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    342 KB How to Competitively Battle Pokémon Professor BATTLAN 03/30/09(Mon)17:35 No.29295842  
    Pokémon has the stigma of being for little kids. However, there is a whole other side to the games; a whole world of battles done by people spending hours on hours in a dark, dank room pressing buttons on a small console with their sweaty hands. And, after reading this essay, you, too, will be just like these professionals! Within this paper are subjects no self-respecting lonely person can do without. From planning the right team to choosing the right move set, from breeding the right nature to getting great stats, from battling techniques to finding an opponent, by the end of this essay, you will be ready to dedicate months of your life – MINIMUM! – to forming the best team possible that everyone will be able to copy in five minutes by using an Action Replay!
    The first, and one of the most important steps, next only to move sets, EV training, nature and IV breeding, strategizing, and finding an opponent, is forming your team. Selecting the right Pokémon is vital to creating a great team. You need to find a unique combination that nobody can beat. But how do you do this? By going to Smogon, of course! Smogon, the center of the Competitive Pokémon Battling scene, is where you can view teams that everybody uses and analyze their weaknesses, making sure to find the perfect counter. For example, common Pokémon include Tyrannitar, Scizor, Salamence, Metagross, Infernape, and Gyarados. To counter these threats, you will need a great team.
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    To counter Tyrannitar, try a Scizor! But how do you counter their Scizor? With a Salamence, of course! But that Salamence of theirs may be a threat, so you will need a Metagross to stop it in its tracks. And of course, Infernape is a must if you plan to take down their Metagross. And how do you stop their Infernape? With a Gyarados! And a Tyrannitar with the right moves could easily scare away that Gyarados! Now that you have a perfectly unique team of Tyrannitar, Scizor, Salamence, Metagross, Infernape, and Gyarados to counter their bland, average team of Tyrannitar, Scizor, Salamence, Metagross, Infernape, and Gyarados, you are ready for the next step: Making their Move sets.
    A Pokémon battles using moves such as Flamethrower, Flash, Cosmic Power, Recover, and so on. In order to do well, you need a great move set, along with a good nature and item that complements it. It will require a lot of work to decide on the right moves, but here are a few tips that should make it easier for you. You see, there are a few kinds of Pokémon out there. They can be classified under three main categories. Sweeper, Wall, and Support. Sweepers are usually stopped – walled as it were – by walls, while Walls can be hampered by Support Pokémon.
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    >Pokémon has the stigma of being for little kids.
    Well, that's because it IS for little kids.
    >> Professor BATTLAN 03/30/09(Mon)17:37 No.29295898
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    And Support Pokémon usually do not last long against Sweepers. It is far more complex than this, but those would be the basics. For each of these categories, there are recommended move sets. It widely varies, from the tank like Curselax, to the exploding Azelf, to the Choice Band Salamence, to the Leftovers Blissey, to the Funky Chicken, you have many choices to choose from. Let’s try to cover all categories at once, though, by seeing what we shouldn’t use. You see, there are useless attacks, along with attacks so powerful that they are banned.

