The Crystalline Guard

[Prohawk]

Lol, they should give Kyurem-B Dragon Dance.

Well, tomorrow more arguing...

♪That is a lie,
Music is dead,
That's all I've gotta say, I'm going to bed.
(*Drop*)♪

If it had DD then I would totally agree with it being banned haha

[Matoro]

I've had this happen 3 times now. Out of 4 battles.

Your Haxorus used Dragon Dance!
Enemy used Move!
Your Haxorus used Outrage!
Enemy fainted!
Opponent sent out Kyurem-B!
Your Haxorus used Outrage!
Enemy's Kyurem-B fainted!
Your Haxorus calmed down!
Your Haxorus ate its Lum Berry!
Your Haxorus's status cleared!

[Prohawk]

Your House: Amethyst
Opponent's House: Tourmaline
Opponent's Name: Superstar
Win/Loss/Draw + Score: Win 5-0 or 4-0..
Rate your performance out of 50: 30
Rate opponent's performance out of 50: 30
Any improvements for opponent: -
Any thing else worth mentioning?: Massive hax throughout, the ones that mattered were beneficial for me though

Your House: Amethyst
Opponent's House: Tourmaline
Opponent's Name: Superstar
Win/Loss/Draw + Score: Win 1-0
Rate your performance out of 50: 35
Rate opponent's performance out of 50: 35
Any improvements for opponent: -
Any thing else worth mentioning?: A lot closer with no bs hax, except a crit at the start that I'm pretty sure I could've lived...gg

[Voice Of The Forest]

Synergy Time
Volcarona's Water Brethren

Volcarona @ Chesto Berry
Nature Bold
Ability Flame Body
Evs 240 HP 208 Def 64 Spd
Quiver Dance
Hurricane
Bug Buzz
Rest
Now aeon wanted me to make out a core along with spiderman this volcarona remains unique as it takes the ev spread of the bulky quiver dance set and then mashes together the move pool of the restochesto set and the offensive rain dance set. This set is unique as with all these things combined it can take advantage of great bulk and great offensive power. Volcarona is also quite different as it gets perhaps one of the best set up moves this generation quiver dance; a move that increase special attack and defense and also increases the speed. Speaking of speed the evs will allow volcarona to outspeed tornadus therian on the switch in allowing it to hit it with a 100% accurate hurricane. Hurricane is a move volcarona rarely uses but since this one is run in rain it suits it quite well. Bug buzz receives a stab thanks to the unique fire bug typing volcarona has enabling it to hit grass types for good damage as well as psychic types. Finally there's rest which is preferred over roost as it allows volcarona to heal status such as paralysis or toxic.


Breloom @ Toxic Orb
Nature Adamant
Ability Toxic Orb
Evs 12 HP 244 Atk 252 Spd
Seed Bomb
Focus Punch
Spore
Substitute
Now if there's things that volcarona doesn't like its the two pink blobs that plague OU. Now most breloom seen nowadays are techniloom and the occasional bulk up set. But people seem to have forgotten perhaps the best set it used to be able to pull off subpunch. Now this breloom is easily the most annoying to handle out of all the sets as with spore and substitute it can instantly get one free sub guaranteed as with spore it allows for a minimum of two turns. Substitute is used mainly for the ability to take the hit while breloom can use focus punch the strongest attack in its repertoire. Focus punch will hit ferrothorn blissey and even damage skarmory very very well. Seed bomb is the secondary stab upon this set as it can deal damage to the bulky waters that plague the OU metagame such as vaporeon and jellicent. Breloom as does a nice job of absrobing the rock and water attacks thrown at it. Spore also helps volcarona potentially set up on a helpless victim to get a sweep going.


Spiritomb @ Choice Band
Nature Adamant
Ability Infiltrator
Evs 252 HP 252 Atk 4 Def
Shadow Sneak
Sucker Punch
Pursuit
Trick
Now to find the last member to this core we need to dwell in the murky waters of the stall tier known as RU. Spiritomb is a simple Pokemon as it has no weaknesses as it made no enemies. Now you slap a choice band on spritomb and you get one heck of a pursuit trapper and revenge killer Pursuit allows spiritomb to trap the latis after something has sponged the hits while it can still bring down an alakazam on it own. Sucker punch allows for spiritomb to deal a very hard hit out to anything that doesn'st resist it and wants to take out spiritomb. shadow sneak allows for a weaker but more reliable stab move that can hit gallade and subdisable gengar very very well. Finally there's trick to cripple walls such as skarmory among other pokemon that then allows me to bring in breloom or volcarona to make them complete fodder for me own use.

