A few questions about Pokemon Showdown?
Hi, I’d just like to know, what is the most popular tier on PS at the moment?
Also, I’d like to use a type of team to play in OU that isn’t Trick Room or weather.Preferably, I want a team that is rarely used or uncommon and can still peak pretty high on the ladder.
What’s OU Goodstuff, and what are the best Pokemon to use in it? I’m thinking of making a team in that tier.
All answers are appreciated. Thanks.
Pleaselog inorregisterto add a comment.
The most popular tier is and always has been OU. Undeserving of its popularity imo, but is is still the most played tier. If you want something different and more interesting to play, play UU or RU.
We don’t really build teams for you, and neither will any other site like Smogon. You can’t really steal a team and say “I reached 1700 on the ladder!” because someone pretty much did the work for you. Anyways, it’s hard to go into OU with a Pokemon from a lower tier and get a good peak with it, as quite often it’s in a lower tier for a reason, for example outclassed or easily countered. There are some decent OU Pokemon in UU, namely Mienshao, Assault Vest Metagross, Volcarona, Blissey (use Chansey though), Sableye, Galvantula, etc. Just don’t go too crazy with it (don’t bring something like an Aurorus into an OU game for example as it will die). Only use these Pokemon if your team really needs it; for example, Galvantula can set Sticky Web which might help if your team if it is slow, but otherwise it is outclassed by Mega Manectric.
As for what’s good in OU, again there really isn’t an answer. There is never really a best overall Pokemon, that depends on the person’s team and what is going to be most useful to take it down and what is going to be able to support the Pokemon you need to keep alive to beat the opponent. If determining what’s the best based on usage counts, Greninja would be best, but that does not necessarily mean it’s the “best”. Pokemon like Mega Mawile are being suspect tested (which means Smogon are considering banning it), even though it is not nearly as popular as Greninja. However, Smogon have complied a bit of a list of good Pokemon to use in OUhere, but unless you have experience playing the tier you won’t know why they’re good and you may end up using them the wrong way. So just try to throw together a team that has decent synergy and coverage of the metagame and discover how it works and what counters what yourself. You can’t instantly become good at OU by reading articles and building a good team, you need to learn prediction, common movesets on Pokemon and how the tier works in general.
A few resources that might help you understand the game better:
