After playing with Furret and seeing how awesome a Pokémon with both Helping Hand and Follow Me is, I decided to take the UU/OU equivalent -- Clefable, and try her out with my OU equivalent to Wailord, Typhlosion.
Clefable
Calm
Magic Guard
Moves: Follow Me, Helping Hand, Protect, Ice Beam
EVs: 128 HP, 128 Sp.Def, 252 Def
In the end, I feel like I am going to remove my Typhlosion and my Clefable from the OU team, so now I am in the process of seeking replacements. The number of Fire-resistant Pokémon is too large, and as a result, I feel that it's best to seek out other useable pokemon. Metagross and the Curselax/SeismicBlissey are on the agenda.
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Monday, September 21, 2009
NU Fever
Yes, that's right. The title of this entry is "NU Fever."
For those of you who don't know, NU stands for Never-Used, and that is a Smogon.com-created tier within a tier system of Uber, Overused (OU), Border-line (BL), Underused (UU), and Never-Used (NU).
So, then why NU Fever? Well, ShoddyBattle and Pokémon Battle Revolution both have gotten me quite sick of tinkering with OU/Uber teams. (Though, I certainly refuse to play with Uber Pokémon, especially on PBR, because where is the fun in that?) As a result of my boredom, but continuing desire to raise Pokémon, I decided that it would be amazingly fun to create a team of really crappy Pokémon, at least by Smogon.com-user standards. Go to the website if you would like to see their official list of Pokémon described as NU here.
It turned out that one of my already-created-and-already-ditched Pokémon, Swalot, is listed under the NU tier. Now, I certainly had already noted his innate inferiority in OU/Uber play, which is why I had already dropped him before the Nashville tournament in June. And, funny enough, I have again decided to leave out lovable Swalot from my NU team. I have definitely become a sweeper of sorts, and because of that I continue to play in that way, though my hopes are that NU team creation will ultimately show me the beauty of support/annoyer teams.
Now for the Pokémon that have joined my repertoire.
Persian, Male, Lv. 50
Normal
Item: Muscle Band
Nature: Adamant (+Attack, -Sp. Attack)
Ability: Technician: Powers up the Pokémon's weaker moves.
Moves: Fake Out, Bite, Aerial Ace, Return
EV Training: 255 Speed, 255 Attack
Stats:
HP - 128
Attack - 123
Defense - 75
Speed - 158
Sp. Attack - 76
Sp. Defense - 85
Beedrill, Female, Lv. 50
Bug/Poison
Item: Expert Belt
Nature: Adamant (+Attack, -Sp. Attack)
Ability: Swarm: Powers up Bug-type moves in a pinch.
Moves: Poison Jab, X-Scissor, Aerial Ace, Brick Break
EV Training: 255 Speed, 255 Attack
Stats:
HP - 139
Attack - 140
Defense - 60
Speed - 111
Sp. Attack - 58
Sp. Defense - 93
Wailord, Female, Lv. 50
Water
Item: Choice Scarf
Nature: Timid (+Speed, -Attack)
Ability: Oblivious: Prevents the Pokémon from becoming infatuated.
Moves: Water Spout, Surf, Rollout, Astonish
EV Training: 255 Speed, 255 Sp.Attack
Stats:
HP - 245
Attack - 91
Defense - 58
Speed - 105
Sp. Attack - 139
Sp. Defense - 64
Furret, Male, Lv. 50
Normal
Item: Focus Sash
Nature: Naive (+Speed, -Sp.Defense)
Ability: Run Away: Furret has terrible abilities.
Moves: Helping Hand, Follow Me, Me First, Return
EV Training: 255 Speed, 255 Attack
Stats:
HP - 156
Attack - 118
Defense - 67
Speed - 148
Sp. Attack - 65
Sp. Defense - 75
With these 4 Pokémon, the general strategy is as follows:
Open with Wailord and Furret. If a Fake Outer threatens, Furret performs "Follow Me" to take the hit instead of Wailord. Similarly, if a faster Pokémon is present, then Furrets performs "Follow Me" to take the blow. Otherwise, Furret Helping Hands Wailord, unless I am confident that Water Spout will do it's job to one Pokemon and I should Return or Me First the other. Me First is kind of a gimmick that I've wanted to play with, so I picked it for Furret instead of Sucker Punch. Funny enough, in Battle Tower play on Pokémon Platinum, I used Me First on an Empoleon who had just used Brick Break the turn before on my Furret, and he was using it again, so my Furret used Brick Break at 1.5x power at Water/Steel-type Empoleon, finishing off the health that Wailord's Water Spout had failed to deplete.
Furret is very likely to die from performing one Follow Me, and because of this, I am ready to bring out Persian, who will proceed to Fake Out any speed-based threat, and otherwise Bite/Aerial Ace/Return as necessary.
Beedrill is a joke of a Pokémon, and everyone knows it. He is there to be the one to finish off your team, in the event that I'm winning.
