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ORAS OU Team Building Competition (Go vote!)
ORAS OverUsed Team Building Competition Hey PokéCommunity! This is our version of the team building competitions you'll find on Smogon, like this one. We hope that this competition will allow people to hone their team building skills and learn from their peers so that a major barrier for entry to battling here at PC ("I don't have a good team") will be defanged. More importantly, its main purpose is just to be a fun way to casually compete with others in a different environment than a battle and to be a fun way to engage competitive Pokemon. The process is relatively straightforward. Each round will last two weeks. The rounds will start with me posting a new core of two Pokemon. Once the core is posted, you will have a full week to brainstorm, test, and post your team which includes those two core members. After a week, submissions will be closed, and there will be three days to discuss the teams that have been posted and to offer suggestions. Anyone who made a submission can implement suggestions or otherwise edit their team during this time if they so choose, so long as they note what edits have been made. (You are also free to discuss the teams during the submission period! This is just to make sure that there is enough room for discussion.) There will then be three days of voting. The top three vote-getters will be put before a three-person panel (currently consisting of myself, D_A, and a third person to be named soon) who will determine the winner. We will post an explanation for each decision. We will then post a new core and begin again! While there aren't any rules, per se, we do ask that you consider the following guidelines:
Here is a sample submission, based on the core of Landorus-T and Mega Manectric: Spoiler:
This Round's Core: http://www.pkparaiso.com/imagenes/xy/sprites/animados/thundurus.gifhttp://www.pkparaiso.com/imagenes/xy/sprites/animados/landorus.gif Past Winners: Round 1: tbd |
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Eh, might as well try.
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Eh fuck it, I'll join in too. Don't expect anything great though.
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I'll post some feedback! :)
srinator: The biggest problem I'm seeing is defensively, especially against opposing Fire-types. Heatran is actually a huge problem, especially if it runs Flash Cannon or Toxic for Altaria (even with Heal Bell, it can Toxic spam you and stall you out of PP or even Taunt and then toss Toxic your way), while SD Talonflame is a pretty big lategame threat. (Zap is really easy to corner with SR damage and doesn't take Blitz very well.) It also seems stall weak, in large part because of the Heatran problem. To fix this (hope this isn't too drastic), I may consider Starmie over Celebi (still checks Keld decently, can Spin) to cover Heatran and open up the Defogger/Zapdos slot for a wallbreaker who can still check Pinsir and Talon okay. Unfortunately, that's pretty tough, but I would honestly just ignore BirdSpam entirely--it's not common at all right now, and LandT, while very shaky, can check it well enough (and Pinsir struggles to set up on anything else). With that, wallbreaking choices are limited since the best ones are Mega wallbreakers, but maybe you could try CB Azumarill? It gives priority and has good defensive utility, and it's nice to U-turn in. I don't know exactly how that final product would look, but the big thing I want to emphasize is that I think Zapdos is a very inefficient choice in this meta and replacing it will help your team a lot. Archer99: Actually, you have pretty much the same problem: Heatran is running wild against this build, and Starmie is very easily worn down by a few Lava Plumes, Earth Powers, or Toxics, even with Natural Cure and decent bulk. BU Talon is really good vs. stall but needs a little help as well, again from Heatran. With that in mind, a cool option might be to try Earthquake over Draco on Altaria to lure it a little, but it's not going to come close to OHKOing and you really have to go for the kill on it, so IDK. I think the slot to look at in the fix would be Clefable over Bisharp. I don't like Bisharp a whole lot here for some reason, but I think Keldeo might be solid in its spot (SubMind or Specs) as a way to pressures defensive builds and balance while giving you a decent Heatran check and more offense. This opens you up to MMeta a fair amount, but Land can hold it off and Talon can RK it, though you'll be pretty weak to it regardless. (Of course, MMeta is pretty insane, so whatever.) There is also the problem of Raikou/MegaManec being more troublesome, so it Keld may be more trouble than it's worth. I apologize for struggling to come up with a solution. You could always just run a bulkier Starmie which can then