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Basic teambuilding Overview: (use ctrl+f to find the selections) 1 Basic info when you build a team 1:1 Introduction 1:2 Roles 1:3 Lead 1:4 Team types 1:5 Counters 1:6 Tiers 2 Moves 2:1 Meta/type coverage 2:2 Stab 2:3 Nyi moves 2:4 Status effects 2:5 Priority 1:1 Introduction This wall of text will cover the usual aspects of teambuilding aimed towards new players. If you feel that you are an advanced player you could probably learn something from this too if not feel free to comment about something below. There is some things I will add later such as clauses and the advanced part, I am basicly online everyday so it should be here within a week since I have several exams this week. 1:2 Roles When you pick a pokemon it is important to ask yourself, Why did I pick this one? Because you like it is not really a good awnser, does it have high base stats? Good move pool? Does it counter common threats? Ehh, back to roles, there is a few common roles most teams will have. Lead: The pokemon in the first slot in your team, there is a section just about your lead below. Physical sweeper: This role is considered one of the most fun roles within your team, it is a high attack attacker(derp) it could be anything from gyarados, tauros or dragonite. What is common with physical sweepers but not needed is a boost move that boosts attack such as swords dance, or attack an speed such as dragon dance. If you use these sort of moves it is called a setup as you prepare to sweep. Special sweeper: (everyones favorite role?) The special sweeper works as the physical sweeper but with special attacks, this role can be filled with many many pokemons. A few common ones is exxegutor, alakazam or gengar. Walls: They do what the name says. They wall off the enemy pokemon with moves such as refect, heal up with recover or wish. These pokemon usually have a high hp and high defensive stats. Chansey/blissey is a very common wall with its redicilous amount of hp and special defence. Snorlax is another special wall who can not live for as long as blissey but can learn selfdestruct which is a great move when low on hp (if you will survive or predict a switch in) Forretress and Cloyster both have high defence but cloyster sort of lack hp and has sort of bad typing, although he can break through substites with ease. Tanks: See walls. 1:3 Lead Your lead is a very important role and pokemon as this is what either, atleast most likely, gives either you or your opponent an advantage. If you start off with, for example Starmie, and they with Jolteon, you should switch out which gives them a chance to either try to kill your starmie or predict what you will switch into. Starmie according to me, and other experienced players are a decent but still bad lead since it can not scare away anything, and it can get in a blissey, and do what? Give it paralyzis? If you do blissey will cheer at you. Gengar on the other hand, can put starmie to sleep, giga drain him, he can most likely kill a blissey with hypnosis with a bit of luck and so forth. Jolteon is the fastest pokemon around basicly and with his amazing speed and special attack he can wreck some normal leads such as starmie. This site shows you some common leads and why they are good or bad. http://www.smogon.com/rs/articles/your_starter_pokemon 1:4 Team types Balanced teams: These teams contains a combination of walls and sweepers. Stall teams: These teams contains more walls to try to kill with slow things such as toxic and survive. Offensive teams: More sweepers less walls simple enough. 1:5 Counters There is certain pokemon which shuts down a pokemon completely, this is called a counter. Hidden power can usually help with this, but it is not implemented yet, so some pokemon will lack type coverage a lot! Let's say I send out my lead, Jolteon, and you start with Dugtrio (Bad lead, better revenge killer), normally I would have Hidden power ice, but now I do not have it and you can one hit my jolteon with earthquake. At the very bottom at each pokemons info there is a checks/counters tab http://www.smogon.com/rs/pokemon/ 1:6 Tiers When you choose a pokemon it should be something that is not totally crap. Using a tierlist blindly is bad too, but picking something from Uber/OU/BL could be a good idea as they usually have good stats combinded with a good movepool, or an amazing movepool with worse stats and so forth. But why pick a pokemon with bad stats AND a bad movepool? Sorry as I wrote this on my mobile and I'm running out of battery I'll post this and keep writing as soon as possible. 2:1 Meta game/Type coverage It is quite common that I hear people who say, I play with this pokemon because I like him. Well, sure games should be fun, but then you could just as well stop reading this since I want to teach you how to build a good team. The meta game should, simplified, contain all the good pokemon and their counters. You can have a hint at the pokemon list at smogon. http://www.smogon.com/rs/tiers/ Uber = The very best pokemons OU = Over used = The very good pokemon BL = Borderline = Almost made it to OU UU = Under used, not good enough usually NU = Never used You should usually just pick pokemon from OU and BL, but do not forget that if their move are not yet implemented their effectivness can be quite bad. Type coverage is when you have pokemons AND moves who can cover the types of your opponent. If your gengar only knows ghost moves, he will be eaten alive(:P) by any normal type with hiddenpower ghost, like snorlax. But if he had gigadrain, hiddenpower flying or something he can take on most other types too. Starmie should learn thunder(bolt nyi) to cover some normal threats such as their starmie or aero. 2:2 Stab This is pretty basic, but still, it could be great for new players to learn. STAB is a common term which is a shortening for Same type attack bonus, and it is just what it sounds like. If you use an electric move on an electric pokemon you deal more damage.(50% to be exact) This is why most fire pokemons are bad. They have great attack and speed, worthless defensive stats. But their special attack is not that great, so finding a physical fire move that is not firepunch? Well yeah.. No stab moves for fire types that will hurt the opponent too much. While there is exceptions this is what most firetypes have a problem with. 2:3 Nyi moves There is some moves which is very common in other battle simulators etc. is entry hassards, spinners and spin blockers. Entry hassards is spikes, which damage the pokemon you switch into whenever you switch. Rapid spin removes spikes and deal some damage(low power normal attack) Spin blockers is ghost types since normal attacks can't hit them, thus making rapid spin worthless. Another very common move is Baton pass which lets you keep all stat changes and pass it to another pokemon. The move basicly lets you switch, without the priority(see 2:5) and pass your stat changes to whatever pokemon you want. 2:4 Status effects There is some very common status effects that most people should know about Burn, decreases your ____ the first round it gets applied, then it deals ___ damage each round. Poison is worthless... Badly poison is quite good as it gets worse (___)each round and after a few rounds you need to switch out. Freeze is like a better parazysis but much more unreliable as it can only be applied through ice attacks and a % chance. Sleep is arguably the best status effect as it renders you unable to act, with a few exceptions. You can still switch, but sometimes that is just bad.(Captain obvious) Paralyzis is a great status effect, it makes your pokemon just horribly slow, actually I'm not 100% sure on how slow, but I think it is half your speed. Also you have a chance of being ”fully paralyzed” and unable to do your attack. 2:5 Priority Who goes first in a battle is usually determined from the speed of the pokemon. But there is also something called priority which always goes before a lower priority move. Normal attacks have 0 priority, Quick attack have priority +1 and Persuit have a whooping +6. The whole list can be found here http://www.smogon.com/rs/articles/move_priority This list is to be extended.

