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I ATTAC

8 (15.4%)

I PROTECC

6 (11.5%)

Waiting on the third one

2 (3.8%)

Waiting on the third AND fourth one

1 (1.9%)

GET WELL SOON ZYGARDE

5 (9.6%)

I am a concientous objector and abstain from taking up arms

30 (57.7%)

Total Members Voted: 51

[Cthulhu]

Yeah, it's not hugely difficult.  Make a team using Smogon, play a few games with it until you're feeling comfortable with the actual mechanics of the game, then go up and check the threat list on Smogon for your tier.  A quick read-through can give you a good idea of what each of the major players can do, and since it's Pokemon it's easy to recognize them. 

As for actual tiers, I started with RU.  Ubers is kind of lame, I mean you can have anything you want but there's only like ten Pokemon anyone uses and it seems like most ubers players are dumb or kids.  OU is the most popular and probably has the biggest selection of usable Pokemon, but that's not always a good thing.

RU is very centralized like ubers, but seems to have better players.  It's pretty easy to get familiar with the RU metagame, there's like twenty or thirty big threats.

Also, Wobbuffet is a boss, I'm thinking about switching him in for Sableye after seeing him clean house in ubers.  If you don't one shot him you're dead.

[Alkhemia]

Oh for people who think challenge mode in black and white 2 is too easy (I did) give the rom hack Blaze Black 2 or Volt White 2 a try on challenge mode all gym have 6 Pokemon you can also catch every Pokemon in the hack so no need to trade.
http://projectpokemon.org/forums/showthread.php?26326-Pok%E9mon-Blaze-Black-2-amp-Pok%E9mon-Volt-White-2

[Cthulhu]

Got a new team, can't be assed to put up a whole setup but it's a joke anyway.

Choice scarf Nidoking
Choice scarf Jirachi
Choice scarf Scizor
Choice scarf Starmie
Choice scarf Terrakion
Choice scarf Hydreigon

I call it Pro-Choice.

[freeformschooler]

Oh for people who think challenge mode in black and white 2 is too easy (I did) give the rom hack Blaze Black 2 or Volt White 2 a try on challenge mode all gym have 6 Pokemon you can also catch every Pokemon in the hack so no need to trade.
http://projectpokemon.org/forums/showthread.php?26326-Pok%E9mon-Blaze-Black-2-amp-Pok%E9mon-Volt-White-2

Okay, that's just cool. Thanks for the link.

[Alkhemia]

Oh for people who think challenge mode in black and white 2 is too easy (I did) give the rom hack Blaze Black 2 or Volt White 2 a try on challenge mode all gym have 6 Pokemon you can also catch every Pokemon in the hack so no need to trade.
http://projectpokemon.org/forums/showthread.php?26326-Pok%E9mon-Blaze-Black-2-amp-Pok%E9mon-Volt-White-2

Okay, that's just cool. Thanks for the link.

I'll let you know now the 2nd gym is really hard on challenge mode.

[Heron TSG]

Got a new team, can't be assed to put up a whole setup but it's a joke anyway.

Choice scarf Nidoking
Choice scarf Jirachi
Choice scarf Scizor
Choice scarf Starmie
Choice scarf Terrakion
Choice scarf Hydreigon

I call it Pro-Choice.

Hilarious as that is, isn't a scarf on Scizor kind of redundant with a priority move like Bullet Punch at his disposal? Though that could really shock an enemy revenge killer.

[penguinofhonor]

You really need two choice scarves, two choice bands, and two choice specs. That way you have a choice of which choices to choose.

[Reudh]

Posting to watch, because pokemons.

[Shakerag]

Pokemon musicals can blow me, and getting 10 followers even more so.

[Cthulhu]

I'm probably not gonna use the pro-choice team much.  I mean, against a bad player it'd probably be the perfect departure from convention to throw him hopelessly off his game.  League of Legends is real bad for that kind of thing too, the meta is so strictly enforced even below the competitive level that they just aren't prepared to handle anything weird.

Against a good player, though, it'd be a mess.  He'd probably figure it out by turn 3 or 4 and since I'm dependent on pivots and switch-ins instead of dedicated walls, it's a simple matter to predict which pokemon is coming in on a given attack and pick the right move to blow him up on the switch.  I do that all the time with my Nidoking, switch him in on a lightning pokemon and then use sheer force ice beam to one-shot the incoming dragonite or tornadus.  That shit's demoralizing, and usually gets me an easy forfeit.

[Dutchling]

the pro-choice team

I don't know much about Pokemon, but what the hell? Can you do that in Pokemon o_O?

[Cthulhu]

It's a joke.  There are three held items in Pokemon, Choice Scarf, Band, and Specs.  They boost your speed, attack, and special attack, respectively, by 50%, but once you use an ability you're locked into that ability until you switch back out.  I made a team of all choice-scarfed pokemon, which means I'll almost always get the first attack but I have to constantly switch pokemon around, which gives up momentum and becomes predictable after a few turns, opening me up to huge damage on the switch.  I'd have to seriously modify it if I wanted it to be actually viable.

[Alkhemia]

So is Victini any good? I'm using a Houndoom for my fire atm and I already have a psychic

[Cthulhu]

Victini's got that magic 100-all-around stat pool, and V-Create hits like a truck even against neutral enemies.  I haven't used him, but he seems pretty decent.  He's got the same problem as Latios et al that his signature move lowers his damage, but it hits so hard you'll barely notice.

[Furtuka]

Also his ability increases accuracy for your entire team