hold off Tran way easier, though you'll be fairly stall weak. The more I look at Bisharp, the more I get its place since it is a nice offensive check to a few things mentioned before. I'll get back to you if I think of something else, but hopefully there are ideas hidden in here somewhere. AmourPearlShipper: I think you should be able to vote for yourself if you think your team is the best, but if it gets abused, I'll add it. Anyway, cool team--I really dig the hipster balance build, and the Heracross is a unique touch that I can see helping a lot vs. balance and maybe even stall. The change I'd make is Rhyperior. Mega Pinsir is nowhere to be seen right now and ScarfTar can RK if just fine. I would run LO+3 Atks Latios in its place (while running SR on Jirachi, even though that can admittedly get dicey) since you have enormous problems with Landorus and Keldeo (don't wanna risk an Altaria burn on that post-MEvo) and it handles both well while providing a nice offensive presence. It can also RK Mega Heracross who can break you down pretty badly. In any case, I'd say Land/Keld are way more important threats than Mega Pinsir. Admittedly softens you up against Talon a lot but that can be pressured a little easier at least with inferior bulk and sand/rox weakness. Zekrom: IDK why you're running Blissey when Tenta/Conk handle it okay at least, though I suppose it's defensible. I think one thing you could do is keep Blissey on for Gar and run Chesnaught over Conk, which provides you with more insurance vs. SubMind Keld and can set up Spikes, which even minus a SpinBlocker can be very useful. (It helps that Exca doesn't want to spin on it.) I don't have a ton else to say. It's pretty MHera weak but he's not as common anymore, though the more common MMeta can threaten you if its coverage moves are EQ/Ice Punch (though that's uncommon, iirc?). I'll probably have more to say after mulling it over some more, but yeah, nice submission. And nice submissions everyone. Fun to see some already! |
srinator forced me
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manaphy can handle lando-i with wish support (and btw jirachi can tank an earth power), while t-tar and heracross (is psychic lando-i still popular?) deal heavy damage to it. i really don't want to have two members weak to pursuit. mega aero, which is popular in high level play, would also buttfuck this team, especially when paired with rotom-w. But then again, I don't really know how would my team handle Lando and Keldeo in practice. I've tested it and right now I have a rating of about 1420. But I don't think that's enough. |
here is my team, accidentally ended up building a better version but it replaced altaria so that isn't eligible
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Submissions will be closed tomorrow so please do post any last-minute teams.
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Alright, so I decided to change Rhyperior to Heatran. Jirachi now uses Body Slam over Toxic.
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I can edit later for sprites, it's too difficult to do on my phone, but here's what I came up with:
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oh yeah, no more submissions, but yall are free to discuss, edit, etc. the ones currently there over the next few days before we start the vote :)
also, apologies if the core was a little difficult to build around. will be more deliberate next time. (i test ran it myself and found the build v challenging) |
alright everyone can vote, just post the username of the person whose team you think should win (criteria are in the op)
gl everyone! |
myself lol
I hate how most of our teams get wrecked by pretty much stallbreaker not named Mega Gardy/Gallade... and Archer's team doesn't have that much offensive presence. I'll give my vote to Zekrom, as I really don't want to vote for myself. |
i like jake's team best, cool team structure although i am not sure about the thundurus
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I vote for elf
I think I shall vote for Exile's team. |
Could use another vote in here.....I guess I'll vote for.....Yoshikko's team.
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My vote goes to AmourPearlShipper!! Gl everyone
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... wait, I just realized Exile's Altaria doesn't have 510 EVs while Jirachi uses a -atk nature (?!) despite using physical attacks.
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please vote if you haven't yet - will try to get the winner declared tonight, so i'll be closing the voting later on today
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late vote ahhh
voting for exile |
if i may vote, i'm voting for jake. i like how he swayed towards a more defensive style--which is how i would personally utilize jirachi and mega altaria given their amazing synergy.
