Vandaeron

Yeah, Braviary is a hardass. My only concern about it is whether it can survive super effective stuff that it can't outspeed. Or counter its weaknesses in general.

I forgot the most important rule. No legends. Ever.

Time for a thread about [s]my genius[/s] the way I build my team. It's all about, as I've said, pokemon with their own, independent power. Setups and baton passes and such are cool and all, but when it fails, the whole system falls apart. So, here's a listing of the team I used in the old league, to help show my point. Kangaskhan (Scrappy) w/ Silk Scarf - Fake Out, Return, Hammer Arm, Sucker Punch Yanmega (Tinted Lens) w/ Choice Specs - Air Slash, Bug Buzz, Hidden Power (Fire), Shadow Ball Feraligatr (Torrent) w/ Mystic Water - Ice Punch, Dragon Dance, Earthquake, Waterfall Machamp (No Guard) w/ Quick Claw - DynamicPunch, Stone Edge, Earthquake, Encore Arcanine (Flash Fire) w/ Magnet - ExtremeSpeed, Flare Blitz, Thunder Fang, Will-O-Wisp Nidoking (Poison Point) w/ Expert Belt - Earthquake, Thunderbolt, Ice Beam, Sucker Punch A lot of physical attackers, but that's secondary to the point they represent: all of them are very tough, and have various points along the greater half of the spectrum of bulkiness to speed. Kangaskhan is easily the most impressive lead I've ever seen, what with being able to drop some of the most brutal Returns you can get without major repercussions, and a majorly boosted Fake Out. In fact, with Fake Out, Return/Hammer Arm, and Sucker Punch done in a row, I can get in 3 hits to the enemy's one. Feraligatr is an absolute champ too. It's absolutely unbelievable the kinds of hits he can withstand (survived Jolteon Thunderbolt? WHAT THE FUCK!?) and he's equipped also to be able to tear down practically any pokemon but the most absolute walls in 2 hits at the most. Aaaaaand if they do send in a wall of some sort, I can just Dragon Dance it up and whoops, guess who just screwed themself. Arcanine is a tad iffy. I took him because my team is mostly low-mediocre speed, and when I need someone that's faster he can sure supply it. He has a magnet because nothing beats the look on someone's face when they pull out a bulky water to stop him and he either kills them from full with Thunder Fang, or gets them within kill range of the priority moves my other pokemon had. His insane Flare Blitzes were amazing for ending walls when I can't drop Feraligatr, as well. And of course ExtremeSpeed needs no introduction as to its utility. Machamp has been iffy too, because while his power is basically impossible to match without major buffing, I have seen him get one-shotted by neutral hits far more than I'd like. Encore makes him a bit of a wall breaker as well, or if I fuck up and Encore a psychic or flying move, someone else can come in to resist it, or if not it'd make predictions easy. Yanmega is a whole lot of fun too. Not only is it pretty damn hard for it to find something it can't get a SE on, but also if they switch in to something that'd resist the move I Choiced into, Tinted Lens will kick in and still make its attacks punishing. But I'm most likely not bringing it back in favor of new pokemon. And Nidoking... The now-retired master. Absolute SE god, able to destroy anything that's a counter to himself, and his great mixed offense makes existance for the opponent a constant brick-shitting fest. But really, I simply can do much better nowadays. --- Anyway, I've taken shots at evolving this team into a 5th gen setup. A lot of old doors are opening back up, and there is, of course, a new list of possible additions. Right now I'm contemplating a Druddigon, and hoping I can get Eelektross to meet my expectations. Any thoughts on other new/old pokemon that might fit the bill for the kinds of pokemon I'm after? I want someone who can greatly abuse Sheer Force (don't say Nidoking, just don't) to consider. Or just generally anything that has huge power and above average survivability and/or speed. It would be nice to get a more lopsided speedster than Arcanine. Having a diverse offensive movepool is a must, and some method to take down or at least bruise its own potential counters, even if it's just a neutral powershot.

