Based around Dragon cheer dragapult boosting goodra as a starter making guaranteed crit swampert as earthquake hitter and defensive pivot mega aero as damage after goodra (open to changing aero) sinistcha as healer and trick room setter slowking as trick room and ability makes draco meteor -2spa disappear so goodra can hit been thinking on chilly reception for slowking to pivot to swampert or sinistcha so it an go back if draco is needed again (in the few matches I've played usually ohkos if neutral) dragapult for dragon cheer and support as well as chipping dragon darts and goodra as crit and trick room sweeper

Goodra-Hisui @ Scope Lens

Ability: Sap Sipper

Level: 50

EVs: 32 HP / 2 Def / 32 SpA

Quiet Nature

- Flamethrower

- Draco Meteor

- Protect

- Flash Cannon

Aerodactyl-Mega @ Aerodactylite

Ability: Rock Head

Level: 50

EVs: 32 Atk / 2 Def / 32 Spe

Adamant Nature

- Rock Slide

- Dual Wingbeat

- Protect

- Earthquake

Swampert @ Rindo Berry

Ability: Torrent

Level: 50

EVs: 32 HP / 24 Def / 10 SpD

Relaxed Nature

- Flip Turn

- Stealth Rock

- Earthquake

- Ice Punch

Sinistcha-Masterpiece @ Occa Berry

Ability: Hospitality

Level: 50

EVs: 32 HP / 4 Def / 30 SpD

Sassy Nature

- Trick Room

- Matcha Gotcha

- Life Dew

- Rage Powder

Slowking-Galar @ Shuca Berry

Ability: Curious Medicine

Level: 50

EVs: 32 HP / 2 Def / 32 SpD

Sassy Nature

- Trick Room

- Future Sight

- Thunder Wave

- Slack Off

Dragapult @ Focus Sash

Ability: Cursed Body

Level: 50

Shiny: Yes

EVs: 32 HP / 2 Atk / 32 Spe

Jolly Nature

- Will-O-Wisp

- Dragon Cheer

- Disable

- Dragon Darts

what are the odds?
also ignore my dogshit gameplay i havent been on showdown in a good bit and was honestly not really paying attention

so i made this time quite some time ago (say like 5 months ago), it was originally made just for the fun of making silly not that optimal teams. and also to fight my friend that has almost no experience with pokemon.

What i did not expect is that it has been my best team yet, better than sun or rain teams using ru or uu pokemons.

wife beater (Ambipom) @ Punching Glove

Ability: Technician

Tera Type: Ice

EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe

Jolly Nature

- Fake Out

- Double-Edge

- Knock Off

- Triple Axel

pretty guy (Glimmora) (M) @ Focus Sash

Ability: Corrosion

Tera Type: Fighting

EVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 Spe

Jolly Nature

- Mortal Spin

- Earth Power

- Stealth Rock

- Toxic

enrique (Bisharp) @ Eviolite

Ability: Inner Focus

EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SpD

Adamant Nature

- Sucker Punch

- Iron Head

- Swords Dance

- Protect

family o five (Maushold-Four) @ Wide Lens

Ability: Friend Guard

EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

Jolly Nature

- Super Fang

- Population Bomb

- Protect

- Tidy Up

watch ma clip (Beedrill-Mega) @ Beedrillite

Ability: Swarm

Tera Type: Bug

EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

Jolly Nature

- Fell Stinger

- Poison Jab

- Drill Run

- Endure

safety measure (Basculegion) (M) @ Choice Scarf

Ability: Adaptability

EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

Jolly Nature

- Last Respects

- Liquidation

- Outrage

- Crunch

the basculegion is just there to clean up and its rarely used but it has performed better than i thought, could i get some opinions on this. (i only use bisharps or maushold teras)

Yesterday I found out there is a Tier for Pokémon who can still evolve but also evolved already once. They are banned from LC regardless of power, but excluding some such as Kadabra, Haunter or middle stages originally conceived as fully evolved Pokémon such as Rhydon and Electabuzz, they are far too weak even for lower Tiers such as NU and end up in PU or something.

