Shanco

That feel when Life is exerting its Pressure

Here's my bit - Regarding Team Synergy: Overall speed seems to be an issue here. In that regard, you're in a point of limbo where not only will teams with overall faster Pokemon / weatherspeed and/or boosted Speed will beat ya, but also Trick Room teams will have a heyday, and Starmie doesn't quite alleviate that problem. My recommendation is Seismitoad, perhaps in the place of Terrakion. Takes advantage of rain with Swift Swim, reasonably bulky with one weakness (Terrakion has six, iirc), and can set up Stealth Rock. Lead? I guess it can do. Has enough survivability to come back for more in a revenge kill opportunity later on. This will be amended as I don't want to lose progress should my phone die.

To make things easier and quicker for team builders, I'll narrow down the OU/BL/UU tiers to Pokemon that can be used in the tournament. Hopefully this helps people who want to sneak in at the last second. OverUsed: BorderLine: UnderUsed: The onus is still on you to make sure you have a Steel Pokemon, a Psychic Pokemon, a Dragon Pokemon, a Fighting Pokemon, a Flying Pokemon, and a Poison Pokemon. Tips for Teambuilding - Just because perpetual weather is banned, doesn't mean it won't be there. There will be weather users ahoy, with the presence of common weather abusers such as Kingdra and Excadrill. Plan accordingly; packing a Taunt user is one way to keep the skies in your favor. - The lack of perpetual weatherspeed opens the path for Scarfed revenge killers to make their presence felt. Use this opportunity to get creative with Pokemon that otherwise don't get too much use, such as Heracross. - Many special walls such as Chansey are banned in this format, leaving Meloetta as the most specially defensive Pokemon available besides maybe Cresselia. Feel free to invest heavily in this side of the attacking spectrum.

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Note to self: Don't let Darius go bot with you. Meanwhile, Pocky...holy shit.

Masochist: Heals 1/8 HP when hit by an attack (Does not apply if the attack KOs) Materialize: All attack damage dealt while the wielder is in battle is physical.

Tip on the hammerhead - I don't really like Superpower on a Special Lando. Just doesn't turn my crank, as then it becomes considerably weak to priority. I don't know if you considered Hammer Arm, although that could stop the jump you have against weatherspeed. However, you're not going to face Kingdras and Excakills every game, and with roughly 500 Speed after the attack you should be fine. Can't think of anything else right now.

LOL Jarvan just showed up in this week's rotation This ought to be fun

I was having a conversation with my brother, a hardcore competitive player. He went on this extremely long rant about how overpowered Jarvan IV is. I played a level 30 game with him and Jarvan ate alive everyone who went top at any point. Surely, he's not that overpowered...right? Side note, got Nocturne. He's sooooooo fun to play as.

First time playing as Sivir. My guess was beginner's luck EDIT: I guess having an Ashe partner go 12/6/4 as well as an overambitious Corki enemy doesn't exactly hurt either

Nice team, but there's a really big issue. Ferrothorn. As stated on serebii.net's Politoed POTW, "Ferrothorn is the be-all and end-all of rain teams, and walls them come hell or high water." You have only one attack on your team that hits it super-effective, it isn't going to OHKO often, and it has 70 accuracy. In addition to that, only three Pokemon on the team can hit for neutral damage. You need to give Scizor Brick Break or Superpower, or you will not get past Ferrothorn easily if at all. If you like Scizor the way it is, then you can switch up Dragonite for Keldeo, as I agree with Summer.

Stop stealin mah kills Roo, you greedy bastard! EDIT: Found Terra playing ranked.

Editing, and bumping so it's there for the new people. NAME: Ryan AGE: 19 BIRTHDAY: September 7, 1993. LOCATION: Brampton, Ontario. HEIGHT: 5'10" / 176 cm HAIR COLOR: Brown EYE COLOR: Dark Brown. LIVES WITH: Father, stepmother, two stepsiblings PETS: One hyperactive dog RELATIONSHIPS?: I have a friend with benefits, does that count? CRUSHES LATELY?: to be honest, probably ^ DREAM JOB: None in mind. I'll go wherever life takes me. CURRENTLY PLAYING: League of Legends. FAVORITE FOOD: Most sweet things, but especially Black Forest Cake. FAVORITE DRINK: 7Up. Apparently in America they call it Sierra Mist. FAVORITE COLOR: Red. FAVORITE MUSIC: Generally 90's alternative but some other things as well FAVORITE BAND: I dunno. Probably either Tragically Hip, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Weezer, Muse...bah, too many. FAVORITE ALBUM: Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication FAVORITE GAME: Not sure. F-Zero GX if I had to pick right now. FAVORITE GENRE OF GAME: Anything not requiring a ton of thinking, so racing games and things like that FAVORITE HOBBIES: I play a shitload of hockey. FAVORITE MOVIE: Space Jam FAVORITE TV SHOW: Anything going back to my childhood, like the Simpsons, Price is Right, Second City TV (which they're starting up again which is awesome), etc.

