<![CDATA[Pokérealm Forums - All Forums]]> http://www.pokerealm.com/forums/ Sun, 20 May 2012 10:16:18 +0000 MyBB <![CDATA[Happy Birthday Souf]]> http://www.pokerealm.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=818 Sat, 19 May 2012 23:05:31 +0000 http://www.pokerealm.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=818 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8Y_Oh1Xb10]]> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8Y_Oh1Xb10]]> <![CDATA[Rocket Uprising]]> http://www.pokerealm.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=816 Wed, 09 May 2012 20:27:02 +0000 http://www.pokerealm.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=816 Story
In this story, you can either play as one of two groups: Team Rocket, the classic antagonists of the Pokemon world that are running rampant around Kanto after the disappearance of Giovanni and a takeover by a mysterious, unknown man. Or you could play as the Kanto Police Force (KPF), who has just unleashed a bunch of rookies (that's you) into the region to deal with the Rocket problem.

Catching
Depending on which side you're on, you have a different method of capturing Pokemon.

Rocket:
Rocket has new technology where the Poke Balls they use are full of dark energy, and if a Pokemon is successfully captured in one, the Pokemon becomes corrupted by darkness (Yes, this is based off Pokemon 4Ever. I liked that movie, shut up). There are some cases where corrupted Pokemon escape and try to act on their own accord. If spotted in the wild, these Pokemon can be difficult to catch, as they are more than willing to attack people. There are no methods known so far to reverse these effects, besides handling the Pokemon with caution and keeping a shock collar on it to prevent to from getting out of line.

KPF:
The police force of Kanto tries its best to make sure problems with Pokemon are dealt with without harming innocent civilians or the area. Thus, Kanto took a page from the notes of the Safari Zone and developed a kit used to deal with dangerous Pokemon without too much force. The kit includes:
  • Master brand Pokemon Bait, Pokeballs, Rocks
These items above can help in many situations: Pokeblocks can calm down a Pokemon potentially or distract it (some cases are just wild Pokemon running around in search of food), or more violent means can be used to damage the Pokemon from afar. And Pokeballs are for obvious reasons: Poker Chips.

You will be given missions by the leader of whatever side you're on. You start out as low rank, but can improve by having multiple successful missions. As a low rank, you start out with very low-scale work.

Form:
Name:
Age:
Affiliation/side:
First Pokemon (this can be any of the starter Pokemon for any of the regions or any of the more common Pokemon around any of the regions (like Zubat, Zigzagoon, those darn Ratatas, Pidgeys, Wurples, etc.)[/color]
Bio (Cuz why not):]]> Story
In this story, you can either play as one of two groups: Team Rocket, the classic antagonists of the Pokemon world that are running rampant around Kanto after the disappearance of Giovanni and a takeover by a mysterious, unknown man. Or you could play as the Kanto Police Force (KPF), who has just unleashed a bunch of rookies (that's you) into the region to deal with the Rocket problem.

Catching
Depending on which side you're on, you have a different method of capturing Pokemon.

Rocket:
Rocket has new technology where the Poke Balls they use are full of dark energy, and if a Pokemon is successfully captured in one, the Pokemon becomes corrupted by darkness (Yes, this is based off Pokemon 4Ever. I liked that movie, shut up). There are some cases where corrupted Pokemon escape and try to act on their own accord. If spotted in the wild, these Pokemon can be difficult to catch, as they are more than willing to attack people. There are no methods known so far to reverse these effects, besides handling the Pokemon with caution and keeping a shock collar on it to prevent to from getting out of line.

KPF:
The police force of Kanto tries its best to make sure problems with Pokemon are dealt with without harming innocent civilians or the area. Thus, Kanto took a page from the notes of the Safari Zone and developed a kit used to deal with dangerous Pokemon without too much force. The kit includes:
  • Master brand Pokemon Bait, Pokeballs, Rocks
These items above can help in many situations: Pokeblocks can calm down a Pokemon potentially or distract it (some cases are just wild Pokemon running around in search of food), or more violent means can be used to damage the Pokemon from afar. And Pokeballs are for obvious reasons: Poker Chips.

You will be given missions by the leader of whatever side you're on. You start out as low rank, but can improve by having multiple successful missions. As a low rank, you start out with very low-scale work.

Form:
Name:
Age:
Affiliation/side:
First Pokemon (this can be any of the starter Pokemon for any of the regions or any of the more common Pokemon around any of the regions (like Zubat, Zigzagoon, those darn Ratatas, Pidgeys, Wurples, etc.)[/color]
Bio (Cuz why not):]]> <![CDATA[Save The Admiral v4: Equal Forces [Signups]]]> http://www.pokerealm.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=815 Sun, 06 May 2012 02:15:31 +0000 http://www.pokerealm.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=815 Protect the Admiral

What is this, I don't even.

Spoiler: show
To play this game, all players are set to a random class.

Admiral
The admiral is the highest rank in the game. Your job is to not lose any battles. However, you do not battle anybody until your entire army is killed.

The admiral has very powerful Pokemon to protect him.

If the army wins and there is no vice to take the admiral's place, the highest-winning army guy becomes admiral FOR NOW. (other options include him staying admiral, or a new admiral being chosen randomly). If a terrorist kills the admiral, that terrorist takes his place.

Vice Admiral
The vice admiral's job is to take the admiral's place in case he dies. The vice can use the same Pokemon as the admiral. The vice also helps in stopping terrorists from upgrading.

The Army
the army's duty is to protect the admiral from the evil terrorists who want him dead. You battle the terrorists as part of the game. Whoever wins is eliminated from the game. The army get more powerful Pokemon than the terrorists, but the amount of army soldiers is always set to about half of the terrorist amount.

The Terrorists
The terrorists' job is to kill the army, vice admiral and the admiral. Because there are more terrorists than army soldiers, the power between each team balances out.

How to Play

Spoiler: show
Terminology
-----------
A day consists of the terrorist group chosing one terrorist for as many remaining soldiers as possible to battle, and ends when all those battles have been carried out. Vice Admiral attacks will be carried out before the day ends.

A round begins when :

a) all players are assigned a role.
b) The vice takes the admiral's spot as admiral.

If b is the situation, all army and terrorists are revived and new matchups are made.

It ends when:

a) The admiral dies (regardless if there is a vice or not)
b) All the terrorists die

Once everybody is assigned a role, each person makes a Pokemon team with the pokemon that are allowed in their class. Teams can only be changed once per in-game day. After the terrorists choose which army will battle which terrorists, both teams battle each other 1v1. you can think of it as a round in a battle tournament. This continues until one side loses all of their members. Each phase of army vs terrorist standoff is considered 1 day.

Upgrading
When a terrorist kills an army soldier, he has the opportunity to prepare for an upgrade. The upgrade will allow the terrorist to use the Pokemon the army uses.

Before the second round of army vs terrorists, the vice can choose an upgrade-preparing terrorist to battle. If the vice loses, he dies immediately and the terrorist can proceed. If the vice wins, the terrorist dies.

After the next round of army vs terrorists, if an upgrading terrorist is still alive and beats that second army soldier, he successfully upgrades. At the end of the day, he can change his team to an army-based one.

THIS GAMEPLAN IS NOT FINAL. During the course of the game, these rules may change.
-------------
Current Gameplay change archive:

terrorists using RUs instead of UUs - lost to a 3-2 vote.

Admiral getting ubers - No.png

-------------

Tiers and References
http://pokerealm.com/tiers/bw/sta/admiral.php (Admiral can use all pokemon except ubers)
http://pokerealm.com/tiers/bw/sta/army.php
http://pokerealm.com/tiers/bw/sta/terrorist.php

Notable changes between the Terrorist / Army tiers:
-Terrorists get Togekiss, Venomoth and Bronzong (army doesnt)
-Alakazam is now OU and banned from both army and terrorist teams.

http://pokerealm.com/tiers/bw/sta/neutral.php

-----

http://pokerealm.com/speed-tiers/bw/std-...a/army.php
http://pokerealm.com/speed-tiers/bw/std-...rorist.php

These tiers are subject to extreme changes...you can discuss them in the other STA thread.

List of Fame

Admirals that Survived:

Cinnamon Grahams
XtremeDarkness

Terrorists who killed the Admiral:
South
CKC


--------------------------------

Players:

-Markiss
-Cinnamon Grahams
-SnorlaxDude
-Culex77
-CKC

Round 1 Day 1
--------------
http://i50.tinypic.com/hurv53.jpg

Cinnamon Grahams is now Admiral
Markiss is now Vice Admiral
SnorlaxDude is now army
Culex77 is now a terrorist
CKC is now a terrorist

http://i48.tinypic.com/zmaz51.jpg

SnorlaxDude vs CKC
Culex77 is on standby]]> Protect the Admiral

What is this, I don't even.

Spoiler: show
To play this game, all players are set to a random class.

Admiral
The admiral is the highest rank in the game. Your job is to not lose any battles. However, you do not battle anybody until your entire army is killed.

The admiral has very powerful Pokemon to protect him.

If the army wins and there is no vice to take the admiral's place, the highest-winning army guy becomes admiral FOR NOW. (other options include him staying admiral, or a new admiral being chosen randomly). If a terrorist kills the admiral, that terrorist takes his place.

Vice Admiral
The vice admiral's job is to take the admiral's place in case he dies. The vice can use the same Pokemon as the admiral. The vice also helps in stopping terrorists from upgrading.

The Army
the army's duty is to protect the admiral from the evil terrorists who want him dead. You battle the terrorists as part of the game. Whoever wins is eliminated from the game. The army get more powerful Pokemon than the terrorists, but the amount of army soldiers is always set to about half of the terrorist amount.

The Terrorists
The terrorists' job is to kill the army, vice admiral and the admiral. Because there are more terrorists than army soldiers, the power between each team balances out.

How to Play

Spoiler: show
Terminology
-----------
A day consists of the terrorist group chosing one terrorist for as many remaining soldiers as possible to battle, and ends when all those battles have been carried out. Vice Admiral attacks will be carried out before the day ends.

A round begins when :

a) all players are assigned a role.
b) The vice takes the admiral's spot as admiral.

If b is the situation, all army and terrorists are revived and new matchups are made.

It ends when:

a) The admiral dies (regardless if there is a vice or not)
b) All the terrorists die

Once everybody is assigned a role, each person makes a Pokemon team with the pokemon that are allowed in their class. Teams can only be changed once per in-game day. After the terrorists choose which army will battle which terrorists, both teams battle each other 1v1. you can think of it as a round in a battle tournament. This continues until one side loses all of their members. Each phase of army vs terrorist standoff is considered 1 day.

Upgrading
When a terrorist kills an army soldier, he has the opportunity to prepare for an upgrade. The upgrade will allow the terrorist to use the Pokemon the army uses.

Before the second round of army vs terrorists, the vice can choose an upgrade-preparing terrorist to battle. If the vice loses, he dies immediately and the terrorist can proceed. If the vice wins, the terrorist dies.

After the next round of army vs terrorists, if an upgrading terrorist is still alive and beats that second army soldier, he successfully upgrades. At the end of the day, he can change his team to an army-based one.

THIS GAMEPLAN IS NOT FINAL. During the course of the game, these rules may change.
-------------
Current Gameplay change archive:

terrorists using RUs instead of UUs - lost to a 3-2 vote.

Admiral getting ubers - No.png

-------------

Tiers and References
http://pokerealm.com/tiers/bw/sta/admiral.php (Admiral can use all pokemon except ubers)
http://pokerealm.com/tiers/bw/sta/army.php
http://pokerealm.com/tiers/bw/sta/terrorist.php

Notable changes between the Terrorist / Army tiers:
-Terrorists get Togekiss, Venomoth and Bronzong (army doesnt)
-Alakazam is now OU and banned from both army and terrorist teams.

http://pokerealm.com/tiers/bw/sta/neutral.php

-----

http://pokerealm.com/speed-tiers/bw/std-...a/army.php
http://pokerealm.com/speed-tiers/bw/std-...rorist.php

These tiers are subject to extreme changes...you can discuss them in the other STA thread.

List of Fame

Admirals that Survived:

Cinnamon Grahams
XtremeDarkness

Terrorists who killed the Admiral:
South
CKC


--------------------------------

Players:

-Markiss
-Cinnamon Grahams
-SnorlaxDude
-Culex77
-CKC

Round 1 Day 1
--------------
http://i50.tinypic.com/hurv53.jpg

Cinnamon Grahams is now Admiral
Markiss is now Vice Admiral
SnorlaxDude is now army
Culex77 is now a terrorist
CKC is now a terrorist

http://i48.tinypic.com/zmaz51.jpg

SnorlaxDude vs CKC
Culex77 is on standby]]> <![CDATA[Happy Birthday, Citrus!]]> http://www.pokerealm.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=814 Thu, 03 May 2012 04:00:04 +0000 http://www.pokerealm.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=814
Either way, happy birthday Cirrus! :3]]>
Either way, happy birthday Cirrus! :3]]> <![CDATA[Murder IX - Free Fer All Wrasslin]]> http://www.pokerealm.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=813 Tue, 01 May 2012 01:26:58 +0000 http://www.pokerealm.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=813 Murder IX - Free Fer All Wrasslin'

Spoiler: show
[Image: 3337528122_7fb394f880_o.jpg]

Points system:

This game has a points system. When the Murderer wins, he/she gets 15 points. If there was an accomplise (won't have the possibility in this game until this server gets a lot more popular), they would split the points 2:1, so the Murderer would get 10, the Accomplise 5. When the people win, they split 20 points, the winner getting 5 additional points.

Point standings:

I - Cinnamon Grahams - 44.3
II - Joeypals!! - 37.8
III - Cyndaqwil - 32.9
IV - MarioFireRed - 30.7
V - Markiss - 25.2
VI -sonicyellow - 14.3
VII - Culex77 - 11.2
VIII - Moocher - 10
IX - SuperiorSwampert - 5
X - Gideon Graves - 4.5
XI - Xinc - 3.4
XII - XtremeDarkness - 3.3



HALL OF FAME!
Murder I - Danger In A Cave - Markiss
[Image: Spr_5b_256_m.png]
Murder II - Meadow Dilema - MarioFireRed
[Image: Spr_5b_001.png]
Murder II - Aquatic Destruction - Cinnamon Grahams
[Image: Spr_5b_400_m.png]
Murder III -The Enchanted Forest - MarioFireRed
[Image: Spr_5b_639.png]
Murder IV - The Haunted Final Frontier - Joeypals!!
[Image: Spr_5b_282.png]
Murder V - Beneath the Sewers - Joeypals!!
[Image: Spr_5b_024.png]
Murder VI - Caved in the Blizzard - Joeypals!!
[Image: Spr_5b_362.png]
Murder VII - The Joey Adventures - Cyndaqwil
[Image: Spr_5b_548.png]
Murder VIII - The Mario Adventures - Cinnamon Grahams
[Image: Spr_3e_327.gif]

Game Intro:

"Ladies and gentlemen. It is time for the main event! The best of the best from around the world has come to compete for the IX World Heavyweight championship belt. There is one competitor who is a Sigma World Champion, and is going to be eliminating others quickly. So it is advised to find out who he is and get him eliminated as fast as possible. All competitors are advised to trust only themselves, and to not rely on the help of others. Through out the franchise, players might be assorted into teams, and factions for a day. Try your best, but try not to rely on your teammates that closely. Keep your friends close, but keep your enemies closer. The winner of the match will not only be the new World Champion, they will also be enshrined in the PR Hall of Fame! So to everyone enlisted, good luck. You are going to need it."

Rules: This game is very simple. Amoung the 7 of you, there is one person who will kill all of you until they/you win. You have to use other's actions and murderer notes to find this person. To vote, bold your vote like this! (Replace * with brackets) Each pokemon (based on what it is,) will have a certain advantage that can be used ONCE throughout the entire murder, being it double votes, or a minus vote.

*b* Vote: Noobsicle */b*

To unvote, do the same as above, except make it *b* Unvote: Prosicle */b* You do not have to vote again right away.

A game day lasts 3 real days, a game night lasts 2 real days.

Daytime: You are allowed to vote, talk, all sorts of stuff!

Nightime: No posting and at night, the murderer chooses someone to kill off. This must be PM'd.

Don't talk to others about this game at all! 2 warnings is all you get before a modkill.

For this game there will be 7 (or more) players, each with three pokemon each. Each pokemon has to either be a fighting type, or bipedal in someway. If you are questioning about a pokemon post it and I will clarify if you can use it or not.



Profile Stalking: If you don't want people stalking your profile, >User CP > Edit Options > Check Hide Me From Who's Online.

Whoever has the highest points in the point standings at the end of the game may host the next Murder.

Color Commentators (Council of Ghosts)

The Commentating staff allow everyone to be able to play, even after a Pokemon dies. Every day, after Night 1, everyone will be able to do voting for a commentator, done through italics. At night, the voted out player may give a vague hint about who you think the Murderer is. If you are all out of Pokemon, you will be told who the Murderer is so you could give more accurate hints. However, you cannot tell anyone who that Murderer is. Every ghost needs one day to recharge, so you cannot vote the same person over and over again.

Day Themes!