    You need to know what is what if you plan to succeed. First off, the banned moves. One Hit Knock Out moves (OHKO’s) are banned, due to their raw power. Double Team is banned, as is Minimize, due to the luck it requires to hit the evasive Pokémon. Now that those have been covered, let us cover useless moves. Anything with a base power below 90 is practically useless unless it has a great effect. Any healing move other than Roost or Recover is useless, due to how situational they are. Flash and other stat lowering moves are useless as an opponent can switch.
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    Harden and other moves that don’t boost by at least two stages is useless due to the time involved. Any move that isn’t Fire, Water, Ice, Rock, Dragon, Fighting, or Electric type is useless as those ones pretty much cover all of the types anyways. So, with 90% of moves gone, your choices are a lot simpler! And since only certain groups can use certain moves, you have a choice of roughly 12 moves to choose from for each Pokémon! Such a wide variety will get you up to the top in no time at all! And with the four good items out there (Choice Band, Scarf, and Specs, and Leftovers), you will have no trouble finding the right item to fit your move set of choice.
    All 32 competitively viable moves and the few good items out there may provide you with all you need, but they are useless without preparation. You need Natures, IV’s, and EV’s, or else your Pokémon are worthless piles of manure not fit to clean the tank of a Magikarp. Let me explain why. Natures lower a stat by 10% while boosting another stat by 10%. There are 25 natures available, 5 of which don’t do anything. Now, this, unfortunately, lowers your chance of getting a good Pokémon to 4%, but that is ok. After all, 4% is nothing to a great breeder like you! You can easily breed the right nature! And perfect IV’s as well, I bet! You see, a Pokémon can have 0 to 31 IV’s in a single stat. There are 6 stats. For every IV in a stat, that adds one point at level 100. Now, to even stand a remote chance, you should, ideally, have a Pokémon with 31 IV’s in every stat.
    >> 3480 !!j5b6RtxMDxo 03/30/09(Mon)17:38 No.29295939
    >However, there is a whole other side to the games; a whole world of battles done by people spending hours on hours in a dark, dank room pressing buttons on a small console with their sweaty hands

    you mean like starcraft, melee, TFC, TF2, Street Fighter, and Guilty Gear?
    >> Anonymous 03/30/09(Mon)17:38 No.29295943
    >>29295842
    >>29295871
    >>29295898
    I sense a "FINAL DESTINATION ONLY" coming up here soon.
    >> Professor BATTLAN 03/30/09(Mon)17:38 No.29295957
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    But, the chances of that are low, at a 1 to 887,503,681 ratio. Luckily for you, a good Pokémon can have an IV as low as 30. So, lucky you! And combine with the 25 different natures, you should only have to breed a few million over the course of a few years to get that perfect Pokémon! Barely any time at all! Of course, after that, you have the task of EV training. It is very fun. You get to face the same Pokémon over and over again, making a tally of how many you have beaten! And you never know when you may make a mistake due to the repetitiveness, thus forcing you to redo the whole thing all over again! To think, you can spend most of your life making a great team! Doesn’t that just warm your heart?
    Of course, after you have your hard earned team, you have one step left. Finding an opponent. This is a very complex task, consisting of posting something called a Friend Code on a website and hoping that somebody will accept your challenge. After all that you have done, it can be a gruelling wait of five to ten minutes, but once you have found an opponent, you get to show off your hard earned team. Oh, beware of hackers. You see, people can use a device called Action Replay to make their Pokémon perfect from the start, only having to spend mere minutes on designing a team.
    >> Anonymous 03/30/09(Mon)17:39 No.29295976
    words words words words

    I never knew Fuckley liked pokemon
    >> Anonymous 03/30/09(Mon)17:39 No.29295982
    Your guide to pokemon competitive battles.

    >Don't do it because it's not worth your time.
    Why? The majority of people who does are underageb&s like some of /v/.
    >> Professor BATTLAN 03/30/09(Mon)17:40 No.29296002
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    They are despised for taking the easy road and doing things like making IV breeding a thing of the past. Everybody loathes these cheaters who have no lives and use these machines to let themselves do something as trivial as ENJOY a game and skip all of the hard stuff so that they can get to such menial things as BATTLING their Pokémon. The problem is that you do not know who is a hacker. The most common sign is when they are beating you.

    If they are beating you, then it must be because they are cheating, because there is no way they could be beating you because they are better than you! The recommended procedure for dealing with a hacker is to turn off your DS seconds before they win and go whine about them on the nearest computer. Now that you have read this essay, you know everything you need to know about how to battle competitively in Pokémon. So, go out there and enjoy the game!
    >> Anonymous 03/30/09(Mon)17:40 No.29296003
    this is a stupid thread made by a stupid tripfag that should feel stupid for making it
    >> Anonymous 03/30/09(Mon)17:40 No.29296021
    >pokemon was made for kids

