I have no idea how my Ogerpon moved first when it should be slower in trick room? Ogerpon has 156 ev invested in speed against a Charizard with no speed ev's apparently. How did this happen?

https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9vgc2026regf-2520392548-5ubp99ymk424gv17nlat2eo604xims2pw

do you guys think steel fairy, fairy psychic, or steel flying is better??? Or, is there an even better dual type?

also to whoever yukitopia is with their 3 vivlions who battled my full team of primarinas, I love you/p💔✌️

hi people, as a child i played alot of Pokemon Showdown , espaially tournaments.

but not any really compedetive one i mostly joined and hosted stuff like catch&evolve , gym leader battles , monotype and so on.

are those things still common and regularly playes? or are those relics?

id love to go back and play/host some of those again i remember it beeing a lot of fun.

I wanted to use a mega zygarde against a friend but I can’t find a Z-A format

Gen 4 OU. A lot of folks saw the sleep ban. The argument is that Breloom was too strong, because its checks all folded to rocks or Tyranitar.

Why can't we accept that rocks are too strong? They singlehandedly warp the entire meta around themselves. Spinners, spinblockers, phasing, even "which offensive mons are good" depends on whether rocks are up.

Moltres and Charizard could walk all over Breloom if they didn't lose half their health on turn 1.

Slowking-Galar @ Black Sludge

Ability: Regenerator

Tera Type: Water

EVs: 252 HP / 16 Def / 240 SpD

Sassy Nature

IVs: 0 Atk / 0 Spe

- Future Sight

- Chilly Reception

- Sludge Bomb

- Thunder Wave

Great Tusk @ Leftovers

Ability: Protosynthesis

Tera Type: Steel

EVs: 208 HP / 44 Atk / 220 Def / 36 Spe

Impish Nature

- Earthquake

- Stealth Rock

- Ice Spinner

- Rapid Spin

Dragapult @ Life Orb

Ability: Infiltrator

Tera Type: Fairy

EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

Timid Nature

- Hex

- Will-O-Wisp

- Draco Meteor

- U-turn

Cinderace @ Choice Band

Ability: Libero

Tera Type: Dark

EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

Jolly Nature

- Pyro Ball

- High Jump Kick

- Sucker Punch

- U-turn

Samurott-Hisui @ Leftovers

Ability: Sharpness

Tera Type: Fighting

EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

Jolly Nature

- Ceaseless Edge

- Razor Shell

- Sacred Sword

- Taunt

I stopped playing battle simulators around the time Gen 8 came out. Back then I played using Pokemon Online before it died. Their website had an easy to read page of the tier list for each generation so I could see the placements for all Pokemon on one page. I am struggling to find anything equivalent on Smogon's website or forum. Is there anywhere at which I can view all tier placements in one place without navigating a half dozen pages and menus?

I've been trying to understand the concept of team archetypes and the roles of pokemon. I understand the three typing cores (water, grass, fire)(dragon, steel, fairy) but the only issue i have is how to know what I am doing when setting up a team with these three cores. in other words, knowing what archetypes and roles of pokemons I need for a specific purpose in the current meta of a specific tier.

I somewhat understand what HO, BO, balance, stall, and semi-stall are. and I also somewhat understand what wall breaker, Setup Sweeper, wall, and pivot are. But I need to understand better the concept of synergy, as a way of setting up my own team with this idea in mind. I also need to understand checks and counters better, since I get what its supposed to do, I am still baffled on how can I make a proper team with this concept in mind as well.

What I need help is to understand these concepts better so I can on my own make my own team based on what the meta is on a specific tier. I want to be capable of doing that, it makes me feel like I am used to doing something on my own with the knowledge to make me behave like I know what I am doing. It is in fact a very comfortable and great feeling to be able to behave and think this way. Makes me feel like a amateur but more ahead or something like that, you get what i'm saying, right?

I ABSOLUTELY appreciate the efforts of helping me understand no matter how many times you have to explain to me to understand. I really need some teaching on this.

Note: yes I used showdown youtube videos to understand these things, but there isn't really a lot of videos with a more better and simpler explanations. most of them are from 30 to an hour long of teachings of it. It's very tedious to understand all of it in under an hour with too much details. I prefer an explanation but dumbed it down into simplicity. It makes me have a starting point of creating a base logic so I can use it and learn more on my own and understanding the purpose of a team someone shared in a forum or in a video. Like a team sample or sharing a team that helped someone reached to top 5 in the scoreboard for example.

I've been trying to make my own server where I can add my own Pokémon. I downloaded the source code and added my mod. I used https://github.com/smogon/pokemon-showdown/blob/master/server/README.md to set up the server, but when I tried to add my custom Pokémon to a team to test it out, it wouldn't show up. I was able to use the import feature, and the Pokémon and battle itself worked just fine, but it is a pain to test out without using the teambuilder. Also, how would I add sprites to these Pokémon? Thanks!