Whut, I have a reputation to uphold now? Faaaaahk. Also, how do I get uh, not-naked points?

[quote name='Kaoru Hitachiin' timestamp='1318910774' post='20107'][s]OMFGYAYYOUREBACKIMISSEDYOUITSMEMASHEW<3[/s] Welcome. Please to meet you. Good to have you here~[/quote] Sup mish-mash. Gonna be a brutal tomorrow ahead of you. [quote name='Slut' timestamp='1318911604' post='20108']TESTOSTERONE.[/quote] *flex* Feel envy. [quote name='Maelstrom' timestamp='1318927694' post='20111']Long time no see, former Manowar. Trust me, there are a LOT of new strategies for you to ferret out.[/quote] Damn straight. And stop telling me to use Furret. Kangaskhan is so much more rapetastic.

So, looks like there's a handful more of them, now... I mean pokemon, not you fodder. I also see that fool Nidoking they called Manowar still 'owns' this account. Well, he is no more. My name is Vandaeron. It will be amusing to create a new strategy for decimating a new league. ...Pleased to meet you.

Also uh, link to this topic in the line-up thread, A.

This is where it gets serious.

Yngwie Malmsteen - Cross the Line

Manowar - House of Death

At Vance - The Brave and the Strong

Dream Theater - Tenement Funster / Flick of the Wrist / Lily of the Valley (Queen cover)

Yup, I knew it. Corey has never won.

Geo and AZ better hurry up and beat Terra so we can move on.

I think, for the sake of formality, we should say something like, "No trolling. Trolling, by definition, is any act done deliberately for the purpose of provoking any form of negative reaction." It's a really thick catch clause that will catch all kinds of things such as what was happening last night. We need to promote a positive atmosphere. That's not to say we can't be competitive or anything, but you don't gotta be an ass. League leaders are free reign though.

Mitsurugi is the winrar. If he hits you once, you're not gonna end up back on your feet without a miracle.

Eh. I'm not afraid.

What I think would be a neat course of action, is, if it's possible, have the server automatically whisper anyone that joins with a short blurb about the gym challenge, and a link to the forums. Because the whisper pop up is a lot harder to ignore than the server description, or some automatic message in the chatroom when they join. Then if they still ignore it we can proceed to berate--I mean educate them!

You already know my team.

People don't listen to polite, when they didn't come to be polite. You gotta take it down to their level to be heard.

One, you're a moron. Two, it changes all the time. Three, if you've noticed, most of the people at the top of the list are not even people participating in what this server is about. Just other dipshits like yourself. Get some badges, and we'll talk about "our game".

...Hm

...And except for Gyarados, every one of those can only be gotten rather late in the game. You have to get through Brock and Lt. Surge With like, Pidgeotto, Butterfree, and Spearow. Yeah, no.

Oh, El is the dark leader now? What a sudden change of heart.

Just pitching my two cents, I don't think anyone that's seen it can deny the power of my kangaskhan as a lead. Most people take it for being slower than it is, which in itself is a great source of kills with Fake Out > Return. Too many people fail to account for Scrappy, so you can easily OHKO some ghosts on the presumed safe switch, and if you don't sucker punch will seal the deal. And that pokemon has survived some crazy things. Like, it's even survived Fighting hits from Infernape before. And anything neutral, is pretty much guaranteed to not kill, allowing you to chain Fake Out, Return, and Sucker Punch to effectively get three hits to their one. And with its power, you would be hard-pressed to not get a kill with those three hits. And of course replace Return in that combo with Hammer Arm for rocks and steels. Of course, Kangaskhan can't do everything, but being able to switch it out safely and bring it in again later, just doubles its raw destructiveness. As a lead, late-game support, and diffuser of buffed pokemon, Kangaskhan is like a damn all-star. And that kid in her pouch is damn cute.