    I realize this is sort of strained (I'm not asserting that pokemon is mature games for mature gamers such as myself) but it's possible that the game of Go was invented for a Chinese emperor's retarded son to keep him busy
    >> Neckbeard Torterra !!jvCuWJ8NrnK 03/30/09(Mon)17:41 No.29296050
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    >tldr
    Where to start?
    Advance section plz
    >> Anonymous 03/30/09(Mon)17:42 No.29296061
    Tourneyfags use netbattle. Underageb& use the actual game and make teams with terrible type coverages and pathetic IV's.
    >> Anonymous 03/30/09(Mon)17:42 No.29296068
    >To counter Tyrannitar, try a Scizor! But how do you counter their Scizor? With a Salamence, of course! But that Salamence of theirs may be a threat, so you will need a Metagross to stop it in its tracks. And of course, Infernape is a must if you plan to take down their Metagross. And how do you stop their Infernape? With a Gyarados! And a Tyrannitar with the right moves could easily scare away that Gyarados!
    >> Anonymous 03/30/09(Mon)17:43 No.29296109
    >>29296002
    >They are despised for taking the easy road and doing things like making IV breeding a thing of the past. Everybody loathes these cheaters who have no lives and use these machines to let themselves do something as trivial as ENJOY a game and skip all of the hard stuff so that they can get to such menial things as BATTLING their Pokémon. The problem is that you do not know who is a hacker. The most common sign is when they are beating you.

    oh, lol. funniest fucking thing I've read all day
    >> Anonymous 03/30/09(Mon)17:43 No.29296119
    I have yet to figure out if Professor BATTLAN is making fun of Pokemon tourneyfags, Smogon, Pokemon in general, the idea of anyone other than little kids playing pokemon, or some combination of those, or he is trolling said Pokefags.
    7/10, I think?
    >> Anonymous 03/30/09(Mon)17:43 No.29296120
    saging a shitty contentless pokemon thread
    >> Anonymous 03/30/09(Mon)17:43 No.29296124
    >>29295896
    When it came out I would have agreed, but even though I don't play it anymore I see you guys talk about it and hear about all this nature and best movesets and stats and shinies and pokemon with multiple types and I just can't believe a child could retain all of that knowledge and competently use it. If Nintendo is still designing Pokemon with children in mind they're doing it fucking wrong.
    >> Anonymous 03/30/09(Mon)17:45 No.29296167
    >>29296119
    It's called satire.
    >> Anonymous 03/30/09(Mon)17:45 No.29296185
    Read the fucking thing before you answer. It's a fucking satire.

    Please go on OP.
    >> Anonymous 03/30/09(Mon)17:46 No.29296212
    >>29296050
    Use pokesav and hack your ideal "legit" team so the other kids wont call you a hacker but fuck them, 31 in all IVs, 255 in all EVs, best moveset, and ideal nature.
    >> Anonymous 03/30/09(Mon)17:46 No.29296227
    >>29296119
    Making fun of 1)the fact that people get mad at people who don't hand raise their pokemon, 2) that most tournament teams use the same strategies/Pokemon/items, and 3) that we Pokefags tend to get butthurt when people mock us.
    >> Professor BATTLAN 03/30/09(Mon)17:47 No.29296241
    >>29296185
    It's already done but if anyone has questions I'll be happy to answer them!
    >> Ursaring 03/30/09(Mon)17:48 No.29296291
    >>29296241
    I don't want to use Infernape or Gliscor or those guys. I want to do something a little more... unique! Take the beaten road.
    Is that allowed?
    >> Anonymous 03/30/09(Mon)17:48 No.29296300
    >>29296241
    how long did it take you to type all this up?
    >> Anonymous 03/30/09(Mon)17:49 No.29296308
    I lol'd.

