Shanco

Oh, I forgot about THAT Kitty. Nevertheless.

Deal with it, rotomfan, she don't run on your sched yo

TRY THIS! Shaken, Not Stirred Thundurus-T (M) @ Expert Belt Trait: Volt Absorb EVs: EVs: 216 Atk / 40 SAtk / 252 Spd Naive Nature (+Spd, -SDef) - Fly - Superpower - Thunder / Thunderbolt - Hidden Power [ice] Thundurus-T has 105 base Attack. That allows it to run a mixed set featuring a double coverage core. Fly is STAB, and it's an interesting move; it dodges the opponent's (maybe) slower attack, and often the opponent, after being a bit befuddled as to why you'd run physical Thundurus at all nevermind with Fly, will switch in a Rock- or Steel-type Pokemon that resists it. As they're pretty much all slower barring Aerodactyl and Archeops, that tees them up for a Superpower right to the face, eliminating most of them immediately, or doing enough damage that they'll be dead the following turn from an attack from the special side. That consists of an Electric-type move (Thunder or Thunderbolt, depending on whether you want to run this team in rain) and Hidden Power [ice], keeping Thundurus's true nature intact. There's tons of options that Thundurus-T can run on mixed, really; I just couldn't be bothered listing them all.

Let's Get Physical, Physical, Let's Get Physicaaaaaaaaaaaallllllllllllllll Thundurus-T (M) @ Expert Belt / Choice Band Trait: Volt Absorb EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SDef / 252 Spd Jolly Nature (+Spd, -Atk) - Wild Charge / ThunderPunch - Superpower / Brick Break - Bulk Up / U-turn - Crunch / Fly With Thundurus's 105 base Attack and nice physical movepool, it's a shame that it gets overlooked for the surprise factor. Wild Charge highlights this physical movepool as its strongest physcial attack aside from Giga Impact (135 base power counting STAB), but ThunderPunch may be more desirable, trading 30 base power for not killing yourself. Superpower is the Fighting-type attack that works in conjunction with Bulk Up, which is one of the best boosting moves out there; that and Thundurus-T is one of the fastest users of Bulk Up (except the Incarnates, it's 4th behind Tornadus, Floatzel, and Infernape). However, it's understandable if you want to haveThundurus scout instead, in which case you'd use U-turn. Crunch gets the elusive Ghost-types, but Fly makes things interesting. With it, the opponent will most likely bring out a resistance which then gets smashed to high hell with Superpower.

It's Ryan C. You know Gastrodon is NU, right? Saves you resorting to Muk, who isn't NU anyway. I don't agree with Unknown Guy, you should keep Bulk Up. It allows you to survive a Brave Bird from Skarmory after +2 and do some heavy damage to it or KO it. Have you tried Gunk Shot on Muk? It will do a lot of damage, with the trade-off being accuracy, but it you might like it. Hippowdon is a very bulky Pokemon. Perhaps it could afford to have a Life Orb or more offensive EVs as it has Slack Off. Bronzong and Explosion don't go together well unless you have some more Attack EVs. It works for Gyro Ball, too, I really like this team, though. 9/10

