Smogon forums gen 8 ou Sub-forums: Gen 9 OU Archive Gen 9 OU Tiering Action OU Analyses; Project SV OU - Victim of the Week (Week 66: Bulky DD Roaring Moon) Today at 6:35 PM; Gen 9 Smogon University Usage Statistics Discussion Thread Marty; Dec 1, 2022; The moderators of this forum are Slowpoke Fan, Welcome to Smogon! Take a moment to read the Introduction to Smogon for a run-down on everything Smogon, and make sure you take some time to read the global rules. Resource SS OU Good OU Forum Leader. Feb 2, 2024 #1 Hey. I've always loved using trick room in previous generations, as being able to outspeed some of the horrifying meta mons (such as dragapult and scarfed darm. Smogon Classic Terms and rules; Closed Forums. Oct 27, 2020 Sceptile is pretty outclassed in Gen 8 OU as an offensive Grass type. Jan 4, 2022 #15 Welcome to Smogon! Thread Cryonics. Dex. Sceptile gen 8 OU team. Join the OU Discord for live discussion! With the unique nature of Gen 8 OU put on the table, there's clearly quite a bit to discuss, and a shocking range of Pokemon that could be feasibly nominated here. Gen 8 Competitive Discussion. Since this is a tier list for the entire metagame, everything is lumped together. Join the discord for live discussions! Threads The moderators of this forum are Slowpoke Fan, Duck Chris, ken, and Tysonslayer. The big question that we will try to answer with this Smogon Forums posts speed tiers for most formats, including gen 8 OU. SS OU Gen 8 OU Team, Offensive. Thread starter StrictWaffle; Start date Aug 7, 2021; StrictWaffle. Gen 8 National Dex Tournament Gen 8 National Dex OU Ghosting Tour - Won by GPL Upper Management ibleachyourskin; May 4, 2024; 2 3. This is the Forums. the moment november 18 2022 rolled around the entire playerbase decided that getting their cheeks clapped by booster energy paradoxes and kingambit was way more fun than whatever we're doing here. Gen 8 SS Battle Tower/OU Toxapex & Dragapult, First Team Thread starter RELIN-Q; Start date Feb 2, 2024; RELIN-Q. Gen 8 OU Archive. Nov 21, 2019 #1 Been playing rains since gen 3 b/c swampert is my fave mon of all time (f in the chat for the boy) and I really like barraskewda in this gen and didn't play very much The general idea of the topic is to rank each OU Pokemon under "rankings" that go in descending order. Go. Offensive Cores + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + (R) + + + (S/R) + + + + + + (S/R) + (S) Smogon's Take a moment to read the Introduction to Smogon for a run-down on everything Smogon, and make sure you take some time to read the global rules. SS OU. Welcome to Smogon! Take a moment to read the Introduction to Smogon for a run-down on everything Smogon, I’m new and want to improve in gen 9 OU Wr3nslay3r; Mar 25, 2025; Replies 1 Views 425. Cold Storage. 2007 - 2022 Rate My Team . Dec 8, 2019 #2 Outdated Cores. With Generation 8 coming to a close we can look back at the meta throughout the years and remember a few teams. Site Projects Archive. National Dex . Next Last. SS OU Teams SS OU CorviKnight Team Gen 8 Ou. 1 of 2 Go to page. Sep 3, 2024 #9 The samples have been updated to reflect the current metagame. SS OU Gen 8 Sun Team! Thread starter Rotten; Start date Nov 29, 2019; 1; 2; Next. Competitive Play. Closed Forums. Replies 65 So, I'll go ahead, and say Switch Toxic Spikes with Toxic, Toxic Spikes, on paper are a good idea, no doubt, but the problem, is that there are MANY 'mons with either boots, defog or Rapid Spin, and Toxapex does not have the Oomph something like Life Orb Nidoking has, so whenever it set ups, the only way to reliably threaten would be a Scald burn, making the job Gen 8 Competitive Discussion. I almost ran HJK as well but Close Combat is too good to pass up in gen 8 :). Life Orb is mainly just used as homage to checkroom's Scrafty set, but it actually does make Scrafty a pretty good offensive threat. Rotten. Welcome to Smogon! You have the makings of a solid team, but a lot of the sets are weird. However, with just a few days of observation, Shadow Tag is evidently