approved by pu staff
THE PU DARK HORSE PROJECT
This is Dark Horse Project. For those of you not familiar with Dark Horse, the definition of a Dark Horse is a candidate or competitor about whom little is known but who unexpectedly wins or succeeds..
So, even with the PU meta, there are still mons that aren't utilized as often as more popular choices because the players typically see these mons with less usage as being "inferior" or "not viable." But, there are still mons that can serve a niche in the PU meta without being necessary outclassed by the more used mons.
This project is to determine which mons are being underutilized and have a niche in the PU meta.
Dark Horses will be determined by viability rankings AND Usage statistics.
RULES
-A Dark Horse Pokemon will be classified as a Pokemon in the PU tier or lower that is C+ rank maximum and <4% usage.
-We are going to draw your attention to a particular Dark Horse every month. If your team utilizes the Featured Dark Horse, your score will be increased (how much is shown at the scoring segment).
-You can get hall of fame more than one time in a month, but you must use different Pokemon.
-If you achieve hall of fame but have lower elo than someone else that achieved it with the same pokemon, you only get half points. However, if you still are using one dark horse that the other guy isn’t you’ll keep full value of points. Its only if ALL of your dark horses are beat by someone else.
-Featured dark horse can be on leaderboard unlimited times by different people, but not by the same person.
-Also, No Suspect Mons or New Drops may be used in this Project.
SCORING
GOLD RANK - 1500 ELO - 50 Points
SILVER RANK - 1400 ELO - 30 Points
BRONZE RANK - 1300 ELO - 10 points
After this, I factor in your usage statistic total to the formula below, to get your total score.
L=laddering points
S= Statistic Sum
10L/S
All this means, is that I multiply your original score by 10, then divide it by the usage statistic total. If you still don't understand don't worry I am the one that calculates this. However, the lower your added usage statistic total is, the higher your score will end up being.
Additional Points
-Afterwards feedback and discussion will give you 10 extra points
-Using Featured Dark Horse pokemon gives you 10 extra points (I factor these first two into the formula.)
-Best Dark Horser on hall of fame for the month will get 20 more points (this is a seperate score that isn't added to the formula.)
VALIDATION
-All teams must be submitted in the following format either in this thread or PM to me. Also, you must send me a snapshot to verify your fresh alt.
So, go out there and try out some Dark Horses. Here's this month's Ranking and Featured Dark Horse!
The current Featured Dark Horse Is...
Regigigas! This gargantuan pokemon is really scary looking in the stats, but when you see its ability, you can help but facepalm. However, this pokemon has viability as a t-wave support already, and can surely find other ways to work. Laddering with Regigigas this month and getting hall of fame will give you extra leaderboard points!
We are using june's statistics for the rest of july and august since july is almost over. DON"T USE JULY'S STATISTICS WHEN THEY COME OUT. This will make it easier on me, you, and everyone else so we don't have a one week long round.
Statistics:
http://www.smogon.com/stats/2015-07/pu-1630.txt
Viability Ranking List
NEW UPDATE:
Now that it is definitely approved, I am adding a new thing to the Dark Horse Project! In order to get more activity, more quality, and more fun, the Dark Horse Project Tournament is now going to start going through its qualifying rounds! This is how it will work.
THE PU DARK HORSE PROJECT
This is Dark Horse Project. For those of you not familiar with Dark Horse, the definition of a Dark Horse is a candidate or competitor about whom little is known but who unexpectedly wins or succeeds..
So, even with the PU meta, there are still mons that aren't utilized as often as more popular choices because the players typically see these mons with less usage as being "inferior" or "not viable." But, there are still mons that can serve a niche in the PU meta without being necessary outclassed by the more used mons.
This project is to determine which mons are being underutilized and have a niche in the PU meta.
Dark Horses will be determined by viability rankings AND Usage statistics.
RULES
-A Dark Horse Pokemon will be classified as a Pokemon in the PU tier or lower that is C+ rank maximum and <4% usage.
-We are going to draw your attention to a particular Dark Horse every month. If your team utilizes the Featured Dark Horse, your score will be increased (how much is shown at the scoring segment).
-You can get hall of fame more than one time in a month, but you must use different Pokemon.
-If you achieve hall of fame but have lower elo than someone else that achieved it with the same pokemon, you only get half points. However, if you still are using one dark horse that the other guy isn’t you’ll keep full value of points. Its only if ALL of your dark horses are beat by someone else.
-Featured dark horse can be on leaderboard unlimited times by different people, but not by the same person.
-Also, No Suspect Mons or New Drops may be used in this Project.
SCORING
GOLD RANK - 1500 ELO - 50 Points
SILVER RANK - 1400 ELO - 30 Points
BRONZE RANK - 1300 ELO - 10 points
After this, I factor in your usage statistic total to the formula below, to get your total score.
L=laddering points
S= Statistic Sum
10L/S
All this means, is that I multiply your original score by 10, then divide it by the usage statistic total. If you still don't understand don't worry I am the one that calculates this. However, the lower your added usage statistic total is, the higher your score will end up being.
Additional Points
-Afterwards feedback and discussion will give you 10 extra points
-Using Featured Dark Horse pokemon gives you 10 extra points (I factor these first two into the formula.)
-Best Dark Horser on hall of fame for the month will get 20 more points (this is a seperate score that isn't added to the formula.)
VALIDATION
-All teams must be submitted in the following format either in this thread or PM to me. Also, you must send me a snapshot to verify your fresh alt.
Code:
Alt Name:
Dark Horses Used:
[HIDE]Imported team[/HIDE]
The current Featured Dark Horse Is...
Regigigas! This gargantuan pokemon is really scary looking in the stats, but when you see its ability, you can help but facepalm. However, this pokemon has viability as a t-wave support already, and can surely find other ways to work. Laddering with Regigigas this month and getting hall of fame will give you extra leaderboard points!
We are using june's statistics for the rest of july and august since july is almost over. DON"T USE JULY'S STATISTICS WHEN THEY COME OUT. This will make it easier on me, you, and everyone else so we don't have a one week long round.
Statistics:
http://www.smogon.com/stats/2015-07/pu-1630.txt
Viability Ranking List
S-Rank
A-Rank
A
A-
B-Rank
B+
B
B-
C-Rank
C+
C
C-
D-Rank
E-Rank
Wormadam-S
A-Rank
A+A
A-
B-Rank
B+
B
B-
C-Rank
C+
C
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
- Lunatone
-
-
-
-
-
C-
D-Rank
E-Rank
NEW UPDATE:
Now that it is definitely approved, I am adding a new thing to the Dark Horse Project! In order to get more activity, more quality, and more fun, the Dark Horse Project Tournament is now going to start going through its qualifying rounds! This is how it will work.
- The tournament is an 8 man best of 1 tourney.
- To qualify for this tourney you must get top 2 in hall of fame for the round.
- There will be four qualifying rounds to get the 8 people.
- These 8 people must use at least one dark horse from the team they used to get Hall of Fame in the tournament. For example, I am currently 2nd place with Huntail and Rampardos. I will have to use one of those pokemon in my team in the tournament in order to follow the rules if I qualify with that.
- The winner will be be posted on the other post as a Dark horse champion, and have bragging rights :p
- The leaderboard will determine the seeding of the players in the tournament.
- It will be a lot of fun! This first one is only 8 people because we just started this project so its pretty small. However, if we get more activity and popularity we might expand the tournament. This is just a really fun way to work towards something in dark horse! Keep up the work ^^
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