Club Pikachu: Huh? What Message?

[Enrise]

Unless you know what TWEWY is, don't bother trying to get in the convo.

[Skuldur]

Nex gave me the pin and told me it was awesome. D:

 

Damn you Nex.

[iCherry]

Unless you know what TWEWY is' date=' don't bother trying to get in the convo.

[/quote']

 

If you don't know about TWEWY, you obviously need to kill yourself.

 

I know I felt like doing that after figuring out how awesome it was.

[Headmaster Monokuma]

I never played TWEWY, if it's what I am thinking of. Is it good? I have thought about getting it.

[六兆年と一夜物語]

I never played TWEWY' date=' if it's what I am thinking of. Is it good? I have thought about getting it.

[/quote']

 

*Insert over the top anime reaction pose*

 

If it wasn't good, would we talking about it?

[Kaisu]

You might be flaming it..

 

There's no way I can save up for it while trying to get a USB, HG/SS or WC10, so.. If I get it, I'll need to R4 it.. D:

[Headmaster Monokuma]

I am not pleased with your sarcasm. You know what I mean. Is it good enough to make me want to buy it?

[iCherry]

I am not pleased with your sarcasm. You know what I mean. Is it good enough to make me want to buy it?

 

If we're sitting here calling it amazing, what would you think about doing?

[六兆年と一夜物語]

I am not pleased with your sarcasm. You know what I mean. Is it good enough to make me want to buy it?

 

If we're sitting here calling it amazing' date=' what would you think about doing?

[/quote']

 

This is what I'm talking about. And I wasn't sarcastic.

[Pichu]

great sarcastic people......

[Nexev]

Nex gave me the pin and told me it was awesome. D:

 

Damn you Nex.

 

Wait's the matter?

 

It's totally the way to salavation and not having the city Bishonuked by pretty boy's.

 

Plus it increases your power by ten times.

 

Or something like that.

[Bassa]

I might try it, if you give it to me.

[Enrise]

No comments from the peanut gallery.

 

Yes, I just quoted him.

[Shadow Zero]

You quoted me? And yet you gave no credit. How dare you! lol jk

Unless you know what TWEWY is' date=' don't bother trying to get in the convo.

[/quote']

 

If you don't know about TWEWY, you obviously need to kill yourself.

 

I know I felt like doing that after figuring out how awesome it was.

Well it's a good thing that I'm not suicidal then. Also, I would remind you that my DS gave me the white screen of death, so there was nothing I could do about trying to find the game anyway, if they even have it here in America.

[Enrise]

You quoted me? And yet you gave no credit. How dare you! lol jk

Unless you know what TWEWY is' date=' don't bother trying to get in the convo.

[/quote']

 

If you don't know about TWEWY, you obviously need to kill yourself.

 

I know I felt like doing that after figuring out how awesome it was.

Well it's a good thing that I'm not suicidal then. Also, I would remind you that my DS gave me the white screen of death, so there was nothing I could do about trying to find the game anyway, if they even have it here in America.

 

Bull. It didn't give you the white screen, you gave it yourself by screwing it up.

Don't even go there.

[Shadow Zero]

I didn't do anything. :x One day it was working just fine. The next, white screen of death, and I had not done a single thing to it between one use and the other.

 

I now change the topic to favorite pokemon from a personal stand point.

[Enrise]

I didn't do anything. :x One day it was working just fine. The next' date=' white screen of death, and I had not done a single thing to it between one use and the other.

 

I now change the topic to favorite pokemon from a personal stand point.

[/quote']

 

You just don't randomly get it.

 

Absol. Nuff said.

[Nexev]

My favorite pokemon if Unown, simply for Pokemon 3.

[Felix]

Username (your actual username, not a made-up name): Felix

Favorite Pokemon (maximum 2): Breloom

Least Favorite Pokemon (maximum 2): Jirachi

Do you like Pikachu? (please be honest): Not particularly, the whole cute mascot thing never appeals to me. Plus it's a bad Pokemon in battle, Light Orb goes some way to give good offensive strength but low speed and Bad Move Pool/Type Coverage let it down. I don't hate the thing, more like "nothing" it. But I'm joining the club because it's a Pokemon community and I'm very into that; what with being in the top 5 Pokemon WiFi Players on YCM.

