#showdown-general

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radiant rivet
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Please tell me it loses 50 percent

hexed umbra
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Magic Guard doesn't effect Belly Drum/Substitute/Pain Split

glossy zealot
tropic path
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My big boss cup team will most likely be bad but it can be so funny when playing

odd kiln
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theres like two freeze dry mons

radiant rivet
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Yes but that doesnt chage the fact they are an issue for Water

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and the only way A water mon could become neutral against Freeze dry is becoming part Steel or Fire.
Which makes you weak to the best offensive type in the game : Ground.

I am not saying Water is bad, but I am saying that Water might be such a common choice that people will prep extensivly against it.

Who will prep against Ice?

odd kiln
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you dont need to prep against ice you just load steels and youre good

radiant rivet
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Steels are tasked with handling so much already. Not to mention if your Some of the best Steel Dual fusion dont even resist Ice. (Steel flying, Steel Dragon, Steel Grass). Also Steel has the same problem Water has, its strenght isnt a secret

odd kiln
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ur talking about the freezedryers who have 95 max spa

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doesnt matter if they dont resist youre not breaking through steel grass regenvest with freeze dry

radiant rivet
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ok that is a fair point

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but ice in general? I can see it working

odd kiln
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not with this dire of a mon pool

radiant rivet
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Weavile mamo and kyurem are all good mons. and auroros can run espeed fusions with refrigarate

odd kiln
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you have to take the 77/58 physical offense of aurorus

radiant rivet
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cloyster and regice I am uncertain of

odd kiln
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kyurem has no physical ice stab

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weavile has to rely on ice punch

radiant rivet
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yes they have shortcomings

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But I wouldnt say they are unwinnable

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or rather beyond redemption

odd kiln
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when you have no atk as the worst defensive typing you dont have a chance

radiant rivet
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then you can run it as a hail setter

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100% acc blizz are good

odd kiln
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pales in comparison to what sun/rain get

radiant rivet
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and you forgot froslass and jynx

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yes

odd kiln
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froslass is terrible

radiant rivet
odd kiln
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no atk

radiant rivet
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frail sure

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that can be fixed

radiant rivet
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nvm I take all back

odd kiln
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even if ur aware of how strong sun is ur still 100% losing the sun mu

radiant rivet
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what type do you see capable of winning the tournament?

odd kiln
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water, steel, fairy, fire

radiant rivet
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not ground?

odd kiln
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ground maybe

radiant rivet
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and fairy does have a similar problem too ice, there are few good mons

odd kiln
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the difference is the fairy mons are good

radiant rivet
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that is notable, but the problem still stands that fairy cant really even fill 6 slots

odd kiln
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clef sylveon togekiss whimsicott klefki gardevoir/mimikyu/granbull

radiant rivet
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I agree on clef sylveon togekiss and guardevoir

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but klef and whim kinda steal each others role

tribal trellis
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wut

odd kiln
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no whimsicott is just a speed passer for a high spa mon

radiant rivet
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oh wow I didnt know that

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I am suprised whimiscotts, questionable Spa doesnt get transfered

tribal trellis
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?

radiant rivet
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I am probably missremembering, but wasnt it the case that te head part transfers speed spa and spd, while the Body transfers HP Def and Attack ?

tribal trellis
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nope

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it's hp/spA/spD

radiant rivet
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ah

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that explains a lot

radiant rivet
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I am starting to realise how completly game breaking Fusion is for Monotype :

Usually, certain Types couldnt handle other types well or even at all, (Dragon had to use Dragalge to have a chance against fairys and perfore Gen 9 Normal couldnt have a fighting immunity)
But with fusion pretty much any dual type is available meaning Types starved for options got a lot stronger.

To be fair Types who were already good kind of got even more tools to work with.
But I do think that the difference between the Teams has been reduced because of the increase in options.

vital sand
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Me a casual 1400 elo man watching people getting serious over the meta while I use meme trick room team cirnosip

hexed umbra
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The good news is the doubles tournament is soon, and trick room is usually good with trick room

viscid hollow
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How do you do a showdown battle?

radiant rivet
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against a random opponent or a specific one?

manic sand
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Hey y’all, the next season of my infinite fusion draft league is starting up soon and we’d love to get some more players! We are open to players of all skills levels, and we are running a natdex doubles OU format this time around. If you are interested, dm me and I can get you the server link!

hushed pelican
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How do I play the showdown for infinite fusion

hexed umbra
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First pin in this channel

vital sand
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Do you think for the big boss format people are just going to use Pseudo legends?

gritty anvil
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I've been thinking about this. The general strategies I think are most viable:

  • Pick something with relatively high BST, like pseudos, and just rely on high speed and attack to overpower stuff
  • Pick something with a very strong ability, like Regenerator, to make up for lower BSTs (stall?)
  • Try to make weather work by using Vulpix or setting it manually
  • Prioritize a very strong fusion for Big Boss and use the rest of the team as fodder/support (v risky)
odd kiln
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pseudos dont have good nfes though

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wow shiny new icon

shut shard
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what's nfe again?

odd kiln
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not fully evolved

gritty anvil
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Yeah, I guess realistically the strongest NFEs are the ones that got cross-gen evolutions. Dusclops and so on.

