Rate of The Week V4: Week 45

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Rate of the Week
This is a project that looks to bring quality individual rates into the spotlight and recognise the hard work of unbadged raters.
  • Each week, official Team Raters will be paying close attention to the RMT forum and reading the rates posted in their respective tiers. They will then shortlist a few which will be in contention for the Rate of the Week award.
  • From the pool of shortlisted rates, one will be chosen which most exemplifies the qualities of an excellent rate. That rater will be the winner for that particular tier.
  • A post will be made by an official TR who specialises in that tier, explaining how and why the particular rate won. This will allow aspiring raters to gain an idea of what constitutes high-quality rates, and hopefully incorporate those aspects into their own rates.
  • There can be multiple winners every week - ideally one from OU and a couple from other tiers depending on the quality of the rates posted. We hope that in this way we can expand rating activity in less popular tiers, while maintaining a weekly OU winner.
  • Official Team Raters are eligible to win, but unbadged raters will have priority since they are the main focus of this project.
So what's in it for the winners? They will earn a place in the Hall of Fame, which will be kept in the OP of every thread, and will earn more consideration for the Ladybug
and Team Rater
badges. Also, after gaining three places in the Hall of Fame, a rater will be eligible to earn voice status in the RMT room on PS on the condition that they've shown an interest in getting involved.

We hope that this project will encourage people to put more effort into their rates and become better and more experienced raters, which will consequently increase the quality as well as the quantity of rates in the forum.
Week #1 - Amoonguss (ORAS OU)
Week #2 - tankmonx (SM OU)
Week #3 - streams (SM OU)
Week #4 - Amoonguss (SM OU)
Week #5 - bludz (SM OU)
Week #6 - tigers jaw (SM OU)
Week #7 - Avidity (SM OU)
Week #8 - AnishSomani (SM OU)
Week #9 - FlamingVictini (SM OU)
Week #10 - Vertex (SM OU)
Week #11 - DracoNinja (SM OU)
Week #12 - MFJr King (SM OU)
Week #13 - Ramses (SM OU)
Week #14 - Amoonguss (SM OU)
Week #15 - MFJr King (SM OU)
Week #16 - Gross Sweep (SM OU)
Week #17 - MFJr King (SM OU)
Week #18 - AnishSomani (SM OU)
Week #19 - FlamingVictini (SM OU)
Week #20 - Gross Sweep (SM OU)
Week #21 - Gross Sweep (SM OU)
Week #22 - MFJR King (SM OU)
Week #23 - Tinberz (SM OU)
Week #24 - H.M.N.I.P (SM OU)
Week #25 - MFJr King (SM OU)
Week #26 - Gross Sweep (SM OU)
Week #27 - IronBullet (SM OU)
Week #28 - AnishSomani (SM OU)
Week #29 - IronBullet (SM OU)
Week #30 - AnishSomani (SM OU)
Week #32 - AnishSomani (SM OU)
Week #33 - 3017 (SM Ubers)
Week #35 - pokemon sparrow (SM UU)
Week #36 - Manipulative (SM UU)
Week #37 - Ramses (SM OU)
Week #38 - Gross Sweep (SM OU)
Week #39 - Gross Sweep (SM OU)
Week #40 - HQuaze (SM OU)
Week #41 - Snowy & Gross Sweep (SM OU)
Week #42 - -Latios- (SM OU)
Week #43 - LittleBigness (SM OU)
Week #44 - Esche (SM UU)
Week #45 - -Latios- (SM OU)
 
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The winner for this weak is -Latios- , with a solid rate here. He notices the team’s weakness to pivotal types such as Water and Ground, due to its lack of a resist which makes Pokemon like Scarf LandoT and Ash Greninja annoying. He also notes the weakness to Trick Room teams , which are also a pain for the team to deal with.

His first change is only a set change, but it is extremely crucial. He adds Focus Blast on Raichu which helps it deal with common threats such as Tyranitar which would otherwise check it. Next, he adds a Choice Specs onto Tapu Koko, which helps it in hitting harder, realizing that Terrain Extender is not an ideal item with many teams having a Tapu Guardian of their own.

He then does 2 Pokemon changes. First , he runs Sub SD Kartana over Victini to maintain pressure on Defensive builds and Pokemon like Tapu Bulu which like to come in on Tapu Koko and Raichu, and helps with Trick Room. Next, he adds Mega Gyarados over Mega Mawile for a pivotal Water resist which can also help with Scarf Lando pre mega. Lastly he advises that Hawlucha is generally a better terrain abuser but recognizes that the team was built around Alolan Raichu, giving the builder a choice.

Additionally, Latios gives an in-depth section of how to use the team with his changes, which is great to see, going the extra mile to help the person he rated with getting to know his changes.

Congratulations on earning a spot on the Hall of Fame thanks to this rate Latios.
 
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