Oh don't get me started... Yo momma so fat she's taller lying down. Yo momma so fat the last time she saw 90210 was on the scale. Yo momma so ugly when I threw her out the window I got booked for littering.

I knew this was gonna make it to the thread.

Great. Just went nuts at the store, bought five champions and realized I more or less don't have a clue on how to use any of them. Poppy Taric Kayle Sivir Soraka Cho'Gath Help me out here, people. Which one should I try out first? EDIT: Haven't tried Poppy yet Decent with Taric Haven't tried Kayle yet I absolutely beasted with Sivir. Holy shit. Haven't tried Soraka yet Playing as Cho'Gath was a disaster

Genesect-D is Genesect with a Douse Drive. It turns Techno Blast into a powerful Water-type attack which has saved my ass numerous times.

If there's anyone that would say "don't make fun of Canada", it would be me. Or maybe Nirvash. But I'm not going to. Freedom of speech, you know. Anyway, as you can tell, I'm Ryan C, also known as Shanco, who casually indulges in freezing his ass off in single-degree Canadian winters. I'll be the first to admit, I'm not the nicest guy, but if you appreciate raw honesty in someone, I guess that's me in a nutshell. Welcome!

vs. Dragonite666   Epic Lapras sweep. Damn.   Battle between Dragonite666 and [星] Ryan C started! Tier: OverUsed Mode: Singles Rule: Rated Rule: Sleep Clause Rule: Freeze Clause Rule: Species Clause Variation: +24, -8 Dragonite666 sent out Quetzalcoatl! (Thundurus-T) [星] Ryan C sent out STALL A LOL! (Politoed) STALL A LOL's Drizzle made it rain! Start of turn 1 STALL A LOL used Protect! STALL A LOL protected itself! The foe's Quetzalcoatl used Volt Switch! STALL A LOL protected itself! Rain continues to fall. Start of turn 2 The foe's Quetzalcoatl used Focus Blast! The attack of the foe's Quetzalcoatl missed! STALL A LOL used Hypnosis! The foe's Quetzalcoatl fell asleep! Rain continues to fall. Start of turn 3 Dragonite666 called Quetzalcoatl back! Dragonite666 sent out DontSPIKE! (Ferrothorn) [星] Ryan C called STALL A LOL back! [星] Ryan C sent out Meloetta! Rain continues to fall. Start of turn 4 Meloetta used Relic Song! It's not very effective... The foe's DontSPIKE lost 16% of its health! The foe's DontSPIKE used Power Whip! Meloetta lost 186 HP! (54% of its health) Rain continues to fall. Start of turn 5 Dragonite666 called DontSPIKE back! Dragonite666 sent out Ariel!! (Politoed) Meloetta used Close Combat! The foe's Ariel! lost 58% of its health! Meloetta's Defense fell! Meloetta's Sp. Def. fell! Rain continues to fall. The foe's Ariel! restored a little HP using its Leftovers! Start of turn 6 The foe's Ariel! used Protect! The foe's Ariel! protected itself! Meloetta used Thunder! The foe's Ariel! protected itself! Rain continues to fall. The foe's Ariel! restored a little HP using its Leftovers! Start of turn 7 Dragonite666 called Ariel! back! Dragonite666 sent out Quetzalcoatl! (Thundurus-T) Meloetta used Ice Punch! It's super effective! A critical hit! The foe's Quetzalcoatl lost 100% of its health! The foe's Quetzalcoatl fainted! Rain continues to fall. Dragonite666 sent out PoSeIdOn! (Kingdra) Start of turn 8 The foe's PoSeIdOn used Waterfall! Meloetta lost 155 HP! (45% of its health) Meloetta fainted! Rain continues to fall. [星] Ryan C sent out STALL A LOL! (Politoed) Start of turn 9 The foe's PoSeIdOn used Substitute! The foe's PoSeIdOn made a substitute! STALL A LOL used Hypnosis! The foe's PoSeIdOn's substitute blocked Hypnosis! Rain continues to fall. Start of turn 10 The foe's PoSeIdOn used Dragon Dance! The foe's PoSeIdOn's Attack rose! The foe's PoSeIdOn's Speed rose! STALL A LOL used Perish Song! All Pokémon hearing the song will faint in three turns! Rain continues to fall. The foe's PoSeIdOn's perish count fell to 3. STALL A LOL's perish count fell to 3. Start of turn 11 STALL A LOL used Protect! STALL A LOL protected itself! The foe's PoSeIdOn used Outrage! STALL A LOL protected itself! Rain continues to fall. The foe's PoSeIdOn's perish count fell to 2. STALL A LOL's perish count fell to 2. Start of turn 12 [星] Ryan C called STALL A LOL back! [星] Ryan C sent