Because the month ended right before a perfect gap in my schedule, I am able to get monthly stats out almost immediately this time around. For anyone chomping at the bit for fresh stats -- get 'em while they're hot!
Last month, the big news was Scizor's leap to exceed the 30% usage mark. Well this month, Scizor is still comfortably above that mark, but that's not the big news. Salamence's fall to 6th place in usage -- THAT'S big news! Salamence has been firmly entrenched as the number two pokemon for quite some time. Like all highly-used pokemon, rumors of Salamence's uberness has been a regular topic around Smogon's virtual water cooler (not that usage has anything to do with uberness, but massive usage always seems to go hand-in-hand with claims of "it's broken"). Well, this month Mence fell, and fell hard. Percentage-wise, Salamence only dropped about a point-and-a-half. But, ranking-wise, it fell four spots if you include combined Rotom-A in the mix. Mence relinquishes its title as The Top OU Dragon to Latias, whose usage has been steadily rising ever since it was introduced into OU. With more changes possibly on the way as a result of Suspect testing; Salamence could be in for a rough ride in the future.
There's lots of good stuff to see this month besides OU. The UU tier shifted around a bit, as a result of BL changes. Ubers had some notable percentage swings at the top of the list this month, Kyogre and Groudon in particular. And we have stats to peruse from the Suspect ladder, with Garchomp holding a slight lead on the rest of the field. I look forward to seeing what we find after sifting through it all.
These stats were gathered from 526,463 individual battles that were fought during the month of October on the Smogon Shoddy Battle Server. Usage and Leads are listed in the posts directly below this one.
Happy stat hunting!
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Links to Detailed Stats:
[thread=44003]July 2008[/thread]
[thread=45438]August 2008[/thread]
[thread=46752]September 2008[/thread]
[thread=47910]October 2008[/thread]
[thread=49056]November 2008[/thread]
[thread=49828]December 2008[/thread]
[thread=51012]January 2009[/thread]
[thread=51725]February 2009[/thread]
[thread=52941]March 2009[/thread]
[thread=54461]April 2009[/thread]
[thread=56144]May 2009[/thread]
[thread=57805]June 2009[/thread]
[thread=59201]July 2009[/thread]
[thread=60906]August 2009[/thread]
[thread=62111]September 2009[/thread]
Last month, the big news was Scizor's leap to exceed the 30% usage mark. Well this month, Scizor is still comfortably above that mark, but that's not the big news. Salamence's fall to 6th place in usage -- THAT'S big news! Salamence has been firmly entrenched as the number two pokemon for quite some time. Like all highly-used pokemon, rumors of Salamence's uberness has been a regular topic around Smogon's virtual water cooler (not that usage has anything to do with uberness, but massive usage always seems to go hand-in-hand with claims of "it's broken"). Well, this month Mence fell, and fell hard. Percentage-wise, Salamence only dropped about a point-and-a-half. But, ranking-wise, it fell four spots if you include combined Rotom-A in the mix. Mence relinquishes its title as The Top OU Dragon to Latias, whose usage has been steadily rising ever since it was introduced into OU. With more changes possibly on the way as a result of Suspect testing; Salamence could be in for a rough ride in the future.
There's lots of good stuff to see this month besides OU. The UU tier shifted around a bit, as a result of BL changes. Ubers had some notable percentage swings at the top of the list this month, Kyogre and Groudon in particular. And we have stats to peruse from the Suspect ladder, with Garchomp holding a slight lead on the rest of the field. I look forward to seeing what we find after sifting through it all.
These stats were gathered from 526,463 individual battles that were fought during the month of October on the Smogon Shoddy Battle Server. Usage and Leads are listed in the posts directly below this one.
Happy stat hunting!
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Links to Detailed Stats:
Smogon Standard Ladder Details - Oct. 2009
Smogon UU Ladder Details - Oct. 2009
Smogon Uber Ladder Details - Oct. 2009
Smogon Suspect Ladder Details - Oct. 2009
Smogon Unrated Details - Oct. 2009
Links to Teammate Stats:Smogon UU Ladder Details - Oct. 2009
Smogon Uber Ladder Details - Oct. 2009
Smogon Suspect Ladder Details - Oct. 2009
Smogon Unrated Details - Oct. 2009
Smogon Standard Ladder Teammates - Oct. 2009
Smogon UU Ladder Teammates - Oct. 2009
Smogon Uber Ladder Teammates - Oct. 2009
Smogon Suspect Ladder Teammates - Oct. 2009
Smogon Unrated Ladder Teammates - Oct. 2009
For convenience, here are links to all past statistics threads:Smogon UU Ladder Teammates - Oct. 2009
Smogon Uber Ladder Teammates - Oct. 2009
Smogon Suspect Ladder Teammates - Oct. 2009
Smogon Unrated Ladder Teammates - Oct. 2009
[thread=44003]July 2008[/thread]
[thread=45438]August 2008[/thread]
[thread=46752]September 2008[/thread]
[thread=47910]October 2008[/thread]
[thread=49056]November 2008[/thread]
[thread=49828]December 2008[/thread]
[thread=51012]January 2009[/thread]
[thread=51725]February 2009[/thread]
[thread=52941]March 2009[/thread]
[thread=54461]April 2009[/thread]
[thread=56144]May 2009[/thread]
[thread=57805]June 2009[/thread]
[thread=59201]July 2009[/thread]
[thread=60906]August 2009[/thread]
[thread=62111]September 2009[/thread]