vs. Luna 2 I lost again, but I felt better about this one. Ultimately, this was a fast-paced bloodbath that ultimately came down to the final move, and a final-turn lapse in judgement. Battle between [Reborn]Anna and Ryan C started! Tier: OverUsed Mode: Singles Rule: Unrated [Reborn]Anna sent out Alakazam! Ryan C sent out Jolteon! Start of turn 1 Jolteon used Shadow Ball! It's super effective! The foe's Alakazam hung on using its Focus Sash! The foe's Alakazam lost 99% of its health! reserveds is watching the battle. The foe's Alakazam used Psyshock! Jolteon lost 237 HP! (87% of its health) Start of turn 2 Jolteon used Shadow Ball! It's super effective! The foe's Alakazam lost 0% of its health! The foe's Alakazam fainted! [Reborn]Anna sent out Gallade! Start of turn 3 The foe's Gallade used Shadow Sneak! Jolteon lost 34 HP! (12% of its health) Jolteon fainted! [scorpia] Trevo is watching the battle. Ryan C sent out Tentacruel! Start of turn 4 The foe's Gallade used Bulk Up! The foe's Gallade's Attack rose! The foe's Gallade's Defense rose! Tentacruel used Toxic Spikes! Poison spikes were scattered all around the feet of [Reborn]Anna's team! Start of turn 5 The foe's Gallade used Psycho Cut! It's super effective! Tentacruel's Payapa Berry weakened Psycho Cut's power! Tentacruel lost 195 HP! (53% of its health) Tentacruel used Scald! The foe's Gallade lost 22% of its health! The foe's Gallade restored a little HP using its Leftovers! [Clantag]Clan Member is watching the battle. Start of turn 6 The foe's Gallade used Psycho Cut! It's super effective! Tentacruel lost 169 HP! (46% of its health) Tentacruel fainted! The foe's Gallade restored a little HP using its Leftovers! Ryan C sent out Espeon! Start of turn 7 Espeon used Reflect! Reflect raised Ryan C's team defense! The foe's Gallade used Bulk Up! The foe's Gallade's Attack rose! The foe's Gallade's Defense rose! The foe's Gallade restored a little HP using its Leftovers! Start of turn 8 The foe's Gallade used Shadow Sneak! It's super effective! Espeon lost 126 HP! (46% of its health) Espeon used Baton Pass! Ryan C called Espeon back! Ryan C sent out JSC! (Heracross) The foe's Gallade restored a little HP using its Leftovers! Start of turn 9 JSC used Megahorn! The foe's Gallade lost 46% of its health! The foe's Gallade used Psycho Cut! It's super effective! A critical hit! JSC lost 301 HP! (100% of its health) JSC fainted! The foe's Gallade restored a little HP using its Leftovers! Ryan C sent out Salamence! Start of turn 10 Salamence used Dragon Dance! Salamence's Attack rose! Salamence's Speed rose! The foe's Gallade used Psycho Cut! Salamence lost 136 HP! (41% of its health) The foe's Gallade restored a little HP using its Leftovers! Start of turn 11 Salamence used Outrage! The foe's Gallade lost 65% of its health! The foe's Gallade fainted! Salamence's Attack rose! Ryan C's reflect wore off! [Reborn]Anna sent out Slowbro! The foe's Slowbro was poisoned! Start of turn 12 Salamence used Outrage! The foe's Slowbro lost 71% of its health! Salamence calmed down! Salamence became confused! The foe's Slowbro used Ice Beam! It's super effective! Salamence lost 195 HP! (58% of its health) Salamence fainted! The foe's Slowbro restored a little HP using its Leftovers! The foe's Slowbro was hurt by poison! Ryan C sent out Mamoswine! Start of turn 13 Mamoswine used Earthquake! The foe's Slowbro lost 22% of its health! The foe's Slowbro fainted! [Reborn]Anna sent out Starmie! The foe's Starmie was poisoned! Start of turn 14 The foe's Starmie used Scald! It's super effective! Mamoswine hung on using its Focus Sash! Mamoswine lost 360 HP! (99% of its health) The foe's Starmie is hurt by its Life Orb! Mamoswine used Endeavor! The foe's Starmie lost 89% of its health! The foe's Starmie was hurt by poison! The foe's Starmie fainted! [Reborn]Anna sent out Reuniclus! The foe's Reuniclus was poisoned! Start of turn 15 Mamoswine used Endeavor! The foe's Reuniclus lost 99% of its health! The foe's Reuniclus used Psyshock! Mamoswine lost 1 HP! (0% of its health) Mamoswine fainted! The foe's Reuniclus restored a little HP using its Leftovers! Ryan C sent out Espeon! Start of turn 16 Espeon used Hidden Power! The foe's Reuniclus lost 6% of its health! The foe's Reuniclus fainted! Espeon restored a little HP using its Leftovers! [Reborn]Anna sent out Medicham! The foe's Medicham was poisoned! [scorpia] Trevo: this is an intense battle. Start of turn 17 The foe's Medicham used ThunderPunch! Espeon lost 150 HP! (55% of its health) Espeon used Reflect! Reflect raised Ryan C's team defense! Espeon restored a little HP using its Leftovers! The foe's Medicham was hurt by poison! Start of turn 18 The foe's Medicham used ThunderPunch! A critical hit! Espeon lost 27 HP! (9% of its health) Espeon fainted! [Reborn]Anna won the battle! [Reborn]Anna: My friends and I are looking forward to next time! Ryan C: Well...

