Super Showdown Society (closed)

[Ryusei the Morning Star]

...I'm not sure how it works now that I think about it. But I am pretty sure it can get those regardless of Plate. Though I wonder...why?

Cloyster is something you basically always have to hit right away whenever its on the field I've noticed.

Pretty sure you have be the right type

 

Give it Dragon plate, get Draco Met, switch to fighting get swords

 

Haven't tried it yet

[Mr Dr Professor Spaz]

Pretty sure you have be the right type

 

Give it Dragon plate, get Draco Met, switch to fighting get swords

 

Haven't tried it yet

Why would Swords Dance be limited to Fighting? Swords Dance is a TM that can be learned by any Arceus form. Also, it's a Normal-Type attack.

[LordCowCowCowCowCowCowCowCow]

Lets see what are these clown's names right now....

 

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@@Faytl

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@@Yuhi

@@The Amazing Avian

 

https://challonge.com/f9c4xx04

 

Yeah still want to have this get to a finish. So I'm gonna try and get all of y'all in here and let it continue.

 

I kinda want to start a Monotype tournament since we've got fresh faces but I want to try and finish this before I even consider that.

Gonna try and get these people to speak up again. Come March I'll just officially mark it as "incomplete" (though if people want to come back to it they can) and create a Monotype tournament.

Any suggestions for specifics can be discussed though it might be pretty simple. (perhaps not allowing more than three of the same type just for diversity and allowing changing teams in between rounds)

[Darj]

Any suggestions for specifics can be discussed though it might be pretty simple. (perhaps not allowing more than three of the same type just for diversity and allowing changing teams in between rounds)

 

What do you mean? How would it be Monotype if more than 3 of same Type aren't allowed?

[Mr Dr Professor Spaz]

Gonna try and get these people to speak up again. Come March I'll just officially mark it as "incomplete" (though if people want to come back to it they can) and create a Monotype tournament.

Any suggestions for specifics can be discussed though it might be pretty simple. (perhaps not allowing more than three of the same type just for diversity and allowing changing teams in between rounds)

With tournaments in this thread, I just go on to PS a few times a day, check if my opponent is online, do a few battles, check again, and then leave.

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What do you mean? How would it be Monotype if more than 3 of same Type aren't allowed?

He probably means that no more than 3 people can use a given type in the tournament.

[Yui]

Suggestion: Allow each participant to pick three types, which they can use for different monotype teams between rounds. This can help circumvent unfortunate instances where a poison user must fight a steel user, or where a psychic user needs to fight a dark user. And also what Spaz said above; assuming you meant no more than 3 people can have a certain type. As long as the tournament doesn't get more than 18 participants (let's be frank, we usually get 8-10 so that's barely a concern) that means everyone should be able to pick three types they like.

 

In case what I said above might cause any confusion, I'll just explain super-fast. Say I pick water, bug, and fairy (which I just funking might). I can build a water monotype, grass monotype, or fairy monotype team. None of that "I built a water team but also Mawile is here because I picked fairy" crap.

[LordCowCowCowCowCowCowCowCow]

What do you mean? How would it be Monotype if more than 3 of same Type aren't allowed?

 

He probably means that no more than 3 people can use a given type in the tournament.

yes this

 

@@Yui Nooot sure on that one. Fighting a type you're weak against and being able to prepare for it is a bit part of Monotype. Back in the day I've faced Rock and Fire with Bug before for instance. I don't want to completely nullify it.

[Mr Dr Professor Spaz]

Suggestion: Allow each participant to pick three types, which they can use for different monotype teams between rounds. This can help circumvent unfortunate instances where a poison user must fight a steel user, or where a psychic user needs to fight a dark user.

Agreeing with Cow against this point. As evidence, I have provided replays of myself sweeping Mono-Ground with Mono-Electric and Mono-Ghost with Mono-Fighting.

(You have no idea how long it took me to find those replays)

[Kotaro]

YCM username: Kotaro

 

Pokemon Showdown username: KotaroCG

Favorite tier: OU/UU

Favorite type: Flying or Fire.

