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Veneno Oscuridad

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IN!

As a heads up, I'll be out of town again from July 9-31 and may or may not have internet access during the beginning of the trip.
 

chess-z

campy vampire
votin snorlax

i'll be in the tour
 

Lugia-sama

Sagacity
so are we just gunna ignore the sign up form

Username & PS Alt: Lugia-sama (Bury Tow)
Time-Zone: GMT -5
 

00swms

Chaos Theory

In it to be it

IN!

As a heads up, I'll be out of town again from July 9-31 and may or may not have internet access during the beginning of the trip.

votin snorlax

i'll be in the tour

Y'all are heathens for not even using the sign-up form, but anyways it isn't very important as I'm only doing it out of habit. On a side-note I've already taken the liberty and sent a pm to the entries above with their pc box of 30 randomly generated Pokemon.

so are we just gunna ignore the sign up form

Username & PS Alt: Lugia-sama (Bury Tow)
Time-Zone: GMT -5

Yes, they are pretty much lol. I'll be sending you a pc box of Pokemon in about 20 minutes or less.


-00swms
 
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PO/PS Name?: Charizard_Rulez84
Wi-Fi Friend Code?: 1848-2888-8103
Why do you want to join?: other guild didn't seem to like me I dunno lol, so I'll try another
Number of badges of Serebii Leagues?: 0 currently, I've had up to 6 on pokegyms but leagues tend to reset before I can get all badges
Battling Experience?: been competitive since gen 5(current steel leader in trinity league fairy leader on pokegyms)
Referrer?: none
 

MetalSonic

Orderan' Defendan'
PO/PS Name?: Charizard_Rulez84
Wi-Fi Friend Code?: 1848-2888-8103
Why do you want to join?: other guild didn't seem to like me I dunno lol, so I'll try another
Number of badges of Serebii Leagues?: 0 currently, I've had up to 6 on pokegyms but leagues tend to reset before I can get all badges
Battling Experience?: been competitive since gen 5(current steel leader in trinity league fairy leader on pokegyms)
Referrer?: none

Welcome! Right now you're in Default Rank. Though an OU battle with the war team, council, or I can straighten that up by launching you to Rank 1! Enjoy yourself, right now we have a CCAT and Tour going so hop on in.
 
Welcome! Right now you're in Default Rank. Though an OU battle with the war team, council, or I can straighten that up by launching you to Rank 1! Enjoy yourself, right now we have a CCAT and Tour going so hop on in.

Thanks a lot :), I got your PM i'm usually on my phone and cant use discord, but when I get the chance i'll head to the discord!
I can have that battle anytime you wish :)
as for the CCAT I like reuniclus ^_^
and i'll join in on the tour
Username & PS Alt: my PS name same as serebii name
Time-Zone: gmt -5
 

00swms

Chaos Theory
Thanks a lot :), I got your PM i'm usually on my phone and cant use discord, but when I get the chance i'll head to the discord!
I can have that battle anytime you wish :)
as for the CCAT I like reuniclus ^_^
and i'll join in on the tour
Username & PS Alt: my PS name same as serebii name
Time-Zone: gmt -5

Hello, Charizard_Rulez84 welcome to the guild and thank you for entering the tournament. I've already taken the liberty and PM'ed a pc box of 30 Pokemon, and lastly if you're using a smartphone, Discord has an app so you'll possibly be able to connect with us if you have access to a tablet or smartphone.

-00swms
 

MetalSonic

Orderan' Defendan'


Hatchery Update

Added:

Heavy Ball Poliwag (Mist, Haze, Refresh, Encore)
Fast Ball Staryu (HA)
Moon Ball Abra (HA) (Ally Switch, Encore)
Level Ball Beldum
Love Ball Axew (Iron Tail, Dragon Pulse)
Friend Ball Phanpy
Dream Ball Makuihita (HA) (Bullet Punch, Counter, Helping Hand, Wide Guard)
Dream Ball Druddigon (HA) (Glare, Pursuit, Iron Tail, Sucker Punch)
Moon Ball Oddish (Razor Leaf, Ingrain, Charm, Teeter Dance)
Moon Ball Litwick (Haze, Power Split, Acird Armor, Heat Wave)
Heavy Ball Mareep (Flatter, Eerie Impulse, Take Down, Electric Terrain)

SuMo RU CCAT
Third Mon Nominations



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Durant @ Darkinium Z
Ability: Hustle
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Hone Claws
- X-Scissor
- Iron Head
- Crunch