    More!
    >> Professor BATTLAN 03/30/09(Mon)17:50 No.29296355
    >>29296291
    Of course it's allowed! The UU leaugue is a very fun place to battle! The two people that play it are both very nice too!
    >> Anonymous 03/30/09(Mon)17:50 No.29296362
    Every game has a hidden level of dept not only your shitty pokemon.
    Theres hitboxes,tracking movement through sound and how the shot goes in FPS.In fighters theres combos,Counters,timing and hitboxes too.
    >> Anonymous 03/30/09(Mon)17:51 No.29296411
    >>29296362

    >a hidden level of dept

    first off, it's "depth", but I know it was a simple typo


    also, fuck you, the illusion of "depth" is killing video games
    >> Anonymous 03/30/09(Mon)17:52 No.29296477
    Thank you OP. I had a good laugh and you helped me out with his thread. I've been considering getting Platinum and you reminded me it's not worth my time.
    >> Anonymous 03/30/09(Mon)17:53 No.29296486
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    Dear Professor BATTLAN:

    My Clefairy and I are best friends and I want to use him competetively. How would you suggest going about this?

    Love,
    Anon

    PS: Pic related, it's my Clefairy.
    >> Anonymous 03/30/09(Mon)17:53 No.29296492
    How about I just get a Feraligatr and rape the everliving shit out of every Pokemon you have.
    >> Professor BATTLAN 03/30/09(Mon)17:55 No.29296564
    Hmm... Well if no one has anymore questions I suppose you guys can go early today. Don't forget though! I want that 500 page essay on how to battle competitivly and succeed by Wednesday! And please! don't forget my office hours class! It's all on yuor syllabi.

    Have a nice day class!
    >> Anonymous 03/30/09(Mon)17:56 No.29296586
    >>29296355
    I lol'd the prof is exaggerating of course but there's about 3 percent of tourney fags who actually play UU- the superior tier.
    >> Anonymous 03/30/09(Mon)17:56 No.29296613
    >>29296564
    But professor, what about my Clefairy?
    >> JA from Brawl !psSONIC.vg 03/30/09(Mon)17:56 No.29296621
    Sage for shitty troll thread.
    >> Professor BATTLAN 03/30/09(Mon)17:57 No.29296647
    >>29296486
    Nice choice Anon! I happen to have a Clefable on my team! I would suggest using it with assorted special attacks. Clefable is great with several movesets, so long as it has Magic Guard you will be fine.

    The more creative the more fun it is!
    >> Anonymous 03/30/09(Mon)17:57 No.29296648
    pokemon is an unbalanced game for little kids
    >> Anonymous 03/30/09(Mon)17:58 No.29296687
    COMPETITIVEFAGS MAKE ARCEUS CRY.
    COMPETITIVEFAGS ALSO MAKE CYNTHIA CRY AS WELL. AS YOU TOURNEYFAGS WORSHIP FUCKING WEAK FLYGON AND SAY "OMFG GARCHOMP IS A LEGENDARY B&!"
    I just battle for fun. I AM NO COMPETITIVEFAG.
    Competitive tiers are for queers.
    >> Anonymous 03/30/09(Mon)18:00 No.29296730
    I have 5 dittos and a magikarp, will i raep?
    >> Anonymous 03/30/09(Mon)18:00 No.29296757
    >>29296291
    If you do, you'll likely be beaten every time. It's like High Tier, Low Tier,etc. in fighters if you're into that.
    >> Mean Bob !DYeHsbL3jU 03/30/09(Mon)18:02 No.29296798
    >>29296647
    Gravity Gravity Gravity
    Seriously, Clefable is surprisingly really good with a gravity based movepool
    Also for /v/irgins with waaaaaaayyyyy too much time on their hands read this guy's work
    http://www.freewebs.com/pokerants/
    >> Professor BATTLAN 03/30/09(Mon)18:02 No.29296808
    >>29296730
    If that is your team you will have a hard time winning! Try to use variety. Why not use a Scizor? Or perhaps an Infernape? and that magikarp could be evolved into a Gyarados! You could use Metagross too!
    >> Anonymous 03/30/09(Mon)18:03 No.29296848
    >>29296798

    >So Blastoise, to sum things up, is a boring Pokemon that's lost in the shuffle

    FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
    >> Anonymous 03/30/09(Mon)18:04 No.29296878
    >But, the chances of that are low, at a 1 to 887,503,681 ratio.

