Resource RU info & guidelines

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Molk

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Hello, and welcome to the RU tier! Like any subforum, the RU forum has its own set of rules, following these rules will help make your experience in this subforum go well.

To start off, pretty much any rule that applies in the other subforums and on Smogon in general (OU and UU forum rules for example) should apply here, however there are some specific rules that i'd either like to highlight or are exclusive to this tier.

1) please ask an RU moderator before making a discussion thread:

I'd really like all of you to get approval from an RU moderator before creating a discussion thread. New ideas are nice, but it's usually a good idea to check in with a forum moderator before impulsively posting something that's of low quality, too similar to another project, or anything of the like. RU forum Moderators should be happy to help out with new discussions, and even if an idea isn't initially approved they might be able to help out with your thread to make it a bit more presentable before you post, which is good for you, us, and the people who will post in the thread in the future.

2) Please do not make discussion threads about specific Pokemon:

One of the first types of threads that usually pops up in these new forums are threads about specific Pokemon. I dislike these kind of threads, they die fast and really clutter up the forum. If you want to discuss a specific Pokemon in detail, try the PS room, or in the np thread.
 

phantom

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The current meta game discussion thread. This thread can be used to discuss meta game trends, underrated pokemon, good team styles, and sometimes even suspect tests.
A team building resource and community project in which RU pokemon (and NU/PU Pokemon that are viable in RU) are ranked by their usefulness in the current metagame.
A teambuilding resource displaying the speed tiers of all the relevant Pokemon in the RU metagame, how much should you creep?
If you have a question that doesn't really fit in a different thread or only would take a single line to answer, this is the place to ask it.
Looking for a list that organizes each role of a given Pokemon? Then check out this thread.
If you're not sure how to build a team for RU and need a good team to use to help get into the tier, then look no further.
Information on previous bans, be it through suspect tests or quick bans, and new additions/removals to the RU council can be found here.
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atomicllamas

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Hello, are you interested in getting involved with smogon social media? Do you have interesting content you want to stream but aren't sure how to get involved?

http://www.smogon.com/forums/forums/smogcast-requests.370/

This is a new forum allowing you to submit smogcast / streaming ideas to antemortem, PoMMan, and Zodiax, for review, and if approved, your cast will be streamed on smogon's twitch account. Consistent and quality contributors will be eligible for the social media contributor badge
, one of the prettiest badges on site (imo). It would be pretty cool to see some high quality RU content on site and could potentially get more people involved in the tier. Be sure to read these guidelines before submitting your request.
 
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phantom

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I took the time to turn the final XY RU VR thread into an archived XY RU tier list. The top of the OP has some useful links listing out the various changes that did not occur during then that will give some insight onto the viability of the Pokemon at the time and has some other good info that's worth reading. The list is mostly showing which Pokemon were legal at the time that aren't now. Mid-gen tiers are seldom recorded on Smogon from what I've seen, so I thought since the opportunity presented itself, it would be nice to preserve this for historical purposes and such.

Here's a modified version of that OP for this thread:

XY RU TIER LIST
  • This metagame occurred prior to the release of ORAS and its various releases/changes that impacted the metagame then, such as the ORAS RU megas, move tutors, hidden abilities for various Pokemon, and Custap Berry. In addition to several tiering policy changes that impacted RU in ORAS, such as the mega/base split policy change and the Baton Pass Caluse applied to all usage-based tiers in mid-ORAS. RU in this time period also includes several Pokemon that were banned in ORAS, but not in XY.
XY RU:
(Pokemon that are no longer available in ORAS will be noted)
RU:

Abomasnow (mega) (No Longer Legal)
Accelgor
Alomomola
Ambipom
Amoonguss (No Longer Legal)
Aromatisse
Banette (mega)
Braviary
Bronzong
Cinccino
Clawitzer
Claydol
Cobalion (No Longer Legal)
Cofagrigus
Cresselia (No Longer Legal)
Delphox
Doublade (No Longer Legal)
Drapion
Druddigon
Dugtrio (No Longer Legal)
Durant (No Longer Legal)
Eelektross
Emboar
Escavalier
Exploud
Fletchinder
Gallade
Gastrodon
Gligar (No Longer Legal)
Golbat
Heliolisk (No Longer Legal)
Hitmonchan
Hitmonlee
Hitmontop
Jolteon
Kabutops
Magneton
Meloetta
Moltres (No Longer Legal)
Omastar
Qwilfish
Registeel
Reuniclus (No Longer Legal)
Rhyperior
Rotom-Mow
Sharpedo (No Longer Legal)
Skuntank
Slowking
Spiritomb
Tangrowth (No Longer Legal)
Tyrantrum (No Longer Legal)
Virizion
Whimsicott (No Longer Legal)

Notable XY NU/BL3 Pokemon:
(Pokemon that are no longer available in ORAS or are now different due to new tiering policies will be noted)

Combusken (Changed By BP Complex Ban)
Dragalge (No Longer Legal)
Feraligatr (No Longer Legal)
Gorebyss (Changed By BP Complex Ban)
Pangoro (No Longer Legal)
Sigilyph
Slurpuff (No Longer Legal)
 
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