Notes:
#1 This is only half of a core the rest will be posted tomorrow.
#2 If you dont like tomorrows core make sure that you run both rain and a spinner

[Soperman]

^The only real problem I can see is that unless its STAB SE, Spiritomb won't be killing very much. It just isn't good enough...

About Kyurem-B, you are right. But it kinda proves my point. It's the same situation as Terrakion (really hard hitter, no sold counter, easily revenged), so it deserves at least a test.

And yes, I see where you're coming from. Usually you can predict the Terrakion, but you know if you get it wrong...well it doesn't take much to get a Terrakion sweep going. And most pokes have quite a few solid counters. Terrakion (and yes, Kyurem-B) not so much

And I wholeheartedly believe Terrakion should be banned for this reason.

[Jonah the Slaking]

And I wholeheartedly believe Terrakion should be banned for this reason.

Terrakion is countered easily enough by Gengar, Landy-T and Skarmory. Maybe Gliscor too, but the Rock Gem set hits Gliscor like a b**** slap to the faic.

[Prohawk]

Terrakion is countered easily enough by Gengar, Landy-T and Skarmory. Maybe Gliscor too, but the Rock Gem set hits Gliscor like a b**** slap to the faic.

Not countered...Genger can't switch in on a Stone Edge and a counter has to be able to switch in on the worst possible move. Skarm can't switch in on a Banded CC. Gliscor I think can only just take 2 Banded Stone Edges, might need to check that. Landorus-T can switch in and OHKO back, making it the only actual counter that you listed

[tokyo/seven]

(23:14:07) [CG] Aeon [7]: If I lose this
(23:14:13) [CG] Aeon [7]: I will quit pokemon forever
http://pokemon.aesoft.org/replay-ble...-7--2012-09-02



Dat Aqua Jet.........................

[Jonah the Slaking]

Your House: Citrine
Opponent's House: Citrine
Opponent's Name: Eaglehawk
Win/Loss/Draw + Score: Win 2-0
Rate your performance out of 50: 50
Rate opponent's performance out of 50: 50
Any improvements for opponent: None
Any thing else worth mentioning?: Lots of tension! It was all or nothing on the second to last turn, and DEM HP EVs saved me.

Don't hurt me, Eagle.

[Prohawk]

(23:14:07) [CG] Aeon [7]: If I lose this
(23:14:13) [CG] Aeon [7]: I will quit pokemon forever
http://pokemon.aesoft.org/replay-ble...-7--2012-09-02



Dat Aqua Jet.........................

Haha thank you, saved me some trouble =D

[The Mysterious Stranger]

That is exactly wrong. It was just an expression.

[Soperman]

Your House: Citrine
Opponent's House: Citrine
Opponent's Name: Jonah the Great
Win/Loss/Draw + Score: Loss 0-3
Rate your performance out of 50: 35
Rate opponent's performance out of 50: 39
Any improvements for opponent: None
Any thing else worth mentioning?: I'm a meanie :3

[Sparkbeat]

(23:14:07) [CG] Aeon [7]: If I lose this
(23:14:13) [CG] Aeon [7]: I will quit pokemon forever
http://pokemon.aesoft.org/replay-ble...-7--2012-09-02

Aeon...if I wasn't on an iPad I would post a face palm.

In the many hours of driving to Dallas, I was thinking of a way to run gothitelle since aeon was putting it on a sun team. The set I came up with can be used in RU. There's no evs or natures since I'm on an iPad


Whimsicott
Prankster
Focus sash
Stun spore
Leech seed
Encore
Memento

The best disrupter in the non-über game. Sash to ensure at least a SS and a memento. Leech seed for after the memento to heal goth and encore for the trap.