Day Themes are a brand new concept (introduced in Murder VII - The Joey Adventures)meant to change up gameplay. There are 7 total themes that can be used, question is what they are. I know them, but you need to figure it out. Anyway, they are there to change the gameplay like I said. They can involve changing voting patterns, team relationships, so on and so forth. Remember, these were brought here before the PB version, so enjoy the inviduality!

Additional Notes

If you are the Murderer, always give a note along with who you would like to kill. If you do not do this, the host of the current Murder can either choose a random Pokemon to kill, including the Murderer Pokemon, or if this happens at least 3 times, the game mod can choose whoever he wants to kill. This may or may not include the Murderer however.

If your pokemon is voted on, there is a chance your pokemon can get out. It is not whoever has the most votes gets out immediately rather that the pokemon has the most chances of getting out.


Players:
Joeypals!! - [Image: 068.png][Image: 067.png][Image: 066.png]

Culex77- [Image: 447.gif][Image: 448.gif][Image: 539.gif]
Cyndaqwil-[Image: Spr_5b_534.png][Image: Spr_5b_475.png][Image: Spr_5b_648.png]
SuperiorSwampert- [Image: 260.gif][Image: 466.gif][Image: 560.gif]
Chillarmy - [Image: 572_minccino_front_norm.png][Image: 237.png][Image: Spr_4h_149.png]
MarioFireRed -
[Image: Spr_5b_390.png][Image: Spr_4p_391.png][Image: Spr_5b_392.png]]]> Murder IX - Free Fer All Wrasslin'

Spoiler: show
[Image: 3337528122_7fb394f880_o.jpg]

Points system:

This game has a points system. When the Murderer wins, he/she gets 15 points. If there was an accomplise (won't have the possibility in this game until this server gets a lot more popular), they would split the points 2:1, so the Murderer would get 10, the Accomplise 5. When the people win, they split 20 points, the winner getting 5 additional points.

Point standings:

I - Cinnamon Grahams - 44.3
II - Joeypals!! - 37.8
III - Cyndaqwil - 32.9
IV - MarioFireRed - 30.7
V - Markiss - 25.2
VI -sonicyellow - 14.3
VII - Culex77 - 11.2
VIII - Moocher - 10
IX - SuperiorSwampert - 5
X - Gideon Graves - 4.5
XI - Xinc - 3.4
XII - XtremeDarkness - 3.3



HALL OF FAME!
Murder I - Danger In A Cave - Markiss
[Image: Spr_5b_256_m.png]
Murder II - Meadow Dilema - MarioFireRed
[Image: Spr_5b_001.png]
Murder II - Aquatic Destruction - Cinnamon Grahams
[Image: Spr_5b_400_m.png]
Murder III -The Enchanted Forest - MarioFireRed
[Image: Spr_5b_639.png]
Murder IV - The Haunted Final Frontier - Joeypals!!
[Image: Spr_5b_282.png]
Murder V - Beneath the Sewers - Joeypals!!
[Image: Spr_5b_024.png]
Murder VI - Caved in the Blizzard - Joeypals!!
[Image: Spr_5b_362.png]
Murder VII - The Joey Adventures - Cyndaqwil
[Image: Spr_5b_548.png]
Murder VIII - The Mario Adventures - Cinnamon Grahams
[Image: Spr_3e_327.gif]

Game Intro:

"Ladies and gentlemen. It is time for the main event! The best of the best from around the world has come to compete for the IX World Heavyweight championship belt. There is one competitor who is a Sigma World Champion, and is going to be eliminating others quickly. So it is advised to find out who he is and get him eliminated as fast as possible. All competitors are advised to trust only themselves, and to not rely on the help of others. Through out the franchise, players might be assorted into teams, and factions for a day. Try your best, but try not to rely on your teammates that closely. Keep your friends close, but keep your enemies closer. The winner of the match will not only be the new World Champion, they will also be enshrined in the PR Hall of Fame! So to everyone enlisted, good luck. You are going to need it."

Rules: This game is very simple. Amoung the 7 of you, there is one person who will kill all of you until they/you win. You have to use other's actions and murderer notes to find this person. To vote, bold your vote like this! (Replace * with brackets) Each pokemon (based on what it is,) will have a certain advantage that can be used ONCE throughout the entire murder, being it double votes, or a minus vote.

*b* Vote: Noobsicle */b*

To unvote, do the same as above, except make it *b* Unvote: Prosicle */b* You do not have to vote again right away.

A game day lasts 3 real days, a game night lasts 2 real days.

Daytime: You are allowed to vote, talk, all sorts of stuff!

Nightime: No posting and at night, the murderer chooses someone to kill off. This must be PM'd.

Don't talk to others about this game at all! 2 warnings is all you get before a modkill.

For this game there will be 7 (or more) players, each with three pokemon each. Each pokemon has to either be a fighting type, or bipedal in someway. If you are questioning about a pokemon post it and I will clarify if you can use it or not.



Profile Stalking: If you don't want people stalking your profile, >User CP > Edit Options > Check Hide Me From Who's Online.

Whoever has the highest points in the point standings at the end of the game may host the next Murder.

Color Commentators (Council of Ghosts)

The Commentating staff allow everyone to be able to play, even after a Pokemon dies. Every day, after Night 1, everyone will be able to do voting for a commentator, done through italics. At night, the voted out player may give a vague hint about who you think the Murderer is. If you are all out of Pokemon, you will be told who the Murderer is so you could give more accurate hints. However, you cannot tell anyone who that Murderer is. Every ghost needs one day to recharge, so you cannot vote the same person over and over again.

Day Themes!

Day Themes are a brand new concept (introduced in Murder VII - The Joey Adventures)meant to change up gameplay. There are 7 total themes that can be used, question is what they are. I know them, but you need to figure it out. Anyway, they are there to change the gameplay like I said. They can involve changing voting patterns, team relationships, so on and so forth. Remember, these were brought here before the PB version, so enjoy the inviduality!

Additional Notes

If you are the Murderer, always give a note along with who you would like to kill. If you do not do this, the host of the current Murder can either choose a random Pokemon to kill, including the Murderer Pokemon, or if this happens at least 3 times, the game mod can choose whoever he wants to kill. This may or may not include the Murderer however.

If your pokemon is voted on, there is a chance your pokemon can get out. It is not whoever has the most votes gets out immediately rather that the pokemon has the most chances of getting out.


Players:
Joeypals!! - [Image: 068.png][Image: 067.png][Image: 066.png]

Culex77- [Image: 447.gif][Image: 448.gif][Image: 539.gif]
Cyndaqwil-[Image: Spr_5b_534.png][Image: Spr_5b_475.png][Image: Spr_5b_648.png]
SuperiorSwampert- [Image: 260.gif][Image: 466.gif][Image: 560.gif]
Chillarmy - [Image: 572_minccino_front_norm.png][Image: 237.png][Image: Spr_4h_149.png]
MarioFireRed -
[Image: Spr_5b_390.png][Image: Spr_4p_391.png][Image: Spr_5b_392.png]]]> <![CDATA[Happy Birthday Wolleycinos]]> http://www.pokerealm.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=812 Wed, 25 Apr 2012 04:26:05 +0000 http://www.pokerealm.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=812
I saw:
Today's Birthdays
aaa (32), sonicyellow (14)


Therefore this.

Congratulations on surviving approximately 14 revolutions of the planet Earth around the star Sol. May your nonobligatory gifts from your close ones bring you much serotonin.]]>
I saw:
Today's Birthdays
aaa (32), sonicyellow (14)


Therefore this.

Congratulations on surviving approximately 14 revolutions of the planet Earth around the star Sol. May your nonobligatory gifts from your close ones bring you much serotonin.]]> <![CDATA[pokerealm BETA?????]]> http://www.pokerealm.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=811 Fri, 20 Apr 2012 10:22:45 +0000 http://www.pokerealm.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=811 Psst! Hey, you! Yes, you, human looking at the screen! Hey, look at these words for a second, okay?

The person who's typing these words has this sweet little thing they've been working on; it's called Pokerealm Beta and it's very interesting. It uses rounded boxes instead of the super strict looking flat edge boxes of the current layout and it basically has a much cleaner interface, although the home link doesn't work as well as it should since it's not the actual main site yet. You should check it out and provide feedback!

You can find it here: http://variant.pokerealm.com/beta/

The person who's been working on it has a confession to make: they meant to have a thread for this a long time ago, but forgot to until now. It's actually been unchanged for around a year now, which is why I guess they want to have feedback on it? Hey, don't blame me for this, I'm just text!

(Also, hey, this next one is a secret, okay? Straight from the person who wrote this post. Here's what they wrote:

I'm secretly working on yet another template. I'll explain why later, but for now, if you want to see this super secret Pokerealm template, here's the link. Ah, but first, I'll need you to stay silent about the whole thing, okay? It's really really secret and not even close to done yet.

You can find it here: http://variant.pokerealm.com/beta2/

But remember, keep it a secret! Wink)]]> Psst! Hey, you! Yes, you, human looking at the screen! Hey, look at these words for a second, okay?

The person who's typing these words has this sweet little thing they've been working on; it's called Pokerealm Beta and it's very interesting. It uses rounded boxes instead of the super strict looking flat edge boxes of the current layout and it basically has a much cleaner interface, although the home link doesn't work as well as it should since it's not the actual main site yet. You should check it out and provide feedback!

You can find it here: http://variant.pokerealm.com/beta/

The person who's been working on it has a confession to make: they meant to have a thread for this a long time ago, but forgot to until now. It's actually been unchanged for around a year now, which is why I guess they want to have feedback on it? Hey, don't blame me for this, I'm just text!

(Also, hey, this next one is a secret, okay? Straight from the person who wrote this post. Here's what they wrote:

I'm secretly working on yet another template. I'll explain why later, but for now, if you want to see this super secret Pokerealm template, here's the link. Ah, but first, I'll need you to stay silent about the whole thing, okay? It's really really secret and not even close to done yet.

You can find it here: http://variant.pokerealm.com/beta2/

But remember, keep it a secret! Wink)]]> <![CDATA[ps3 games??]]> http://www.pokerealm.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=810 Wed, 18 Apr 2012 17:28:31 +0000 http://www.pokerealm.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=810
edit: it came with uncharted and he's only using it for blu-ray movies, which i guess means every ps3 game ever???

Pretty sure my other brother is planning on getting a PS Vita now, for whatever reason.

I'm planning on getting the PS3 Portal 2 and maybe Sonic '06. Also most likely a used copy of The Last Of Us, since that's pretty much the only PS3-exclusive game I want to play at the moment, and it's $60 new, so yeah.

Of course, come May 9, none of that will matter, since Xbox 360 Minecraft, but until then I'd like to at least break my brother's PS3 controller.]]>
edit: it came with uncharted and he's only using it for blu-ray movies, which i guess means every ps3 game ever???

Pretty sure my other brother is planning on getting a PS Vita now, for whatever reason.

I'm planning on getting the PS3 Portal 2 and maybe Sonic '06. Also most likely a used copy of The Last Of Us, since that's pretty much the only PS3-exclusive game I want to play at the moment, and it's $60 new, so yeah.

Of course, come May 9, none of that will matter, since Xbox 360 Minecraft, but until then I'd like to at least break my brother's PS3 controller.]]> <![CDATA[Billboard Top 10]]> http://www.pokerealm.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=806 Mon, 09 Apr 2012 04:56:51 +0000 http://www.pokerealm.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=806 This thread will be for Top 10 songs in America (according to Billboard). Here, you may comment on the songs and/or my commentary. With each song, you'll find links to the video (if available) and lyrics along with the cover art. You'll also be able to see how long it's been in the Top 10, the song's peak in the charts, and where it was last week. Here we go!

This post is valid until April 22nd, 2012, which it will be edited to match the weekly changes.

[Image: Carly-Rae-Jepsen-Curiosity-EP.jpg]
#10 - "Call Me Maybe" by Carly Rae Jepsen
Weeks in Top 10: 2
Peak: #10
Last Week: #18
Music Video
Lyrics

This song is basically cutesy-cutesy with a catchy melody with nothing else really behind it. "Call Me Maybe" is basically about a girl who has a "love at first sight" moment and tries to get te dude to maybe call him. The music video will offer a little more insight... I'll let you watch it for you to understand it. Big Grin I predict this song will hit 5th or so before falling down... if it's lucky.

[Image: Katy+Perry+Teenage+Dream+The+Complete+Confection.jpg]
#9 - Part Of Me - Katy Perry
Weeks in Top 10: 8
Peak: #1 (1 week)
Last Week: #8
Music Video
Lyrics

Katy Perry scored yet another #1 hit with this song, but it's starting to wear off and fall off of the Top 10. However, 3 weeks back, it did randomly receive a bump-up from 10 to 8, showing fans still care for the song. Anyway, "Part Of Me" is about a girl finding out the dude was cheating on her, the girl becoming strong and independent in the process. This is better portrayed in the music video, where Katy joins the Marines. All in all, great song in my opinion and definitely worth a listen.

[Image: Kelly+Clarkson+Stronger.jpg]
#8 - "Stronger" - Kelly Clarkson
Weeks in Top 10: 12
Peak: #1 (3 weeks at)
Last Week: #5
Music Video
Lyrics

This song is following sister "Set Fire To The Rain" out the door after it's departure out of the Top 10 on the account of getting old. It also ties into my metaphor of the jewelled crown for this week with 3 marvelous results. This would be a little emerald on the side. When it first came into the Top 10, the stronger meaning of bouncing back hard and swinging was enough to get anyone in a fighting mood. However, it now looms as an overplayed song that anyone who has the radio on for about an hour a day can recite from memory. We get it Kelly, someone hurt you and you wanna fight back. Is it really worth telling us for an entire season though? Depends on who you ask.

[Image: flo_rida_151211.jpg]
#7 - "Wild Ones" - Flo Rida ft. Sia
Weeks in Top 10: 4
Peak: #7
Last Week: #7
Music Video
Lyrics

What do you get when you mix an Australian signer with the genius behind "Good Feeling"? Strangey enough, an ever-so-slightly botched song that would be around #2 by now if it had a few tweaks. First off, the melody is a bit too slow. You know it's bad when there's a rapping part in a song and the whitest of white people, aka me, can actually go with it. Also, Sia isn't too bad, but "Ooh ooh ooh" kinda sounds like a constipated dog or a cat singing along to the old General Hospital theme like my old dog used to do. (RIP Bear...) All in all, don't expect it to pass #4.

[Image: pink-friday-roman-reloaded.jpg]
#6 - "Starships" - Nicki Minaj
Weeks in Top 10: 8
Peak: #5
Last Week: #6
Lyric Video

Oh Nicki Minaj... When aren't you "higher than a mother f*cker"? All kidding aside, I originally went "oh great, another Nicki Minaj song... whoohoo" like an old man that didn't care, but I immediately fell in love with the melody of the song. After all, it does have a slight spacey tang to Miami. And the chorus is executed perfectly in my opinion. The song can be seen as a "keep at it" song, but in the end, who cares? You'll be too busy putting the song on repeat and singing along to the chorus. It's too bad this song was released during the same timage as "Set Fire To The Rain", "We Are Young", and "Stronger" as this song could have been #1 without these 3 tough songs easily.

[Image: justin-bieber-boyfriend-300_310x300.jpg]
#5 - "Boyfriend" - Justin Bieber
Weeks in Top 10: 2
Peak: #2
Last Week: #2
Audio
Lyrics

If the changes for this week were a jewelled crown, then this would have to be the gleaming ruby that sparkles in the crown. I am SO GLAD that Billboard woke up, decided the song sucked, and is tearing it apart right now. Good job Billboard, good job YouTube trolls and regular people commenting on the official video, and good job to whoever kept their sanity after listening to this atrocity that we call music.

[Image: One_direction_up_all_night_albumcover.jpg]
#4 - One Direction - "What Makes You Beautiful
Weeks in Top 10: 2
Peak: #4
Last Week: #9
Music Video
Lyrics

I told you guys this wouldn't sit at #9 for long! After a successful iCarly episode soon followed by the their SNL performance and brief appearance in the Manuel Ortiz sketch, the 5 boys mashed together from the X Factor proved to be a fighting force in the music biz... at least for now. I'm going to go as far as this song hitting #1 in a week or two with the massive "Directioner" fanbase.

[Image: 220px-TheWantedBattleground.jpg]
#3 - "Glad You Came" - The Wanted
Weeks in Top 10: 7
Peak: #3
Last Week: #4
Music Video
Lyrics

Another song by yet another British boyband that actually looks like a mix of Latino and flat-out white boy sits at #3 this week. I'm not really sure how it got this high though. Besides the chorus and melody, I found nothing to be... pleasant. When I think of the verses, I can only imagine repetition and a slightly creepy, demanding voice. Sorry boys, you wore your welcome out fast.

[Image: gotye_somebody_that_i_used_to_know_.jpg]
#2 - "Somebody That I Used To Know" - Gotye ft. Kimbra
Weeks in Top 10: 6
Peak: #2
Last Week: #3
Music Video
Lyrics

Can't really say much because a) I refuse to watch the video and b) this song has creeper written all over it! I've only seen the music video chorus and I'm just trying to figure why we Americans put this on top of the ROCK charts, let alone why we even listen to stuff like this.