out UNCEUNCEBOOM! (Genesect-D) UNCEUNCEBOOM's Download activates! UNCEUNCEBOOM's Sp. Att. rose! The foe's PoSeIdOn used Outrage! It's not very effective... A critical hit! UNCEUNCEBOOM lost 283 HP! (100% of its health) UNCEUNCEBOOM fainted! Rain continues to fall. The foe's PoSeIdOn's perish count fell to 1. [星] Ryan C sent out Salamence! Start of turn 13 The foe's PoSeIdOn used Outrage! It's super effective! Salamence hung on using its Focus Sash! Salamence lost 330 HP! (99% of its health) The foe's PoSeIdOn calmed down! The foe's PoSeIdOn became confused! The foe's PoSeIdOn ate its Lum Berry! The foe's PoSeIdOn's status cleared! Salamence used Dragon Dance! Salamence's Attack rose! Salamence's Speed rose! Rain continues to fall. The foe's PoSeIdOn's perish count fell to 0. The foe's PoSeIdOn fainted! Dragonite666 sent out Skyy Blue! (Toxicroak) Start of turn 14 The foe's Skyy Blue used Sucker Punch! Salamence lost 1 HP! (0% of its health) Salamence fainted! Rain continues to fall. [星] Ryan C sent out STALL A LOL! (Politoed) Start of turn 15 The foe's Skyy Blue used Substitute! The foe's Skyy Blue made a substitute! STALL A LOL used Hypnosis! The foe's Skyy Blue's substitute blocked Hypnosis! Rain continues to fall. The foe's Skyy Blue restored HP using its Dry Skin! Start of turn 16 The foe's Skyy Blue used Bulk Up! The foe's Skyy Blue's Attack rose! The foe's Skyy Blue's Defense rose! STALL A LOL used Perish Song! All Pokémon hearing the song will faint in three turns! Rain continues to fall. The foe's Skyy Blue restored HP using its Dry Skin! The foe's Skyy Blue's perish count fell to 3. STALL A LOL's perish count fell to 3. Start of turn 17 STALL A LOL used Protect! STALL A LOL protected itself! The foe's Skyy Blue used Drain Punch! STALL A LOL protected itself! Rain continues to fall. The foe's Skyy Blue restored HP using its Dry Skin! The foe's Skyy Blue's perish count fell to 2. STALL A LOL's perish count fell to 2. Start of turn 18 STALL A LOL used Protect! But it failed! The foe's Skyy Blue used Drain Punch! STALL A LOL lost 205 HP! (53% of its health) STALL A LOL had its energy drained! Rain continues to fall. STALL A LOL restored a little HP using its Leftovers! The foe's Skyy Blue's perish count fell to 1. STALL A LOL's perish count fell to 1. Start of turn 19 Dragonite666 called Skyy Blue back! Dragonite666 sent out Ariel!! (Politoed) [星] Ryan C called STALL A LOL back! [星] Ryan C sent out Lapras! Rain continues to fall. The foe's Ariel! restored a little HP using its Leftovers! Start of turn 20 The foe's Ariel! used Toxic! Lapras was badly poisoned! Lapras used Curse! Lapras's Attack rose! Lapras's Defense rose! Lapras's Speed fell! Rain continues to fall. Lapras's Hydration heals its status! The foe's Ariel! restored a little HP using its Leftovers! Start of turn 21 Dragonite666 called Ariel! back! Dragonite666 sent out Skyy Blue! (Toxicroak) Lapras used Curse! Lapras's Attack rose! Lapras's Defense rose! Lapras's Speed fell! Rain continues to fall. Start of turn 22 The foe's Skyy Blue used Bulk Up! The foe's Skyy Blue's Attack rose! The foe's Skyy Blue's Defense rose! Lapras used Avalanche! The foe's Skyy Blue lost 34% of its health! Rain continues to fall. The foe's Skyy Blue restored HP using its Dry Skin! Start of turn 23 The foe's Skyy Blue used Bulk Up! The foe's Skyy Blue's Attack rose! The foe's Skyy Blue's Defense rose! Lapras used Avalanche! The foe's Skyy Blue lost 23% of its health! Rain continues to fall. The foe's Skyy Blue restored HP using its Dry Skin! Start of turn 24 The foe's Skyy Blue used Drain Punch! It's super effective! Lapras lost 284 HP! (61% of its health) Lapras had its energy drained! Lapras used Curse! Lapras's Attack rose! Lapras's Defense rose! Lapras's Speed fell! Rain continues to fall. Lapras restored a little HP using its Leftovers! Start of turn 25 The foe's Skyy Blue used Bulk Up! The foe's Skyy Blue's Attack rose! The foe's Skyy Blue's Defense rose! Lapras used Rest! Lapras went to sleep and became healthy! Rain continues to fall. Lapras's Hydration heals its status! Start of turn 26 The foe's Skyy Blue used Drain Punch! It's super