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Now that we got
the fundamentals and how to breed/train a Pokemon out of the way, it’s time to
get into the basics of competitive battling. For this post I’ll being going
over the tiers and extra rules in competitive battling.
*Note, this doesn’t have to imply in a Pokemon X & Y Wi-Fi battle, this is
more for Pokemon
Showdown, but nonetheless this is good information to have.
Tiers
To keep balance
in the competitive battling universe, people in the battling community have
created tiers, grouping of Pokemon based on stats and usage, to make sure
battles aren’t lopsided. The better the Pokemon the higher they’ll be up in the
tiers. Right now there are three main tiers.
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| Mega Lucario, Ubers |
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Over
Used
(OU) – Majority of the Pokemon,
excluding some legendaries and some overwhelming Pokemon due to their stats,
move pool, or ability
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Under
Used
(UU) – Any Pokemon that isn’t used
enough to be considered OU
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UU is my favorite tier because there’s
not as much BS in this tier, but it does have its fair share, and plus a lot of
my favorite Pokemon are in this tier.
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| Togekiss, OU |
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| Umbreon, UU |
*Note: Pokemon in lower tiers CAN
be used in higher tiers, but Pokemon in higher tiers CAN’T be used in lower tier. Meaning, Pokemon in UU can be used in
OU, but not the other way around.
There are other tiers
like Rarely Used (RU), Never Used (NU), and Little Cup (LC), but I will not be addressing them
because they’re not complete or I don’t care for them.
Wi-Fi battles in
Pokemon X & Y don’t typical have a set tier format like Pokemon Showdown,
unless the two trainers agree upon one. When looking for a random battle you’ll
usually run into OU teams and the occasional Ubers team.
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Joining a Community Group on a place like Facebook
or some kind of Gaming Forum is a
good way to have battles with people, so you can agree on terms.
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A Community Group is where trainers can
meet other trainers by exchanging their Friend Code to battle, trade, and do
other shenanigans in game.
Rules
for Competitive Battling
Competitive
battling follows the same concept of a regular battle you’d experience in a
regular play through of the game, but with a lot more strategizing (which we’ll
get into in a later part) and some more rules (referred to as Clauses).
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Like with the tiers, some people in
random Wi-Fi battles in Pokemon X & Y will not follow these clauses. These
clauses aren’t set in the game, so it’s solely up to the trainers if they want
to enforce them or not. For the most part people are good about following the
clauses, but there are those people who don’t care.
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If a trainer does break a clause that
player would normally be disqualified, but in a Wi-Fi battle you can either deal with the rule breaker or leave.
Important
Clauses
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Sleep
Clause – Two or more Pokemon can’t be put to sleep on the
same team
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Evasion
Clause – Moves that can increase a Pokemon’s evasion
aren’t allowed
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Moves like Double Team and Minimize
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OHKO
Clause – Moves that One-Hit KO, instant faints, a Pokemon
aren’t allowed
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| Fissure specifically OHKO, so it's not allowed |
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This doesn’t mean you can’t OHKO a
Pokemon, you just can’t use moves that specifically OHKO a Pokemon
Wrapping
It Up
This post is
shorter than usual but the next topic of discussion will be roles for the
Pokemon. Yes, I know, finally! I would have added it to this post, but the
roles alone are good enough for one post, since there are so many. Until next time. |
| That Outkast reference tho |
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