Pokemon Showdown!

[King Dumb]

I'm personally not a huge fan of Tier Shift because I find it largely arbitrary. And some Pokemon in UU, for example, can become unmatched behemoths in Tier Shift for as a result.

Although I enjoy Monotype Tier Shift for the sole reason that my beloved Porygon2 and Porygon-Z wall and sweep like monsters.

[Hallan Parva]

Blaziken is actually banned in metagames not named Ubers because of its hidden ability, Speed Boost.

I could've sworn it was specifically Speed Boost Blaziken who was restricted to only Ubers. Banning all Blaziken in general is like saying all Pokemon with Moody are banned even if they don't have Moody.

[Orange juice :l]

That would be the smart thing to do, but Smogon hates "complex bans" with a passion so they just banned the Pokemon Blaziken altogether, just like they banned the ability Moody.

Thus, the following April Fool's video was made.

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[Hallan Parva]

That sounds decidedly lame to say the least.


Oh, are there any special clauses or restrictions for the Gym Leader teams? Also, what Gen is it?

[Orange juice :l]

No clauses here- just standard Gen 5 OUMonotype for league members. We'll probably switch over to Gen 6 once it gets fully implemented, though.

[? Manibogi ?]

Here's a replay from a VGC match using my gravity team:
http://pokemonshowdown.com/replay/gen5doublesvgc2013-58541708
The most intense part was definitely the 1v1 near the end. I was able to pull of a clutch rest, which ended with me winning the game.

That Liepard can go fuck himself too, I can't believe I managed to win after all the damage it had done.

[Balrog]

http://pokemonshowdown.com/replay/gen5r ... e-58910608

Pretty shocked how well this went.

EDIT: http://pokemonshowdown.com/replay/gen5r ... e-58918770

[Galactan]

I'm a bit concerned about the amount of lag present, especially when someone spectates, where incredibly long lag spikes start occurring (5-7 minutes) and it becomes rather frustrating.

[Kage]

I just started playing this yesterday and I managed to win a few battles on the OU beta tier.

=Pre-Team=
http://pokemonshowdown.com/replay/oubeta-59136274

This person's team consisted of Eevee evolutions but it took me almost 80 turns before my opponent decided to RQ
http://pokemonshowdown.com/replay/oubeta-59129023

=Current Team=
Somehow manage to win using Bullet and Sucker Punches
http://pokemonshowdown.com/replay/oubeta-59158154

http://pokemonshowdown.com/replay/oubeta-59204969

I guess Megaevolutions won't show up in the recordings only.

[Orange juice :l]

Some Mega Evolutions don't show up because they don't have a full set of custom sprites yet
I've made a team for PokeBank OU, but I might ditch Extremespeed on Dragonite to get it down into standard OU. If there's one thing I've learned so far, it's to bring an Aegislash counter.

[? Manibogi ?]

Here's a VGC replay using my new and improved Gravity team. I'm starting to like this team a lot:
http://pokemonshowdown.com/replay/gen5d ... 3-59222190

[Orange juice :l]

Do you believe in magic?

http://pokemonshowdown.com/replay/pokebankoubeta-59262231

[Hallan Parva]

Was that guy just a moron or what? He uses ExtremeSpeed right after you Rest up, then tries to Thunder Wave you while you're still asleep? What???


Maybe he thought he could just plow through your team with Megachomp and cheese a win or something.

[Kage]

I seriously thought I would lose this match after losing two pokemon to Mega Charizard X. I also find it funny how Charizard's type change actually gave me the advantage in the end.

http://play.pokemonshowdown.com/battle-oubeta-59298963

[ZeStopper]

So MegaEvolution is confirmed?
Okay then.