Oh so here we got a nice little bugger; Durant! Durant packs quite a punch with its ability Hustle, and while it causes all his moves to have Stone Edge accuracy this can be remedied by one use of Hone Claws, which boosts those moves to over 100% accuracy after a +1. Essentially nabbing a +3 in conjunction with the Hustle boost and Z-Hone Claws. The crux of this set is Z-Hone Claws which is a Swords Dance and an accuracy boost in one turn! Let's not forget that better then average 109 base speed. Its this deadly combo of speed and power that makes Durant an excellent late game sweeper. The moveset is standard enough, I felt we could forgo Superpower for Crunch this time as Doublade is absolutely prominent in the tier and pretty much a hard stop to this hard working ant. It can also double as nuke that won't miss should we need it thanks to Blackhole Eclipse. Outspeeding Durant naturally is a hard thing to do in this tier, as 109 does outspeed a good chunk. Scarfers like HP Fire Shaymin, Fire Punch Flygon, and Flamethrower Zoroark can be a bit troublesome. The last two are rare though, from what I see, so be sure to scout for those scarves. Let's not forget Salazzle as a check as well. While most walls would be hard pressed to take a hit from Durant after a z-boost, they can still do so and do so well enough to cripple Durant. Notable mentions goes to bulky waters like Quagsire, Pyukumuku even Qwilfish or the ubiqutious Chesnaught who all eat from full and can proceed to either Haze away the boost or Roar away, so we need to ensure these are sufficiently weakened which brings home the point of hazard neccesity. With the exclusion of Superpower, certain Steels and Fires can give us a hard time as well. Registeel can eat and cripple with T-Wave and Torkoal/Rotom-H can plain roast us so we'll need to weaken those as well.

As mentioned, Durant is known for its late game sweepin capabilities! Once the opposition has been sufficiently weakened via rocks and general attackin this ant can go to town on the enemy with very little to stop it. Or depending on our team, Durant can easily be the one to punch holes for the rest of the team. Durant has poor special defense though so don't expect it to stand up in the face of STAB special hits. Though Durants resistances and decent physical defense still do help it to find many set up opportunities and +2 Hustle boosted attacks DO hurt. Don't believe me? Take a look. These are calcs on the tiers premier physical walls after the Z-Hone Claws.

+2 252 Atk Hustle Durant Iron Head vs. 248 HP / 252+ Def Eviolite Gligar: 160-190 (48 - 57%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Stealth Rock

+2 252 Atk Hustle Durant X-Scissor vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Milotic: 289-342 (73.3 - 86.8%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Stealth Rock and Leftovers recovery

+2 252 Atk Hustle Durant Iron Head vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Chesnaught: 217-256 (57.1 - 67.3%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Stealth Rock and Leftovers recovery

It just needs the proper team support and we're ready to flow. So Spikes/Rocks to help achieve 2HKOs and we'll need other mons to pressure Durant checks and counters such as special attackers. Chesnaught or Froslass can set up spikes as well Froslass can do so very quickly, but her frailty lends us to have to act quickly on them, but Chesnaught has more staying power. In the end, not a lot can stand to take more then 2 boosted hits from this little ant!

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Reuniclus @ Leftovers
Ability: Magic Guard
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpA
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Calm Mind
- Recover
- Psyshock
- Focus Blast

Reuniclus is pretty fat and can sponge most non supereffective physical attacks. It also acts as a secondary wincon with Calm Mind and can help a lot with stall. Psyshock lets it outpace other Calm Mind users like Comfey. With Magic Guard Reuniclus provides the team with a switch in for Pokemon that try to poison and/or burn like Mantine, Gligar, Milotic, etc.
RU Viability Rankings

Alrighty now, we've lost a specially based attacker AND a rocker. Was also fit to take a hit or two! She may have been super convenient but now we must come up with somethin else as a second partner and we have!

Reuni is very well itself! It simply sets on the more passive steels in the tier. Reinu is also very bulky, able to set up easily because of that. However, her speed and shaky coverage may lead to some unfavorable situations such as being forced out by a hard hitting Dark or Bug type attack, as well as being Trick and Encore fodder. So don't be too hasty in setting up. Though Durant does lure in Doublade, one of this Reunis sure fire counters, so that's neat! Yeah, this Reuni should be nice as well for knockin down defensive teams after Durant has shaken them down or may be able to knock em down all by herself, actually! Be sure to check out the RU Viability Rankings! It's kind of got a new look.

Third Mon Nominations shall end on
June 15'th 12:00 PM UTC -6

Get on it then. Suggest that third member! Do we need rocks now? Or perhaps another mon to help sponge hits?
DO DECIDE
 
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Hello, Charizard_Rulez84 welcome to the guild and thank you for entering the tournament. I've already taken the liberty and PM'ed a pc box of 30 Pokemon, and lastly if you're using a smartphone, Discord has an app so you'll possibly be able to connect with us if you have access to a tablet or smartphone.