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I imagine single stage pokemon will be in high demand as fusion material, Dusclops/Skarmory might be able to tank quite a bit

shut shard
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for singles or doubles?

odd kiln
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btw @pure breach gotta implement an extra rule that the grunts bst cant be higher than the boss bst

gritty anvil
shut shard
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what's this big boss format for? I haven't been keeping up with IF showdown

pure breach
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Wah

odd kiln
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fusion day tours

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winner gets to add a mon to the exclusive vote

shut shard
pure breach
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Oh hey we have role icons

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Cool

odd kiln
shut shard
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oh man

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idk there were tourneys

gritty anvil
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The pool of decent NFEs to build a team around is small enough that I was thinking about trying to predict what people would do, but I just don't have the meta knowledge for that. Inevitably I'll get rolled by some very strong interaction I didn't know existed pain

shut shard
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is it too late to join dna doubles?

odd kiln
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no bc it hasnt happened yet

shut shard
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how do I register?

gritty anvil
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If the tournament hasn't started yet, you can join. Just need to be in the Showdown lobby before it starts

shut shard
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or do I just need to show up?

odd kiln
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just show up

shut shard
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oh cool

gritty anvil
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Anaconja, any Big Boss advice for a competitive newcomer? Although I understand not wanting to reveal your secrets

shut shard
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how do I show up?... do I just like wait in pokeathlon till something shows up or what?

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I haven't been in a tourney

odd kiln
shut shard
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is mew a legendary?

gritty anvil
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Technically Mew is a mythical pokemon, which is a distinct group from legendaries (although English media just called them all legendaries until Gen 5). For teambuilding purposes they're basically the same though.

shut shard
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thought so

manic sand
shut shard
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anyone else's showdown not loading?

vital sand
rough palm
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I'm in no prob

hushed pelican
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How do I play the showdown?

rough palm
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?tag showdown

frosty yarrowBOT
vital sand
hexed umbra
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Cheering for Activate Windows, I hope they win

vital sand
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what do they doing

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Are they finally gonna ban some moves

hexed umbra
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I doubt they would ban moves 12 hours before a tournament

tribal trellis
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Yea this is prepping for the tournament probably

pure breach
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Nah we gonna flip the whole format on its head a few hours before the tournament trust

hexed umbra
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We're actually making every pokemon illegal except the 5 evolution lines currently in the second poll 30 minutes before the tournament starts

vital sand
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I don't have anyone to train my team

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anaconja gonna win again

hexed umbra
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I don't think Anaconja has doubles experience (Stall isnt viable in doubles)

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...though I have been proven wrong before

vital sand
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@small mortar how do you change pfp again?

tribal trellis
obtuse shoal
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I just realized
If togekiss gets fused with an electric type with discharge
I can spread para, while also having air slash

pure breach
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Pair with Raichu for good fun

obtuse shoal
pure breach
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Raichu provides better support, but you can go Jolteon for full offense

obtuse shoal
vital sand
obtuse shoal
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But it's weird that electric types are a bit rare here

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Besides alakode you don't really see them much

hexed umbra
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Ground types are very common and are even better because their one weakness of no recovery except Gliscor is mitigated due to gliscor

vital sand
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Haha earthquake go [Ally fainted] [Enemy focus sash activated]

rough palm
shut shard
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THE CLIENT ISN'T LOADING FOR ME FOR SOME REASON????

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Every time I got to the website it gets stuck on loading the client

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Even on my phone it won't load

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Am I cursed or something???

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It fixed itself

obtuse shoal
shut shard
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It broke again

small mortar
odd kiln
shut shard
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4 hours left huh?

obtuse shoal
cobalt panther
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anyone practicing doubles rn

shut shard
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I am, but i'm tweaking my team atm

obtuse shoal
shut shard
sly gulch
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what format is dna doubles? i cant find it to make sure my team is legal

odd kiln
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its doubles ou

sly gulch
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oh ok thx

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team is valid im hyped

shut shard
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how do I join the tournament??? no one answered my question

thin schooner
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It'll open up on the :30 mark

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AKA 6 mins

shut shard
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thank you

fallow nexus
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gen 7 or gen 9? assuming gen 7 but jic

thin schooner
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7

fallow nexus
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aight sweet

sly gulch
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here goes nothin

shut shard
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literally just made this team, hope it does well...

sly gulch
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same

sly gulch
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well my round 1 in the tour was the most bs thing. like 3 of my pokemon never got to attack because they kept getting outsped and flinched by rockslide

shut shard
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that's rough

sly gulch
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like nothing i could do as and the 1 time i didnt get flinched by rockslide i got frozen by blizzard it suckes

true wedge
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Well I got out immediately so might as well post some cool stuff I found now that I won't be able to use it lol

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Also Instruct is really, really good and idk how many people have caught onto that.

cobalt panther
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this whole tournament shouldn't count lmao

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no species clause ruins it

shut shard
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i'm not taking advantage of it

cobalt panther
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yeah well some people are abusing it

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so not very fun

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for those of us who aren't

true wedge
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I had no idea it was gone until this tournament tbh

sly gulch
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its also not fun when after the battle where you get flinched like 10 times in a row and frozen by blizzard the opponent tells you the more skilled player won

cobalt panther
true wedge
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Well yeah ik, I just didn't realize in the days leading up lol

hexed umbra
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They didnt just turn it off for the tournament

spring sparrow
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Hello there

hexed umbra
shut shard
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Man, I wish doubles tournaments happened more often

obtuse shoal
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alright

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so the tournament is kind of over

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so which pokemon did you choose

opaque inlet
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Give me a sec to think

odd kiln
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id go mienshao here

glossy zealot
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Id go gorgeist or liligant

pure breach
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Mienshao and Golisopod would be cool

odd kiln
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I Agree.

pure breach
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Golisopod also has crazy design potential

tribal trellis
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if i won i would have gone goliospod

