Congratz batpig!
as for me and the fish king....we did not get to play:-(
as for me and the fish king....we did not get to play:-(
Wait, so you were present at SFO the day before yesterday? Do you have a pic of yourself, I might have seen you!Congratz batpig!
as for me and the fish king....we did not get to play:-(
Bad idea bears?? From Avenue Q? I love those bears!Bad Idea Bears say: take along friends who don't care
Practically none. A few Rain dance teams, I saw two, everything else, such as hail & sunnday were no where to be seen. Though, the Junior champ of Seattle used a Blizzarding Hail team.Bad idea bears?? From Avenue Q? I love those bears!
*ahem* on topic, any info on how many sun teams are ran? With the number of rain teams going around, I'd assume it'd be a rather low number.
Depends. batpig used a TR team to great success, but the only real way to stop a TR team is with a ghost taunter that's faster than Dusknoir, and it works only if Smeargle is lured to hit Weavile since most people expect Taunt on Weavile rather on their ghost one. Regardless, they think you'll taunt Noir w/ Weavile, so they Fake out Weavile and let the other Pokemon hit Dusk, letting it get TR up. The objective is to not even give them that chance, so instead, you Fake out the Smeargle and Taunt with the Ghost pokemon. Now, you have to make sure though, that the Smeargle is lured to hit your non-ghost Pokemon so that it doesn't use Follow me, if it does, you might as well call it game.Thanks Sid that helps quite a bit. Curse fake out for being normal instead of dark... Not sure of anyone else, but I love the vast(seemingly) options in doubles. I really don't have too much fear over trick rooms, but...I don't know. How constant has trick room been?
You're correct. Although I do enjoy the doubles 4v4 metagame much more than I had ever enjoyed singles, it occurred to me lately that there truly is one dominant strategy, which happens to be Trick Room with Smeargle support and a BellyLax. To me, it usually comes all down to prediction in the end. If you can predict all of your opponents critical moves, then IMO, the mentioned strategy is pretty much guaranteed a win.Depends. batpig used a TR team to great success, but the only real way to stop a TR team is with a ghost taunter that's faster than Dusknoir, and it works only if Smeargle is lured to hit Weavile since most people expect Taunt on Weavile rather on their ghost one. Regardless, they think you'll taunt Noir w/ Weavile, so they Fake out Weavile and let the other Pokemon hit Dusk, letting it get TR up. The objective is to not even give them that chance, so instead, you Fake out the Smeargle and Taunt with the Ghost pokemon. Now, you have to make sure though, that the Smeargle is lured to hit your non-ghost Pokemon so that it doesn't use Follow me, if it does, you might as well call it game.
Yeah, but it all depends on what the user of the BellyLax thinks. Also, just so you know, the BellyLax gets owned by the Machamp/Lapras team, as they are anti-TR.You're correct. Although I do enjoy the doubles 4v4 metagame much more than I had ever enjoyed singles, it occurred to me lately that there truly is one dominant strategy, which happens to be Trick Room with Smeargle support and a BellyLax. To me, it usually comes all down to prediction in the end. If you can predict all of your opponents critical moves, then IMO, the mentioned strategy is pretty much guaranteed a win.
How so? Please elaborate. I don't quite seem to understand the strategy behind that combination. I mean, I understand how Snorlax can be taken out easily by a DynamicPunch, but can't a Metagross, Dusknoir, or Spiritomb just as easily outspeed Machamp under TR to Psych Up the boost before Snorlax faints?Yeah, but it all depends on what the user of the BellyLax thinks. Also, just so you know, the BellyLax gets owned by the Machamp/Lapras team, as they are anti-TR.
There's a video online that you can see on your DS I think, it's a team w/ BellyLax and Gross iirc. It got annihilated fyi, and the guy using it was a guy named Greg.
How so? Please elaborate. I don't quite seem to understand the strategy behind that combination. I mean, I understand how Snorlax can be taken out easily by a DynamicPunch, but can't a Metagross, Dusknoir, or Spiritomb just as easily outspeed Machamp under TR to Psych Up the boost before Snorlax faints?
Hmm, I'll explain later, I have to go out now.How so? Please elaborate. I don't quite seem to understand the strategy behind that combination. I mean, I understand how Snorlax can be taken out easily by a DynamicPunch, but can't a Metagross, Dusknoir, or Spiritomb just as easily outspeed Machamp under TR to Psych Up the boost before Snorlax faints?
TR has been a recurring theme in the Top 4 of the first two events. I think 3/4 in Seattle and 2/4 in SFO? So yea, it's a pretty common strategy for the better teams (thus far_.Thanks Sid that helps quite a bit. Curse fake out for being normal instead of dark... Not sure of anyone else, but I love the vast(seemingly) options in doubles. I really don't have too much fear over trick rooms, but...I don't know. How constant has trick room been?
This definitely isn't true, there are many other ways to prevent TR from getting set up. These include having one pokemon with Fake Out and one with Taunt, or having a Crobat/Alakazam with Taunt, both of which will almost certainly prevent TR. Also having a pokemon on your own team with TR to negate their TR works. Having something that can KO the TR user and another pokemon with Taunt. I could on and on, there's a lot of ways to stop it.Depends. batpig used a TR team to great success, but the only real way to stop a TR team is with a ghost taunter that's faster than Dusknoir, and it works only if Smeargle is lured to hit Weavile since most people expect Taunt on Weavile rather on their ghost one. Regardless, they think you'll taunt Noir w/ Weavile, so they Fake out Weavile and let the other Pokemon hit Dusk, letting it get TR up. The objective is to not even give them that chance, so instead, you Fake out the Smeargle and Taunt with the Ghost pokemon. Now, you have to make sure though, that the Smeargle is lured to hit your non-ghost Pokemon so that it doesn't use Follow me, if it does, you might as well call it game.
I wouldn't call this the dominant strategy. It can be messed up in tons of ways, although if it's not, chances are it will dominate. In pokemon, when one strategy becomes extremely popular and successful, people will instantly begin thinking of ways to counter it, so it only remains successful for so long before it just becomes predictable. That's not to say the TR BellyLax won't evolve to meet these challenges, you just won't be seeing too many teams like mine after a while.You're correct. Although I do enjoy the doubles 4v4 metagame much more than I had ever enjoyed singles, it occurred to me lately that there truly is one dominant strategy, which happens to be Trick Room with Smeargle support and a BellyLax. To me, it usually comes all down to prediction in the end. If you can predict all of your opponents critical moves, then IMO, the mentioned strategy is pretty much guaranteed a win.
Just because TR can be disrupted doesn't mean it's not the most dominant strategy. The winner of both Seattle and San Francisco were using trick room teams, and the world showdown champion of 2008 won with a trick room team. If that doesn't spell out most dominant, then tell me what does....I wouldn't call this the dominant strategy. It can be messed up in tons of ways