CoolStoryBrobat
The hero Smogon needs, but not the one it deserves
Since Mazz left, he designated me to be in charge of this project. In order to make updating easier, a new OP will be made in place of the former one. Don't hesitate to join if you haven't already!
artwork shamelessly stolen from the OU version; art by ToxicPhox
Hello Underused! Those of you who've been here a while might remember the Dark Horse Project that Birkal hosted in OU a long time ago; well I'm here to port it to Underused. There are a couple good reasons to participate in this project. First, participating will help us test the new Pokemon that this generation brought us. Second, participating will bring up the usage of some criminally underused Pokemon to help balance out all the noobs spamming Ambipom. Third, if you succeed your run of the Dark Horse project, you'll get a nice reward (Leaderboard points)!artwork shamelessly stolen from the OU version; art by ToxicPhox
The rules of the project are as follows:
- You must choose two Pokemon on the list of usage stats (found here) that have had less than 4% usage in the previous month.
- You must build a team with them (don't just steal an RMT that happened to have both). The entire team's usage stats combined must have 35% usage or less!
- Post your entire team in this thread or send me a PM containing your team and their percentages! Send me a PM also if you edit your team, so I can keep track.
- You must post here stating the two Dark Horse Pokemon you were using and the fresh alt you are going to ladder under.
- After that, you have the entire month to bring said fresh alt up to a point where you can be a Dark Horse champion! (Don't worry about maintaining your score, this challenge is based on peak scores only. I.E. laddering up to 1600+ and then losing a few games afterward would still earn you B-Rank for reaching the 1600+ mark)
- Once you've achieved this, edit your registration post with a screencap of your ranking to be added to the Hall of Fame.
- If someone else took your same dark horse to a higher ranking, you don't get to enter the hall of fame for that dark horse! Only one of your dark horses needs to not be topped in order for you enter the hall of fame.
- Every month, the Hall of Fame will be preserved, but a new Dark Horse challenge will start, so you can pick another couple Pokemon that you want to use and score leaderboard points again!
- Note you can't get in the Hall of Fame with the same Dark Horse Pokemon multiple times (though the rest of your team can be recycled if you so wish).
- Discussions of your Dark Horses are greatly encouraged. Post here with commentary, findings, teams, strategies, etc.—anything to do with the Dark Horse you've been using and what you've learned from it!
- Your team can be changed as much as need be, so long as you keep your original Dark Horses and maintain < 35% usage.
- Quitting and re-entering with a different set of Dark Horses is prohibited; stick with your choices and do your absolute best. You have an entire month to ladder, or at least explain any findings and discussion you may have about the Pokemon you used.
Hall of Fame:
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Patrick1088
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Patrick1088
warzoid
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Hogg
BenzMafia
Zartres10
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Patrick1088
warzoid
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Hogg
BenzMafia
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Yifeng
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Yifeng
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Yifeng
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Meowiekins
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King UU
Hogg
Yifeng
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King UU
Hogg
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Branflakes325
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King UU
Dudeman130498
IronBullet93
Meowiekins
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Patrick1088
Hogg
SlottedPig
Jellied Eels
Sean B.
Branflakes325
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King UU
Dudeman130498
IronBullet93
Meowiekins
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Patrick1088
Hogg
SlottedPig
Jellied Eels
Sean B.
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Sean B.
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Professional2341
Patrick1088
Chimpact
Sage of the 6
Meowiekins
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Sean B.
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Professional2341
Patrick1088
Chimpact
Sage of the 6
Meowiekins
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Kirigakure
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Pearl.
MikeDawg
Pom
RowDog
Chimpact
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Patrick1088
Calloflochie
Professional2341
Kitten Milk
LiberalLucario
Sean B.
Sage of the 6
Kirigakure
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Pearl.
MikeDawg
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RowDog
Chimpact
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Patrick1088
Calloflochie
Professional2341
Kitten Milk
LiberalLucario
Sean B.
Sage of the 6
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Fat Lenny
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Professional2341
CoolStoryBrobat
Insomniac.
Patrick1088
President Shinra
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Fat Lenny
Sage of the 6
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Professional2341
CoolStoryBrobat
Insomniac.
Patrick1088
President Shinra
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CoolStoryBrobat
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PresidentShinra
Cyrus-V
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CoolStoryBrobat
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PresidentShinra
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Meru
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Metal Sonic
PTJon7
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Calloflochie
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Meru
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Metal Sonic
PTJon7
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Calloflochie
Swamp Link[/url]
Sweep
NinjaWithLightsaber
Billtodamax
Berserker Lord
Mahmudkipz
Fuzzfire101
ryanr554
Koshi Komeji
dbzmariogeno
The Reptile
Swamp Link
Arcanine Lion
Metal Sonic
Calloflochie
Adrian Marin
copycatcat
PTJon7
-Tsunami-
Bouffalant
Namehtmas
Meru
Hell_Above
hilarious
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