MiraiZura

Ign: KokenoCastro

I, KokenoCastro , would like to represent Emu as captain for World Cup 6. I consent that PokeMMO staff can confirm that I come from Emu. 

PokeMMO World Cup 6
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Welcome to the World Cup 6 Captain Nomination thread. From July 23rd 2023 to August 13th 2023, players who wish to become captains may do so by filling the following template by replacing gbwead with your name and Canada with region in the world you want to represent (a country, a state, a territory, a province, etc.):
 
 
Warning! I do not want to know if the place in the world you want to represent is a country, a nation, a city, a region, a province, a state, a territory, etc. Any sign up that deviate from the template in any way will be rejected and removed at my discretion. 

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poto
 

Probablly Lilligant dropped on usage due to some mon that can counter it risen by usage.
 
The only true counter alongside with lilligant, is luxray, wild charge is one hit to destroy vaporeon: 252+ Atk Guts Luxray Wild Charge vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Vaporeon: 450-530 (96.9 - 114.2%) -- 81.3% chance to OHKO. Facade deals 50%-59% and Scald wasn't a issue. However Luxray's niche is small and not too worth to be heavliy used. Also, 36% recoil is a pain, nothing that a wish mon can't solve, however. Both Lilligant and Luxray are a bit gimmicks on current metagaming and had small niches, Lilligant less than Luxray obviously, however i don't think the counters are good enough to let vaporeon on tier, because the rest of team had little problems to get rid of they. 
 
My opinion, after analyze and read some comments: Ban Vaporeon.
 

all
 

Must be Poseidon's team
 
cz KokenoCastro = win

252+ SpA Choice Specs Lumineon Surf vs. 252 HP / 0 SpD Nidoqueen: 194-230 (98.4 - 116.7%). Is time to use the godmineon (｢*ω*)｢ 
 

What is this?
 
This thread is being opened to discuss Nidoqueen and its dominance that it will bring in the Neverused Tier (NU).
 
 
Overview:

Nidoqueen is a underrated and a surprisingly versatile Pokemon. It's a great fit on balance, stall and HO  teams. Its movepool is quite versatile and dangerous with access to both Stealth Rock and, notably, Toxic Spikes. On top of which its typing makes it resistant to Fighting/Rock type moves and immune to Toxic, Thunder Wave, and Volt Switch making it an incredibly formidable pokemon. Its decent bulk paired with the above can let it survive some hits from alot of Pokemon.
 
Some examples of its Sheer Power:
 
 
Personally i believe Nido is to much for NU, although I look forward to the discussion.
 
Give us your input and discuss!

I would like to discuss the current match fixing policy and invite others to share their thoughts on the matter.
 
There is match fixing in every single tournament, but nearly no one ever gets banned for it. Since hardly anyone gets punished for match fixing, players assume forfeiting vs friends is completely fine. It’s common practice really. I don’t have facts to back up this statement because providing facts would mean calling out players or snitching on them. I don’t want this thread to become that so I really hope whoever is reading this will take my statement “match fixing is common practice” as face value. 
 
Tournament players witness match fixing all the time, but staff members only when a report is made. This is quite problematic because the only time players will be punished for match fixing is when someone has a vendetta against them to the point where they will make a report. Rules apply to everyone and therefore should also be enforced in regards to everyone, not only the high profile players or the hated players. This has already led to witch hunts and more are to be expected if this unhealthy way of dealing with match fixing remains.
 
Match fixing on ladder is also very different to match fixing in tournaments. When we see match fixing in tournaments, the only people affected by the match fixing are the players of that specific duel. If a player chooses to abandon, that’s on them and no one else suffers because of it. It’s their problem. When there is match fixing on the ladder, every single competitor on the ladder gets affected negatively. When a player boosts the ELO of another by losing on purpose, all the other players on the ladder lose a spot on the rankings in comparison to the player that got boosted. Ladder match fixing is unfair and something must be done about that.
 