My friend and I recently created a new team, team Majora. We'd love if we had some members! We're just generally laid back people, but we'd do stuff like tournaments, and I'm always up for a battle. I'm usually training my team, while farming for items (recently it was Kings Rock, because Slowking.) My main team's levels are 40-52. Basically, if you're interested at all, what I'll do is battle you. (You don't need to win to get in; this is to learn your battle style, attitude, and how you train.) I will reply as often as I can, and I look forward to any and all new members!

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Official non-official base: S.S. Anne Kitchen Intro: Every wanted to be part of something? Ever wanted to have your voice actually count for something? Ever wanted to feel as though you are accepted? Ever get bored while playing and wished you had someone to talk to? Well then you've come to the right place! In this Team we only allow people who know what the hell they're doing to join. If you can tell the difference between your and you're, you're half way there on your journey to becoming a innovator! F.A.Q: Now why another "new" team, don't we have enough of "these" teams already? Hell no, our main purpose is to just chill and hang out, while also doing to PVP here and there. Wow, cool story bro! It's only cool because you weren't in it, Mission at the moment: At the moment we are recruiting and are looking for "cool" people, we don't give a shit about age and pokemon knowledge. Video games are meant to be fun, lets start treating them this way! How to join: If you would like to be apart of The Innovators, shoot me a PM or post here and let me know why exactly you chose The Innovators. But, please be mature and do not ask to become a higher rank in the team, because "you feel like it". Random stuff: Also we will be trying to get into tourneys and other special events, as time goes on. I will keep this team alive and active, as long as you the people feel as though you are having enough fun to stay here. I will be adding and removing stuff as time goes on. Thanks for your time and I hope you'll choose to rep The Innovators in the end. Have some fun out there for once, it's a video game! Current Member List: ATalentedDude JebusMan TuckerWP Sullibeast xRei ZeenockX NSL RobbyMon jaylum Gulcasa Denku Alphasi overbiek DukeDarkeness Simpless sasimi Morruga iPodBR JanC Uncool Suhuzen Triskingdom allplay Bertoxxulous epaRSly TheTheBeast Vixxen Holidaythief Muzzylogic ChrisHansen ShinyJesus GBush zyphersonic

