For a while now, I've been wanting to try my hand at the Ubers metagame, but I'm not quite sure how to approach this. This is the first time that I've tried to actually play in a tier that is not OU. How does one make the transition from a balanced and familiar game such as OU into unknown territory that utilizes such a select few Pokemon and sets?
In order to attempt to prepare myself for my immersion into this tier, I've read every archived Uber warstory at least once, read several of the analysis pages, and even looked at a few RMTs, but even after reviewing all these knowledge bases, my understanding of the metagame is rudimentary at best.
How do you all go about making teams? Is the team building process virtually the same as the OU one, or are there major differences between the two? For those of you who also made the leap from OU to Ubers, how difficult was it to adapt? Do you have to take on a different mindset when battling? I've heard that Ubers is played at a much faster pace and from what I've seen in warstories, this appears to be true, but is the approach to playing really so different from other tier?
What are the basic points about Ubers that one needs to know to start being successful? Are there any pointers that would be helpful to a newcomer? I'm asking all of this because getting opinions, tips, and ideas from different players would ease the adaption process and will hopefully benefit my playing more than going in cold with no real understanding of the game and experimenting with flawed teams that won't really increase my knowledge of the nuances of Ubers.
In order to attempt to prepare myself for my immersion into this tier, I've read every archived Uber warstory at least once, read several of the analysis pages, and even looked at a few RMTs, but even after reviewing all these knowledge bases, my understanding of the metagame is rudimentary at best.
How do you all go about making teams? Is the team building process virtually the same as the OU one, or are there major differences between the two? For those of you who also made the leap from OU to Ubers, how difficult was it to adapt? Do you have to take on a different mindset when battling? I've heard that Ubers is played at a much faster pace and from what I've seen in warstories, this appears to be true, but is the approach to playing really so different from other tier?
What are the basic points about Ubers that one needs to know to start being successful? Are there any pointers that would be helpful to a newcomer? I'm asking all of this because getting opinions, tips, and ideas from different players would ease the adaption process and will hopefully benefit my playing more than going in cold with no real understanding of the game and experimenting with flawed teams that won't really increase my knowledge of the nuances of Ubers.