-00swms
Thank you I appreciate the warm welcome :D, I got the pm am excited to have some fun battles, I got some cool mons to use

I'd like to recommend a 3rd mon for the CCAT, I've personally used this set with great success even in higher tiers such as UU & OU
Florges @ Leftovers
Ability: Flower Veil
EVs: 240 HP / 228 SpD / 42 SPATK
Calm Nature
- Moonblast
- Wish
- Toxic
- Aromatherapy

Most ppl tend to opt for a def Florges and bold nature but I like to maximize its incredible 154 SpD stat and go with a calm nature with a little bit of spatk, since it does have an above avg 112 spatk stat, with this spread it can easily take on any special set of mons such as Kommo-o, kingdra, cresselia, etc.
 

MetalSonic

Orderan' Defendan'
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Diancie @ Passho Berry
Ability: Clear Body
Shiny: Yes
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 SpA
Quiet Nature
- Stealth Rock
- Moonblast
- Diamond Storm
- Earth Power

Diancie! The offensive stealth rockin variant. This Diancie makes its mark being a fantastic check to mons like Zoroark, Salazzle, Honchkrow, Kommo-O, and Swellow! The Passho is very cool as it turns her into a kind of e-check to Sharpedo and Kingdra as well. Moonblast and Diamond Storm are very appreciable STABs and its hard to turn down D-Storm with its 50% chance to highten our defense by 2. Lastly we have Earth Power as it helps clear out Doublade for Reuni as well as just roundin out coverage against Steel types in general as its compounds her offensiveness. Quiet Nature so her bulk isn't compromised as well as the damage output from Diamond Storm though you can change it to Modest w/Power Gem if it turns out we'd appreciate the speed. She works well to check Dark and Bugs type attacks that threaten Reinu and can come in on the fire types that scare out Durant as well and use the subsequently forced switches to set up rocks.
 

Conquer Phoenix

Falling Light
I am starting to love mega pinsir now, it does everything I need for a sweeper. I just need to work on the timing of getting it out there.
 

MetalSonic

Orderan' Defendan'
I am starting to love mega pinsir now, it does everything I need for a sweeper. I just need to work on the timing of getting it out there.

Mega-Pinsir shreds through teams, its ridiculous. Against stall it's all about riddin them of their Skarm, against offense it's a +2 QA that'll KO Greninja after LO/Rocks. Though certain stalls like to run double defog in the form of Zap and Skarm.


http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen7ou-591025171
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen7ou-591066621
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen7ou-591070235

Lookie I finished the rain chall. You can do it to, yknow?? >.<
1350 should be a breeeze!
 

00swms

Chaos Theory
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Aleatorio Tournament

So, I’m hosting the next tournament! The tournament will take certain aspects from Battle Factory and Challenge Cup, but instead of getting to swap out Pokémon with your opponent’s, you’ll lose the ability to use your Pokémon as you progress through the tournament. At the start of tournament, you’ll select a number listed below from this selection. Based off the number you've chosen you’ll get a pc box of 30 randomly generated Pokémon that you’ll create team with and use throughout the tournament.

The tournament has officially started early, but don't worry the deadline has stayed the same as if the tournament would've started on June 20th.
ADDITIONALLY, USING THE BATTLE FORM IS REQUIRED THROUGHOUT THE TOURNAMENT WITH REPLAYS POSTED.


Tentative Starting Date: June 20th
Official Start Date: June 15th
Deadline: June 27th


Basic Formula: Winning Rounds
Based on 8 Entries
Round 1: 30
Round 2 ‘Semifinals’: 24
Round 3 ‘Bronze Match & Finals’: 18


Rules
1.) All battles must use the randomly generated pc box of 30 Pokémon.
2.) Battles will be BO3 ‘Best of 3’
a. Due to the tournament being BO3, you’ll be able to use multiple team. If you’re using more than one team throughout the round, and you win the round you must select the last team you won the final match with and will no longer be able use those Pokémon for the rest of tournament.
b. For example, in the case you win the round whether it’s Battle 2 or Battle 3 the Pokémon from that match cannot be used for the rest of the tournament.​
3.) Battles will be conducted on Pokémon Showdown using the alt you’ve used given in the sign-up form.
4.) Throughout the tournament you must save replays and post them in the battle form, so that I can verify you’re using the Pokémon you were given.
a. In the case, it’s found out you’re not using the Pokémon from the provided pc box you’ll be automatically disqualified.​


Sign-Up
Username & PS Alt:
Time-Zone:

Battle Form
Your Username:
Opponent Username:
Battle 1 ( w/l/d; replay):
Battle 2 ( w/l/d; replay):
Battle 3 ( w/l/d; replay):

Tournament Brackets
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Prizes

First Place: 15 points & Banner
Second Place: Banner
 
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