@BANKS and I played our OU Singles match. I won 2-0.
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GGs ddk, thank you for your patience and all of your advice! 
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ggs! You have a lot of potential and are learning these formats fast. Our games were a lot of fun!
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Would you believe me if I told you that I added Raikou to my team at 5:59 today? @pfm
Was originally starmie but that was too similar to my gen 3 teams
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Honestly Clefable was probably my best defense against the Raikou but you also paralyzed it on switch in IN BOTH GAMES
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Wailmer banned rip in peace
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Raikou ( 436700 )
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Abilities
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-Pressure ( 100.0% )
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Items
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-Leftovers ( 40.57% )
-Life Orb ( 24.65% )
-Shuca Berry ( 10.73% )
-Lum Berry ( 7.54% )
-Choice Scarf ( 6.27% )
-Choice Specs ( 3.56% )
-Other ( 3.13% )
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Spreads
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-Timid:0/0/0/252/4/252 ( 29.76% )
-Rash:0/0/0/252/4/252 ( 24.3% )
-Rash:0/4/0/252/0/252 ( 14.97% )
-Rash:4/0/0/252/0/252 ( 9.08% )
-Other ( 7.61% )
-Rash:0/0/4/252/0/252 ( 4.32% )
-Timid:4/0/0/252/0/252 ( 3.58% )
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Moves
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-Thunderbolt ( 96.99% )
-Hidden Power Ice ( 70.32% )
-Aura Sphere ( 54.3% )
-Calm Mind ( 47.18% )
-Shadow Ball ( 29.06% )
-Extreme Speed ( 24.84% )
-Protect ( 18.23% )
-Hidden Power Grass ( 16.42% )
-Other ( 15.22% )
-Substitute ( 14.24% )
-Weather Ball ( 2.77% )
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Teammates
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-Latias ( 16.34% )
-Tyranitar ( 15.98% )
-Suicune ( 14.79% )
-Heatran ( 13.84% )
-Skarmory ( 12.84% )
-Scizor ( 11.83% )
-Gyarados ( 9.76% )
-Jirachi ( 8.83% )
-Flygon ( 8.56% )
-Swampert ( 7.72% )
-Bronzong ( 7.58% )
-Gengar ( 7.33% )
-Infernape ( 7.27% )
-Roserade ( 6.9% )
-Starmie ( 6.18% )
-Dragonite ( 6.04% )
-Rotom-Heat ( 5.88% )
-Lucario ( 5.46% )
-Metagross ( 4.46% )
-Rotom-Wash ( 2.95% )
-Breloom ( 2.71% )
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Counters
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-Blissey ( 15.18% ) 4.3% KO'd / 16.67% switch
-Swampert ( 8.83% ) 3.18% KO'd / 8.89% switch
-Hippowdon ( 1.75% ) 0.76% KO'd / 1.78% switch
-Dugtrio ( 1.62% ) 2.32% KO'd / 0.0% switch
-Tyranitar ( 0.65% ) 0.56% KO'd / 0.35% switch
-Latias ( 0.62% ) 0.38% KO'd / 0.45% switch
-Snorlax ( 0.35% ) 0.37% KO'd / 0.21% switch
-Metagross ( 0.32% ) 0.16% KO'd / 0.25% switch
only 6% use scarf? weird. I sorta suspected you may use a few flying types so I wanted a strong counter. I did not expect him to 1v4 for me though. I couldnt even use the nature I wanted either because apparently aura sphere is an event limited move to a rash raikou
Let me recalculate for high ranking players only
Raikou ( 144300 )
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Abilities
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-Pressure ( 100.0% )
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Items
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-Leftovers ( 39.2% )
-Life Orb ( 33.21% )
-Shuca Berry ( 9.89% )
-Lum Berry ( 5.89% )
-Choice Scarf ( 4.27% )
-Other ( 2.53% )
-Chesto Berry ( 2.31% )
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Spreads
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-Timid:0/0/0/252/4/252 ( 29.93% )
-Rash:0/4/0/252/0/252 ( 21.88% )
-Rash:0/0/0/252/4/252 ( 18.97% )
-Rash:4/0/0/252/0/252 ( 8.69% )
