OverUsed

Overview

Resources

• Sample teams
• Viability rankings
• Speed tiers
• Metagame discussion thread
• Simple questions, simple answers
• Discord
• Pokemon Showdown! room

Tiering

Tiering for past generations of OU is handled by a council of the tier's high-level players.

Play Restrictions

Players cannot use Pokémon from the Uber tier.

Players must abide by the following clauses:

• Freeze Clause Mod: If a player has already frozen an opposing Pokémon using a freeze-inducing move and that Pokémon is still frozen due to that freeze-inducing move, the player cannot freeze another opposing Pokémon with a freeze-inducing move.
• Sleep Clause Mod: If a player has already put an opposing Pokémon to sleep using a sleep-inducing move and that Pokémon is still sleeping due to that sleep-inducing move, the player cannot put another opposing Pokémon to sleep using a sleep-inducing move.
• Species Clause: A player cannot have two of the same species of Pokémon on their team, based on the National Pokédex number. For example, a player cannot have two Koffing on their team.
• Evasion Clause: Players cannot use Double Team or Minimize in any of their Pokémon's movesets.
• OHKO Clause: Players cannot use Horn Drill, Guillotine, Sheer Cold, or Fissure in any of their Pokémon's movesets.
• Timer Clause: If a player exhausts the timer, they lose.
• Cleric Clause: Pokémon must be at full health and without status conditions at the start of battle.
• SleepTrap Clause: Having a sleep-inducing move and Mean Look or Spider Web on the same moveset is not allowed.
• TrapPass Clause: A Pokémon cannot have Baton Pass alongside the moves Mean Look or Spider Web in its moveset.

Pokemon with Strategies

Non-OU Pokemon with Strategies