tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60719059418497053592024-03-21T12:04:52.910-07:00Pokemon101The adventure starts here!PokemonDudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02893781955265079030noreply@blogger.comBlogger62125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6071905941849705359.post-50966574016542633662013-05-18T08:38:00.001-07:002013-05-18T08:38:13.013-07:00Been into LoL.Hey guys. It's me, and I know site is dead. But I just want you to know, that our new site, (with a real domain) is <a href="http://www.vipersquadgaming.com/" target="_blank">http://www.vipersquadgaming.com</a> I've really started to enjoy League of Legends as my new favorite game, and I think a lot of you guys will too. It would mean a lot to me if you joined it. Thanks guys, and for the last time on this site, I'm out!PokemonDudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02893781955265079030noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6071905941849705359.post-15359228733304603722012-06-23T16:54:00.001-07:002012-06-23T16:56:25.112-07:00Pokemon Black/White 2!So, the release of Pokemon White/Black 2 seems to be scheduled for this fall, so when good things come up, I'll be sure to release it on our own page for the topic. Just click Pokemon Black/White 2 release, or <a href="http://ispokemon101.blogspot.com/p/pokemon-blackwhite-2-info.html" target="_blank">follow this link by clicking it!</a> I'll also be sure to add my own walkthrough this time. (: Don't forget to subscribe, and I know it's been a while. I hope we can all stay in touch. (:<br />
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<br />PokemonDudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02893781955265079030noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6071905941849705359.post-66715068840186899642012-06-07T20:04:00.001-07:002012-06-07T20:04:34.700-07:00Dead site?Hey guys.... I know it's been a REALLY... long time since I updated this site..... and I don't even know if I enjoy the game anymore.... but I realize, I need to keep in check, and keep in touch with the game and you guys. (: So, as this year is slowly ending, I'm going to hold the "re-birth" of Pokemon101. Full and everything. Grand and all. Invite AS MANY people as you can, and email me @ homura.nin@gmail.com for any ideas. Thanks guys, let's make this summer run. :DPokemonDudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02893781955265079030noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6071905941849705359.post-82991475609443358012012-03-23T22:28:00.000-07:002012-03-23T22:28:49.392-07:00Pokemon of the Week: Terrakion - Number 1 Bad***<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><img alt="http://img.pokemondb.net/artwork/terrakion.jpg" src="http://img.pokemondb.net/artwork/terrakion.jpg" /><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">You are ****ing crazy if you don't think that this thing does not look bad***.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Overview: </span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> Terrakion is a superb pokemon holding huge attack power and a very nice speed stat. His power to break through the toughest of walls allows him to stay high in the OU metagame, and his great base speed, is one of the best, out speeding base positive base 100's. Terrakion also brings to the table, two great STAB's in the form of Rock and fighting. These two types of STAB's create unresisted coverage against every pokemon except for certain pokemon such as Celebi. His STAB's are just so good, that he just needs those STAB moves to destroy all pokemon. This allows for some versatile sets, due to the fact he only needs 2 STAB moves. Terrakion also supports a very nice resistance to Stealth Rock, allowing him to switch in multiple times not crippling him too much. Terrakion is a huge threat in the OU metagame, and every team must make sure they have a check or counter Terrakion, or they will be destroyed. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">This is quite arguably the best set that Terrakion can run. Sporting two of the best STAB's in the game, Terrakion is one of the best if not the best Choice Bander coupled with Great speed and power. Terrakion's Choice Band set is just so good, that the other moves on this set, are of limited use due to the sheer power and coverage that his STAB's gave. Choice Band Terrakion is a pretty self explanatory set, and all you have to do pretty much is to pick the right STAB move of choice. The 1st move, Close Combat is one of the strongest moves in the game. It allows him to tear apart even the mightiest of physical walls such a Skarmory. With Close Combat, even Skarmory is 2HKO'd. This just exemplifies the power of a Choice Banded Terrakion's Close Combat. The 2nd move on the set, Stone Edge is an inaccurate but one of the most powerful rock moves in the game. Rock slide is an option, but the sheer power of Stone edge is too hard to pass by. Stone Edge is a great move in Terrakion's arsenal, allowing him to destroy pesky flying types that resist close combat, and a great move overall despite accuracy issues. X-Scissor is the most likely option for the 3rd moveslot, allowing him to hit Psychic types a tiny bit harder that Stone Edge, with the upside of also having 100% accuracy. It also allows you to finish off a weakened Celebi and other grass types who resist fighting. The 4th move isn't a huge deal, but it might help sometime when playing with Terrakion. Sacred Swords is a solid move for Terrakion in the 4th slot, sporting a nice base power of 90, but the big kick to this ability is the fact that it goes through opponents defense boosts. It also has the upside of not lowering your defenses, unlike close combat. The other move you could put in the 4th slot is Quick attack, which is the one that I most usually take than Sacred Swords. For example you could have 1 pokemon Terrakion at 50% against a Dragonite at 10% health. The Dragonite has 2 Dragon Dance Boosts, but an Extremespeed will not KO. However a Dragon Claw will, since it will outspeed you. But! Quick attack to the rescue, taking off that 10% of Dragonite's Health, and winning you the game. As you can see, Quick attack is a worthy option for Terrakion, but if you prefer having a reliable STAB move and the upside of not lowering your defenses, then be my guest and take Sacred Sword instead. A Jolly nature is preferred for this set allowing you to outspeed pesky Landorus and positive base 100's. You can use an adamant nature if you prefer more killing power, but you will go back to Jolly almost all the time, because you want the speed. A Choice Band is probably the best item choice for Terrakion, because the Sheer power of his moves are combined with Choice Band is just too good to pass up. A Choice Scarf is also a worthy option in the spot for Terrakion, allowing him to become an effective Revenge Killer. With Choice Scarf, he still deals a lot of damage, and can rip through weakened teams. EV's are pretty straight-forward providing him the maximum amount of damage and speed he has, and putting the last 4 EV's in to HP, to maybe withstand one more attack. Justified is a great ability for Terrakion, especially if you run a Choice Scarf set, because if you come into a dark move, your essentially running a +1 Speed Terrkian with +1 Attack. And that is very scary. It also goes well with a Choice Band set, which gives essentially a Free Swords Dance. One of the best partners to accompany Terrakion to his rise of destroying the opposition is Landorus, which allows him to take care of Gliscor with HP Ice, one of Terrakion's top counters. Landorus can also rip holes in the opposing team, or clean up Terrakion's destruction. Some other partners for Terrakion are Gyarados, which have great synergy with Terrakion, countering Scizor, taking water type attacks like nothing, Fighting attacks, and sporting an immunity to Ground. Latias also preforms a similar role, and can also bait dark moves to obtain the bonus attack for Justified. Counters to this set include Gliscor, whcih essentially walls Terrakion as long as it is healthy, resisting Close Combat and taking minimal damage from Stone Edge due to its immense physical bulk. Gliscor can then destroy Terrakion with a STAB Earhquake. Slowbro also functions a similar role resisting Close Combat, and tanking Stone Edge with immense physical bulk, and either KO'ing Terrakion with Scald or recovering the damage essentially stalling its PP. Priority Users, especially Scizor and Azumarill will shut down Terrakion's Killing spree, KO'ing him with their respective STAB moves. Golurk and Nidoqueen are also great counters, KO'ing him with a STAB Earthquake and resisting both his STAB moves. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Terrakion, if you haven't gotten inside of your mind yet, is one of the most bad*** pokemon in existence. Obviously someone as bad*** as Terrakion must know a thing or two about dancing. Well. Let me tell you something. INDEED HE DOES. The Double Dance set just proves this. Probably one of the best set up sweepers in the game because of his ability to adapt to the opponents team. Got a speedy and frail team against Terrakion? Rock Polish on a switch. Proceed to kill. Got a super defensive team you're up against. Swords Dance on a switch. Proceed to kill. The possibilities to set up with Terrakion are enormous as he has a very nice resistances to fire, rock, and dark, some of the most commonly used move types in the metagame. However, in order for him to successfully execute a sweep, Terrakion needs to get rid of pesky priority users, such as Scizor or Azumarill. I will explain this more as we advance in our POTW. The Double Dance Set is only possible because of his amazing STAB's which provide perfect coverage to almost all pokemon, hitting them for neutral or super effective damage. Close Combat and Stone Edge are probably the moves you want, a swords Dance OHKO'ing Skarmory with a tiny bit of damage or SR. Tell me that's not amazing. Stone Edge is also a great compliment 2HKO'ing Gyarados with intimidate, or OHKO'ing it with a +1 atk Stone edge with SR. Terrakon is just so awesome, that it also knows Rock Polish and Swords Dance! These two moves compliment each other so well, all you have to do is pick the right one, and dominate the opposing team. Terrakon is an amazing set up sweeper, and when one has been perfectly set up, your team will go down. Now. In order for this set of Terrakion to sweep, there are one of two things that must be done. These two things must be done, get a bunch of spikes and SR on the field allowing him to KO everybody, and take away the counters to Terrakion, mainly bulky pokemon who can take a hit, and priority users that can KO. The first one, is a great asset to his sweeping capabilities, especially SR, allowing him to muscle through even the toughest walls in the metagame, including skarmory. Hippowdon is also KO'd with some Spikes and SR, which is awesome. The 2nd one though, is mandatory in order for him to successfully sweep. The main people you want to take out are Scizor and Gliscor, two of the most commonly used pokemon in the metagame. Thankfully, a bulky water type can take both of them on, such as Gyarados, or Slowbro, can pave the way so your Terrakion can sweep the enemy team. Terrakion is a powerful set up sweeper in the right hands, and can sweep the enemy teams at no notice even without boosts. This is so because Terrakion has just huge attack power and speed, that the boosts just empower him. A weakened team with no counter Terrakion is a dead team. I am telling you that from experience. Terrakion's partners and set up for EV's and nature are the same as the Choice Band or Choice Scarf set, but the items are different. Air Balloon is the preferred item providing you an immunity to one of your most gaping weaknesses, and allowing many more set up opportunities. Air Balloon can also be substituted for a Life Orb, if you prefer some immediate power to your attacks, and adding that extra oomph you need to finish off that last opponent. Both of them have downsides however, as Air Balloon is easily rid of through any attack, as long as it is not ground, making it only usable on switches or resistances. Life also has its downside, if you didn't know before, makes you lose 10% of your HP per attack. Stalling him out of Life orb if he has it, is a plausible startegy for pokemon such as Gliscor, who can OHKO it with Earthquake. Choose which one you prefer, as it will greatly affect your gameplay with Terrakion.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br />
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</div>Pastrybombhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02072765128695436223noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6071905941849705359.post-78119966890982448632012-03-05T20:48:00.001-08:002012-03-05T20:48:42.509-08:00In Need of Moderators...As our site activity decreases, I realize the reason is the lack of Pokemon of the Week and posts on my behalf. So I will need some volunteer mods to be EXTREMELY active on the site with me. This means a POTW, every week, and I promise it (at least most of the time). So, please comment on our moderators page if you want to be a moderator.PokemonDudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02893781955265079030noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6071905941849705359.post-39737668730935970882012-02-25T21:33:00.001-08:002012-02-25T21:33:15.658-08:00Urgent......Check the News page immediately. This is absolutely breaking news.PokemonDudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02893781955265079030noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6071905941849705359.post-89470579435336752702012-02-15T16:10:00.000-08:002012-02-15T16:10:16.648-08:00My Activity Scheduling!Ok. So as you can all see, the activity on the site is faltering. I'm announcing the return of a tournament.... >:) That's right..... the newest tournament is the Spring Cup! If you want to join or enter it, grab the details in the link below!<br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: large;">#350 Milotic</span></strong></div>
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What's up, Pokemon 101 fans! This is my first ever POTW, so please bear with me.</div>
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Milotic, one of my personal favorites, is a Water type UU Pokemon that, in my opinion, should be used to wear opponents down due to its base 125 Sp. Def., 95 base HP, and the fact that it only has one type. Milotic is weak against Grass and Electric types, and with not so much of a variety of moves, should not be used against them (except in Gen V, when Milotic can use Bulldoze). However, Milotic can use moves such as Recover and Rain Dance, which also makes it a good team player. </div>
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Milotic has two abilities, Cute Charm, which can infatuate the opponent, and Marvel Scale, which boosts Def. while Burned, Poisoned, etc.</div>
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Leftovers, Marvel Scale, Bold Nature</div>
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1st Move: Scald</div>
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2nd Move: Recover</div>
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3rd Move: Ice Beam/Hidden Power Grass</div>
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4th Move: Toxic/Haze/Dragon Tail</div>
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EVs: 252HP/248 Def./8 Speed</div>
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I believe that this is truly the best way to use a bulky Water type like Milotic. Leftovers, Marvel Scale, and Recover keep Milotic alive for almost forever, while Scald is the perfect Water move with a chance to burn. Hidden Power Grass will take away those pesky Electrics and Ice Beam will annihilate Grass users. Finally there's Toxic, which will make opponents continue to lose health, while there is almost no way to stop it, if you play with items.</div>
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RestTalk</div>
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Leftovers, Marvel Scale, Calm Nature</div>
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2nd Move: Sleep Talk</div>
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4th Move: Dragon Tail</div>