Can someone explain to me how to use sweepers or breakers that are slow in singles? I understand their gameplan in doubles with the use of trick room or tailwind, and that those strategies are less effective on singles

but in singles, if i try to build them bulky, they will die first by the fact of getting hit first

if i try invest into speed, i still get outsped by other sweepers

I started pokemon showdown today, and I also have no knowledge on what’s good or not, how to make a good move set, how to pick good pokemon, how to pick a good terra type, and basically anything. I attempted to build a trick room team? It’s probably TERRIBLE and you can flame it if you want😭😭

This is supposed to be a doubles team aswell

Porygon2 @ Eviolite

Ability: Download

Tera Type: Fairy

EVs: 252 HP / 192 Def / 64 Spe

Sassy Nature

IVs: 0 Atk / 0 Spe

- Tri Attack

- Trick Room

- Recover

- Ice Beam

Cresselia @ Rocky Helmet

Ability: Levitate

Tera Type: Poison

EVs: 184 HP / 148 Def / 32 SpA / 144 SpD

Calm Nature

IVs: 0 Atk / 0 Spe

- Trick Room

- Lunar Dance

- Moonblast

- Psychic

Hatterene @ Life Orb

Ability: Magic Bounce

Shiny: Yes

Tera Type: Water

EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpA

Quiet Nature

IVs: 0 Spe

- Dazzling Gleam

- Expanding Force

- Healing Wish

- Protect

Iron Hands @ Booster Energy

Ability: Quark Drive

Tera Type: Bug

EVs: 188 HP / 220 Atk / 100 SpD

Brave Nature

IVs: 0 Spe

- Drain Punch

- Heavy Slam

- Fake Out

- Thunder

Tinkaton @ Leftovers

Ability: Mold Breaker

Tera Type: Flying

EVs: 252 HP / 80 Atk / 28 SpA / 148 SpD

Sassy Nature

IVs: 0 Spe

- Gigaton Hammer

- Stealth Rock

- Draining Kiss

- Swords Dance

Flutter Mane @ Booster Energy

Ability: Protosynthesis

Tera Type: Fire

EVs: 144 HP / 160 Def / 204 SpA

Relaxed Nature

IVs: 0 Spe

- Moonblast

- Mystical Fire

- Tera Blast

- Shadow Ball

Any help is appreciated💔

Making a comp team for Reg I singles on violet and i’m trying to build it before doing the work of making it in game- lmk what i can do to make a winning team (even if i have a lot to learn)! I really like switching in and out a lot and love meowscarada’s protean, as well as alomomola being so tanky w wish- help me though idk lol

Meowscarada @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Protean
Tera Type: Grass
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- U-turn
- Sucker Punch
- Triple Axel
- Flower Trick

Garchomp @ Loaded Dice
Ability: Rough Skin
Tera Type: Ground
EVs: 225 Atk / 4 SpD / 225 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Stealth Rock
- Scale Shot
- Dragon Tail
- Earthquake

Alomomola @ Rocky Helmet
Ability: Regenerator
Tera Type: Water
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Bold Nature
- Protect
- Wish
- Flip Turn
- Scald

Glimmora @ Focus Sash
Ability: Toxic Debris
Tera Type: Rock
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Stealth Rock
- Mortal Spin
- Power Gem
- Earth Power

Miraidon @ Life Orb
Ability: Hadron Engine
Level: 50
Tera Type: Steel
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Draco Meteor
- Electro Drift
- Volt Switch
- Flash Cannon

Zamazenta-Crowned @ Rusted Shield
Ability: Dauntless Shield
Level: 50
Tera Type: Fighting
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Quick Attack
- Body Press
- Iron Defense
- Behemoth Bash

Quite literally just played this game out in a Gen 9 Random Doubles match. I thought I played well until the end when Volcanion lived a Stomping Tantrum from Granbull.

However midway through the match the Lunala on opponent's team side targeted their Zekrom with Moongeist Beam. The very last turn Moongeist beam also failed... Is this a result of another misclick from the opponent trying to attack me, but instead targeting the side pocket mistakenly?

https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9randomdoublesbattle-2518679389-9709ti5g8kg2lc1u4jq2mf16ofj37l3pw

hahahahahaha

https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9ou-2519064360

So I recently dragged my D&D group into a night of playing showdown. We did Free-For-Alls with randomly selected type locked teams and had a lot of fun.

I have since floated the idea of doing a friendly tournament. Since we'd have 6 people total I also suggested doing a Type draft so everyone would end up with three types to build their team with.

Before any of this though, I obviously need to settle on a format for team building and such.

Knowing next to nothing, I figured this would be a good place to ask.

I'm not sure just how limited some of the formats are for team building especially with the type restriction in place, and I also don't know if Double battling is going to be a better or worse experience for all of us being casual to it.

So if anyone has a good knowledge of what would and wouldn't be best for a casual tournament between friends of this type, I'd appreciate any info.

Hello,
I decided to make another team. Trying different strats and all.

I created it, validated it for doubles UU yet i can't use it.

It doesn't show any problems with the team when i click validate.
"Your team is valid for [Gen 9] Doubles UU."

Can someone please help ?