 

Topic: I've just said that it's Breloom. High attack stat and killer Move Pool make it one of the best Pokemon in OU.

[Enrise]

Accepted.

Absol is better though =o

 

Yeah, I went there sista.

[Felix]

No, Absol is not better. It's a great Pokemon and probably the coolest looking one there is but it doesn't come close to Breloom's sweeping potential and power.

 

Absol's best move set is probably a simple SD set or running CB/Scarf.

 

Breloom can perform efficiantly with any of those Move Sets (and do better than Absol) but Breloom's real power is its SubPunch sets. Setting up a Sub is easy thanks to Spore knocking out switch ins or slower Pokemon or Pokemon that failed to OHKO. At this point Breloom could instantly use Focus Punch as the opponent will either switch or stay in to try and shake off Sleep. But most of the time it will make much more sense to Sub up, defending you from the Pokemon that switched in. Then use that STAB Focus Punch to obliterate anything. Even Pokemon as physicaly bulky as Skarmory can't stand up to this insanely powerful Pokemon.

 

[spoiler=Smogon Wrote]

~ Spore

~ Focus Punch

~ Seed Bomb

~ Stone Edge / Substitute

 

The Spore Puncher is Breloom’s trademark set, and brings together almost all of its merits – Spore, monstrous Attack, powerful STAB, and Poison Heal into one powerful moveset. It can cripple the opponent with the best sleep move in the game, Spore, then either set up a Substitute or fire off a very powerful Focus Punch, denting almost anything that does not resist it as well as quite a few things that do, all the while recovering its health at a very fast rate thanks to Poison Heal. This unique position allows Breloom to occupy a niche in the Standard metagame that makes it quite different to use and to face than most other, conventional Pokémon. It is far from a gimmick Pokémon, and poses a threat quite unlike any other, a subtle blend of support and offense that makes it one of the biggest threats you can face.

 

Spore is Breloom’s signature move, shared only with Parasect and Smeargle, and is also its greatest asset. It is the only sleep move in the game with 100% accuracy, and is almost guaranteed to render one Pokémon on the opponent’s team useless. While asleep, the opponent’s Pokémon will be incapable of attacking unless it has Sleep Talk, which is where Focus Punch comes in. On paper, Breloom’s Focus Punch is more powerful than Slaking’s Return, and in tandem with Spore its negative side-effect is not as crippling. Focus Punch has a priority of –3, meaning that almost all moves will act before it, and if the user is struck with an offensive move before it uses Focus Punch, it will flinch and your turn will be wasted. With Breloom, however, Spore causes your opponent’s Pokémon to be rendered immobile, thus there is no chance of Breloom being struck, and it is free to Focus Punch the opponent with comparatively little risk. Seed Bomb is Breloom’s secondary STAB move, and allows it a more reliable way to cause damage when not protected. While Seed Bomb does not offer any notable coverage alongside Focus Punch, it does have the advantage of hitting bulky Water- and Ground-types hard, and means that Breloom is not completely helpless against Rotom-A. Breloom has a number of options for the last slot; Stone Edge is perhaps the best option, as it allows Breloom to do considerable damage to Gyarados and Salamence switching in, doing about 60% to Offensive Gyarados factoring in Intimidate, almost always a clear 2HKO even on bulky variants. Substitute is another option, and has excellent synergy with Spore and Focus Punch, similarly to the SubSeed set. Breloom can set up a Substitute after putting a Pokémon to sleep, allowing it to scout for a switch while also allowing it a lifeline against the opponent’s team if it doesn’t switch. Other options include Facade, which takes advantage of Breloom’s Toxic Orb and, while it doesn’t hit anything in particular, does have a lot of neutral coverage and can take care of the Flying-type foes who plague Breloom, as well as dealing a useful 40% to 252 HP Celebi. Mach Punch is another interesting option, granting you a priority move to bypass Breloom’s poor Speed, and also allowing Breloom to act as a makeshift revenge killer for threats such as weakened Heatran and Weavile lacking Ice Shard. Toxic Orb works very well in tandem with Breloom’s ability, Poison Heal, granting it twice as much recovery as Leftovers and preventing it from being afflicted with any crippling status. This allows Breloom to recover great amounts of health over time, due to the free turns won through Spore, as well as partially offsetting Substitute damage. Due to the increased health gained per turn, Breloom can even heal itself during a Sandstorm, though to a lesser extent. Toxic Orb also boosts Facade’s power to 140, making it a much more useful option. The EVs are fairly straightforward, with maximum Attack and an Adamant nature to make the best use of Breloom’s best stat, its base 130 Attack, as well as to maximise the power of Focus Punch. 208 Speed is the given Speed to outrun 4 Speed Gliscor, so that you can Spore it before it has a chance to attack. The remaining EVs are placed in HP.