French version: Si vous êtes français (on accepte les belges et autres francophones européens) et actifs sur un jeu ou un autre, si vous recherchez une bonne ambiance, si vous ne voulez pas vous prendre la tête, notre mumble vous est ouvert!!! ^_^ M'envoyer un message contenant: -votre pseudo; * -votre age; -vos jeux auxquels vous jouez; -un petit texte vous résumant. * Ps: Les champs contenants des étoiles telles que: " * " ,sont obligatoires! :lol: Amicalement, Mr Néah. :ph34r: English version: If you are french and active on pokemmo or another game, if you search a good atmosphere, if you wouldn't be crazy when you talk with other guys, our mumble is open !!! ^_^ Send me a message with: -your pseudo; * -your age; -the games about you play; -a short text about you. * PS: Just the fields with " * " are mandatory. Friendly, Mr Néah. :ph34r:

Team Name:Team Squirtle Team Tag: <KIA> Requirements to join the Team: None! (All types welcome! New/Old) Team Description/About us: We're Currently all about Helping our Members to be the best at all group Events and try to guide them the right way, We also Host inter-team Tournaments for prizes, hold Raffles and more! Interested in joining in? Feel free to Message the Following Usernames listed below! Currently in Command -> Yabbles Second in Command -> Xabbles (Not the same person) Or, Feel free to post here! Thank you for your time, hope to see some new Team members. :)

The following message is brought to you by Team Aqua admins Kaaru and Treenis. We are sorry to announce that applications are currently closed, they will reopen at a later date. This done to ensure our guild grows at a stable rate, any applications prior to this date will still be considered. Thank you for your interest. ^ Follow our tale of events here .

Hola gente, vengo a reclutar entrenadores fuertes para mi nuevo team "Soul Edge" , para entrar tienen que dar un duelo decente lvl 50-60 ó 90-100, no es necesario ganar. También hay que saber que son los EV, IV y la Naturaleza, o al menos no preguntarlo, somos un Team , no una Enciclopedia. Si tienes interés whispea a: Nassau ( /w Nassau ) or AngelusCyan ( /w AngelusCyan ) Estoy conectado en el momento. Translation: Hello people, I'm here to recruit strong trainers for my new team "Soul Edge", to get in you have to duel in a decent way either at lvl 50-60 or 90-100 , Winning is not necesary, Also you have to know what EV, IV and Natures are, we're a Team but not a Player's Manual. If you have interest whisp Nassau ( /w Nassau ) or AngelusCyan ( /w AngelusCyan ), I'm online at the moment. Note: This is mainly a Spanish Team, if you want to join and you speak english you can, but know that mostly all will be spoken in spanish. Except if we get more English than Spanish members xD (Sorry if I made grammar mistakes, my english is not perfect ) Gracias Por Leer (: Thanks for Reading (:

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Here is the start of House Lannister. Any member who wish to join post here. Our leader is Jewsh. Current members are Nivrag, YondaimeYang, Sonoformus and myself.

YOU WANT TO JOIN! Hello, we are team The Razzle Dazzlers of Fantazzmagazzles. we are all about the love of Pokemon games and fun. The team has a few member already which are BLACKRAM FRANKEER RIVERROWLEY (ME) CAMO If you want to join then leave a MSG. we also run a YouTube channel which you may be involved in when joined. the channel is www.youtube.com/jamesdeclanrowley other channels too.

Team Galactic No pokemon restrictions Don't have to battle Must have advanced knowledge of Pokemon, including EVs, IVs, Item locations etc Must be approved by a Guild Moderator Must be a regular. Regular = at least 3 plays of an hour or more a week. If you stop playing, you will be deleted from the group. Leader: CobaltBlue 2IC: Rodah 3IC: OkieSmokie Members: Darkpotato InnerMobius MrMagicbuzz

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Hey guys, I go by Gnarson and I'm looking to start a guild or clan soon. I have no real specific type of trainers that I'm looking for, as long as you want to have fun and eventually take pokemmo by storm. I hope that if the guild gets a lot of members who all value it and work to make it better that we could all be big names among the Game. Lol I'm pretty new to the game myself but I respect the hell out of an underdog situation, plus I've been playing pokemon since I was 6. So if you're interested just hmu, or if you just want to battle or something to test my skills do the same. You may not know who I am today, but guarantee I'll be a top trainer sometime soon. ~ Gnarson, GnarWhale Squad

HELLO! How are my Pokemon friends today. Am looking to start a team. This is so we can chat over something like Skype while playing and help each other out. But mostly JUST FOR FUN AND GIGGLES while playing. I am also doing a lets play on YouTube and banter in important to other people so reply if you want to join and MSG me your Skype and we shall beat every other team out there :) OPEN TO NAME CHANGES :)

A group of the most elite pokemon trainers to ever walk the face of pokemmo. Current Members Upgrade pokabunny foxpro UnforseenDay Chillyboy

We are Team Clown, under service of Clown, who will give us our orders. We exist for the fun side of Pokemmo and will do anything to get our jollies. Griefers are welcome, but remember, Clown is watching.

Hey everyone! Welcome to the official page for Team Ember What is Team Ember? Glad you asked! Team Ember is a group of people that helps out the community any way they can! For example: A member can assist a newbie trainer through Viridian Forest, assist looking for a certain Pokemon or even just giving friendly advice. We also try to bring peace to any issues we can. Every little bit of help counts! Here are the rules to Team Ember: -No rude behavior -No making other players pay for their help. This is a non-profit organization. -Show tolerance and be patient. Some people are new to the world of Pokemon. -Show respect to anyone and everyone. Try to solve any issues peacefully. Sound interesting? Wanna join? Well just enter this application below: -What is your character name? -What channel are you usually on? -How many Gym Badges do you have? -Why do you want to join? -Vulpix or Growlithe? -How often are you online? Post your application below or send it to me in a PM.

Banner made by Giygas We are a new guild so please bare with us.. Currently all new members will receive either a Slowpoke or Magnemite for free! Welcome, it would appear that you have stumbled upon our page. We are a guild focused on just playing the game, whether it be grinding like a pro or just getting to the Elite 4, it's as simple as that. Everyone plays differently so play the way you want to play. :3 If you would like to join feel free to post a reply in this thread and we will contact you in-game later. Please leave your IGN here as well if you want to join. We will start having events at a later date when PokeMMO picks up a little more or as soon as we start getting enough members. Things you should expect at a later date: EV Guild Grinding Days Shiny Hunts Tournaments We will attempt to answer any and all questions. Do not spam and please avoid asking multiples of the same question. :3 Rules Don't be a troll. Don't harass. Don't spam. Be active. Leader EmoClaw Admins Zilvake Members ItsExodusHere Blackowl Let us take over PokeMMO! ^.^

Hello Everyone! Everyone should consider joining this smashing team! Events will be organized through it and hopefully everyone can have a lot of fun! 1. There are no requirements to join. 2. To join simply post your name in the thread. 3. Events and Meetings will be held so check the thread regularly. 4. Any Questions or Comments? If so post them in thread or whisper me in game @NigelThornbery.

---Xatu has joined Team Pangea!---16/9/2012 We've been around for a while, and I'm sure a few of you here on the forums have even had a few encounters with us. But now it's about time to make Team Pangea an official addition to The Round-table! WHO WE ARE Team Pangea is a tight-knit group of trainers with a spirit for adventure and team-work. We're a "Punch-First Ask-Later" kind of group, and we don't take "No" for an answer. We're firm believers in destiny, and will do everything and anything in order to become the very best. WHAT WE DO Team Pangea is renowned for its duality. We'll either give you the best day of your life... or make your worst nightmares a fierce reality.... We host many unofficial events in the PokeMMO world. A few examples include: The Team Pangea Triathlon, The Team Pangea Exeggcute Festival, and The Team Pangea Rhyhorn Rampage, all of which have been extremely successful events in the past. You may also have run into us in the underbelly tunnels of PokeMMO... we may have even stolen a 'Mon or two from you. That's right, we don't play nice... unless we do... in which case we play very nice.... WHY WE'RE HERE The most simplistic reason... is that we're here to make the world a better, more exciting place. A lil' chaos, debauchery, and Pokemon stealin' here and there never hurt anyone.... And a few friendly celebrations, events, and festivals never hurt anyone either, as far as we can tell. Keep an eye on the General Discussion threads for upcoming Team Pangea Events! CURRENT MEMBERS BRYON SPOOKY YUSTAR STEVENMANSUETO EHRMANTRAUT BXLPHABET SHOWMEYOURWEEN XATU Team Pangea is now officialy on the scene! So keep an eye out! Team Pangea Events will be posted in General Discussion Team Pangea Tournaments will be posted in Competition Alley TEAM PANGEA IS CURRENTLY NOT ACCEPTING TRAINEES. Everyone is welcome to the participate in events and tournaments, however! See you in Kanto!

VENDETTA We are Vendetta, a mysterious group that holds many secrets, our motive and what we believe in will not be released publicly at this time. Our main hideout is a secret location and will not be discussed here, however Vendetta members can be seen everywhere. Members: Founder / Team Management: Zerokah (Me) Member: Griffster ----- Vendetta is believed to have no rivals or allies at this time NOTE: You do not apply or Vendetta, Vendetta finds you!