When it comes to punishments, there should be a big distinction between punishing match fixing on ladder and match fixing in tournaments. However, it would be in my opinion more appropriate to put in place some measures that would reduce match fixing in general. For instance, a warning message regarding match fixing integrated in the current “Are you sure you want to forfeit message?” could go a long way in making players aware that match fixing is forbidden. 
 
Anyhow, I’m glad something is done about match fixing, but I think some aspects of this issue need to be addressed and clarified.

With Toxicroak in OU, it forces mostly salamence with intimidate and a defensive set.

Team Name: Potoapapacho
Team Tag: PÖTÖ
Registered Players: SumiSakurasawa, MiraiZuraX, MariOhara, FlacuSkye, Tarlet, HearthLifeOT, RaiderOP, NotWillfer
Team Captain: FlacuSkye

You see why i sayed on past that P2 is bannable just because he forces trades? On UU you had to run specific mons to answer certain centralizing things, not only Crawdaunt but also Shaymin is on list and Salamence in 2 days. Your teambuild are restricted as ... and you can't trade your poliwrath on a match, otherwise crawdaunt sweep your team, for example. 
 
Thankfully that duck was banned. Maybe P-Z can be tested now? Their premier check, Empoleon, returned to metagaming. Also, Machamp and Crawdaunt can do something? I didn't calc yet. Both can't really switch but if they come from a slow pivots can use their prioritys since P-Z's bulk is weak.

A foundation for teams 

IGN: MiraiZuraX
Tiers: OU SS
Discord: Mirai#3385

Let me make it clear for both of you:
 
This post is extremely wrong and stupid. When a mon is suspected to have OFFENSIVE UBER characteristics, you should look at the walls it breaks. 
 
This post is mostly wrong. When a mon is suspected to have DEFENSIVE UBER characteristics, you should look at the offensive threats it denies. Clefable, Slowking, Lanturn and Altaria are hardly relevant when analysing the defensive characteristics of a pokemon.
 
 
 
 
With that being said, @pachima, you can't really complain that Wrath is wrong to look at defensive mons as counters to a potential defensive uber pokemon because 
1) you did the exact same thing in your previous paragraph when an offensive pokemon was being looked at
2) you fucked up royally when you were TC and banned P2 as offensive uber instead of simply defensive uber

You can't cast stones at people when you are showing the worst example of what should not be done. You can't blame new TC members for not understanding our tiering terms correctly when you have set an awful precedent when using them in the past.

A wallbreaker like Nidoqueen is exactly what NU needs right now. The tier is just a borefest with people spamming the same stall core Quagsire Clefable Bronzor Sableye Altaria Filler. And Vaporeon the Uber Defensive is dropping too :')
 
It's worth testing something that might make this tier more enjoyable to play. If it ends up being broken against every other playstyle, it gets banned. 

IGN: MiraiZuraX
Tiers: OU SS
Discord: Mirai#3385

IGN: MiraiZuraX
Tiers: OU SS
Discord: Mirai#3385

IGN: MiraiZuraX
Tiers: OU SS
Discord: Mirai#3385

IGN: MiraiZuraX
Tiers: OU SS
Discord: Mirai#3385

I will only give my personal point of view.
 
I don't find it necessary to upgrade Toxicroak and Seismitoad to OU.
 
The use of a pokemon in a tier depending on many factors, I don't believe it makes sense to only consider the percentage of use of these.
 
Currently, for sure, if there's one Pokemon to raise from UU to OU, it's Porygon2.
 
Regarding the pokemons that go down from OU to UU, I think the list is correct even if I have a slight doubt on Salamence. Also, I think it would be nice to give Haxorus a try in UU.
 
Regarding pokemon going down to NU, I find these changes interesting.
 
Defensive teams will recover some support, which will probably allow us to see some more diverse teams than at present.
 
 

IGN: SumiSakurasawa  Preferred Tiers: All (No Dubs) Discord contact:Camila#0002 Time Zone: -3

Salamence moxie is shit, no more to say.