May 13, 2015, 09:49 AM
I started off as a smogon player mainly the OU and NU tier. It was up until about August where I dedicated myself to NU battles and June when I got into VGC (Placed 2nd my first tourny and VGC battles btw 
). It took me a while to realize that VGC takes more strategy then smogon. For instance, 1 Dragon Dance Dragonite can sweep a team, where in VGC it wouldnt last a turn. Another reason I stopped battling OU is because I saw the same old Greninja, Talonflame, Lando T, etc all the time and wanted some variety. NU was the perfect tier for that because you never know what you could find. Some NU pokemon are staples such as Swellow and Muk, but I use some lesser known NU pokemon such as Masquerain and Munchlax. BTW this Munchlax swept an OU team. VGC takes strategy because instead of investing 252 into 2 stats, you need to spread them out because they could get doubled up into. Also being double battles you need to find pokemon that work well together. Some people just flat out hate on smogon, but then again some people hate on VGC so really its all matter of opinion there isnt a better way to play its personal preference.
). It took me a while to realize that VGC takes more strategy then smogon. For instance, 1 Dragon Dance Dragonite can sweep a team, where in VGC it wouldnt last a turn. Another reason I stopped battling OU is because I saw the same old Greninja, Talonflame, Lando T, etc all the time and wanted some variety. NU was the perfect tier for that because you never know what you could find. Some NU pokemon are staples such as Swellow and Muk, but I use some lesser known NU pokemon such as Masquerain and Munchlax. BTW this Munchlax swept an OU team. VGC takes strategy because instead of investing 252 into 2 stats, you need to spread them out because they could get doubled up into. Also being double battles you need to find pokemon that work well together. Some people just flat out hate on smogon, but then again some people hate on VGC so really its all matter of opinion there isnt a better way to play its personal preference.