OU-team Battle Tower Doubles Record: 63 consecutive battles
NU-team Battle Tower Doubles Record: 22 consecutive battles
I acquired the 22-battle record for my NU team the very first play-through, which is pretty impressive since my original tanking teams had the potention to wipe pre-28. The beauty of NU teams is that, though the Pokémon are generally inferior, they prove that it's the player behind the Pokémon that truly designate the winner of battles. Granted, this NU-team vs. a Darkrai/Arceus durr-hurr shiny team is certainly going to finish me off. However, watching Beedrill OHKO a Tyranitar with Brick Break and OHKO a Mewtwo with X-Scissor is always a pleasure to watch. I know the player on the other side says aloud, "Are you serious?"
For those of you who don't know, NU stands for Never-Used, and that is a Smogon.com-created tier within a tier system of Uber, Overused (OU), Border-line (BL), Underused (UU), and Never-Used (NU).
So, then why NU Fever? Well, ShoddyBattle and Pokémon Battle Revolution both have gotten me quite sick of tinkering with OU/Uber teams. (Though, I certainly refuse to play with Uber Pokémon, especially on PBR, because where is the fun in that?) As a result of my boredom, but continuing desire to raise Pokémon, I decided that it would be amazingly fun to create a team of really crappy Pokémon, at least by Smogon.com-user standards. Go to the website if you would like to see their official list of Pokémon described as NU here.
It turned out that one of my already-created-and-already-ditched Pokémon, Swalot, is listed under the NU tier. Now, I certainly had already noted his innate inferiority in OU/Uber play, which is why I had already dropped him before the Nashville tournament in June. And, funny enough, I have again decided to leave out lovable Swalot from my NU team. I have definitely become a sweeper of sorts, and because of that I continue to play in that way, though my hopes are that NU team creation will ultimately show me the beauty of support/annoyer teams.
Now for the Pokémon that have joined my repertoire.
Persian, Male, Lv. 50
Normal
Item: Muscle Band
Nature: Adamant (+Attack, -Sp. Attack)
Ability: Technician: Powers up the Pokémon's weaker moves.
Moves: Fake Out, Bite, Aerial Ace, Return
EV Training: 255 Speed, 255 Attack
Stats:
HP - 128
Attack - 123
Defense - 75
Speed - 158
Sp. Attack - 76
Sp. Defense - 85
Beedrill, Female, Lv. 50
Bug/Poison
Item: Expert Belt
Nature: Adamant (+Attack, -Sp. Attack)
Ability: Swarm: Powers up Bug-type moves in a pinch.
Moves: Poison Jab, X-Scissor, Aerial Ace, Brick Break
EV Training: 255 Speed, 255 Attack
Stats:
HP - 139
Attack - 140
Defense - 60
Speed - 111
Sp. Attack - 58
Sp. Defense - 93
Wailord, Female, Lv. 50
Water
Item: Choice Scarf
Nature: Timid (+Speed, -Attack)
Ability: Oblivious: Prevents the Pokémon from becoming infatuated.
Moves: Water Spout, Surf, Rollout, Astonish
EV Training: 255 Speed, 255 Sp.Attack
Stats:
HP - 245
Attack - 91
Defense - 58
Speed - 105
Sp. Attack - 139
Sp. Defense - 64
Furret, Male, Lv. 50
Normal
Item: Focus Sash
Nature: Naive (+Speed, -Sp.Defense)
Ability: Run Away: Furret has terrible abilities.
Moves: Helping Hand, Follow Me, Me First, Return
EV Training: 255 Speed, 255 Attack
Stats:
HP - 156
Attack - 118
Defense - 67
Speed - 148
Sp. Attack - 65
Sp. Defense - 75
With these 4 Pokémon, the general strategy is as follows:
Open with Wailord and Furret. If a Fake Outer threatens, Furret performs "Follow Me" to take the hit instead of Wailord. Similarly, if a faster Pokémon is present, then Furrets performs "Follow Me" to take the blow. Otherwise, Furret Helping Hands Wailord, unless I am confident that Water Spout will do it's job to one Pokemon and I should Return or Me First the other. Me First is kind of a gimmick that I've wanted to play with, so I picked it for Furret instead of Sucker Punch. Funny enough, in Battle Tower play on Pokémon Platinum, I used Me First on an Empoleon who had just used Brick Break the turn before on my Furret, and he was using it again, so my Furret used Brick Break at 1.5x power at Water/Steel-type Empoleon, finishing off the health that Wailord's Water Spout had failed to deplete.
Furret is very likely to die from performing one Follow Me, and because of this, I am ready to bring out Persian, who will proceed to Fake Out any speed-based threat, and otherwise Bite/Aerial Ace/Return as necessary.
Beedrill is a joke of a Pokémon, and everyone knows it. He is there to be the one to finish off your team, in the event that I'm winning.
OU-team Battle Tower Doubles Record: 63 consecutive battles
NU-team Battle Tower Doubles Record: 22 consecutive battles
I acquired the 22-battle record for my NU team the very first play-through, which is pretty impressive since my original tanking teams had the potention to wipe pre-28. The beauty of NU teams is that, though the Pokémon are generally inferior, they prove that it's the player behind the Pokémon that truly designate the winner of battles. Granted, this NU-team vs. a Darkrai/Arceus durr-hurr shiny team is certainly going to finish me off. However, watching Beedrill OHKO a Tyranitar with Brick Break and OHKO a Mewtwo with X-Scissor is always a pleasure to watch. I know the player on the other side says aloud, "Are you serious?"
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