Approved by etern | OP adapted from Pokeslice & Corthius| Hosted by yours truly, Shengineer
The reports of Next Best Thing's death were… greatly exaggerated. Now, the time has come to let the people cook!
The Next Best Thing (NBT) is a project where the users can submit & search for various creative, but viable Pokemon sets, utilizing the power of various overlooked & unexpected moves/items, or a combination of both in a set. Participants should value both creativity and viability when creating sets and voting. The hosts reserve the right to reject any sets that are complete trash. Please read the Procedures and Rules of the thread before submitting any set.
The reports of Next Best Thing's death were… greatly exaggerated. Now, the time has come to let the people cook!
The Next Best Thing (NBT) is a project where the users can submit & search for various creative, but viable Pokemon sets, utilizing the power of various overlooked & unexpected moves/items, or a combination of both in a set. Participants should value both creativity and viability when creating sets and voting. The hosts reserve the right to reject any sets that are complete trash. Please read the Procedures and Rules of the thread before submitting any set.
- Every cycle (1 per week), a new Pokemon will be chosen for participants to create a new, creative yet effective set.
- All the existing sets (or WIPs) on the Smogdex are disallowed.
- The participants will get 4 days to submit their sets in this thread - Friday-Monday.
- Voting will be held during the remaining three days of the week - Tuesday-Thursday
- All the winning sets will be kept in the Hall of Fame (see next reply).
Set Rules
- Be as creative as possible, but your creativity must also show viability.
- You may only post 1 set per cycle.
- You are not allowed to take sets from Smogdex & WIPs, nor use them with minor changes.
- You must explain your set in detail. It is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED to include a few replays and/or notable calcs, and you are welcome to include teammates options, threats, usage tips, & even a team built around the set. Your set may be excluded from the ballot if it does not have sufficient explanation of why someone would use it.
- You are allowed to reserve your set in this forum, but the reservation expires after 24 hours. Please have your description complete before after this point.
- Please name your sets based on the moves & items, & not random funny names. If no set name is provided then only your profile name will appear on the ballot.
- You aren't allowed to copy anyone else's set, not even the reserved ones.
- Follow the guidelines for voting specified each week. If multiple votes are allowed, you may still choose to only vote for one set if you wish.
- You can't vote for your own set.
- No vote manipulation.
- If you have any questions, please ask in DMs, Smogon profile, or Discord. Consider a 'Like' reaction to mean your post is approved, or 'Angry' to mean it needs changed or deleted.
- Follow the Forum Rules & be polite with other members here.
- At last, the most important rule. Have Fun!
Mew @ Leftovers
Ability: Synchronize Tera Type: Poison EVs: 252 HP / 4 SpA / 252 Spe Timid Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Transform - Imprison - Fire Spin - Knock Off | |
Infernape @ Salac Berry
Ability: Blaze Tera Type: Fire EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Jolly Nature - Reversal - Temper Flare - Endure - Swords Dance | |
Feraligatr @ Assault Vest
Ability: Sheer Force Tera Type: Water EVs: 220 HP / 252 Atk / 36 Spe Adamant Nature - Liquidation - Flip Turn - Ice Punch - Facade | |
Lucario @ Life Orb
Ability: Inner Focus Tera Type: Ghost EVs: 188 Atk / 144 SpA / 176 Spe Naughty Nature - Close Combat - Stone Edge / Meteor Mash - Shadow Ball - Agility | |
Chandelure @ Air Balloon
Ability: Flash Fire Tera Type: Steel EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Timid Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Fire Blast - Shadow Ball - Energy Ball - Memento | |
Iron Thorns @ Choice Band
Ability: Quark Drive Tera Type: Ground/Grass EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Adamant Nature - Supercell Slam - Earthquake - Ice Punch - Stone Edge / Tera Blast | |
Coming Soon |
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