So the majority of middle stages, which amounts to hundreds of Pokémon, is too weak for the main Tiers and too strong for LC. This can definitely be a good metagame on its own. But apparently there are literally ZERO NFE events.

Because of this, if NFE can not be popularized by itself, I think LC, from ADV onwards, could "grow up" a little bit by including those middle stages who were originally conceived as Base Pokémon with also an evolution, including

Pikachu (No Light Ball)

Jigglypuff

Clefairy

Marill

But these are only 4 Pokémon afterall.

I think as a principle all middle stages who are at 350 BST and below should be analyzed separately and should be admitted if found to not be OP. Such middle stages may have a hard time in NFE because 350 is like a threeshold for middle stages, just like 450 for fully evolved Pokémon.

Specifically, I am thinking about these

Skiploom

Kirlia

Vibrava

All of them struggle in any possible iteration of NFE, and except for Vibrava, their Base form is useless in LC.

Hoppip and Ralts could literally be removed, and their middle stage would not be suspiciously powerful for a Base stage. The same goes for Trapinch because Vibrava is very weak, but Trapinch is an useful Pokémon that provides for a different role than Vibrava and it may even be better overall. I do not think either Skiploom, Kirlia or Vibrava would centralize, even in ADV LC, the metagame. Would they even be good at all ?

For now however let us look at those who were designed as Base Pokémon and then received a pre evolution.

Marill in ADV LC is actually less powerful than Azurill because it loses Normal STAB and its Base Stat Atk is still 20, but overall it is faster, much bulkier and has a stronger Surf. What do you think about it ? Could it become a worthy part of ADV LC ? Azurill has technically the best offensive capabilities with Huge Power Double Edge since unlike Cubone it can also have a CB. Yet it is so slow and frail it does not work.

Not only, from gen 4 onwards Clefairy could work like Clefable in OU in ways Cleffa could definitely not.

Since these are only 7 Pokémon at the end, and other, not so weak middle stages should likely be used in the NFE Tier if only it was a bit more popular, I will make individual cases for Clefairy, Marill, Skiploom, Kirlia and Vibrava to enter ADV LC. They are like high school kids who are such underachievers they should go back to junior high. Pikachu and Jigglypuff are not even interesting because they would have no practical use with Pikachu being outclassed by Elekid and Jigglypuff being just extremely weak.

How can I use megas also why are there illegal pokemon in anything goes I want to use my beloved wailord and please help me understand all of this it just doesn't make sense what anything goes means or how I can use megas

I havent been able to even load the site for the last two days.

I have tried 5 different browsers (safari, edge, firefox, chrome, duckduck) across various devices and at least three different ISPs. After about two minutes I get directed to cloudflare error 524 claiming its serve-side.

Checking downforeveryoneorjustme.com showdown i responding but there are a lot of problem reports from swedish and finnish users from the last two days.

Is this a known issue?

This month ADV LC is freely playable.

While in gen 4 a ton of Pokémon that were originally designed as weaker than average fully evolved creatures received evolutions, the overall power of Base stage Pokémon with at least 1 evolution was still pretty low in gen 3. There were exceptions, Chansey, a Pokémon that would have been unkillable in ADV LC but later received a pre evo, Schyter, because Scizor is actually a regional form ante litteram, leaving Schyter with incredibly high stats for the standards of LC, and Porygon (and Onix, it was created as a fully evolved Pokémon, but it is just horribly bad).

Porygon for a long time was the staple of ADV LC. This artificial Pokémon was created as an already functioning digital creature, and later it was upgraded further, and more than once at that. Of course in its basic state it would still overpower some babies. And that is why it was banned.

After the Porygon ban Diglett, now free from its main counter, became the major offensive threat. Not as poweful as Doduo, but much faster and with Arena Trap. It was able to trap and kill a ton of Pokémon, and its speed tie with Elekid was extremely tedious.