Tallies of the votes so far (including mine): Exile - 3 votes AmourPearlShipper, Jake♫ - 2 votes Zekrom, , Yoshikko - 1 vote Additionally, out of 8 participants, only 6 have cast their vote so far. |
sorry for the delay, i can't seem to locate d_a or sweep or line up online times! next round we'll probably just do away with the panel, which has been rather cumbersome if i'm being honest, and just hold a vote, but for now i still gotta run into them haha. if i still can't in a day or two, i'll just call it based on the voting totals.
which i guess means i should cast my vote, which would be exile if put at gunpoint though i felt like there were plenty of solid ones. |
Well we (just D_A and myself, sorry Sweep where art thou) decided on a winner. Even after narrowing it somewhat it was a bit tricky but ultimately we decided that...
JAKE TAKES THE CAKE grats br0 The panel is gone because it made everything take forever so it'll just be votes next time, and with that, the next round's core is... http://www.pkparaiso.com/imagenes/xy/sprites/animados/talonflame.gifhttp://www.pkparaiso.com/imagenes/rubi-omega-zafiro-alfa/sprites/animados/sableye-mega.gif |
here's my team:
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Thanks <3 ~Joaquim |
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Talonflame and Mega Sableye form a great duo, both covering their weaknesses and Mega Sableye bouncing back SR, which is really detrimental to the Smogon bird. Tentacruel is a reliable Rapid Spinner that also punishes CM sweepers, like Suicune and Keldeo. Bronzong helps against Mega Gardy and [email protected] and sets up SR for the team. Gliscor dispatches Heatran, Landorus-T and helps against Mega Metagross. Kyurem-B is the revenge killer of the team and adds some offensive presence. |
So I went and threw a team together:
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We'll be starting the voting on this Sunday, February 8th. That gives everyone a few more days to come up with a team. Gogogo!
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yes i will enter this before the time is up. grats jake also!!!
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Not trying to be an ass (which probs means im about to be) but there is quite alot of foe birdspam weak teams being posted. That and the defensive structure is questionable in regards to basically to every common boosting or powerful sweeper. I know oras sucks and whatnot but slow teams with bad defensive structures are a no go. Obviously this doesnt apply to all teams posted but its something to go over because it DOES influence who wins and who loses in this, so it would probably be advisable to take note of common threats a little better. But thats http://cbc.pokecommunity.com/config/emoticons/kermit.png none of my business. ;)
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yeah so uhhh maybe in the spirit of being a wee bit more constructive i'd say that adding serp because you're "spore bait" is super paranoid of breloom (u have mega sableye m8 lol) and while it helps with bro/cune i might consider other mons for that. since latios gets a kill every time it comes in (you have no steel or fairy) i would strongly consider azumarill or clefable or something to help with that. cm unaware clef over serp would be much more defensively sound, for example. though since you're an offense team, i also think azumarill is a decent idea and is much less of a tempo killer.
it's just rly difficult to build a solid defensive unit when you're running liabilities like staraptor serp and mamo so i'd bulk it up a bit esp since you dont have quite enough immediate power to make the tradeoff worth it |
I wasn't really vibing well with Sableye (or the fact that this turned out to be a stall team, and a M-Sableye one at that), but I couldn't find a way to flip this into anything offensive. The closest I got was balance. So, if the team sucks, that's why. I haven't built a stall team since Flygon was actually a threat in OU. Well, I did what I could. Here's the squad.
http://sweepercalc.com/css/images/sprites/rhyperior.pnghttp://sweepercalc.com/css/images/sprites/slowbro.pnghttp://sweepercalc.com/css/images/sprites/clefable.pnghttp://sweepercalc.com/css/images/sprites/sableye-mega.pnghttp://sweepercalc.com/css/images/sprites/talonflame.pnghttp://sweepercalc.com/css/images/sprites/latios.png Here's the importable. Spoiler:
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Yh get a room you two, anyway changed the team in my last post probably not as ass as before but oh well. Just mentioning, I would mark the changes in red but then the whole thing would be red. Hope I'm not too late for this.
