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also im leaving for hongkong tomorrow :[ ill most likely be able to come during the plane flight, but other than that, chances are pretty low for me to come again. so yea, just have fun with each other guys :] oh, ill most probably post the tourney next week, just in case any of you were wondering. the tourney shouldnt be in pokebank ubers too, maybe pokebank ou or any other tier :p |
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Anyway, Username: Tortured_Soul Experience: Mainly around DP era - had a number of teams peak on the Shoddy ladder in that time, and considered myself a rather decent battler. I was a regular S&M rater at the time as well. Stuck around for a little while in Platinum, then lost interest until recently. Now I'm pretty much back to square-one; not a clue about the metagame. Inspiration: Funny concept. Basically just enjoyment, or something to help pass the time while I'm on Uni break. I'll never be as interested as I was back in high school, but right now I'm just interested in getting back into the game and catching up with those still around from the 'good 'ol days'. Fave Pokemon: Absol, Milotic, Mawile Latias Playstyle: Bulky offense mainly, built around a solid FWG core (Heatran + Gyara + Celebi was a staple on quite a few of my teams in DP) Topic: Everything has been pretty much covered. I haven't actually spent much time playing Gen 6 yet, that will come in the next few weeks. As far as new pokes are concerned, the playability of Greninja and its ability to threaten almost anything with SE STAB makes a great case for an OU staple. Talonflame's potency depends on how common defog users (and by association uncommon SR users) become as the metagame evolves. Goodra, Gourgeist and Klefki are a few of my personal faves that I think will find great use in their respective roles. I've fallen in love with Klefki's niche, and there are so many slight-variants to its set that it can play a number of roles effectively, with a great typing to boot. |
welcome to the club, t_s. i guess you probably know what dirt happens around here already, so yeah, go enjoy yourself :]
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I feel that Goodra will stick around as a special tank, that can fight back, in OU due to Assault Vest.
I kinda feel that Hawlucha might see some play in OU, but it being in the OU tier in not o sure of. It movepool is decent and its stats are not terrible. I can see being more of a supportish role though. |
ive been trying hawlucha on showdown and i must say, its a pretty decent pokemon. here are speed calculations.
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id say hawlucha is uu at best but we may find usage of hawlucha in ou tho. btw people flying press is bad, horrible, HORRIBAD ;< what a stupid signature move |
Yeah, i was looking through X/Y pokemon and saw hawlucha's stats + moves and was all like hey this is better than i thought. =)
Looking at it more and reading your post, i feel that it can easily play the aggressive role or the support role equally as well. I actually got wrecked by a support hawlucha in a double battle last week. |
I used Hawlucha as a physical sweeper before Pokebank kicked in for Smogon. It was really good with the combination of flying gem + acrobatics + unburden. Not to mention swords dance. In other words, I think it's pretty good. Will it make it to OU? I don't think so, but it's a threat for sure. If you play it right that is.
Once Pokebank opens and the flying gem is introduced again, I'll be testing Hawlucha out again and seeing if it can still kick butt when the hype is over. |
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ahh the gimmicky skyherb set :p it would be forced to rely on high jump kick for a (kinda) reliable stab move unless it decides to run acrobatics on the fourth slot.
also, i never knew pokebank was unable to transfer items :o that sucks a lot :< |
Hawlucha's good, granted, but I don't think that it will make OU... I haven't seen it used yet.
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- Username: .gamer
- Answer to current topic: (I guess Hawlucha?) It's a mediocre pokemon for OU imo. Cool typing, decent moves, great speed. 97 Attack is very low for OU when you have MegaScizor/Heracross running around. Even without megamons if you play regular OU, you are outclassed by a long list of Pokemon and beat by many. - Experience in competitive battling: Started in DPP, played lots of DPP, Adv and Gen 1. Used to come 'round these parts religiously a few years ago, then I lost interest in Gen 5 because of non-dedicated leads and team preview. Also I took a pretty extensive break after Mence was banned. Gen 6 seems interesting and is fun so I'm back for now. I'll probably be gone again in January once the new semester starts. - Favourite Pokemon(s): Ampharos, Absol, Heracross - Preferred playstyle/core: Generally some type of stall-ish team. I like bulky mons and prediction. In DPP I used stall almost exclusively. Now I guess I'm doing more of a bulky offense until I learn the metagame more, and I'll probably go back to stall. HO teams are dumb. - Extra: I'm in university right now so I get really busy and forget about mons. :( |
I think Hawlucha is a very interesting Pokemon, but I believe the reason it may not make the cut for OU is primarily due to not being able to make full use of Acrobatics due to the current non-existence of the elemental gems (and items can't be transferred by Pokemon Bank) and the presence of Aegislash, which resists both of its STAB moves.