very broken. Thread starter Emborfire; Start date Aug 19, 2022; Emborfire. SceptileFan. Nov 1, 2021 #1 Mamoswine @ Focus Sash Ability: Oblivious EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Closed Forums. Welcome to Smogon! SS OU Gen 8 Ou Dragapult Hex sweep. Congrats to the winners of the 2024 Smog Awards! Home. Smogon Classic The OU Council has agreed to ban Shadow Tag from Gen 8 OU. Gen 8 Rate my Gen 8 OU team. Smogon Metagames. Welcome to Smogon! Take a moment to read the Introduction to Smogon for a run-down on everything Smogon, and make sure you take some time to read the global rules. Ditto @ Choice Scarf Ability: Imposter Shiny: Yes EVs: 248 HP / 8 Atk / 252 Def I want a guide to team build for gen 8 Ou updated meta preferably for HO or balance. Rillaboom is often great to bring out early game to set Grassy Terrain and it Hello Nevelion, welcome to Smogon!I’m here to rate your team and suggest some changes to improve it. It has a high HP stat to be tanky, has roost Welcome to the Sample Teams thread! This thread is meant to highlight the best of the best teams in the Doubles OU tier. Trainers' School. Libero, despite its Welcome to Smogon! Each Pokemon that is here is viable in the OU metagame, and as such, it will change as the viability rankings get updated. Here’s the standard set: Ninetales-Alola @ Light Clay Ability: Snow Warning EVs: 252 HP / 4 SpA / 252 Spe Timid Nature "I don't play much gen 8" dude look around. You can also post for stall for benefit to other users. Thread starter Physicus; Start date Aug 31, 2021; Physicus. Forums. SS OU Gen 8 rain team. Aug 7, 2021 #1 Hi, I've been playing Pokemon since I was very young, and in high school got into Showdown Hello all! Come the introduction of Sword and Shield, I've really gotten into Gen 8 OU battles, and decided to make a fun, gimmicky team with some good synergy. Articles. Jan 15, 2023 Something you could do to help make this a bit easier is alternate your Corviknight spread to the standard Smogon Spread, and try Assault Vest Get your SS OU teams rated here! Home. To start:-Alolan Ninetales can be good in OU, but as an Aurora Veil setter rather than an attacker. the forums are somewhere between a ghost town and a mall Welcome to Smogon! Take a moment to read the Introduction to Smogon for a run-down on everything Smogon, and make sure you take some time to read the global rules . Thread starter toyetic; Start date Nov 21, 2019; toyetic. Shadow Tag has been banned from the preceding 3 generations, yet we decided to be thorough and give it a fair shot in this new metagame. Congrats to the winners of the 2024 Smog Awards! Home Welcome to Smogon! Forums. OU Forum Leader. There won't be any segregation between offense, defense, and supportive presences in the metagame within this thread. Also it seems like the Looking at the team, you seem to have understand which Pokemon that can shine in SS OU, but I think that you are pretty new to the metagame which can explain why most of With the new introduction of the first batch of hidden, I wanted to make a post to be able to share sample teams for those people who are new and would like to enter the Would like tips on improvements or the general quality of the team. Welcome to Smogon! SS OU Gen 8 Dragmag. The team has a nice offensive basis with the deadly Kartana + Magnezone duo. Nov 22, 2019 #1 Hello! Here I have with me a cursed team. Focus Band is also not a good item. Past Gen Teams . First time in Gen 8, and first time posting on this thread, so if I'm missing anything (I did read the rules, promise!), please let me know! Galvantula (F) @ Wise Glasses Ability: Compound Eyes Shiny: Yes EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Timid Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Thunder - Welcome to Smogon! and make sure you take some time to read the global rules. Resource SS OU Sample Teams (Updated on: Sep 5) Thread starter Finchinator; Start date Jun 19, 2020; Status Not open for further replies. Thread starter AzureRazor; Start date Jan 15, 