So close. The Moon Ball, Heavy Ball, and Love Ball are the only ones I have left to use up. Any suggestions for what to use them on?
So hit 'em with a whole tidal wave ~ We're killing it the entire way- Moon- anything Dark or Fairy.
- Heavy- maybe anything Rock or Steel.
- Love- anything cute.
Edited by AmethystLeslie on Nov 2nd 2019 at 5:34:26 AM
Goddammit, Schezo... || *insert incredibly thirsty copypasta about Dr. Ratio*Bit too much "death" and too little "glory", if you don't mind me saying so. Hariyama is really slow, and will be taking attacks every turn. If you actually cut your HP in half with Belly Drum, in addition to taking burn damage every turn, you'll basically be doing the opponent's job for them.
If you are set on the Guts thing, I'd recommend at least replacing Belly Drum. Fake Out is a good way to get some extra damage essentially for free, while Knock Off has some great utility and hits the more common switch-ins for super-effective damage.
Then again, you could also run Bullet Punch to go with that Belly Drum. Something similar seems to work out quite fine for Azumarill, though I guess the lack of STAB does hurt in this case.
You could also try a Thick Fat + Assault Vest set, giving you more reliable switch-in opportunities, spreading Fake Out and Knock Off all over the opposing team. You could also try for Rest + Sleep Talk, giving you more reliable recovery.
Ooh, maybe Rest + Sleep Talk on a Guts Hariyama, Facade and Knock Off as attacking moves, and Leftovers as an item. Doubt that would actually work all that great, but it should surprise the occasional jerk online.
After weeks of videos covering the many pokemon who benefited from today's Patreon pick, False Swipe Gaming is finally covering the one behind it all, Politoed.
Gen 2 actually saw the Toad land a notable role in OU, to my surprised. It's typing, movepool, and bulk allowed Politoed to threaten many defensive walls while surviving hits from the hardest hitters.
Gen 3 and 4 saw the Toad drop to NU because the mechanics changes and power creep meant it no longer had staying power in OU. Nothing more to say.
Gen 5, Politoed hopped to the top of the mountain and defined the entire generation around its new hidden ability, Drizzle. From Kingdra to Kabutops, if you could take advantage of rain then Politoed wanted you on the team. Things were banned, but no one will forget the Weather Wars of Gen 5 thanks to the Toad. Said dominance also showed in VGC, where Politoed was on nearly every top tier or playable team
Unfortunately, another mechanic change and the Drizzle ban sent the Toad plummeting off the mountain and straight down to PU. Without permanent weather, Rain teams in particular no longer worked as anything beside a gimmick in OU. Without Drizzle, Politoed couldn't even make a niche for itself in PU. VGC was kinder because of Mega Swampert, allowing the Toad to place high in various finals teams.
Gen 7 was much of the same, despite Z-Moves and the like.
UU specifically banned Drizzle rather than Politoad because rain teams utterly dominate gen 7 UU and Peliper might end up falling from OU because of less usage.
In Gen 6, Drizzle was banned in UU for the same reason.
Edited by tclittle on Nov 3rd 2019 at 2:22:47 PM
"We're all paper, we're all scissors, we're all fightin' with our mirrors, scared we'll never find somebody to love."Usage. The more a given Pokemon gets used the higher tiered it is. OU is literally "Over Used" because these are the most popular competitive Pokemon that have not been banned on their Pokemon Showdown servers.
They have councils to ban Pokemon from any given tier. A low tier Pokemon isn't inherently bad and many can and are used in higher tiers with success, though high tier Pokemon are inherently banned from anything lower than their usage-granted tier.
I can't remember what it was but some user got a Pokemon boosted to OU purely through memes and getting his Youtube audience to spam it on Showdown.
Edited by Hashil on Nov 3rd 2019 at 4:42:29 AM
Smogon's "viability ranking" functions more like a traditional tier list. Forum members discuss Pokemon and a council of high-level players decide whether to raise or lower Pokemon.
Continue writing our story of peace.

One thing I learned about myself today: I really suck at navigating Ultra Wormholes. Gyro controls were never my forte.
I ended up missing a White Wormhole, only to end up in a yellow one. Then I got jumped by a Regirock (which, thankfully, I managed to catch).
I heard you can change to circle pad controls. I might try that instead.
Edited by dragonfire5000 on Nov 2nd 2019 at 10:35:08 AM
"I squirm, I struggle, ergo I am. Faced with death, I am finally, truly alive."