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    sims796 said:
    Can somebody explain to me why we see sets such as Sub Empoleon, but no others that takes advantage of their 'pinch move' ability? Like, Sceptile, or Feraligatr?
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    Empoleon gains access to Agility to bypass most Choice Scarfers, has good special attack, and resists most priority moves.

    Besides Sceptile, Feraligatr and the likes kinda suck so eh
     

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    leech seed

    i know that leech seed steals oponent's HP but what happens when oponent switches out? does leech seed get canceled?
     

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    skyt said:
    i know that leech seed steals oponent's HP but what happens when oponent switches out? does leech seed get canceled?
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    Leech Seed out isn't like normal status, it's like Confusion and Attraction - it gets eliminated by switching out.
     

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    Upon logging into shoddy's official server for the first time, I was informed of how certain suspect weren't banned there, but cacturne also featured on this list. Anybody know why this is?
     
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    El Gofre said:
    Upon logging into shoddy's official server for the first time, I was informed of how certain suspect weren't banned there, but cacturne also featured on this list. Anybody know why this is?
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    o_O Do you mean Cacturne was banned or unbanned? I assume banned since it's unbanned in every tier to the best of my knowledge.

    But yeah, Garchomp and I think even Wobbuffet are not banned on Official. But Official sucks, Smogon is a better bet (but be ready for annoying trolls in the main chat, lol).
     

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    Anti said:
    o_O Do you mean Cacturne was banned or unbanned? I assume banned since it's unbanned in every tier to the best of my knowledge.

    But yeah, Garchomp and I think even Wobbuffet are not banned on Official. But Official sucks, Smogon is a better bet (but be ready for annoying trolls in the main chat, lol).
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    I'm already been accused of incest in the official forum, I don't see why smogon's should be any different =]

    Anyway, there actually stressing how he is unbanned. I'll presume it's an inside joke.
     
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    El Gofre said:
    I'm already been accused of incest in the official forum, I don't see why smogon's should be any different =]

    Anyway, there actually stressing how he is unbanned. I'll presume it's an inside joke.
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    Probably. The Official Server is nuts as it is.

    The difference is that you aren't battling against Wobbuffet on Smogon...and the battlers are generally better.

    Also, I would just avoid the main chat on the huge servers since...it never ends well. Usually it's trolls anyway so eh.
     

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    sims796 said:
    ...Well, I wanted to ask, does Trick go through Substitute?
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    Nope. Substitute blocks Acupressure, Block, a ghost's Curse*, Dream Eater, Embargo, Gastro Acid, Grudge, Heal Block, Leech Seed, Lock-On, Mean Look, Mimic, Mind Reader, Nightmare, Pain Split, Psycho Shift, Spider Web, Sketch, Switcheroo, Trick, Worry Seed, and Yawn.

    *I don't think Shoddy Battle has this fixed yet. I was in a battle earlier and some Gengar tried to Curse my Machamp behind its sub. I ended up losing 25% after that turn.
     

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    Beautifully well-made post. Very informative. I had always wondered about Gastro Acid & Mean Look. Although I think they fixed Pain Split--my Spiritomb couldn't use it on a Dusknoir.


    Now, since I've just posted on Request a team, I am forced to ask here. How is a Special Tangrowth these days?
     
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    sims796 said:
    Beautifully well-made post. Very informative. I had always wondered about Gastro Acid & Mean Look. Although I think they fixed Pain Split--my Spiritomb couldn't use it on a Dusknoir.


    Now, since I've just posted on Request a team, I am forced to ask here. How is a Special Tangrowth these days?
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    Blissey is falling in usage, so I would assume it's good (and I'm also assuming you mean Choice Specs Tangrowth?) as long as you can predict Salamence, Heatran and the gang.
     

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    Anti said:
    Blissey is falling in usage, so I would assume it's good (and I'm also assuming you mean Choice Specs Tangrowth?) as long as you can predict Salamence, Heatran and the gang.
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    Isn't Tangrowth still UU though? They don't start ruling out suspects till the 6th iirc. THat means that Tangrowth will more likely be facing UU sweepers. Otherwise, whatever you said.

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    Oh, heveans, no. I meant Growth Tangrowth, duh. I'm gonna call it "TanGROWTH". Yeah, Specs...

    Does he gain any moves that is useful through move tutors? For special set, I mean.
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    Well, I would go with the unlimited coverage thing Tangrowth gets from Leaf Storm/EnergyBall/Grass Knot, Ancientpower, and Focus Blast.
     
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    sims796 said:
    Oh, heveans, no. I meant Growth Tangrowth, duh. I'm gonna call it "TanGROWTH". Yeah, Specs...

    Does he gain any moves that is useful through move tutors? For special set, I mean.
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    From what I remember, Specs Tangrowth is Leaf Storm/Focus Blast/Ancientpower and Hidden Power something (either Ice or Fire, probably the latter since Ancientpower hammers Salamence).

    No useful moves I know of, but there might be a few. Tangrowth is still a pretty cool Pokemon so you could test it on Shoddy for a little while and see how it goes.

    And Sc4rfCh0mp, I'm pretty sure he's talking about OU matches.
     

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    Anti said:
    From what I remember, Specs Tangrowth is Leaf Storm/Focus Blast/Ancientpower and Hidden Power something (either Ice or Fire, probably the latter since Ancientpower hammers Salamence).

    No useful moves I know of, but there might be a few. Tangrowth is still a pretty cool Pokemon so you could test it on Shoddy for a little while and see how it goes.

    And Sc4rfCh0mp, I'm pretty sure he's talking about OU matches.
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    OU? KK... Yeah, Specs set is HP Fire/Focus Blast/ Leaf Storm/ Ancientpower.

    Otherwise, Tangrowth doesn't get any special attacking moves that can benefit from Plat (which is what you're asking about, right?) So the set I posted above should be fine.
     

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    I have a very simple, yet very important question.

    Why isDark Azelf, as a n00b, allowed to give advice? It says right in the rules that n00bs are not allowed to give advice. This moderator favoritisim is sickening, and I implore that n00b gets his come-uppings.


    That aside, I would love to know how Weezing is fairing. In fact, I have a few questions on that.

    First, can he still stand up to a few choice OU threats?

    Second, was he made UU not because he is bad in OU, but because he doesn't break UU (like Latias, apparently)

    Third, would a tanking Exploding set do great, or would a Pain Split set work? That might justdepend on the team itself.

    Last, D_A sux.
     
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