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so i dipped out of VGC '15 after nationals and decided to play a few games of '16 and i think off the bat i found something relatively strong; + + Liepard @ Focus Sash Ability: Prankster Level: 50 EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 Spe Timid Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Fake Out - Foul Play - Fake Tears -...

So my VGC regional qualifier for Atlanta is in a week, and only now am I actually playtesting because I procrastinated. I poked around through Smogon, looking through as much as I could to study up before I started building. I looked through the three top contenders, being Tailwind, Trick Room...

So after a shit-ton of fine-tuning and editing and testing and getting my ass handed to me by what I totally believe to be Ice Beam's new 50% freeze rate, I've perfected my team for Gen V. Honestly, this team works out best for me because I simply have outs to most everything. Boosted...

To begin, I'd recently been in a slump, losing most of my ladder matches, but now I've broken away from that slump, and I've figured out in that time what the current metagame is about, and how to ruin it. That's why I'm running an Anti-lead, and I have several ways to take out some of the...

Overview: Metallica (Metagross) @ Choice Scarf Ability: Clear Body EVs: 82 HP/252 Atk/176 Spd Jolly nature (+Spd, -SAtk) - Trick - Stealth Rock/Pursuit - Meteor Mash - Explosion Tricking Metagross is an annoyance that nobody likes to fight. Most items I get are usually beneficial...

El overview-o: Vitamin R (Arcanine) (M) @ Choice Band Ability: Intimidate EVs: 252 Atk/252 Spd/6 SAtk Jolly nature (+Spd, -SAtk) - Extremespeed - Flare Blitz - Thunder Fang - Overheat First off, not only do I have a special place in my heart for Arcanine, but he also acts as one of the...

Teh Ovarvooz: Goal: Counter the entirety of the current OU metagame. (Not including Roserade, Spiritomb, Milotic, Garchomp, or Deoxys-E) Snowblind (Mamoswine) (M) @ Leftovers Ability: Oblivious EVs: 178 HP/116 Atk/196 Spd/20 SDef Adamant nature (+Atk, -SAtk) - Toxic - Ice Shard -...

Teh Ovarvooz: Clocks (Bronzong) @ Lum Berry Ability: Levitate EVs: 252 HP/86 Atk/80 Def/92 SDef Sassy nature (+SDef, -Spd) - Gyro Ball - Hypnosis - Earthquake - Explosion Standard Bronzong lead, eschewing Stealth Rock to murder something's face with Explosion. Absorbs status and replies...

Team Type: Offensive/Defensive Mix/Hand-in-hand support Objective: Force as many switches as possible, to rack up residual damage. Mr. Jones (Smeargle) (M) @ Choice Scarf Ability: Own Tempo EVs: 252 HP/6 Def/252 Spd Jolly nature (+Spd, -SAtk) - Trick - Spikes - Destiny Bond - Spore Baton...

Hover (Uxie) @ Leftovers Ability: Levitate EVs: 192 HP/192 Def/126 SAtk Bold nature (+Def, -Atk) - Stealth Rock - Psychic - Calm Mind - Thunderbolt Suicide lead Azelf? I barely know her. Uxie mayn't have Explosion or that ridiculous offensive ability, but he does get a whole lot of bulk, and...