i stopped memorizing them when ruby sapphire came out

Also I cant help it if other people alraedy think I'm a superstar:

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sorry, oh great master of everything.

^I dont even know who this guy is

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I'm familiar with every pokemon on a competitive level. Does that count?

What's the most popular moveset for Zangoose and Armaldo?

By the gods, I had a phase that lasted a year. I was so into Pokemon Online (the battle simulator, with the client thing) that I recognized I have a problem. Of course, I also had a problem with MtG but that one lasted much shorter.

You can shrug off my post if you'd like, but it's 100% the truth.

We're not superstars, we're just guys dropping small snippets of our feeling and thought into the endless ocean of the internet. This text can't truly express the intricate signals and flavors of our human experience. Hoping that there's someone like-minded out there to connect with, to interact with.This isn't something static or truly established, we're the first humans to experience this phenomenon in all of the history of mankind. It's up to us to decide how it should be conducted, we're truly designing social constructs of a unique kind.

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What's the most popular moveset for Zangoose and Armaldo?

By the gods, I had a phase that lasted a year. I was so into Pokemon Online (the battle simulator, with the client thing) that I recognized I have a problem. Of course, I also had a problem with MtG but that one lasted much shorter.

Last generation I constantly used Armaldo and Zangoose, you see I was an NU player mostly.
On my Zangoose:
Adamant nature: 252 attack 252 speed 4 hp
Moves: Quick attack, Facade, Night Slash, Close Combat
Ability: Toxic boost
Item: Toxic Orb

You see Toxic orb poisons him, while his toxic boost boosts him. you can predict a ghost type move to switch him in and have it activate for free. Then it boosts facade, which has stab with Zangoose. He'll hit like a fucking train, nightslash and close combat only if they're super effective, otherwise Facade is a better option. And since quick attack gets stab, with the huge boost from toxic boost it's actually viable. He's a BEAST! You can even run swords dance on him if you're feeling especially balsy, after a swords boost with toxic boost, he can OHKO pretty much anything.

Armaldo:
Impish nature: 252 HP 252 Defense 4 SpDefense
Moves: Rapid Spin, Stealth Rock, Rock Blast, XScissor
Ability: Battle armor
Item: Left overs
Outclassed, but in NU he is a fucking monster. A bulky rapid spin support, with a surprisingly high attack stat, nothing like watching the enemy suddenly lose a pokemon to a super effective x scissor that they underestimated.

These are just the sets I liked the most. There is no most popular set for these pokemon, as they're NU or "NeverUsed" which means they aren't popular.

I played gen 6 competitively but not a lot compared to gen 5.
I played a shitload of gen 5, I had an NU rain team that was so insane.

Team leader was electrode.

I played Pokemon Online for about 7 months. My favorite team was 6 Dragonites. I didn't win a lot.

I fail to comprehend how weather continues to stay viable in NU. It doesn't last for long and when it runs out, your weather starter (and your backup) is usually dead at that point.

Baton Pass teams rustle my jimmies very hard.

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I fail to comprehend how weather continues to stay viable in NU. It doesn't last for long and when it runs out, your weather starter (and your backup) is usually dead at that point.

Baton Pass teams rustle my jimmies very hard.

Well you see, in NU there was almost no weather, since permanent weather starters were higher tier. And my team was entirely composed of NU pokemon who benefit from the rain being out, in one way or another. I had to get really creative to keep my teams typing from getting lopsided. Like swift swim beartic, awww yeah. I had 3 rain inducers on my team especially electrode, who was packing a pretty unique moveset.

Electrode:
Nature: Timid/Modest
Ability: Static
Ev's: 252 Special Attack 252 Speed 4 Hp
Moves: Taunt, Thunder, Rain dance, Volt switch
Item: Focus sash

Taunt was the dark horse of this set, since he was the lead he could often cripple teams stealth rock openers right off the bat, since Electrode is so fucking fast. Then when they retaliate with a super effective move, I'd use rain dance, but stay alive due to my focus sash I could then switch in a pokemon who was resistant or immune to the type of attack that they're going to use, a free switch in and able to use electrode for another use. Of course, this could be risky if my team wasn't so damn solid, but usually the pokemon I switch out is in the rain and extremely powerful against their stealth rocker. If they weren't a stealth rocker but instead a spike user I could taunt, rain dance and thunder, then volt switch to someone safe, usually KO'ing the enemies lead. Since thunder doesn't miss in the rain. And it's especially nasty since thunder has a 30% chance to paralyze in conjunction with Electrodes static it's just gnarly.
He had an option against virtually any lead in NU.

Well, I won't doubt your teambuilding skills. You should try to save a replay.

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Well, I won't doubt your teambuilding skills. You should try to save a replay.

I would've loved to, but that teams file and generation 5 all together are long gone. I've tried it just doesn't work the same in this new generation. But man, I've got to tell you. At the peak of gen 5 at the maturity of the meta game, this team really fucking dominated. I even fought OU teams, I fought an OU tournament on a server and won with this team.
Swift swim beartic can kill dragonite in the rain, eviolite magneton running a steel killer set can take ferrothorn and then some. You wouldn't believe how many of these I got.

Soandso: Lol ur pokemon suck
Me: I just use the pokemon I like
Soandso: O that's stupid
Me: Then why did I win?
Soandso has disconnected.

It was insane how many people after the tournament switched teams and were like, REMATCH! Because my NU team had taken their honor.


Omg this is so candid. This is hilarious.

I'm curious, what goes into building a Pokemon team? Is there some kind of structure(s) people tend to follow?

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I'm curious, what goes into building a Pokemon team? Is there some kind of structure(s) people tend to follow?

It's up to preference some what. And in generation 5 there were usually leads or pokemon that you always sent out first, since there's team viewer in generation 6 it's important to have a fairly versatile team.
But a pretty solid build would look like. 1 physical attack 1 special attack 1 physical defender 1 special defender 1 rapid spin/defogger and 1 wild card. As if you don't have a defog or rapid spinner, you're fucked and shit out of luck.

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I'm curious, what goes into building a Pokemon team? Is there some kind of structure(s) people tend to follow?

AFAIK:
1. Come up with a 'core', usually one or two pokemon that are the highlights of the team. Either a strong lead, a good midway or a devastating finisher.
2. Add teammates that complement the core
3. Revise revise

Optional step before 1: Decide on an 'archetype', either full-offense or stall or something.

Edit: ninja'd

just put 2 dark, 2 psychic, 1 fairy, and 1 dragon. pokemon ftw

The campaign taught me bad habits. Selected Pokemon with the strongest attacks or cool looks. Salamence (my favourite), Blaziken, Tyranitar, Gengar, Metagross. Leveled all to 100, all attacks, no defense moves. Then left my DS in my hotel room and some mother fucker stole it.