    That's WAAAY too casual for me. I'm gonna try to get all this, plus shiney.
    >> Anonymous 03/30/09(Mon)18:04 No.29296880
    >>29296808

    but my ditto can be all of them....:(
    >> Anonymous 03/30/09(Mon)18:04 No.29296886
    Yo OP what about Dragonite?
    >> Mean Bob !DYeHsbL3jU 03/30/09(Mon)18:05 No.29296900
    >>29296848
    Say what you will, it's a great study on tourneyfag mentality and how much fucking time they have on their hands.
    >> Anonymous 03/30/09(Mon)18:05 No.29296938
    >>29296002
    >They are despised for taking the easy road and doing things like making IV breeding a thing of the past.

    because unlike you, they dont feel like hatching eggs for 20 years getting an amazing pokemon. troll harder
    >> Anonymous 03/30/09(Mon)18:06 No.29296966
    The only OU Pokemon i use regularly is Metagross

    Focus Sash+Explosion=Almost guaranteed kill

    But seriously
    Arcanine
    Jumpluff
    Shuckle
    Rhypherior
    Porygon Z

    Fuck yeah
    >> Professor BATTLAN !3GqYIJ3Obs 03/30/09(Mon)18:06 No.29296973
    >>29296886
    If you want to look different from othe rpeople and use him instead of Salamence than you are great! But remember that he is different from Salamence, so battling with him is much different.
    >> Anonymous 03/30/09(Mon)18:07 No.29297004
    >>29296687
    You retard, if you play a multiplayer game you are competitive by definition.

    Some players are just more competitive(better) than you.

    Keep telling yourself that it's okay you lose so much because you're having more fun than they are.

    That's right. How can they have fun if they aren't as bad as you? It's preposterous.
    >> Professor BATTLAN !3GqYIJ3Obs 03/30/09(Mon)18:08 No.29297056
    >>29296966
    Porygon_Z and Rhyperior are both categorized as OU you fool!
    >> Anonymous 03/30/09(Mon)18:10 No.29297096
    I guess you're trying to make fun of high level pokemon, but several things you say don't add up or make sense. It's like you're mocking teams for overusing Scizor but he's not even that common of a pokemon in general.

    I guess this kind of bitter attitude results from misconceptions and ignorance. Maybe more reasonable people in this thread will clear up the situation for you.
    >> Anonymous 03/30/09(Mon)18:11 No.29297134
    I'm gonna use scyther instead of Scizor.

    Enjoy your lobster claws while my guy has FUCKING SCYTHES
    >> Anonymous 03/30/09(Mon)18:11 No.29297143
    >>29297096

    >Misconceptions and ignorance

    lol wut, we're talking about the game that made an anime that made a movie that gave away cards
    >> Anonymous 03/30/09(Mon)18:12 No.29297178
    >>29296798
    >This website is an archive for the rants and other writings done by Slowfale. Originally posted on the Pokemon Diamond board on GameFAQs

    Sounds like something really worth reading.

    Yeah.
    >> Anonymous 03/30/09(Mon)18:12 No.29297191
    >>29297056
    WHAT HAVE I BECOME
    >> Anonymous 03/30/09(Mon)18:12 No.29297213
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    Sup OP

    Why the fuck is Garchomp considered a uber
    >> Professor BATTLAN !3GqYIJ3Obs 03/30/09(Mon)18:13 No.29297236
    >>29297134
    A fine decision indeed! Just remember that Scyther has 20 more Speed than Scizor, but 20 less Attack!
    >> Anonymous 03/30/09(Mon)18:14 No.29297251
    >>29297096
    >Scizor
    >not even that common of a pokemon in general.

    Maybe not in DP, but in Plat
    >> Anonymous 03/30/09(Mon)18:16 No.29297318
    Yo OP, how do i use Unown?

