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Leaders/E4 using Pokemon whose Megas change to a different type, yes or no?

Nah

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Lost to Antebellum:

http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/pokecommunity-ou-100047

Good game, man.
Then got wrecked by Euphoric:

http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/pokecommunity-ou-100050

I do need to make a decent OU team one of these days on Showdown....
Nah ンン
“No, I... I have to be strong. Everyone expects me to."

Polar Spectrum

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Match results on Page 9 updated with all of those. Fokko will be added to X/Y competitors now, and I've spoiler'd the match results because uh. They were starting to take up too much space on the page hahaha.

Edit: Also, in the interest of not throwing off or further delaying the conclusion of qualifiers, lets set either Tuesday or Wednesday as a deadline / cut off for new entrants for places in the league - aye? It'll take forever if new people keep coming and and the number of people we have to go against increases every day. @[email protected]
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I gotta battle Charizard Man as soon as he's free but when I'm done with that I'll battle you.
ok just tell me when you are ready... and quote on this reply so i know you are ready. Just send your fc and ign to me on a private message. MY FC is in my signature and IGN is jr

Polar Spectrum

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hello does anyone want to battle for the x/y league
Heyyy, I'll battle you for ours right now if you'd like. I think I already have you added from a trade too.
The Prism League is BACK BABY - we're operating in Sun / Moon now - come join up!

We're looking for Gym Leaders and Elite 4 members!

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Polar Spectrum

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Blue are you sticking to X/Y? No showdown for you? I should probably clean up the format lists of people who plan to stick to a single medium for battling.

Edit: Thanks - I'll take you off Showdown then Blue.
The Prism League is BACK BABY - we're operating in Sun / Moon now - come join up!

We're looking for Gym Leaders and Elite 4 members!

Paired with SkyBerries; the berries in the sky.

elnoor

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Posted September 19th, 2014
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I just joined so hello everyone I would like to take part it sounds interesting.
Can someone let me know how I start Elnoor 1306-5577-0025

hello does anyone want to battle for the x/y league
Yes I want to battle elnoor 1306-5577-0025
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I've felt like crap all evening. Sorry, not doing much of anything in the game, and battling me in my present state would be a wipeout...and not because of a weak team.
"Y'know...my Emolga really wants to shock your Dedenne."

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Polar Spectrum

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I just joined so hello everyone I would like to take part it sounds interesting.
Can someone let me know how I start Elnoor 1306-5577-0025


Yes I want to battle elnoor 1306-5577-0025
Woo - welcome aboard mate, glad to have ya. ^^ To start right now, just begin challenging as many other Trainers on the X/Y section of the list on top of page 9 in the 3DS / XY section as you can, and post the results (with a battle video) here. We haven't started the league yet - since we're still deliberating who gets which spots (ie; gym leaders, elites, and champion.) That will be wrapped up by Thursday or so this week however - so hurry and get your qualifying matches in! Good luck too. :3

I've felt like crap all evening. Sorry, not doing much of anything in the game, and battling me in my present state would be a wipeout...and not because of a weak team.
Aw, sorry to hear that mate. Hope you feel better. : , If you wanna practice / warm up by the way - I'm totally available for just tryin' stuff out.

enigmα.'s qualifier battle record - will update regularly

  • lost against antebellum, thanks tyranitar :x - replay
Nice, updated the group one with that too.

Edit: Ayyyy, Antebellum - are you sticking with Showdown by the way?
The Prism League is BACK BABY - we're operating in Sun / Moon now - come join up!

We're looking for Gym Leaders and Elite 4 members!

Paired with SkyBerries; the berries in the sky.

Polar Spectrum

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I'm going out hunting for those last few. Screw waiting for people to contact me, I'm gon' find them. And battle them. For all the marbles.

Or just for qualifiers or fun. One of those. Anywho Thursday. We callin' it.

These battles aside; we have some pretty important other things to get straight before the league launches. First and foremost I think, we need to decide if Gym Leaders teams will be monotyped.

I am STRONNNNGLY for at least the first 4/8 gym leaders teams, being ALL at least part of the type that leader specializes in.