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I cry every time I see a Clefable on an OU team.
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Sorry for the delay. Everyone may now vote for the team that you think is the best. Simply post the username of your preferred winner, along with a reason why (optional). Also please read the criteria:
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Syndrome
team is all kinds of stall weak but they all kind of were so this gets my vote for being solid all-around. only real critique is half of the team is really easy to wear down or pressure but talon and sab themselves can struggle w/ that and seeing as that was the core, yolo. i felt like uniqueness was mostly a wash and this seemed to be the best team so it gets my vote. gj all |
hmmmm i vote for srinator!!
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i vote for king syn although i think yoshikko's team would be really nice with excadrill replaced
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I'm going to go ahead and vote for Yoshikko. His team has a really good core in Jirachi, Talonflame, Sableye and Clef. Could use better EV spreads, though. (I guess my implementation of Kyurem-B on semi-stall was really bad.)
Also, what about MMeta? |
Was hard to decide but I vote for Yoshikko.
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Hmm, I was planning to tally up the votes and decide the winner, but King Syn and Yoshikko are tied. I'll decide who wins tomorrow when I'm not so tired. Possibly with Dark Azelf since Anti is currently away.
edit: Ahh I need to decide on a core brb. |
I have seen very less teams built around m-garde and metagross.If you like you can set them as the next polls two pokemon.I am saying this because I have seen only 1/2 people with both on their teams(Lol.I might be wrong.But still)
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I'm really sorry for holding this out for so long. It won't happen again. I'm going to give the win to King Syn's team for reasons stated before. Yoshikko's team has problems with Keldeo's Scald spam. Though, Mega Diancie tears into Syn's team really easily. It also gets free switch-ins from Latios. However, Keldeo is a more relevant threat and all teams should have a reliable way of dealing with it.
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Hmmm this will be a struggle for me ill have to go more offensively than ive ever done.
4 walls and 2 genies sounds good to me. kthnxwowbai |
Suppose I'll post a team for this one....
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thundurus and landorus form an excellent attacking core: thundurus can stop late-game sweeps and clean-ups as well as 2hko chansey and ttar. lando has the ability to sweep offense teams at late-game. latias checks keldeo and provides healing wish support. m-blastoise is a rapid spinner that can easily threaten ferro and mega scizor and get superb coverage in three moves. tran sets up rocks and acts as a great stallbreaker. bisharp pressures defog and is the team's check to [email protected] |
lol i forgot about this
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i trieeeed to give a personal spin on this also fk mega diancie |
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TIME TO VOTE. Just like before:
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I'm going to go ahead and vote for srinator.
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voting for srinator not a bad squad m8
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i vote for rabinov!!
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Voting for Yoshikko because I stole the team and won like 9 times good enough for me
I mean what hi |
i vote for stealth rock kid srinator
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I vote for Srinator..
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srinator won! Congrats.
Anti and I have decided on this new core: https://i.imgur.com/UpliwvT.gifhttps://i.imgur.com/XJdt8ft.gif Good luck! |
lol it would be a Mega Pidgeot core
I shall get working on making another one of my crappy OU teams then |
dammit anti i still have pidgeot ptsd
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Mega Pidgeot and Garchomp form a good core that beats a large portion of the OU metagame. Thundurus is here to destroy [email protected], bulky waters and stop sweepers. Celebi and Excadrill support the team with Stealth Rock and Rapid Spin. Talonflame is the mid-game sweeper of the team, as well as a great lure to Rotom-W and Mega Gyarados, which otherwise are huge threats to this team. |
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Kind of a different take with a bulky team, Garchomp plus the FWG defensive core is there to take on a lot of the metagame. Slowbro was the first added since the core we were given doesn't like switching into Keldeo and is outright beaten by Charizard-X at +1. From there Tangrowth and Heatran were added to check other big threats in the game like Clefable, Gyarados, Bisharp, etc. Heatran is also nice for potentially allowing me to chip Rotom-W with burn or toxic so that Pidgeot can do more damage, same with Slowbro. I chose the Work Up set on Pidgeot, with enough speed for Tornadus-T as it's a cool balance breaker right now. CM Landorus was added as the teams final member and stallbreaker, it acts as an auxiliary to Pidgeot by weakening Rotom-W and taking advantage of Pokemon like Tyranitar that Pidgeot can't beat. |
idk here's some shitty screens+NP Pass thing I made:
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r u serious mega pidgeot
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EDIT: I apologize for my insensitivity. I have decided to include a TRIGGER WARNING for users Archer99 and static. I'm happy to have a prayer circle with you guys or something.
