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Announcement BW OU Secret Santa 2021
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Gamer1234556
"Because... Scald is a shit Ferro answer!!!"
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Just wanted to let you guys know that the deadline for PMing me your core/individual pokemon to build around is end of day today. Please get this in or you won't be included!
Just wanted to let you guys know that the deadline for PMing me your core/individual pokemon to build around is end of day today. Please get this in or you won't be included!
This thread is now reopened for discussion! Lets see what you got!
Oh boy, first BW secret santa! Let's get this show on the road!
Firstly i'd like for everyone to thank our lord and savior FNH for putting in a shit ton of work for making the whole thing and making the messages and the whole procedure look so festive and pretty, just for that i won't talk shit about you for the rest of the tour!
Secondly i'd like to thank all the participants for putting some effort into making bw an active community and produce interesting ideas with fun teams and suggestions.
Feel free to start a conversation about the tour, the core/mon you suggested(why did u decide to pick that) and maybe even a slight break down of the team you made based on your pair's suggestions(Was it tough building? Have u thought about making a team with that prior to this tour? Are u happy with how it turned out?)
Happy holidays everyone, let's have a fun tour!
Firstly i'd like for everyone to thank our lord and savior FNH for putting in a shit ton of work for making the whole thing and making the messages and the whole procedure look so festive and pretty, just for that i won't talk shit about you for the rest of the tour!
Secondly i'd like to thank all the participants for putting some effort into making bw an active community and produce interesting ideas with fun teams and suggestions.
Feel free to start a conversation about the tour, the core/mon you suggested(why did u decide to pick that) and maybe even a slight break down of the team you made based on your pair's suggestions(Was it tough building? Have u thought about making a team with that prior to this tour? Are u happy with how it turned out?)
Happy holidays everyone, let's have a fun tour!
Gamer1234556
"Because... Scald is a shit Ferro answer!!!"
Merry Christmas Everyone!!!
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Recieved Team:
For this event I felt like experimenting with Hippowdon and Xatu because I thought that they had some pretty cool synergy together. Xatu can sort of act like a semi-decent ground check with its Flying-Type while also being a very good anti-hazard mon against Ferrothorn and Skarmory. Likewise, Specially Defensive Hippowdon can work as a decent rain counter since it has some very good matchups against Tentacruel and Thundurus-Therian (Fun Fact: 228 Modest Thundurus-T can only 3HKO Hippowdon with Hidden Power Ice).
The team itself ended up being a lot more solid than I anticipated. It looks a lot reminiscent to Dice's Hippowdon + Zapdos SPL XII Team especially with Bulky Mie and SD Scizor. Bulky Mie is generally a mon I tend to abstain from using, but in this case I suppose it works since you kinda want some extra security against Keldeo alongside a spinner, and Bulky Mie gives you both of those. If that doesn't satisfy you, then you have Celebi with Seed Bomb and Swords Dance (!!!), so even if you don't make use of the Attack Boosts, you could Baton Pass them to Scizor or something else that does. Scizor itself is a pretty obvious addition, what isn't exactly obvious is how this specific set is more of a bulky set with Roost, which I haven't seen in a very long time. Scarf Chomp is pretty much an obvious addition since Hippowdon Sand really hates Volcarona.
Of course, there were some rather strange decisions that I noticed in this team. Xatu has... Trick? I feel like something like Reflect or Light Screen is more beneficial overall. You can even slot Protect with Lefties if you want to screw more with Choice users such as Latios and Keldeo. The team also has some rather unpleasant matchups against Skarmory and Mamoswine, as the former kinda just endlessly sits and Roosts on you while the latter I have no switch-ins for. Changing the Scizor set to SD Fighting Gem and having NP Celebi with HP Fire can give you more leeway against them. That said, I am overall pretty satisfied with team I got. It was a pleasure to participate in this Secret Santa!
Edit: Oh yea I forgot to mention that this team has absolutely no punish for Latios, therefore this team really wants Pursuit on Scizor.
Requested Core:
Recieved Team:
For this event I felt like experimenting with Hippowdon and Xatu because I thought that they had some pretty cool synergy together. Xatu can sort of act like a semi-decent ground check with its Flying-Type while also being a very good anti-hazard mon against Ferrothorn and Skarmory. Likewise, Specially Defensive Hippowdon can work as a decent rain counter since it has some very good matchups against Tentacruel and Thundurus-Therian (Fun Fact: 228 Modest Thundurus-T can only 3HKO Hippowdon with Hidden Power Ice).
