*Approved by SilentVerse
~RU Pokemon of the Week~
Cheers, all ^.^
So, I wanted to start up a resource for newer players, as well as give other players a chance to discuss each of the Pokemon that comprise the RU tier, one at a time. Essentially, I'll post up a new Pokemon every Sunday. For the rest of the week, everyone will get to weigh in on the Pokemon in question.
General topics that I'd like to see discussed:
- What sets are popular and effective?
- What general roles and niches does this Pokemon fulfill?
- What advantages does it have over the other Pokemon with these roles? Disadvantages?
- What does this Pokemon effectively counter, check, and threaten?
- What counters, checks, and threatens this Pokemon?
- What are good teammates?
- How does this Pokemon fit into the metagame in general, and how has the metagame adapted to its presence?
Goals of the Project:
- To produce a great resource for newer players looking to get into RU. I'll keep a table of contents, so users will easily be able to find the specific Pokemon they want to learn more about, or simply read through the thread to get an idea of each Pokemon and it's effect on the metagame.
- To give RU players a chance to discuss, dissect, and explain their experiences with each Pokemon, how it best functions, and what roles it plays in our metagame.
- To create a more casual alternative to onsite analyses, driven by the experiences of everyone playing the metagame as opposed to just a singular, unified view. This should hopefully shed more light on the ups and downs of a Pokemon, and explain why various players would want to use or not use it.
Table of Contents:
Week #1 - Lanturn
Week #2 - Gallade
Week #3 - Crustle
Week #4 - Cofagrigus
Week #5 - Clefable
Week #6 - Sceptile
Week #7 - Kabutops
Week #8 - Rotom-C
Week #9 - Crawdaunt
Week #10 - Uxie
Week #11 - Stoutland
Week #12 - Moltres
Week #13 - Nidoqueen
Week #14 - Druddigon
Week #15 - Rotom
Week #16 - Cresselia
Week #17 - Snover
Week #18 - Poliwrath
Week #19 - Entei
Week #20 - Escavalier
Week #21 - Durant
Week #22 - Feraligatr
Week #23 - Galvantula
Week #24 - Spiritomb
Week #25 - Cryogonal
Week #26 - Smeargle
Week #27 - Absol
Week #28 - Bouffalant
Week #29 - Slowking
Week #30 - Lilligant
Week #31 - Manectric