approved by Jellicent
co-lead with Typhlito
GSC Little Cup
Welcome to GSC Little Cup! This is exactly what you would assume from the title: Little Cup, but in Generation Two! Wow! That's exciting, no? A metagame where Leftovers is actually viable in Little Cup? Sign me right up! In GSC Little Cup, many new prominent threats rise, while a lot of Pokemon you'd expect in typical Little Cup have not even been invented just quite yet! What's more, we also have Little Cup with Lovely Kiss, which I will include a full list of in a little bit. Now that we've gone over a bit about the tier and learned a bit about its fundamental changes, let's go a bit more in-depth and look at specific rules, threatlists, moveset changes, and some bans that have taken place. And best of all? No Snorlax in this metagame! No Raikou! No Zapdos! Hurrah!
Typhlito and I are going to be co-running this together. :]
Ruleset:
Complete List of Eligible Pokemon:
Set Database:
Moveset Changes:
Speed Tiers:
Threatlist:
Abra --- Psychic-type
25 / 20 / 15 / 105 / 55 / 90
Abra is a large threat because of how powerful its Psychic is. Psychic 2HKOes a lot of the tier, and works well because Abra is such a speedy little bugger, but it's stopped by bulkier walls like Porygon. Psychic is also great alongside Ice Punch and Fire Punch, making it very difficult to effectively switch into and even counter. Abra's bulk isn't too terrible, but it really shouldn't be taking many. Thunder Wave is also nice to hurt an incoming Pokemon with a shared Speed stat of 15, and can hit the three above it in the 16-tier!
Porygon --- Normal-type
65 / 60 / 70 / 85 / 75 / 40
Porygon makes for a good defensive threat thanks to its solid bulk and decent typing. 85 SpA is especially nice as a wall because it means Porygon's Ice Beam won't be too weak. Unfortunately, Porygon can't learn Recover quite yet, so it is forced to use Rest. Regardless, it's great at walling the variety of threats in this metagame and can spread paralysis consistently, while still spreading chip damage via Ice Beam.
Houndour --- Dark- / Fire-type
45 / 60 / 30 / 80 / 50 / 65
Houndour is looking to be a prominent threat thanks to how hard its Fire Blast's and Crunch's hit. The only Pokemon in the tier to resist the combination is Houndour itself! Houndour's also got a decent Speed tier and not too shabby bulk, and will undoubtedly become a threat. Houndour's typing also gives it nice synergy with many other offensive Pokemon in the tier, like Abra, for example.
Replays:
This is not playable unless it's in [Gen 2] OU option. Be sure to make your Pokemon Level 5! Get out there and play!
co-lead with Typhlito
Welcome to GSC Little Cup! This is exactly what you would assume from the title: Little Cup, but in Generation Two! Wow! That's exciting, no? A metagame where Leftovers is actually viable in Little Cup? Sign me right up! In GSC Little Cup, many new prominent threats rise, while a lot of Pokemon you'd expect in typical Little Cup have not even been invented just quite yet! What's more, we also have Little Cup with Lovely Kiss, which I will include a full list of in a little bit. Now that we've gone over a bit about the tier and learned a bit about its fundamental changes, let's go a bit more in-depth and look at specific rules, threatlists, moveset changes, and some bans that have taken place. And best of all? No Snorlax in this metagame! No Raikou! No Zapdos! Hurrah!
Typhlito and I are going to be co-running this together. :]
Ruleset:
- Sleep Clause is ON.
- Species Clause is ON.
- OHKO Clause is ON.
- Evasion Moves Clause is ON.
- Endless Battle Clause is OFF.
- The following Pokemon are banned:
- Scyther
- The following moves are banned:
- Sonic Boom
- Dragon Rage
- The following items are banned:
- Gold Berry
Complete List of Eligible Pokemon:
Set Database:
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Moveset Changes:
- Nidoran-Female, Nidoran-Male, Poliwag, Bellsprout, and Snubbull learn Lovely Kiss.
- WIP.
Speed Tiers:
- 16: Diglett, Elekid, Voltorb
- 15: Abra, Meowth, Poliwag, Ponyta, Staryu
- 14: Doduo, Gastly, Magby, Magikarp
- 13: Charmander, Chinchou, Cyndaquil, Houndour, Mankey, Natu, Onix, Rattata, Remoraid, Smoochum, Spearow, Tentacool, Vulpix
- 12: Eevee, Ekans, Goldeen, Growlithe, Kabuto, Pichu, Pidgey, Psyduck, Zubat
- 11: Bulbasaur, Caterpie, Chikorita, Dratini, Hoothoot, Hoppip, Horsea, Krabby, Magnemite, Nidoran-M, Seel, Swinub, Venonat, Weedle
- 10: Bellsprout, Cubone, Drowzee, Exeggcute, Koffing, Larvitar, Machop, Mareep, Marill, Nidoran-F, Omanyte, Phanpy, Porygon, Sandshrew, Shellder, Squirtle, Teddiursa, Totodile, Tyrogue
- 9: Grimer, Oddish, Paras, Rhyhorn, Snubbull, Spinarak, Sunkern
- 8: Cleffa, Geodude, Igglybuff, Pineco, Sentret, Slowpoke, Slugma, Togepi, Wooper
Threatlist:
Abra --- Psychic-type
25 / 20 / 15 / 105 / 55 / 90
Abra is a large threat because of how powerful its Psychic is. Psychic 2HKOes a lot of the tier, and works well because Abra is such a speedy little bugger, but it's stopped by bulkier walls like Porygon. Psychic is also great alongside Ice Punch and Fire Punch, making it very difficult to effectively switch into and even counter. Abra's bulk isn't too terrible, but it really shouldn't be taking many. Thunder Wave is also nice to hurt an incoming Pokemon with a shared Speed stat of 15, and can hit the three above it in the 16-tier!
Porygon --- Normal-type
65 / 60 / 70 / 85 / 75 / 40
Porygon makes for a good defensive threat thanks to its solid bulk and decent typing. 85 SpA is especially nice as a wall because it means Porygon's Ice Beam won't be too weak. Unfortunately, Porygon can't learn Recover quite yet, so it is forced to use Rest. Regardless, it's great at walling the variety of threats in this metagame and can spread paralysis consistently, while still spreading chip damage via Ice Beam.
Houndour --- Dark- / Fire-type
45 / 60 / 30 / 80 / 50 / 65
Houndour is looking to be a prominent threat thanks to how hard its Fire Blast's and Crunch's hit. The only Pokemon in the tier to resist the combination is Houndour itself! Houndour's also got a decent Speed tier and not too shabby bulk, and will undoubtedly become a threat. Houndour's typing also gives it nice synergy with many other offensive Pokemon in the tier, like Abra, for example.
Replays:
This is not playable unless it's in [Gen 2] OU option. Be sure to make your Pokemon Level 5! Get out there and play!
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