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(Approved by snake_rattler)
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(op adapted/copied from the NU VOTW thread)
With the recent closing of the Counter That Pokemon! thread and the increased stability of the Crown Tundra metagame, now seems like a good time to introduce the Victim Of The Week Thread to both replace the CTP project and tackle the centralization in the present meta. This project aims to find answers to the most popular Pokemon in the metagame and in doing so, further understand the nuances of the CAP metagame and create a compendium of answers to the Pokemon on the Viability Rankings.
How it works:
1. When nominating your check/counter please take into consideration this defintion from The Smog:
3. As a follow-up to the above, I'd prefer if we stuck to mons that are in the VR, but I'll make exceptions if you can make a really solid case for the mon's viability and/or are trying to get it on the VR.
4. Reservations are allowed, however if you don't complete your post within 24 hours someone else is free to take your Pokemon.
5. If someone posts an unviable set / mon, you can help them out, but be nice.
6. Post calcs if necessary.
Dragapult @ Leftovers
Ability: Infiltrator
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Hex
- Draco Meteor
- U-turn
- Will-O-Wisp
Winners: -Voltage- for Counter
Rillaboom @ Choice Band
Ability: Grassy Surge
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Wood Hammer
- Grassy Glide
- U-turn
- Knock Off
Winners: Empoleon4Life for check, Binacleisthebest/dex18 for counter
Garchomp @ Life Orb
Ability: Rough Skin
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Swords Dance
- Earthquake
- Stone Edge/Fire Fang
- Scale Shot
Winners: kjnjkmjk1 for check, Lasen and Heaven Jay for counter
Jumbao @ Life Orb
Ability: Trace
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Moonblast
- Focus Blast
- Leaf Storm
- Healing Wish
Winners, snake_rattler for check, dex18 for counter
Current Victim
Kyurem @ Choice Specs
Ability: Pressure
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Modest Nature
- Ice Beam
- Freeze-Dry
- Draco Meteor
- Focus Blast
Kyurem has recently rose from UU to OU, for good reason. It's one of the best breakers in the tier, with an insane damage output and no switchins. Well, almost no switchins. How do we answer this Pokemon? That's for you guys to decide. Submissions close April 13th, 7:00 AM GMT+0, and we'll have a 1 day voting period, extensions are OK as long as you ask well in advance, happy submitting!!
(art coming soon (tm) )
(op adapted/copied from the NU VOTW thread)
With the recent closing of the Counter That Pokemon! thread and the increased stability of the Crown Tundra metagame, now seems like a good time to introduce the Victim Of The Week Thread to both replace the CTP project and tackle the centralization in the present meta. This project aims to find answers to the most popular Pokemon in the metagame and in doing so, further understand the nuances of the CAP metagame and create a compendium of answers to the Pokemon on the Viability Rankings.
How it works:
- Every round, I'll pick one Pokemon from the SS CAP Viability Rankings to be discussed. The submission stage will last one week.
- During the round, post a Pokemon of your choosing which is able to check / counter the current threat, with a Set, Description, and Calculations if necessary. (Note that they should be somewhat viable, no gimmicks like Tinted Lens Noctowl, in some cases I'll be a bit more flexible with what's allowed).
- After the deadline for submissions is completed, we'll have a voting period where people vote for their favorite sets, with each round having a winner who'll have their set and name immortalized in the OP
- At the end of the week we start over, until we have an entire compendium of checks and counters for each Pokemon on the VR.
1. When nominating your check/counter please take into consideration this defintion from The Smog:
2. Please stick to mons that are somewhat viable in the CAP metagame and aren't extremely gimmicky. A good way to figure out if a set is a gimmick is "Does this set have any use other than answering a single Pokemon? or "Is this set even somewhat consistent". If the answer is no, the set is probably a gimmicky one. I'm fine with less popular mons being showcased, but please use your common sense.Pokémon A checks Pokémon B if, when Pokémon A is given a free switch into Pokémon B, Pokémon A can win every time, even under the worst case scenario, without factoring in hax.
Pokémon A counters Pokémon B if Pokémon A can manually switch into Pokémon B and still win every time, even under the worst case scenario, without factoring in hax.
There are some parts of those definitions that may be confusing to the unfamiliar, so now I'm going to make sure we're all on the same page. "Hax" does not mean cheats or codes used to win. "Hax" means, loosely, things that have a chance of happening but usually don't, for example, critical hits (under most circumstances), Ice Beam freezing, and Fire Blast missing. This means that we don't take into account these types of things when we analyze if one Pokémon checks or counters another. Despite this, it's unwise to declare that one Pokémon checks another when the victorious Pokémon relies on hitting Focus Blast three times in a row, or something like that. Basically, you're often okay ignoring hax unless something that doesn't have a high chance of happening must happen in order for a Pokémon to check or counter another.
There are some things, like flinching, which you would normally consider to be hax but aren't always so. For example, Jirachi has a 60% chance to flinch a slower opponent with Iron Head, so in this case, flinching is not hax because it happens over half the time. For things such as missing or secondary effects, such as a Scald burn or Special Defense drop from Seed Flare, that have a decently high chance of happening, you need to think about them when you analyze checks or counters. Even though they might fit the standard definition of hax, they happen often enough for you to expect to see them in real situations somewhat commonly. There's no official or best guideline, but in my opinion, if some form of "hax" has a 30% chance or higher of happening, you should keep it in the back of your mind because it's not a negligible occurrence.
3. As a follow-up to the above, I'd prefer if we stuck to mons that are in the VR, but I'll make exceptions if you can make a really solid case for the mon's viability and/or are trying to get it on the VR.
4. Reservations are allowed, however if you don't complete your post within 24 hours someone else is free to take your Pokemon.
5. If someone posts an unviable set / mon, you can help them out, but be nice.
6. Post calcs if necessary.
Dragapult @ Leftovers
Ability: Infiltrator
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Hex
- Draco Meteor
- U-turn
- Will-O-Wisp
Winners: -Voltage- for Counter
Rillaboom @ Choice Band
Ability: Grassy Surge
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Wood Hammer
- Grassy Glide
- U-turn
- Knock Off
Winners: Empoleon4Life for check, Binacleisthebest/dex18 for counter
Garchomp @ Life Orb
Ability: Rough Skin
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Swords Dance
- Earthquake
- Stone Edge/Fire Fang
- Scale Shot
Winners: kjnjkmjk1 for check, Lasen and Heaven Jay for counter
Jumbao @ Life Orb
Ability: Trace
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Moonblast
- Focus Blast
- Leaf Storm
- Healing Wish
Winners, snake_rattler for check, dex18 for counter
Current Victim
Kyurem @ Choice Specs
Ability: Pressure
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Modest Nature
- Ice Beam
- Freeze-Dry
- Draco Meteor
- Focus Blast
Kyurem has recently rose from UU to OU, for good reason. It's one of the best breakers in the tier, with an insane damage output and no switchins. Well, almost no switchins. How do we answer this Pokemon? That's for you guys to decide. Submissions close April 13th, 7:00 AM GMT+0, and we'll have a 1 day voting period, extensions are OK as long as you ask well in advance, happy submitting!!
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