LET'S GET TO IT: http://www.pkparaiso.com/imagenes/rubi-omega-zafiro-alfa/sprites/animados/pidgeot-mega.gif Pidgeot @ Pidgeotite Ability: Big Pecks EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Timid Nature - Hurricane - Heat Wave - U-turn - Roost wow, shout-outs to mega pidgeot. some call him bird Jesus, but i think most of u know him as ur worst nightmare. bow down to the lord himself, for only one mega pokemon is worthy of our lord and savior's name, and here he is in all his glory. just click hurricane the rest doesn't matter. i would have gone with work up or something but hey, i just took this straight out of the mega pidgeot all-stars. have you ever heard the saying "if it aint broke don't fix it"? bingo welcome to this pidgeot set. i even have uturn for #momentum even though hurricane is all the momentum you need, especially when you bs through someone with the confusion chance LOL. truly a legend pokemon, few trainers exhibit the mastery needed to click its stab move and bulldoze through the various hyper offense builds on our server that don't prep for it despite its majesty. i love you mega pidgeot, even more thank drunk gloom. http://www.pkparaiso.com/imagenes/xy/sprites/animados/garchomp.gif Garchomp @ Life Orb Ability: Rough Skin EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpA / 252 Spe Naive Nature - Stealth Rock - Earthquake - Dragon Claw - Fire Blast decided to go really aggressive with the chomp to get some early damage. it blows the doors down on clefable: 252 Atk Life Orb Garchomp Earthquake vs. 252 HP / 160 Def Clefable: 226-266 (57.3 - 67.5%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Leftovers recovery i've had trouble with the last moveslot. swords dance puts a ton of pressure on the opponent and can break down defensive cores (a lot of slow builds built around stopping stuff like m-meta aren't super well equipped to take lo sd boosted stab attacks) but fire blast has more utility against hazard-setting steel-types and chesnaught. without spin/defog support, i opted for the latter. http://www.pkparaiso.com/imagenes/xy/sprites/animados/keldeo-resolute.gif Keldeo-Resolute @ Choice Specs Ability: Justified EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Timid Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Scald - Secret Sword - Hydro Pump - Icy Wind simply amazing offensive synergy with pidgeot, even though it opens up the manectric weakness a bit. tyranitar and heatran want nothing to do with this thing and it can easily weaken rotom-w into pidgeot kill range. it also puts pressure on chansey. i can't say i'm thrilled that this is my main stall breaker but hey, with bisharp and chomp/pidg it can tag-team some stuff. went for specs because the immediate power is rly nice and having used submind a lot, i feel like the metagame has adapted to it pretty well and its inability to hit hard until boosted can make it a liability in certain match-ups. :/ http://www.pkparaiso.com/imagenes/xy/sprites/animados/clefable.gif Clefable @ Leftovers Ability: Magic Guard EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 Spe Bold Nature - Moonblast - Calm Mind - Thunderbolt - Soft-Boiled idk wtf this is tbh but i use clef on like, all of my teams lol. i opted for a bit of a glue build here where it acts as a decent stop to physical attackers. was insanely talon weak and this lures it well, though tbolt's utility is pretty barren outside of that. status absorption is rly nice and can at least absorb non choice locked volt switches without dying in three seconds. :( http://www.pkparaiso.com/imagenes/xy/sprites/animados/celebi.gif Celebi @ Leftovers Ability: Natural Cure EVs: 252 HP / 220 SpD / 36 Spe Calm Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Thunder Wave - Giga Drain - Nasty Plot - Recover eh these last two slots suck and i'll change them if i have time, but i noticed weaknesses to diancie/m-bro/manaphy (really the usual suspects for the types of teams i like running) and also needed