Ice Beam ~ Scald
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VGC Team

Tyrael, Feb 2014: Alright so, I see a few things that really hurt your team. Mega Manectric, Rotom-W, and Rotom-H are the main things, but pretty much anything that gets coverage as good as those three would hurt your team a lot. Intimidate/Burn really hurt your team...
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Here comes the sun!

WonderfulWhiscash, Feb 2014: I'm relatively new to competitive pokemon, but I do know that offensively, Mega Houndoom is an absolute beast in the sun. Solar power boosting his special attack to base 210! So yeah.
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Started by Creame

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Grass Team! (Don't worry, it's a different one!)

Nolafus, Feb 2014: Sorry about not getting back to you in a timely manner, but I had to wait until I was at college to start battling. Anyway, I made all the changes and it's going pretty well so far. I'm happy with them, so thanks once again!
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Sweep-healing?

Krystia, Feb 2014: I agree, you should just leave it with Hurricane. You can probably be benefit if your pokemon can do rain dance while volcanora is on the field. It isn't really require though. Also, I have been trying to play with mat block, it isn't really...
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Started by TonyPajamas

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Team Building Help!

PlatinumDude, Feb 2014: You have too many Mega Pokemon. You do realize you can only Mega Evolve 1 Pokemon per battle, right? It's better for you to use 1 Mega Pokemon on the team in the end. Charizard X should use physical moves only to take better advantage of Tough...
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Started by Barbarian

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Help me mess with your mind

Sneakyarrow, Feb 2014: Thanks for all the tips. I also remembered I wanted to add a Zoroark to my team.
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Ever made one mistake that's cost you everything?

Azire, Feb 2014: When I first beat XY and started battling I vastly underestimated Xerneas and was not carrying any Poison or Steel moves on my team. I mean who carried those moves in Gen 5? Only when you lacked a better option. I know we received the new table and...
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Rate my X/Y Sun Team

RoreyG, Feb 2014: Thanks for the advice everybody. I've taken it all under consideration and this is my final team: http://www.serebii.net/xy/pokemon/006-my.png Rhaegar (m) -Fire Blast -Solar Beam -Dragon Pulse -Roost Nature: Timid Ability: Drought
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Team Help (Again)

Charizardlvl.98, Feb 2014: You have a decent team. However, a mamoswine completely counters this set up. A kelfki would run better due to its Prankster ability, as Espeon is (in my extended opinion after running one for so long) a better baton passer than a screener. I...
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Eeveelution team critique?

Zeffy, Feb 2014: Better =/= safer. The recoil damage can be mitigated with the use of Wish passing, plus the fact that Leafeon is so damn bulky. In a metagame that is focused more in bulk, dealing as much damage as you can is the best thing you can do.
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Started by joeyboy

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Tierless, Legend-Free Team For With Friends

Nah, Feb 2014: I highly recommend Giga Drain on Volcarona. The recovery is nice, as is the ability to take down Water and Rock types. It's great to decimate someone's Wash Rotom when they think they're countering your Volcarona. If you aren't gonna use that, your...
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Started by Managrimm

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Ubers on battle spot?

Nah, Feb 2014: I don't mind fighting Uber legendaries on Battle Spot. Most of the time its just nubs who think that just using Uber legendaries will give them an automatic win. It's fun beating them. =) I also don't mind because, well...I sometimes use Uber...
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Started by WonderfulWhiscash

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Need help with battle spot.

Danny71294, Feb 2014: i didnt realise weather team's was that important , I just heard solarbeam with sunny day does alot so put it on any , like i say im a complete and utternoob at this I Love doing massive damage but being able to play tactical too I hate them...
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Started by Danny71294

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Vaporeon or Sylveon?

PlatinumDude, Feb 2014: Must've forgotten about that. I second Zekrom; I don't think one is better than the other. Think about this: do you want Vaporeon's bigger Wishes, or Sylveon's stronger offensive presence? Also, the spread should be 252 HP/244 Def/12 Spe. That lets...
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I have a huge water weakness and I need suggestions on how to fix that

PlatinumDude, Feb 2014: While Rhyperior does see use in OU as a Talonflame check, Wash Rotom does that better. It also takes away an unwanted Water weakness: -Volt Switch -Hydro Pump -Will-o-Wisp -Pain Split/Rest Nature: Bold EVs: 248 HP/216 Def/44 Spe Item:...
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Started by AJ™

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VGC 14 Rules team

Metricus, Feb 2014: So I'm not currently in any 2014 Championships competitions, but I've been playing the rules nonetheless, if for no other reason then to acclimate myself to doubles, since I've also never played that until now. I assume most people here know what...
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Started by Metricus

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Multi Battle Trio

Azire, Feb 2014: I have taken a liking to Multi Battle, I have a few friends that play it and sometimes I'll do random. This does cause issues with making a proper team as you can never be 100% sure who your teammates will be. I am looking for a third teammate...
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OU Team Featuring ZardX

MarioManH, Feb 2014: Alright, will go ahead and run a single offensive move and max Attack EVs + Speed EVs
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My UU Team

PlatinumDude, Feb 2014: First off, the EVs of your Pokemon have to be divisible by 4. Because every 4 EVs, that Pokemon gets 1 point in the appropriate stat at level 100. Anyways: Cohagrigus should use max HP and max Special Attack to give it the most optimal special...
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