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weird sand rush thing Despair

shut shard
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SAME

glossy zealot
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More prankster mons would be good too

odd kiln
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if i knew that i wouldve threw

tribal trellis
pure breach
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I would've gone Incin in honor of the tour, if that's even allowed

tribal trellis
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nah im jk

odd kiln
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not allowed

tribal trellis
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i don't think that's allowed ye

pure breach
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starters I assume?

tribal trellis
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but it's fun remaking incin on fusions

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i had like 4 different ones

hexed umbra
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No starters, legendaries, mythical or UBs

pure breach
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gotcha

obtuse shoal
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what about bronzong?

odd kiln
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cringezong

shut shard
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man

pure breach
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Bronzong isn't a bad pick

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I like Bronz

shut shard
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I just wanted golisopod...

pure breach
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would be a great pick

tribal trellis
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everyone wanted goliospod it seems

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@opaque inlet take goliospod HeartMail

obtuse shoal
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golisopod clefable comes in, uses wish and leaves

glossy zealot
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I think He shouldnt be presurred tô pick anything

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He won

pure breach
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you're right

glossy zealot
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Goli is cool thou

shut shard
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was gonna say

pure breach
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they should be pressured

shut shard
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it'd be nice if it was goli

tribal trellis
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they should be

tribal trellis
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i feel scammed on my sand rush

obtuse shoal
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how abotu rotom heat

tribal trellis
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prob would've won

pure breach
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any mon would be cool tho

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probably

shut shard
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but ultimately it's not our descision

pure breach
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very few bad mons

obtuse shoal
tribal trellis
glossy zealot
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I MISSPELLED

tribal trellis
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the sand rush was a 1 time thing

obtuse shoal
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you wouldn't be able to come in

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speaking of sand rush

tribal trellis
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i start out

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btw

obtuse shoal
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what about drill

tribal trellis
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drill doesn't matter

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sandslash is better

opaque inlet
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Drill just worse sandslash

obtuse shoal
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drill was what got sand rush banned no?

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tbf drill doesn't have thousand arrows

glossy zealot
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"I chose landorius terian"

odd kiln
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banned in gen 5 which is completely irrelevant to this meta

hexed umbra
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This would be really funny to say to someone to doesn't know IF

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Excadrill is just worse Sandslash

odd kiln
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other way around

tribal trellis
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ye other way lol

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u are the gen 5

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player

hexed umbra
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shhhh nothing happened

obtuse shoal
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but still sandslash isn't that frequent

tribal trellis
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lol

shut shard
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shut up

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i mean

shut shard
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what message

obtuse shoal
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honestly, I think the most op mon this game was... mimikyu

shut shard
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I thought about using mimikyu

obtuse shoal
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i didn't know it would recover the disguise EVERY SWITCH

shut shard
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but I thought it was too gimicky

tribal trellis
obtuse shoal
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WHAT EVEN WAS THAT

shut shard
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wait how did it recover disguise???

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I missed most of it

tribal trellis
pure breach
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in Infinite Fusion, disguise resets on switch out

hexed umbra
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HUH

shut shard
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WHAT

hexed umbra
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OH NO

pure breach
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(if you're still at max HP I think?)

shut shard
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WHY??????

opaque inlet
obtuse shoal
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EXACTLY

odd kiln
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no it works at any hp

pure breach
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oh really

shut shard
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BRUH

pure breach
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damnb

tribal trellis
pure breach
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also an IF thing

hexed umbra
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Time to add Mimikyu to my volt-turn stall team

shut shard
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I swear, first permanent weather and now this?

pure breach
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this has been here since before permaweather

obtuse shoal
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the reason bruxish was there is probably entirely due to whimsicott's spore

pure breach
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just no one knew

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no

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Bruxish was there mostly for fake out

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at least from me

hexed umbra
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Anti-priority is always wanted

pure breach
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yeah

obtuse shoal
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ye

shut shard
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I had the perfect counter to prankster spore

pure breach
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especially without Dark immunity

obtuse shoal
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especially because of whim's spore

shut shard
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without a dark type btw

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i used it against boshi

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only worked once tho

hexed umbra
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I used Quick Guard

odd kiln
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speaking of dark if showdown is bugged in that dark mons are immune to spore when they shouldnt be

pure breach
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I saw the quick guard, that was nice

hexed umbra
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Immune to Prankster

obtuse shoal
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Quick guard was amazing

odd kiln
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dark being vulnerable to prank is also an if feature

shut shard
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psychic terrain is underrated af

obtuse shoal
hexed umbra
odd kiln
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@feral anchor said this before i believe

tribal trellis
obtuse shoal
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anaconja dropping the most game changing lore like it's nothing

shut shard
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did you know prankster still works with status moves in psychic terrain as long as the move doesn't target foes?

tribal trellis
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my dark type whimsicott should've lost

feral anchor
obtuse shoal
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yeah

pure breach
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wait is that not happening correctly on the showdown?

odd kiln
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it is not

hexed umbra
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Can someone help me test that?

obtuse shoal
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is mimikyu also this broken in singles?

pure breach
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so dark types currently block prankster?

odd kiln
obtuse shoal
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good thing it is

shut shard
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forgot the important part of my message

feral anchor
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proof here btw

obtuse shoal
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btw rudi what did you think of my team

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oh yeah, shout out to chansey cofagrigus
180 100 100 defenses, and you can even put eviolite on it

pure breach
hexed umbra
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Can someone help me test in Showdown?

shut shard
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I told you already, but the water spout combo is honestly broken if you go against non-tanky pokemon

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which is rare

opaque inlet
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Or against spore

shut shard
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that too

odd kiln
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did u pick a mon

obtuse shoal
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if I had toed out I could have used quick guard

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but yeah, didn't think of dazzling

feral anchor
shut shard
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quick guard is like a band-aid solution, I like my solution

obtuse shoal
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what was your solution?

