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This is one of the best Pokemon games I've ever played, it's an increased difficulty hack of Firered with all the pokemon up to gen 8 and a ton of quality of life features. It's also probably the hardest game I ever played. I'm streaming on twitch if anyone wants to chill and watch at...
I am trying to play the Ladder Tournament and I've been using this team, wanted to get some fixes if possible. It seems strong but in some match-ups I struggle (primarily fast bulky grounds)
Medicham @ Medichamite
Ability: Pure Power
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
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This thread will be updated in the OP with sets of Pokemon you'll find on the Battle Spot. Please post any interesting, strong, etc sets for Pokemon you encounter on Battle Spot. This is not a personal creative moveset thread... we want to limit this to Pokemon you've actually encountered enough...
I've been trying to make a good stall team for X/Y since it came out and was basically talking to locopoke about teams we've faced on Battlespot and how stall teams of Skarmory/Gourgeist/Chansey rape people because of how offensive moves were either nerfed/offensive mons have become 1...
Think of this as a plea and a "warning" (not a bad warning, but a "this will happen soon" warning).
This is Smogon. We are supposed to represent the elite of competitive Pokemon with thoughtful competitive discussion and theory. But with a new generation, it's inevitable that excitement and...
[Remade this thread with approval from Nexus, that way all of us could have posts in it to update with what we have while keeping it contained in 1 thread (we're all working together).
List of Hermanos
- kd24
- locopoke
- Dotteh
- Randylicious
- Atticus
SPOKESMAN CTI SAYS: WE SELL THE BEST...
You might have noticed one of your threads missing. This isn't anything you did wrong, and we very much appreciate the effort, but this is because we did a massive clean-up focused on allowing this forum to not become as clogged as it was. With so many threads, there were too many active ones of...
Me and my friends have begun breeding gen 6 mons and other random stuff and now we're opening a Trade thread. I'll be updating this thread with all of our latest breeds and I'll be posting a universal want list with our specific wants and maybe some general stuff. Ideally you just post if you're...
This is something I wrote up a while ago and never got around to posting it for various reasons. It is basically a collection of my thoughts about competitive battling. I'm posting it here for several reasons
1.) With XY almost here, I don't feel like this should ever be counted as a 5th gen...
Holy shit, this guy is bad. I recently saw a post saying what happened to John Hughes (which I swear was stolen straight out a Nostalgia Critic video on one of Hughe's shitty later films) and I thought to myself, what happened? Yeah, what happened that this guy was known as the king of (family)...
So the last thread hasn't been utilized in forever but there's probably people out there on Smogon still interested in this game, so this OP will be a refresher/guide/resource for players wanting to play Yu-Gi-Oh again. It's a very skill based card game (but with luck elements) that anyone can...
Idea ripped straight out of GFaqs, welcome to Pick your Wife, kd24/shade/Rodan edition. The three of us worked hard to create four women and you MUST pick one of them. Let's meet the lucky ladies:
Girl A:
British
7.5/10
Job: Travel Agent
Wants at least 2 children
Good with Money
Cooks Bad...
Much like Bill Simmon's BBOB, I think it'd be a good exercise to try and build a Hall of Fame for 5th gen Pokemon, and you start at the top, so I'm going to list my top 12 Pokemon of 5th Gen based on criteria almost adopted from BBOB. To be considered the true class of Gen 5, the Pokemon need to...
Post your questions for the creator of smogon.com here, he'll try to answer them all in a YT vid, as long as they're not completely obnoxious / are actually questions.
Why am I posting this thread? GOOD QUESTION. I'm helping him filter through questions but ideally most of these go through...
So I think this was Eo's idea but I lost the conversation and so I've probably horribly butchered it. Eo, if I'm way off on this, lemme know so I can try to start a different kind of thread. This is just an interest thread for a debate game while we wait on some kind of verdict on Landorus's...
[Overview]
<p>Jirachi's typing and bulk ensure that it is going to stick around for a while. Use this time to set up with Calm Mind to sweep, or pass Wishes for teammates. Jirachi is never a bad option for any team, and is key in keeping many physical attackers in check.</p>
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was an easier edit to make, we decided on the following skarm spreads, which sets to have, and i changed things to make these analysis more relevant.
[Overview]
<p>Skarmory is without doubt the best physical wall in the game. It has no physical weaknesses at all; in fact, it resists all but...
So this is an idea that hopefully progresses overtime but it's something I have thought about for a while. While the ladder is a solid way to gather information and a general idea of competitive play, there is a distinction between ladder play and tournament play and as of now, we generally...