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Introduction: Finally, it's the tournament finals, with college finals right around the corner too. Everywhere I look it seems to be finals. Okay enough of me blabbering on. The rules are a little bit different this round. You guys will play all 4 weathers this time round. If there turns out to...

Introduction Same thing as the previous round, except you've now got different opponents. Just remember, use Stoutland and you will win Sand, use Pelipper and you will win Rain, use Torkoal and you will win Sun, use Jynx and you will win Hail. Oh yeah, and everyone say hi to the new tournament...

Introduction *That's right! I stole the picture from the Smog without permission, plagiarism is a good habit :D Now that I've pissed a lot of people off by forcing them to endure mono-weather, it is time to move into the second stage of the tournament. While I scramble to come up with a better...

Introduction Hail has always been the weird kid everyone bullied among the weathers. I mean, just look at Abomasnow, it's fat, ugly, and stupid looking, of course big strong jock Tyranitar, class clown Politoed, and pretty girl Ninetales are gonna eat it alive. That being said, Hail is most...

Introduction Sun doesn't suck anymore, thanks to Ninetales. General Rules General tournament rules and regulations can be found here Fifth Generation Standard OU Single Elimination Species Clause OHKO Clause Evasion Clause Sleep Clause Self KO Clause Timed Battle Matches must be conducted...

With a stat spread that makes the Los Angeles Clippers look competent, and a movepool about as shallow as Brad Pitt's personality, you would think that Serperior would be doomed in the powerhouse filled DW OU. You would be so wrong. Its ability, Contrary, reverses its stat changes. Combine this...

And here we have it. Arguably the most controversial Pokemon currently in DW OU, Chandelure thrives in this hostile environment despite the omnipresence of Rain and Tyranitar. Even with so much going against it, Chandelure is probably the most overcentralizing figure in DW OU thanks to Shadow...

Keldeo is one of the premier Rain abusers in DW OU, and for good reason too. It occupies the same Speed tier as other fellow OU Fighting-type compatriots Terrakion, Infernape, and Virizion. However, Keldeo also boasts a 129 base Special Attack. If a Pokemon doesn't have a Water resistance...

Quality Control: Omicron, NatGeo, tennisace GP Checks: Badal, Omicron Garbodor [Overview] <p>Garbodor is a pile of trash, in every sense of the word. With an undesirable mono-Poison typing, unspectacular defenses, and laughable offensive stats—trumped only by its meager offensive movepool in...

Introduction Rain rain, go away, come again another day. Ah, now comes the most controversial of the BW permanent weathers. Politoed, a supposedly inept Pokemon, has skyrocketed to the top of OU courtesy of Drizzle. Some argue that Drizzle is potentially broken, even with opposing permanent...

QC Checks: PK Gaming, wilson46, Iconic GP Checks: sirndpt, New World Order [SET] name: Substitute+Swords Dance move 1: Substitute move 2: Swords Dance move 3: Close Combat move 4: Stone Edge item: Rock Gem / Life Orb ability: Justified nature: Jolly evs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe [SET...

QC Approvals: PK Gaming, AccidentalGreed, Pocket GP Checks: Steven Snype, sirndpt [SET] name: Choice Scarf move 1: Close Combat move 2: Fire Blast / Flare Blitz move 3: Hidden Power Ice / Stone Edge move 4: U-turn item: Choice Scarf ability: Blaze nature: Hasty / Naive evs: 108 Atk...

Introduction So, permanent Sand has been around for ages, and this timeless classic has been a part of Pokemonland for generation upon generation. This time around, however, Gamefreak gave birth to the likes of Excadrill, turning Sand from that annoying thing that cancels out your Leftovers...

Weather Monopoly Introduction Ever since the beginning of BW, weather has been prominent, and controversial, in OU. Is weather detrimental to the metagame? Or does it promote diversity? Perhaps the only thing keeping weather from overwhelming the metagame is that opposing weathers keep each...

Quality Control: tennisace, NatGeo, Omicron GP Checks: Mafeking Mesprit [Overview] <p>Mesprit often gets the short end of the stick when competing against the other members of the Lake Trio, as the much faster Azelf and the bulkier yet faster Uxie are often seen as superior choices...

Scolipede [Overview] speedy ol' Bug, 112 Base Speed is phenomenal in lalaland (NU) pretty bad offensive movepool though dies in 0.0024 seconds solid typing, Bug is strong absorbs Toxic Spikes speaking of Toxic Spikes, our centipede gets that and Spikes up underrated attacker helps that...

QC Checks: Heysup, Snunch, Chou Toshio GP Checks: Komodo, Oglemi Moltres [OVERVIEW] <p>Legend has it that a phoenix's flame never dies out. Moltres, who was so dominant in previous generations, rises up from the ashes to grace UU once more, igniting all that come before it with its...

QC Approvals: PK Gaming, zdrup15, Pocket GP Checks: NatGeo/sirndpt, Calm Pokemaster [Overview] <p>Plants get chewed on by lizards; it's a sad but true fact of nature. Similarly, Victreebel gets eaten alive by a fat green dinosaur named Venusaur in the OU environment, and often gets a bad rap...

QC Checks: Oglemi, Windsong, Honko GP Checks: Moo, Ritter [Overview] <p>During the early Black and White OU era, Kabutops was at its zenith. It had just acquired the perfect teammate in Politoed, and together with its fellow Swift Swim users, they began a journey to become the very...

QC Checks: PK Gaming, doomvendingmachine, Honko GP Checks: sirndpt, New World Order [Overview] <p>Ever since their inception, Porygon-Z and Rhyperior have been inextricably intertwined. Both were released in DPP as new evolutions, and both were deemed instant Ubers during the theorymon...