http://smogon.com/forums/threads/who-can-stop-the-whirlwind.3486695/#post-4783711 <= This ones a UU rate
Opinions on this one and my previous RU rate is appreciated.
Opinions on this one and my previous RU rate is appreciated.
Mylo, this was a great rate! You mentioned what troubled him and gave clear and concise advice, and persuaded him too! The content of the rate is fine but I think one part of the team was overlooked. Its end-goal. The OP did mention that it usually ended with Sceptile or Feraligatr ending a match by sweeping. And with their current sets, they are heavily walled by bulky Grass-types: Amoonguss, Roselia, and Tangrowth, especially when they have HP Fire for Escavalier. Hitmonlee looked like the most replaceable member because it wasn't contributing too much other than strong HJKs and a boosted Speed--after Mach Punch. The Moltres problem was still prevalent too, as Rhydon was 2HKOed by HP Grass, but you did mention that so no worries! Aerodactyl would've been a good suggestion over Hitmonlee. It's a good offensive answer to Moltres and can 2HKO the bulky Grass-types with Stone Edge / Fire Blast. Although, if you did include Aerodactyl then it would've been three add-ins and that is sometimes going from a rate to building their team.http://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/awkward-balance.3486499/#post-4778809
Opinions please =)
P.S i lost the links to the previous rates :<
Thanks a lot Yonko! I'll take that advice and apply it to my next. Again thanks for helping me improve my rating skills =)Mylo, this was a great rate! You mentioned what troubled him and gave clear and concise advice, and persuaded him too! The content of the rate is fine but I think one part of the team was overlooked. Its end-goal. The OP did mention that it usually ended with Sceptile or Feraligatr ending a match by sweeping. And with their current sets, they are heavily walled by bulky Grass-types: Amoonguss, Roselia, and Tangrowth, especially when they have HP Fire for Escavalier. Hitmonlee looked like the most replaceable member because it wasn't contributing too much other than strong HJKs and a boosted Speed--after Mach Punch. The Moltres problem was still prevalent too, as Rhydon was 2HKOed by HP Grass, but you did mention that so no worries! Aerodactyl would've been a good suggestion over Hitmonlee. It's a good offensive answer to Moltres and can 2HKO the bulky Grass-types with Stone Edge / Fire Blast. Although, if you did include Aerodactyl then it would've been three add-ins and that is sometimes going from a rate to building their team.
tl;dr try to find the focus of the team and hone in on it. Your doing great!
Keep up the good work!
Got your PM ^^http://smogon.com/forums/threads/starship-and-friends-updated.3486980/#post-4792254
I rated this team, please don't be harsh in your rates of my rate c:
http://smogon.com/forums/threads/nero-the-artist-that-has-nothing-to-do-with-the-team-lol.3487153/
An RU rate.
http://smogon.com/forums/threads/minimize-prediction-uu-team-utilizing-golurk-went-19-0-1-after-testing.3487136/#post-4795409
I rated a UU team.
http://smogon.com/forums/threads/rain-drops-keep-falling-on-my-head-peaked-17-ou.3487186/#post-4797561
http://smogon.com/forums/threads/rain-drops-keep-falling-on-my-head-peaked-17-ou.3487186/#post-4798124
OU team(Both links are for the same team)
I don't know much about OU but rate-wise recommending Gastrodon was a step in the right direction. Be confident in your advice and don't be wishy-washy. I'm sure you could have replaced something. It's much more convincing to the OP if the rater has confidence in their rate.Hey.
Quick problem with your team, it hates thundurus-t. It can force a pokemon out, agility, and proceed to wreck your team. Even ferrothorn isn't safe with focus miss. I'd recommend gastrodon, but not sure where I would replace it.
EDIT-Also yeah, replace thunderbolt with thunder. If you can accomodate latias, that too counters thundurus-t. Revenge killing with mamoswine is also great.
Thanks! This was extremely helpful and i'll try to implement that.Got your PM ^^
You are relatively new to rating so I'll try to point out the overarching details and the minor ones can be tweaked later on. The rate of Sleep Talk on Drapion seems like a rushed rate and one that probably won't work well. Sure it does--sorta--handle Lilligant, but it can 2HKO Drapion with +0 HP Rock. Try to find the goal of the team, Gallade in this case, and make sure the rate you give it helps toward that goal. Ideally, all of the OP's teammates have a role but that might not be the case all the time. The team used hazards and was a bulky team so a spinblocker is needed, and as per my rate later on Spiritomb is a good replacement to Drapion. Your bit on Moltres is helpful to the OP, but you didn't give any advice. The most readily available would have been changing Drapion to Jolly and add Aqua Tail over Poison Jab. Also, resist the urge to replace too many Pokemon; adding 2-3 should be the max depending on who you ask, but any more it's not rating.
