Approved by Aragorn the King
Run by me and Vertex
Thanks FookMi? c:
This kinda died out pretty quickly, a lack of player discussion made it hard to continue.
Welcome to the OU Research Thread for ORAS! This thread is aimed to find the potential of Pokemon and analyzing them. For each slate of Pokemon, we will have 2 stages: sign-up and ladder, then analysis stage. You have around a week to work through your chosen Pokemon, and then I will declare the analysis stage. After most people have posted what they believe about a Pokemon, then we will start a new slate! Just keep the following in mind:
A Hall of Fame has been implemented for quality posts, and post(s) will be chosen each slate!
This week's Pokemon!
Hydregion
Medicham (Mega)
Crawdaunt
How useful are these Pokemon in ORAS OU? What sets can they run effectively? What gives them trouble? What advantages do they have over other Pokemon? How well do they work in the metagame? If you have anything to say about any of these Pokemon, please sign up and during analysis period, discuss them! It doesn't matter if you've used them or have just faced them in battle, anything is fine (but please, do try them). Just be sure to back up your posts with good competitive reasoning.
Research Subject(s):
Ladder Account:
Have Fun!
You may discuss during sign-ups, but don't theorymon too much. Wait until analysis period to provide good information.
Run by me and Vertex
Thanks FookMi? c:
This kinda died out pretty quickly, a lack of player discussion made it hard to continue.
Welcome to the OU Research Thread for ORAS! This thread is aimed to find the potential of Pokemon and analyzing them. For each slate of Pokemon, we will have 2 stages: sign-up and ladder, then analysis stage. You have around a week to work through your chosen Pokemon, and then I will declare the analysis stage. After most people have posted what they believe about a Pokemon, then we will start a new slate! Just keep the following in mind:
- Be open-minded, don't just say something is terrible and walk away; look at its stats, movepool, and typing and think something up!
- Feel free to theorymon early in the research period, but make it clear you're doing so. Later in the period though, you will be expected to back up your posts with hard evidence like logs, actual sets, perhaps even teams.
- Just because an analysis has been done for a Pokemon doesn't mean there isn't more to explore; it's very likely that something has gone unnoticed.
- Do not post in this thread complaining about the Pokemon I choose and / or suggesting ones we should do for future weeks. Feel free to VM / PM me these suggestions, but don't expect me to always listen to you.
- Remember to use raw evidence during analysis stage, and don't tell us, show us!
A Hall of Fame has been implemented for quality posts, and post(s) will be chosen each slate!
This week's Pokemon!
Hydregion
Medicham (Mega)
Crawdaunt
How useful are these Pokemon in ORAS OU? What sets can they run effectively? What gives them trouble? What advantages do they have over other Pokemon? How well do they work in the metagame? If you have anything to say about any of these Pokemon, please sign up and during analysis period, discuss them! It doesn't matter if you've used them or have just faced them in battle, anything is fine (but please, do try them). Just be sure to back up your posts with good competitive reasoning.
Research Subject(s):
Ladder Account:
Have Fun!
You may discuss during sign-ups, but don't theorymon too much. Wait until analysis period to provide good information.
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