opaque inlet
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Am I allowed to pick paradox mons btw

odd kiln
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no

pure breach
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I believe they have to be gen 7 or less

odd kiln
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must be gen 7 or before, no legends/mythicals/starters

obtuse shoal
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prob kommo-o

pure breach
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No UB either

glossy zealot
obtuse shoal
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we need more gen7s

odd kiln
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think that gets lumped into legends anyway

feral anchor
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gen 7, no starters/legendary/mythicals

hexed umbra
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Can someone help me test if Prankster works against dark types in Showdown?

obtuse shoal
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florges

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but yeah, I vote bronzong

shut shard
glossy zealot
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Gourgeist

obtuse shoal
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pretty good

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I really should have used bruxish

shut shard
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I could use terrain extender, but i'm worried about it getting one shot

hexed umbra
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Can you even get a terrain extender in-game?

shut shard
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idk

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still valid with it

glossy zealot
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People that care about showdown should consider mons with unique competitivo moves or abilities

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Tô pick

shut shard
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yeah but, pokemon lied to me

tribal trellis
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so goliospod

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nice

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goliospod ez choice

shut shard
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is it actually goli?

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or are you just saying that?

odd kiln
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itd be a v useful mon in comp

tribal trellis
shut shard
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it is, but it's up to the winner

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who gets picked

tribal trellis
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ye should've been me i lost to a bug

shut shard
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shoulda been me if I hadn't brain farted

hexed umbra
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It should've been me, I used 3 Porygon-z/Noiverns and have never played IF doubles before today smh

shut shard
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I thought that combo was banned?

hexed umbra
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Not in doubles, nothing is banned in doubles

tribal trellis
tribal trellis
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ez

shut shard
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another reason doubles is better

tribal trellis
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and thick blub

shut shard
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you're allowed to have fun

hexed umbra
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Prankster spore

obtuse shoal
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There was a guy using 6 mimikyus

tribal trellis
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when prankster works on dark tpyes

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im afraid it's not goona be much fun anymore

shut shard
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prankster psychic terrain

obtuse shoal
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I should have used follow me mimikyu

shut shard
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a gimick can only take you so far

obtuse shoal
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Yeah

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Perish song shadow tag chandelier didn't actually work

vital sand
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the thing is its Bo1 so we can never counter

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We can only make educated guess based on other people

obtuse shoal
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Yeah

shut shard
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I would focus on making that shadow tag combo support your offensive pokemon

vital sand
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Speaking of uhh

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have fun with this

tribal trellis
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get better

shut shard
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I wanted trick room to work so badly

obtuse shoal
tribal trellis
obtuse shoal
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Shuriken just does too little damage

shut shard
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but ultimately there were too many combos literally just better than trick room

obtuse shoal
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I do like to use zoroark, but more as a surprise sucker punch

vital sand
tribal trellis
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i already swept people with water shuriken

shut shard
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the dice

tribal trellis
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it's not that good

shut shard
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so

obtuse shoal
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What's the next type?

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Game?

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Monotype right

shut shard
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do they say what the winner picked or are we just never gonna know?

obtuse shoal
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Can't wait for everyone to think steel or fairy would win but it's actually ice

obtuse shoal
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Gen 5 won last time so there you go

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And I thought gen 2 or gen 1 or 4 would win

tribal trellis
odd kiln
tribal trellis
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if i had to guess gen 5 would be either my first or my second guess

shut shard
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I made a big boss team

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wait is it singles or doubles for big boss?

obtuse shoal
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How that mode work

tribal trellis
odd kiln
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several

tribal trellis
tribal trellis
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well hf

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prob not goona join anymore sadly

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lost to a massive crit and a bug?

vital sand
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Fuck no water type has technician

obtuse shoal
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Yeah floatzel is not here

tribal trellis
obtuse shoal
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Floatzel doesn't have technician?

odd kiln
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no

vital sand
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no

shut shard
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is it singles or doubles for big boss????

vital sand
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Singles

shut shard
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oh

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I need to redo my entire team

obtuse shoal
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How does big boss work

tribal trellis
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no more doublesomg

obtuse shoal
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Is it dynamaxed?

glossy zealot
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did the winner already chose?

shut shard
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no

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HOW LONG IS THIS GOING TO TAKE

glossy zealot
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let the guy decide in his time

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and let not pressure him onto something

shut shard
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i know

glossy zealot
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except if its gougeist

odd kiln
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no lets peer pressure

shut shard
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didn't we already do that?

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man I golisopod

glossy zealot
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ok i dont care much about if showdown but what are the cool abilities that we dont have yet

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that are good in ou

shut shard
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emergency exit

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that are gen 7

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or below

glossy zealot
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would a castform fusion be good enough for a ou team

shut shard
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probably not

glossy zealot
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too low of stats i assume

odd kiln
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its not a good gimmick even

shut shard
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what isn't added yet?

odd kiln
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note that bubble and comatose would instantly be banned

shut shard
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do we not have lycanroc dusk?

odd kiln
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no

obtuse shoal
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We dont?

shut shard
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we dont

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that's my second choice

obtuse shoal
#

So the no guard is midnight

odd kiln
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idt lycandusk would poll well

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bc it looks too similar to lycanroc

shut shard
#

you don't know that

obtuse shoal
#

Ye

shut shard
#

it's orange

obtuse shoal
#

He's right

shut shard
#

and cool

obtuse shoal
#

We have the other stone doggos

odd kiln
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thats not interesting to spriters

obtuse shoal
#

What about rotom heat

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Eh

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Good for competitive
Bad for spriters

odd kiln
#

youd have to ask if rotom formes can be added

shut shard
#

well if it isn't golisopod, guess I NEED to win the next one

glossy zealot
shut shard
#

that just seems like a lot of work

obtuse shoal
#

Tbf rotom forms sound hard to make designs for

shut shard
#

when did IF come out again?

