Smogon pokemon rules books

For pokemon sword on the nintendo switch, a gamefaqs message board topic titled my friends dont battle with smogon sets and rules page 8. Come join battle dome in a large scale reveal of a new update to the game, version 4. Why smogon is stupid i get it, yes i do, you like the little offbeat challenged like all level one, all underused, etc. Smogon was made by people who hate too much variation. Sm overused ou oras overused ou bw2 overused ou all tiers are based on smogon tiers. Alternatively you can use the challenge username command. While all nonuber pokemon can be used in ou, only those pokemon that make up at least 3. All the standard rules for smogon tournaments apply here. For pokemon sword on the nintendo switch, a gamefaqs message board topic titled my friends dont battle with smogon sets and rules page 5. Smogon a series of fans who wanted to focus on a particular playstyle 6v6 singles which has developed into a pretty smart, unofficial meta. Smogon is a pokemon website and community specializing in the art of competitive battling. My rant is based on people valuing smogon rules above pokemon rules, considering their tiers and rules more official and competitive than the actual video game championship series. Tournament rules and general guidelines smogon forums. Watch top vgc players from around the world battle it out for thousands of dollars in prizing on pokemon s twitch.

Ou overused is smogons fundamental usagebased tier. Well, smogon has created a metagame around those rules. What smogon is really good at is optimizing a pokemon with the things it has access to. Basically, following all of these rules before and during a ou and below battle will ensure your opponent wont have much to moan about. They are unofficial by pokemon standards and by restricting pokemon vgc rules it makes them casual by comparison. But the thing that smogon rules do well no fucking minimize or sheercold. If you want to challenge a friend just click their name and then click challenge, select the tier you want to play and choose the team youd like to use. In general, the best way to deal with primal kyogre is proactively instead of reactively. Smogon doesnt really support creativity too much, theyll stick to the same 510 moves for a single pokemon.

For pokemon sword on the nintendo switch, a gamefaqs message board topic titled my friends dont battle with smogon sets and rules. With the exception of pokemon banished to the uber tier, every pokemon can be used in ou, including pokemon from uu, ru, nu, and pu. Even tho the game is built on absurdities from the amounts of combinations to the amount of possible moves. Hackmons is a tier where pokemon can have maxed out evs, any ability, and any combination of moves. Non smogon players use a way wider variety and it catches you off guard. When you play pokemon, do you follow smogons rules or not. Zarel generally just wants to work on pokemon showdown, and have fun, so providing one or both of those will surely put you in his good books. If youre fighting an uber battle, you can send out a zangoose against a mewtwo if you. More content and features will be released throughout the following months, so make. For pokemon sword on the nintendo switch, a gamefaqs message board topic titled my friends dont battle with smogon sets and rules page 6. If you see this message for more than a few seconds, try enabling javascript. Weekly questions thread 10 june 2019 r pokemon discord discord. Genesect using extreme speed is only legal with a hasty nature and shiny forme. Smogon is the largest competitive pokemon community on the internet.

If you want to get a custom avy you need to hold 5 badges on smogon be a g driver or more some tours may give you a custom if you win them. Xy blackwhite diamondpearl rubysapphire goldsilver redblue. But for open matches, arbitrary restrictions on a ton of things is simply not of interest to the vast majority of the players. While this hinders genesects ability to check extreme killer arceus, it makes genesect faster than maximum speed base 90 pokemon and neutralnatured base 99 speed pokemon like xerneas and yveltal with maximum speed investment. Plus, lets not forget that its a rock type move, which is a great offensive but shitty defensive type, so it helps check a fuck ton of dangerous pokemons, especially flying types that are immune to other entry hazards in a way a dedicated rock pokemon just couldnt ou has like a grand total of one pokemon that can do that, and it still has. Vgc is not beholden to the smogon meta rules, as smogon is an unofficial fancommunity meta. The metagame does have a banlist known as little cup ubers and pokemon that feature in that are pokemon like sneasel, scyther and gligar which are more than capable of holding their own in the. Please make sure you read through the entire thread at least once. The maximum level of the pokemon is 5 and the pokemon must be able to evolve in order to compete. It is noticeably different than standard because theres stuff like sturdy shedinja, contrary deoxyss, huge power slaking, etc. Finally, in the smogon tiers article i linked, any battle on a specific tier allows all of the pokemon in that tier, and all pokemon from any tier below it. Vgc game freaks own doubles playstyle, which has its own rule set and distinct meta. View strategies and more for genesectshock on the smogon strategy pokedex. Generally, it is forced to threaten a single trade after careful maneuvers to get in safely.

View strategies and more for genesectburn on the smogon strategy pokedex. Ive lost too many battle spots to randoms with sheercold pulling off a 1 use rng success, then theres the 30 minute minimize stall out wars, i have to take at least one infinite accuracy person to every battle now. The biggest update to the game since 2017, plenty of game changing updates and a large amount of new content are available to play, so come hang out with your friends over the summer. And also have a deep love for stealth rocks that further limits the possible combinations of viable pokemon. This post is some of the common rules amongst smogon players for competitive battles, so if you want to know them or freshen up there they are. For pokemon sword on the nintendo switch, a gamefaqs message board topic titled my friends dont battle with smogon sets and rules page 2. In this case users are free to propose any avatars. Custom avatars can pretty much be from any games books or whatever til they follow a few rules size and things like this. Faster pokemon with strong offensive pressure can make it difficult for kyogre to find an advantageous position from which to apply its pressure. Ou overused is smogon s fundamental usagebased tier. With all the recent pachirisu hype i figured i could ask what the big smogon deal is. With support for wifi and simulator battles, smogon has something for everyone.