effective! Lapras lost 260 HP! (56% of its health) Lapras had its energy drained! Lapras used Curse! Lapras's Attack rose! Lapras's Defense rose! Lapras's Speed fell! Rain continues to fall. Lapras restored a little HP using its Leftovers! Start of turn 27 The foe's Skyy Blue used Bulk Up! The foe's Skyy Blue's Attack rose! The foe's Skyy Blue's Defense rose! Lapras used Rest! Lapras went to sleep and became healthy! Rain continues to fall. Lapras's Hydration heals its status! Start of turn 28 The foe's Skyy Blue used Drain Punch! It's super effective! Lapras lost 272 HP! (58% of its health) Lapras had its energy drained! Lapras used Curse! Lapras's Attack rose! Lapras's Defense rose! Lapras's Speed fell! Rain continues to fall. Lapras restored a little HP using its Leftovers! Start of turn 29 The foe's Skyy Blue used Bulk Up! The foe's Skyy Blue's Attack rose! The foe's Skyy Blue's Defense rose! Lapras used Rest! Lapras went to sleep and became healthy! Rain continues to fall. Lapras's Hydration heals its status! Start of turn 30 The foe's Skyy Blue used Bulk Up! The foe's Skyy Blue's Attack rose! The foe's Skyy Blue's Defense rose! Lapras used Curse! Lapras's Attack rose! Lapras's Defense rose! Lapras's Speed fell! Rain continues to fall. Start of turn 31 The foe's Skyy Blue used Drain Punch! It's super effective! Lapras lost 290 HP! (62% of its health) Lapras had its energy drained! Lapras used Avalanche! A critical hit! The foe's Skyy Blue lost 100% of its health! The foe's Skyy Blue fainted! [星] Ryan C: nice! Rain continues to fall. Lapras restored a little HP using its Leftovers! Dragonite666 sent out SaUr! (Venusaur) Start of turn 32 The foe's SaUr used Giga Drain! It's super effective! Lapras lost 150 HP! (32% of its health) Lapras had its energy drained! Lapras used Rest! Lapras went to sleep and became healthy! Rain continues to fall. Lapras's Hydration heals its status! Start of turn 33 The foe's SaUr used Giga Drain! It's super effective! A critical hit! Lapras lost 284 HP! (61% of its health) Lapras had its energy drained! Lapras used Avalanche! It's super effective! The foe's SaUr lost 100% of its health! The foe's SaUr fainted! Rain continues to fall. Lapras restored a little HP using its Leftovers! Dragonite666: just with that critical Dragonite666 sent out DontSPIKE! (Ferrothorn) Start of turn 34 The foe's DontSPIKE used Power Whip! It's super effective! Lapras lost 90 HP! (19% of its health) Lapras used Rest! Lapras went to sleep and became healthy! Rain continues to fall. Lapras's Hydration heals its status! Start of turn 35 The foe's DontSPIKE used Power Whip! It's super effective! Lapras lost 78 HP! (16% of its health) Lapras used Curse! Rain continues to fall. Lapras restored a little HP using its Leftovers! Start of turn 36 The foe's DontSPIKE used Leech Seed! Lapras was seeded! Lapras used Curse! Rain continues to fall. Lapras restored a little HP using its Leftovers! Lapras's health is sapped by leech seed. Start of turn 37 The foe's DontSPIKE used Power Whip! It's super effective! Lapras lost 84 HP! (18% of its health) Lapras used Avalanche! The foe's DontSPIKE lost 93% of its health! Lapras is hurt by the foe's DontSPIKE's Rocky Helmet! The foe's DontSPIKE's Iron Barbs hurts Lapras Rain continues to fall. Lapras restored a little HP using its Leftovers! Lapras's health is sapped by leech seed. Start of turn 38 The foe's DontSPIKE used Power Whip! It's super effective! Lapras lost 80 HP! (17% of its health) Lapras used Rest! Lapras went to sleep and became healthy! Rain continues to fall. Lapras's Hydration heals its status! Lapras's health is sapped by leech seed. Start of turn 39 The foe's DontSPIKE used Power Whip! It's super effective! Lapras lost 78 HP! (16% of its health) Lapras used Avalanche! The foe's DontSPIKE lost 42% of its health! The foe's DontSPIKE fainted! Lapras is hurt by the foe's DontSPIKE's Rocky Helmet! The foe's DontSPIKE's Iron Barbs hurts Lapras Rain continues to fall. Lapras restored a little HP using its Leftovers! Dragonite666 forfeited against [星] Ryan C! The window was disabled due to one of the players closing the battle window.