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I'm not getting this Candlejack thing, mayb

If only Amanderr was still around...but she does have a Skype account so we can bug her there to come here.

The reason why that clerk could only manage to get a Casteliacone on Tuesday

I appreciate it. vs. Luna For some reason, my logs are refusing to save. I lost, but aside from that I did better than I thought I would. She led with Bisharp, which brought about my downfall with Stealth Rock (which I eventually forgot about until my last Pokemon), while I led with Espeon. I set up Reflect and passed to Heracross and through a multitude of things managed to get through that, Sableye and something else (I don't remember what) quickly using it and Jolteon. However, next came the Pokemon which seems to be the bane of my existence: Umbreon. Using a CurseRay set and pummeling away with Payback, my team was done before long. It in the end came down to Tentacruel, who tried to Scald Umbreon, and got burned by Umbreon's ability. Umbreon then survived with Wish, while Tentacruel bowed out, and Salamence was too damaged from Stealth Rock to survive two paybacks.

Banned for having your display pic as someone from Fire Emblem 9 not named Nephenee, Ike, or Zelgius.

Spikes is sooooo overrated, especially on a more frail Pokemon. Already replaced Hail with Destiny Bond anyway. Already replaced Wish on Shelgon. Crunch doesn't do a whole lot for it, at least not as much as Toxic. Alright, Shadow Sneak it is, then. Thanks.

Ah. Guess it makes sense.

Never! I shall resist Kaito!

What is going on here?

Yeah, you seem more like a sun guy, seeming as you normally go by Sawsbuck on the server I've always been skeptical about letting Abomasnow set up. I will give your suggestion a shot, though. Froslass's bad set was a by-product of making Froslass into an offensive utility. Let's get that fixed... Delibird is cool. One problem. It's Ice/Flying. I don't think it'd be good to use except on the main mono-white where I'd run Volcarona. Shit. I meant to give Gallade Leftovers.

Ryan C here. In light of realizing that I didn't do a monocolor this weekend like I had planned (it was supposed to be black), I had decided to celebrate the coming of winter with this team. I thought of this song, done by one of my favorite bands ever, the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Cool winter song to sing along as you read this. Hehe...get it? Cool? Yeah, Roo the Baka would be proud. (M) @ Leftovers Trait: Snow Warning EVs: 200 HP / 52 Atk / 172 Def / 84 SDef Careful Nature (+SDef, -SAtk) - Ice Shard - Wood Hammer - Substitute => Swords Dance (Summer) - Leech Seed => Ingrain (Summer) Weather lead. What, you think I would name this team "All HAIL team #8a" for nothing? Anyhow, this set runs the SubSeed strategy and works with Abomasnow's decent defenses. Ice Shard is priority and bypasses Abomasnow's bad Speed, which leaves a bit to be desired. Have you ever seen Abomasnow's Wood Hammer? Heh heh heh heh...it hurts. Not even joking. It does a lot of damage. Substitute and Leech Seed work well together, especially in a lead spot where it might scare Tyranitar and Politoed away. (F) @ Eviolite Trait: Overcoat EVs: 252 HP / 20 Atk / 236 SDef Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk) - Dragon Claw - Brick Break - Dragon Dance - Wish => Toxic (Wish is actually from Gen 3 and thus not compatible with Overcoat) Bulky attacker. "Do you have a weather-resisting ability?" "Do you have an awesome defensive typing?" "Congratulations, you've made the team." This one has some unique commodities that set it apart from other Dragon-types, as defensive Dragons are pretty darn awesome. Dragon Clawis its STAB, and Brick Break hits everything the other fails to hit well for neutral damage or better. Dragon Dance allows me to focus more EVs on defensive stats. (F) @ Focus Sash Trait: Snow Cloak EVs: 4 Def / 252 SAtk / 252 Spd Modest Nature (+SAtk, -Atk) - Taunt - Hail => Destiny Bond (Summer) - Blizzard - Shadow Ball Utility sweeper. Froslass provides some kind of entry hazard setter while having some hax factor. Taunt stops stuff like Stealth Rock which can really ruin my day. Destiny Bond is a life-saver (how ironic). Blizzard works well with the Hail. Shadow Ball is the secondary STAB that punishes Espeon for stepping in Taunt's way. (M) @ Choice Scarf Trait: Super Luck / Justified EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spd Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk) - Sucker Punch - Night Slash - Superpower - Megahorn Scarfer. I wanted the Adamant Nature to unleash full power even though things like Jolteon will outspeed it even without the scarf. Hell with it. It's about the POWER!!!! Sucker Punch is STAB and helps guard against Absol's poor defenses. Night Slash is the main reason I considered Super Luck as an ability over Justified, but not the only reason. Superpower takes care of coverage woes. Megahorn is another way to deal serious damage, though without the drawbacks of Superpower. Back to the abilities, which I'm looking for your input on. Super Luck is a nice ability, and I'd rather have that on Absol as Night Slash is dangerous; however, it can become completely null sometimes because if you have no luck, you don't have super luck. Meanwhile, there's also the option of making Absol into a wanna be Muskedeer with Justified. Great ability for switching Absol in for Froslass, but most Dark-type attacks aimed at Froslass would probably be Pursuit. Well, sometimes I do get a Crunch or Dark Pulse thrown at me. But either way, it, like Super Luck, can come up flat, although Justified's more of a sure thing. I dunno. You guys tell me what I should do. (M) @ Life Orb Trait: Ice Body EVs: 100 HP / 252 SAtk / 156 Spd Modest Nature (+SAtk, -Atk) - Blizzard - Autotomize - Hidden Power [Fighting] - Protect / Substitute Sorta bulky sweeper. This Pokemon combines the heal factor of Ice Body with some prevalent overall stats and an okay movepool. Blizzard needs no explanation. Autotomize serves as a double purpose, but it will mainly be for the Speed boost. Hidden Power [Fighting] adds five to the list of types that Vanilluxe hits super-effective and gives it a more reliable option in other weathers. The last move is a toss-up which I am looking for some input on, but in either case it will be used to get an opportunity to heal Life Orb damage. (M) @ Life Orb => Leftovers (mistake fixed) Trait: Steadfast EVs: 252 Atk / 44 Def / 212 SDef Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk) - Drain Punch - Swords Dance - Will-O-Wisp - Psycho Cut / Shadow Sneak Offensive supporter. Gallade also gets resistances to help counter the fact that three Pokemon are weak to Fighting, and three are weak to Rock. is the STAB to counter the Life Orb damage. Swords Dance jumps on the defensive stat-ups, but I'll usually wait until I get a specially focused Pokemon or burn the opponent with Will-O-Wisp. I'm thinking about both Psycho Cut and Shadow Sneak. Which one should I choose? Below is the importable. First 5 battles (in tier BorderLine unless otherwise stated): 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Have at it!