obtuse shoal
#

What about... Conk

odd kiln
#

too similar to machamp

obtuse shoal
#

Tru

shut shard
#

what

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how

odd kiln
#

slow monofighting guts

obtuse shoal
#

Bruh

shut shard
#

other than that

obtuse shoal
#

Evolves by trade

glossy zealot
#

cokeldur is a good pick nice for showdown and okay for spriters

obtuse shoal
#

Besides
We have both golem and rhydon

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And gengar and mismagius

glossy zealot
#

what are ou meta missing

shut shard
#

golisopod

obtuse shoal
#

Landorus t

shut shard
#

OH GOD

odd kiln
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all gen 1 and 2 mons are in automatically so that comparison doesnt work

shut shard
#

don't even mention that.. thing

obtuse shoal
#

Hippo

glossy zealot
#

picking therian if possible would have been villain behaviour

odd kiln
#

i dont see the idea of hippo

obtuse shoal
#

It's a ground with sand stream that can slack off

shut shard
#

I can fuse it with snorlax

odd kiln
#

ttar better for sand and steelix better for def ground

shut shard
#

slack off

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is

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good

odd kiln
#

just fuse with a mon with recovery

obtuse shoal
#

And hippo does all 3 in 1

hexed umbra
#

It would definitely see usage, but its not anything groundbreaking pun intended

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Its role compression for a fusion, it allows you to have more freedom with the other half

obtuse shoal
#

It would prob get more usage than tar

odd kiln
#

why

shut shard
#

honestly

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when is Incineroar gonna be added

hexed umbra
#

0.1 seconds before the next doubles tournament

shut shard
#

that's who I'm waiting for

obtuse shoal
#

We have incineroar at home

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Arcanine umbreon

shut shard
#

don't

hexed umbra
#

No fake out

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What would you even fuse incineroar with? It already has all the tools it needs

shut shard
#

exactly

obtuse shoal
#

Recovery

hexed umbra
#

Arcanine for morning sun?

obtuse shoal
#

Entei for V create

shut shard
#

a dark type with high bst?

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just make it tankier

obtuse shoal
#

Surprised no enteis were used in doubles

shut shard
#

in every way

hexed umbra
#

There was an Entei/Jolteon

obtuse shoal
#

Oh yeah that's right

hexed umbra
#

The problem is Incineroar is one of the bulkiest dark types already lmao

shut shard
#

but

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it could be better

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and slower

obtuse shoal
#

Poor umbreon getting ran out of a job

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Btw what's the fastest physical ghost type

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I think it's mmk right

hexed umbra
#

Actually Tyranitar/Incineroar (idk order)

shut shard
#

honestly you could just have 6 incineroar fusions that each fill a different niche

obtuse shoal
#

Btw
Is there gonna be a monotype

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Which type will you be using

hexed umbra
#

Probably water? Havent made a team yet

odd kiln
#

bug

shut shard
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and each pokemon it's fused with will be 10 times better than they were by being fused with incineroar

obtuse shoal
#

Anaconja will win with tinted lens yanmega

shut shard
#

is that one gonna be singles too?

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actually

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Why hasn't the gen 5 starters been added yet?

glossy zealot
#

i will do ghost because is my fav type

shut shard
#

Dragon for me, cuz my goat noivern is a dragon

obtuse shoal
#

Also each of your mons must have that type right

shut shard
#

yeah, but I just like dragons more than flying types

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also haxorus

obtuse shoal
#

"HaHa VCreate go brrrr"

shut shard
#

It's been an hour

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Did they pick one yet?

dense token
#

Also the validator doesn't recognise my team for some reason even though they all share dark type

dense token
#

Are they fixing it?

vital sand
#

Yea

hexed umbra
#

Whats the new pokemon that will be added to the poll?

obtuse shoal
#

How does the boss format work

hexed umbra
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Pick a pokemon with an evo line, one pokemon is fused with that pokemon, the rest must be fused with a prevo of that pokemon

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The prevo fusions can't be fused with fully evolved pokemon (pokemon that dont evolve are fine) or legendaries

obtuse shoal
#

Technically, it's a mythical

hexed umbra
#

Cresselia is actually a legendary, Darkrai is mythical though
I'm assuming mythicals are counted as legendaries for this

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Else every team is going to have at least 1 Jirachi lol

obtuse shoal
#

I can't deal with that v create

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So yeah
One fully evolved Mon
And a team of eviolites of that mon
Got it

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Oh this will be interesting
Well see some scythers here

pure breach
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Do we know what the new mon for the vote is?

hexed umbra
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It's Manectric, trust

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Eviolite is banned in the big boss tournament

obtuse shoal
odd kiln
obtuse shoal
#

No memento strats here then

odd kiln
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why would you memento with your best mon though

radiant rivet
#

Its the last thing they'd expect?

odd kiln
#

doing something unexpected doesnt mean it was a good play

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if i click plot on weavile sure my opp wouldnt expect that

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but it doesnt matter bc i do no damage

radiant rivet
#

You are correct

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So if read the rules correctly, there is nothing stoping me from fusing my "boss" pokemon with a legendary, right?

pure breach
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Both of your mons from your boss fusion must have evo lines I think

odd kiln
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idt it said that in the rules

pure breach
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Says in terms of both body and head

odd kiln
#

⚾💬

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@ruby current say it aint so

hexed umbra
#

.....oh well there's goes my entire strategy

dense token
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This is why Im not participating in this one

hexed umbra
#

Wait then why did the rules specify the boss can be fused with a legendary?????????

dense token
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(not the fact I got sacred fired out of existence last time)

hexed umbra
#

There aren't any legendaries that evolve in IF lmao

odd kiln
#

i mean

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a legend is fully evolved

hexed umbra
#

Whether a pokemon that doesn't evolve is considered fully evolved or not varies

pure breach
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Yeah I think in order to be fully evolved you need to be able to have evolved

glossy zealot
#

The doubles guy picked his mon yet?

dense token
#

yeah i dont think hes asleep

ruby current
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If you can only pick one side your options become much easier trollHD

obtuse shoal
#

Wait I do have to worry about v create spam or not?

