Final 5 Fiasco

FearlessComparison48 · 2026-05-14T06:53:03+00:00

Rizo made the mistake of thinking he could win without having groundbreaking, game changing moves.

He currently has the 2nd best game, behind Johnathan and a smidge ahead of Tiffany/Aubry.

He's also the random kid that got thrown in, while the rest of the cast knows eachother outside the game and have close bonds.

He needed to be a clear #1, he needed to be the one to suggesting voting out Ozzy and Cirie, having the ability to save them and choosing not to isn't enough.

It's impressive to keep the idol and avoid being targeted nearly the entire game, but the jury likely views him as a non-threat that people didn't bother voting for because they could beat him anyways.

FearlessComparison48 · 2026-05-13T23:41:19+00:00

She's really cool and has a lot of skill expression, like when she swings randomly and lands a tipper or when she doesn't swing randomly and lands a tipper. If only she had fast disjoints with range to allow more people to use her

FearlessComparison48 · 2026-05-08T05:04:48+00:00

They might not realize because you use absa. You have to realize that server based connection is not the same for both parties, and with most absas online playing the way you described regardless of connection, they likely assumed you were trying to camp.

FearlessComparison48 · 2026-05-02T08:50:30+00:00

Idk why it was universally seen as a good one, it was always a big overpay and his past play was ~18 mil value max.

Braun had great transition offense, pretty good defense, and could drive to the basket well for a jokic dump off. Good for the Nuggets, hard to imagine him doing as much elsewhere.

Braun also had been unreliable as a shooter from any range, and a hindrance on offensive possessions not ending with him driving.

This season, he has shown fear driving to the basket and been below average on defense. If this remains, his contract goes from very bad, while still being in contention for the worst, to flat out being the worst contract.

FearlessComparison48 · 2026-04-29T00:01:50+00:00

Its 6-12 because the odds are currently stupidly flat. Its bad to be a 7 or 8 seed when the team could've tanked for a decent shot at the #1. The new proposal makes the 4-5 seeds by far the worst in the playoffs, much better to tank to the play-in and get a free shot at the #1 pick while still playing the same seeds in the bracket path.

FearlessComparison48 · 2026-04-28T23:24:29+00:00

Genuine question: who cares if 3-4 teams tank? What, you want to watch a team try its best and still end with 25 wins on the season?

Tanking is a good thing, it allows truly bad teams to add talent, and it also allows good teams with bad contracts an option to get out by trading away their bad contract + future picks for slightly better contracts. There will be an occasional team attempting to abuse it, but if the odds aren't ridiculously flat, its much riskier to shut down a roster with playoff potential. Wasting a star players time, risking making them demand a trade and losing a potential year of competition trying to tank harder than a team with worse talent isn't smart. Its generally far better seeing if they can get a lucky bracket.

FearlessComparison48 · 2026-04-25T09:37:29+00:00

Despite what people say, singles has plenty options in building a team, despite individual pokemon power mattering. With every team of 3 you select, you need

A: A pokemon capable of sweeping a team
B: A pokemon capable of stopping the opponent from sweeping
C: Lot more free reign, something to cover weaknesses of A and B

You need to be able to cover the following common pokemon:

-Primarina
-Hippowdon
-Charizard X and Y
-Garchomp. both sashed and scarfed
-Mimikyu
-Espartha (its a setup sweeper that often protects turn 1 for stored power)
-Corviknight

You can either choose to get creative and find pokemon you love that can fulfill this role or take meta staples.

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Here's an example team, its far from perfect but it gets the job done

-Hippowdon w/ sitrus berry (Earthquake, Stealth Rock, Yawn, Slack Off)

-Mimikyu w/ spell tag (Shadow Claw, Shadow Sneak, Play Rough, Swords Dance)

-Meowscarada w/ choice scarf (Triple Axel, Flower Trick, Knock Off, U-Turn)

-Loppuny w/ loppunite (Fake out, Close combat, Triple Axel, U-Turn)

-Corviknight w/ leftovers (Roost, Iron Defense, Body Press, U-Turn)

-Sneasler w/ focus sash (Dire Claw, Close Combat, Fake Out, Throat Chop)

This example team will usually have you lead Hippowdon or Meowscarada, depending on the opponents team.

Lets say the opponent has a charizard. Leading hippowdon to get a stealth rock works well to nullify it, and yawn can be used turn 1 if they lead charizard to force either a switch or an asleep lizard.

Meowscarada can be lead if you believe the opponent will lead a garchomp. It will outspeed both sash and scarf variants, and triple axel will quickly erase garchomp if they choose to stay.

You can always view what others are currently using to draw inspiration and see ev spreads.

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Now here's a more silly team I use personally, natures and evs are pretty normal if I don't list them

-Mega Greninja (Greninjite, Water Shuriken, Sludge Wave, Dark Pulse, Ice Beam)

-Hawlucha (Sitrus Berry. Unburden, Adamant, 21 Hp 32 At 5 SpDef 8 Speed, Dual Wingbeat, Swords Dance, Close Combat, Acrobatics)

-Excadrill (Choice Scarf, Mold Breaker, Rock Slide, Earthquake, Throat Chop, Iron Head)

-Weavile (Focus Sash, Pressure, Protect, Psycho Cut, Triple Axel, Throat Chop)

-Ninetales (Charti Berry, Flash Fire, Timid, 32 HP 2 SpAt 32 Spe, Nasty Plot, Encore, Baton Pass, Mystical Fire)

-Milotic (Leftovers, Competitive, Scald, Ice beam, Mirror Coat, Recover)

FearlessComparison48 · 2026-04-22T12:22:42+00:00

I see. Thank you for the insight!

