Shanco

Diana: no question, especially for you. Trying to use Cassiopeia is as hair-tear-inducing as fighting TormenTran. Wait until she gets her turn in the rotation.

Spin to Win   Garen (Donphan) (M) @ Leftovers Trait: Sturdy / Sand Veil EVs: 200 HP / 56 Atk / 252 Def Impish Nature (+Def, -SAtk) - Earthquake / Bulldoze - Stealth Rock - Rapid Spin - Ice Shard   A more defensive approach to N8's set. Earthquake is almost the standard on Donphan, but Bulldoze is useful for support and causing switches. Stealth Rock makes said switches more difficult. Rapid Spin clears the hazards faster than Garen clears the minions at level 18, and Ice Shard can help finish off some attackers, such as Dragonite and Salamence. As for Abilities, you could run Sturdy, but switching into Stealth Rock + [Toxic] Spikes renders it almost useless. That's where Sand Veil comes in; it can make itself useful in key times where you have to survive a boosted Waterfall or something from Rotom-W.

My log cab-inn just got burned down again, this time with a sign that posted "BURN BABY BURN DISCO INFERNO". Hmmm...

I hate to be picky, but that doesn't belong here. THIS does. The picture:

*slaps Jory*

Banned because everyone on this server makes even the slightest thing sound like a sexual innuendo, and you aren't helping that at all.

My accent is like...I dunno how to describe it. Somewhere between "American" and Scottish. They call it a Newfie accent, I think. Compared to the people around me, it's faint, though. Most people don't notice the accent until I point it out to them. I loooooooove Irish and German accents. *looks up at Ashka's location* Oh hi there! EDIT: Spanish and Portuguese accents are pretty nice too.

It was sometime in the new year. I was looking for a Quotebook post to reference it, but I couldn't find one...

Not sure who's weirder: Ame in this thread or Ame when she was drugged

Banned for calling yourself a Trueblade. You are not worthy of such a title.

You Raise Me Up in my pants.

Obligatory post wondering who Chunkybum will replace

Proud of you too, son. EDIT: *looks at Mael* that's your kid, not mine, right?

Banned for Rule 2 violations.

That feel when on top of the Friendly and Teamwork special honors, I am now apparently one of the most Helpful.

D-D-D-D-D-D-DOUBLE POST Aaron: Wanna mack? Aaron: Mackethyst? +Amethyst: I'm more of a Windows person, sorry +Nirvash: Damn it. +Nirvash: I lol'd

[Reborn]Bennett: Oh, good evening Aya. [Reborn]Bennett: I hope you enjoyed our erm, double date last weekend, if one could call it that. Renzo: Did you get to second base, Bennett? Aurora: I bet he planted his seeds. Renzo: Oh shit. Aurora: Used that good ol'd handy megahorn. Renzo: He skipped second and went on to home [Reborn]Bennett: I don't belive I'm the one you should be asking that too. Aurora: He might have quiver danced around a bit, but he got it~ Renzo: Should I ask Laura? Aurora: He giga drained the crap out of her. Sora.: he power whipped Sora.: DAT ASS ~~~ Sora. was pounded into next Tuesday in one of Terra's rampages. ~~~ Renzo: LOL [bMDFM]Zeke: TRUE [Reborn]Bennett: Well, before any more crude sexual references come out, I shall be departing. [星] Shanco: LOL [Reborn]Bennett: Have a... pleasant evening Reborn. ~~~ [Reborn]Bennett was read out of their story. ~~~

/joke Mew @ Choice Scarf / Leftovers / Life Orb / Salac Berry Trait: Synchronize EVs: 252 HP / 40 Def / 156 SAtk / 60 SDef Bold Nature (+Def, -Atk) - Transform - Psychic - Heal Bell - Softboiled Exactly as it looks. The idea behind running Transform on Mew is because a) it's rare, so no one sees it coming; b) it takes your opponent's set-ups and throws them right back in their face. Heal Bell allows a weakened Mew to support its team before it goes down. Softboiled can save Mew when placed in front of the right attack. Psychic is for when you get unfortunately Taunted, or when you have an opponent that you want to finish off.

Banned for imposing a senseless ban.

Aaaaand 3.5 is getting a balance update. For those too lazy to look at the actual site, here ya go. - Akali got nerfed. Mark of the Assassin's initial damage has gotten slashed, and Essences of Shadow take longer to charge. Somewhere, Ame is reading this and crying tears of joy. "As an assassin, Akali should be a champion with high risk and high reward. These changes increase her early game risk while retaining her later game potential." - Corki has gotten a buff. Big Red Ones fire every third missile (instead of fourth), and missile charge rates reduce with each level on his ultimate. - Karma got a shitload of changes, not surprising as she has been losing the most out of any champion since 3.5 was released according to LOLKING. The tl;dr is a big buff that sees action on every spell she has. "These changes to Karma include several quality of life improvements and enhance her ability to generate multiple Mantras in well-executed fights." - Kayle lost range in a couple of her spells. "Previous to these changes, Kayle's support spells could often be cast completely off-screen from her opponents. With these reduced ranges, it should be easier for opponents to anticipate her presence in fights." - Lux got a couple things slashed. She is now the third slowest champion in the game, with base 330 movement speed (behind Ashe and Anivia), and the cooldown on her ultimate got raised. "On top of her long range and wide array of defensive utility, Lux was also among the fastest ranged champions in the game. These changes force Lux to be more mindful of her timing and positioning as opponents now have more opportunities to capitalize on her mistakes." - Morgana's Q and ultimate spells both got cooldown reductions. - Nami's ultimate got an increase in range and decreases in mana cost and cooldown. - Nautilus got a buff. Base Armor got a big raise, and his W spells sees a reduction in cooldown. - Nunu's ultimate got a buff with massive reductions in cooldown reduction and mana cost. This makes me happy. - Quinn's buff is more relative to her passive, which now works slightly faster. Her E spell now sees Quinn land closer to the target when using it from far away. - Urgot's Acid Hunter now displays its lock-on range while there is a visible, nearby enemy champion marked by Noxian Corrosive Charge. - Volibear...I can't tell if this is a nerf or not. His Q spell, now scaling in movement speed increase, is now "slower" at first, but is "faster" at five levels. "Volibear was both an extremely powerful duelist as well as an almost guaranteed initiator for early skirmishes. In order to preserve his presence as a threatening fighter, these changes instead reduce Volibear's ability to force engagements early on." - Spirit of the Ancient Golem / Elder Lizard's cost went down to 2000 from 2300. - Muramana's toggle damage is now physical. - Seraph's Embrace got a buff. I'm too lazy to put this into my own words, so: Active Mana cost reduced to 20% current Mana from 25% Active Shield adjusted to 20% of current Mana + 150 from 25% current Mana Anyway, thank god my boy Nunu got that generous cost reduction. Volibear is annoying as fuck, so I appreciate that nerf. Saddened that Lux took a hit, but you could honestly see it coming.

Ugh. (Psst...Pokemon don't have sanity anyway, Xiph. I don't know why I said that.)

I don't need to tell a Phanpy this, but leave your sanity at the window, and take this. *hands Phanpy an Everstone* Normally at Reborn we don't let wild Pokemon roam the facilities (we have this mostly for their own safety), but for you we can make an exception. Just don't lose that rock, okay? Cool. See ya around.

Well, that's where Reborn's meta comes in. It's fine under this standard and that's what counts. And if he really needed to retool this team, he could change the Pokemon easily. In fact, I'm laddering in a few places with a modified version of this team using Whimsicott instead of Thundurus, Sandslash instead of Excadrill, and Chandy with Flash Fire. Works really nicely.