Rate of the Week V3: Week 13

[Enki]

Rate of the Week
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Welcome to Rate of the Week! This is a project that looks to bring quality individual rates into the spotlight and recognizes the hard work of unbadged raters. Here's how it will work:

• Each week, official Team Raters will be paying close attention to the RMT forum and reading the rates posted in their respective tiers. They will then shortlist a few which will be in contention for the Rate of the Week award.
• From the pool of shortlisted rates, one will be chosen which most exemplifies the qualities of an excellent rate. That rater will be the winner for that particular tier!
• A post will be made by an official TR who specialises in that tier, explaining how and why the particular rate won. This will allow aspiring raters to gain an idea of what constitutes high-quality rates, and hopefully incorporate those aspects into their own rates.
• There will be multiple winners every week, one from OU and a couple from other tiers depending on the quality of the rates posted. We hope that in this way we can expand rating activity in less popular tiers, while maintaining a weekly OU winner.
• Official Team Raters are eligible to win, but not more than once. Unbadged raters can win the award multiple times.

So what's in it for the winners? Well, they will earn a place in the Hall of Fame, which will be kept in the OP of every thread, and will earn more consideration for the Ladybug

and Team Rater

badges. Also, after gaining three places in the Hall of Fame, a rater will be eligible to earn voice status in the RMT room on PS! on the condition that they've shown an interest in getting involved.

We hope that this project will encourage people to put more effort into their rates and become better and more experienced raters, which will consequently increase the quality as well as the quantity of rates in the forum. Good luck to you all!

Hall of Fame

Week #1 - Toon Linked (OU)
Week #2 - Nedor (OU), Arifeen (UU)
Week #3 - Fireburn (Ubers), Do A Bibarel (UU)
Week #4 - AM (OU), Raiza (PU), Kiyo (NU)
Week #5 - FlamingVictini (OU)
Week #6 - Cyndequil. (UU)
Week #7 - BreloomMyHomie (OU)
Week #8 - FlamingVictini (OU)
Week #9 - oml it's too ez (OU), Cyndequil. (UU), MrAldo (RU)
Week #10 - Nedor (OU), Cyndequil. (UU), Cranham (Ubers), Lax (Monotype)
Week #11 - AM (OU)
Week #12 - Lange (OU), Amaroq (UU)
Week #13 - all falls down (UU)

 

[feen]

This week's UU winner is all falls down! His rate was a well detailed one with excellent format. He begins the rate by showing the threats to the team, and explains each of them: Mega Swampert, Sableye, Gyarados, Mega Sceptile, Salamence, and Feraligatr. To mitigate the issue, he suggested Whimsicott over Rotom-H, which checks all of the threats he included. He also stated that the opponent will be reluctant to set up due to Whimsicott on the team. Moreover, he stated that Whimsicott will check Fighting- and Water-types, as well as checking Mega Sceptile and Choice Scarf Salamence. Whimsicott also retains the role of a defensive pivot, as it has Encore and U-Turn, while not being weak to Stealth Rock.

all falls down then changed the sets of some Pokemon on the team, as they were not up to the mark. He changed Focus Sash Azelf to a Life Orb + Dazzling Gleam set, support Crobat over Choice Band, Ice Fang and Jolly nature on Sharpedo, and Choice Specs Kyurem over Choice Scarf, giving detailed reasons in each of the changes.

Thanks to his amazing rate, all falls down has earned himself a spot in the Hall of Fame. Congrats!