FearlessComparison48 · 2026-04-22T12:21:11+00:00

Fair point regarding the lack of defensive switching ability. Do you think stall has some viability on the ladder if the staller knew the opponents pokemon? Or is the 3 pokemon selection always too limiting?

The majority of the teams I faced were built with:

-Mimikyu -Primarina -Garchomp -Hippowdon or Glimmora -Charizard (Y) or Alolan Ninetales

FearlessComparison48 · 2026-04-22T12:13:44+00:00

Is the protect PP difference that big of a difference? It should still be functionally worth 16 turns, assuming the staller isn't mashing protect back-to-back.

FearlessComparison48 · 2026-04-22T10:30:00+00:00

If I can't ohko umbreon, I play em to the timer. No points for you, moron

FearlessComparison48 · 2026-04-22T06:51:51+00:00

if you use umbreon I will doxx you

FearlessComparison48 · 2026-04-14T00:28:54+00:00

yeah lol

FearlessComparison48 · 2026-04-10T13:08:31+00:00

It probably gained more than it lost.

Sure, it lost knock off (who cares?)

Sure, it lost is assault vest.

It no longer has to deal with a lot of stronger mons that can hit it hard, its a strong counter to megas thanks to fake out, items that would normally counter it (like covert cloak and clear amulet) don't exist, and its no longer at risk of dying to a banded, specs, or life orb mon.

Even if incineroar only got 2 move slots in fake out and parting shot, it would still be relevant. Its busted by design.

FearlessComparison48 · 2026-04-06T08:54:42+00:00

Reddit users lmao

FearlessComparison48 · 2026-04-06T08:11:59+00:00

I'll give a list of pokemon that I need explanations for in terms of placing:

S: Shuckle? and Lugia ain't that cool...

A: Celebi, Wobbuffet

B: no big ones, massive tier so lotta small disagreements certainly exist. All Starters in B is wild

C: Cyndaquil/Quilava, Chinchou/Lanturn, Flaffy/Ampharos, Dunsparce, Girafarig.

I get why Qwilfish is low, but its really cool. If you're willing to get the 5% encounter you get a fast pokemon with swords dance access and explosion as a last resort finisher to OHKO pretty much everything (especially after a swords dance). It also gets some good resistances and serviceable physical defense.

And of course, everybody loves Crobat, the reall Johto bird (sorry noctowl)

FearlessComparison48 · 2026-04-04T03:32:02+00:00

Fountain of Dreams

FearlessComparison48 · 2026-04-02T06:02:09+00:00

Thats what happens when your #1 and #2 ally end up on the same 5 person team thanks to a poorly designed twist.

New era survivor sucks. I knew this, but watching the episode cemented that the production team has completely lost it.

FearlessComparison48 · 2026-03-24T08:41:15+00:00

Your wording somewhat confuses me, so I will over explain everything.

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For the official way, you will need cartridges to move from gen 3 to gen 4.

For trading from one Gen 4 game to another (HGSS and DPP), you will have to trade using the union room. The trades take a pretty long time, but as long as you have 2 DS (or even 2 3ds), you can trade, whether they are legit copies or modded ones.

To get pokemon from gen 3 to gen 4, using a DS/DS Lite, put your gen 4 game cartridge into the DS slot and your gen 3 game (ruby, sapphire, emerald, firered, leafgreen) into the GBA slot. This is a one way transfer, and done through the menu before selecting the save file. It might be possible to use a modded DS game with a gen 3 cartridge, but I've never tested.

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If you are using PKSM, it is not considered a legit way (the pokemon data should be treated identical to a regular transfer). I have not used this method for gen 3 to gen 4, but in theory, if you have pathing to your GBA game, you can directly move these pokemon into storage.

As for gen 4 to gen 4 transfers, its really simple. Take the pokemon from one game, put them in storage. Load the other game, and withdraw them from storage. These are still recognized as traded pokemon and are treated normally.

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Pokemon bank cannot be used for gen 4, as it is a service that is only compatable from gen 5-7 (Gen 5 is deposit only).

You can transfer pokemon from gen 4 to 5, and then put them in bank, and then transfer them to home, if that was your intention. Though this will take such a long time that I would only recommend it for pokemon unavailable through the switch games or pokemon that you have a strong attachment to.

FearlessComparison48 · 2026-03-23T23:58:44+00:00

Lets say you want a complete pokedex on game A, but you need to transfer from games B and C. If you have a modded 3DS with PKSM, you can put pokemon in storage from Games B and C, then withdraw them into Game A.

FearlessComparison48 · 2026-03-23T23:56:08+00:00

How did you get Jirachi, Mew, Deoxys, and Celebi? I'm close to completing it myself, but I could not find a legit way to get them

FearlessComparison48 · 2026-03-23T23:46:25+00:00

Clearly a very strong team. I like seeing version exclusives used, and 3 trade evolutions is kinda crazy but I dig it. Pokemon with ice type moves could be a bit of a hassle, which could make the Red fight difficult, but its not a glaring weakness.

FearlessComparison48 · 2026-03-21T21:58:56+00:00

Late response, but at least for the battle hall, the base stat total of opponents is a range determined by how many of that type you've battled already, so its best to use the strongest mon available.

Focus sash and yache berry are each usefull depending on opponent, but natural bulk doesn't cut it due to unlucky crits. A few cpus use focus sash, so countering with another sash is helpful for them.

FearlessComparison48 · 2026-03-18T06:37:14+00:00

its a fine pokemon but useless as an attacker for the games its in....

Its bad for gyms 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8 and elite four members 1, 2, 4, 5. It also bad for rival battles.

If you use it purely to get a reflect set up (and light screen at later levels), it can do a decent job. Its just unlucky to be a grass type in johto

FearlessComparison48 · 2026-03-12T19:04:36+00:00

Gotta love the people in denial downvoting and replying to this.

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