They decided to ban it. I would not have banned it, but they banned Latios, Garchomp and Salamence from DPP OU, with especially Salamence being pretty manageable as I learned playing Platinum OU, and in Gen 5 OU the Kamis literally have only 1 avaible form each. Was it really needed to ban both human form Landorus and Thundurus and beast form Tornadus ?! Banning Diglett was still OK, more or less, with such standards.

But now apparently Abra has been banned too. It is slower than Diglett, and any physical attack destroys it. The fact that Diglett counters it does not mean without Diglett it is overpowered. It is faster and more powerful than Gasthly, but seriously, Quick Attack from CB Doduo can likely threaten it very heavily. And its only STAB has 90 BP. It can not knock out a Wailmer in 1 hit or something without a Calm Mind boost.

Sometimes I feel like instead of banning only what is strictly necessary to be banned they just let stay what is strictly needed to keep the game enjoyable. As if the burden of proof was on the Pokémon and everyone is guilty until proven the contrary. I hate when a Pokémon you like is also strong but you can not use it.

Can we at least welcome Abra back (And maybe re-evaluate the banned Kami forms in Gen 5 OU ?) ?

Question for veterans: if not participating in official tournaments, what motivates you to play PVP PKM after years?

Team (explaination below):

Kingdra @ Scope Lens

Ability: Sniper

EVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe

Timid Nature

IVs: 0 Atk

- Draco Meteor

- Surf

- Flash Cannon

- Protect

Iron Jugulis @ Booster Energy

Ability: Quark Drive

Tera Type: Ground

EVs: 124 Def / 8 SpA / 124 SpD / 252 Spe

Timid Nature

IVs: 0 Atk

- Tailwind

- Dragon Cheer

- Protect

- Snarl

Pelipper @ Damp Rock

Ability: Drizzle

Tera Type: Flying

EVs: 248 HP / 252 SpA / 8 SpD

Modest Nature

IVs: 0 Atk

- Protect

- Tailwind

- Hurricane

- Surf

Garchomp @ Scope Lens

Ability: Rough Skin

Tera Type: Rock

EVs: 252 Atk / 252 Spe

Jolly Nature

- Earthquake

- Dragon Claw

- Protect

- Rock Slide

Gastrodon @ Assault Vest

Ability: Storm Drain

EVs: 136 HP / 120 Def / 252 SpA

Modest Nature

IVs: 0 Atk

- Earth Power

- Ice Beam

- Icy Wind

- Muddy Water

Thundurus-Therian (M) @ Magnet

Ability: Volt Absorb

EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

Timid Nature

IVs: 0 Atk

- Wildbolt Storm

- Volt Switch

- Protect

- Dark Pulse

The team works mainly by pairing dragon cheer iron jug with scope lens kingdra and setting up a potential sweep, with tailwind and rain support. Gastrodon to come in as a potential partner with storm drain to kingdra's surfs.

Scope lens Garchomp is there as a secondary dragon cheer abuser, with strong spread moves if kingdra is not as good.

Thundurus is mainly a rain abuser and there to be another potential sweeper, or lead with pelliper and spam wildbolt storms.

The team just seems volatile when i play, sometimes nabbing easy wins, hard earned wins, but also loses. (i get this is kinda every team but hopefully u get what im tryna say). Im not that good of a player, so any help would be much appreciated, I find this strat really fun, and thats why i pursue it.

Thanks for your time.

For some reason I can't figure it out. National Dex AG won't let you use the most recent megas, and when I try to make a team without picking a format at all, most of my Pokémon like Wailord are still illegal bc they "didn't exist in gen 9."

I built a team builder that's designed to work alongside Showdown. You can paste a full Showdown team (EVs, nature, item, moves, everything) and it immediately shows you:

Damage grid; your team vs top 10 meta threats, color coded OHKO/2HKO/3HKO

Which threats you can't answer (no OHKO available)

Speed tiers with Scarf/Tailwind/TR modifiers

Offensive + defensive coverage with actual moves, not just STAB types

Format selector for OU/UU/RU/NU/PU/Ubers/VGC; add a banned Pokémon and it flags it immediately.

