originally approved by alexwolf
OP stolen from boltsandbombers
Taken over from firehusky
Welcome to the Pokemon of the Week Project. Each week, one Pokemon will be chosen for discussion. Not only do we hope to bring some underrated sets and pokemon out into the exposure of the OU community, but we hope to bolster discussion of well established threats at the same time. Each Monday, a new subject will be chosen, with the goal of making this thread a resource for new players to refer to in order to look at how certain pokemon fair in the current metagame, and create serious discussion amongst ourselves!
What Topics Do We Talk About?
In general, some topics to be discussed are...
- The Pokemon of the Week's current role in the OU metagame, and the niches that it fulfills.
- Viable and popular sets.
- Underrated or creative sets.
- How the subject Pokemon fares against other threats in the tier.
- Advantages and disadvantages over Pokemon with similar niches.
- Good teammates for the subject Pokemon.
- Strategies based on the subject Pokemon.
- The subject's influence on the metagame.
- Common misconceptions or assumptions about the subject.
- To spark deep analysis of a Pokemon to fully explain it's uses in the OU meta.
- To generate exposure on Pokemon or sets not usually seen.
- To develop a resource for new players to reference in order to gain knowledge and understanding of OU.
MK. 1 can be found here!
MK. 2 can be found here!
Week 1 - Heatran
Week 2 - Gengar
Week 3 - Mega Absol
Week 4 - Landorus
Week 5 - Greninja
Week 6 - Mega Metagross
Week 7 - Mega Scizor
Week 8 - Mega Sableye
Week 9 - Talonflame
Week 10 - Mega Altaria
Week 11 - Chesnaught
Week 12 - Keldeo
Week 13 - Charizard
Week 14 - Celebi
Week 15 - Manaphy
Week 16 - Mega Diancie
Week 17 - Mega Garchomp
Week 18 - Tornadus-Therian
Week 19 - Tyranitar
Week 20 - Mamoswine
Week 21 - Mega Alakazam
Week 22 - Skarmory
Week 23 - Starmie
Week 24 - Reuniclus
Week 25 - Mega Manectric
Week 26 - Lucario
Week 27 - Latias and Mega Latias
Week 28 - Togekiss
Week 29 - Weavile
Week 30 - Terrakion
Week 31 - Mega Pidgeot
Week 32 - Kyurem-B
Week 33 - Landorus-T
Week 34 - Charizard X/Y
Week 35 - Jirachi
Week 36 - Hoopa C/U
Week 37 - Clefable
Week 38 - Gyarados and Mega Gyarados
Week 39 - Hippowdon
Week 40 - Mega Houndoom
Week 41 - Thundurus
Week 42 - Serperior
Week 43 - Suicune
Week 44 - Mega Lopunny
MK. 2 can be found here!
Week 1 - Heatran
Week 2 - Gengar
Week 3 - Mega Absol
Week 4 - Landorus
Week 5 - Greninja
Week 6 - Mega Metagross
Week 7 - Mega Scizor
Week 8 - Mega Sableye
Week 9 - Talonflame
Week 10 - Mega Altaria
Week 11 - Chesnaught
Week 12 - Keldeo
Week 13 - Charizard
Week 14 - Celebi
Week 15 - Manaphy
Week 16 - Mega Diancie
Week 17 - Mega Garchomp
Week 18 - Tornadus-Therian
Week 19 - Tyranitar
Week 20 - Mamoswine
Week 21 - Mega Alakazam
Week 22 - Skarmory
Week 23 - Starmie
Week 24 - Reuniclus
Week 25 - Mega Manectric
Week 26 - Lucario
Week 27 - Latias and Mega Latias
Week 28 - Togekiss
Week 29 - Weavile
Week 30 - Terrakion
Week 31 - Mega Pidgeot
Week 32 - Kyurem-B
Week 33 - Landorus-T
Week 34 - Charizard X/Y
Week 35 - Jirachi
Week 36 - Hoopa C/U
Week 37 - Clefable
Week 38 - Gyarados and Mega Gyarados
Week 39 - Hippowdon
Week 40 - Mega Houndoom
Week 41 - Thundurus
Week 42 - Serperior
Week 43 - Suicune
Week 44 - Mega Lopunny
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