[Image: 220px-Fun_-_Some_Nights_album_cover.png]
#1 - "We Are Young" - fun. ft. Janelle Monáe
Weeks in Top 10: 9
Peak: #1 (6 weeks at)
Last Week: #1
Music Video
Lyrics

fun. keeps at it for a 6th week straight, ending the triple crown of win I'm giving the changes this week as a sparkling sapphire. "We Are Young" reigns for the 6th straight week at the Top of the charts for a very good reason: it's new and fresh. Not once before have I ever heard a song with such depth and storytelling that it changes my view on music a bit. The song is about trying to win a girl back, but in the end, he just wants to start it all over with the girl by "setting the world on fire" to "burn it (their relationship) brighter than the sun". The artists are practically new on the charts, so both groups should pat themselves on the back and hug it out with a song as amazing as this. I'll find "We Are Young" in my head constantly, proving it can stick around for a while without people getting sick of it.

Well, that's all for now! Come back next week for updates, which I will do constantly.]]> This thread will be for Top 10 songs in America (according to Billboard). Here, you may comment on the songs and/or my commentary. With each song, you'll find links to the video (if available) and lyrics along with the cover art. You'll also be able to see how long it's been in the Top 10, the song's peak in the charts, and where it was last week. Here we go!

This post is valid until April 22nd, 2012, which it will be edited to match the weekly changes.

[Image: Carly-Rae-Jepsen-Curiosity-EP.jpg]
#10 - "Call Me Maybe" by Carly Rae Jepsen
Weeks in Top 10: 2
Peak: #10
Last Week: #18
Music Video
Lyrics

This song is basically cutesy-cutesy with a catchy melody with nothing else really behind it. "Call Me Maybe" is basically about a girl who has a "love at first sight" moment and tries to get te dude to maybe call him. The music video will offer a little more insight... I'll let you watch it for you to understand it. Big Grin I predict this song will hit 5th or so before falling down... if it's lucky.

[Image: Katy+Perry+Teenage+Dream+The+Complete+Confection.jpg]
#9 - Part Of Me - Katy Perry
Weeks in Top 10: 8
Peak: #1 (1 week)
Last Week: #8
Music Video
Lyrics

Katy Perry scored yet another #1 hit with this song, but it's starting to wear off and fall off of the Top 10. However, 3 weeks back, it did randomly receive a bump-up from 10 to 8, showing fans still care for the song. Anyway, "Part Of Me" is about a girl finding out the dude was cheating on her, the girl becoming strong and independent in the process. This is better portrayed in the music video, where Katy joins the Marines. All in all, great song in my opinion and definitely worth a listen.

[Image: Kelly+Clarkson+Stronger.jpg]
#8 - "Stronger" - Kelly Clarkson
Weeks in Top 10: 12
Peak: #1 (3 weeks at)
Last Week: #5
Music Video
Lyrics

This song is following sister "Set Fire To The Rain" out the door after it's departure out of the Top 10 on the account of getting old. It also ties into my metaphor of the jewelled crown for this week with 3 marvelous results. This would be a little emerald on the side. When it first came into the Top 10, the stronger meaning of bouncing back hard and swinging was enough to get anyone in a fighting mood. However, it now looms as an overplayed song that anyone who has the radio on for about an hour a day can recite from memory. We get it Kelly, someone hurt you and you wanna fight back. Is it really worth telling us for an entire season though? Depends on who you ask.

[Image: flo_rida_151211.jpg]
#7 - "Wild Ones" - Flo Rida ft. Sia
Weeks in Top 10: 4
Peak: #7
Last Week: #7
Music Video
Lyrics

What do you get when you mix an Australian signer with the genius behind "Good Feeling"? Strangey enough, an ever-so-slightly botched song that would be around #2 by now if it had a few tweaks. First off, the melody is a bit too slow. You know it's bad when there's a rapping part in a song and the whitest of white people, aka me, can actually go with it. Also, Sia isn't too bad, but "Ooh ooh ooh" kinda sounds like a constipated dog or a cat singing along to the old General Hospital theme like my old dog used to do. (RIP Bear...) All in all, don't expect it to pass #4.

[Image: pink-friday-roman-reloaded.jpg]
#6 - "Starships" - Nicki Minaj
Weeks in Top 10: 8
Peak: #5
Last Week: #6
Lyric Video

Oh Nicki Minaj... When aren't you "higher than a mother f*cker"? All kidding aside, I originally went "oh great, another Nicki Minaj song... whoohoo" like an old man that didn't care, but I immediately fell in love with the melody of the song. After all, it does have a slight spacey tang to Miami. And the chorus is executed perfectly in my opinion. The song can be seen as a "keep at it" song, but in the end, who cares? You'll be too busy putting the song on repeat and singing along to the chorus. It's too bad this song was released during the same timage as "Set Fire To The Rain", "We Are Young", and "Stronger" as this song could have been #1 without these 3 tough songs easily.

[Image: justin-bieber-boyfriend-300_310x300.jpg]
#5 - "Boyfriend" - Justin Bieber
Weeks in Top 10: 2
Peak: #2
Last Week: #2
Audio
Lyrics

If the changes for this week were a jewelled crown, then this would have to be the gleaming ruby that sparkles in the crown. I am SO GLAD that Billboard woke up, decided the song sucked, and is tearing it apart right now. Good job Billboard, good job YouTube trolls and regular people commenting on the official video, and good job to whoever kept their sanity after listening to this atrocity that we call music.

[Image: One_direction_up_all_night_albumcover.jpg]
#4 - One Direction - "What Makes You Beautiful
Weeks in Top 10: 2
Peak: #4
Last Week: #9
Music Video
Lyrics

I told you guys this wouldn't sit at #9 for long! After a successful iCarly episode soon followed by the their SNL performance and brief appearance in the Manuel Ortiz sketch, the 5 boys mashed together from the X Factor proved to be a fighting force in the music biz... at least for now. I'm going to go as far as this song hitting #1 in a week or two with the massive "Directioner" fanbase.

[Image: 220px-TheWantedBattleground.jpg]
#3 - "Glad You Came" - The Wanted
Weeks in Top 10: 7
Peak: #3
Last Week: #4
Music Video
Lyrics

Another song by yet another British boyband that actually looks like a mix of Latino and flat-out white boy sits at #3 this week. I'm not really sure how it got this high though. Besides the chorus and melody, I found nothing to be... pleasant. When I think of the verses, I can only imagine repetition and a slightly creepy, demanding voice. Sorry boys, you wore your welcome out fast.

[Image: gotye_somebody_that_i_used_to_know_.jpg]
#2 - "Somebody That I Used To Know" - Gotye ft. Kimbra
Weeks in Top 10: 6
Peak: #2
Last Week: #3
Music Video
Lyrics

Can't really say much because a) I refuse to watch the video and b) this song has creeper written all over it! I've only seen the music video chorus and I'm just trying to figure why we Americans put this on top of the ROCK charts, let alone why we even listen to stuff like this.

[Image: 220px-Fun_-_Some_Nights_album_cover.png]
#1 - "We Are Young" - fun. ft. Janelle Monáe
Weeks in Top 10: 9
Peak: #1 (6 weeks at)
Last Week: #1
Music Video
Lyrics

fun. keeps at it for a 6th week straight, ending the triple crown of win I'm giving the changes this week as a sparkling sapphire. "We Are Young" reigns for the 6th straight week at the Top of the charts for a very good reason: it's new and fresh. Not once before have I ever heard a song with such depth and storytelling that it changes my view on music a bit. The song is about trying to win a girl back, but in the end, he just wants to start it all over with the girl by "setting the world on fire" to "burn it (their relationship) brighter than the sun". The artists are practically new on the charts, so both groups should pat themselves on the back and hug it out with a song as amazing as this. I'll find "We Are Young" in my head constantly, proving it can stick around for a while without people getting sick of it.

Well, that's all for now! Come back next week for updates, which I will do constantly.]]> <![CDATA[Greatest battle ever]]> http://www.pokerealm.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=808 Sun, 08 Apr 2012 13:29:47 +0000 http://www.pokerealm.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=808
Tier: Standard UU
Mode: Singles
Variation: +11, -21
Rule: Rated
Rule: Sleep Clause
Rule: Species Clause
Rule: Wifi Battle

DialaceStarvy sent out Azelf!
Jaze Crownez sent out Machamp!

Start of turn 1
Azelf used Psychic!
It's super effective!
Jaze Crownez's Machamp lost 100% of its health!
Jaze Crownez's Machamp fainted!
Azelf is hurt by its Life Orb!

Jaze Crownez forfeited against DialaceStarvy!

The window was disabled due to one of the players closing the battle window.]]>
Tier: Standard UU
Mode: Singles
Variation: +11, -21
Rule: Rated
Rule: Sleep Clause
Rule: Species Clause
Rule: Wifi Battle

DialaceStarvy sent out Azelf!
Jaze Crownez sent out Machamp!

Start of turn 1
Azelf used Psychic!
It's super effective!
Jaze Crownez's Machamp lost 100% of its health!
Jaze Crownez's Machamp fainted!
Azelf is hurt by its Life Orb!

Jaze Crownez forfeited against DialaceStarvy!

The window was disabled due to one of the players closing the battle window.]]> <![CDATA[PR PO server connection issues]]> http://www.pokerealm.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=804 Sun, 01 Apr 2012 12:09:44 +0000 http://www.pokerealm.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=804
I have searched all over the web for a solution to this problem but none have been found to be even similar to my problem, so this is the problem:

I can connect to the PR server fine, but after a few seconds I would type a message and press enter and the message will not show up, the message would go into 'nothingness' which I assume is me disconecting. I have never had this problem before but I can say it started happening ever since I downloaded the latest PO update. Any help towards this issue will be welcome.

- 'XD']]>
I have searched all over the web for a solution to this problem but none have been found to be even similar to my problem, so this is the problem:

I can connect to the PR server fine, but after a few seconds I would type a message and press enter and the message will not show up, the message would go into 'nothingness' which I assume is me disconecting. I have never had this problem before but I can say it started happening ever since I downloaded the latest PO update. Any help towards this issue will be welcome.

- 'XD']]> <![CDATA[Team "Disrespect Authoritah"]]> http://www.pokerealm.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=803 Sun, 01 Apr 2012 09:37:07 +0000 http://www.pokerealm.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=803
[Image: funny-Magneton-Pokemon-real-life.jpg]
Magneton @ Eviolite
Trait: Magnet Pull
EVs: 100 HP / 252 SAtk / 156 SDef
Calm Nature (+SDef, -Atk)
- Magic Coat
- Thunder Wave
- Thunderbolt
- Hidden Power [Fighting]

This is the first pokemon in the team that I decided to use. My reasons include being able to screw over Ambipom (brick break 2HKOs with eviolite), being able to take on abomasnow one-on-one, being able to reflect back stealth rock and spikes for any Pokemon, and making a joke out of smeargle by using magic coat on Spore. Yanmega leads are also a joke and get owned by Thunderbolt, as long as they don't get lucky with hypnosis. Basically, I chose magneton because it's a great counter to most leads that I tend to find in the army tier. We terrorists don't get many good stealth rockers, and the ones we do are easily countered by a handful of Pokemon. So instead of using one of these obvious pokemon, I am choosing to substitute it with Magic Coating the foe's stealth rock to get mine up. It sounds like a noobish idea, but I do have backup for this, which you'll see later on.

The HP and SpD EVs ensure that magneton is never OHKOed by a lead Victini's fire blast, allowing magneton to paralyze it with T wave and then run away giggling like a schoolgirl into its pokeball. Also, a Life Orb azelf's Fire Blast will never OHKO, either. there are a lot of mind games that come up when the foe sends out azelf as a lead. But if I end up losing (using magic coat on a predicted stealth rock, and the foe uses Fire Blast), at least I won't lose magneton right then and there.

There is also a chance that alakazam's life orb Focus Blast doesn't OHKO, either (although this heavily decreases with stealth rock damage), and when combined with Focus blast's already 70% accuracy, this gives magneton a fairly good chance to neuter alakazam with Thunder Wave.

[Image: gligar.png]
Gligar (F) @ Eviolite
Trait: Hyper Cutter
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spd
Jolly Nature (+Spd, -SAtk)
- Roost
- Stealth Rock
- Swords Dance
- Earthquake

If magneton fails to get stealth rock up, Gligar can do it. What's even better is that gligar can work pretty well alongside magneton, easily switching into any Fighting-type attack out there. It doesnt take STAB fire attacks too well, but I have other pokemon for that.

I'm not sure about these EVs, really. I want gligar to be a little more specially defensive, but it needs all the Speed it can get, and against UU, it needs all the Atk it can get if earthquake is going to do anything. I was thinking an all-out utility gligar, but I think there are better options for that. Gligar's typing is really what won me over as the main stealth rocker. I'm open for replacements here.

[Image: suicune.jpg]
Suicune @ Leftovers
Trait: Pressure
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SDef
Bold Nature (+Def, -Atk)
- Rest
- Sleep Talk
- Calm Mind
- Surf

Suicune is a muuuuch better ally for Magneton. unfortunately it doesnt get Stealth rock. but what it can do is abuse the reflected stealth rock / spikes very well. Suicune also stops Darmanitan, sometimes Victini, and flygon from doing major damage to my team. There are very few Water Absorb pokemon used in the army tier, and with the abscence of drizzle, Ludicolo isn't seen nearly as much, which makes surf as suicune's only attacking move a little safer. Even if something like milotic came in, suicune can easily beat it one-on-one by spamming Calm Mind and then using surf. Suicune also likes switching into ice attacks that Gligar really doesn't like, and gligar and magneton can both switch into electric attacks aimed at Suicune.

[Image: heat_rotom_by_battlemaster00-d30kus7.jpg]
Rotom-H @ Choice Scarf
Trait: Levitate
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SAtk / 252 Spd
Modest Nature (+SAtk, -Atk)
- Thunder Wave
- Trick
- Volt Switch
- Shadow Ball

I needed something to stop Snorlax from ruining everything, and to make Hippowdon wish it never tried to used earthquake on Magneton and then stay in to use toxic. TrickChoice also completely shuts down wobbuffet and to an extent Zapdos, the latter who can give this team trouble if cradily isn't around. Porygon2 can also be a problem, which the TrickChoice also takes care of. If none of these pokemon are around, rotom makes a very nice bait-and-switch pokemon for Gligar to get a chance to set Stealth Rock up, and can easily take down a mixed sweeper Azelf if it still has its Choice Scarf and uses Shadow Ball. I chose rotom for this role in particular because of its typing - it offers Magneton a switchout from ground and fire attacks, gives Suicune a break from grass and electric attacks, and can even take Ice attacks for Gligar.

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Cradily (F) @ Leftovers
Trait: Storm Drain
EVs: 252 HP / 56 Atk / 200 SDef
Careful Nature (+SDef, -SAtk)
- Rest
- Curse
- Earthquake
- Rock Slide

This pokemon can be a real pain in generation 3, and it's not much easier in generation 5 if it is used correctly. In addition, snorlax gives this team a lot of trouble. This cradily set has a lot of fun with snorlax, and also takes down Zapdos, another pokemon that can cause issues for this team. After a few curses, very little can take this set down. Cradily's storm drain allows it to switch into Water attacks aimed at Rotom, stops Flygon from spamming Earthquake and Stone edge against my team, and is my main special sponge to stop Chandelure, alakazam, Raikou and Houndoom. With Rest, toxic cannot even hope to stop it, although it does make Cradily immoble for 2 turns with no sleep talk / natural cure to help it. I really like this set, but I'm not sure it belongs on this team....

[Image: Azelf_Artwork_by_Xous54.png]
Azelf @ Life Orb
Trait: Levitate
EVs: 48 Atk / 208 SAtk / 252 Spd
Naive Nature (+Spd, -SDef)
- Psychic
- Hidden Power [Fighting]
- Ice Punch
- Explosion

This is my main last-ditch effort to pull off a sweep in case cradily and suicune get critted, and Gligar gets owned somehow. Azelf is fast, learns many, many moves, requires no set-up, and with the listed moves, can hit everything in the Army tier for at least neutral damage. If cradily is gone, explosion can take Snorlax down if it has taken previous damage. I chose hidden power Fighting because many army tier Pokemon are weak to fighting. I'm open to a new teammate here, in particular a good fighting-type Pokemon who can synergize with my team better. But unfortunately there are no good mixed fighting sweepers in the terrorist tier that are nearly as fast as Azelf...]]>
[Image: funny-Magneton-Pokemon-real-life.jpg]
Magneton @ Eviolite
Trait: Magnet Pull
EVs: 100 HP / 252 SAtk / 156 SDef
Calm Nature (+SDef, -Atk)
- Magic Coat
- Thunder Wave
- Thunderbolt
- Hidden Power [Fighting]

This is the first pokemon in the team that I decided to use. My reasons include being able to screw over Ambipom (brick break 2HKOs with eviolite), being able to take on abomasnow one-on-one, being able to reflect back stealth rock and spikes for any Pokemon, and making a joke out of smeargle by using magic coat on Spore. Yanmega leads are also a joke and get owned by Thunderbolt, as long as they don't get lucky with hypnosis. Basically, I chose magneton because it's a great counter to most leads that I tend to find in the army tier. We terrorists don't get many good stealth rockers, and the ones we do are easily countered by a handful of Pokemon. So instead of using one of these obvious pokemon, I am choosing to substitute it with Magic Coating the foe's stealth rock to get mine up. It sounds like a noobish idea, but I do have backup for this, which you'll see later on.