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EVs: 252HP/192 Def./ 56 SpD/8 Speed</div>
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This moveset provides a way to deal consistent damage to any opponent. Rest, Leftovers, and Marvel Scale, again keep Milotic alive to deal out some damage. Dragon Tail will deal some damage and force your opponent to switch out (except for Pokemon like Octillery), allowing you to find out which Pokemon you should hit with that Scald.</div>
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1st Move: Hydro Pump/Surf</div>
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2nd Move: Ice Beam</div>
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3rd Move: Hidden Power Grass/Hidden Power Electric</div>
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Using a Milotic in this way would be a bit of a gamble without EVs, because a Grass or Electric type could come along and blow you out of the water. However, if you do have these EVs, you would have a force to be reckoned with. Ice Beam takes out Grass types, and Hydro Pump and Surf deal real damage, but still, an Electric type could come along and KO Milotic with a Thunder.</div>
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In short, Milotic is a great Pokemon, if you know how to use it ;)</div>
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That's all for this POTW! (my 1st ever one) I'll see some of you guys in the Winter Cup!</div>
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awesomesauce~Brendan</div>
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P.S: Sorry if this is a little short, or if this comes out with no indents. Not my fault.<br />
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<b><i>*2/2 QC</i></b></div>
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<b><i>*2/2 GC</i></b><br />
<b><i> GC AND QC APPROVED</i></b></div>
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</div>awesomesaucehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04522633260117956282noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6071905941849705359.post-32534681182976073432011-12-17T18:45:00.000-08:002011-12-19T09:21:08.020-08:00WINTER CUP CHANGE!HEY EVERYONE! I know it's been pretty nice having activity on this site for the Winter Cup. And for some reason, the perfect way to organize this tourney JUST popped into my mind a few seconds ago. I'm going to edit the post on Winter Cup and this is how we are going to organize it:<br />
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1)First of all, there is a time limit to all of this, and I realize that. We are going to have to set individual match-ups INSTEAD.<br />
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2) Second of all, this is a PO tournament, so we can easily watch it, and enjoy ourselves.<br />
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3) This brings me to not organize a certain DATE, on when the tournament should be. It can't be held on a single day, as this is being held during the holidays. Which brought me to a GENIUS IDEA....<br />
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4) We are going to have match-ups, and every person who joined will have a random match-up qualification match. This will provide you a battle against another person who joined, and whoever wins will pass on to the next round.<br />
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5) Now, the people who signed up are the following......:<br />
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-Pastrybomb<br />
-Victor Pham<br />
-Little_man200<br />
-Awesome Sauce<br />
-813fe1d8-2063-11e1-bd60-000f20980440 (Albert)<br />
-Felix Serrano<br />
-Leinad Ttekcah<br />
-Joseph<br />
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6) You may have noticed that I have taken myself, and Leinad out of the match-ups, due to certain things on vacation. But don't worry, I'll be moderating, and trying to watch you guys as much as possible.<br />
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7) MAKE SURE YOU HAVE DOWNLOADED POKEMON ONLINE BY DECEMBER 31. *Reason stated below.....<br />
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8) I'm going to run this like so. I will match you guys up. You guys will be given a disqualification date. This date will be BEFORE you guys have a battle, AND post up the results. You HAVE to post the results to make it valid, otherwise BOTH of you will be taken out of the future matches. For holidays' sake, I'm going to make the first date JANUARY 3. JANUARY 3. Mark this date somewhere, and remember to have your match with your assigned opponent. AND. DON'T FORGET TO POST.<br />
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<b><i><u>9) HERE ARE THE MATCH-UPS:</u></i></b><br />
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<b><i><u>813fe1d8-2063-11e1-bd60-000f20980440 (Albert) VS. PASTRYBOMB</u></i></b><br />
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<b><i><u>FELIX SERRANO VS AWESOME SAUCE</u></i></b><br />
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<b><i><u>LITTLE_MAN200 VS VICTOR PHAM</u></i></b><br />
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<b><i><u>JOSEPH VS LEINAD TTEKCAH</u></i></b><br />
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Januaray 3'RD everyone! Goodluck competing!PokemonDudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02893781955265079030noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6071905941849705359.post-65819628613856707362011-12-16T16:53:00.000-08:002011-12-16T16:53:36.154-08:00Winter Cup Dates?Okay, for everyone who is entering the Winter Cup, this post will provide every single possible date for the tourney:<br />
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December 25<br />
December 26<br />
December 27<br />
December 28<br />
December 29<br />
December 30<br />
December 31<br />
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These are all the possible dates if you want the cup to be during this December. If you DO NOT want the cup to be during this time, make sure you mention it. Thanks!PokemonDudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02893781955265079030noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6071905941849705359.post-62542185454991460692011-12-12T19:07:00.000-08:002012-02-26T13:42:17.386-08:00The Artemis of Today's Metagame!<h1 style="text-align: center;">
#380 Latias</h1>
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Hello there followers and random people who came about this website, welcome to only my 2nd POTW! I know I never finished my Rate My Team, but I'll be sure to finish this. So! Lets get down to business shall we?</div>
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Latias is a superb pokemon with a quite stellar typing finding itself with a multitude of resistances to many common attacking types in today's metagame, courtesy of her Dragon Typing. While her Dragon Typing is a great boon over many pokemon, she has one of the worst defensive typing's that accompany with her. Psychic. This allows her to become weak to common atacks such as Scizor's U-Turn, or a Tyranitar's Pursuit. There is a good side to this though, as this allows her to have a great resistance to common fighting types like Mienshao who enjoy spamming Hi Jump Kicks everywhere. However her brother is usually picked over her because of Latios' Stellar power. But, Latias works a great defensive pivot for teams searching for a pokemon who can dish out some damage, but act as a great special attacker too. </div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"> Lets start simple shall we?</span></div>
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<i><b>Calm Mind: </b></i></div>
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<i><b> </b></i>Move 1: <a href="http://www.smogon.com/bw/moves/calm_mind">Calm Mind</a> <br />
Move 2: <a href="http://www.smogon.com/bw/moves/recover">Recover</a> </div>
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Move 3: <a href="http://www.smogon.com/bw/moves/dragon_pulse">Dragon Pulse</a> </div>
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Move 4: <a href="http://www.smogon.com/bw/moves/hidden_power#fire">Hidden Power Fire</a> / <a href="http://www.smogon.com/bw/moves/substitute">Substitute</a> / <a href="http://www.smogon.com/bw/moves/roar">Roar</a></div>