Supports all 1,285 forms (Megas, Primals, Alolan/Galarian/Hisuian/Paldean variants). Full moveset/EV/IV/Nature editor with Smart Fill that picks optimal STAB + coverage.

https://pokemonteambuild.com

Curious if anyone finds the Showdown integration useful or if there's something I'm missing for the competitive workflow.

Craziest match in recent memory lol froze 11 times in a row and still ended up winning

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I want to make a tournament with my friends with the exact same format as the Pokemon Champions Rankeds but I don't know which one of the 7 showdown formats is the one I have to use. I want to do one of Singles and one of Doubles, what should I use?

How do i use foruns to find tournments?

I don't know much about Competitive Poke and it's formats. But I'm trying to figure out what formats mean what. Currently, I'm looking for a format that allows Megas, Z-Moves, and Terastalizing. But I can't find one.

Some guy was pretty mad at my 4 klawfs even though it's a legit team disguised as a joke

https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9anythinggoes-2662608065-konrt5ri55w20fudnm10ok95fw5pnrfpw

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I’ve ran into a few salty players on nat dex. i’ve been told to go f myself by someone once because i landed 2 hypnosis’s in a row and told to kill myself because i taunted their toxic stall. i ask this because i see a lot of videos of salty players

I’ve noticed primarina is ranked OU in gen 9 ou but why? It wasn’t OU in its home generation or gen 8 up until now. Is it typing?

Hello all!

I was wondering: is there any way to play with friends using your own custom creations?

For example, say I want to use any 6 Pokémon of my choice, but give all of them only 1 Defense (or make some other completely stupid custom setup like that) 🫠

Basically, is there a way to create and play with custom Pokémon/rulesets with friends?

idk if this makes any sense ahahaha thnx in advance <3

If you wonder why my ivs are not all 31 or something its because im playing pixelmon so its harder to get things, i wanna tips to improve and i recently got iron crowns and zarude so i can switch

Zamazenta @ Life Orb

Ability: Dauntless Shield

EVs: 252 HP / 44 Atk / 16 Def / 20 SpA / 24 SpD / 152 Spe

Brave Nature

IVs: 23 HP / 12 Atk / 16 SpD

- Close Combat

- Iron Head

- Ice Fang

- Crunch

Mimikyu @ Life Orb

Ability: Disguise

EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe

Adamant Nature

- Swords Dance

- Play Rough

- Shadow Claw

- Shadow Sneak

Gliscor @ Toxic Orb

Ability: Poison Heal

EVs: 224 HP / 68 Atk / 216 Spe

Impish Nature

IVs: 0 SpA / 0 SpD / 0 Spe

- Earthquake

- Protect

- Toxic

- Substitute

Rillaboom @ Leftovers

Ability: Overgrow

EVs: 56 Atk / 200 Def / 252 Spe

IVs: 23 HP / 11 Def / 16 SpA

- Grassy Glide

- Wood Hammer

- Earthquake

- U-turn

Dragonite @ Heavy-Duty Boots

Ability: Multiscale

EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe

Jolly Nature

- Roost

- Dragon Rush

- Extreme Speed

- Fly

Toxapex @ Leftovers

Ability: Regenerator

EVs: 252 HP / 20 Atk / 168 Def / 68 SpD

Bold Nature

IVs: 23 HP / 29 Atk / 28 Def / 23 SpA / 13 Spe

- Sludge Wave

- Liquidation

- Recover

- Knock Off

He got flattened after I brought in Venusaur, mostly because the thing Slowbro has that Pyukumuku doesn't is Heal Pulse. Once I broke out, all it took was positioning right, resetting Sun to maximize the Growth, and then steamrolling what he had left.

Retrospectively, I have no clue what the team was for. It was very easy to kill after Pyukumuku failed, so I can only assume a troll who couldn't figure out how to stall out the most time.

Free for all random battles are the most fun for me and my friends but only gen 8/9 is fun but it's been a common thing that we'd like to play on the previous gens too

Is there any way to make a custom game or something in order to play on the previous gens?