The HP and SpD EVs ensure that magneton is never OHKOed by a lead Victini's fire blast, allowing magneton to paralyze it with T wave and then run away giggling like a schoolgirl into its pokeball. Also, a Life Orb azelf's Fire Blast will never OHKO, either. there are a lot of mind games that come up when the foe sends out azelf as a lead. But if I end up losing (using magic coat on a predicted stealth rock, and the foe uses Fire Blast), at least I won't lose magneton right then and there.

There is also a chance that alakazam's life orb Focus Blast doesn't OHKO, either (although this heavily decreases with stealth rock damage), and when combined with Focus blast's already 70% accuracy, this gives magneton a fairly good chance to neuter alakazam with Thunder Wave.

[Image: gligar.png]
Gligar (F) @ Eviolite
Trait: Hyper Cutter
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spd
Jolly Nature (+Spd, -SAtk)
- Roost
- Stealth Rock
- Swords Dance
- Earthquake

If magneton fails to get stealth rock up, Gligar can do it. What's even better is that gligar can work pretty well alongside magneton, easily switching into any Fighting-type attack out there. It doesnt take STAB fire attacks too well, but I have other pokemon for that.

I'm not sure about these EVs, really. I want gligar to be a little more specially defensive, but it needs all the Speed it can get, and against UU, it needs all the Atk it can get if earthquake is going to do anything. I was thinking an all-out utility gligar, but I think there are better options for that. Gligar's typing is really what won me over as the main stealth rocker. I'm open for replacements here.

[Image: suicune.jpg]
Suicune @ Leftovers
Trait: Pressure
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SDef
Bold Nature (+Def, -Atk)
- Rest
- Sleep Talk
- Calm Mind
- Surf

Suicune is a muuuuch better ally for Magneton. unfortunately it doesnt get Stealth rock. but what it can do is abuse the reflected stealth rock / spikes very well. Suicune also stops Darmanitan, sometimes Victini, and flygon from doing major damage to my team. There are very few Water Absorb pokemon used in the army tier, and with the abscence of drizzle, Ludicolo isn't seen nearly as much, which makes surf as suicune's only attacking move a little safer. Even if something like milotic came in, suicune can easily beat it one-on-one by spamming Calm Mind and then using surf. Suicune also likes switching into ice attacks that Gligar really doesn't like, and gligar and magneton can both switch into electric attacks aimed at Suicune.

[Image: heat_rotom_by_battlemaster00-d30kus7.jpg]
Rotom-H @ Choice Scarf
Trait: Levitate
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SAtk / 252 Spd
Modest Nature (+SAtk, -Atk)
- Thunder Wave
- Trick
- Volt Switch
- Shadow Ball

I needed something to stop Snorlax from ruining everything, and to make Hippowdon wish it never tried to used earthquake on Magneton and then stay in to use toxic. TrickChoice also completely shuts down wobbuffet and to an extent Zapdos, the latter who can give this team trouble if cradily isn't around. Porygon2 can also be a problem, which the TrickChoice also takes care of. If none of these pokemon are around, rotom makes a very nice bait-and-switch pokemon for Gligar to get a chance to set Stealth Rock up, and can easily take down a mixed sweeper Azelf if it still has its Choice Scarf and uses Shadow Ball. I chose rotom for this role in particular because of its typing - it offers Magneton a switchout from ground and fire attacks, gives Suicune a break from grass and electric attacks, and can even take Ice attacks for Gligar.

[Image: images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQje7qzzI49SxQd8PoaZiD...lY62cVbknc]
Cradily (F) @ Leftovers
Trait: Storm Drain
EVs: 252 HP / 56 Atk / 200 SDef
Careful Nature (+SDef, -SAtk)
- Rest
- Curse
- Earthquake
- Rock Slide

This pokemon can be a real pain in generation 3, and it's not much easier in generation 5 if it is used correctly. In addition, snorlax gives this team a lot of trouble. This cradily set has a lot of fun with snorlax, and also takes down Zapdos, another pokemon that can cause issues for this team. After a few curses, very little can take this set down. Cradily's storm drain allows it to switch into Water attacks aimed at Rotom, stops Flygon from spamming Earthquake and Stone edge against my team, and is my main special sponge to stop Chandelure, alakazam, Raikou and Houndoom. With Rest, toxic cannot even hope to stop it, although it does make Cradily immoble for 2 turns with no sleep talk / natural cure to help it. I really like this set, but I'm not sure it belongs on this team....

[Image: Azelf_Artwork_by_Xous54.png]
Azelf @ Life Orb
Trait: Levitate
EVs: 48 Atk / 208 SAtk / 252 Spd
Naive Nature (+Spd, -SDef)
- Psychic
- Hidden Power [Fighting]
- Ice Punch
- Explosion

This is my main last-ditch effort to pull off a sweep in case cradily and suicune get critted, and Gligar gets owned somehow. Azelf is fast, learns many, many moves, requires no set-up, and with the listed moves, can hit everything in the Army tier for at least neutral damage. If cradily is gone, explosion can take Snorlax down if it has taken previous damage. I chose hidden power Fighting because many army tier Pokemon are weak to fighting. I'm open to a new teammate here, in particular a good fighting-type Pokemon who can synergize with my team better. But unfortunately there are no good mixed fighting sweepers in the terrorist tier that are nearly as fast as Azelf...]]> <![CDATA[Save the Admiral v3: General Horseplay [Admiral XtremeDarkness Survived!]]]> http://www.pokerealm.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=802 Sun, 01 Apr 2012 08:04:10 +0000 http://www.pokerealm.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=802 Protect the Admiral

What is this, I don't even.

Spoiler: show
To play this game, all players are set to a random class.

Admiral
The admiral is the highest rank in the game. Your job is to not lose any battles. However, you do not battle anybody until your entire army is killed.

The admiral has very powerful Pokemon to protect him.

If the army wins and there is no vice to take the admiral's place, the highest-winning army guy becomes admiral FOR NOW. (other options include him staying admiral, or a new admiral being chosen randomly). If a terrorist kills the admiral, that terrorist takes his place.

Vice Admiral
The vice admiral's job is to take the admiral's place in case he dies. The vice can use the same Pokemon as the admiral. The vice also helps in stopping terrorists from upgrading.

The Army
the army's duty is to protect the admiral from the evil terrorists who want him dead. You battle the terrorists as part of the game. Whoever wins is eliminated from the game. The army get more powerful Pokemon than the terrorists, but the amount of army soldiers is always set to about half of the terrorist amount.

The Terrorists
The terrorists' job is to kill the army, vice admiral and the admiral. Because there are more terrorists than army soldiers, the power between each team balances out.

How to Play

Spoiler: show
Terminology
-----------
A day consists of the terrorist group chosing one terrorist for as many remaining soldiers as possible to battle, and ends when all those battles have been carried out. Vice Admiral attacks will be carried out before the day ends.

A round begins when :

a) all players are assigned a role.
b) The vice takes the admiral's spot as admiral.

If b is the situation, all army and terrorists are revived and new matchups are made.

It ends when:

a) The admiral dies (regardless if there is a vice or not)
b) All the terrorists die

Once everybody is assigned a role, each person makes a Pokemon team with the pokemon that are allowed in their class. Teams can only be changed once per in-game day. After the terrorists choose which army will battle which terrorists, both teams battle each other 1v1. you can think of it as a round in a battle tournament. This continues until one side loses all of their members. Each phase of army vs terrorist standoff is considered 1 day.

Upgrading
When a terrorist kills an army soldier, he has the opportunity to prepare for an upgrade. The upgrade will allow the terrorist to use the Pokemon the army uses.

Before the second round of army vs terrorists, the vice can choose an upgrade-preparing terrorist to battle. If the vice loses, he dies immediately and the terrorist can proceed. If the vice wins, the terrorist dies.

After the next round of army vs terrorists, if an upgrading terrorist is still alive and beats that second army soldier, he successfully upgrades. At the end of the day, he can change his team to an army-based one.

Recording Battles

like any Pokemon war game, we need proof that you beat the opponent. The 2 easiest options to get proof is to upload a PO replay file to a post on this topic or to simply post the log. EVERY battle must be recorded for proof of battle victories!

The Telescope

One army soldier and one terrorist will get a telescope. Each day, the person with the telescope can see one opponent's team. The person being telescoped must not have a battle scheduled, however. It is important to keep the telescoper private because the terrorists may choose him to battle - if he loses, the telescope is given to the winner of the other team.

THIS GAMEPLAN IS NOT FINAL. During the course of the game, these rules may change.
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Current Gameplay change archive:

terrorists using RUs instead of UUs - lost to a 3-2 vote.

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Tiers and References
http://pokerealm.com/tiers/bw/sta/admiral.php (Admiral can use all pokemon except ubers)
http://pokerealm.com/tiers/bw/sta/army.php
http://pokerealm.com/tiers/bw/sta/terrorist.php

Notable changes between the Terrorist / Army tiers:
-Army get BLs, terrors get BL2s.
-Terrors lose Blastoise for Zoroark.
-Terrors lose Raikou for Mew.

http://pokerealm.com/tiers/bw/sta/neutral.php

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http://pokerealm.com/speed-tiers/bw/std-...a/army.php
http://pokerealm.com/speed-tiers/bw/std-...rorist.php

These tiers are subject to extreme changes...you can discuss them in the other STA thread.

List of Fame

Admirals that Survived:

Cinnamon Grahams
XtremeDarkness

Terrorists who killed the Admiral:
South
CKC


--------------------------------

Players:

-Markiss
-Red_Striker
-MarioFireRed
-Culex77
-DialaceStarvy
-XtremeDarkness
-Cinnamon Grahams

Round 1, Day 1
---------------
XtremeDarkness is now Admiral
Markiss is now Vice Admiral
DialaceStarvy has been enlisted in the army
MarioFireRed has been enlisted in the army
Red_Striker is now a terrorist
Culex77 is now a terrorist
Cinnamon Grahams is now a terrorist

Matchups:

DialaceStarvy vs Culex77
MarioFireRed vs Red_Striker
Cinnamon Grahams is on standby

DialaceStarvy has killed terrorist Culex77
Central Intelligence: there are now 2 terrorists and 2 army soldiers.
SnorlaxDude is now a terrorist
Central Intelligence: there are now 3 terrorists and 2 army soldiers.
MarioFireRed has killed terrorist Red_Striker
Central Intelligence: there are now 2 terrorists and 2 army soldiers.

Round 1, Day 2
---------------
DialaceStarvy vs Cinnamon Grahams
MarioFireRed vs SnorlaxDude
DialaceStarvy killed terrorist Cinnamon Grahams!
Central Intelligence: There is now 1 terrorist and 2 army soldiers.
SnorlaxDude killed army soldier MarioFireRed!
Central Intelligence: There is now 1 terrorist and 1 army soldier.

Round 2, Day 2
---------------
DialaceStarvy vs SnorlaxDude
SnorlaxDude killed army soldier DialaceStarvy!
Central Intelligence: The entire army got killed.

Round 3, Day 1
---------------
Markiss vs SnorlaxDude
Markiss killed terrorist SnorlaxDude!
No terrorists left to attack the opposing team.
The admiral has survived!]]> Protect the Admiral

What is this, I don't even.

Spoiler: show
To play this game, all players are set to a random class.

Admiral
The admiral is the highest rank in the game. Your job is to not lose any battles. However, you do not battle anybody until your entire army is killed.

The admiral has very powerful Pokemon to protect him.

If the army wins and there is no vice to take the admiral's place, the highest-winning army guy becomes admiral FOR NOW. (other options include him staying admiral, or a new admiral being chosen randomly). If a terrorist kills the admiral, that terrorist takes his place.

Vice Admiral
The vice admiral's job is to take the admiral's place in case he dies. The vice can use the same Pokemon as the admiral. The vice also helps in stopping terrorists from upgrading.

The Army
the army's duty is to protect the admiral from the evil terrorists who want him dead. You battle the terrorists as part of the game. Whoever wins is eliminated from the game. The army get more powerful Pokemon than the terrorists, but the amount of army soldiers is always set to about half of the terrorist amount.

The Terrorists
The terrorists' job is to kill the army, vice admiral and the admiral. Because there are more terrorists than army soldiers, the power between each team balances out.

How to Play

Spoiler: show
Terminology
-----------
A day consists of the terrorist group chosing one terrorist for as many remaining soldiers as possible to battle, and ends when all those battles have been carried out. Vice Admiral attacks will be carried out before the day ends.

A round begins when :

a) all players are assigned a role.
b) The vice takes the admiral's spot as admiral.

If b is the situation, all army and terrorists are revived and new matchups are made.

It ends when:

a) The admiral dies (regardless if there is a vice or not)
b) All the terrorists die

Once everybody is assigned a role, each person makes a Pokemon team with the pokemon that are allowed in their class. Teams can only be changed once per in-game day. After the terrorists choose which army will battle which terrorists, both teams battle each other 1v1. you can think of it as a round in a battle tournament. This continues until one side loses all of their members. Each phase of army vs terrorist standoff is considered 1 day.

Upgrading
When a terrorist kills an army soldier, he has the opportunity to prepare for an upgrade. The upgrade will allow the terrorist to use the Pokemon the army uses.

Before the second round of army vs terrorists, the vice can choose an upgrade-preparing terrorist to battle. If the vice loses, he dies immediately and the terrorist can proceed. If the vice wins, the terrorist dies.

After the next round of army vs terrorists, if an upgrading terrorist is still alive and beats that second army soldier, he successfully upgrades. At the end of the day, he can change his team to an army-based one.

Recording Battles

like any Pokemon war game, we need proof that you beat the opponent. The 2 easiest options to get proof is to upload a PO replay file to a post on this topic or to simply post the log. EVERY battle must be recorded for proof of battle victories!

The Telescope

One army soldier and one terrorist will get a telescope. Each day, the person with the telescope can see one opponent's team. The person being telescoped must not have a battle scheduled, however. It is important to keep the telescoper private because the terrorists may choose him to battle - if he loses, the telescope is given to the winner of the other team.

THIS GAMEPLAN IS NOT FINAL. During the course of the game, these rules may change.
-------------
Current Gameplay change archive:

terrorists using RUs instead of UUs - lost to a 3-2 vote.

-------------

Tiers and References
http://pokerealm.com/tiers/bw/sta/admiral.php (Admiral can use all pokemon except ubers)
http://pokerealm.com/tiers/bw/sta/army.php
http://pokerealm.com/tiers/bw/sta/terrorist.php

Notable changes between the Terrorist / Army tiers:
-Army get BLs, terrors get BL2s.
-Terrors lose Blastoise for Zoroark.
-Terrors lose Raikou for Mew.

http://pokerealm.com/tiers/bw/sta/neutral.php

-----

http://pokerealm.com/speed-tiers/bw/std-...a/army.php
http://pokerealm.com/speed-tiers/bw/std-...rorist.php

These tiers are subject to extreme changes...you can discuss them in the other STA thread.

List of Fame

Admirals that Survived:

Cinnamon Grahams
XtremeDarkness

Terrorists who killed the Admiral:
South
CKC


--------------------------------

Players:

-Markiss
-Red_Striker
-MarioFireRed
-Culex77
-DialaceStarvy
-XtremeDarkness
-Cinnamon Grahams

Round 1, Day 1
---------------
XtremeDarkness is now Admiral
Markiss is now Vice Admiral
DialaceStarvy has been enlisted in the army
MarioFireRed has been enlisted in the army
Red_Striker is now a terrorist
Culex77 is now a terrorist
Cinnamon Grahams is now a terrorist

Matchups:

DialaceStarvy vs Culex77
MarioFireRed vs Red_Striker
Cinnamon Grahams is on standby

DialaceStarvy has killed terrorist Culex77
Central Intelligence: there are now 2 terrorists and 2 army soldiers.
SnorlaxDude is now a terrorist
Central Intelligence: there are now 3 terrorists and 2 army soldiers.
MarioFireRed has killed terrorist Red_Striker
Central Intelligence: there are now 2 terrorists and 2 army soldiers.

Round 1, Day 2
---------------
DialaceStarvy vs Cinnamon Grahams
MarioFireRed vs SnorlaxDude
DialaceStarvy killed terrorist Cinnamon Grahams!
Central Intelligence: There is now 1 terrorist and 2 army soldiers.
SnorlaxDude killed army soldier MarioFireRed!
Central Intelligence: There is now 1 terrorist and 1 army soldier.

Round 2, Day 2
---------------
DialaceStarvy vs SnorlaxDude
SnorlaxDude killed army soldier DialaceStarvy!
Central Intelligence: The entire army got killed.

