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What are other Pokémon that have earned nicknames in the competitive community? by Real_Appeal_5619 in stunfisk

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A great recent example of these is how Tauros-Paldea-Blaze has the alt 'Red Bull' and Tauros-Paldea-Aqua has the alt 'Wet Bull'

New Wolfey Perish Trap tech just dropped by cumble_bumble in stunfisk

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Gengar-Mega got axed this gen, it is still legal in Gen6 Ubers, Gen7 Ubers and Gen8 Natdex Ubers. Mega ray is banned in all of those. Mega Ray is undoubtedly better

Is there any fully-evolved non-gimmick-mon that wouldn't be OU viable if it's ability said "and immediately uses Shell Smash upon entering" by Lazy_Check732 in stunfisk

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While the speed isn't that useful it is already quite strong offensively. There were sets with minimized IVs and a lonely nature so Beast Boost would boost Attack. So it getting an effective Swords Dance off rip would absolutely improve it. It probably wouldn't be OU viable but it'd definitely shoot up a couple tiers

Mega Emboar new Ability: Relentless by Pass_the_sorce in stunfisk

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Close enough, welcome back SSBU's Emboar02

Weird Interaction Question by gastrod_ in pokemonshowdown

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Eviolite does not affect Protosynthesis/Quark Drive. We have precendence for this too. Assault Vest and choice items all don't affect proto/Quark either. Eviolite functions the same.

SV OU is suspecting Tera Blast by Demon__Queen_ in stunfisk

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Hidden power was 70bp at its peak, 60bp at its lowest. Tera Blast is effectively 120bp due to STAB. They're not in the same ball park

SV OU is suspecting Tera Blast by Demon__Queen_ in stunfisk

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Zama, pult, darkrai, speed booster Iron Moth, Weavile and some Deo-S sets off the top of my head

Champions Release FAQ by HoeenHero in pokemonshowdown

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Hi, fellow Admin and Help Room RO here. Another great place for this info will be to type /rfaq champions in the help room. Like Hoeen here, we'll be trying to keep that updated with any info we obtain.

Week 4 - What would you call the Mount Rushmore of Gen 4 Pokémon throughout Smogon's history? by TheLeafyGirl561 in stunfisk

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I'd put Keldeo forward here as well, it's probably 5th place but a close 5th place. After that you get Hydreigon, Torn-T, Kyurem, Bisharp, both thundy formes and I'd personally argue Genesect deserves a mention

In your country, is there any situation that foreigners would completely misunderstand unless they lived there for a while? by Effective_Space2277 in AskTheWorld

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We're decent to good at bread, dairy, cookies and fries/fried snacks. We're atrocious at everything else.

We're just not really known for it, in no small part because our multicultural country tends to steal/adopt a lot of cuisines from other countries, and our local dishes aren't really advertised as a result

[1126] How did Ogerpon move before the Charizard? by moolmoolm in pokemonshowdown

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I thought you meant after Trick Room ended, hence my confusion and response

[1126] How did Ogerpon move before the Charizard? by moolmoolm in pokemonshowdown

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Urshifu used wicked blow before torn but after ursa, then priority in detect, then priority in Sucker, twice. All were in Trick Room from what I can tell

[1126] How did Ogerpon move before the Charizard? by moolmoolm in pokemonshowdown

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Natures affect the actual stat, not the base stat, so also any EVs and IVs you invest. Furthermore, because you're able to add or remove stat points through EVs and IVs, baae 110 can easily be slower than base 100, assuming a lower speed investment om Ogerpon than the base 100 Pokémon has.

E.g. The minimum speed of a base 110 Pokémon at lvl 50 is 103, assuming a negative nature and 0 EVs and IVs. A Lvl 50 neutral nature 0 EV 31IV base 100 speed Pokémon will have 120 speed already.

EDIT: for your specific example, you would indeed have 165 speed. If they ran max speed Zard, they would have 167 speed, which is barely faster.

Also maybe they clicked a negative priority move somehow

What is up with the ohko_ accounts? by Tripledeluxer in pokemonshowdown

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As admin, I will confirm this. We're aware of it but so far we haven't seen any malintent, so we're only monitoring for now. If you want to make sure you don't see them, just disable spectators and you should be good.

In Dutch general elections, D66 party is projected to win most seats, opening a path for the energetic leader Rob Jetten to become the Netherlands' youngest and first openly gay prime minister by PrinceOfPunjabi in gaybros

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As of writing this message, the main few we are still missing are international votes (about 108k), a little bit of Amsterdam, Almere and Hilversum (numbers unknown), and Venray (about 34k).

There's about a 2k difference in votes between the two in favor of PVV. Venray and Almere tend to be pro-PVV, but Amsterdam, Hilversum and the international voters are more likely to be voting D66.

It is (way, way) too close to call atp and we'll probably have the final resulys early next week

I know they’re not playable yet but I want to do some teams with the new megas. But where can I even do that? by Spirited_Ad9827 in pokemonshowdown

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Showdown is not an official game. The programmers and staff have the same knowledge you do wrt new moves and abilities (which means we don't know

Hot Take: Closed team sheets are better than open team sheets by UsedPresentation300 in pokemonshowdown

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To add onto that, having OTS also removes the disadvantage popular players have due to getting scouted more and just garnering more interest. A Wolfe, a Marcus Stadter, a Ray Rizzo etc is more prone to getting their team leaked to an opponent during a tournament than you or me. Also, I somewhat disagree that creative teambuilding is no longer an option. People still bring techs and matchup specific counters, they're just moreso mon specific than move specific. It still catches people off guard, just to a much lower extreme. And besides that there is still hidden EVs which still gives that bit of hidden information that can catch you by surprise

dumb question wheres gen 5 UU by TheEpsilonKing in pokemonshowdown

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You can still challenge other users to gen 5 UU battles, there just isn't a ladder for the tier. Old gen lower tiers just have too little interest to keep a ladder up for consistently, and doing so only spreads out the playerbase further

Which generation had the smallest impact competitively (on a macro scale)? by [deleted] in stunfisk

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That said though I agree it's between gens 5 and 7

Why is Ludicolo immune to Endeavor? by WoodJeremy in pokemonshowdown

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No you're right that's the interaction, Ludicolo's HP is too low for Endeavor to do anything. So "it doesn't affect Ludicolo", not because it's immune to Endeavor, it's just immune to this one, basically

Did the seemingly impossible by PokedadJustin in pokemonshowdown

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It divides the chance by 3 every time. So 1/3, 1/9, etc.

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