[Reborn]Bennett: Ah. Hope. It appears you already have my badge. [Reborn]Bennett: In that case, I shall take my leave for the night. [Reborn]Bennett: Have a pleasant evening Reborn. Except for you Hidan. ~~~ [Reborn]Bennett died from a broken heart ~~~ Hidan: Bro Hidan: I will snap yo shit up

probably never will, rotomfan.

Great, now Salamence needs moves. Get that checked out. If you're giving Salamence a Focus Sash you're CLEARLY stealing my idea

[b][i][u]TRY THIS![/u][/i][/b] Espeon With A Choice Espeon (F) @ Choice Scarf / Choice Specs Trait: Magic Bounce EVs: 252 SAtk / 4 SDef / 252 Spd Modest Nature (+SAtk, -Atk) / Timid Nature (+Spd, Atk) - Psyshock - Shadow Ball - Hidden Power [Fire] / [Fighting] - Hyper Voice Espeon, with its great Special Attack and Speed, allow it to be a sweeper. But have you ever tried Choice items on it? It seems that Espeon's special movepool isn't too impressive, it has enough options that it can hold its own. The obvious choice is the STAB, [b]Psyshock[/b], which gives Espeon to hit threats who are weak physically, such as Blissey. [b]Shadow Ball[/b] erases Pokemon who are weak to that type. [b]Hidden Power [Fire][/b] is a coverage move to erase Pokemon who resist Psychic / Shadow Ball, such as Metagross, Skarmory, and even Genesect if you're running Timid-Scarf, but [b]Hidden Power [Fighting] [/b]is reliable in rain and can take out Heatran. [b]Hyper[/b] [b]Voice[/b], hitting 14 types for neutral damage, is a good fourth move to spam. Here's a small guide to help you decide the nature and choice item.[list] [*]Modest-Specs: 590 SAtk / 318 Spd [*]Modest-Scarf: 393 SAtk / 477 Spd [*]Timid-Specs: 537 SAtk / 349 Spd [*]Timid-Scarf: 358 SAtk / 524 Spd [/list] Use whatever you like most.

Reflect Upon The Rising Sun Espeon (M) @ Light Clay Trait: Magic Bounce EVs: 156 HP / 100 SAtk / 252 Spd Timid Nature (+Spd, -Atk) - Psychic / Psyshock - Reflect - Light Screen / Hidden Power [Fire] - Morning Sun Espeon is a neat Pokemon. I don't even have to give it any EVs and its Special Attack is almost a tour de force. Anyway, this is what a Screen Espeon might look like. [b]Reflect [/b]allows it to survive a Sucker Punch from Bisharp. [b]Light Screen[/b] raises Special Defense, but more offense might be more desirable under sunlight, which is what this set is designed for (either that or Clear Skies), and thus you'd run [b]Hidden Power [Fire][/b]. You would likely choose between [b]Psychic[/b] or [b]Psyshock[/b] depending on whether you're running that second attack. [b]Morning Sun[/b] heals Espeon's HP nicely, especially under the sun.

It's a-me! The cliché Genesect with a Scarf is slowly being less used as people are now using scarfed Pokemon that can Focus Blast the crap out of everything. That and sets with Genesect can generally be very predictable. It's certainly not going to go down easily, but use with caution. Hitmontop is a bro. I haven't seen that set before, and I'm surprised. Triple priority is awesome. However, with a Pokemon that defensive I'm thinking that there might be something better for it than a Leftovers, perhaps an item to boost offense like a Life Orb. I should add that barring Infernape this team is really weak to sun teams. There might be some better walls out there for blocking, like a bulkier Water-type than Rotom-W as it's toast against Chlorophyll threats. Then again, you'll have a ball against every other weather. This one gets a 9/10 from me. It's a cool team that fights well through rain and sand. Perhaps hail as well.

You know me. I'm an Ace Member now (scary thought eh?) Anyway, good to see you again, man.

Uh...yo. Base 600 Attack? Check that math again.

Banned for running Swagger on Absol.