[LordCowCowCowCowCowCowCowCow]

YCM username: Kotaro

 

Pokemon Showdown username: KotaroCG

Favorite tier: OU/UU

Favorite type: Flying or Fire.

Welcome old man!

Flying is a pretty unique favorite.

[Snatch Steal]

Any chance we could open up “Favorite Tier” to “Favorite Format?” I’m getting sick of seeing so many people who haven’t played anything other than OU

[ShimoHkun1]

Any chance we could open up “Favorite Tier” to “Favorite Format?” I’m getting sick of seeing so many people who haven’t played anything other than OU

Tbf some people haven’t played much other than OU...

[goodfusion]

Why play OU when you can play Anything Goes though?

[Ryusei the Morning Star]

AG is basically MR spam tho

 

I think Uber is the most skillful tier, OU has it's nuts cut off. Tell me when they move thinks like Deoxys-S and Darkrai down

[Snatch Steal]

AG is a joke but it's kinda fun

 

There's this guy Lance that I'm friends with (but shouldn't be) who is really good in AG and BH.

[LordCowCowCowCowCowCowCowCow]

To be fair OU is the easiest to actually get into imo. Granted I prefer Monotype and (used to) prefer PU but even I find it easier sometimes to just drop into OU and play.

[Ryusei the Morning Star]

OU doesn't take chance. Like they should suspect test darkrai post void nerf

[LordCowCowCowCowCowCowCowCow]

OU doesn't take chance. Like they should suspect test darkrai post void nerf

I saw something about a custom server that had a "BL Ubers" which was basically mid-point between Ubers and OU. Something like that could be cool.

Darkrai might have too high stats for OU. iirc it gets Sludge Bomb so it's not got many things that can switch in on it.

Though it might actually be more possible than it seems at first. I'd like to see how it'd go at least.

 

I'd also like to see what OU would look like without Landorus-T. Not that I personally have an issue with it being so prevalent but it might be interesting to see what happens.

[Kotaro]

I'm fairly new to the competitive game. I started by going through OU/UU, want to try the others. Hope to get better. Been playing random battles as well. Don't know why haha.  

[Ryusei the Morning Star]

I'm fairly new to the competitive game. I started by going through OU/UU, want to try the others. Hope to get better. Been playing random battles as well. Don't know why haha.  

I don't believe I've made your acquaintance. Hello :0

 

Do you play Ubers by any chance?

[Snatch Steal]

I don't believe I've made your acquaintance. Hello :0

 

Do you play Ubers by any chance?

Oh I don’t think so.

 

This one belongs to BH

[LordCowCowCowCowCowCowCowCow]

Right, forgot when I made that post the number of days in February. WELL HERE WE GO

 

[spoiler=Second SSS Monotype][spoiler=Rules]1.) Teams are OU Monotype. Nothing in Ubers or the Monotype banlist. However Pokemon from other tiers are allowed. Trust me you'll want to mix and match with this.

 

2.) Upon sending points for sign up you will send with it a message saying which Type you want. Put a first, second, and third, choice. If your type has been picked too many times (see next rule) I will let you know and we'll move to your second or third choice.

 

3.) Only two people (maybe three if it becomes an issue let me know your thoughts) will be allowed to have the same type at maximum. First come first serve.

 

4.) Keep in mind, while you can only use Pokemon that include the type you choose, you CAN use Pokemon with dual types.

 

5.) Tournament will be double elimination.

 

[spoiler=Entrance Fee and Prizes]To join the Tournament you must send 200 points to me. And I will add...at least 4000 points. Perhaps more depending on what we get besides that.

[spoiler=Pot]8000 Points

 

[spoiler=Prizes]1st place: 60% of Pot

2nd place: 30% of Pot

3rd place: 10% of Pot

 

 

[spoiler=Participants]1. God Emperor Cow

2. Azure Wolf

3. Mr Spaz

4. Reptilious

5. Yui

6. Alaina

7. Darj

8. Mr. Melon

 

 

Given that I will see the types before anyone else I think it only fair I let you know mine. However it's not fair for me to get first pick automatically so I'll do it like this.