    I was thinking about using hidden power on him.
    >> Professor BATTLAN !3GqYIJ3Obs 03/30/09(Mon)18:17 No.29297360
    >>29297213
    I have no time to go into this rant so I will keep it short.

    Garchomp is an uber because the definition of an Uber is a Pokemon that is capable of walling.sweeping alarge portion of any team with little effort on the trainers part. (You know that time you battled that kid that used all Legendaries and won, despite knowing less than you on the subject of Pokemon Battling? This is what that means)
    With his new moves discovered recently, he became too easy to use!
    >> Anonymous 03/30/09(Mon)18:18 No.29297408
    I have a team of 3 metapods, 2 kakunas, and one missingo

    Rate me
    >> Anonymous 03/30/09(Mon)18:18 No.29297419
    >>29297213
    Otherwise you would use it in OU.

    Saying that i want Scizor to be uber, then Salamence, after a while it'll just be Pachirisu, Unown and Delibird in OU.
    >> Professor BATTLAN !3GqYIJ3Obs 03/30/09(Mon)18:18 No.29297423
    >>29297318
    So long as it is Hidden Power Ice you should be fine. I have no clue how to find a NU opponent though, so Iwish you the best of luck on your journeys, Trainer.
    >> Anonymous 03/30/09(Mon)18:19 No.29297454
    >>29297004
    What I was saying is that I used to be a Tourneyfag on Pokemon myself. When I heard that Smogon now supports Flygon and it now puts Garchomp with the banned pokemans, which are Legendaries, I immediately dropped out of the PokeTourneyfag busyness and try to battle for fun.I still care about movesets, EVs, IVs, Abilities and natures though.
    I was raging about the new PokeTourneyfag rules. so don't be so Ignorant next time.
    >> Anonymous 03/30/09(Mon)18:22 No.29297542
    >>29295939

    >implying starcraft is similar to TF2
    >> 3480 !!j5b6RtxMDxo 03/30/09(Mon)18:22 No.29297569
    >>29297542

    in b4 I am smalltime
    >> Anonymous 03/30/09(Mon)18:23 No.29297588
    >>29297454
    Just use Scizor, Garchomp is old news, Scizor is the hip new win at the cost of all variety pokemon all the cool kids are using.
    >> Anonymous 03/30/09(Mon)18:30 No.29297834
    >>29297454
    Smogon are alright but a lot of people don't seem to understand the purpose of the tiers. They're there to try to create a balanced environment for tournaments, not to rate how good a pokemon is.
    >> Anonymous 03/30/09(Mon)18:32 No.29297927
    >>29297542
    >implying that tf2 can be played competitively
    >> Anonymous 03/30/09(Mon)18:33 No.29297951
    Why are certain pokemon considered UU? Just because they arent used a vast majority of the time or what? Also is it possible to have a functioning team with 2 or 3 UU in an OU environment/battle.
    >> Professor BATTLAN !3GqYIJ3Obs 03/30/09(Mon)18:37 No.29298081
    >>29297951
    They are considered UU because they normally get easily defeated in an OU battle.

    HOWEVER! Several UU Pokemon Directly counter popular OU movesets. And since most people start out by battling OU, using a UU Pokemon can confuse them as they will not know how to approach it.
    >> Anonymous 03/30/09(Mon)18:38 No.29298127
    >>29297951
    Sort of and yes. Pokemon are put in uu because they either unbalance ou, have a hard time fitting in or are just plain shit. For instance pinsir is a strong pokemon and he's only in uu because heracross does the same thing but better. Same thing with flygon and garchomp before garchomp was banned.
    >> Professor BATTLAN !3GqYIJ3Obs 03/30/09(Mon)18:42 No.29298258
    >>29298127