The team itself ended up being a lot more solid than I anticipated. It looks a lot reminiscent to Dice's Hippowdon + Zapdos SPL XII Team especially with Bulky Mie and SD Scizor. Bulky Mie is generally a mon I tend to abstain from using, but in this case I suppose it works since you kinda want some extra security against Keldeo alongside a spinner, and Bulky Mie gives you both of those. If that doesn't satisfy you, then you have Celebi with Seed Bomb and Swords Dance (!!!), so even if you don't make use of the Attack Boosts, you could Baton Pass them to Scizor or something else that does. Scizor itself is a pretty obvious addition, what isn't exactly obvious is how this specific set is more of a bulky set with Roost, which I haven't seen in a very long time. Scarf Chomp is pretty much an obvious addition since Hippowdon Sand really hates Volcarona.
Of course, there were some rather strange decisions that I noticed in this team. Xatu has... Trick? I feel like something like Reflect or Light Screen is more beneficial overall. You can even slot Protect with Lefties if you want to screw more with Choice users such as Latios and Keldeo. The team also has some rather unpleasant matchups against Skarmory and Mamoswine, as the former kinda just endlessly sits and Roosts on you while the latter I have no switch-ins for. Changing the Scizor set to SD Fighting Gem and having NP Celebi with HP Fire can give you more leeway against them. That said, I am overall pretty satisfied with team I got. It was a pleasure to participate in this Secret Santa!
Edit: Oh yea I forgot to mention that this team has absolutely no punish for Latios, therefore this team really wants Pursuit on Scizor.
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Big thank you to whoever made my team. Really cool stuff!
I have enjoyed trying it out
I have enjoyed trying it out
https://pokepast.es/a662589bc5fc5020
the team is above should anyone wish to use
This team has been recognized as "Pure heat" - FNH
the team is above should anyone wish to use
This team has been recognized as "Pure heat" - FNH
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this is the team i received, my pokémon was hydreigon.
https://pokepast.es/4384399baf6dc336
actually after playing some games in ladder i realized that the team has to be well played to not lose against mons like thundy, volcarona, specs keldeo, rotom-wash but it is normal taking into account the type of matchup. it is a very good team, i really liked the addition of rotom-wash and landot, they are good companions for hydreigon to have a safer in and can at least press to be able to kill something. a few small changes that would be to make jirachi have a speed higher than 241 (this to not get caught by zone and be able to u-turn without taking damage, this is optional, since alakazam is also annoying) and make hydreigon modest, this to have a more devastating attack and be able to give ohko to things like rotom-wash, politoed and bulkier things, it is also not necessary to make it modest since you do outspeed mons like landot and excadrill.
as i said before, it's a great team and many thanks to whoever did it
https://pokepast.es/4384399baf6dc336
actually after playing some games in ladder i realized that the team has to be well played to not lose against mons like thundy, volcarona, specs keldeo, rotom-wash but it is normal taking into account the type of matchup. it is a very good team, i really liked the addition of rotom-wash and landot, they are good companions for hydreigon to have a safer in and can at least press to be able to kill something. a few small changes that would be to make jirachi have a speed higher than 241 (this to not get caught by zone and be able to u-turn without taking damage, this is optional, since alakazam is also annoying) and make hydreigon modest, this to have a more devastating attack and be able to give ohko to things like rotom-wash, politoed and bulkier things, it is also not necessary to make it modest since you do outspeed mons like landot and excadrill.
as i said before, it's a great team and many thanks to whoever did it
after requesting a hail team, i was gifted this:
as someone not too versed in building hail, this looks like a pretty cool way to tackle it. hail + spikes + zone do a good job at chipping down steels for the psychics while toad glues the team together when facing tougher tenta rain/tran sand mus. can't wait to try it out, thanks to whoever built it and FNH for setting this up!
as someone not too versed in building hail, this looks like a pretty cool way to tackle it. hail + spikes + zone do a good job at chipping down steels for the psychics while toad glues the team together when facing tougher tenta rain/tran sand mus. can't wait to try it out, thanks to whoever built it and FNH for setting this up!
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