Just about every type has pokemon that possess a dual typing that takes away any individual weakness of the original type. Even grass, has pokemon that aren't weak to fire (Ludicolo, Cradily) Poison, (Vileplume, Torterra) Flying, (Mow Rotom, Ferrothorn,) Ice, (Abomasnow, Ludicolor or Ferrothorn again) and Bug, (Trevenant, Gourgeist, Breloom, Chesnaught). And the same goes for STAB coverage; anything that resists your type, you probably have a pokemon within that typing that has a coverage move or secondary stab JUST for that. I do not think, given the skill of the leaders - especially since we're going through the trouble of having them all battle to determine who's the best right off the bat - that any leader will be 'too easy' to overcome just because they have a monotyped team. Yes, it's a small disadvantage. BUT - the challengers face an even bigger challenge, of going against several different montyped teams, followed by the champion with his /her skill level and whatever competitive team they choose, with only the same six pokemon! That's a huge restraint, that should more than test people. And we can't really TRY and make this impossible or too hard anyways, since we're already putting some of the best who're willing to participate in this, as the league members. AND - and, if we give flex pokemon to every leader in the league, ESPECIALLY if it's a full 2 or 3, can you imagine how many duplicate pokemon are going to be on different leaders teams?? I would be very sad to see the entire 8 gym leaders only have 3 pokemon of their gyms type apeice; then a Talonflame, Greninja, and Aegislash. That'd just be, just ridiculous.

Anywho. Essay over with. That's how I feel, if I'm in the minority here I'll just deal with it lol. I'm sure there's a compromise too if anybody wants to meet halfway there or something.
The Prism League is BACK BABY - we're operating in Sun / Moon now - come join up!

We're looking for Gym Leaders and Elite 4 members!

Paired with SkyBerries; the berries in the sky.

Nah

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I'm for keeping Gym Leaders strictly monotyped. Besides the fact that that's how Gym Leaders have always been, Polar makes a good point that with all the pokes we have now, you have plenty of options for covering your type's weaknesses; its not THAT easy anymore to overpower a certain type based solely on type match-up, but its not like its impossible for the challengers either.

I wouldn't mind though if the Champions don't use monotyped teams. It breaks up the monotony of the monotype teams a bit, and may provide a little extra challenge (the Champions of each league are supposed to be the hardest thing, after all). Or if you want to still hold onto the monotype thing a bit with the Champions, we could still use Antebellum's idea of being half monotype with 2 or 3 pokes that don't match the specified type. It has been done before with Steven, Alder, and Iris.


Oh, and for Showdown people who still need to battle me, I'll be available for battle for the next few hours, so hit me up with a quote or VM or PM when yer ready.
Nah ンン
“No, I... I have to be strong. Everyone expects me to."

Euphoric

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Posted November 1st, 2015
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I thought we talked about this earlier? Anyways, I think 1 or 2 wildcards is the way to go, leaning towards one. 3 is too many, I agree.

However I disagree with you on your second point - I highly doubt everyone's going to pick the same ones (if we have them). First, they might already be on the person's team because of their typing coinciding with what the leader has picked. Also, it's a bad idea to pick stuff just because they're good Pokemon. Since most of your team is going to share some weaknesses, you'll have to pick Pokemon that counteract those, not necessarily the #1 on the ladder.

champagnepapi

exile

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Posted June 25th, 2016
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Good points but I still think we should get 1-2 safety nets. I dont think these pokemon will always be greninja or talonflame (since they are both so frail to be safety nets) and it would allow the leaders to play more comfortably in a type disadvantage. The main problem i see with the idea that dual typing covers weakness is that, if ludicolo is your only answer to fire types then they can devote the efforts of 5 pokemon to kill it and then have the fire type sweep.


Also this might be an empty argument but its a lot less fun building your team with the same 6 types, in fact it will lead to more monotony than if we got wildcards. Building with mostly your typed pokes + wildcards is more of a challenge to build the best team, and has a greater reward than full monotype, where you will probably end up with 2 or 3 "best possible builds".

paired to kaori & vrai

Polar Spectrum

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100% agree. Leaders have always been monotyped, and it's not such a crippling disadvantage - since really if the majority of your team specifically counters any one leader's type, you're likely going to have serious issues with another leader's typing.

And the Champion, nah I don't think they need to be monotyped. They haven't ever before; really. Even Lance had his Aerodactyl 'n stuff.

100% agree. Leaders have always been monotyped, and it's not such a crippling disadvantage - since really if the majority of your team specifically counters any one leader's type, you're likely going to have serious issues with another leader's typing.

And the Champion, nah I don't think they need to be monotyped. They haven't ever before; really. Even Lance had his Aerodactyl 'n stuff.
The Prism League is BACK BABY - we're operating in Sun / Moon now - come join up!

We're looking for Gym Leaders and Elite 4 members!

Paired with SkyBerries; the berries in the sky.

elnoor

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villege hidden in the leaf
Seen February 8th, 2015
Posted September 19th, 2014
143 posts
8.8 Years
thanks for the add, i should be able to start battling in 2-3 hours time. anyone who wishes to complete their battles with me, contact me thru showdown or just send me a vm :3
I want to join so please add me Fc is in sig. I will add u. Just let me know when ur ready to battle. thanks