Your on the right track! Just get to know the metagame a bit more and read the rates by the official TRs, and dropping by #rarelyused is a good place to come! =]
I don't know much about OU but rate-wise recommending Gastrodon was a step in the right direction. Be confident in your advice and don't be wishy-washy. I'm sure you could have replaced something. It's much more convincing to the OP if the rater has confidence in their rate.
hey Subject 18, you asked me to reply so here I am.I'm getting back into Team Rating more frequently. Need some feedback.
The Team: http://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/froggie-power-drizzle-team.3487344/
My rate: http://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/froggie-power-drizzle-team.3487344/#post-4802546
I'll try to answer to the rates, I won't do it at once though.My Rate: DRose The Return (First RMT)
Team: DRose The Return (First RMT)
I'm trying to make some quality rates since 3 weeks because i noticed thats useless to make long rate with useless or minor changes. Thx to tab ;)
If you find a team that's bad to the point where you cannot improve it without revamping the whole team, just leave it alone. These threads naturally will not get attention and will slide to the back pages, clearing room for the teams that can be improved with only a few changes. However, if you feel the need to post in the thread, then I'd recommend redirecting them to Battling 101 (if they post a team for a tier that B101 teaches) or the appropriate threads (for other metagames and Doubles, since the latter isn't taught in B101 yet).There's no RMT SQSA forum so I guess I'll ask here:
I can't find any advice for how to deal with teams that are just awful, and obviously made by someone with no competitive experience, but strangely conform to the guidelines in terms of having descriptions and being well formatted. I found such an RMT just now, and gave an enormous rate, but it was more full of questions than answers ("why are you using this?" etc). I couldn't really give it a proper rate (you can't polish a turd and all that).
Okay, so I did read all those rates and I'll do a global feedback because something struck me while reading :So I've decided that I'm going to become more active in the RMT section (mainly OU), so I figure I may as well get my rates to the best standard. So I'm going to link my most recent rates, and hopefully you guys can give me some feed back for the future, thanks!
Here's my rate for The Yellow Grovyle's team
http://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/ou-rmt-the-goat-and-the-moth.3487489/#post-4812459
Here's my rate for GSCChris' team
http://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/why-cant-i-hold-all-these-hazards.3487622/#post-4812445
Here's my rate for Brap's team
http://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/que-sera-sera-peaked-2000.3487652/#post-4812431
Here's my rate for Morpheus' team
http://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/gg-no-re.3487494/#post-4807788
Here's my rate for Hooptie's team
http://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/a-physical-balance-ou.3487679/#post-4812415
Here's my rate for Chespin The Knight's team
http://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/the-sands-that-cant-be-tamed.3487638/#post-4812399
And finally, here's my rate for da gold sun's team
http://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/nasty-pass-full-of-momentum-peaked-2k.3487647/#post-4812386
Any feedback on these rates would be really appreciated. Thanks.
Okay, here's the last one left ;D
Ok, so in your first rate you identified the weakness properly (CB Terrakion/ Other Fighting Types) But you did absolutely nothing to help deal with that threat. If anything you actually made the team weaker to CB Terrakion since he can no longer Endeavor+Ice Shard for the KO (not saying that it's a reliable strategy or that he should've kept it but still). Anyway, after making that identification of the fighting type weakness you should try to fit in a Poke that can help deal with that weakness right away. If it was glaring enough to spot and to mention, it should be your first priority to fix that problem during the rate. So, if you look at his team you can see that all Mamoswine is really providing is Stealth Rocks and maybe an Endeavor KO. Plus it is adding to his Fighting Type weakness so it seems like the most expendable member. Now, for picking a replacement you know that you want to keep Stealth Rocks since you just got rid of them and you want to address the fighting type weakness. Landorus-T seems like a great fit by providing SR support and being a great check to Physical attackers like CB Terrakion. All of the other suggestions you made are fine.Predictions under Pressure (OU Hail, 1980+)
You are my Sunshine (OU Sun, 2100+ on PS)
Rated these two teams after extremely helpful advice from the practice team guys, so wanted some advice.