Round 3, Day 1
---------------
Markiss vs SnorlaxDude
Markiss killed terrorist SnorlaxDude!
No terrorists left to attack the opposing team.
The admiral has survived!]]> <![CDATA[The Quest to Save the Worlds]]> http://www.pokerealm.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=801 Thu, 29 Mar 2012 05:17:01 +0000 http://www.pokerealm.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=801 The Quest to Save the Worlds
(Will add banner later).
Story: The villains of the worlds’ grew tired of their countless defeats at the hands of the protectors of their world. So in an effort to defeat them once and for all they decide to team up. Bowser, Dr. Wily, Dr. Eggman, Medusa, Ganondorf, King K. Rool, Pokey, Ridley, Andross, King Dedede and Sigma now plan to kill off every hero in the worlds’ and rule them all with an iron fist. Of course the heroes of those worlds aren’t going to let that happen so easily. In an effort to put a stop to their plans the heroes team up to defeat the Legion of Villains once and for all.

Objective: You play as one of various heroes in order to stop the threat of the villains mentioned above. Each hero has their own set of skills to use in battle. Use these skills effectively to defeat anything that stands in your path on the road to defeating the Legion of Villains.

Character Options:
[Image: images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQV9k4vQlJlPfn_4qOdJBw...93DddU90dw]Mario: The balanced character of the group. Mario can jump fairly high, swing his hammer with great force and use a variety of power-ups to aid him in battle. While he’s not the fastest character he can run pretty far.

[Image: images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQrN03sWtmK3W67-0KTzIW...-irF-rtlJX]Luigi: Mario’s brother is also balanced. Although he can jump higher and run faster than Mario, he’s still not the fastest. He’s also weaker than his brother due to him being a bit of a coward.

[Image: 160px-Link_Artwork_4_%28Skyward_Sword%29.png]Link: Using a variety of items, Link is a force to be reckoned with. His sword is great for close combat and his bow, bombs and boomerang make him a great projectile user. The double clawshot and whip can draw enemies closer to him so he can strike with his sword.

[Image: images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRYzRcT7u81s-Qc3mMNyXU...aLQSrMAEUz]Fox McCloud: Mostly seen in his Arwing, Fox is known for being the leader of Star Fox. On the ground however he uses a blaster and a reflector for ranged combat and a flaming tackle and a fast dash for melee attacks. He’s very quick on his feet making him one of the faster characters.

[Image: images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTrDqZwi8JRs6YOQupdVir...lFbWKoLFs_]Falco Lombardi: Fox’s right hand pilot and closest friend. Falco is similar to Fox except he’s a little slower. Thankfully this doesn’t hinder his fighting abilities. Most of his moves are similar to Fox’s however so there isn’t much difference.

[Image: images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSTl7s0DcBcU6Doe-pIM-p...5QqAZKFqEo]Ness: A boy from the town of Onett with psychic powers. Ness can do all sorts of things with his abilities. Teleport, shoot fire, summon bolts of lighting, freeze enemies, heal his allies and summon meteors. Ness is slow but his very powerful and defensive.

[Image: images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTMvGPBCVHXrOtIqNIncZZ...5V-0BQ0xKA]Lucas: Possessing the same abilities as Ness, Lucas can be quite a power house on his own as well. He’s slightly faster than Ness but not as powerful. While Ness’s signature move PSI Rockin is strong, Lucas’s PSI Love can pack quite a punch as well.

[Image: images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRFW4XHysrEar1BMk7Yw19...S2Q-aF0Kdg]Kirby: Kirby has the unique ability to swallow his enemies and copy their abilities if they have one. Kirby can jump the highest out of all the characters being that he can float. Kirby’s wide variety of Copy Abilities makes him great for both melee and ranged combat.

[Image: 250px-Pit_Uprising.png]Pit: An angel of the goddess Palutena, as well as captain of her royal guard, Pit can use a wide variety of weapons ranging from claws and blades to bows and cannons. This makes Pit great for both ranged and close combat. Despite being an angel he can’t fly on his own and has to rely on Palutena to help him fly. He’s still a great jumper regardless of this minor setback. Depending on what weapon he uses, his speed varies making either one of the fastest or slowest characters depending on the weapon he’s holding at that time.

[Image: images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQpRWtCtcuJGiYrw1MzVTg...rXLw-fIayw]Donkey Kong: An ape from Donkey Kong Island. The only reason he fight’s King K. Rool is because he steals his banana’s. He’s better as a melee fighter but his coconut gun can help him take out enemies from long distances.

[Image: images?q=tbn:ANd9GcT05ciZfp6t46LJ2B8U-Oa...gWhNgvzWIQ]Diddy Kong: The more agile of the two, Diddy Kong can strike foes fast, but not as hard as Donkey Kong. His peanut popguns can defeat enemies from long range as well. He can use a barrel jetpack to get around easier and can trip up opponents with banana peels.

[Image: images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRHHu7R2ZkKmeBERlSz8xP...HtqNN3HhNQ]Samus Aran: An intergalactic bounty hunter with Chozo DNA. Samus is not only powerful, but agile and fast when she needs to be. Her power suit is equipped with an arm cannon, missiles, bombs and a grapple beam. She can turn into a ball for faster movement and she can use her bombs to help her jump in this state.

[Image: images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTxFH2eg2Fr6QsK4BAMvKq...NDG2Gg9o6M] [Image: images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSh7WF2hqB87947siKAOnh...fD0sI3Gbrm]Mega Man/Mega Man X: Mega Man and X are strikingly similar in appearance. The main difference between the two is that X is taller than his past self. Both of them have the unique ability to copy the powers of their enemies like Kirby. They can also keep those powers and use them whenever they feel like. X is stronger and faster than the original but Mega Man has one thing X doesn’t. Mega Man has his trusty companions Rush and Beat to help him out when he needs it. Although X can dash and wall jump which gives him a slight edge over Mega Man.

[Image: images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQ5EKh3_EAAr8aJbz-T6ly...tRfyi737vQ]Proto Man: Mega Man’s brother and the first humanoid robot to be made by Dr. Thomas Light. Proto Man sports the Proto Buster which can be shot as it is or charged for a more powerful attack like Mega Man’s Mega Buster. Although Proto Man also sports the Proto Shield which can block any projectile based attacks possibly reflecting them back at enemies. Proto Man can also copy the powers of his enemies.

[Image: images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQB8FjXEkBVoB51IiC0IMZ...WhgLDSYIvg]Zero: X’s friend and a Maverick Hunter. Zero was originally created by Dr. Albert Wily to help him take over the world and defeat Mega Man and Bass, another creation of Wily’s. Wily called Zero his greatest masterpiece. Zero however was extremely aggressive and because of this Wily sealed him in a capsule. He was released later during the twenty-second century. Zero has the same abilities as the other robots and sports the Z-Saber making him great for melee and ranged attacks.

[Image: images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQEx0c3MjazjA2146lvNbT...1uBXnA4IBw]Sonic the Hedgehog: Known as the ‘Blue Blur’ and ‘The Fastest Thing Alive’ it certainly shows. Sonic’s speed is outmatched by no one making him the fastest character. Sonic is also a decent character in terms of physical strength. While Sonic is fast on his own he becomes even faster if he absorbs the power of the seven Chaos Emeralds. These gems turn him into Super Sonic who moves at blinding speeds, is extremely powerful and invincible. If Sonic ever died the Chaos Emeralds would be the best thing to look for since they can and will revive Sonic and allow him to go super.

Sign-Ups:

So there are your character choices. I will accept the first seven or eight people to sign up after me. Yeah I'm playing also. The form you will use to sign-up looks a little like this:

Username:
Character of choice:
Weapon:
Armor:
Accessory:

All of the last three options which aren't optional need to be the weakest you can get. If you don't know that much about the character your playing as look them up on the internet or make up the equips.

Since I'm playing as well I of course am gonna need one. So here is mine.

Username: Culex77
Character of choice: Pit
Weapon: First Blade
Armor: Grabs of Palutena
Accessory: Palutena's Light

I'll work out stats when enough people have signed up so let's get cracking.

Players:
-Culex77
-MarioFireRed
-South
-VMU
-XtremeDarkness]]> The Quest to Save the Worlds
(Will add banner later).
Story: The villains of the worlds’ grew tired of their countless defeats at the hands of the protectors of their world. So in an effort to defeat them once and for all they decide to team up. Bowser, Dr. Wily, Dr. Eggman, Medusa, Ganondorf, King K. Rool, Pokey, Ridley, Andross, King Dedede and Sigma now plan to kill off every hero in the worlds’ and rule them all with an iron fist. Of course the heroes of those worlds aren’t going to let that happen so easily. In an effort to put a stop to their plans the heroes team up to defeat the Legion of Villains once and for all.

Objective: You play as one of various heroes in order to stop the threat of the villains mentioned above. Each hero has their own set of skills to use in battle. Use these skills effectively to defeat anything that stands in your path on the road to defeating the Legion of Villains.

Character Options:
[Image: images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQV9k4vQlJlPfn_4qOdJBw...93DddU90dw]Mario: The balanced character of the group. Mario can jump fairly high, swing his hammer with great force and use a variety of power-ups to aid him in battle. While he’s not the fastest character he can run pretty far.

[Image: images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQrN03sWtmK3W67-0KTzIW...-irF-rtlJX]Luigi: Mario’s brother is also balanced. Although he can jump higher and run faster than Mario, he’s still not the fastest. He’s also weaker than his brother due to him being a bit of a coward.

[Image: 160px-Link_Artwork_4_%28Skyward_Sword%29.png]Link: Using a variety of items, Link is a force to be reckoned with. His sword is great for close combat and his bow, bombs and boomerang make him a great projectile user. The double clawshot and whip can draw enemies closer to him so he can strike with his sword.

[Image: images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRYzRcT7u81s-Qc3mMNyXU...aLQSrMAEUz]Fox McCloud: Mostly seen in his Arwing, Fox is known for being the leader of Star Fox. On the ground however he uses a blaster and a reflector for ranged combat and a flaming tackle and a fast dash for melee attacks. He’s very quick on his feet making him one of the faster characters.

[Image: images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTrDqZwi8JRs6YOQupdVir...lFbWKoLFs_]Falco Lombardi: Fox’s right hand pilot and closest friend. Falco is similar to Fox except he’s a little slower. Thankfully this doesn’t hinder his fighting abilities. Most of his moves are similar to Fox’s however so there isn’t much difference.

[Image: images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSTl7s0DcBcU6Doe-pIM-p...5QqAZKFqEo]Ness: A boy from the town of Onett with psychic powers. Ness can do all sorts of things with his abilities. Teleport, shoot fire, summon bolts of lighting, freeze enemies, heal his allies and summon meteors. Ness is slow but his very powerful and defensive.

[Image: images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTMvGPBCVHXrOtIqNIncZZ...5V-0BQ0xKA]Lucas: Possessing the same abilities as Ness, Lucas can be quite a power house on his own as well. He’s slightly faster than Ness but not as powerful. While Ness’s signature move PSI Rockin is strong, Lucas’s PSI Love can pack quite a punch as well.

[Image: images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRFW4XHysrEar1BMk7Yw19...S2Q-aF0Kdg]Kirby: Kirby has the unique ability to swallow his enemies and copy their abilities if they have one. Kirby can jump the highest out of all the characters being that he can float. Kirby’s wide variety of Copy Abilities makes him great for both melee and ranged combat.

[Image: 250px-Pit_Uprising.png]Pit: An angel of the goddess Palutena, as well as captain of her royal guard, Pit can use a wide variety of weapons ranging from claws and blades to bows and cannons. This makes Pit great for both ranged and close combat. Despite being an angel he can’t fly on his own and has to rely on Palutena to help him fly. He’s still a great jumper regardless of this minor setback. Depending on what weapon he uses, his speed varies making either one of the fastest or slowest characters depending on the weapon he’s holding at that time.

[Image: images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQpRWtCtcuJGiYrw1MzVTg...rXLw-fIayw]Donkey Kong: An ape from Donkey Kong Island. The only reason he fight’s King K. Rool is because he steals his banana’s. He’s better as a melee fighter but his coconut gun can help him take out enemies from long distances.

[Image: images?q=tbn:ANd9GcT05ciZfp6t46LJ2B8U-Oa...gWhNgvzWIQ]Diddy Kong: The more agile of the two, Diddy Kong can strike foes fast, but not as hard as Donkey Kong. His peanut popguns can defeat enemies from long range as well. He can use a barrel jetpack to get around easier and can trip up opponents with banana peels.

[Image: images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRHHu7R2ZkKmeBERlSz8xP...HtqNN3HhNQ]Samus Aran: An intergalactic bounty hunter with Chozo DNA. Samus is not only powerful, but agile and fast when she needs to be. Her power suit is equipped with an arm cannon, missiles, bombs and a grapple beam. She can turn into a ball for faster movement and she can use her bombs to help her jump in this state.

[Image: images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTxFH2eg2Fr6QsK4BAMvKq...NDG2Gg9o6M] [Image: images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSh7WF2hqB87947siKAOnh...fD0sI3Gbrm]Mega Man/Mega Man X: Mega Man and X are strikingly similar in appearance. The main difference between the two is that X is taller than his past self. Both of them have the unique ability to copy the powers of their enemies like Kirby. They can also keep those powers and use them whenever they feel like. X is stronger and faster than the original but Mega Man has one thing X doesn’t. Mega Man has his trusty companions Rush and Beat to help him out when he needs it. Although X can dash and wall jump which gives him a slight edge over Mega Man.

[Image: images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQ5EKh3_EAAr8aJbz-T6ly...tRfyi737vQ]Proto Man: Mega Man’s brother and the first humanoid robot to be made by Dr. Thomas Light. Proto Man sports the Proto Buster which can be shot as it is or charged for a more powerful attack like Mega Man’s Mega Buster. Although Proto Man also sports the Proto Shield which can block any projectile based attacks possibly reflecting them back at enemies. Proto Man can also copy the powers of his enemies.

[Image: images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQB8FjXEkBVoB51IiC0IMZ...WhgLDSYIvg]Zero: X’s friend and a Maverick Hunter. Zero was originally created by Dr. Albert Wily to help him take over the world and defeat Mega Man and Bass, another creation of Wily’s. Wily called Zero his greatest masterpiece. Zero however was extremely aggressive and because of this Wily sealed him in a capsule. He was released later during the twenty-second century. Zero has the same abilities as the other robots and sports the Z-Saber making him great for melee and ranged attacks.

[Image: images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQEx0c3MjazjA2146lvNbT...1uBXnA4IBw]Sonic the Hedgehog: Known as the ‘Blue Blur’ and ‘The Fastest Thing Alive’ it certainly shows. Sonic’s speed is outmatched by no one making him the fastest character. Sonic is also a decent character in terms of physical strength. While Sonic is fast on his own he becomes even faster if he absorbs the power of the seven Chaos Emeralds. These gems turn him into Super Sonic who moves at blinding speeds, is extremely powerful and invincible. If Sonic ever died the Chaos Emeralds would be the best thing to look for since they can and will revive Sonic and allow him to go super.

Sign-Ups:

So there are your character choices. I will accept the first seven or eight people to sign up after me. Yeah I'm playing also. The form you will use to sign-up looks a little like this:

Username:
Character of choice:
Weapon:
Armor:
Accessory:

All of the last three options which aren't optional need to be the weakest you can get. If you don't know that much about the character your playing as look them up on the internet or make up the equips.

Since I'm playing as well I of course am gonna need one. So here is mine.

Username: Culex77
Character of choice: Pit
Weapon: First Blade
Armor: Grabs of Palutena
Accessory: Palutena's Light

I'll work out stats when enough people have signed up so let's get cracking.

Players:
-Culex77
-MarioFireRed
-South
-VMU
-XtremeDarkness]]> <![CDATA[[RECLUDED] (VGC 2012)]]> http://www.pokerealm.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=800 Thu, 29 Mar 2012 02:40:20 +0000 http://www.pokerealm.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=800 [RECLUDED]
By Red Striker

~Introduction~

So, five monthes away from Nationals (and another three monthes until the April Regionals) and I still didn't have a clue in the world what I was going to do for a team. After gaining some help from DeagleBeagle and painstaking hours of testing, I was finally able to come up with this team. Without further adieu, I present Team [RECLUDED].

~At A Glance~

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This team was originally going to be built around Scizor, but after thinking it over, Metagross outclasses Scizor in most ways. So, I decided to build it around Metagross instead.

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Chandelure, Zapdos, and Garchomp like to make Metagross' life hard. Swampert manages to counter them, while having Metagross resist the bane of Swampert's life (i.e. Grass).

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I wanted to leave this team with the option of running Trick Room. Since Metagross doesn't exactally counter any of Swampert's threats, that's where Chandelure comes in. Chandelure has threats of its own, however, the other two members mentioned so far are capable of handling them.

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Scrafty makes a great lead alongside Chandelure if I happen to be attempting a Trick Room setup (or even when I'm not), as well as another counter towards Chandelure's threats, not to mention handling opposing Chandleures, Cresselias, and T-tars well.

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I needed something that could revenge kill with quite the punch. SpecsMence does the job just fine, while giving Intimidate support, which allows the other pokemon listed above to last a little longer (i.e. Scrafty being able to survive Acrobatics+Flying gem and Chandelure being able to last through a Crunch from T-tar longer).

