Tomas Elliot

It's mist. And you cannot even imagine the amount of tasteless jokes I forced myself to delete before I managed to type "it's mist".

A Life Orb Mienshao using U-turn is better off with Regenerator if you ask me. Fake Out over Aerial Ace to make up for the damage loss (the combination of Fake Out and HJK can kill anything Reckless-boosted HJK can kill), and Poison Jab over Stone Edge because there are many Fairy-type Pokemon this guy can outspeed and kill, which is more than I can ay for the Flying type (most of the Flying-type Pokemon commonly used nowadays are faster than Mienshao, so I doubt you will actually be using Stone Edge at all). And AV Excavalier is a nice idea to switch into most Fairy-type Pokemon with impunity and fake the CB set, to catch the opponent's Steel type off guard with an unexpected Drill Run. So yeah, by all means do give it a try. As for Accelgor, as Vlado said it is hard to suggest a replacement without knowing what you are having problems with (also because your team looks quite solid if you ask me). If you do decide to make Aero your lead with Sash and SR, you might want to consider a different Mega, like I dunno, Ampharos? With its bulk and godly type it would provide slow Volt-Switch to give Mienshao free opportunities to come in, thus creating a very good VVolt-Turn core... Also it laughs at the moves people usually use against Milo.

Traditionally, the good-looking characters are the villains... Which we are not going to announce at this time. Well, both MCs and rivals are cute too I suppose, maybe we will announce them at some point... Maybe. Also Mary counts for eye candy, albeit probably of the wrong gender for you EDIT: also we are gonna have a character who is quite the looker.

Honestly, I wasn't criticizing the staff here. As mentioned, a mod had already given me a very good explanation as to why the staff was not taking action. What I was criticizing is the fact that people (and by "people" I mean normal users, like the one who started this topic) weren't as quick to jump at that as they are to jump at anything having to do with the sexual sphere. If I had nicknamed myself "TheFaggotElliot", people would have lynched me long before mods could do anyhting about it, and rightfully so: I am kinda disappointed that similar sensibility wasn't displayed for a racial matter. In short: a single word like "friendzone" can spawn some massive arguments about sexism (I have seen it happen with my own two eyes a while back). A blatant racial slur used as nickname in a plethora of forum posts didn't spawn some massive arguments about racism. Why this double standard, Reborn community? Happy to hear it has been taken care of, tho.

Irvine is actually very different from Duster from basically any possible point of view...

Ok slackers, I'm back. Enough random trolling and get back to work <.<

I don't have the time right now to contribute to this topic or even to read it, but I think it is a very clever idea and I applaud Flux for it. I am gonna favorite it and get back once I return to Bologna

Something I have had on my chest for a while and I need to vent: every time someone does or says something that might even remotely sound sexist, discriminatory or otherwise related to issues involving the relationship between genders and/or gender identity and/or sexual orientation, a huge fuss inevitably is made around it, even with topics like this getting started. Which is not to say that this topic was unnecessary, uncalled for or exaggerated btw: the person who said that to Skitty is an idiot who needs to be dealt with as per the rules of this place. I am simply stating that you are all very sensible when it comes to this kind of issues. What bugs me is that in this forum there is a member who, with his very nickname and avatar, continuously mocks and insults black people (you all know who I am talking about), and no such big fuss is made about it. A certain mod (whom I would like to thank for the time they took to discuss such matters with me privately, although I think it is better not to name them directly) explained to me that, because of a technicality, this person cannot be prosecuted by the mods, yet I find it jarring that not a single topic like this one has been started on the matter. I believe all kinds of discrimination and slur should be equally despised, and it disappoints me to see that some issues receive more attention than others. As a heterosexual male, I cannot stand to see homosexuals (or females) being discriminated and insulted, so I am happy to see that you guys are sensible about these matters. As a white guy, I cannot stand to see black people being discriminated and insulted, so it disappoints me to see that you guys are not as sensible about these matters. And I know that by saying this I am overly generalizing the matter, I know that probably some of you did feel offended by the whole thing just like me and did try to do something about it, and I know that the aforementioned mod will probably be mad at me for bringing this up publicly, and I therefore apologize in advance to all the people towards whom these words could be unfair. But I really really needed to get this off my chest.