#

Also shout out to shuckle and mimikyu
I have a feeling they'll be important

cyan latch
obtuse shoal
radiant rivet
#

With losing your "boss" fusion being an instant K.O I wonder how good things like Prankster Destiny bond or sturdy + Metalburst will be.

Usually the problem of these strats is that they can only really trade, but in the tournament that trade is an instant win.

Will probably stay at gimmicky tho.

glossy zealot
#

Big boss is really Just edh for showdown

radiant rivet
#

what is edh?

glossy zealot
#

Mtg format

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That you have a commander and 99 cards with his colors

hexed umbra
#

I'm still so confused about the exact rules

glossy zealot
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Boss is full evolved fusion

The others are preevos + something not fully evolved

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And need to have less base stats

hexed umbra
#

Can the boss be fused with a pokemon that doesn't evolve?
If the boss is from two evolution lines (eg, Sudowoodo/Seaking), can I have grunts of both goldeen and bonsly fusions?

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I feel like my grasp on the rules has somehow gone down with time

glossy zealot
#

Yes you can fuse bowsly with a kecleon but not with a legendary

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Not sure about the boss

#

Yes you can have from both

radiant rivet
#

Trade evolutions should make for really good grunts.

glossy zealot
#

Did the doubles winner chose it already it?

shut shard
#

no

glossy zealot
#

He came out of nowhere, won, didnt elaborate and left

dense token
#

We all talking about this but bro is either taking the biggest powernap or at work

glossy zealot
#

We dont know his timezone it could be anything

obtuse shoal
#

Cottonee ftw

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Dbond cottonee

radiant rivet
#

How is the weight for fusion calculated?
For moves like Heatcrash, heavyslam grassknot etc.

Does it just use the weight of the body, the average or something else?

odd kiln
#

average

dense token
#

Doubles guys mon is corphish

obtuse shoal
#

is anyone else starting to get annoyed with managing all these teams?

#

@odd kiln how do you do this?

shut shard
#

I just delete team I don't use anymore

odd kiln
#

wym manage

pure breach
#

Crawdaunt is cool

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Physical adaptability

wispy ember
#

@pure breach is tourney #6 monotype ran in the OU format?

pure breach
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Should be in IF Monotype, which is currently identical to OU since I need to make monotype work with fusions (which I will do this weekend)

wispy ember
#

so I have to imagine OU ruleset/banset

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shame

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My meme team idea is in shambles

radiant rivet
#

Can my boss Pokemon be fused with a legendary?

odd kiln
#

@pure breach when you got time can you add functionality to the calc that indicates that a mon is fused

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i.e. say like crawdaunt-meloetta-pirouette or something

glossy zealot
#

Question: can it be a triple fusion

pure breach
odd kiln
#

oh ok

obtuse shoal
#

I just found out aurorus works here

obtuse shoal
odd kiln
#

i just put my best teams at the top of the builder

obtuse shoal
#

I wouldn't mind a folder system for this

odd kiln
#

there is one

obtuse shoal
#

thank you

odd kiln
#

np

obtuse shoal
#

but yeah, aurorus is good for this

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amaura can set up hail

odd kiln
#

what do you use hail for though

obtuse shoal
#

aurora veil

odd kiln
#

they dont get veil youd have to find another mon to do that

obtuse shoal
#

delibird is allowed

odd kiln
#

i rue the day i have to use amaura delibird

obtuse shoal
#

but yeah it's a lot of work and I don't think it works that well

odd kiln
#

to set up veil for my other 4 amaura fusions

obtuse shoal
#

especially because you have the MIGHTY SUN RIGHT THERE

#

For rain and sand you have to use your big boss, with tyranitar or politoed

#

But for sun, vulpix works

#

and from then you can go solarbeam, or just firepower

odd kiln
#

the problem is you cant use vcreate

obtuse shoal
#

you can

pure breach
obtuse shoal
#

im vcreating as we speak

#

on my big boss

tribal trellis
#

let's go delibird!

glossy zealot
#

there it is he picked corphish/crawdaunt

#

120 base atk + those abilities

#

looks good

pure breach
#

Adaptability

odd kiln
#

id probably immediately suspect it if it gets added

pure breach
odd kiln
#

with melop yes

#

anyone have a big boss team yet

obtuse shoal
odd kiln
#

u wanna test

obtuse shoal
radiant rivet
#

also got a big boss team

glossy zealot
#

how do you make topsturvy in a fusion

pure breach
#

I think it’s Hitmontop or Wobb

#

As in, both of those give you Topsy Turvy

glossy zealot
#

dammit its wobbufet but not wynaut

obtuse shoal
#

when I want to spam leech seed but then they put a grass steel type in front

glossy zealot
#

(copium)

#

also i finished my big boss team

#

but i cant practice

odd kiln
obtuse shoal
#

So far I'm seeing:

  • Entei vulpix combos
  • Lots of middle evo mons, with dual type to hide weaknesses
  • Lots of physical power
  • Lots of scald, intimidate and will o wisp to counter
glossy zealot
#

my name is pevetos

#

i cant find the big boss ladder

obtuse shoal
pure breach
#

I’ve just pushed what should be the final fixes for Big Boss format, as always, please try it out so there’s no issues with the validator when the tournament comes

hexed umbra
#

Not sure who I should @ for this, but FULLY EVOLVED TRIPLE FUSIONS ARE CURRENTLY LEGAL IN THE TEAMBUILDER FOR BIG BOSS
Strangely, nfe triple fusions are illegal.

glossy zealot
#

If you chose a legendary trio boss you tecnically cant pick any grunt

vital sand
#

wait is big boss a few hours from now?