    My top student answering for me again I see. I suppose he's why none of you visit me during my office hours! That was me attempting sarcasm of course. Nice answer, student!
    >> Anonymous 03/30/09(Mon)18:48 No.29298536
    Okay, who creates the tier list and should we try to abide by it? (In respect to the Ubers and b& list)
    >> Professor BATTLAN !3GqYIJ3Obs 03/30/09(Mon)18:55 No.29298805
    >>29298536
    The Tier List is created by a large number of qualified Trainers, Including certain Gym Leaders (Wattson, Blue, and Morty come to mind.) Elite Four members (Lance, Agatha, Bertha, and recently Lucian) past champions (Red, the Kanto league champion was a member for a while.) As well as just qualified trainers with a large head about Pokemon Knowledge and Battling (Myself, Professor Birch, The famous Oak, even that fool Palmer!)

    As far as if you students should abide by it.. Well it only applies to the Championship battles but if you want to practise young... hehe.

    That will be on the test by the way so take notes.
    >> Anonymous 03/30/09(Mon)18:57 No.29298882
    God you faggots take this game too seriously.
    >> Professor BATTLAN !3GqYIJ3Obs 03/30/09(Mon)18:59 No.29299018
    >>29298882
    You either have the wrong class or you are just rude. The Pokemon as work partners class has moved to room 313. It has been that way since 3 weeks ago now, sir.
    >> Anonymous 03/30/09(Mon)19:01 No.29299095
    >>29298536
    It's edited by a small clique of tourneyfags who play on shoddy and work their way up smogon's social ladder. Sort of like with mods in an irc channel. One of the reasons lots of people dislike it is that it can be almost wikipedia like in the quality of it's editing and some bad decisions do get made. Lots of people didn't like how they moved flygon up to ou because they wanted him to inherit garchomp's position, not because he was too powerful to be in uu anymore.

    Most of people abide by them just because they think that tiering = power ranking. You shouldn't feel obligated to build your teams by them at all but they can be used to ensure that your match ups are more even. Like if your friend says he's using his uu team you'll know that he's restricting himself from using many of the most powerful pokemon so you can respond by removing one of the six mewtwos from your team in the interest of fairness.
    >> Anonymous 03/30/09(Mon)19:03 No.29299182
    I play pokemon for fun because I'm not a neckbeard tourneyfag
    >> Anonymous 03/30/09(Mon)19:05 No.29299254
    >>29299018

    God you faggot take this game too seriously.
    >> Professor BATTLAN !3GqYIJ3Obs 03/30/09(Mon)19:12 No.29299631
    >>29299095
    To a certain extent it is a power rating, Most Ubers have stats that are really great, etc.

    But some Pokemon are used often because they have Unique abilities, or a nice typing (Magnezone)

    As far the Flygon contreversy is concerned I have no say. Flygon is certainly no Garchomp(beyond the Typing, and Ability, of course) so how some people can even compare the 2 is beyond me.
    We put it in OU because, like Garchomp, with its newly discovered moves we felt it would be too powerful in most UU battles.

    Whether our assumptions are true or not is up to the trainers who use them.
    >> Slaw 03/30/09(Mon)19:18 No.29299927
    >>29299631
    Er, Garchomp was put in Ubers long before Platinum came out.

    And hey, Flygon gets Outrage now. That's pretty sweet.
    >> Professor BATTLAN !3GqYIJ3Obs 03/30/09(Mon)19:19 No.29300037
    Well that pretty much covers it class. You students have a nice day! ON Wednesday we will go over Typing, and how to calculate damage before a battle.

    Don't forget the essays. I take no late assignments so get them done! haha.
    >> Anonymous 03/30/09(Mon)19:20 No.29300045
    >>29299631
    IT can give you a vague idea but it's not always the case. For instance arcanine has a stat total that's up there with a lot of legendaries and dragons but he's still in uu.
    >> ­ 03/30/09(Mon)19:25 No.29300309
    >a lot of wanna-be elitist bullshit

    And I take down your team of six super EV trained, Level 100 pokeymans with just my 87 Sandslash and 83 Raticate because I believe in my pokemon and the power of friendship and shit like that to get us through.
    >> Professor BATTLAN !3GqYIJ3Obs 03/30/09(Mon)19:25 No.29300323
    >>29299927
    He was put into Ubers when his Platinum moveset was revealed!

