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Battle Server Support

SawkTheWarrior, Aug 2020: Thanks!!
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Started by wolf

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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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Started by Sirfetch’d
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Your Festive Fued choices?

CountessGardevoir, Nov 2015: Latias* Gallade* Flygon Roserade Medicham* Froslass Eagle-eyed readers will notice inspiration from FF7
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Started by SirBoglor

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Worst Pokémon type?

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SinisterHoodedFigure, Nov 2015: By far the worst type is Fire. And to back that up? Gen 1 proved just how atrocious fire type was as both a defensive type AND and offensive type. The stats were terrible back then, with the average non-moltres special stat being surprisingly...
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Started by Squirrel

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Wondering if people would like to help form a WI-FI League/Community for ORAS.

Dragovion, Nov 2015: Hey, I'm done to help any way that I can. I love to battle and I could support a good league like this!
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Started by Key7

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Season 13 Announced

skyburial, Nov 2015: Yeah I'm glad it's secluded to the Special format and that we have the blue pentagon rule back, although I never did find time to run Follow Me! Blastoise through its paces. You will rise again, my son. I almost overreacted when I perused the...
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Started by WingedDragon

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How reliable are

skyburial, Nov 2015: Especially since Battle Spot S11 dropped the Pentagon Rule, this has never been more true. You're not going to see an Eruptran at a live event, nor is a Defiant-boosted Superpower from Thundurus isn't going to take out your Kangaskhan. But during...
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Started by WingedDragon

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Hoopa-Unbound

Sweep, Nov 2015: It's kind of match-up reliant in my eyes. Unless it runs a Choice Scarf (and forfeits the ability to bust Stall in exchange for doing a better job vs. Offense), you're basically banking on your opponent bring a slow, bulky team. Because of Hoopa's...
5   1,860
Started by Dragon

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Stealth rocks/other entry hazards

Anti, Nov 2015: i don't quite agree with this. i think in a lot of ways defog is adding balance to a ridiculously unbalanced mechanic. i don't think there is anything inherently skillful about "i just set down spikes, these definitely aren't going anywhere unless...
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Started by 2Fruit

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Favorite Pokemon for Competitive Play

Nolafus, Nov 2015: I love breaking the meta, but only a few picks are actually somewhat viable. Some of my favorite ones are Toxicroak and Relicanth. I love using these two. Toxicroak is actually really good for stopping Scald SPAM and checking threats like Bishard...
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Started by Thunderflare

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BTB / Server Accent Challenge II

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Started by Lalapizzame

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Your Spooky Cup Results

skyburial, Oct 2015: It looks like I finished with 17 wins and 10 losses (somewhere around the 1600's) before I got bored and punched out. Really just wanted to experiment with Trick Room and didn't get many opportunities to set it up, so I lost interest.
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Started by WingedDragon

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Which format feels more limiting?

skyburial, Oct 2015: In VGC, it's not just a matter of having a counter to a particular mon, but rather multiple answers to that mon and all of its partners, so that if one of your counters goes down, you can adjust and take the win. Switching is not as frequent as it...
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Started by Alfieri

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should mega sableye be banned?

Nolafus, Oct 2015: If this thing goes, then stall would really be dead. It's annoying, sure, but it has quite a few counter options, and there really are worse pokemon they need to consider banning (Goth). All because hyper offense is what most people play,...
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Started by KorpiklaaniVodka

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Ghosts of Perdition

punkysaur, Oct 2015: Check this thread: http://www.pokecommunity.com/showthread.php?t=353763
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Started by Anti

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Rant: Usefulness > design.

wolf, Oct 2015: Anyone who wants to use Kyurem will go for Kyurem-Black instead. That's why its usage is so low. There are more players who like Eeveelutions than those who want to use SubRoost Kyurem. Milotic and Vaporeon are UU while Alomomola is RU....
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Started by KorpiklaaniVodka

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Bad items on bad pokemon with bad sets that make them worse!

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KorpiklaaniVodka, Oct 2015: latios is definitely better for obvious reasons, but as i said goodra has a few notable advantages that make it worth considering. (btw is HP Fire latios still common? are there more and more CM latios poping up on the ladder or is it just me)
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Started by Dark Azelf

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The Spooky Cup

skyburial, Oct 2015: Goodness, guys. Malamar just dominates against teams that don't have any bugs on them. Use one. http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/spookycup-282304604
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Started by skyburial

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Broken

skyburial, Oct 2015: Yeah, Empoleon is pretty beastly and easy to build a team around. Air Balloon Raichu, Gengar, Landorus-T are all reliable team mates, and it synergizes particularly well with Lando. I run an AV set in Doubles during friendly battles and it has...
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Started by Juxapose

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How do you determine....