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Nature: Timid</div>
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EV's: 252 HP/ 252 Speed/ 4 Special Attack</div>
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Item: Leftovers </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><span class="sqq"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">“Love is much like a wild rose, beautiful and calm, but willing to draw blood in its defense.”</span></span></span></div>
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<span class="sqq"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">This saying is quite true for Latias, pertaining to her color, and the fact that she IS willing to draw blood from YOU while staying a very calm position. This is a fairly standard set for Latias, unlike Latios who prefers to just hit right off the bat with powerful choice Specs Draco Meteors. The point of this set is to come in on something that doesn't threaten like lets say Starmie's Hydro Pump. Due to her gargantuan base 130 special defense, this allows her to shrug off any damage that is resisted from special attackers. From there you would set up Calm Minds then sweep.After a few Calm Minds she'll be able to hit like a really big angry truck, that wants to smash tiny sea stars and stuff that don't outspeed her amazing 110 base speed. The Second move recover is used to let her take hits from stuff that are neutral or resisted and then recover off the damage. This also increases her longevity and durability allowing her to wall some threats. The 3rd move is the obligatory STAB move of choice having no immunities ta all, making it a great mono attacking move. The 4th move has many different options. Hidden Power Fire is most likely the best move you'll take, as it allows her to hit steel-types such as Scizor or Ferrothorn, with super effective damage. It also has great coverage hitting everything neutral except for Heatran. Substitute is also a great option for Latias, allowing to keep away from status, and if they're unable to break the substitute the first time, that's a free Calm Mind there. Roar is the last move we will consider as it allows her to deal with setup sweepers, gain some entry hazard damage and phazing. These moves have different uses, so choose the one you think would support your team the best. The EV's and nature are quite straightforward, allowing the most speed to outspeed base 109's and below, and neutral natured base 110's. The HP EV's allow the most amount of bulk to both sides allowing you to tank hits incredibly well. You may also take the alternate route of 252 HP/ 252 Defense, if you prefer having bulk over speed, and working it more as a bulky set up sweeper than a defensive pivot. </span></span></span></div>
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Move 1: <a href="http://www.smogon.com/bw/moves/dragon_pulse">Dragon Pulse</a> </div>
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Move 2: <a href="http://www.smogon.com/bw/moves/recover">Recover</a> / <a href="http://www.smogon.com/bw/moves/wish">Wish</a> <br />
Move 3: <a href="http://www.smogon.com/bw/moves/roar">Roar</a> </div>
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Move 4: <a href="http://www.smogon.com/bw/moves/reflect">Reflect</a> / <a href="http://www.smogon.com/bw/moves/protect">Protect</a></div>
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Nature: Timid</div>
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EV's: 252 HP / 252 Speed / 4 Def</div>
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Item: Leftovers</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">"Rather than supporting you, Support the people around you" </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">This is most definitely true for Latias. As a powerful special wall, it can be no question that there should be a support set. While a Dual Screen set works much better from Latios due to the boon known as Memento, Latias Support capabilities are very good. Providing a great phazing pokemon, with a bulky special wall is a great combination, especially when combined with the gargantuan bird known as Skarmory. The 1st move is your obligatory STAB move, where you know, you won't become taunt bait. If you do your forced to struggle, and yeah. For the second slot, you have a choice between recover or wish. Recover is recommended due to it being instant, allowing her to stay alive longer. Wish on the other hand should be used in tandem with protect, or you may have a harder time staying alive. You should take wish if you really want to take on the support role of a pokemon because wish helps your WHOLE team. Your 3rd move is Roar, providing great phazing, entry hazard damage, and screwing up set-up sweepers and baton chains. The 4th move is up to you. While Reflect allows you to take on more physical attackers, and in tandem helps your team, Protect allows you to scout for the opponents move, and in tandem with wish provides safe and reliable recovery. This pokemon should be used when you need a strong special defensive wall, and also need a good team supporter. Latias is a perfect role providing phazing, maybe wish passing, and a great typing which allows her to switch in with ease, and force other switches. </span></span></div>
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Move 1: <a href="http://www.smogon.com/bw/moves/draco_meteor">Draco Meteor</a> <br />
Move 2: <a href="http://www.smogon.com/bw/moves/dragon_pulse">Dragon Pulse</a> / <a href="http://www.smogon.com/bw/moves/hidden_power#fire">Hidden Power Fire</a><br />
Move 3: <a href="http://www.smogon.com/bw/moves/surf">Surf</a> / <a href="http://www.smogon.com/bw/moves/hidden_power#fire">Hidden Power Fire</a><br />
Move 4: <a href="http://www.smogon.com/bw/moves/trick">Trick</a><span class="sqq"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span><br />
<span class="sqq"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Nature: Timid</span></span></span><br />
<span class="sqq"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">EV's: 252 Special Attack / 252 Speed / 4 HP</span></span></span><br />
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<span class="sqq"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Just like the saying I just made up, Latias is to be used as a different way than her counterpart Latios. If you prefer more power then choose Latios, but if you decide to Latias</span> <span style="font-size: small;">Always remember to sue her as a DEFENSIVE PIVOT. Don't be like Latios and spam Draco Meteor! Use her as a powerful special wall, who dishes out a mediocre amount of damage compared to Latios, with Draco Meteor. Unlike Latios, Latias is able to come in many more times than Latios due to her awesome base 130 special defense. Allowing her to spam Draco Meteors, to weaken the enemy team a bit. As a defensive Pivot, you come in on neutral or resisted attacks, fire off a correct move, when they switch or if they don't. The 1st move will be the one you'll be using the most most likely because its just so powerful despite her 110 base special attack. The 2nd move is up to you, whether you want consistent damage in the form of Dragon Pules, or being able to catch steels off guard, and annihilate them. Surf is used in the 3rd slot, but once again you can use Hidden Power Fire to catch steel off guard. Surf allows you to hit Heatran for a reliable 2HKO, and provide a powerful move to hit steel types other than HP Fire. The 4th move is trick ,allowing you to destroy a wall on their team, or most importantly your number one counter. Blissey! Trick literally blindsides Blissey, destroying her by reducing her walling capabilities. Overall, use this if you want a powerful special wall who wants to dish out some damage. </span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="sqq"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">~Pastrybomb~ ~Joshua~ </span></span></span> </span></span><br />
