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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 |
http://www.pkparaiso.com/imagenes/rubi-omega-zafiro-alfa/sprites/animados/altaria-mega.gifhttp://www.pkparaiso.com/imagenes/xy/sprites/animados/jirachi.gifhttp://pldh.net/media/pokemon/gen6/xy-animated-shiny/646-black.gifhttp://pldh.net/media/pokemon/gen6/xy-animated/121.gifhttp://pldh.net/media/pokemon/gen6/xy-animated/625.gifhttp://pldh.net/media/pokemon/gen6/xy-animated/639.gif Spoiler:
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Eh, might as well try.
http://www.pkparaiso.com/imagenes/xy/sprites/animados/jirachi.gif http://www.pkparaiso.com/imagenes/rubi-omega-zafiro-alfa/sprites/animados/altaria-mega.gif http://www.pkparaiso.com/imagenes/xy/sprites/animados/manaphy.gif http://www.pkparaiso.com/imagenes/xy/sprites/animados/heracross.gifhttp://www.pkparaiso.com/imagenes/xy/sprites/animados/heatran.gifhttp://www.pkparaiso.com/imagenes/xy/sprites/animados/tyranitar.gif Spoiler:
Also, where's the "You can't vote for yourself" rule? |
Eh fuck it, I'll join in too. Don't expect anything great though.
Edited team a little, edits are in bold. Spoiler:
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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
http://www.pkparaiso.com/imagenes/rubi-omega-zafiro-alfa/sprites/animados/altaria-mega.gif http://www.pkparaiso.com/imagenes/xy/sprites/animados/jirachi.gif http://www.pkparaiso.com/imagenes/xy/sprites/animados/suicune.gif http://www.pkparaiso.com/imagenes/xy/sprites/animados/hippowdon.gif http://www.pkparaiso.com/imagenes/xy/sprites/animados/tornadus-therian.gif http://www.pkparaiso.com/imagenes/xy/sprites/animados/zapdos.gif ExportableSpoiler:
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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:
http://www.pkparaiso.com/imagenes/rubi-omega-zafiro-alfa/sprites/animados/altaria-mega.gif http://www.pkparaiso.com/imagenes/xy/sprites/animados/jirachi.gif http://www.pkparaiso.com/imagenes/xy/sprites/animados/rotom-wash.gif http://www.pkparaiso.com/imagenes/xy/sprites/animados/heatran.gif http://www.pkparaiso.com/imagenes/xy/sprites/animados/gothitelle.gif http://www.pkparaiso.com/imagenes/xy/sprites/animados/landorus-therian.gif Team Spoiler:
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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. |
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