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Requesting name change to Artemis04
I've been wanting to change my Smogon account name for quite a while now, and I haven't had the opportunity to actually have it changed until now. I made this name when I was 14, and now that I am around 18.5 years old, I do not wish for this name to remain...
Synopsis
A 12 year old person walks down the cold halls of Sinnoh's Pokemon League. It's the end of their Nuzlocke, and they want nothing more than to get it over and done with. After getting past the brutal members that almost threatened to destroy their run and send them back to Twinleaf Town...
It's that time again to nominate more hidden mons for VR.
Leavanny - D -> UR
There is no reason to use this over Chesnaught or Tangrowth. Leavanny fails to counter Primal Groudon if it's even running the most basic pivoting move in U-Turn, and is weak to hazards.
Kyurem-White - UR - D
Whilst...
More mons to nominate for VR -
Chesnaught - UR -> D
Chesnaught @ Shed Shell
Ability: Primordial Sea
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 Def
Impish Nature
- Recover
- Drain Punch / Close Combat / Focus Punch
- Scald
- Toxic
This Pokemon walls every set remotely worth running on Primal Groudon, and...
Interesting.
By the way, why aren't protection moves (i.e Spiky Shield/Baneful Bunker) run to lower the power of CFZ moves? They can be used to scout any potential CFZ coverage; and will quarter the damage in the case of a CFZ if any are run. Is it due to opportunity cost, or another factor?
As for more Pokemon that could be moved -
Kyogre-Primal -
This Pokemon actually has a fair bit of utility it can abuse.
- Base 150 Attack means it can run Huge Power sets to bait Specially Defensive checks and remove them from the game, allowing it to synergize well with Pokemon like Mega...
Not really. Geodude, Larvitar and Graveler are worse.
As for Pokemon who should be placed on the Wonder Guard list, I'd like to nominate Zapdos and Thundurus -
Zapdos/Thundurus (D Tier) -
- Whilst the Ice-type and SR weakness is never appreciated on any Pokemon, it hard walls most Huge Power...
:sm/vaporeon: :sm/yamask-galar: :sm/shiinotic: :sm/cryogonal: :sm/mimikyu: :sm/drifblim:
Evidence for 1676 ELO:
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen8balancedhackmons-1476155313
The screenshot for 89 GXE is lost.
I don't even know at this point.
What started as a fun team that I'd mess around...
Introduction
Here again with a team which shot to the skies, beyond the cosmos without the intention of it happening.
This team dates back about five years (yes, this team is older than a fair portion of the world population), when I first stumbled across Pokemon Showdown. Shortly after, I...
Voting DNB. I don't see what's so bad about Shell Smash, considering there are a lot of counters for it, including but not limited to:
- Prankster
- Imposter
- Unaware
- Spectral Thief
- Whirlwind
- Priority (Encore, FakeSpeed)
- Shedinja
Even if you get a bad matchup where your Pokemon...