 

This set has the potential to force a number of switches, particularly between Pokémon cycling to avoid Spore or Focus Punch, and thus Stealth Rock can be of use alongside this set. Although this Breloom is not designed to be a sweeper, Stealth Rock will slowly chip off the health of Pokémon switching in and out of Breloom, which is of particular value against Flying-type foes such as Gyarados and Zapdos. As previously mentioned, Breloom is interesting in that it both supports and, through its support, presents an offensive threat, and thus in the manner of team-mates you should be looking at those that can benefit most from Breloom’s natural distortion of conventional battle tactics. Assuming they do not include a sleep absorber on their team, your opponent will generally either switch in something that Breloom can barely hurt, such as physically defensive Celebi, and then stalling the Breloom out, or allowing the Pokémon currently out to take the Spore, then switching their best check in. This allows for two different opportunities for setting up; Pokémon who benefit from the disabling of Salamence, Weezing or Zapdos, such as Dragon Dance Gyarados or Swords Dance Scizor make quite good partners. Breloom has a tendency to want to come in on Pokémon such as Swampert or Tyranitar due to its unique typing, and should either of them be neutralised, Pokémon such as Heatran have a much easier time with the opponent’s team.

 

 

[Enrise]

No' date=' Absol is not better. It's a great Pokemon and probably the coolest looking one there is but it doesn't come close to Breloom's sweeping potential and power.

 

Absol's best move set is probably a simple SD set or running CB/Scarf.

 

Breloom can perform efficiantly with any of those Move Sets (and do better than Absol) but Breloom's real power is its SubPunch sets. Setting up a Sub is easy thanks to Spore knocking out switch ins or slower Pokemon or Pokemon that failed to OHKO. At this point Breloom could instantly use Focus Punch as the opponent will either switch or stay in to try and shake off Sleep. But most of the time it will make much more sense to Sub up, defending you from the Pokemon that switched in. Then use that STAB Focus Punch to obliterate anything. Even Pokemon as physicaly bulky as Skarmory can't stand up to this insanely powerful Pokemon.

 

[spoiler=Smogon Wrote']

~ Spore

~ Focus Punch

~ Seed Bomb

~ Stone Edge / Substitute

 

The Spore Puncher is Breloom’s trademark set, and brings together almost all of its merits – Spore, monstrous Attack, powerful STAB, and Poison Heal into one powerful moveset. It can cripple the opponent with the best sleep move in the game, Spore, then either set up a Substitute or fire off a very powerful Focus Punch, denting almost anything that does not resist it as well as quite a few things that do, all the while recovering its health at a very fast rate thanks to Poison Heal. This unique position allows Breloom to occupy a niche in the Standard metagame that makes it quite different to use and to face than most other, conventional Pokémon. It is far from a gimmick Pokémon, and poses a threat quite unlike any other, a subtle blend of support and offense that makes it one of the biggest threats you can face.

 