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If you notice, the majority of the pokemon listed bafore Cresselia enjoy having this lunar pokemon's support (Metagross and Scrafty in peticular). Cresselia ops as my alternative if I feel that Trick Room is a bad idea.

~A Closer Look~

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Metagross@Occa Berry
Nature: Brave
Ability: Clear Body
IVs: 0 Speed IVs
EVs: 252 Attack, 252 HP, 4 SDefense
Moveset:
Earthquake
Zen Headbutt
Bullet Punch
Protect

Why Metagross?

With IntimiTops running around this year, I needed to have something that could laugh at both it and its ever-so-bothersome Ability, Intimidate. If the opponent is planning to set up Trick Room, they better think twice about that with Metagross on the field, as it will have the Speed of 67 (at Lv.50 that is), "outspeeding" even T-tar under Trick Room.

Now, how does Metagross benefit the team as a whole? For starters, a Cresselia/Metagross lead seems to be a lead people fequently use, and for good reason. With Metagross' low speed, it appreciates having both Ice Wind and T-Wave support. If an enemy Latios is weakend enough, a Helping Hand-boosted Bullet Punch will knok the jet plane out of the sky, which will be a sigh of relief for Salamence. Helping Hand-boosted Iron Head? T-tar, Weavile, Terrakion, and Abomasnow all frown upon such thoughts. Going back to the topic of Latios, Metagross makes a great partner for Salamence, as it will survive Draco Meteor frome that thing with ease, Dragon Gem or Life Orb buffed. Also, I can lure the opponent into using a Fire-type move and then switch into Chandelure for the Falsh Fire bonus.[/b]

Nature, Moveset, EVs etc.

I said earlier that this team has the option of running Trick Room, and at minimal Speed, Metagross is a complete monster in it. The first thing that usually come to mind with the opponent is "Oh crap, it's a Metagross. Better reel off and Earthquake ASAP." Well, I could always switch into Salamence, which happens to be immune to it, or if they happen to have Garchomp active, I could have Metagross wait a turn via Protect while Cresselia phases Chomp's Speed and then go for a Helping Hand-boosted Iron Head and leave a gaping hole in it. Zen Headbutt, Helping Hand-assisted or not, KOs Hitmontop, Amoonguss, and Meinshao without worry. In Trick Room, it might be that Flinch that wins me the battle. Protect is self-explanitory in Doubles, as it allows for the user to Protect itself while the ally switches out, scouting for dangerous moves, and waiting for an ally to cripple or otherwise take out a threat. Priority has always been a big thing, VGC or not. Metagross fills in the need for a priority move, as it gives me the ability to finish off already-crippled pokemon that are faster than it. With the Occa Berry, Metagross is able to stave off Fire-type moves along with its max HP.With Earthquake, it allows me to deal with things like opposing Metagross, as well as giving me another spread move. I found in many situations that I was constantally going against another Metagross. With Pro., Iron Head, Zen Headbutt, and Bullet Punch, I never stood a chance due to the fact that the foe's Metagross usually had EQ. EQ helps with that.


Metagross' Threat List
High threat level
Something I might worry about
Not much of a threat at all

[Image: 392.png]Infernape

While the Flare Blitz from this guy can OHKO, Infernape has its faults. All I need to do is switch into Chandelure or Salamence to render the regular set useless.

[Image: 637.png]Volcarona

With Volcarona, it's not as easy as a simple switch into Chandelure or Salamence, as I find it's oftentimes paired with Hitmontop or T-tar, both of which could take them down (Salamence might have a chance if Hitmontop is out, but Rock Slide from T-tar will be the end of it, not to mention it won't be able to dent it if Sandstorm is active). Swampert has a chance of getting taken down if Hitmontop isn't Paralized or has some sort of Speed hinderance (since Hitmontop can OHKO with Close Combat+Fighing Gem).

[Image: 609.png]Chandelure

Scrafty can hold its own against this guy, but if it's taken down before it KOs Chandelure, I'm going to be in a pinch. I could send up Chandelure, but I'd be slower or at Speed tie, which either situation is bad, as the opposing Chandelure could just Shadow Ball my Chandelure to KO it. Swampert could take it down without a sweat, depending on what Chandelure has as its ally.

[Image: 145.png]Zapdos

Almost every Zapdos has one thing in common: Heat Wave. Handling Zapdos should be no problem, since Swampert can just wall the avarige set. If it sets up T-Wind, I'll be ready with Trick Room.

[Image: 445.png]Garchomp

The only real problem Garchomp poses here is its STAB Earthquakes. If its Speed isn't decreased in some way, Salamence won't be able to KO it. Another option I have is Swampert. Even with Yache Berry, I can atleast 2HKO the sand shark with Ice Beam (read further).

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Swampert@Rindo Berry
Nature: Quiet
Ability: Torrent
IVs: 0 Speed
EVs: 180 HP, 76 SDefense, 252 SAttack
Moveset:
Muddy Water
Earth Power
Ice Beam
Protect

Why Swampert?

Despite only having two weaknessees, Metagross has quite a bit of threats. Lukly, Swampert covers most of them, as well as having Metagross being able to switch into the widely-used HP Grass and Giga Drain. In a way, the two work in sync with eachother. Zapdos, Chandelure, Garchomp, Heatran, Volcarona, and Infernape. The one thing they have in common? They're all threats of Metagross. Another thing they have in common? Swampert threatens all of those, Zapdos, Chandelure, and Heatran in peticular. However, Ludicolo, Breloom, and Abomasnow all give Swampert something to worry about. In Loom and Abomasnow's case, Metagross has almost no problems with. The only thing I have to worry about is Ludicolo. With Helping Hand-boosted Muddy Water, It's like using Surf under the effects Rain (without HH that is) while having the chance to lower the opponent's accuracy. At the same time, it doesn't hit Swampert's ally.

Nature, Moveset, EVs etc.

If you don't have anything to counter Dragons on your team, it's pretty much gg in this metagame. If you have something that can atleast counter them, chances are, it counters a lot more. After being at a -1 Speed stage, Garchomp is outsped by Swampert. Since Garchomp's Speed fell due to Icy Wind (from Cresselia), its Sash would be broken and the Yache Berry would otherwise be gone, allowing Swampert to OHKO Garchmp with Ice Beam. Muddy Water can turn an already-inaccurate move into something that almost never hits. Lately, I've been seeing quite a few Excadrill/T-tar leads. After a few Icy Winds, Swampert will be able to OHKO-2HKO the two of them. Earth Power serves as Swampert's STAB move, as well as my answer for Metagross, Vlocarona, and Bisharp etc. (Do I really need to explain the use of Protect again, seeing how it's on almost every pokemon on the team?) With the investment in SDefense, I can make the use of the Rindo Berry more effective, since anything with Grass Knot or Giga Drain loves the sight of the mud fish. It also allows it to survive a Life Orb-boosted Draco Meteor from Latios.

Swampert's Threat List
High threat level
Something I might worry about
Not much of a threat at all

[Image: 272.png]Ludicolo
Ludicolo outside of Rain is easy to handle, but if it's the topic of Rain, this team could be done for. They usually carry Grass Knot or Giga Drain, which are equally bad. It's not like I'm going to be able to set up Trick Room, since my TRer is weak to Water. I could have a chance to take Ludicolo if Light Screen is active and then attempt to take it down while I have reduced damage, but other than that, I'm not sure how to take it down. Salamence will be carrying Hidden Power Flying, but without the Yache Berry, Salamence doesn't stand much chance, since it will likely get hit with an Ice Beam, not to mention being outsped via Swift Swim.

[Image: 598.png]Ferrothorn

Not much to be said here. All I really have to do is send up Salamence or Chandelure to KO it (preferrably Salamence, since most people excpect to see it as a physical attacker).

[Image: 286.png]Breloom

Same as if I was dealing with Ferrothorn, only I have one more problem: Spore.

[Image: 460.png]Abomasnow

Did I ever mention how much Chandelure loves this guy? If it doesn't counter this thing, Metagross, Salamence, or Scrafty will.

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Chandelure@Focus Sash
Nature: Modest
Ability: Flash Fire
IVs: 0 Speed IVs
EVs: 252 SAtt, 252 HP, 4 SDef
Moveset:
Heat Wave
Trick Room
Shadow Ball
Protect

Why Chandelure?

Have you ever seen how lethal this guy is under Trick Room? I have, and needless to say, it was enough to covinse me to make it my Trick Room setup pokemon... or counter it. With the rise in use of Tailwind, Trick Room is the one thing that can save you from being outsped by the opponent. Also, if you notice, Metagross only resists Swampert's mortal enemy. It doesn't actually counter it. Chandelure both resists and counters it. Also, Chandelure is one of the first pokemon with a spread move (i.e. Heat Wave)(Swampert has one, too, however, it's just a little bit inaccurate. Heat Wave is, too, but not as much). Paired with Scrafty as a lead, the two can make an excelent combo. Besides, if I really wanted to abuse the Flash Fire Ability, all I'd need to do is send up Metagross is up and lure them into a Heat Wave etc. and then switch in at the last moment into Chandelure.

Nature, Moveset, EVs etc.

The first thing one migh notice is the fact that I have a Modest Nature over the Quiet Nature. That's because Chandelure has to be versitile in and out of Trick Room. With Trick Room active, Latios quivers in fear of Chandelure, as it will be OHKOd via Shadow Ball. Being one of the top threats in this metagame, this will come in handy. Right next to Priority moves, Spread moves are a must in VGC. Being the SAttack powerhouse, Heat Wave from this thing still pack a punch with or without the Life Orb/Fire Gem. Abomasnow, Amoonguss, and Metagross are a few example of big game threats where Heat Wave could (will) save me from he clutches of defeat. (even though I explained this two pokemon ago) Protect is a useful move that allows for easy scouting, worry-less switch-outs, and Protection from one thing as an ally takes care of a threat. With maximum HP, Chandelure is able to survive an opposing Chandelure's Shadow Ball, not to mention countless other threats (Crunch is still a problem, though, no matter what it's from). Max HP and the Charti Berry grants me the ability to get through a Rock Slide without being OHKOd. With the Focus Sash, Chandelure hangs oh from the clutches or being KOd by other Chandelures, T-tars, and Politoeds etc.

Chandelure's Threat List
High threat level
Something I might worry about
Not much of a threat at all

[Image: 445.png]Garchomp

Chandelure has the same problems as Metagross with the sand shark. However, the same problems means the same solution. The only difference? Chandelure won't be surviving its Earthquakes.

[Image: 237.png]Hitmontop

Most Hitmontop sets carry Sucker Punch, which is the only real concern with Hitmontop in this case. Metagross won't be able to counter Top if it happens to be a Top/Moth lead, as Metagross will just get singed by Heat Wave. Salamence might stand a chance against it, but it won't OHKO Top.

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Scfafty@Chople Berry
Nature: Adamant
Ability: Moxie
IVs: 0 Speed IVs
EVs: 252 Attack, 252 HP, 4 SDefense
Moveset:
Ice Punch
Drain Punch
Crunch
Detect

Why Scrafty?

Have you ever thought to yourself "oh hey, it's just a Scfafty. What's the worst it could possibally do? All I need to do is use HP Flying (or some other Flying move) to OHKO it," and then come to find yourself swept by somehing with +2-3 Attack? Yeah. That's Scrafty in a nutshell (if given the chance, of course). If you look at a "top twenty most used pokemon in VGC 2012" list anywhere, most of the pokemon on the list happen to be weak to Scrafty's dual STAB combo. Besides, Scrafty enjoys having Chandelure as a lead partner-in-crime, especially with Trick Room active. Acrobatics+Flying Gem users enjoy abusing Scrafty to no end (as most of them get STAB with it anyways), but switching into Metagross makes their Flying Gem a complete waste. The majority of these combo users are physical attackers, so switching into Salamence wouldn't hurt, either, as they'd be phased by Intimidate.

Nature, Moveset, EVs etc.

I really have to hand it to Gamefreak for giving something with Moxie the ability to learn Drain Punch. With Drain Punch, I can easally heal off the damage that was inflicted upon Scrafty by something like HP Flying from a Zapdos. With a Helping Hand assist, I'm able to OHKO a ChopleTar running 252 HP EVs with Drain Punch. Under Trick Room, Scrafty makes a great counter against Latios with Crunch, as I can OHKO Latios 31.52% of the time (assuming that they aren't running any HP EVs), as well as 2HKO a Chandelure that runs 252 HP EVs with no Defense EVs (both of these calculations are on the assumption of +0 Attack). I'm sure there are some of you out there scratching your heads and wondering why I don't have Fake Out if I plan to (sometimes) use a Chandelure/Scrafty lead. Keyword: if. First of all, who said that if I plan to use Trick Room, I'm always going to use Scrafty, and second, why do I want to have a move that becomes dead weight after T1 over more Dragon coverage? I know Swampert counters Dragons with Ice Beam, but on a team, you always (atleast in my experience) want atleast two things that counter Dragons that aren't Dragon-types themselves. Like Swampert, I can use Icy Wind (from the lunar pokemon) to break Yache Berries (and in some cases Multiscale as well), and then go for the OHKO via Ice Punch. (I don't think I need to explain the use of Protect for a third time)

Scrafty's Threat List
High threat level
Something I might worry about
Not much of a threat at all

[Image: 472.png][Image: 169.png][Image: 641.png]Acrobatics users

While a STAB Acrobatics boosted with Flying Gem will OHKO Scrafty, all I need to do is switch into Metagross to rendnder that Flying Gem near-useless. If I don't have Metagross on the four I bring into battle, then Scrafty is in trouble.

[Image: 237.png]Hitmontop

Hitmontop is probabally one of the only reasons as to why I might not use Scrafty to begin with. Fighting Gem or not, it will still OHKO Scrafty with Close Combat (not to mention a more-than-likely chance of having the Intimidate Ability). However, this can be solved by switching into Cresselia (who resists it), or Chandelure (that's completely immune to Fighting). As for taking it down, Metagross can do a fine job at KOing pokemon's version of Beyblade.

[Image: 639.png]Terrakion

The only problem Scrafty has with Terrakion is Close Combat. With the right prediction, I can Switch into Salamence and lower its Attack via Intimidate and in turn lower the damage further.

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Salamence@Choice Specs
Nature: Timid
Ability: Intimidate
EVs:252 SAttack, 252 Speed, 4 SDefense
Moveset:
Heat Wave
Dragon Pulse
Hidden Power Flying
Hydro Pump (Subject to change to Protect)

Why Salamence?

Most teams in this metagame have some sort of revenge killer, either with Specs or Scarf. Another thing that most teams have is Intimidate. Salamence has both of those qualities. Usually, the mistake people make is switching from something like Metagross into a Dragon-type like Latios in order to counter Salamence just to find that what they switched into ends up with its Speed lowered (either by T-Wave or Icy Wind) and immediately KOd by Samamence. Metagross is easily able to switch into a Dragon-type attack for Salamence, and in turn, Salamence is able to resist and counter Metagross' threats. Scrafty's Fighing intolerance? Yeah, Salamence covers that as well, not to mention Swampert's disagreement with Grass. Overall, Salamence supports this team like a boss.

Nature, Moveset, EVs etc.

Many people wonder why I use Dragon Pulse over Draco Meteor. There's one simple reason: a significant SAtt drop. Though it comes in armed with the Specs, it's still very noticable. I can't tell you how fun it is to have the opponent switch out of Metagross and into Latios expecting me to go for the other pokemon (since only n00bs use Dragon-type moves on Steel-types unless that Steel-type is going to be KOd anyways), when in truth I had a Helping Hand-boosted Dragon Pulse up my sleve instead, ready for the switch. Heat Wave useful in many cases, like Vs an Abomasnow, which happens to be one of Salamence's threats. It is excellent against most of Swampert's threats, so long as none of them go by the name of Ludicolo. Speaking of that overacive dancer, Hidden Power Flying makes a decent counter against it (so long as Salamence isn't KOd by Ice Beam, although if that happens after it lands atleast one hit with it, my other party members should be able to handle it). Inaccurate yet powerful, Hydro Pump is my one solution to Rock-types (Salamence and Chandelure's favorite types [/sarcasm]), Fire-types (which beat down Metagross to no end) and Ground-types (which plague Metagross and Chandelure).

Salamence's Threat List
High threat level
Something I might worry about
Not much of a threat at all

[Image: 460.png]Abomasnow

If you havn't already noticed, all of the pokemon listed so far but Swampert make complete counters against Abomasnow. No worries here.

[Image: 639.png]Terrakion

Terrakion is going to make things a little bit more difficultt, but nonetheless, Swampert or Metagross will be sure to make sort work of it.

[Image: 381.png]Latios

Latios is only a threat if its Speed isn't lowered, otherwise, it becomes bait for Salamence.

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Cresselia@Lum Berry
Nature:Bold (Subject to change to Calm)
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 252 SDefense, 252 HP, 4 Defense
Moveset:
Icy Wind
Trick Room
Helping Hand
Light Screen (Subject to change to Reflect)

Why Cresselia?

