Superbreeder

I joined Bulbapedia on October 3, 2008.  I mostly posted comments on talk pages, and was gravitating towards just helping other users get Egg Moves until I was told it was talk page abuse. However, my edits lately have centered around cleaning up unsatisfactory grammar, style, and tone as well as contributing trivia. Lately, I've also been on the lookout for Pokémon species articles whose learnsets are not yet up to date for Generation VI. I remain keenly interested in [[Breeding|breeding]].

As I currently attend Old Dominion University in Norfolk, VA to get a Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering, I have less time to play Pokémon as I had in high school. However, when I'm not in class or doing coursework, I usually play {{g|}}, breeding and training Pokémon to be as successful as possible in the [[Battle Maison]]. I also have a habit of seeking out Pokémon with competitively useful Hidden Abilities. This pursuit often means I pursue opportunities to add Friend Safaris, trade with people with access to Friend Safaris I don't have, and breed things I do have for other people so that I can trade.

==My Skills Have Improved Since Gen IV==

=={{g|White 2}} Competitive Team==

=={{g|X}} Competitive Teams==

===Sun Team===

===Trick Room Rain Team===

===Tailwind Team===

===Hail Team===

===Quick Rain Team===

|pokemon1={{Pokémon/6

|move3=Mud Bomb|move3type=Ground|move3cat=Special

|pokemon3={{Pokémon/6

|ndex=308

|pokemon=Medicham

|type1=Fighting|type2=Psychic

|held=Medichamite

|ability=Pure Power

|gender=male

|move1=Protect|move1type=Normal|move1cat=Other

|move2=Poison Jab|move2type=Poison|move2cat=Physical

|move3=Drain Punch|move3type=Fighting|move3cat=Physical

|move4=Zen Headbutt|move4type=Psychic|move4cat=Physical}}

|ndex=376

|pokemon=Metagross

|type1=Steel|type2=Psychic

|ability=Clear Body

|move1=Protect|move1type=Normal|move1cat=Other

|move2=Earthquake|move2type=Ground|move2cat=Physical

|move3=Zen Headbutt|move3type=Psychic|move3cat=Physical

|move4=Meteor Mash|move4type=Steel|move4cat=Physical}}

|ndex=184

|pokemon=Azumarill

|type1=Water|type2=Fairy

|held=Assault Vest

|ability=Huge Power

|move1=Aqua Jet|move1type=Water|move1cat=Physical

|move2=Superpower|move2type=Fighting|move2cat=Physical

|move3=Play Rough|move3type=Fairy|move3cat=Physical

|move4=Waterfall|move4type=Water|move4cat=Physical}}}}

This team has been built and works pretty well. The [[Battle Maison]] allows only four Pokémon for Double Battles, so I usually don't bring Metagross or Azumarill. Noivern is usually the first Pokémon to get knocked out unless I switch her out immediately. Her objective is to try to knock out at least one opposing Pokémon (typically the one that is most threatening to her) before she gets knocked out. If she can survive the first turn, Hurricane becomes lethal because of Gastrodon's Rain Dance, and when Heliolisk or Medicham are next to her, she can use Boomburst whenever it becomes appropriate. This team does function somewhat well when the weather is not rain, but intense sunlight is severely disruptive to its operation. Heliolisk suffers the most if the weather changes to intense sunlight; Dry Skin damages him every turn, Thunder becomes obnoxiously innacurate, and Surf loses a lot of power. When Heliolisk gets to work in rain, however, he becomes a serious threat and recovers HP very effectively, and when used next to Gastrodon, he is even more of a team player. Heliolisk and Gastrodon perform a nice combination of effects when they use Surf simultaneously; both are immune to it due to their Abilities, they are strengthened by rain, when Heliolisk uses it (because he is faster than Gastrodon), he triggers a Sp. Atk increase in Gastrodon through Storm Drain which makes her Surf more powerful, and when Gastrodon uses it, it heals one quarter of Heliolisk's HP. Surf in Rain in a Double Battle still ends up with more power than it would have in a Single Battle with non-sunny weather. Medicham is on the team to bring the physical power to take out threats that the other three cannot handle; the moveset I chose has good coverage (including coverage for Fairy-type Pokémon that cause Noivern grief), and Drain Punch brings a lot of power (and HP restoration, by extension) when coming off of Mega Medicham's increadible Attack Stat. Metagross and Azumarill are extras that I could use in place of Medicham in the Battle Maison, but Gastrodon's Storm Drain has the potential to get in Azumarill's way. Metagross has excellent potential as a tank, and while it has no way to heal itself outside of Leftovers, it can devastate the opposing side with its attacks while occasionally protecting itself from its teammate.