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<b><i>*1/2 QC*</i></b></div>Pastrybombhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02072765128695436223noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6071905941849705359.post-74518523206463193652011-12-06T16:46:00.001-08:002011-12-06T21:16:53.154-08:00It's Coming UP!So the Pokemon101 WINTER CUP is going to begin in somewhere between late January and late December, and held via PO. Sign-ups end December 16. Second of all, on the poll on the left side (for this week only) you will have to highlight your choice on when the bout should take place. To see the choices, you have to highlight the (hardly able to see) white text. Third, when you want to view any POTW's, and don't want to go searching through my archives with random junk, just click the Pokemon of the Week button on the toolbar, and you will see our current POTW, along with past ones. Also, when people join the blog, and want to obtain authorship, PLEASE PM me, or comment on ANY post telling me. Another thing. On the right hand side, you will see that the SECOND thing on the right side says SUBSCRIBE TO THE BLOG HERE AND BELOW! First of all, if you want to receive a notification WHENEVER THE BLOG IS UPDATED, enter your Email and follow the instructions they give you. The one below it is for public display. PLEASE SIGN UP FOR BOTH. Lastly, any other Winter Cup information needed can be asked here. If you need to see the original post OR WANT TO SIGN UP, click <a href="http://ispokemon101.blogspot.com/2011/11/winter-cup.html" target="_blank">HERE!!!!!!</a> Thanks again for your support!PokemonDudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02893781955265079030noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6071905941849705359.post-90971760800252989072011-11-28T15:48:00.001-08:002011-12-19T19:41:06.513-08:00Winter Cup!Well, I think I'm going to try this one more time..... we are now opening for our (hopefully it will work this time...) FIRST TOURNEY. This tournament will be done <i>via</i> Pokemon Online. If you need the link for the site, <a href="http://pokemon-online.eu/" target="_blank">this it it...</a> We are hoping to see some new faces around, and some veterans in Pokemon joining and competing in this tourney. The host will be me, and I am going to limit the number of contenders to eight. I know how our site has NOT been good at organizing these types of things... :P This is the Pokemon101 WINTER CUP. I am also hoping that at LEAST 4-6 people will participate. And don't think if you win, there won't be a prize for the winner, and also runner-up. Every person who joins will automatically be pushed up in rank. The prize(s) for the champion are:<br />
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1) A nice addition to their scoreboard of 50 points...<br />
2) One automatic rank up...<br />
3) One item of choice (excluding Master Ball)<br />
4) Title of Tourney Champion.....and finally number...<br />
5)... A SURPRISE PRIZE.<br />
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Runner-up will receive a mystery prize. SO. PLEASE.. Let's make this one work guys! We are hoping for the FIRST EVER Pokemon101 tournament. If you comment and include the word Pokemon101, you will be automatically registered as a player in the fights. Elimination style, and the worst players will be pitted against the worst players by the way. The FINAL sign-up date is December 16... Also, regarding the tiers options, you MAY use any tier you would like except for Ubers, and the only restriction is that you and your opponent MUST be using the same tier, but any tier. The finals must be OU. Anyways, sign up, show to others, AND LET'S GET THIS WORKING!PokemonDudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02893781955265079030noreply@blogger.com38tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6071905941849705359.post-80103304063699624272011-11-26T12:22:00.000-08:002011-12-08T14:12:28.665-08:00Post has been Deleted...Don't make posts that nobody would want to see.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6071905941849705359.post-64442826231966874932011-11-23T23:53:00.001-08:002011-11-24T00:00:38.584-08:00Happy Thanksgiving from Pokemon101!Well, it's the time of the year! Happy Thanksgiving to everyone here, and every human out there (in America at least)! I'm very thankful for my friend Joshua Hernandez, who taught me how to play this game. I'm thankful for the *cough* girl* of my dreams... :P I'm thankful for my parents, and the troops in Afghanistan. I'm thankful that you happened to come upon this site, and have been thriving (hopefully) off of it ever since. So please, give others something to be thankful about and spread the site around so many other people can be appreciative of this actually very intense and deep game. Good luck to anyone Black Friday shopping (INCLUDING ME), and find some good deals out there. Try buying some Pokemon games eh? :) So remember to be thankful for what you have, and Happy Thanksgiving!<br />
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~Pokemon101~PokemonDudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02893781955265079030noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6071905941849705359.post-5146866062671692702011-11-21T07:00:00.000-08:002012-02-26T13:42:50.645-08:00Serebii's Super Duper Mascot!<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TjsdrSxsKaA/TsppTIzKCVI/AAAAAAAAAAk/FW83GKKLQaM/s1600/images.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5677466057754413394" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TjsdrSxsKaA/TsppTIzKCVI/AAAAAAAAAAk/FW83GKKLQaM/s320/images.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 128px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 128px;" /></a> Hey! Hey! Hey! What is up my Pokemon101 brothers?! I know I promised a RMT of a UU team or was it a NU team... well besides that, to make up for it here's a POTW of the ONE. THE ONLY.<br />
Celebi >3 Yes. Celebi. The pokemon who is tiny and cute OUTSIDE of BATTLE. Serebii's shining star!<br />
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Celebi<br />
Type: Physic/Grass<br />
Ability: Natural Cure<br />
Tier: OU<br />
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Celebi has an outstanding metagame-related pressure. However, in the B/W generation it has gained some new rivals who see through his/her weaknesses. Original rivals such as Scizor and Tyranitar and new ones such as Latios, Latias, Hydreigion, Chandelure, and many others threaten Celebi. Despite those flaws, and the fact that Celebi has to rely on it's classical move sets, it has adapted to the point where it is resistant to six very common attack types and can support it's team with ease. Celebi has an above decent offensive movepool which moves his/her's offensive state and has the all so powerful Nasty Plot which decimates a lot of OU pokemon. Celebi will and should always have a spot in your team if you want to rely on great support.<br />
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Nasty Plot Super Duper Sweeper<br />
Nature- Modest<br />
Item(s): Leftovers/Life Orb<br />
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EV's 220 Hp/252 SpA/ 36 Spe<br />