However, to make up for the lack of gems, it can still use a consumable item to take advantage of Unburden not to mention Acrobatics still has a solid 110 BP when no item is held. Still don't think it'll be OU material though, because it has a few common weaknesses as well. |
- Username: Karpman
- Answer to current topic: Aegislash - Experience in competitive battling: I started in Early 2011, sort of on and off though, i don't think i've played for more than 6 months without quitting - Favourite Pokemon(s): Bayleef, Garchomp, Aurorus, Shuckle - Preferred playstyle/core: Defense - Extra: seems kind of silly to have a group for competitive battling in a COMPETITIVE BATTLING FORUM but i digress lol |
How about changing the topic to promote discussion? Like proposing out-of-the-ordinary or gimmicky sets?
Victreebel @ Salac Berry Modest 8 HP / 248 SpA / 252 Spe Gluttony Substitute Belch Solarbeam Sleep Powder / Weather Ball / Giga Drain Obviously needs to be run under sun. 8 HP EV's with 31 HP IV's lets Salac activate after a single substitute. In doing that, you also active Belch. A 120 BP STAB move coming off 100 base SpA can't be scoffed at. This set has 4MSS in that it needs Sleep Powder to somewhat guarantee a set-up, yet you then lose coverage. Can also try with Chlorophyll + Petaya (more powerful) however you would need to sub further down without Gluttony. What about some possible weakness policy sets? (See: solid rock Carracosta / Aggron / Camerupt) Or even ability capsule - is that ever useful? Can we find something that.. may have at least gimmicky use? |
weakness policy aegislash is a pretty badass set
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ahh sorry for inactivity guys, so yea, welcome to the club, gamer and karpman! btw tourney is still undecided, so, would you guys like pokebank ou or some other tier? all battles will be conducted on our server on pokemon showdown fyi ;3
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Pokebank OU is a little bland. Spice things up a bit. Either UU, or something like that 'bingo' tourney that I saw going around somewhere. Use something like this to give people a word / 6 letters to make a team from.
THAT would be fun. |
Gen 6 UU doesn't really exist yet. The game is fairly new so the usage stats and metagame as a whole are still kind of ambiguous. I don't predict we'll have UU as a serious tier until about January / February, once OU settles and Pokemon are shuffled around to their respective tiers.
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im all for pokebank ou, might be cool to get some wifi stuff going if everyone has the games
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Mind if I change or add another topic?
How well did XY succeed in balancing the metagame? Do you think it halted the power creep to some degree? Was the Fairy-type necessary? What do you think XY could have done better in regard to this? Oh, and I'm making a major official tournament in a week or so for what it's worth. Quote:
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How well did XY succeed in balancing the metagame?
I think it balanced out the game a little bit, but not a whole lot. I mean, they really could have done a better job powering up the fairies. There's only a select few worth using, which means it's going to be easier for teams to counter because there's less variation on what to counter. I think X&Y did their jobs well, but not as well as they could have. |
I'm not sure X/Y balanced the meta game all too much, even with the nerfs to weather, moves base power, etc. I still feel the meta is shifted towards aggressive strategies as of now, especially with some of the new megas that are excellent wall breakers.
Faerie was a weird inclusion in my opinion. I can't really pinpoint why, but i dont think it had much to do with the dragon type. While i enjoy new pokemon and types of pokemon, i agree they could have done a better job with the faeries. |
Pretty hard question to answer I think, at least at this point. While weather is gone, which definitely over-centralized everything, we got Mega Evolution. Personally though, the metagame is a lot more balanced now, there seems to be counters to pretty much everything, nothing except a couple Megas (That will probably have their items banned soon) run through teams, so I do feel like once Pokebank is out and everything settles down it'll be a much better generation than 5.
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Username: PlatinumDude Topic question answer: I'd say that Greninja, Talonflame and Aegislash will become OU staples because Greninja essentially gains STAB on (most of) its moves with Protean, Aegislash runs a multitude of sets to take advantage of Stance Change and Talonflame compensates for its middling Attack with Swords Dance/Choice Band-boosted Flare Blitzes and (priority-induced from Gale Wings) Brave Birds. Experience: I got into competitive battling since Platinum. I can provide good advice for teams; though I don't battle often, I'm not that bad at it. Favorite Pokemon: Gallade, Greninja, Excadrill, Lucario Preferred playstyle: offensive in some way or another. And as an announcement, Gengarite is banned in OU. How does anyone here feel about this? |
was wondering when you would join welcome aboard i know, sounds crappy platinum.
and xy did balance out the meta imo. pfft, all the others above already covered the reasons why :p and the ban of the gengarite? meh :/ btw wolf looking forward to the tourney :] |
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