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I've been given permission by PKGaming to take over the analysis for Jolteon (Baton Pass) since Hyperbeem hasn't worked on the analysis for ages, hasn't responded to either my messages or those of AccidentalGreed, and the set he's used is largely the one I suggested anyways. Furthermore, he's...

Benvenuto Smogon! I've made another team, this time with the express aim of ranking up and making the most of a metagame without Excadrill (thank God he's gone :D) I thought I'd give Rain a spin, since all of the Rain teams I made in the past seemed to suck and I wanted another go at it now that...

name: Classic move 1: Earthquake move 2: Toxic / U-Turn move 3: Roost move 4: Taunt / Stealth Rock item: Leftovers ability: Sand Veil nature: Impish evs: 252 HP / 184 Def / 72 Spe Why this set deserves to be on-site Whilst Toxic Orb + Poison Heal has advantages, it only provides an extra...

Yes, I am being completely serious. http://www.serebii.net/pokedex-bw/464.shtml Rhyperior is in an unfortunate position in OU, since although it possesses immense attacking power and good coverage, the metagame is crawling with physical walls thanks to the success of Excadrill, Terrakion and...

Hello again Smogon! In another attempt to explore the more obscure pokémon in the OU tier, I decided to build a team around the infamous Latias. What she lacks in raw power she makes up for in cunning and sheer tenacity, and as such she has employed a number of prolific mercenaries to help her...

Solid Rock: Reduces damage from super-effective attacks by 25%! Filter: Same thing! Okay, since there's no longer a trivia thread I'm just going to post some musings about the abilities here. Feel free to discuss how useful you find these abilities to be on their various hosts! First of all...

Today, after having nothing better to do, I decided to make an OU team that was centered around some of the less appreciated OU threats, in this case Gyarados, Salamence and Virizion. Like all of my teams, I was determined for it to not fall into cookie-cutter territory, so I've done my best to...

I've been playing RU since the tier was made, and quickly realised that the tier was going to be quite centralised at first. So I decided to design a team that tried to decentralise as much as possible, and invariably that involved using Trick Room. Trick Room not only lets me make the most of...

So! With the RU stats released, we can start making some predictions about the new NU metagame, which looks like it's going to be very interesting this time around, with threats such as Swellow, DD Crawdaunt, Flame Charge Magmortar and others in the wings. Here's some of my predictions...

Slowking! Okay, I've been testing some other pokémon at the moment, but this pokémon has consistently been one of my favorites, and has almost always gotten 2-3 kills if I bring it out at the correct moment in a match. Let's have a closer look... HP: 95 Atk: 75 Def: 80 SpA: 100 SpD...

<3 <3 <3 <3 Gastrodon Status: Will be written up in about a week's time. QC: (, , , ) GP: (, , , ) [Overview] Whilst Gastrodon isn't as popular as other bulky waters such as Slowbro, Empoleon and Milotic, it does hold some advantages over them in key situations. For example, Gastrodon...

QC: (Snunch, Oglemi, PK Gaming) GP: (, , , ) Jolteon Sort of outclassed by Zapdos, who boasts higher special attack, better bulk and typing and better movepool options. However, Jolteon's incredible speed, immunity to Thunder Wave with Volt Absorb and lack of weakness to Stealth Rock make it...

Gastrodon QC: (firecape, Fireburn) GP: ( , , , ) [Overview] <p>Gastrodon can do one thing and one thing alone in Ubers: wall the most popular Pokémon in the metagame, Kyogre. With access to Recover, Toxic, Mirror Coat, Yawn and other annoying moves, Gastrodon can come in for free on Kyogre...

THE FLYING MONKEYS Hi Smogon! I'm working on the analysis for Flying Arceus at the moment, which is pretty interesting considering I'm the only person to actually use him on Pokémon Online (or at least well :P) So I decided to make an Ubers team to help me test, and it turned out to work...

Flying Arceus QC: (trickroom, fireburn) GP: (,) [Overview] <p>In this form, the creator descends from heaven itself to smite the evil and unjust with its extraordinarily powerful Judgment. Flying type attacks are resisted by few pokemon at all in this metagame, with the only common resistors...

Omastar! http://www.serebii.net/pokedex-bw/139.shtml QC: (Bloo, PK Gaming, Iconic) GP: (Chou Toshio, jc104) Status: Written Up! Awaiting GP checks. ----------- [Overview] <p>In a generation where Sandstorm has become so dominant, and where the combination of Drizzle and Swift Swim is...

Gastrodon Status: Will be written up in about a week's time. QC: (PK Gaming, Iconic, Bloo) GP: (Zystral, Erebyssial) [Overview] <p>With the single most common pokemon in the OU metagame being a Grass-type, it is understandable that previously-useful bulky Water-types such as Swampert have...

Gardevoir QC: PK Gaming [OVERVIEW] Gardevoir is a truly unique pokémon, being the only offensive user of Trace, letting her check weather sweepers effectively. However, due to the banning of Drizzle / Swift Swim teams and Jolly Excadrill always outspeeding her without a Scarf in...

#469: Yanmega Yanmega was a pretty cool guy in Gen 4, destroying the Elite Four, wrecking UU whilst he was allowed in and then proceeding to be a cool anti-lead for OU (although not necessarily an effective one) Unfortunately, gen 5 has not been good to him in any aspect. The only new...

#342: Crawdaunt Crabs and Bivalves have generally gotten a sweet deal with Black and White, with most of them gaining cool new moves (such as Shell Break on Cloyster/Omastar) and excellent abilities (such as Encourage on Kingler) Crawdaunt, whilst slightly overshadowed by Kingler, is no...