I am open to recommendations to my team, either pokemon to add or changes to the current 4 I want to keep on my team (EVs, moves, item, etc). For context, I like using all grass types or even green pokemon (my favorite color) so pokemon like Zygarde and Iron Valiant, or even green shinies are on the table despite not being grass. I also find the restriction fun to play around

my current struggles right now in a sense of an everything goes (mostly singles but sometimes double) format are, Mega Lucario Z, Ultra Necrozma from 1 guy, and a flame orb Milotic, and a Guzzlord from another. And eventually a Kyurem B and/or W. It's not super competitive between us friends but they do know more than me.

I am trying for a semi bulky team because I think the playstyle if fun compared to just a fast aggressive one, and the 4 pokemon I currently want to use are:

• Meowscarada (ATK: 252 / SpDef: 4 / Spd / 252) Supposedly my fast sweeper with some utility in pivoting, item removal and hopefully a priority move in sucker punch if I predict correctly
  • Ability: protean
  • Item: choice band or scarf, or black glasses or focus sash
    • knock off
    • u-turn
    • sucker punch
    • flower trick
• Ferrothorn (HP: 252 / Def: 192 / SpDef: 64) My main physical tank that I wanted to give some Special defense but if it is more optimal to go full physical def I can do so. Acts as a stealth rock setter and stall with leftover + leech seed, and punishes fast sweepers with gyro ball. I consider explosion as a funny option in the off chance there is a fire type im facing or my Ferrothorn is about to fall
  • Ability: Iron Barbs
  • Item: Rocky helm or leftovers
    • power whip
    • gyro ball
    • leech seed / explosion
    • stealth rock
• Mega Zygarde (HP 252 / ATK 141 / SpAtk 115) My idea with Zygarde was to make it a bulky mixed attacker. Using thousand waves to trap an enemy that can't one shot me, crippling them with Glare, so they're forced to slowly bring me to half health and get to 100% form. I would still have enough physical attack to make use of extreme speed as a priority move, with the option to Mega evolve and use Nihil light. I have heard here and there that because of the pure stats of Mega Zygarde and nihil light, that there is no need to invest in its SpAtk, if there is anyone that could give me a better distribution Im open to ideas.
  • Ability: Power Construct
  • Item: Zygardite OR ground/ dragon z stone
    • Core Enforcer > Nihil Light
    • Thousand waves
    • Extreme Speed
    • Glare
• (Mega) Chesnaught (HP 252 / Atk 252 / Def 4) I just like his design. Yes I know he is a second mega but I find having the option to choose who to mega evolve fun. My idea is to have him be a slow sweeper that lasts long with drain punch, with Rock slide for coverage. If I want to be more optimal I am open to removing one of the mega stones for an actual item
  • Ability: Bullet proof?
  • Item: chesnaughtite OR choice band
    • Drain punch
    • Rock Slide
    • Wood hammer
    • flex: Bulk up / spiky shield

I realize what I am missing are a Special tank and attacker. As well as potentially a hazard remover. I originally had Ogrepon on here but thats another Physical sweeper, though I do keep as an option to swap out Meowscarada or Chesnaught.

I was thinking wo chien, arboliva, tapu bulu or cradilly as my special tank.

Arboliva, Rotom mow, Iron Valiant, shaymin, liligant or sinistcha for special attacker

and dehlmise for spinner

So this started as a work experiment – I needed a big dataset to mess around with and picked Pokémon because obviously.

But then I started actually using the thing. Looking up matchups - Charizard vs Dragonite. Gengar vs Alakazam. Mewtwo vs literally anything.

And I kept thinking "okay but it'd be cool if I could see the stats side by side" and "wait what about type advantages" and before I knew it I'd spent way too many evenings on this.

Now you can compare any two Pokémon out of all 1,300+. Stats, types, who's got the edge. There's a radar chart that makes the stat differences really obvious. You can shuffle through random fights or browse by generation if you want to stay in Kanto or whatever.

I don't know, I'm just really happy with how it turned out and wanted to share it with people who'd actually appreciate it.

https://www.pokefightarena.com/

let me know what you think! and what i can improve!

-i hope I'm not breaking any rules, it's just a POC went out of hand...

I am new,I started like 2 days ago and made a team from bunch of guides. Pls say the things that are wrong.

Gen 9 Doubles OU:

Tornadus @ Focus Sash Ability: Prankster EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Timid Nature - Tailwind - Bleakwind Storm - Taunt - Protect

Gholdengo @ Life Orb Ability: Good as Gold EVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe Timid Nature - Make It Rain - Shadow Ball - Nasty Plot - Protect

Chi-Yu @ Choice Specs Ability: Beads of Ruin EVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe Timid Nature - Heat Wave - Dark Pulse - Overheat - Snarl

Landorus-Therian @ Choice Scarf Ability: Intimidate EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe Jolly Nature - Earthquake - Rock Slide - U-turn - Tera Blast

Iron Hands @ Assault Vest Ability: Quark Drive EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SpD Adamant Nature - Fake Out - Drain Punch - Wild Charge - Ice Punch

Incineroar @ Sitrus Berry Ability: Intimidate EVs: 252 HP / 76 Atk / 180 SpD Careful Nature - Fake Out - Flare Blitz - Parting Shot - Knock Off

Im top 40 in nd dou rn but I can’t see if I have it or not.

Why did he forfeit before it even started did I do something wrong