Jan 12, 2015, 11:23 AM
This is the most important part
I feel like a lot of people who don't play Smogon don't know this. But we now have play list called AG. Which stands for anything goes, and it literally means what you think it is. Singles with anything goes. The only thing that's banned is the endless battle clause. So you can literally go play without bans.
The thing is, these bans/tiers are important for singles. Once again it's not like doubles. I can't predict your attack, protect, and attack with my other Pokemon. Nor can I double up on one of your Pokemon to take it out. The reason why they're important is so you can use all the Pokemon you want to. Muk is one of my favorite Pokemon in the game. But because it's not too good, it'd be dumb for me to try and use it at a competitive stand point. What can Muk do against OU pokemon like Landorus, Mega Metagross, Terrakion, etc? Nothing. But in the NU tier where Muk is, it's a pretty good Pokemon and I can tank hits, OHKO things, 2HKO things, and whatever else may happen. It lets me enjoy this Pokemon who would normally lose in a competitive battle.
So tiers are needed to let us use Pokemon we want to use, and that's all we really wanna do. Play singles how we want to, use all the Pokemon in the game, make interesting teams, learn new combos, and ladder high to display our skill to each other.
I feel like a lot of people who don't play Smogon don't know this. But we now have play list called AG. Which stands for anything goes, and it literally means what you think it is. Singles with anything goes. The only thing that's banned is the endless battle clause. So you can literally go play without bans.
The thing is, these bans/tiers are important for singles. Once again it's not like doubles. I can't predict your attack, protect, and attack with my other Pokemon. Nor can I double up on one of your Pokemon to take it out. The reason why they're important is so you can use all the Pokemon you want to. Muk is one of my favorite Pokemon in the game. But because it's not too good, it'd be dumb for me to try and use it at a competitive stand point. What can Muk do against OU pokemon like Landorus, Mega Metagross, Terrakion, etc? Nothing. But in the NU tier where Muk is, it's a pretty good Pokemon and I can tank hits, OHKO things, 2HKO things, and whatever else may happen. It lets me enjoy this Pokemon who would normally lose in a competitive battle.
So tiers are needed to let us use Pokemon we want to use, and that's all we really wanna do. Play singles how we want to, use all the Pokemon in the game, make interesting teams, learn new combos, and ladder high to display our skill to each other.
