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I love that we're finally doing a suspect, but I see a possible problem if people give their votes on this thread. It could derail us from actual discussion with a bunch of posts with just their vote. Can we get a separate place for qualified players to vote, and if they feel the need to justify...

'Scuse me, gonna just give my evaluation of the types to complement this. Rock: Honestly, not too bad off against Hoopa aside from the fact that there's not switchins to a LO Hoopa. It has plenty of ways to KO Hoopa after one loss, some of which are pretty threatening, so it's not impossible...

Just a thought, but I think people are focusing on the wrong thing for Mega Charizard X vs. Altaria. :s It isn't that Altaria is a less threatening sweeper than Charizard, they're both good against different things. It has been determined in the past that Charizard's ability as a Dragon Dance...

Okay, can we not even consider Kyurem-White? I know Flying is still broken, but that's no reason to unban something completely unbalanced. We're not unbanning Shaymin-Sky again, that much is obvious. We're not unbanning Arceus-Rock, Arceus-Poison, Giratina-O, Talonflame, or Zekrom for the other...

What is Politoed's pre-ban usage as compared to it's post-ban usage? And what is Swift Swim usage considering that not every team a Politoed is on has to be Swift Swim? Right now Politoed is at 36.94% with a core challenge included. Looking at the previous month, it is at 19.88%. This means that...

Noting the history of generation six, the ban of a non-mega stone item seems to be very unappealing to those in charge. I may very well be wrong, but it seems to be something that they dislike. I proposed Gravity as an absolute minimum in case my perceptions prove to be true. I am actually in...

The issue with that, however, is the absolute disdain that all of Smogon carries for complex bans. There have been many situations where a complex ban would be preferable, but were avoided. The ban in question to achieve what you recommend would therefore be only Sand Rush. Admittedly the...

OmniaX, might I recommend that you lower the amount of Caps and/or Bold? It's negatively affecting the presentation of your point. That said, Ground is incredibly powerful. Ground is my main type, but I usually will opt not to use it. It's simply more powerful than I will be comfortable using...

It's time for me to bug the browsers of this thread some more. Now presenting the Bug type core. Armaldo @ Assault Vest / Leftovers Ability: Battle Armor EVs: 248 Hp / 252 Atk/ 8 Def ; 252 Atk / 180 Def / 76 SpD ; 248 Hp / 252 Def / 8 SpD Adamant / Impish Nature - Rapid Spin - Aqua Jet /...

Hello, its (finally) time for the next Common Core! This time I'll be giving you information about how to build fighting (teaching you to punch stuff). Reminder: You can make requests for me to prioritize certain types. Infernape @ Focus Sash / Choice Band Ability: Blaze / Iron Fist EVs: 4...

Flying was known for being cookie cutter. ORAS came and the oh so famous generic six that I've read about are no longer the norm. Flying learned to adapt to the new meta, and ran different things. Twave Gyara, for instance, to stop Greninja and non-bolt Genesect. Flying changed. I've seen...

You seem to lack an understanding as to why the SkarmZap core was broken. It wasn't broken because it was overpowered. It was broken for two reasons: A. Every team had to be able to deal with it. B. The sheer flexibility that it gave Flying in its choice of the rest of the team was...

The second, simpler part of the Fairy 'core' is the fast attackers. Diancie @ Diancite / Leftovers Ability: Clear Body Shiny: Yes EVs: 4 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe ; 252 Hp / 4 Def / 252 SpD Naive / Sassy Nature - Moonblast - Diamond Storm - Earth Power / Stealth Rock - Protect / Calm Mind /...

Hello viewers, today we're going to do a common core on one of the less powerful types. It's time for fairies to see some love. The fairy common 'core' will be split into two entries, because there are five members shared. We'll start with perhaps fairy's most infamous core, the setup core...

The Good Cores thread is still having cores posted in them, including my own. Viability rankings have had new megas added, but I'm unsure if there have been any set modifications since ORAS.

Hello thread-surfers, I've been slacking a bit on these but here's today's common core, the Fire type core. Note: There will be no flying type core until core challenge 3, seeing as the core is no longer legal. Infernape (M) @ Focus Sash / Life Orb Ability: Iron Fist EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpA / 252...

Despite what a large number of us would like, we do not do suspects. Mega-Sableye has since fallen fairly far to the wayside, and the type that it was the biggest issue on has taken a big hit.

HP fire Togekiss? what? And what are you talking about with download? It doesn't get download, and it learns flamethrower and fire blast. The same goes for Clefable. Also: 0 SpA Life Orb Clefable Fire Blast vs. 248 HP / 176 SpD Mega Scizor: 333-395 (97 - 115.1%) -- 87.5% chance to OHKO Calm...

Admittedly you'd be fine if Mega Metagross were gone. And they can survive (barely) given the right spreads.

I think Greninja was also before Charizard in line.