I am currently in my hometown and I am posting from my phone, so I don't really know what the guys are planning (totally not making this up just to cruelly tease you). Maybe a new gym leader?

Those investiments on both Def and SpDef are something I really don't like. What's the point in having high defenses if your HPs are kinda meh (Cradily) or just absolute crap (Ferroseed)? You will be going down anyway! Therefore, IMO you need to pick the side on which you want to wall, and invest in HP. And I have also minor issues with other members of your team, but let's proceed in order- In Cradily's case, Sandstorm will boost an already good SpDef, therefore it is smart to invest in Def. Also the others are right in saying that a Stockpile set with no attacks is a sitting duck to every single Pokemon with Substitute in this world, therefore here is what you should do: Florinia (Cradily) (F) @ Smooth Rock Ability: Storm Drain EVs: 248 HP / 252 Def / 8 SpD Bold Nature - Sandstorm - Giga Drain - Recover - Toxic OR, if you really feel like trolling (and solving what Hukuna called the "status overload" problem), you could give it Impish Nature instead, and Infestation over Giga Drain. Between the continuous damage from Infestation, the chip damage from Sandstorm and the Toxic damage, wearing down bulky Pokemon that threaten your team but aren't an immediate danger to Cradily (Like Miltank) will be easy... Give it a try! Now for Cacturne: Sucker Punch on a Scarf set is a very very bad, because if you lock yourself into it and your opponent picks Substitute, you have given them a free turn of setting up. I therefore recommend either going Life Orb instead (with Sucker Punch, you don't need the speed anyway) or, if you are really dead set into using Choice Scarf, consider Switcheroo over D-bond, to cripple walls and get yourself a more useful item to use with Sucker Punch. Torterra is a great bulky attacker for NU, however it is not wise to give it LO and 4 attacks IMO, not when there are other things it can do better, and its not like giving it all this firepower is going to help it beat its checks either (I mean even if you have Superpower, for example, you'll never get to use it realistically, because for example Cryogonal is faster). Not to mention the fact that you already have a dedicated physical attacker in Cacturne. So here is what you should do: keeping the same EVs, put lefties over LO, Wood Hammer over Seed Bomb for extra damage, Stealth Rock over Superpower, and Synthesis over Stone Edge. This way, you will be the bane of all the Ground and/or Rock-type Pokemon in the tier, making it easy for you to stay healthy and set up Stealth Rock multiple times, while still hitting pretty hard with Wood Hammer and EQ. Ferroseed has crappy HP, so investing in both defenses, when Eviolite is already boosting them, is unwise. Since you will mostly be switching this guy into physical attackers to try and take advantage from Iron Barbs, I recommend investing in Def (248 HP / 252 Def / 8 SpDef with Impish nature). And since Torterra has Stealth Rock, Ferroseed can run Spikes now, incrementing exponentially the amount of indirect damage you can deal. 4 attacks on Vileplume is unwise. You don't need a dedicated special attacker because this team is more about wearing down opponents anyway, and your physical attackers are mortally afraid of being burned, so you should make this one a special tank with Synthesis and Aromatherapy. Something like this: Vileplume @ Black Sludge Ability: Effect Spore EVs: 248 HP / 8 SpA / 252 SpD Modest Nature - Synthesis - Giga Drain - Sludge Bomb - Aromatherapy Well this is all. I am actually going to try this out (with my edits) on SD now, because I really like the idea EDIT: had a couple of battles with this team with the changes I suggested and... RUN SUBSTITUTE ON GOURGEIST. Seriously, this thing is godly in the current NU meta. Basically, the same set you are running but with Substitute over Pain Split. You wouldn't believe how many more chances your'll get to burn and seed opponents this way... Here are a couple of examples of what this team is now capable of: http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/nu-241932596 http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/nu-241933657

Wouldn't this be a "pack", rather than a "gang"?

Funny. Every time this guy makes a topic there are people (including myself in a past occasion) who say this. EDIT: nvm apparently the "past occasion" I was referring to had nothing to do with this person. Sorry for getting confusing people, I am not good with names ;-;