Shanco

Ya got a bunch of people talking off-server about Moltres in OU. Showed them the RMT and they're pretty interested. Anyway. Personal opinion, but Moltres could probably use some more Speed, as in a Nature change. Then again it's probably for wallbreaking compared to the rest of your team. I dunno.I'm sure I'll think of something else later

Welcome to Reborn. Phoenix is totally lying

If I ask to be put in here, I sense I will be something badass.

Vs. Laxus (Theme Tournament 17)   From beyond any known galaxy...or maybe just the Burned Tower...bringing with it the laws and ideals of said tower...comes thheeeee THUNDERCAT!   Battle between Laxus and [星] Ryan C started! Tier: Ubers Mode: Singles Rule: Unrated Rule: Sleep Clause Rule: Freeze Clause Rule: Species Clause Rule: Self-KO Clause Laxus sent out Politoed! [星] Ryan C sent out Raikou! the foe's Politoed's Drizzle made it rain! Start of turn 1 Laxus called Politoed back! Laxus sent out Ampharos!   Raikou used Calm Mind! Raikou's Sp. Att. rose! Raikou's Sp. Def. rose!   Rain continues to fall. Kamina is watching the battle. Kamina stopped watching the battle. Start of turn 2 Raikou used Substitute! Raikou made a substitute! The foe's Ampharos used Thunder Wave! Raikou's Volt Absorb absorbs the attack! Rain continues to fall. Start of turn 3 Raikou used Hidden Power! The foe's Ampharos lost 38% of its health! The foe's Ampharos used Focus Blast! The attack of the foe's Ampharos missed!   Rain continues to fall. Start of turn 4 Raikou used Calm Mind! Raikou's Sp. Att. rose! Raikou's Sp. Def. rose! The foe's Ampharos used Focus Blast! The attack of the foe's Ampharos missed!   Rain continues to fall. Start of turn 5 Raikou used Hidden Power! The foe's Ampharos lost 48% of its health! The foe's Ampharos used Focus Blast! The attack of the foe's Ampharos missed! Rain continues to fall. Start of turn 6 Raikou used Hidden Power! The foe's Ampharos lost 12% of its health! The foe's Ampharos fainted! Rain continues to fall. Laxus sent out Sceptile! James Yakumo is watching the battle. [星] Ryan C: your luck just totally failed you there haha Start of turn 7 Raikou used Hidden Power! It's super effective! A critical hit! The foe's Sceptile lost 100% of its health! The foe's Sceptile fainted!   Rain continues to fall. Laxus sent out Manaphy! Start of turn 8 Raikou used Discharge! It's super effective! The foe's Manaphy lost 100% of its health! The foe's Manaphy fainted! Rain continues to fall. Laxus: yup I lose Laxus sent out Lapras! Start of turn 9 Raikou used Discharge! It's super effective! The foe's Lapras lost 100% of its health! The foe's Lapras fainted! Rain continues to fall. Laxus sent out Politoed! Start of turn 10 Raikou used Discharge! It's super effective! The foe's Politoed lost 100% of its health! The foe's Politoed fainted! Rain continues to fall. Laxus sent out Tornadus! (Tornadus-T) Start of turn 11 The foe's Tornadus used Hurricane! It's not very effective... Raikou's substitute took the damage! The foe's Tornadus is hurt by its Life Orb! Raikou used Discharge! It's super effective! The foe's Tornadus lost 90% of its health! The foe's Tornadus fainted! [星] Ryan C won the battle! [星] Ryan C: For Kuro! Laxus: Good game.

Slipping into the tournament at the last few minutes...I'm willing to give this a shot, so there. I'm in.

After a rather short absence, I too rise from the shadows Just a matter of personal taste, but I prefer Rock Polish on Regice rather than Thunder Wave (Registeel can learn that move as well). I've really liked how the Iceberg rolls with Rock Polish, so give it a shot with fixed EVs, you might like it. Metagross's EVs seem to be a little weird. Switch its Speed investment with its Attack investment, for as a stable lead I don't really think Metagross needs that much Speed. I'm sure I'll think of some more things later.