Gothitelle
Shadow tag
Leftovers/life orb
Calm mind
Psychic

Gothitelle takes full advantage of memento thanks to shadow tag. The attack drop gives gothitelle time to set up CM and the para gives goth a faster set up. Psychic is for STAB. I left the other spots open because you can probably put whatever moves fit your style. I run sub to stop statuses and up fighting to hit any dark types. I would add a mon to this team that can handle spiritomb which would wreck my set.
Feel free to try this out. I haven't tested at all since I'm away from home so try at your own risk! I'll be back sometime on Monday.

[Soperman]

Aeon...if I wasn't on an iPad I would post a face palm.

In the many hours of driving to Dallas, I was thinking of a way to run gothitelle since aeon was putting it on a sun team. The set I came up with can be used in RU. There's no evs or natures since I'm on an iPad


Whimsicott
Prankster
Focus sash
Stun spore
Leech seed
Encore
Memento

The best disrupter in the non-über game. Sash to ensure at least a SS and a memento. Leech seed for after the memento to heal goth and encore for the trap.

Gothitelle
Shadow tag
Leftovers/life orb
Calm mind
Psychic

Gothitelle takes full advantage of memento thanks to shadow tag. The attack drop gives gothitelle time to set up CM and the para gives goth a faster set up. Psychic is for STAB. I left the other spots open because you can probably put whatever moves fit your style. I run sub to stop statuses and up fighting to hit any dark types. I would add a mon to this team that can handle spiritomb which would wreck my set.
Feel free to try this out. I haven't tested at all since I'm away from home so try at your own risk! I'll be back sometime on Monday.

First of all, have fun, and see you in a couple of days!
Secondly:
Wow. Great idea. As for Gothitelle's last two moves, I would suggest Shadow Ball and some Fighting type move, for perfect coverage. This is a really great idea; I would use it if I played OU.

[Magicmonkey]

Not countered...Genger can't switch in on a Stone Edge and a counter has to be able to switch in on the worst possible move. Skarm can't switch in on a Banded CC. Gliscor I think can only just take 2 Banded Stone Edges, might need to check that. Landorus-T can switch in and OHKO back, making it the only actual counter that you listed

A hp/defence impish gliscor can take 2 banded stone edges or a sd rock gem one provided either rock are not up, or it has toxic heal active. Slowbro is equally capable of taking it, if rocks are not up. Skarm can take 2 banded CC's if hp/def and no rocks are up, then roost stall for victory potentially, but it does depend on min max for the 2hko (and the more than roost damage) Defensive nidoqueen can actually take it on, as it can take earthquakes and then send an immunity in, or sponge a stab and then ground move it/get free toxic spikes up. Finally toxicroak in rain (A defensive bulk up set) can take on the choiced variants because of its typing and 18% recovery.

First of all, have fun, and see you in a couple of days!
Secondly:
Wow. Great idea. As for Gothitelle's last two moves, I would suggest Shadow Ball and some Fighting type move, for perfect coverage. This is a really great idea; I would use it if I played OU.

I've tried this before. chandelure worked better as a sub calm minder, although his DW is banned, it can work. The problem is gothitelles poor speed.

[Voice Of The Forest]

Actually Jonah that was eagle I am USS Maine and Utah

[SneaselFTW]

Your House:Tourmaline
Opponent's House:Ametyst
Opponent's Name:TMS/Aeon
Win/Loss/Draw + Score: loss 3-0
Rate your performance out of 50: 26
Rate opponent's performance out of 50: 37
Any improvements for opponent:~
Any thing else worth mentioning?:~

[The Mysterious Stranger]

Your House: Amethyst
Opponent's House: Tourmaline
Opponent's Name: Legolover
Win/Loss/Draw + Score: Win 3-0
Rate your performance out of 50:
Rate opponent's performance out of 50:
Any improvements for opponent:
Any thing else worth mentioning?: It's been a while since I've posted on of these...

[Matoro]

Hey 'hawk where can I get one of those cases? Do I ask EG?

[Prohawk]

Hey 'hawk where can I get one of those cases? Do I ask EG?

Challenge the TA League, he has the artwork for it there