-Rash:0/0/4/252/0/252 ( 4.69% )
-Other ( 4.02% )
-Timid:4/0/0/252/0/252 ( 3.7% )
-Timid:0/0/4/252/0/252 ( 2.23% )
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Moves
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-Thunderbolt ( 99.67% )
-Hidden Power Ice ( 74.2% )
-Aura Sphere ( 54.81% )
-Calm Mind ( 45.89% )
-Extreme Speed ( 30.04% )
-Protect ( 22.44% )
-Shadow Ball ( 22.44% )
-Hidden Power Grass ( 17.93% )
-Other ( 13.77% )
-Substitute ( 10.09% )
-Rest ( 2.45% )
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Teammates
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-Latias ( 21.43% )
-Skarmory ( 19.94% )
-Suicune ( 19.79% )
-Tyranitar ( 17.98% )
-Heatran ( 12.98% )
-Scizor ( 12.49% )
-Swampert ( 11.64% )
-Flygon ( 11.57% )
-Bronzong ( 10.99% )
-Rotom-Heat ( 10.34% )
-Infernape ( 9.46% )
-Jirachi ( 9.42% )
-Lucario ( 8.61% )
-Roserade ( 7.9% )
-Gyarados ( 7.31% )
-Gengar ( 6.67% )
-Dragonite ( 6.12% )
-Rotom-Wash ( 5.92% )
-Metagross ( 4.72% )
-Starmie ( 3.51% )
-Uxie ( 3.46% )
-Empoleon ( 3.01% )
-Zapdos ( 2.84% )
-Venomoth ( 2.83% )
-Breloom ( 2.3% )
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pfm going full tryhard mode is actually the most threatening thing I’ve seen all year.
Time for the loser’s bracket run of a century.
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So it’s one day before the deadline to submit VGC teams and I’ve only received one team so far.
Would it help people if I posted a bunch of sample teams? I know it’s an ancient format that doesn’t see play nowadays so it can be hard to find a starting point.
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What an outstanding forum member that must have been
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Yes. Ideas on where to start would probably help. Its also been a busy week but im trying to get it together 
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Certainly the wisest!
Cheers!
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Me 3 weeks ago: I’m gonna cook up something special for this tournament
Me today:
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I forgot that laptop and phone versions of showdown don’t synch… rip me
Will still try and get something in tonight
they dont but you can still download the team data on your phone to dm
I left my laptop at home and am boarding a flight in a few min 
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oh wait a minute, you’re against me the first round.
no help for you
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For those of you in need of ideas:
VGC 08/09
Rain
Chris Tsai’s Los Angeles Regional Winning Team
https://pokepast.es/c11dcc27748f73c0
Trick Room
MOLF’s 2008 World Championship Winning Team
https://pokepast.es/812ef83d6c1709a6
Huy Ha’s San Francisco Regional Winning Team
https://pokepast.es/9a2acecec5fdb6a2
Goodstuffs/Balance
Bonta-kun’s New York Regional Winning Team
https://pokepast.es/07147f61a1e94814
makiri’s Phoenix Regionals Winning Team
https://pokepast.es/827f14ace3c0bf65
Alaka’s Dallas Regionals Winning Team
https://pokepast.es/0349f418bdd97a8c
Pokethan’s Philadelphia Regionals Winning Team
https://pokepast.es/bf10fbec09411772
OmegaDonut’s US Nationals Winning Team
https://pokepast.es/fc8d44be1134623a
Kazuyuki Tsuji’s 2009 World Championship Winning Team
Kazuyuki Tsuji's 2009 Senior World Champion Team (edited)
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VGC 10
makiri’s Seattle Regionals Winning Team
makiri's Seattle Regionals Winning Team
David Arnold’s Atlanta Regionals Winning Team
WaterPokemonTrainer's Atlanta Regionals Winning Team
xerograde’s Phoenix Regionals Winning Team
xerograde's Phoenix Regionals Winning Team
Huy Ha’s 5th Place Worlds Team
Huy Ha - 5th Place 2010 Worlds
Ray Rizzo’s 2010 World Championships Winning Team
Ray Rizzo's 2010 Senior World Champion Team
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