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Celebi's Speed, Special Attack, and adequate coverage moves all combine to make an effective special attacker. With Nasty Plot, Celebi's power is augmented to astronomical numbers, ensuring it makes maximum impact before fainting. On top of this, because of its high defenses, good typing, access to recovery (in two forms), and convenient ability in Natural Cure, Celebi can survive many attacks, use Nasty Plot, and fire off its boosted attacks with zest. Giga Drain is Celebi's main attacking move, providing consistent STAB damage along with an advantageous secondary effect: draining the foe's HP. After one Nasty Plot boost, Celebi can restore a large amount of health simply by attacking with Giga Drain, effectively nullifying the damage it suffered during setup. Recover also provides a reliable, alternative method of recovery against foes that laugh off Giga Drain. If you choose to use Celebi at a more offensive angle, Recover can be replaced by another attacking move, expanding Celebi's overall coverage against opposing counters. The last slot can be a bit tricky; no matter which combination of moves Celebi chooses, it will be walled by certain foes. Hidden Power Fire is a reliable option against the majority of Steel-type Pokemon, especially Skarmory and Ferrothorn, with the only exception of Heatran. Earth Power provides general coverage, OHKOing most opposing Fire- and Steel-types. Earth Power's main disadvantage is leaving Celebi vulnerable to Skarmory, Scizor, and many Flying- and Dragon-types (Latios, Latias, and Tornadus, to name a few). Psychic can function as a secondary STAB attack, providing good all-around coverage alongside Giga Drain, but leaves Celebi walled by Steel-type Pokemon, so it is advised to use Psychic alongside another coverage move. Nasty Plot Celebi has room for lots of options. The given EV spread, alongside a Modest nature, allows Celebi to outspeed all unboosted variants of Tyranitar (bar Choice Scarf), while maintaining efficient durability and maximum Special Attack. Some EVs can be placed into Speed from Special Attack to outrun a wider variety of foes since Celebi is already boosting its Special Attack. Celebi can also go the offensive route by utilizing a simple spread of 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe with either a Timid or Modest nature. In most scenarios, Celebi should use Life Orb because the recoil sustained will usually be made up by enhanced power and the HP healed by Giga Drain. Leftovers is always a viable option to keep Celebi healthy for most of the match, though the drop in power will be very noticeable.Besides faster Pokemon with a super effective move for Celebi, certain foes will trouble Celebi depending on the coverage it uses. Teammates who can handle what Celebi cannot are mandatory. For example, if Hidden Power Fire is used over Earth Power, Celebi will need a way around Heatran, so a Water-type with decent defenses, such as Rotom-W, Politoed, or Kingdra, should be used to put it in check. Unfortunately, Celebi is always going to be walled by Latios, Latias, and Hydreigon, all of whom resist Celebi's main attacks, the former two being able to set up with Calm Mind. Pursuit users are a quick answer to Latios and Latias, while Hydreigon can be handled by a faster teammate with a strong Fighting-, Dragon-, or Bug-type move. Blissey and Chansey, the two special walls of OU, will be annoyances when attempting a sweep, so the use of physical Fighting-type moves from lures is recommended.<br />
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Items: Leftovers (But somehow when i was typing the info, the spacing went perfectly.)<br />
Nature: Bold (Sigh* The irony of this all well anyways enjoy T_T")<br />
Moves (PSS: I FINALLY GOT A PICTURE!!! YESSSS!!!!! 1337 1010101010 L33T YETSTSTST)<br />
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EVs 252HP/96 Def/ 124 SpA/ 36 Spe<br />
Though Celebi is always available as a Nasty Plot sweeper, Calm Mind is another boosting move that it can use with brilliant results. The ability to boost both its offense and one defense is simply valuable due to many checks relying on a special coverage move to eliminate Celebi, an effort which can be nullified with Calm Mind. After a couple of Calm Mind boosts, most unboosted attackers, such as Tyranitar and Jirachi, will struggle to break through Celebi's either boosted or invested defenses while being battered with the appropriate move. Celebi's access to two forms of recovery also plays a major role in its survivability, allowing Celebi to set up more easily than it would have with Nasty Plot.As usual, Giga Drain is the most beneficial STAB move for Celebi because of its consistent power and secondary effect. Taking into account the power and bulk Celebi obtains with Calm Mind, a boosted Giga Drain will keep it very healthy throughout the match so it isn't so reliant on Recover. However, with Calm Mind and Recover in one set, Celebi only has room for one other coverage move in the last slot, so it will always be walled by specific threats. In this case, the most effective choice is Hidden Power Fire, due to the popularity of Steel- and Grass-type threats that would otherwise wall Celebi. The other coverage moves mentioned previously are less viable on this set due to Celebi's moveslot syndrome against Steel-types that are immune to Ground-type moves. Please keep in mind that Celebi will have plenty of opportunities to set up multiple boosts, so it should not attack immediately unless necessary.The given EVs and nature are nearly the same for other similar sets, with the usual 36 EVs invested in Speed to outrun all unboosted variants of Tyranitar. 124 EVs in Special Attack means that Celebi can OHKO Adamant 252 HP / 216 SpD Scizor with Hidden Power Fire after a Calm Mind boost and Stealth Rock damage, while the remaining EVs are used to provide as much physical bulk as possible. Generally, investing in Special Attack is necessary to provide extra power, as Celebi would have little offensive presence otherwise. If initial power isn't a concern, simply pour the EVs into Defense for physical bulk. Because Celebi is played more defensively, Leftovers is basically a necessity for substantial healing.Although Calm Mind Celebi has an arguably easier time against revenge killers and some counters, it has coverage gaps that desperately need to be filled by other teammates. Again, using Hidden Power Fire with Giga Drain only means that Celebi will need additional insurance against opposing Fire-, Dragon-, and Flying-type Pokemon. Its problems are further worsened if it hasn't boosted enough times to sponge certain special attacks or break Substitutes, especially those from the likes of Heatran and Chandelure. A sturdy Water-type Pokemon with good coverage is a solution towards most of these threats, with Rotom-W being a prime teammate because of its access to Will-O-Wisp and Thunder Wave for Celebi's counters. Unfortunately, Latios, Latias, and Blissey will still raise issues even if Celebi conjured six boosts, so strong lures or Pursuit users for these threats are extremely necessary for Celebi to succeed in the long run.<br />
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In short, Celebi is somewhat limited in the offensive department. Swords Dance is generally inferior to Nasty Plot due to Celebi's small physical movepool, and it only has potential on a set using Baton Pass. Outside of Giga Drain, Celebi also has Energy Ball and Grass Knot to work with, the latter being able to hit Tyranitar, Milotic, and Suicune harder. However, Giga Drain is the most efficient option out of these three because of its recovering secondary effect, along with the fact that Giga Drain's base power is almost the same as Energy Ball's. Only consider Grass Knot if Celebi is in need of heavy damage.As opposed to its offensive options, Celebi has lots of support options. Celebi is a decent user of field effects, ranging from Trick Room, to Sunny Day, to Rain Dance. The latter two, however, can easily be set up by a permanent weather inducer such as Politoed or Ninetales. The only remotely useful weather move is Rain Dance, for the purpose of disrupting other weathers and setting up for Pokemon with the ability Swift Swim. Baton Pass is usable, but it is mostly outclassed by Mew, who has more options than Celebi can ever hope for. Other support moves include Heal Bell and Stealth Rock, one of which can replace a moveslot on defensive sets. Finally, Celebi has access to both Light Screen and Reflect, so a dual screen set with U-turn can be used to great effect. Celebi has a niche as a dual screen user because of its Grass / Psychic typing, though this in return gives Celebi many weaknesses.<br />