Kay, let's try this again. Count me in. Kiozo.

Count me in for this, Kiozo.

How did I not notice this thread? Name: Ryan Carson Age: 19 Birthday: September 7, 1993 Location: My Toronto house Height: 5'10" Hair Color: Brown Eye Color: Creepy dark brown, almost black Lives With: One parent depending on what I'm doing at the time or if I'm working Pets?: A cat named Skittles. No idea where the name's from Relationships?: Single. Watch out, ladies Crushes lately?: A college classmate Dream Job: Sports commentary Currently Playing: Pokemon Black 2 Favorite Food: Tempura Shrimp Favorite Drink: A&W Root Beer Favorite Color: Red Favorite Kind of Music: I dunno. I guess rock music in general Favorite Band: Tough choice. Muse, Pearl Jam, or Red Hot Chili Peppers Favorite Album: Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication Favorite Game: Probably something from Mario Kart series Favorite Genre of Game: I don't have one. I suck at strategy games not named Fire Emblem or Advance Wars though. Favorite Hobbies: I'm a big sports guy. Favorite Movies: Space Jam. It's my childhood Favorite Shows: SportsCenter whenever are hosting, otherwise Family Guy

claiming credit for that one

Gravity was for Landorus's self-sustenance. It allows him to hit levitating Pokemon with his STAB attack, such as Flygon. U-turn would hit things like Latios for super-effective damage and allow for something else to step in. If I give Landorus an Adamant Nature, that allows things such as Lucario to outspeed it, and that means Lando gets slugged by an Ice Punch. Also, there's a lot of 100 base Speed Pokemon out there, such as Salamence and Zapdos, that can switch in on an Earthquake and phaze him before they destroy him. This allows me to strike back before they can hit with HP Ice, a powerful Outrage, or something of the like. I'm getting a lot of thumbs up to Lava Plume, so that's a good one. However, Substitute is part of the stalling core. about 7 times out of ten Hitmontop will switch in due to its defenses. Those defenses make Rest more viable.

vs. Samson The log didn't save. All you need to know about this Triples carnage is this.

I would if Gastrodon was actually brown under the Pokedex.

Yeah, Rain is this team's worst enemy. That's why I have Shiftry, then I can throw something else, probably Regirock, in the way of Tornadus.

song's great, but the video's way better.