>The next Battle Competition has been announced. This is the

>Everyone pics Smogonbird
>Brave birds everywhere

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>>25745275
This competition is insane as fuck, woah.

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>>25745275

holy fuck

>>25745275
Sounds like fun. Bulky setup sweepers are probably the key to this, e.g. Slowbro, Clefable, Reuniclus, and Suicune.

Also stat dropping moves would do wonders since no switching.

>>25745380
Setup anything gets fucked by Trick.

>>25745275
Focus Sash ban? WTF are they doing?

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This little guy's time to shine.

>>25745402
That's a good point. Specs Roost Latios seems great in that regard, since it kills many things while crippling walls.

>>25745275
Mold Breaker Excadrill and Skill Link Chinccino will dominate the meta.

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>>25745275
>mfw

>>25745460
This is a completely different meta that comes down almost exclusively to which of your six Pokemon you send out. Anything strong will have people running hard counters. It's even more like Rock-Paper-Scissors in that regard.

I might actually register for this.

I wonder if choice trick Zoroark would work here. Use a whole team of Pokemon who are 4x weak to psychic and a Zoroark, then trick specs onto them.

>>25745524
Zoroark's ability only works with the Pokemon you bring to a battle, so in this case it wouldn't have any disguise.

>>25745524
A little bit obvious if the entire team sans Zoroark is weak to psychic. But a Zoro-Gengar ruse core would work pretty well. Deters Fighting types in case it does happen to be Gengar

Donphan @Custap Berry
Sturdy
0/252/0/0-/4/252+
~ Counter
~ Endeavor
~ Ice Shard
~ Sandstorm

>>25745563
Nice but also Trickbait

Aron @shell bell
Ability: Sturdy
-Endeavor
-Quick Attack

>>25745623
Get's shat on by ghosts and trick, but I love FEAR related gimmicks.

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I will defiantly be using my bro,

Klefki (nick: BOOBOO-KEYS)
31/00/31/31/31/31
252 HP and Spd
-T-Wave
-Swagger
-Substitute
-Foul Play

I also like the genie version but
>Using Genies

>Can't use Megas
>Cant use Kyurem-Black
>cant use Focus Sash

Charm Chansey's gonna be annoying as fuck for this.

I like how Serebii left the most important detail to last, I was like what the fuck kind of restriction is no focus sash?

Shedinja?

How far can I get with Shrekle?

>>25745623
Aron doesn't get Quick Attack.

Imposter Ditto@Choice scarf

>>25745416

not even close. ANYTHING that isn't an attacking move destroys wobbufet. Wobbufet's main claim to fame was preventing switches so you could choose the opponent to take someone out. One on one matches makes the abililty useless, and all they have to do is sub/toxic/encore/will o wisp/set up/etc.

>>25745623
>>25745734
I think it's supposed to be lv1 with berry juice and sandstorm.

Turn 1:
-get hit, activate sturdy, drink juice back to 100% HP
-Use Sandstorm
Turn 2:
-get hit, activate sturdy
-use endeavour, enemy at 1HP
-sandstorm wins it for Aron

It get's beaten by toxic,substitute, ground, steel and rock types, multi-hit moves, etc.

>>25745275
Going by Smogon's 1vs1, which is the same but with megas and KyuB, I'm gonna guess:
-Multiscale Weakness Policy Dragonite
-Chansey
-Shedinja

will be big, since they're largely fucked over by Kyurem.

>>25745416
>its biggest draw is shadow tag
>no switching anyways

Not quite.

>>25745774

shedinja? Seriously?

>>25745774
>Shedinja
Without the sash it's kinda shit

>>25745787
>focus sash
>counter and mirror coat
what else

>>25745751
Definitely something to put on the team, but using any sort of wall ruins Ditto.

I am curious how many Ditto v Ditto matches we'll get, though.

>take 6 pick 1

MINDGAMES

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>>25745802
>focus sash
Read the rules again.

>>25745788
Shedinja is probably great in this format. Just having it in your initial party deters them from using anything that would auto-lose to it, even if you never use the thing.

>>25745802
>toxic
>wow
>physical ghosts and special darks

And perhaps the biggest factor
>sash is banned

>>25745815
I'd consider not putting anything in that auto-loses to shedinja. Give all six mons something to take it out.

>>25745788
>>25745798
It's mostly to limit which Pokémon your opponent can pick without risking an automatic loss.

Maybe the key is using unconventional sets, like Mirror Coat Tentacruel?

>>25745857
Definitely. Maybe even running mixed sets, too.

Name literally one pokemon that could beat prankster sableye in this meta

>>25745893
Magic Guard Clefable

>>25745893
Prankster Klefki or Thundurus.

Name literally one pokemon that could defeat paraflinch jirachi with a substitute

>>25745949
Not allowed you dunce.

>>25745949
paraswag klefki, easily

>>25745893
Sylveon

Name literally one pokemon that could defeat prankster swagkeys

how do official formats handle destiny bond?

>>25745999
Special attacker with ground type

>>25745999
Reliably? Anything with Lum Berry, Magic Bounce, prankster Substitute or Taunt.
Most of the time? Any special attacker with Ground or Fire moves.

>>25745999
Numel

>>25746013
Destiny Bond user has always lost, that's more of a game code thing rather than a rule

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>>25745275
This gonna be fun!

>>25745768
>It get's beaten by toxic
Please explain further, anon.

>>25746163
He probably meant burn.

>>25746179
That makes more sense.

>>25746023
Unironically this.

>>25745798
Sash would be terrible for Shedinja, though. If your opponent has the se move, you're losing regardless unless you have a stab se move.

Shedinja's attack is thoroughly middling.

Would Choice Scarf Imposter Ditto work for this or not?

>>25746264
no

>>25746274
Why not?

Klefki/Sableye/Ditto/Zoroark/Shedinja

What shoud the sixth be?

>>25746464
Ninjask to outspeed everything else.

>>25746264
Imposter Ditto and Shedinja are deterrents. They're both auto-wins against certain Pokemon, so your opponent will probably factor them in much more heavily than the rest of the team. If their best options against the rest of your team lose against either of those, they might opt for a less optimal Pokemon who has options against those two.

>>25745557
It's 1-on-1, Zoroark's ability is useless here.

>>25746563
But that's wrong.

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In this competition the REAL BATTLE happens in the Team Preview.

>>25746578
In other circumstances where you have to enter a set number of Pokemon after Team Preview, Zoroark doesn't work if it's the last Pokemon chosen. Its ability won't work here.

>>25746642
No, that's wrong.

>>25746654
That's exactly how it works in VGC doubles. Only the four Pokemon you bring into battle count as being in your Party. Zoroark won't copy Pokemon that you didn't bring, even if they were part of your initial 6.

>>25746768
I know, but it's still wrong. Are you trolling?