If you havn't figured this out just by reading through the thread, Cresselia is basically the crown jewel of this team. There are so many lead possibilities with her, it ain't even funny. Scrafty/Cress, Metagross/Cress, and, (my personal favorite, of which probabally isn't considered a "normal" lead) Salamence/Cerss, all of which are very potent leads when considering the circumstances. Cresselia also stands as my other resort aside from Trick Room. If you say the words "Helping Hand," instantally, the words " (possible) OHKO" "greatly crippled, " and occasionally "good game" come to mind. With high bulk, Cresselia will be able to reel off Helping Hands to its allies until kingdom come.

Nature, Moveset, EVs etc.

She begins supporting her teammates with a friendly Thunder Wave, Paralyzing anything that's not immune to it (which in this metagame, the only common Ground-tyes used are Garchomp, Swampert, and the occasional Hippowdon and Gastrodon). This not only irritates the potential Paraflinch Togekiss, but allows for Scrafty and Salamence to land the finishing blow to things like Latios and Terrakion. Since Cresselia has a broad spectrum of support moves, I can leave the opponent guesing as to weather of not it carries Icy Wind when they have a 4x-to-Ice Dragons active. This could come in handy, as if they don't suspect it coming, the Yache Berry will have been a waste, and the following attack will probabally be an Ice Beam/Punch, OHKOing the target. Light Screen is an almost-absolute must. It not only adds on to the sheer SDefense of Cresselia, but it makes it to where Swampert is able to switch into a Dragon Gem-boosted Draco Meteor and be able to survive (since Metagross isn't always going to be on the party of four in the team preview). By replacing T-Wave with Trick Room, I'm able to have another pokemon that's able to set up Trick Room, as well as being able to counter it.

Cresselia's Threat List
High threat level
Something I might worry about
Not much of a threat at all

[Image: 212.png]Scizor

I have two things on this team that are able to completely scramble this guy, but if I don't select any of them in Team Preview, Cresselia's chances of survival become lower.

~Side Notes~
Spoiler: show
Metagross

None at the moment.

Swampert

None at themoment.

Chandelure

While I don't use it that often, I'm currently unsure what to put as a replacement, as it has to have decent SAttack and be able to learn Trick Room.

Scrafty

I'm not replacing Ice Punch for Fake Out FYI.

Salamence

You probabally noticed that I'm considering putting in Protect over Hydro Pump. I don't find myself using it very often (mainly due to accuracy issues), and besides, I can catch the opponent off gaurd , and they probabally won't figure out that it has the Specs until it's too late.

Cresselia

I've considered changing Light Screen to Reflect, but I'm still not too sure on the idea, as Light Screen helps a lot Vs a team like Rain.

~In-Depth Damage Calculations~
Spoiler: show
***Please note that these are assuming that the pokemon have max IVs.***

Metagross@Iron Head with Helping Hand boost Vs Jolly 0 HP/0 Defense Garchomp-->64.77%-76.47%

Metagross@Zen Headbutt with Helping Hand boost Vs Relaxed 252 Defense/252 HP Amoonguss-->92.36%-103.03%

Metagross@Iron Head Vs Modest 252 HP/0 Defense Abomasnow-->146.90%-172.66%

Scrafty@Crunch Vs Modest 252 HP/0 Defense Chandelure-->75.93%-89.81

Swampert@Ice Beam Vs Timid 0 SDefense/0 HP Latios-->52.49%-61.79%

Swampert@Ice Beam with Helping Hand boost Vs Timid 0 HP/0 SDefense Latios-->78.41%-92.36%

Swampert@Muddy Water with Helping Hand boost Vs Adamant 252 HP/4 SDefense T-tar in Sand-->47.52%-56.44%

Swampert@Muddy Water with Helping Hand boost Vs Adamant 252 HP/4 SDefense T-tar (no Sand)-->71.29%-83.91%

Swampert@Muddy Water with Helping Hand boost Vs Adamant 0 HP/4 SDefense Excadrill-->112.19%-132.13%

~Changes Made~
Spoiler: show
None so far

~Team Matchups~
Spoiler: show
~Vs. Goodstuffs~
Cresselia/Metagross/Salamence/Scrafty

~Vs. Rain~

Cresselia/Swampert/Metagross/Salamence

~Vs. Hail~

Chandelure/Metagross/Scrafty/Cresselia

~Vs. Sun~

Cresselia/Salamence/Chandelure/Swampert

~Vs. Sand~

Cresselia/Metagross/Scrafty/Swampert

~Export~
Code:
Metagross @ Occa Berry
Trait: Clear Body
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SDef
Brave Nature (+Atk, -Spd)
- Protect
- Earthquake
- Zen Headbutt
- Bullet Punch

Swampert (F) @ Rindo Berry
Trait: Torrent
EVs: 180 HP / 252 SAtk / 76 SDef
Quiet Nature (+SAtk, -Spd)
- Protect
- Muddy Water
- Ice Beam
- Earth Power

Cresselia (F) @ Lum Berry
Trait: Levitate
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SDef
Bold Nature (+Def, -Atk)
- Icy Wind
- Trick Room
- Light Screen
- Helping Hand

Salamence (M) @ Choice Specs
Trait: Intimidate
EVs: 252 SAtk / 4 SDef / 252 Spd
Timid Nature (+Spd, -Atk)
- Hydro Pump
- Dragon Pulse
- Heat Wave
- Hidden Power [Flying]

Chandelure (F) @ Focus Sash
Trait: Flash Fire
EVs: 252 SAtk / 4 SDef / 252 Spd
Modest Nature (+SAtk, -Atk)
- Protect
- Heat Wave
- Trick Room
- Shadow Ball

Scrafty (M) @ Chople Berry
Trait: Moxie
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SDef
Brave Nature (+Atk, -Spd)
- Detect
- Ice Punch
- Drain Punch
- Crunch
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By Red Striker

~Introduction~

So, five monthes away from Nationals (and another three monthes until the April Regionals) and I still didn't have a clue in the world what I was going to do for a team. After gaining some help from DeagleBeagle and painstaking hours of testing, I was finally able to come up with this team. Without further adieu, I present Team [RECLUDED].

~At A Glance~

[Image: 376.png]

This team was originally going to be built around Scizor, but after thinking it over, Metagross outclasses Scizor in most ways. So, I decided to build it around Metagross instead.

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Chandelure, Zapdos, and Garchomp like to make Metagross' life hard. Swampert manages to counter them, while having Metagross resist the bane of Swampert's life (i.e. Grass).

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I wanted to leave this team with the option of running Trick Room. Since Metagross doesn't exactally counter any of Swampert's threats, that's where Chandelure comes in. Chandelure has threats of its own, however, the other two members mentioned so far are capable of handling them.

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Scrafty makes a great lead alongside Chandelure if I happen to be attempting a Trick Room setup (or even when I'm not), as well as another counter towards Chandelure's threats, not to mention handling opposing Chandleures, Cresselias, and T-tars well.

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I needed something that could revenge kill with quite the punch. SpecsMence does the job just fine, while giving Intimidate support, which allows the other pokemon listed above to last a little longer (i.e. Scrafty being able to survive Acrobatics+Flying gem and Chandelure being able to last through a Crunch from T-tar longer).

[Image: 376.png][Image: 260.png][Image: 609.png][Image: 560.png][Image: 373.png][Image: 488.png]

If you notice, the majority of the pokemon listed bafore Cresselia enjoy having this lunar pokemon's support (Metagross and Scrafty in peticular). Cresselia ops as my alternative if I feel that Trick Room is a bad idea.

~A Closer Look~

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Metagross@Occa Berry
Nature: Brave
Ability: Clear Body
IVs: 0 Speed IVs
EVs: 252 Attack, 252 HP, 4 SDefense
Moveset:
Earthquake
Zen Headbutt
Bullet Punch
Protect

Why Metagross?

With IntimiTops running around this year, I needed to have something that could laugh at both it and its ever-so-bothersome Ability, Intimidate. If the opponent is planning to set up Trick Room, they better think twice about that with Metagross on the field, as it will have the Speed of 67 (at Lv.50 that is), "outspeeding" even T-tar under Trick Room.

Now, how does Metagross benefit the team as a whole? For starters, a Cresselia/Metagross lead seems to be a lead people fequently use, and for good reason. With Metagross' low speed, it appreciates having both Ice Wind and T-Wave support. If an enemy Latios is weakend enough, a Helping Hand-boosted Bullet Punch will knok the jet plane out of the sky, which will be a sigh of relief for Salamence. Helping Hand-boosted Iron Head? T-tar, Weavile, Terrakion, and Abomasnow all frown upon such thoughts. Going back to the topic of Latios, Metagross makes a great partner for Salamence, as it will survive Draco Meteor frome that thing with ease, Dragon Gem or Life Orb buffed. Also, I can lure the opponent into using a Fire-type move and then switch into Chandelure for the Falsh Fire bonus.[/b]

Nature, Moveset, EVs etc.

I said earlier that this team has the option of running Trick Room, and at minimal Speed, Metagross is a complete monster in it. The first thing that usually come to mind with the opponent is "Oh crap, it's a Metagross. Better reel off and Earthquake ASAP." Well, I could always switch into Salamence, which happens to be immune to it, or if they happen to have Garchomp active, I could have Metagross wait a turn via Protect while Cresselia phases Chomp's Speed and then go for a Helping Hand-boosted Iron Head and leave a gaping hole in it. Zen Headbutt, Helping Hand-assisted or not, KOs Hitmontop, Amoonguss, and Meinshao without worry. In Trick Room, it might be that Flinch that wins me the battle. Protect is self-explanitory in Doubles, as it allows for the user to Protect itself while the ally switches out, scouting for dangerous moves, and waiting for an ally to cripple or otherwise take out a threat. Priority has always been a big thing, VGC or not. Metagross fills in the need for a priority move, as it gives me the ability to finish off already-crippled pokemon that are faster than it. With the Occa Berry, Metagross is able to stave off Fire-type moves along with its max HP.With Earthquake, it allows me to deal with things like opposing Metagross, as well as giving me another spread move. I found in many situations that I was constantally going against another Metagross. With Pro., Iron Head, Zen Headbutt, and Bullet Punch, I never stood a chance due to the fact that the foe's Metagross usually had EQ. EQ helps with that.


Metagross' Threat List
High threat level
Something I might worry about
Not much of a threat at all

[Image: 392.png]Infernape

While the Flare Blitz from this guy can OHKO, Infernape has its faults. All I need to do is switch into Chandelure or Salamence to render the regular set useless.

[Image: 637.png]Volcarona

With Volcarona, it's not as easy as a simple switch into Chandelure or Salamence, as I find it's oftentimes paired with Hitmontop or T-tar, both of which could take them down (Salamence might have a chance if Hitmontop is out, but Rock Slide from T-tar will be the end of it, not to mention it won't be able to dent it if Sandstorm is active). Swampert has a chance of getting taken down if Hitmontop isn't Paralized or has some sort of Speed hinderance (since Hitmontop can OHKO with Close Combat+Fighing Gem).

[Image: 609.png]Chandelure

Scrafty can hold its own against this guy, but if it's taken down before it KOs Chandelure, I'm going to be in a pinch. I could send up Chandelure, but I'd be slower or at Speed tie, which either situation is bad, as the opposing Chandelure could just Shadow Ball my Chandelure to KO it. Swampert could take it down without a sweat, depending on what Chandelure has as its ally.

[Image: 145.png]Zapdos

Almost every Zapdos has one thing in common: Heat Wave. Handling Zapdos should be no problem, since Swampert can just wall the avarige set. If it sets up T-Wind, I'll be ready with Trick Room.

[Image: 445.png]Garchomp

The only real problem Garchomp poses here is its STAB Earthquakes. If its Speed isn't decreased in some way, Salamence won't be able to KO it. Another option I have is Swampert. Even with Yache Berry, I can atleast 2HKO the sand shark with Ice Beam (read further).

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Swampert@Rindo Berry
Nature: Quiet
Ability: Torrent
IVs: 0 Speed
EVs: 180 HP, 76 SDefense, 252 SAttack
Moveset:
Muddy Water
Earth Power
Ice Beam
Protect

Why Swampert?

Despite only having two weaknessees, Metagross has quite a bit of threats. Lukly, Swampert covers most of them, as well as having Metagross being able to switch into the widely-used HP Grass and Giga Drain. In a way, the two work in sync with eachother. Zapdos, Chandelure, Garchomp, Heatran, Volcarona, and Infernape. The one thing they have in common? They're all threats of Metagross. Another thing they have in common? Swampert threatens all of those, Zapdos, Chandelure, and Heatran in peticular. However, Ludicolo, Breloom, and Abomasnow all give Swampert something to worry about. In Loom and Abomasnow's case, Metagross has almost no problems with. The only thing I have to worry about is Ludicolo. With Helping Hand-boosted Muddy Water, It's like using Surf under the effects Rain (without HH that is) while having the chance to lower the opponent's accuracy. At the same time, it doesn't hit Swampert's ally.

Nature, Moveset, EVs etc.

If you don't have anything to counter Dragons on your team, it's pretty much gg in this metagame. If you have something that can atleast counter them, chances are, it counters a lot more. After being at a -1 Speed stage, Garchomp is outsped by Swampert. Since Garchomp's Speed fell due to Icy Wind (from Cresselia), its Sash would be broken and the Yache Berry would otherwise be gone, allowing Swampert to OHKO Garchmp with Ice Beam. Muddy Water can turn an already-inaccurate move into something that almost never hits. Lately, I've been seeing quite a few Excadrill/T-tar leads. After a few Icy Winds, Swampert will be able to OHKO-2HKO the two of them. Earth Power serves as Swampert's STAB move, as well as my answer for Metagross, Vlocarona, and Bisharp etc. (Do I really need to explain the use of Protect again, seeing how it's on almost every pokemon on the team?) With the investment in SDefense, I can make the use of the Rindo Berry more effective, since anything with Grass Knot or Giga Drain loves the sight of the mud fish. It also allows it to survive a Life Orb-boosted Draco Meteor from Latios.

Swampert's Threat List
High threat level
Something I might worry about
Not much of a threat at all

[Image: 272.png]Ludicolo
Ludicolo outside of Rain is easy to handle, but if it's the topic of Rain, this team could be done for. They usually carry Grass Knot or Giga Drain, which are equally bad. It's not like I'm going to be able to set up Trick Room, since my TRer is weak to Water. I could have a chance to take Ludicolo if Light Screen is active and then attempt to take it down while I have reduced damage, but other than that, I'm not sure how to take it down. Salamence will be carrying Hidden Power Flying, but without the Yache Berry, Salamence doesn't stand much chance, since it will likely get hit with an Ice Beam, not to mention being outsped via Swift Swim.

[Image: 598.png]Ferrothorn

Not much to be said here. All I really have to do is send up Salamence or Chandelure to KO it (preferrably Salamence, since most people excpect to see it as a physical attacker).

[Image: 286.png]Breloom

Same as if I was dealing with Ferrothorn, only I have one more problem: Spore.

[Image: 460.png]Abomasnow

Did I ever mention how much Chandelure loves this guy? If it doesn't counter this thing, Metagross, Salamence, or Scrafty will.

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Chandelure@Focus Sash
Nature: Modest
Ability: Flash Fire
IVs: 0 Speed IVs
EVs: 252 SAtt, 252 HP, 4 SDef
Moveset:
Heat Wave
Trick Room
Shadow Ball
Protect

Why Chandelure?

Have you ever seen how lethal this guy is under Trick Room? I have, and needless to say, it was enough to covinse me to make it my Trick Room setup pokemon... or counter it. With the rise in use of Tailwind, Trick Room is the one thing that can save you from being outsped by the opponent. Also, if you notice, Metagross only resists Swampert's mortal enemy. It doesn't actually counter it. Chandelure both resists and counters it. Also, Chandelure is one of the first pokemon with a spread move (i.e. Heat Wave)(Swampert has one, too, however, it's just a little bit inaccurate. Heat Wave is, too, but not as much). Paired with Scrafty as a lead, the two can make an excelent combo. Besides, if I really wanted to abuse the Flash Fire Ability, all I'd need to do is send up Metagross is up and lure them into a Heat Wave etc. and then switch in at the last moment into Chandelure.

Nature, Moveset, EVs etc.

The first thing one migh notice is the fact that I have a Modest Nature over the Quiet Nature. That's because Chandelure has to be versitile in and out of Trick Room. With Trick Room active, Latios quivers in fear of Chandelure, as it will be OHKOd via Shadow Ball. Being one of the top threats in this metagame, this will come in handy. Right next to Priority moves, Spread moves are a must in VGC. Being the SAttack powerhouse, Heat Wave from this thing still pack a punch with or without the Life Orb/Fire Gem. Abomasnow, Amoonguss, and Metagross are a few example of big game threats where Heat Wave could (will) save me from he clutches of defeat. (even though I explained this two pokemon ago) Protect is a useful move that allows for easy scouting, worry-less switch-outs, and Protection from one thing as an ally takes care of a threat. With maximum HP, Chandelure is able to survive an opposing Chandelure's Shadow Ball, not to mention countless other threats (Crunch is still a problem, though, no matter what it's from). Max HP and the Charti Berry grants me the ability to get through a Rock Slide without being OHKOd. With the Focus Sash, Chandelure hangs oh from the clutches or being KOd by other Chandelures, T-tars, and Politoeds etc.