WingedDragon, Oct 2015: Presently my leads are Follow Me Togekiss with Mega Khan or Mega Mence as leads. The point is to have Togekiss take the hits while either one powers up at least one level. I have a battle ready Metagross. I do like Salamence over Khan, but I like...
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Started by WingedDragon

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Battling with pokegen

Nah, Oct 2015: Does PokeGen still work even? But if you don't wanna breed and train 'mons you can just battle on Pokemon Showdown servers instead.
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Started by Dmidnight

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Best dragon team

Zeffy, Oct 2015: Gonna have to close this one since it doesn't follow the team help thread guidelines. Feel free to make a compliant thread or post in the Teambuilding Workshop instead. Thanks!
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Started by Hydreigon61151

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Help with team building?

xVaporeonx, Oct 2015: I am still new here, so I am sorry if I am putting this in the wrong area. I have been playing Pokemon Showdown and I cam trying to build a team on trial and error. I had one set up and won a few times with it but now I just get smashed every time....
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Started by xVaporeonx

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Pokemon Draft Tournament

wolf, Sep 2015: This thread is over a month old. http://cbc.pokecommunity.com/config/emoticons/why.png
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Started by Fluttershy629

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The PokéCommunity's Introduction to Competitive Battling

Pokedra, Sep 2015: Best way to improve is just to grind the Smogon ladder to be honest.
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Started by Nah

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Shadow Tag Discussion Thread

Pokedra, Sep 2015: Switching out has been a staple of the game since it's inception. I don't see how a mechanic that rewards strategic thinking can be irritating personally. As for the actual topic I'm surprised to have not encountered it much yet but I suspect...
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Started by KorpiklaaniVodka

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Don't mess with this Swampert!

Team Flare Lysandre, Sep 2015: psWl3rqMsd0 Just something stupid I threw together from a recent Regionals tournament highlight, hopefully you enjoy. I make no claims at being a good video editor/creator.
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Started by Team Flare Lysandre

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Battling styles

Nah, Sep 2015: You can go hyper offensive if you want. All the of major playstyles (hyper offense, bulky offense, balance, semi-stall, and stall) are arguably viable, and different playstyles are going to appeal to different people. Balance is the most commonly...
4   1,162
Started by WingedDragon

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What Bad Pokemon do you wish was good?

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WolfAndSheep, Sep 2015: UU is my favourite tier by a landslide so I love all dem bad Pokemon. My ideal meta exists as everything is valid to use in its own tier. Abolishing the whole thing where something is at the top of its tier list and/or is suspect, and then there's...
31   2,892
Started by FennekMaster

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What's your most hated battle tactic?

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Zeffy, Sep 2015: After going through 150 turns of switching, healing, and defending, winning better had been totally worth it else I'd feel like muk :p
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Started by Vengeful One

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Creative and underrated movesets

skyburial, Sep 2015: Back when I was running Mega Alt/Mence in VGC this was the Support Lucario that I used to sponge Ice Beams and Stone Edges, scare off unwitting Sylveon, and put pressure on Sand teams. ...
12   2,420
Started by wolf

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Ameture pokemon league

DebzDarmanitan23, Sep 2015: Thanks
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Started by DebzDarmanitan23

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Competitive HM Ideas

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Started by JamUsagi

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august 2015 stats: hoopa-C is UU

KorpiklaaniVodka, Sep 2015: here they are. hoopa was 149th in usage (worse than mons such as ninetales and milotic lmao) last month which means it dropped to UU.
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Started by KorpiklaaniVodka

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bw ou changes

Anti, Sep 2015: yeah poor choice of words, perhaps going for "not the current generation meta." there is mild precedent b/c of the ingrain smeargle clause/ban (idr what it was) in adv but it sure seems odd. for example, dpp is played in p much all of the tours you...
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Started by KorpiklaaniVodka

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Miss Rant

Tora, Sep 2015: This is exactly why I prefer 100% accuracy moves, even if they are not as strong. But I'd rather hit 2 Thunderbolt than miss 2 Thunder. Fortunately, I've never come across any moves like Double Team (it's bad enough if the AI at the Battle Maison...
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Started by Juxapose

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Counter that Pokemon! (READ THE FREAKING FIRST POST)

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FennekMaster, Aug 2015: Goodra @ Assault Vest Ability: Sap Sipper EVs: 240 HP / 252 SpA / 16 Spe Modest Nature - Draco Meteor / Dragon Pulse - Fire Blast - Sludge Bomb/ Thunderbolt - Earthquake/ Muddy Water +2 252 SpA Mega Houndoom Dark Pulse vs. 240 HP / 0 SpD...
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Started by Nah

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Would you make any changes to the type chart?