    You also have to remember that Flygon was outclassed by Garchomp before, and that Flygon counters Salamence almost perfectly now.
    I'm not going to say that Flygon is like Garchomp or Salamence or even Dragonite But I will say that he became just a tiny bit too strong for UU in some peoples eyes.
    >> Yours Is A Funeral !rP11EP38eE 03/30/09(Mon)19:28 No.29300453
    >Any healing move other than Roost or Recover is useless

    Uhm.
    Heal Bell, Wish, Aromatherapy, Rest and Softboiled
    >> Student of Professor BATTLAN !3GqYIJ3Obs 03/30/09(Mon)19:30 No.29300518
    wow professors' lecture sure was informative today he's so full of knowledge! i cant beleive hes single! if i was his age i'd b all over him lol. he really needs a raise too, i heard he only gets paid 3/4ths of what the other Pokemon professors teach, just because his classes cater to those who want to make a living off of pokemon battling, and that that job is hard to do so few students chase that dream. he works just as hard! he should get just as much pay!
    >> Slaw 03/30/09(Mon)19:31 No.29300560
    >>29300323
    I know you're a troll, but still. What did he get from Platinum? Earth Power? Aqua Tail? Iron Head? Mud Slap?

    Yup, his Platinum moveset is pretty overpowered.
    >> Professor BATTLAN !3GqYIJ3Obs 03/30/09(Mon)19:35 No.29300752
    >>29300560
    Listen kid, class is over! you wanna talk to me do it during my office hours! You're on my time now, it's not the other way around.
    I'm not going to argue with a young student who has probably only been battling for 8 or so years. I was a champ of my region when I was 13. I have been battling my whole life, my knowledge on the topic far outclasses yours.
    >> Slaw 03/30/09(Mon)19:36 No.29300804
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    >>29300752
    Well, can't argue with that. You're absolutely right.
    >> Professor BATTLAN !3GqYIJ3Obs 03/30/09(Mon)19:44 No.29301143
    Damn kids and there damn questions! "i'm using scytehr because his hands are cooler haaa am i coool yet class?!" hes just as biased for using it because it isnt used by other people than he would be for using scizor because it is used by everyone....
    And that damned TIER discussion?! The hell do these kids know about making tiers? I've been a part of the Tiermakers for 25 Years! I was a founding member and these kids try to argue with me?! Damn cheekiness and low pay... I'm 63 and still a virgin! Maybe I should release all of my pokemon and kill myself...

    Nono you have too many pokemon that would take forever, and you make a difference to the world, don't kill yourself...

    Yeah, teaching idiots how to fight Pokemon for money is changing the world. I'm a glorified failure.... Why can't I be more like Rowan.. or Oak?

    sigh... another perfect day i suppose...
    >> Anonymous 03/30/09(Mon)19:47 No.29301231
    Ok, I guess this is a good place to ask.

    I just started playing Pokemon since BLUE/RED, and have no idea ho online works.

    I have done a couple of trades through the GTS, and also watched a couple of recorded battles. But what I really want is to fight, even if my team kinda sucks. How do I do this?
    >> Anonymous 03/30/09(Mon)19:51 No.29301379
    >>29301231 here

    Oh yeah, and I did read the whole FC thing, but I don't really care about that, can't I just battle people at random over the internet without the trouble?
    >> Newswoman 03/30/09(Mon)19:51 No.29301380
    LATE BREAKING NEWS!

    Plato Ocelot, better known as "Professor BAT-LAN" former Champion of the region South of Sinnoh and North of Kanto whose name escapes me at the moment has been found DEAD in what appears to be a suicide. However there was no note so police ARE looking into it, well keep you updated on this tragic incident when we get more information.

    Ocelot was a the Professor of Battling Pokemon at Saffron University. He was also a founding member of the Tiermakers and...



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