Banned for not realizing that no one follows that rule anyway

In The Games Department Pokémon Black 2 & White 2 - Shiny Magikarp Event A new Japanese event has been revealed within the Pokémon Centre in Nagoya. To celebrate the moving of the store into a new building, they are distributing a special Magikarp. This Magikarp is a Level 99 Shiny Magikarp holding a Rare Candy. It also has the moves Flail, Hydro Pump, Bounce and Splash. It is to be given from March 20th 2013 to May 6th 2013. Our Event Database has been updated with the details of this event That feel when I oddly really want this.

Yo Be careful with Nerfran in lead. There's other nerf leads like Polinerf and Tynerfitar and Hippownerf which can nerf Nerfran before it can nerf anything. If Sun teams really pose a threat, bring it out later. This team could stand to use a Ghost-type. I don't know who you'd replace on the team (my conscience is telling me Honchkrow, but that's a nifty bunch of moves it has in terms of your team) so I don't know where it'd go. I'm sure I'll have more things to say about this...interesting RMT. I'll tell you when I do.

Use magic and melt it all, of course. P.S. that looks like nothing compared to what I have to deal with right now. EDIT: Whatcha talkin' about? You look fine!

Banned for calling Shuckle a worm in a rock.

Banned for promoting Magikarp abuse.

Banned for inviting someone to the Dark Side

Banned because I wasn't really spelling anything out.

Banned for implying someone doesn't have feelings.

/d went up in flames. /d faced the Might of Demacia. /d ran out of time.

Apparently you have Peppy there, too.

Sounds plausible...if there wasn't a laid-down stance on evasion. Which is, similar to Swift Swim + Drizzle and whatnot, it's not going anywhere. However, I wouldn't be surprised if this bantering spawns something related to the topic, to appease you all. What exactly? I don't know. I never got back to the question of "what makes Reborn what it is". I will now: If memory serves, the Reborn meta places emphasis on being more of an authentic Pokemon experience, as opposed to extreme emphasis on competitive aspect (ex. Smogon, beta). It essentially makes it wrong to ban any particular moves, items, abilities, and Pokemon that are not legendary. Whoever said this, feel free to correct me if I'm wrong. But in either case, banning evasion would put us on the road to where we don't want to be, which would be anywhere but where we are now.

"Well I hope you don't need ecstasy to get to that place you desire, it's in your imagination. You can create that place yourself, without man-made chemicals. Why risk your life? Yeah I sound like a bore, but any drug can go wrong. Your imagination, however, cannot." - Comment on this video EDIT: He edited the comment, but this is still some kind of genius statement.

Basically what the man DD said. Anywho, in the hopes of helping put this increasingly needless argument to bed, I'm siding with Erick / Roo / Owen, and here's why. - Rain isn't a necessity, per se, to counter evasion. It might make things a bit easier thanks to a mustachioed phoenix flying around, but even then, the disaster can be averted. - you're acting like +6 evasion brings a 100 accuracy move down to 0 accuracy, which obviously isn't true. You still will have your fair share of hits, ways to boost your accuracy, and other things that all in all don't really let evasion become the beast of the meta that it's reputed to be. - Stuff like Aerial Ace, Magical Leaf, etc. Hello STAB Technician! That and boosts, if played right, will help shamelessly wipe out the sub as the opponent will be so concerned about stat-ups that you may be able to sneak in a sub of your own. - I probably win way more often against da crepsta than any of you here, and the key to that is one word: Persistence. You keep up the pressure, and eventually that team will crack. - so there's this move called Clear Smog. I hear it's pretty good. 50 power, never-miss move, it's swish. You know Roserade? Not sure if Roserade can learn it, but hey, why not check it out? - And this leads me to my final point for now: just stop it before it gets worse. You'll probably be able to spot a Passing team from a mile away. You think that there'd be something fishy with a Blaziken, Lopunny or Jolteon lead, or something that gets the Speed up and passes it away. And if you don't have something that can scare away those Pokemon, then...your team might need some help. That's all from me for now. I'm not trying to play peacekeeper or minimod here, but in all seriousness, this will be the 4th thread in, like, 3 months closed because of these petty arguments. Evasion is part of the core that makes Reborn what it is. I don't know if I can stress this enough. Seriously. And with that, see you later tonight, maybe.