Oops, I derped. I was only quickly reading this as I was busy. Yeah, Shed Shell is awesome on Skarmory.

Those AO guys are pretty tight, man.

Rule is to make a set for it as well to complement the new Pokemon, but I'll pick up your slack...*sigh* Eye Of The Tiger Landorus-T (M) @ Life Orb / Lum Berry Trait: Intimidate EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spd Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk) / Lonely Nature (+Atk, -Def) - Earthquake - Stone Edge / Rock Slide / Outrage - Focus Blast - Rock Polish / U-turn Lando's new forme...it's a bit underwhelming. Its Speed leaves something to be desired, really. Base 100s and 95s outspeed it, so it will be the target of a lot of faster, powerful attacks, unfortunately. But then there's Rock Polish - a move that boosts Lando's Speed to a level in which it outruns pretty much every Scarfer going. Then the 145 base Attack kicks in. It has the most powerful Earthquake out there. Stone Edge or Rock Slide, your choice, but when you have 145 base Attack and can outspeed SS Kingdra (after a Rock Polish, of course), you might as well just Outrage all over it. However, you should probably pack a Lum Berry for it, which would cause Lando to lose some power obtained through a Life Orb. Focus Blast makes it something of a mixed sweeper, and a wallbreaker. Rock Polishdoesn't have to be the main selling point of the set - or even on it at all, as Lando can use a powerful U-turn.

Although I have to be brutally honest and say this team is like Cliché Pokémon All-Stars, I really like this team. Double status on Amoonguss is nice. Gives it an actual use after Sleep Clause. That and Clear Smog is an excellent choice for Reborn's meta. Draco Meteor on Specs Kingdra when you have Dragon Pulse? Kind of a risky choice, but I understand the basis for it. Stealth Rock allows the opponent to send out Magnezone and own Skarmory in one hit. Perhaps you'd like a spinner for Skarmory, but looking at the rest of the team, that's not too necessary I guess. Overall, fantastic team for a boring Pokémon selection. 10/10

Banned for paying any attention whatsoever to Roo the Baka.

Roo at his best (from a while ago) Roo the Baka is watching the battle. Start of turn 16 Volcarona used Sunny Day! The sunlight turned harsh! The foe's Toxicroak used Dual Chop! Volcarona lost 99 HP! (27% of its health) The foe's Toxicroak is hurt by Volcarona's Rocky Helmet! Volcarona lost 98 HP! (27% of its health) Volcarona's Flame Body activates! The foe's Toxicroak was burned! The foe's Toxicroak is hurt by Volcarona's Rocky Helmet! The foe's Toxicroak is hurt by its Life Orb! The sunlight is strong! The foe's Toxicroak's Dry Skin hurts it! The foe's Toxicroak restored a little HP using its Leftovers! The foe's Toxicroak is hurt by its burn! Ryan C: lol [DAT]Raptor: wtf Start of turn 17 Volcarona used Heat Wave! A critical hit! The foe's Toxicroak lost 37% of its health! The foe's Toxicroak fainted! The sunlight is strong! [DAT]Raptor: wat he fuck jst happend Roo the Baka: ... [ironfist] Ryan C: Uh oh. Roo the Baka: i think he just toxiCROAKED [ironfist] Ryan C: ... [DAT]Raptor: fuck ff rooo [ironfist] Trevo: ... Roo the Baka: not my fault if you can't spell anything but fuck [DAT]Raptor: fuck yu [DAT]Raptor forfeited against [ironfist] Ryan C!

No TR? *gasp* I actually agree with Kamina on something for a change, and that Beartic is meh. It's good if you have another Swimmer, just for type coverage, but in this case you have some better options. A lot of better options in fact. Azumarill, though, is not one of them. Floatzel is better for what you'd be trying to accomplish. On Scizor, I would use Pursuit instead of U-turn. With its low Speed, it can't afford to be switching in and out repeatedly, as it will get pummeled before it gets a chance to escape. That and Pursuit gets a Technician boost and is a great way to hammer Jellicent. Raikou is a bit of a dilemma here. I would say Lightningrod is better on Raikou in rain, but you lose Aura Sphere so... Overall, a good team that has lots of coverage but with some more changes could be fantastic. 8/10.