2023; AzureRazor. Congrats to the winners Gen 8 Rate my Gen 8 OU Hyper Offensive Team. SS OU Teams . Thread starter RedDiamond1024; Start date Nov 1, 2021; RedDiamond1024. Mar 25, 2025. Thread Cryonics. Rate My Team. SS OU Gen 8 Dragmag RedDiamond1024; Nov 1, 2021; Get your SV OU teams rated here! Home. Being able to force out Tyranitar and other Dark and Ghost types is really useful imo for this team composition. Thread starter SceptileFan; Start date Oct 27, 2020; Status Not open for further replies. (Also to know it better :P) you Take a moment to read the Introduction to Smogon for a run-down on everything Smogon, and make sure you take some time to read the global rules. Congrats to the winners of the 2024 Smog Awards! Approved by the OU mod team. Welcome to Smogon! SS OU The Clown Police (Gen 8 Stall) Thread starter ausma; Start date Nov 22, 2019; ausma my own master. OU GEN 8 Hyper-Offense Team - Peaked 1250 need help improving. Galar's most popular starter has skyrocketed in usage and potency ever since its hidden ability, Libero, got released mid-June. A huge thank you to the OU room staff for collecting these teams, along with all Welcome to Smogon! SS OU Incineroar in Gen 8 OU?!?! Thread starter Rahulbro567; Start date Oct 17, 2020; Well, Your rating out of 5? 5 - Lovin It Votes: 1 Closed Forums. Thread starter UltimateOtaku7; Start date Apr Welcome to Smogon! Forums. SS OU Teams. Mar 20, 2020 Lastly, forum rules prevent me from changing more than 3 of your mons, so I'm just going to suggest a small tweak to Cobalion, who is giving you a vital Dark resist ATM, though he is hard walled by Toxapex Role / General Tips: Rillaboom is a breaker, sweeper-stopper, Water resist, and most importantly, Grassy Terrain support for the team. It is meant to be This is my OU rain team that I think works very well!! Pelipper @ Damp Rock Ability: Drizzle EVs: 248 HP / 252 SpA / 8 SpD Modest Nature - Hurricane - U-turn - Weather Ball - Roost My first mon is the rain-setter of the team, Pelipper. Thread starter Mason9198; Start date Mar 20, 2020; Mason9198. it's arguable that there should be a higher percentage of niche picks listed in a Gen 8 RC for the obvious reason of a smaller pool of available mons and something like Coalossal whilst not First fini is better than lele defensively beacuse of better bulk and misty surge,lele is more of a wall breaker,psyshock is a good move to use on it,Garchomp is stronger than Haxorus,swords dance plus scale shot can sweep teams,and it can also defeat staple Heatran,the 3rd most used pokemon in the tier,if it get off a scale shot it can out Welcome to Smogon! and make sure you take some time to read the global rules. Nov 29, 2019 #1 Hello, folks! After multiple battles in OU, I decided to be creative and run a Sun Team! This team is powered Closed Forums. Dragapult is a great addition with this offensive core for the speed control it brings, its ability to pressure most Kartana switch-ins and its pivoting capacities. no fuckin clue why. Aug 19, 2022 #1 Use the standard Sp. Sample Teams are exemplary teams that have proven themselves to be good and are basic enough for beginners to use, allowing them to pick up the fundamentals of teambuilding and doubles play. Welcome to Smogon! Take a moment to read the Introduction to Smogon for a run-down on everything Smogon, and make sure you take some time to read the global rules. Ground types are by far the most dominant that they have ever been in the history of OU. ) was always very satisfying. SS OU . The moderators of this Sub-forums: National Dex Ubers National Dex Ubers Archive NatDex Ubers Analyses For all things related to Gen 8 National Dex. nobody plays much gen 8. However, your defensive core Welcome to Smogon! Thread Cryonics. Aug 31, 2021 #1 Hey Dudes and Dudettes, After a few days of using sample teams and having some OU matches i made my first own team. 2007 - 2022 Rate My Team. Def smogon set or the offensive one for Heatran and the standard set for Slowbro. 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