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Doubles Circuit Minitour #6 entire op stolen from minitour 5 because I'm a genius Please read the following information, some important information regarding the Doubles Circuit lies within: How to participate: The Doubles Circuit Mini-Tournaments are run just like an official Smogon...

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[Overview] Capable of dealing heavy damage to threats such as Tyranitar, Excadrill, and others, thanks to its supreme 140 base attack, and priority Mach Punch 105/95/65 defenses further back its offensive potential, allowing it to tank attacks that frailer Fighting-types (such as Mienshao or...

Back after failing like hell with these stats last month... Regular Usage Statistics (woooo 108k battles !!) Total battles: 108350 Avg. weight/team: 0.622 + ---- + ------------------ + --------- + ------ + ------- + ------ + ------- + | Rank | Pokemon | Usage % | Raw | %...

Overview ######## Gengar always shined more in Singles than Doubles, but Gen 6 has brought it a new niche. New Mega-evolution has the ability of Shadow Tag, which makes Mega Gengar a great trapper. Ghost is an amazing offensive typing. Does a good job of countering Trick Room setters. Mega...

Overview ######## Amazing defensive typing allows it to counter a multitude of almost entire typings, such as Steel-, Bug-, Fire-, and Grass-types. Powerful STAB spread moves in Heat Wave and Eruption. Formidable bulk, being able to survive even super effective attacks, such as Rotom-Ws Hydro...

Overview ######## Fantastic glue Pokemon for many teams. Great check to Fire, Ground, and Flying types. Amazing typing, both offensive and defensive. Great ability that goes perfectly with its typing. Middling speed makes it susceptible to powerful moves. Unfortunately low HP stat. Grass- and...

Approved by Pocket Since Audiosurfer has quit smogon forums, I am taking over Topic of the Week, and I am making a new thread so I can edit the title. Since I am pretty sure everything (even some research) was covered in this totw, it is time to move on to a new one. I am amazed by how many...

approved by logic =] Effective Cores in the Doubles Metagame So most of you probably noticed the awesome thread made yesterday about different Doubles strategies. Unfortunately, all of these sucked, and the thread turned out very non-serious. That said, It is actually a great idea to talk...

Doubles Mini-Tournament #8 How to participate: The Standard Doubles Mini-Tournaments are run just like an official Smogon tournament. The first thread/post posted is the sign-ups. During the sign-ups you post "in". The Rounds will last exactly 4 days from the second the round is posted here in...

[Pros] <ul> <li>Immunities to Dragon and Ground.</li> <li>Access to the combination of Follow Me and Thunder Wave.</li> <li>Useful resistances to Grass, Fighting, and Dark.</li> <li>Serene Grace combined with Air Slash gives a 60 percent chance to flinch the opponent.</li> <li>Huge Special...

[Overview] Fantastic bulk combined with solid Attack. Access to Bulk Up is nice, as it is hard to break with a few boosts under it's belt. Great ability with Guts. It makes a RestTalk set viable, as well as being able to benefit from burns. Weakness to common Psychic- and Flying-type moves can...

This Is Halloween! [Overview] Awesome attacking stats, but let down by its horrible bulk and speed. Access to Spikes automatically gives it a niche. Swords Dance can also make it a deadly sweeper. STAB Sucker Punch hurts. and Immunities to Water and Psychic help it set up Spikes or Swords...

What's cooler than being cool? Props to Nollan for making the skeleton :) [Overview] Sports higher bulk than other Dragons Massive 170 base attack Lacks reliable physically-based Ice STAB Weak to a variety of attacks [SET] name: Mixed Attacker move 1: Dragon Claw / Outrage move 2: Fusion...

I miss my Soul Dew ;_; [Overview] First look, outclassed by Creselia Reason to use is speed and extra offense. and Tailwind. Faces competition from Latios as offensive Pokemon. [SET] name: Tailwind Support move 1: Tailwind move 2: Draco Meteor move 3: Helping Hand move 4: Protect / Psyshock...

Hi! V-create hurts. [Overview] V-create. Great ability that boosts you and your partners accuracy. Stat distribution gives it solid bulk and good offensive stats. Super good physical movepool Can even work in Trick Room. [SET] name: All-Out Attacker move 1: V-create move 2: Bolt Strike move...

Taking this over from Audiosurfer because he is lazy. jk, good job at running the original thread, and thanks for making such a copy pasteable OP :] Approved by Joim Obligatory awesome Bummer logo :] Welcome to the Doubles Ladder Challenges! Here, you get to show off your skills by...

Take a break. [Overview] Insane bulk and Attack, and useful speed tier. Access to good coverage moves, and has nice utility in Pursuit. Then you see Truant - a major let-down. Truant will make it lose to anything with Protect, and it becomes massive setup fodder after using an attack. [SET]...

Secretly a Power Ranger [Overview] Defiant is one of the best abilities for a physical attacker in Doubles, as Intimidate is everywhere. STAB Sucker Punch is extremely deadly, especially if you get a Defiant boost. Steel/Dark typing allows it to counter Cresselia and Latios, which are...

BARN PARALYZE ALL [Overview] Prankster is a godsend with T-Wave Good offenses Fills two roles with one set - T-Wave support + Special Attacker [SET] name: Offensive Thundy move 1: Thunder Wave move 2: Thunderbolt move 3: HIdden Power Ice / Hidden Power Flying move 4: Protect / Taunt item...