#

Fuck i havent made a team

pure breach
#

fixed

obtuse shoal
#

Is that legal?

glossy zealot
#

i dont see why a triple fusion starter can not be a big boss

vital sand
#

The doc is updated btw guys

pure breach
obtuse shoal
#

It says do not fuse grunts with legendaries

#

The boss can

pure breach
#

says the big boss is fully evolved in both body and head, I assume both fusion components must be fully evolved, which Entei wouldn't be as it's a single-stage

#

but some clarification on this would be nice @thin schooner

hexed umbra
#

The Boss can be fused with a legendary in the teambuilder

obtuse shoal
#

Also, last time I tried
Chlorophyll was allowed

hexed umbra
#

...if it can't then everyones going to have a lot of fun rebuilding teams

obtuse shoal
hexed umbra
#

Chlorophyll isn't legal with Drought, I just spent a while building a Big Boss sun team to find out it won't work

#

I tried to get weather to work for a while, got nothing. At least I already have a team

#

I considered using Sandshrew as my grunts

obtuse shoal
#

It prob still is
But I haven't found the right grunts

hexed umbra
#

Lowkey Sandshrew isn't unusable
If Sandshrew (not just Sandslash) learned Thousand Arrows, I probably would have used it)

obtuse shoal
#

There's few good Pokémon worth as grunts

glossy zealot
#

they will mostly grunts so they will not be that bad

obtuse shoal
#

I saw pex and rhydon

glossy zealot
#

pex is final evo inst it?

obtuse shoal
#

And rhydon is just so crazy it stops a lot of normal grunts

obtuse shoal
#

It's good

glossy zealot
#

rhydon is peak boss now that you are saying

obtuse shoal
#

Dual typing with no double weakness, 2 good abilities

obtuse shoal
lone dust
#

Although almost definitely not going to make the tour due to family visiting so

hexed umbra
#

Idk why they banned Misdreavus and not Rhydon lol

glossy zealot
#

why they banned misdreavus?

hexed umbra
#

They probably thought it would be too strong as a grunt

glossy zealot
#

is her base stat too high?

hexed umbra
#

435 BST. Rhydon is 485

#

Tried to make a Sandshrew sand team, its just not worth it. You can never switch into Scald, and the team was just spam hazards + roar and hope your ace (which has to be Sandslash and Tyranitar) manages to sweep.

#

The other weathers don't fare any better

glossy zealot
#

you could try a water absorb mon, idk if they are playable

vital sand
#

Ima just go with a dragon dance sweeper and call it a day, fuck it lmao

#

too lazy to think of a team

dense token
#

if i have like metagross and haxorous can my grunts be either beldum and axew or do i choose one

glossy zealot
#

you can have the mid stage

vital sand
#

If it isn't valid, then no

#

If you can that's huge though, I can use something that's not specifically tied to just one line

dense token
#

it is valid

vital sand
#

Holy shit

dense token
#

i dont know how but my FTL sprite for this month is in showdown somehow

vital sand
#

OOOK- that's huge

dense token
#

im deleting the message so idont give away my team

#

i dont know why i wrote sprite

#

the catch is

#

you cant have a legendary for the boss

vital sand
dense token
#

pseudos fair game

#

but then the exceeding bst thing can come up

vital sand
#

Yea I feel like everyone's gonna use pseudos

dense token
#

i mean i have 1 but its the first evo

#

and ive chosen the mon i have for very specific reasons

vital sand
#

I can see someone using like 2 pseudo fusion and make a team of both lines

#

Like the boss would just be an endgame sweeper

dense token
#

i tried that but

#

the boss sprite was not cool

#

seriously

#

we definetley need to up the standard of pseudo x pseudo fusions

#

or maybe garchomp just sucks as a body( it does not)

#

sprite aside

vital sand
dense token
#

the potential is very high

vital sand
#

Tbh I'm curious if everyone would still use regenerator spam

dense token
#

they would

teal phoenix
#

anyone wanna run showdown rn?

#

natdex gen 9 ag

main jungle
#

At one point it was a team of bidoofs

teal phoenix
#

please sm1

#

on pokeathlon if btw

thin schooner
teal phoenix
#

@thin schooner can u hop on rn?

pure breach
#

I’ll have to make that change

#

I think

teal phoenix
#

@pure breach can u please hop on rn

pure breach
#

I cannot unfortunately

#

sorry

#

also that whole thing has been fixed, both fusion components in the boss fusion must be the fully evolved form of an evolution line. Sorry if this causes you to have to change your teams, but the rules had that for a while, I just hadn't implemented it properly

glossy zealot
#

i will not be able to compete in big boss

#

those anyone want my team

dense token
#

is bro really

glossy zealot
#

(someone that would vote for gourgeist or iligant or florges if possible)

#

if anyone want it just send me a message

obtuse shoal
#

Can we ban rhydon?