Spore is Breloom’s signature move, shared only with Parasect and Smeargle, and is also its greatest asset. It is the only sleep move in the game with 100% accuracy, and is almost guaranteed to render one Pokémon on the opponent’s team useless. While asleep, the opponent’s Pokémon will be incapable of attacking unless it has Sleep Talk, which is where Focus Punch comes in. On paper, Breloom’s Focus Punch is more powerful than Slaking’s Return, and in tandem with Spore its negative side-effect is not as crippling. Focus Punch has a priority of –3, meaning that almost all moves will act before it, and if the user is struck with an offensive move before it uses Focus Punch, it will flinch and your turn will be wasted. With Breloom, however, Spore causes your opponent’s Pokémon to be rendered immobile, thus there is no chance of Breloom being struck, and it is free to Focus Punch the opponent with comparatively little risk. Seed Bomb is Breloom’s secondary STAB move, and allows it a more reliable way to cause damage when not protected. While Seed Bomb does not offer any notable coverage alongside Focus Punch, it does have the advantage of hitting bulky Water- and Ground-types hard, and means that Breloom is not completely helpless against Rotom-A. Breloom has a number of options for the last slot; Stone Edge is perhaps the best option, as it allows Breloom to do considerable damage to Gyarados and Salamence switching in, doing about 60% to Offensive Gyarados factoring in Intimidate, almost always a clear 2HKO even on bulky variants. Substitute is another option, and has excellent synergy with Spore and Focus Punch, similarly to the SubSeed set. Breloom can set up a Substitute after putting a Pokémon to sleep, allowing it to scout for a switch while also allowing it a lifeline against the opponent’s team if it doesn’t switch. Other options include Facade, which takes advantage of Breloom’s Toxic Orb and, while it doesn’t hit anything in particular, does have a lot of neutral coverage and can take care of the Flying-type foes who plague Breloom, as well as dealing a useful 40% to 252 HP Celebi. Mach Punch is another interesting option, granting you a priority move to bypass Breloom’s poor Speed, and also allowing Breloom to act as a makeshift revenge killer for threats such as weakened Heatran and Weavile lacking Ice Shard. Toxic Orb works very well in tandem with Breloom’s ability, Poison Heal, granting it twice as much recovery as Leftovers and preventing it from being afflicted with any crippling status. This allows Breloom to recover great amounts of health over time, due to the free turns won through Spore, as well as partially offsetting Substitute damage. Due to the increased health gained per turn, Breloom can even heal itself during a Sandstorm, though to a lesser extent. Toxic Orb also boosts Facade’s power to 140, making it a much more useful option. The EVs are fairly straightforward, with maximum Attack and an Adamant nature to make the best use of Breloom’s best stat, its base 130 Attack, as well as to maximise the power of Focus Punch. 208 Speed is the given Speed to outrun 4 Speed Gliscor, so that you can Spore it before it has a chance to attack. The remaining EVs are placed in HP.

 

This set has the potential to force a number of switches, particularly between Pokémon cycling to avoid Spore or Focus Punch, and thus Stealth Rock can be of use alongside this set. Although this Breloom is not designed to be a sweeper, Stealth Rock will slowly chip off the health of Pokémon switching in and out of Breloom, which is of particular value against Flying-type foes such as Gyarados and Zapdos. As previously mentioned, Breloom is interesting in that it both supports and, through its support, presents an offensive threat, and thus in the manner of team-mates you should be looking at those that can benefit most from Breloom’s natural distortion of conventional battle tactics. Assuming they do not include a sleep absorber on their team, your opponent will generally either switch in something that Breloom can barely hurt, such as physically defensive Celebi, and then stalling the Breloom out, or allowing the Pokémon currently out to take the Spore, then switching their best check in. This allows for two different opportunities for setting up; Pokémon who benefit from the disabling of Salamence, Weezing or Zapdos, such as Dragon Dance Gyarados or Swords Dance Scizor make quite good partners. Breloom has a tendency to want to come in on Pokémon such as Swampert or Tyranitar due to its unique typing, and should either of them be neutralised, Pokémon such as Heatran have a much easier time with the opponent’s team.

 

 

 

tl;dr

 

Absol is far superior.

And you will bow before the almighty Absol

Obey or be castrated!

[Skuldur]

jabroni please.

 

Everyone knows that Psyduck > All Pokemon! D<

[Flame Dragon]

I kind of forgot about this until just now. As I said in the announcement all stuck clubs will get unstuck, so just letting you know that it it time for that to happen.

 

You can reapply to be a sticky in 3 months.

[iCherry]

Wait just a minute. D

 

Well it's a good thing that I'm not suicidal then. Also' date=' I would remind you that my DS gave me the white screen of death, so there was nothing I could do about trying to find the game anyway, if they even have it here in America.

[/quote']

 

Remind me? You never told me. How was I suppose to know? And you should be able to buy a new one, with the release of the... increased size DSs, atleast a regular DS should be cheap.

 

It's in America. Otherwise, I wouldn't have played it.

 

@Skuldur:

Magikarp > Psyduck > All Pokemon

GET IT RIGHT. D