I'm going to list my top four picks. And if my top pick gets chosen twice I move to the next. That's the best way I figured I could balance.

 

Fairy

Bug
Grass
Electric

 

Any questions/concerns/comments feel free to discuss. Hopefully we can get at least 7 others to join~

[LordCowCowCowCowCowCowCowCow]

We have 5 people so far in the tournament. The minimum I want is 8. I think once we get 8 I'll give a few more days to see if anyone else wants in.

[Azure Wolf]

https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen7unratedrandombattle-713019997

Rhyperior sweeping.

[Mr. Best Male 2008]

Alright I was old to stop using Zygrade and Lando by my buddies so I can have a better idea of the meta lol.

 

Low Detailed Team building process:

 

I started with Tyranitar because he's one of my old school favourites. I was thinking banded pursuit trapper but this guy is too cool to pass up on. Nicknamed him Chad because he lookes like a douchebag in mega form. Originally had earthquake but swapped it out for fire punch for Scizors and Ferrothorns.

 

Next I grabbed Scizor because he's just a good pokemon tbh. Knock Off over Defog (running on Zapdos) And Super Power for Ferrothorns.

 

I grabbed Zapdos because this pokemon annoyed the cock funk out of me a few times. Never know if it's a toxic set or not. He's my physical wall and defogger. I usually pull him out after misty terrain is gone so I can abuse his stupid status RNG.

 

My usual lead is is Mamoswine obviously. I play him because he checks both Magearna and Lando T which is everything I wanted in a pokemon. Also rocks.

 

I'm using Tapu Fini because Tyranitar doesn't like Will-o-Wisp and Misty Terrain + sandstorm buff is neat. Also keeps my Zapdos protected from Toxic.

 

Now for the last slot I originally had Raikou/Tapu Koko but I ended up choosing Raikou because access to Aura Sphere is nice and I didn't want to take away misty terrain. I ended up dropping him because while he was testing fine he just didn't do enough. I replaced him with 2 boost boltbeam Magearna but the found out a well used Mega Venusaur shits on my team. Haven't tested out Z-Psychic Volc yet but I am excited to try him out.

 

So far the team is 17-1 and the one loss was to the Venusaur.

 

Chad (Tyranitar-Mega) @ Tyranitarite  

Ability: Sand Stream  

Shiny: Yes  

EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe  

Adamant Nature  

- Stone Edge  

- Dragon Dance  

- Fire Punch  

- Ice Punch  

 

Jared (Zapdos) @ Leftovers  

Ability: Pressure  

Shiny: Yes  

EVs: 248 HP / 240 Def / 20 Spe  

Bold Nature  

IVs: 0 Atk  

- Defog  

- Heat Wave  

- Discharge  

- Roost  

 

Finn (Tapu Fini) @ Leftovers  

Ability: Misty Surge  

EVs: 248 HP / 240 SpD / 20 Spe  

Calm Nature  

IVs: 0 Atk  

- Nature's Madness  

- Haze  

- Taunt  

- Scald  

 

Liam (Mamoswine) @ Focus Sash  

Ability: Oblivious  

Shiny: Yes  

EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe  

Adamant Nature  

- Earthquake  

- Ice Shard  

- Icicle Crash  

- Stealth Rock  

 

Jerry (Scizor) @ Leftovers  

Ability: Technician  

Shiny: Yes  

EVs: 252 HP / 136 Def / 120 SpD  

Adamant Nature  

- Bullet Punch  

- Knock Off  

- U-turn  

- Roost  

 

Bamboozie (Volcarona) @ Psychium Z

Ability: Swarm  

EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe  

Modest Nature  

IVs: 0 Atk  

- Psychic  

- Fiery Dance  

- Quiver Dance  

- Bug Buzz