It's certainly a shame Celebi didn't receive Psyshock, for it would have definitely crippled some of its best counters in the game: Blissey and Eviolite Chansey. While both can't really do much to Celebi due to its access to many forms of recovery (including Natural Cure for status), their high Special Defense ensures that Celebi can't do much to them either. Additionally, many Dragon-type Pokemon, especially Latios, Latias, and Hydreigon, will wall Celebi if it lacks the appropriate coverage move for them. Even then, Latios and Latias will both use Celebi as setup fodder for a Calm Mind sweep. In general, Celebi's main problem is being walled since its coverage is limited to few moves, but be prepared if Celebi happens to pack Hidden Power Fire or Earth Power for your Steel-type Pokemon. It would be safe to scout the grass pixie's movepool before switching in the appropriate resist. Celebi's other main problem is its seven weaknesses, all of which can be exploited by a faster Pokemon. Infernape, Gengar, Charizard, Tornadus, and Scolipede all have super effective STAB attacks to use against Celebi, making them amongst the best checks. Celebi must also be extremely wary of users of Pursuit and / or Choice Scarf, the most dangerous ones being Heracross, Scizor, and Tyranitar.<br />
Well I'm done with POTWs :P and RMTs :P and this site :P (jk I Love This Site >3)<br />
Later Everyone >3, Cheesecake-kun<br />
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<i>***1/2 GC- Jonathan Auh</i><br />
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Seeing as one of our members has kindly started off the site with our FIRST RMT, I decided that I'm going to follow-up with the second. I am going to show you the Pokemon themselves, and how much damage they can cause when put together.<br />
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First off, let me explain how I first came to this team. Wondering how to incorporate my custom Scizor set, which you will you see later, along with my custom Celebii set, which you will also see later. I came to the conclusion, that I should try making on of the overused, and dreaded, RAIN TEAMS. And if you have a rain team, you know what you should have in the team. Another note, is that Gastrodon and Kingdra could be used to replace the combination of Gyarados and Jolteon. Anyways, let's get on with this RMT.</div>
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Politoed</div>
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EV: 252 special attack, 116 defense, 140 HP</div>
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Nature: Modest</div>
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Drizzle</div>
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Politoed is the best toad ever. Since it's boost in 5'th gen for the ability Drizzle, Politoed has risen from murky, swampy water, if you know what I mean. Drizzle allows Politoed's teammates to benefit from the rain it summons, and it benefits itself in some ways. The EV's given max out attack with it's nature, and give Politoed some great bulk. Hydro Pump is maximum way ahead, being an extremely powerful attack with rain, STAB, and good base power. Ice Beam pairs well in terms of typing, and takes care of some grass types. Focus Blast can be used to partly wear out Blissey, and help damage stuff like Ferrothorn and Gastrodon. Perish Song is just purely great for wearing out bulky Pokemon that have no where to go. Now, realizing I have a base for the team, I need supporters and other bases. Obviously, one build around on my team was the one and only....</div>
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Scizor</div>
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EV: 252 attack, 252 speed, 4 special defense</div>
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Nature: Jolly</div>
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Scizor is a bug that was manufactured in a factory, like those Hex Bug Nano thingies. Except a lot better. And cooler. Scizor's amazing typing allows it to get dual STAB, and good offensive typing at that. Rain better helps Scizor survive simple fire attacks that would otherwise knock it out. The EV's given help increase attack greatly, and surprise the opponent with a max speed of 251 at most. (This is my own custom set.) Technician is obviously the best ability to choose, and Bullet Punch and Bug Bite utilize it to the most. Bullet Punch now has STAB and a Technician boost, doubling it's power. Who wants a iron fist coming into your FACE at priority? Bug Bite has the exact same effects, except it has higher base power, so it has 120 base power. Still REALLY powerful. Superpower annihilates steels like Ferrothorn and Heatran. Heatran is (mostly) no longer a threat now, because don't forget, Scizor runs MAX speed. Swords Dance is the surprise move to gain doubled attack power. Life Orb helps max out power, but keeps choice. In all, Scizor helps fend of certain threats for Politoed and the next SUPERSTAR (hinthint) of the team.... </div>
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Jirachi is a strong base of the team for many reasons. Serene Grace basically gets him completely overused, and his strong moveset is wide, allowing you many choices. This Jirachi is meant to run in rain, but can be also ran outside of it (just not ANYWHERE near as well). The EV's distributed max out your speed, outrunning every base 100 speed Pokemon without the right nature. HP and special attack are also benefited. The ability chosen is an obvious, being it's only one, and for good reasons. Substitute helps utilize Jirachi's good bulk, while allowing it to set-up. In rain, remember that it has only one weakness, Ground-types. Calm Mind bulks Jirachi up, and gives it a LOT more power. Water Pulse (in rain) gets a boost in power, and has a 40% chance of confusing the enemy, thanks to Serene Grace. Thunder has 100% accuracy in rain, and once again, thanks to Serene Grace, you get a 60% chance of paralysis to the opponent. Jirachi is a key point in this team, but falls dead to that damn slug, Gastrodon. To solve this, I added another custom set to the team, which uses entry hazards support, and can take Gastrodon OUT of the fight.......</div>
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EV: 100 HP, 60 defense, 48 special attack, 152 special defense, 148 speed</div>
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Celebi is the main support of the team. With stats distributed similarly to Jirachi, it is well balanced, and can serve MANY roles. The role I have it play is the support and surprise attacker. With even stats, Leaf Storm can cause massive damage. Stealth Rocks is a must on nearly every team. Nasty Plot is what I chose for the next slot, because I use Baton Pass along with it. This set can surprise anyone, catching them off-guard, and I can Baton Pass to the next member of my team. If you are lacking defense on the team, you should opt for Reflect and Light Screen. Don't forget, Celebi is benefited in the rain thanks to one less weakness. This Pokemon is a great aspect to my team, but not as great as......</div>
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Gyarados is a good option for this team, thanks to the rain. The EV's given support the bulk of Gyarados, and provide a good base of the Gyarados itself. With a unique typing, Gyarados has the ability to sweep. Intimidate suppresses certain sweepers, stopping them cold and forcing a switch, which probably leads to the open Dragon Dance or Taunt. Taunt stops Ferrothorn and Blissey from setting up on you, and also some other threats like Skarmory. Dragon Dance is obvious, raising your speed and attack, making you a viable threat to ANY team. Stone Edge is for other Gyarados. Now you might think running Gyarados in the rain may be a bit dangerous due to Gyarados's 4x weakness to electric moves. In rain, Gyarados could be easily thwarted by Thunder, Thunderbolt, and Volt Switches. That's why we come to the last member of the team........</div>
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Finally we get to the end. Jolteon is a nice Pokemon with outstanding speed and good special attack. It's downfall is how frail it is physically. The EV's given help max special attack, while contributing to speed so you can still outspeed certain threats like Gengar, Ninetales, and Alakazam. Jolteon needs to watch out for priority moves, and Volt Switch IMMEDIATELY when it sees a Blissey. The reason why I would use Jolteon on a rain team is pretty obvious. Gyarados needs to watch his back for electric moves, but Jolteon can utilize it's ability and suck in energy to recover from Life Orb recoil and any other damage it may have taken. Thunder is a must in rain. Volt Switch allows Jolteon to scout while dealing a large chunk of HP. Shadow Ball helps to fend off Gengar. Hidden Power [Ice] keeps Gliscor away from you.</div>