odd kiln
#

rhydon deez

obtuse shoal
#

What's the thoughts on having a group voice chat when these tournaments happen

shut shard
#

I'm ready

#

I'm not ready

#

what does this mean???

pure breach
#

That’s from genlock

shut shard
#

I did not realize

#

I was so confused for a second

cloud orbit
#

Is anyone available for last minute big boss testing

thick axle
rose ingot
#

Chat

#

it's time

#

to make a team in 60 minutes again

#

AND LOSE HORRIBLY

#

maybe not on the first round

#

but still

shut shard
#

I made my team yesterday

rose ingot
#

in monogen

#

I LITERALLY

#

made it 60 minutes before it started

shut shard
#

although I haven't tested it

rose ingot
#

and I made it in 30 minutes

rose ingot
#

imagine testing your team

#

I didn't even make my team yet

#

strong pokemon, weak pokemon FUCK IT USE LYCANROC RAHHH

thick axle
#

What does a rockruff team even offer?

shut shard
#

sturdy

#

counter

#

reversal

thick axle
#

It doesn't even get sturdy 😭

shut shard
#

it doesn't?

#

fusion

thick axle
#

Only thing he does is being cute

rose ingot
#

I just like it fr Despair

#

oh well

#

I guess I'll try to build a good team

#

without rockruff

#

making me make a team without lycanroc whatsoever is like trying to make a bird not fly Azusob

thick axle
#

you can bring rockruff, but don't make it your boss heehee
Otherwise you don't really have a chance

thick axle
#

Or maybe you can make the boss be lycanroc and another mon, and then make your team build around the second mon

rose ingot
#

lemme think of good bosses Smirkball

#

I got an idea

#

I am doing this for fun anyway, so it'll be a fun way to test my theory

#

honestly half way into the team, it's gonna be bad, but I got nothing to lose, as I had nothing to begin with

inner girder
#

so what are the rule of big boss?

rose ingot
#

I finished building my really goofy team

#

definitly gonna lose first round

pure breach
rose ingot
#

I made something that's gonna fail me the first round

#

and it's gonna be amazing

#

I have a plan AND IT WILL NOT WORK

main jungle
glossy zealot
#

Get them @obtuse shoal

thin schooner
#

Same trolley

rose ingot
#

I feel like

#

I am a newbie entering the trenches rn

#

I don't know what I am entering but I'll do it and lose with pride that I used a singular rockruff on my team

thick axle
#

50/50 my plan works TeamBidoof

main jungle
rose ingot
#

last tourney

#

I made it to the

#

3rd round

#

somehow

#

with a team that I only did for the funnies

rose ingot
main jungle
#

I've only made it round 1 in the 2 I've participated in

rose ingot
#

steelworker is actualy a really valuable ability

#
  • grass steel typing with metagross swords dance and bullet punch
#

it kind of sweeped one round

#

I was just like "hmm that seems fine, alola doesn't have many mons anyways, and I just wanna do it for the funnies"

tropic path
#

my team is ready, this will go either really badly or really good

rose ingot
#

really good

tropic path
#

as practice now? for me it's ok

obtuse shoal
#

but I feel like steel resists are too prevalent for that

#

water steel is just good

rose ingot
#

honestly I really know nothing about comp scene

#

I know what's roughly good and bad

#

but not the details of it

obtuse shoal
#

and not only 1

#

so you could have had duoblade and someone else

glossy zealot
#

Yes the team have severas duoblades and things else

obtuse shoal
main jungle
#

Good luck everyone, remember to have fun

obtuse shoal
#

you could have mixed some with doublade, others with pumpkaboo

spring sparrow
#

Guys, If you lose please show your teams, I want to see the team and boss heehee

tropic path
#

well I won on turn 3 after my oponent DCed xd

rose ingot
#

oh well I lost heehee

#

honestly I didn't really try I am prolly just gonna eep

#

it's 1 am

spring sparrow
rose ingot
#

ok

#

keep in mind I made it in 20 minutes heehee

#

prior to the tourney

spring sparrow
rose ingot
#

I just like alakazam line tbh

#

they're very funni

tropic path
#

no way another person did the same thing I did hahaha

trim herald
#

ngl

#

i didnt realize you could have more than one grunt species

tropic path
#

man I'm really stupid xd

#

how do you share the team?

hexed umbra
#

Yeah the rules were... not explained well

main jungle
#

I did much better than I thought I would

vital sand
#

I blunderrf and forgot the rules

#

I should've switched aaa

main jungle
#

I only used swablus so kind of surprising

#

And considering what I was up against, I think i did pretty good

gritty anvil
#

Takeaways from Big Boss:

  • BST is basically king
  • Type matchups matter but not as much
  • There are many more strong physical single-stage mons than there are special ones
  • Cross-gen evolutions are generally the strongest choices, due to the value of base stats
thick axle
#

That was so fun, I actually didn't care about sandygast until now, I wanted to use IF infinite weather with shore up, and made it to the finals with it TeamBidoof

gritty anvil
#

One more thing, mixed attackers are good since you can vary your offenses

gritty anvil
thick axle
gritty anvil
gritty anvil
thick axle
#

Taunt heehee

gritty anvil
main jungle
#

I didn't even really get to get Big Boss DC going

#

Eject button was there for a reason

gritty anvil
#

Eventually I begrudgingly added special mons to replace my Heracross and Dhelmise out of terror for cotton guard

hexed umbra
#

It doesnt have recoery

main jungle
#

Think it was fear of fairys

#

Or maybe I picked the wrong item

#

and meant to pick red card

hexed umbra
#

Setup + Eject Button 9head

main jungle