Udders, Aug 2015: 2Fruit has some brilliant ideas there :) Poison should be super effective against water, cause poison pollutes water. Also, this would make Poison much better and popular. Just imagine water types being weak to poison. It would instantly make...
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Started by wolf

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2015 VGC Worlds, results and footage

skyburial, Aug 2015: Historically, Japan has lacked a strong presence at Worlds, as they play in a best-of-1 format during their qualification matches, whereas the rest of the world must win best-of-3. That changed this year. Seven of the Eight top cut players were...
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Started by skyburial

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Are there any playstyles that don't click with you?

2Fruit, Aug 2015: The one play style that I don't like using is one that hasn't been listed because it's not really a method of battling, it is the probability hax style. It's a rare style on smogon, with people using anything from the infamous sand veil gliscor,...
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Started by wolf

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Pikachu Cup: Results

WingedDragon, Aug 2015: How did everyone else do that participated? Does anyone think there was enough to get that special Pikachu that they advertised? 26-19(W-L) overall Day one: 11-4. I was feeling pretty good about this. I mean how cant you with that kind of...
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Started by WingedDragon

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Should an ideal metagame allow for every playstyle to be viable?

Zeffy, Aug 2015: A metagame with every play style having the same chances of success would be a bit chaotic, don't you think? There's variety, yes, but since Pokemon involves over 300+ possible choices of individual Pokemon (not counting NFEs and other unviable muk...
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Started by wolf

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Rage quitters

WingedDragon, Aug 2015: This isnt on Smogon. This is online battles in the game itself
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Started by WingedDragon

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Please help this frustrated trainer.

PlatinumDude, Aug 2015: Fake Out is one of Skitty's starting moves for the sake of convenience. All Skitty encountered in the wild (except for some ones encountered via DexNav, as Fake Out is also one of Skitty's egg moves) are at a higher level than when they'd normally...
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Started by SpecialGroudon

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Pikachu Cup (updated)

WingedDragon, Aug 2015: So whos ready for the cup?
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Started by WingedDragon

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X and Y Multi Battle Request.

orez0zero, Aug 2015: Hello trainers. I will try to keep this request simple. Me and my nephew are looking to get some Multi Battle experience and criticism so that we can work our way up into "pro" competitions. If possible would anyone be willing to team up against...
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Started by orez0zero

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finally

Dark Azelf, Aug 2015: The main issue with Manaphy, which you highlighted in this post actually. Scald puts most of its counters and checks on a timer even if it doesnt run one of its actually wide coverage options to blow past checks and counters (Shadow Ball, HP Fire,...
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Started by srinator

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how to evolve a feebas diamond (by trade with prism scale)?

Zeffy, Aug 2015: Please ask questions about DPPt in the appropriate place next time, thanks!
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Started by Jaramelon

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Never Give up!

Juxapose, Aug 2015: If I can offer one piece of advice is to never give up on any battle no matter how much you are in the disadvantage. I have won some battles that people swear you could never recover from. Allow me to share a battle that I was going to lose, but I...
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Started by Juxapose

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ways/hacks to lvl up fast in pokemon black

wolf, Aug 2015: Unfortunately, asking for Action Replay and GameShark codes is against PC's rules. You should be able to find some via search engine, good luck. Sorry for any inconvenience.
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Started by Jaramelon

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Your Battling Skills

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Infinitum, Aug 2015: About the average trainer, I always try to use the most simple attacks and convert them into efficient ways to battle... Using a Shuckle with Toxic and giving him a Sitrus berry, mostly tactics that nerve your opponent... if they make one silly...
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Started by Archy

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UU Doubles Troll Setup (Snorlax + Gourgeist)

A_Zu_Zu_Marill, Aug 2015: Sounds promising. I'm going to try this out on my friend.
1   1,694
Started by RetroBacon
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