another ground immune/resist so i tossed this guy on. thunder wave is as an emergency stop against a few things i'm pretty poorly prepared for (can maim a torn-t or m-meta or w/e) though idk i might go with a nastypass since keld and pidg would love that! http://www.pkparaiso.com/imagenes/xy/sprites/animados/bisharp.gif Bisharp @ Life Orb Ability: Defiant EVs: 72 HP / 252 Atk / 184 Spe Jolly Nature - Knock Off - Sucker Punch - Iron Head - Swords Dance mostly just here to provide added offensive pressure vs. stall/semistall while acting as further protection from the latis. also checks clefable who i am pretty weak to haha. i'll make these last couple slots more efficient if i don't run out of time. ____________________________________ but let's be real. you're not here to see some bulky offense squad i threw together. i have better entries for this competition. for the uu ladder race, i made some insanely stall weak voltturn (literally no wallbreakers LOL) that went 15-0 before i stopped playing since i had locked up the #1 seed. (btw will get around to my match vs. elf in that eventually LOL #kingjohn) anyway, once raikou and jirachi rose to ou i needed a new squad. turns out this is a terrible uu team but it has revolutionized the ou metagame with innovations like "anti as its user" and "mega pidgeot." so BEHOLD THE MEGA PIDGEOT ALL-STARS: http://www.pkparaiso.com/imagenes/xy/sprites/animados/slurpuff.gif Slurpuff @ Sitrus Berry Ability: Unburden EVs: 44 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 208 Spe Jolly Nature - Belly Drum - Play Rough - Drain Punch - Return http://www.pkparaiso.com/imagenes/rubi-omega-zafiro-alfa/sprites/animados/pidgeot-mega.gif Pidgeot @ Pidgeotite Ability: Big Pecks EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Timid Nature - Hurricane - Heat Wave - U-turn - Roost http://www.pkparaiso.com/imagenes/xy/sprites/animados/donphan.gif Donphan @ Leftovers Ability: Sturdy EVs: 244 HP / 60 Atk / 200 Def / 4 Spe Adamant Nature - Earthquake - Stealth Rock - Rapid Spin - Knock Off http://www.pkparaiso.com/imagenes/xy/sprites/animados/snorlax.gif Snorlax @ Leftovers Ability: Thick Fat EVs: 160 HP / 112 Atk / 96 Def / 140 SpD Careful Nature - Curse - Body Slam - Earthquake - Rest http://www.pkparaiso.com/imagenes/xy/sprites/animados/suicune.gif Suicune @ Leftovers Ability: Pressure EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Timid Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Scald - Ice Beam - Extrasensory - Calm Mind http://www.pkparaiso.com/imagenes/xy/sprites/animados/entei.gif Entei @ Choice Band Ability: Pressure EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Adamant Nature - Sacred Fire - Extreme Speed - Bulldoze - Flare Blitz mega pidgeot is awesome. the rest doesn't matter. no garchomp? yeah whatever pidg has beaten too many of those to care for your petty restrictions. don't believe me? as per the request in the op, i shall provide replays exhibiting this team's greatness: http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/pokecommunity-ou-137350: idk what i was doin on t1 LOL but it all worked out, sun/sand core? pffft np http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/pokecommunity-ou-145327: another weatherman gets the forecast wrong vs. pidg master http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/pokecommunity-ubers-149765: april fools http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/pokecommunity-ou-150921: pidgeot cares not for ur thunderbolts LOL plus like 7459836 replays vs. oddEEsh but hey who's counting :oddish: ____________________________________ after many sleepless nights, i realized that i needed a new gimmick to further annoy my fellow server patrons. i present to you a rebranding of the original: http://www.pkparaiso.com/imagenes/xy/sprites/animados/feraligatr.gif Feraligatr @ Life Orb Ability: Sheer Force EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe Adamant Nature - Waterfall - Ice Punch - Crunch - Agility