Welcome to a new start of one of your favorite NU forum projects, Pokemon of the Week! Yep, that's right, I'm taking this over from DTC, so get ready to discuss NU's Pokémon once again! You will probably be familiar with it if you were active in this when DTC hosted, or if you frequently visit another metagame's subforum, but for those of you who are new to this, I will explain it.
The purpose of this project is twofold: to discuss prominent NU Pokemon and serve as a guide of sorts to newer players. A new Pokemon will be discussed each week. Feel free to share your experiences with the Pokemon, their role in the NU metagame, creative sets you've came up with that are effective, etc.
There is also a page on-site in the NU hub that will detail all of the NU Pokemon of the Week. It can be found Here. Please note that I will not be re-doing these in the near future.
The order in which PotW's will be chosen will mainly be in order of their Viability Ranking. However, if there's a specific Pokémon that has sparked a lot of discussion in our IRC channel #neverused, i might post that one instead of sticking to the order
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The first Pokemon of the Week is:
Samurott
Type:Water
Base Stats: 95 HP / 100 Atk / 85 Def / 108 SpA / 70 SpD / 70 Spe
Abilities: Torrent, Shell Armor (DW, Unreleased)
Samurott has always been one of the most dominant forces in the NU tier since it moved down from RU. It's Hydro Pump can be devastating, especially when the otter beast is in Torrent Range. Even then, your best special wall isn't safe as you will often find yourself switching in on a physical SD Samurott. Because it has access to Taunt, Samurott can act as an amazing offensive anti-lead as well. What are your experiences with using samurott and how do you deal with it when facing it? Discuss!
The purpose of this project is twofold: to discuss prominent NU Pokemon and serve as a guide of sorts to newer players. A new Pokemon will be discussed each week. Feel free to share your experiences with the Pokemon, their role in the NU metagame, creative sets you've came up with that are effective, etc.
There is also a page on-site in the NU hub that will detail all of the NU Pokemon of the Week. It can be found Here. Please note that I will not be re-doing these in the near future.
The order in which PotW's will be chosen will mainly be in order of their Viability Ranking. However, if there's a specific Pokémon that has sparked a lot of discussion in our IRC channel #neverused, i might post that one instead of sticking to the order
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The first Pokemon of the Week is:
Samurott
Type:Water
Base Stats: 95 HP / 100 Atk / 85 Def / 108 SpA / 70 SpD / 70 Spe
Abilities: Torrent, Shell Armor (DW, Unreleased)
Samurott has always been one of the most dominant forces in the NU tier since it moved down from RU. It's Hydro Pump can be devastating, especially when the otter beast is in Torrent Range. Even then, your best special wall isn't safe as you will often find yourself switching in on a physical SD Samurott. Because it has access to Taunt, Samurott can act as an amazing offensive anti-lead as well. What are your experiences with using samurott and how do you deal with it when facing it? Discuss!