Shanco

Banned because an argument about arguing is imminent.

Oh, we're doing online, too? Fine. In 3rd gen it was Salamence hands down. It crushed everything. The only thing that was crushed in 4th gen was my heart when Salamence was banned, but I found another awesome Pokemon in Espeon, who oddly had been chilling in NU. 5th gen rolled around, Salamence wasn't banned, they both got kickass new abilities, and it was all swish.

That feel when today is really gonna put my character to the test, but I'm ready for it.

Banned for tormenting me with a sunglasses-toting slakoth sloth.

[b][i][u]TRY THIS![/u][/i][/b] To The Beat Of My Drum Slowbro (M) @ Leftovers Trait: Regenerator EVs: 138 HP / 252 Atk / 118 Def Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk) - Belly Drum - Slack Off - Aqua Tail - Return I'll admit. This set is a maneater. It's totally slaughtered a few of my teams. Basically what you're doing is taking advantage of the nice fact that Slowbro has some nice Defense. It's got 75 base Attack, Belly Drum, and recovery, so if Politoed can do it, why the hell can't Slowbro? Exactly. [b]Belly Drum[/b] boosts Slowbro's Attack over 1000, which after switching it in can scare an opponent out of surprise. [b]Aqua Tail[/b] is the STAB choice. It hits harder than Waterfall, which Slowbro can't learn, actually. [b]Return[/b] actually gets some nifty coverage with Aqua Tail. [b]Slack Off [/b]patches up the hole that Belly Drum places in Slowbro's HP so it can continue tanking hits.

I'm too Slow for you Bro Slowbro (F) @ Lum Berry / Leftovers / Pecha Berry Trait: Regenerator EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SDef Bold Nature (+Def, -Atk) - Calm Mind - Scald / Surf - Psyshock - Slack Off I'm kind of wondering why no one has made a Calm Mind set. Slowbro could do it remarkably well. [b]Calm Mind[/b] is actually good on Slowbro, upping the defense that Slowbro is disadvantaged in as well as boosting Slowbro's offenses. [b]Scald [/b]has the chance to inflict a nifty burn, further increasing Slowbro's walling capabilities; alternatively you can use Surf for more power (up to 45 extra in rain). [b]Psyshock [/b]rounds the appreciable STAB coverage and hits things hard that otherwise would wall Scald/Surf, unless of course the Pokemon in question is Ferrothorn. Then again, I have no idea why Slowbro is staying in on Ferrothorn, anyway. [b]Slack Off[/b] is for the abuse you take, because chances are you'll live through it. My item of choice here is [b]Pecha Berry[/b], to offer the best possible protection against Toxic without wasting a moveslot, else if you're not as paranoid as I am there's also [b]Leftovers[/b] and [b]Lum Berry[/b].

Static Orb - Paralyzes the holder. Double Sash - Abilities that activate upon a certain type of move hitting the Pokemon (ex. Justified, Volt Absorb) will activate a second time after the first. Disappears after use. Does not work with Flash Fire. Sun Glasses - Accuracy increases by 25% in sun. Alert Herb - Stops a flinch. Disappears after use.

Well that's one way to revive the topic.

Me here - Regarding Glalie: Perhaps you should try to Baton Pass an Ingrain or Aqua Ring to Glalie. If you can do that (through putting in a Pokemon like Smeargle or Vaporeon) it's pretty much game over, as you can stall until you get to insane levels of everything, Evasion included. Also, you might want to give it Earthquake for stuff like Steel-types, Infernape, etc. - Regarding Latias: You'll want to replace Reflect Type. Dragon/Psychic has a lot of nifty resistances that you don't really want to lose. 7.5/10 is my rating This team is...really odd, but it could certainly work. Sheesh, imagine passing +6 Attack and Speed to Aggron...*shudders*

Tyrogue: Wannabe

...ahem. But in all seriousness, one of the community owners, Eternal Edge, is turning 22 today! Let's hear it for the man. Happy birthday, dude!

I'd hate to see an RMT closed, especially one of yours, pal, so let's get it back on the rails. - Regarding Genesect: needs a few more EVs in Attack over Special Attack to make U-turn hurt a ton. Also, why not run a physical Genesect with Flamethrower / U-turn / Shadow Claw / Explosion or something like that? It would be just for fun, but that set is just so...run-of-the-mill that they'll see that Thunderbolt coming from a mile away and thus you've either given them a free set-up or a free shot at one. Just throwing that out there, it's an idea. - Regarding Ninetales: I thought a usage of Roar was pretty shaky. Is there something that could spam Roar better on a sun team like yours? - Regarding team synergy: "Earthquake ALL the things!" My Salamence will tear this team a new you-know-what because you have nothing that resists Earthquake. That will be a big issue, believe me. Perhaps give one of the big weaknesses an Air Balloon? The team gets an 8/10 from me. Weaknesses can be exposed easily, but it looks like it can ravage entire teams. Especially with that Venusaur; I forgot Weather Ball was legal here. Nice team!

Me doing an RMT response from my phone. Who woulda thunk it - Regarding Reuniclus: whenever Washman gives you a tip on a slow Pokemon, you gotta take it. And he's right, especially since you're going to be boosting to up the power of Hidden Power. - Regarding Murkrow: hey! That's mine to abuse in OU! lol jk, but seriously, although this is more of a personal preference, I recommend the moves Mean Look / Perish Song / Roost / Substitute. It works awesome early and mid-game to trap and slowly kill virtually any Pokemon you want with it fleeing at the last second. It also works in situations where you and your opponent are both down to their last Pokemon, and you can stall them out until Perish Song kills you both off, forcing the tie. Perish Song is also passed by Baton Pass, so while crep's getting those evasion boosts, surprise the dude with priority Perish Song before he can switch to Mr. mime to block it. (I'll have you know that because of me, just seeing Murkrow often makes him rage quit). I just bent the set to be a little bit more...universal. Team gets 9.5/10 from me. Most of the time, people will get what they expect, if ya know what I mean, but otherwise the team is essentially flawless, from what I can see.

You should definitely keep the curled hair. It looks beautiful! Meanwhile, me at a stepfamily function, since I'm more picky than I should be about the photos that make Facebook. Wanna see a crazy stepfamily?

Explosms got some serious class.

That feel when thinking this topic should totally be revived.

Yeah, same here. I will shamelessly admit that he's one of my fave people on reborn. EDIT: I don't feel like double posting

Wishin' the man Cyrus a happy birthday! The Overlord of Good Taste celebrates his 16th today. Here's to sixteen more, dude!