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</div>PokemonDudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02893781955265079030noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6071905941849705359.post-46592243137009415192011-11-14T18:24:00.000-08:002011-11-21T08:57:48.317-08:00Intoxication<div style="text-align: center;">
Responding to Cheesecake-Kun's post, I've decided to create the first RMT on the site. Jonathan has faced this team numerous times, and it seemed to work pretty well. It also worked well on the ladder on PO too. While the team itself can easily counter top threats, it has many problems with a certain star.... It's name.</div>
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Jirachi is one of the biggest threats to this team. The only set problematic though, the SubCM set, in the rain. This is my biggest threat. While there are some other little beasts that destroy my team its this one that dismantles the whole team. In the end, if I ever see a Jirachi on a rain team, I'm dead.**</div>
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**I will name my biggest threats and other threats in the end. </div>
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iSpin (Claydol) @ Leftovers <br />
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Oh how I love you Claydol. Claydol's job on this team has 4 roles. Now, I know it may seem a lot, but Claydol is quite a durable puppet. It's first role, is very quite obvious. Seeing as this is a stall team, I knew I needed SR somewhere. Claydol usually gets it up quite easily, against things Exacdrill, Terrakion, Dragonite, Jirachi, etc... almost all physical pokemon. <span style="font-size: xx-small;">(*cough* Tyranitar *cough*) <span style="font-size: small;">Having SR on this team is quite helpful on any team, so every team should have SR. It's second most important role, is to Rapid spin. I understand you might say Forretress could be better, but that would pale in comparison because Claydol provides much more utility to the team, with it's stellar resistances to EdgeQuake, and three of the metagames top threats. Terrakion, Dragonite, and the Sand Genie Landorus. Forretress easily is defeated by Dragonite with Fire Punch or even EQ, because Forretress unlike Claydol can't do anything to Dragonite. All it c an do is Gyro Ball, which is easily recovered with Roost. If it's an offensive DNite, then it is 2HKO'ed by Fire Punch. This is the reason I use Claydol over Forretress. The Third reason I use Claydol is because of the fact, that depending on the move I decide to choose. Reflect allows much more utility to the team, allowing many more of my pokemon to set up many physical pokemon. On the other hand, if I choose to opt for Earth Power </span></span>I would be able to defeat Heatran, which would really help my team, seeing as he isn't hurt by Will-O-Wisp much, and he can rapid spin the SR if Heatran chooses to do so. Then there's Rest. Rest allows me to Rapid spin later, and if my SR happens to get sinned off, I can always come back to set it up again. This job is even easier because I have a cleric on my team, Roserade. The 4th reason, has already been mentioned, but Claydol is used to stop top tier physical threats, Dragonite, Landorus, and Terrakion. It can also easily counter Gliscor, as it is not below 50% health because an Ice Fang from a +2 Gliscor will KO at 50%. The move choices are quite obvious to provide the most utility to the team, by providing SR and Rapid spin at the same time. The 3rd move was chosen to counter Dragons that can dismantle this team. The 4th move is the hardest choice because there is so many options. While I usually use Earth Power, due to the Heatrans which plaque this metagame, Reflect and Rest allow me to live longer and provide some more utility to the team. Overall, Claydol provides lots and lots of utility to this team by countering prominent physical threats, and providing a </div>
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Oh Roserade you little sneaky grass ninja. Roserade finds his way to this team through the fact it has so much utility to the team. Providing 3 things on one pokemon, that help this team so much, is pretty hard to find, but I stumbled upon Roserade, and immediately fell in love with her. Toxic Spikes is pretty much a given on any Roserade especially if used on a stall team. Toxic spikes when set up screws up many walls, weakening their ability to wall, by using poison to limit their lifespan. Sleep Powder is an amazing move <span style="font-size: xx-small;">(Even if it never hits) <span style="font-size: small;">especially with the new sleep mechanics this gen. Sleep Powder helps stop things like Jirachi if it's not SubCM, and helps support the team by providing them with some extra turns if the pokemon decides to stay in. Having a pokemon asleep, technically is like taking one of the enemy's pokemon away, as they can't do anything. Aromatherapy is an awesome move, and is one of the only reasons I even opt to use Rest on Claydol. It helps with those Paralysis from Jirachi, Burns from Jellicent, random Scald Burns, </span></span>Random Freezes, Aromatherapy just provides so much utility to my pokemon from any sort of status hax. Aromatherapy is well worth the moveslot, saving my butt many times. Giga Drain is used last, to provide a STAB move, additional recovery, and most importantly, not Taunt Bait. I opt to choose this pokemon over things like Ferrothorn which provide spikes, because overall it just provides more utility to the team. Toxic spikes also helps with things like Mew who can dismantle this team quite easily, with it's standard set. There;s one more thing I haven't mentioned yet, but you can probably guess it. If you haven't look back at it's typing. It absorbs Toxic Spikes. A stall team is dismantled by Toxic Spikes, which is a great pain in the butt. Roserade fixes this problem, by countering most major Toxic Spikers, Tentacruel and Forretress through Sleep Powder and setting up it's own, or I can bring in Claydol to spin if Forretress set up SR or Spikes. The moves are quite straightforward, by providing as much utility to the team, while I chose to opt for Specially Defensive Roserade, to counter most special threats. In fact it is only 2HKO'ed by A Heatran Fire Blast.</div>
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Stall, is all about utilizing Entry Hazards to deal damage. Stall is also about having great synergy, and having the ability to take a hit, and be able to outstall the opponent. Overall, Stall is all about Passive Damage. This is where Skarmory comes. Skarmory provides I think is more important than SR, the Entry Hazard known as Spikes. Spikes is a must on any stall team, and the best man (er... Bird I should say) I could find on a stall team was Skarmory. Skarmory has always been a prominent defensive wall, but it's more important nowadays due to the overload of fighting types that have flooded this generation. Skarmory easily sets up spikes on many physical pokemon due to it's Steel Typing. Steel is a great type, especially when combined with flying, provides many useful resistances to things like The ever so omnipresent Scizor, who just wrecks this team. I understand Skarmory is so overused, but he's the best spiker I could find, that could fit on the stall team, that's not Ferrothorn. Skarmory fills some physical gaps like Scizor, who can kill this team with the Right moveset and EV's. I would like to point out Jonathan's moveset for Scizor, which runs max Speed and with Superpower. This would wreck my team, if I didn't have Skarmory. Skarmory provides some nice utility through whirlwind, which helps this stall team so much. Skarm is the backbone of this team, and if he is allowed to set up 3 layers of spikes, you're in for one hell of a time. It also helps stop CB Haxorus and Dragonite. Skarmory is a key player on this team, and supports the team even more, is the team has to do less to win the game. It also provides a very nice check to SD Gliscor who run Protect and not Taunt. I hate Taunt. </div>
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