Chandelure's Threat List
High threat level
Something I might worry about
Not much of a threat at all

[Image: 445.png]Garchomp

Chandelure has the same problems as Metagross with the sand shark. However, the same problems means the same solution. The only difference? Chandelure won't be surviving its Earthquakes.

[Image: 237.png]Hitmontop

Most Hitmontop sets carry Sucker Punch, which is the only real concern with Hitmontop in this case. Metagross won't be able to counter Top if it happens to be a Top/Moth lead, as Metagross will just get singed by Heat Wave. Salamence might stand a chance against it, but it won't OHKO Top.

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Scfafty@Chople Berry
Nature: Adamant
Ability: Moxie
IVs: 0 Speed IVs
EVs: 252 Attack, 252 HP, 4 SDefense
Moveset:
Ice Punch
Drain Punch
Crunch
Detect

Why Scrafty?

Have you ever thought to yourself "oh hey, it's just a Scfafty. What's the worst it could possibally do? All I need to do is use HP Flying (or some other Flying move) to OHKO it," and then come to find yourself swept by somehing with +2-3 Attack? Yeah. That's Scrafty in a nutshell (if given the chance, of course). If you look at a "top twenty most used pokemon in VGC 2012" list anywhere, most of the pokemon on the list happen to be weak to Scrafty's dual STAB combo. Besides, Scrafty enjoys having Chandelure as a lead partner-in-crime, especially with Trick Room active. Acrobatics+Flying Gem users enjoy abusing Scrafty to no end (as most of them get STAB with it anyways), but switching into Metagross makes their Flying Gem a complete waste. The majority of these combo users are physical attackers, so switching into Salamence wouldn't hurt, either, as they'd be phased by Intimidate.

Nature, Moveset, EVs etc.

I really have to hand it to Gamefreak for giving something with Moxie the ability to learn Drain Punch. With Drain Punch, I can easally heal off the damage that was inflicted upon Scrafty by something like HP Flying from a Zapdos. With a Helping Hand assist, I'm able to OHKO a ChopleTar running 252 HP EVs with Drain Punch. Under Trick Room, Scrafty makes a great counter against Latios with Crunch, as I can OHKO Latios 31.52% of the time (assuming that they aren't running any HP EVs), as well as 2HKO a Chandelure that runs 252 HP EVs with no Defense EVs (both of these calculations are on the assumption of +0 Attack). I'm sure there are some of you out there scratching your heads and wondering why I don't have Fake Out if I plan to (sometimes) use a Chandelure/Scrafty lead. Keyword: if. First of all, who said that if I plan to use Trick Room, I'm always going to use Scrafty, and second, why do I want to have a move that becomes dead weight after T1 over more Dragon coverage? I know Swampert counters Dragons with Ice Beam, but on a team, you always (atleast in my experience) want atleast two things that counter Dragons that aren't Dragon-types themselves. Like Swampert, I can use Icy Wind (from the lunar pokemon) to break Yache Berries (and in some cases Multiscale as well), and then go for the OHKO via Ice Punch. (I don't think I need to explain the use of Protect for a third time)

Scrafty's Threat List
High threat level
Something I might worry about
Not much of a threat at all

[Image: 472.png][Image: 169.png][Image: 641.png]Acrobatics users

While a STAB Acrobatics boosted with Flying Gem will OHKO Scrafty, all I need to do is switch into Metagross to rendnder that Flying Gem near-useless. If I don't have Metagross on the four I bring into battle, then Scrafty is in trouble.

[Image: 237.png]Hitmontop

Hitmontop is probabally one of the only reasons as to why I might not use Scrafty to begin with. Fighting Gem or not, it will still OHKO Scrafty with Close Combat (not to mention a more-than-likely chance of having the Intimidate Ability). However, this can be solved by switching into Cresselia (who resists it), or Chandelure (that's completely immune to Fighting). As for taking it down, Metagross can do a fine job at KOing pokemon's version of Beyblade.

[Image: 639.png]Terrakion

The only problem Scrafty has with Terrakion is Close Combat. With the right prediction, I can Switch into Salamence and lower its Attack via Intimidate and in turn lower the damage further.

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Salamence@Choice Specs
Nature: Timid
Ability: Intimidate
EVs:252 SAttack, 252 Speed, 4 SDefense
Moveset:
Heat Wave
Dragon Pulse
Hidden Power Flying
Hydro Pump (Subject to change to Protect)

Why Salamence?

Most teams in this metagame have some sort of revenge killer, either with Specs or Scarf. Another thing that most teams have is Intimidate. Salamence has both of those qualities. Usually, the mistake people make is switching from something like Metagross into a Dragon-type like Latios in order to counter Salamence just to find that what they switched into ends up with its Speed lowered (either by T-Wave or Icy Wind) and immediately KOd by Samamence. Metagross is easily able to switch into a Dragon-type attack for Salamence, and in turn, Salamence is able to resist and counter Metagross' threats. Scrafty's Fighing intolerance? Yeah, Salamence covers that as well, not to mention Swampert's disagreement with Grass. Overall, Salamence supports this team like a boss.

Nature, Moveset, EVs etc.

Many people wonder why I use Dragon Pulse over Draco Meteor. There's one simple reason: a significant SAtt drop. Though it comes in armed with the Specs, it's still very noticable. I can't tell you how fun it is to have the opponent switch out of Metagross and into Latios expecting me to go for the other pokemon (since only n00bs use Dragon-type moves on Steel-types unless that Steel-type is going to be KOd anyways), when in truth I had a Helping Hand-boosted Dragon Pulse up my sleve instead, ready for the switch. Heat Wave useful in many cases, like Vs an Abomasnow, which happens to be one of Salamence's threats. It is excellent against most of Swampert's threats, so long as none of them go by the name of Ludicolo. Speaking of that overacive dancer, Hidden Power Flying makes a decent counter against it (so long as Salamence isn't KOd by Ice Beam, although if that happens after it lands atleast one hit with it, my other party members should be able to handle it). Inaccurate yet powerful, Hydro Pump is my one solution to Rock-types (Salamence and Chandelure's favorite types [/sarcasm]), Fire-types (which beat down Metagross to no end) and Ground-types (which plague Metagross and Chandelure).

Salamence's Threat List
High threat level
Something I might worry about
Not much of a threat at all

[Image: 460.png]Abomasnow

If you havn't already noticed, all of the pokemon listed so far but Swampert make complete counters against Abomasnow. No worries here.

[Image: 639.png]Terrakion

Terrakion is going to make things a little bit more difficultt, but nonetheless, Swampert or Metagross will be sure to make sort work of it.

[Image: 381.png]Latios

Latios is only a threat if its Speed isn't lowered, otherwise, it becomes bait for Salamence.

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Cresselia@Lum Berry
Nature:Bold (Subject to change to Calm)
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 252 SDefense, 252 HP, 4 Defense
Moveset:
Icy Wind
Trick Room
Helping Hand
Light Screen (Subject to change to Reflect)

Why Cresselia?

If you havn't figured this out just by reading through the thread, Cresselia is basically the crown jewel of this team. There are so many lead possibilities with her, it ain't even funny. Scrafty/Cress, Metagross/Cress, and, (my personal favorite, of which probabally isn't considered a "normal" lead) Salamence/Cerss, all of which are very potent leads when considering the circumstances. Cresselia also stands as my other resort aside from Trick Room. If you say the words "Helping Hand," instantally, the words " (possible) OHKO" "greatly crippled, " and occasionally "good game" come to mind. With high bulk, Cresselia will be able to reel off Helping Hands to its allies until kingdom come.

Nature, Moveset, EVs etc.

She begins supporting her teammates with a friendly Thunder Wave, Paralyzing anything that's not immune to it (which in this metagame, the only common Ground-tyes used are Garchomp, Swampert, and the occasional Hippowdon and Gastrodon). This not only irritates the potential Paraflinch Togekiss, but allows for Scrafty and Salamence to land the finishing blow to things like Latios and Terrakion. Since Cresselia has a broad spectrum of support moves, I can leave the opponent guesing as to weather of not it carries Icy Wind when they have a 4x-to-Ice Dragons active. This could come in handy, as if they don't suspect it coming, the Yache Berry will have been a waste, and the following attack will probabally be an Ice Beam/Punch, OHKOing the target. Light Screen is an almost-absolute must. It not only adds on to the sheer SDefense of Cresselia, but it makes it to where Swampert is able to switch into a Dragon Gem-boosted Draco Meteor and be able to survive (since Metagross isn't always going to be on the party of four in the team preview). By replacing T-Wave with Trick Room, I'm able to have another pokemon that's able to set up Trick Room, as well as being able to counter it.

Cresselia's Threat List
High threat level
Something I might worry about
Not much of a threat at all

[Image: 212.png]Scizor

I have two things on this team that are able to completely scramble this guy, but if I don't select any of them in Team Preview, Cresselia's chances of survival become lower.

~Side Notes~
Spoiler: show
Metagross

None at the moment.

Swampert

None at themoment.

Chandelure

While I don't use it that often, I'm currently unsure what to put as a replacement, as it has to have decent SAttack and be able to learn Trick Room.

Scrafty

I'm not replacing Ice Punch for Fake Out FYI.

Salamence

You probabally noticed that I'm considering putting in Protect over Hydro Pump. I don't find myself using it very often (mainly due to accuracy issues), and besides, I can catch the opponent off gaurd , and they probabally won't figure out that it has the Specs until it's too late.

Cresselia

I've considered changing Light Screen to Reflect, but I'm still not too sure on the idea, as Light Screen helps a lot Vs a team like Rain.

~In-Depth Damage Calculations~
Spoiler: show
***Please note that these are assuming that the pokemon have max IVs.***

Metagross@Iron Head with Helping Hand boost Vs Jolly 0 HP/0 Defense Garchomp-->64.77%-76.47%

Metagross@Zen Headbutt with Helping Hand boost Vs Relaxed 252 Defense/252 HP Amoonguss-->92.36%-103.03%

Metagross@Iron Head Vs Modest 252 HP/0 Defense Abomasnow-->146.90%-172.66%

Scrafty@Crunch Vs Modest 252 HP/0 Defense Chandelure-->75.93%-89.81

Swampert@Ice Beam Vs Timid 0 SDefense/0 HP Latios-->52.49%-61.79%

Swampert@Ice Beam with Helping Hand boost Vs Timid 0 HP/0 SDefense Latios-->78.41%-92.36%

Swampert@Muddy Water with Helping Hand boost Vs Adamant 252 HP/4 SDefense T-tar in Sand-->47.52%-56.44%

Swampert@Muddy Water with Helping Hand boost Vs Adamant 252 HP/4 SDefense T-tar (no Sand)-->71.29%-83.91%

Swampert@Muddy Water with Helping Hand boost Vs Adamant 0 HP/4 SDefense Excadrill-->112.19%-132.13%

~Changes Made~
Spoiler: show
None so far

~Team Matchups~
Spoiler: show
~Vs. Goodstuffs~
Cresselia/Metagross/Salamence/Scrafty

~Vs. Rain~

Cresselia/Swampert/Metagross/Salamence

~Vs. Hail~

Chandelure/Metagross/Scrafty/Cresselia

~Vs. Sun~

Cresselia/Salamence/Chandelure/Swampert

~Vs. Sand~

Cresselia/Metagross/Scrafty/Swampert

~Export~
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Metagross @ Occa Berry
Trait: Clear Body
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SDef
Brave Nature (+Atk, -Spd)
- Protect
- Earthquake
- Zen Headbutt
- Bullet Punch

Swampert (F) @ Rindo Berry
Trait: Torrent
EVs: 180 HP / 252 SAtk / 76 SDef
Quiet Nature (+SAtk, -Spd)
- Protect
- Muddy Water
- Ice Beam
- Earth Power

Cresselia (F) @ Lum Berry
Trait: Levitate
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SDef
Bold Nature (+Def, -Atk)
- Icy Wind
- Trick Room
- Light Screen
- Helping Hand

Salamence (M) @ Choice Specs
Trait: Intimidate
EVs: 252 SAtk / 4 SDef / 252 Spd
Timid Nature (+Spd, -Atk)
- Hydro Pump
- Dragon Pulse
- Heat Wave
- Hidden Power [Flying]

Chandelure (F) @ Focus Sash
Trait: Flash Fire
EVs: 252 SAtk / 4 SDef / 252 Spd
Modest Nature (+SAtk, -Atk)
- Protect
- Heat Wave
- Trick Room
- Shadow Ball

Scrafty (M) @ Chople Berry
Trait: Moxie
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SDef
Brave Nature (+Atk, -Spd)
- Detect
- Ice Punch
- Drain Punch
- Crunch
]]> <![CDATA[This definitely deserves a thread]]> http://www.pokerealm.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=799 Wed, 28 Mar 2012 06:51:11 +0000 http://www.pokerealm.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=799 <![CDATA[Reasons for Disapperance]]> http://www.pokerealm.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=798 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 13:10:31 +0000 http://www.pokerealm.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=798
*sighs, wipes eyes* Well, I don't know how to go about this. But, I won't probably be on here. For a while. A long while.

I'm sorry to say this, but my father... my father passed, just earlier today, in a car crash.

Whether or not you believe me, whether or not you truly care or support or pray for my family, it doesn't matter. What's done is done, and all we can do is move on.

Good bye, Pokerealm. I remember you fondly, and I hope that soon I'll be able to come back, able to be part of this family again. Able to hopefully make people laugh. You guys mean a lot to me. A long time ago, when I said this forum was a second family to me, I didn't lie. I guess I can say that I love you guys.

Good bye.]]>
*sighs, wipes eyes* Well, I don't know how to go about this. But, I won't probably be on here. For a while. A long while.

I'm sorry to say this, but my father... my father passed, just earlier today, in a car crash.

Whether or not you believe me, whether or not you truly care or support or pray for my family, it doesn't matter. What's done is done, and all we can do is move on.

Good bye, Pokerealm. I remember you fondly, and I hope that soon I'll be able to come back, able to be part of this family again. Able to hopefully make people laugh. You guys mean a lot to me. A long time ago, when I said this forum was a second family to me, I didn't lie. I guess I can say that I love you guys.

Good bye.]]> <![CDATA[Music Ideas]]> http://www.pokerealm.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=797 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 12:54:41 +0000 http://www.pokerealm.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=797 If anyone has a lyric or melody idea, post here it here please! I'm trying to reignite the musical side of my creativity and I'm broke on ideas. I'd prefer up-beat songs, but just tell me whatever comes to mind! ♥]]> If anyone has a lyric or melody idea, post here it here please! I'm trying to reignite the musical side of my creativity and I'm broke on ideas. I'd prefer up-beat songs, but just tell me whatever comes to mind! ♥]]> <![CDATA[Kid Icarus is back]]> http://www.pokerealm.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=796 Sun, 25 Mar 2012 20:44:23 +0000 http://www.pokerealm.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=796 <![CDATA[The Quest for The Sword of Dictiosaurus]]> http://www.pokerealm.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=795 Sun, 25 Mar 2012 15:23:24 +0000 http://www.pokerealm.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=795
'Regular People' Scenario: You will wake up on a field in the middle of reckmah village where you will have to go vist the village Chieftain who will fill you in on your quest for Dictiosaurus.

'Facebook Fiend' Scenario: You have recently logged off of Facebook, and you are called upon by Gadolf Bitler to attend an assembly where he will fill you in on the mission.

'IDGAS' Scenario: These people have recently logged off of Facebook annoyed that their live news feeds were filled to the brim with c***! These people just do not care aslong as they achieve their goal of utter destruction. They will mass together and unleash hell!


Application form

Name:
Group:


'Regular' People: 2/3
- Moocher: Lucy Edwardson
- Gideon Graves: Jaden
-

Facebook Fiends: 0/3
-
-
-

'IDGAS': 2/3
- Cyndaqwil: Mary Kainson
- MarioFireRed: MarioFireRed
- XtremeDarkness: Perry

XtremeDarkness will take charge of all the NPC Characters.]]>
'Regular People' Scenario: You will wake up on a field in the middle of reckmah village where you will have to go vist the village Chieftain who will fill you in on your quest for Dictiosaurus.

'Facebook Fiend' Scenario: You have recently logged off of Facebook, and you are called upon by Gadolf Bitler to attend an assembly where he will fill you in on the mission.

'IDGAS' Scenario: These people have recently logged off of Facebook annoyed that their live news feeds were filled to the brim with c***! These people just do not care aslong as they achieve their goal of utter destruction. They will mass together and unleash hell!


Application form

Name:
Group:


'Regular' People: 2/3
- Moocher: Lucy Edwardson
- Gideon Graves: Jaden
-

Facebook Fiends: 0/3
-
-
-

'IDGAS': 2/3
- Cyndaqwil: Mary Kainson
- MarioFireRed: MarioFireRed
- XtremeDarkness: Perry

XtremeDarkness will take charge of all the NPC Characters.]]>