http://www.pkparaiso.com/imagenes/rubi-omega-zafiro-alfa/sprites/animados/pidgeot-mega.gif Pidgeot @ Pidgeotite Ability: Big Pecks EVs: 4 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe Naive Nature - Hurricane - Heat Wave - U-turn - Roost http://www.pkparaiso.com/imagenes/xy/sprites/animados/hydreigon.gif Hydreigon @ Choice Scarf Ability: Levitate EVs: 4 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe Timid Nature - Draco Meteor - Dark Pulse - Fire Blast - U-turn http://www.pkparaiso.com/imagenes/xy/sprites/animados/shaymin.gif Shaymin @ Leftovers Ability: Natural Cure EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Timid Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Seed Flare - Psychic - Leech Seed - Healing Wish http://www.pkparaiso.com/imagenes/xy/sprites/animados/swampert.gif Swampert @ Leftovers Ability: Torrent EVs: 252 HP / 216 Def / 40 SpD Relaxed Nature - Stealth Rock - Earthquake - Scald - Ice Beam http://www.pkparaiso.com/imagenes/xy/sprites/animados/bronzong.gif Bronzong @ Macho Brace Ability: Levitate EVs: 252 HP / 88 Def / 168 SpD Relaxed Nature IVs: 0 Spe - Gyro Ball - Earthquake - Hypnosis - Trick some hilarious gimmicks on this squad, hw shaymin gets 'em every time and the bronzong makes me weep tears of joy. i have even more replays showcasing the devilish nature of this squad: http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/pokecommunity-ou-154886: oof http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/pokecommunity-ou-154779: pidgeot gets 5 kills man what a legend http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/pokecommunity-ou-147996: a rare defeat and some possible chokin' down the stretch but yolo. even the great d_a is pushed to the brink http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/pokecommunity-ou-145879: ROFL wow, i am but a mere peasant compared to m-pidg ^_^ SO, i enter all three teams into this competition. while the final two are ineligible, i hope you consider their impact on the metagame and admire their presence and their creator. furthermore, consider this post a FINAL TEAM RETIREMENT of the mega pidgeot allstars, both v1 and v2. they have served me well, and they shall be missed. may pidgeot rest in peace... http://o.aolcdn.com/hss/storage/adam/34acb97b670f621fd39fa7d593947644/Wju4miv.jpg ...until, like Jesus/a pheonix rising from its own ashes, it comes again in glory to judge the living and the dead, and its kingdom shall have no end. |
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Anti you forgot to include the replay where I beat the UU version
Why're you retiring the teams already though? |
WOLF DONT FORGET THIS ONE!!
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YES SORRY. I've been pushing this off so I could complete my team. :x Give me a moment.
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omfg......wolf x)
i vote for....anti's uu team... |
anti's uu team does not have chomp x)
i shall vote for anti |
was reminded to vote on this
If Anti's team is eligible for this, then I vote for that. If not, then Exile's team |
anti's uu team doesn't count so I'm gonna vote for his OU team 8)
although I think I should mention gloom's team is pretty good as well |
Gonna vote for Exile. Play tested the squad and it's pretty solid; Work Up Pidgeot is cool and apparently not a lot of people expect it so it can snag a lot of free KO's.
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Sorry for the really delayed results everyone, but a quick tally of the results shows that Anti has won! (As if it wasn't obvious enough, that core was pretty much made by him!) Anyway, the next round probably wouldn't come until after the get-together finishes, so see you by then!
Of course, if anyone wants to host this for a couple of rounds, feel free to contact me! Alternatively, you can post on the Events & Groups Approvals forum so we can discuss specifics in a better way. :) |
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