Team Study
Welcome to Team Study! While being able to predict and outplay your opponent is an important component of Pokemon, a solid team is arguably even more essential. Many players, experienced and unexperienced are unable to create a team that covers the majority of the metagame threats or successfully executes a team strategy. Team Study attempts to look at teams and identify the strengths and weaknesses of said team, while (hopefully) improving player's ability to build functional teams in the current metagame.
Some things to consider are:
Welcome to Team Study! While being able to predict and outplay your opponent is an important component of Pokemon, a solid team is arguably even more essential. Many players, experienced and unexperienced are unable to create a team that covers the majority of the metagame threats or successfully executes a team strategy. Team Study attempts to look at teams and identify the strengths and weaknesses of said team, while (hopefully) improving player's ability to build functional teams in the current metagame.
Credits to Melee Mewtwo for the part in quotes :]What is this for?
This project is made in response to an assortment of issues plaguing the community. There is a division between the young general Ubers community and the experienced veterans that have supported and explored the tier more than any other. The lack of communication and interaction between the two result in the knowledge remaining with the knowledgeable and the newcomers left to grope in the dark. Hopefully, igniting intelligent discussion between the two sides through the complexities of advanced teambuilding will help to bring the community together and advance it towards one that is active and enjoyable.
How does it work?
Each week (more or less) there will be a high-level team that will be displayed for the community as a whole to discuss. The aim of this discussion will be to analyze the team by identifying roles and explaining their purpose, investigating specific movesets and Pokemon choices, strong points of the team, flaws it may have and even questions concerning unusual or confusing aspects. Essentially, the team will serve as a model to learn from and an example to refer to. Once the discussion is over, the teambuilder will post explaining his decisions and answering any questions or false ideas concerning them.
Good posts can earn you a contributor badge !_!
Of course, the biggest reward any of you can get out of this is the knowledge learned and the pleasure of an intelligent conversation. :P
Some things to consider are:
- What do think was the main/inspiring idea/goal [user] had when building this team?
- Is there a discernible core that he tried to build around?
- What are the strong points of the team?
- What are the weak spots?
- How could his use of certain EV/moveset twists help his team vs specific threats or archetypes?
- How does he use underrated threats to his advantage?
- Just about anything else you might want to comment on or ask about.