S/Woobat can have either the Klutz Ability or the Unaware Ability.
I really don't quite understand the Klutz Ability.

The Klutz Ability: Prevents Pokemon from using item in battle.
So then does this include items such as Sharp Beak? Or only items such as Leftovers or Berries?

So then I should go with the Unaware Ability which basically makes the foe's ( Read more... )

You know, I almost didn't post this today because I'm so nerve-wracked over my Phightin' Phils in the World Series. However, not rain nor sleet nor snow nor potentially historic sporting events will keep me from my post! Of course, baseball isn't the only order of the week. American elections are coming up, but if I did a theme team for that, then ( Read more... )

Alrighty, time to post the second battle-tested team in the history of Tom's Teams (the first being the Normal Monotype), and for the first time, it's a team that's actually won a few matches! (2-4 record in pokewifitourney NU Tourney play). It's the Never-Used Tier team. Poor NU, Pokémon so neglected by the competitive public that even the UU scorns them and ( Read more... )

I just realized that Wobuffet's female version has lipstick on! I'm like, what kind of Pokemon has lipstick? Do you know of any other Pokemon with a very unique female/male version?

Male Version:

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Welcome to this week's edition of Tom's Teams. This week, it's another monotype team of sorts as I look at the "Mud" type, ie, combo Water/Ground. This typing was introduced in Gen II with Quagsire. It immediately captured the hearts and minds of Pokéfans everywhere, and why shouldn't have it? It only has one super-effective weakness (albeit a 4x ( Read more... )

It's time for the last posted monotype team until I debut the Normal via Wi-Fi battle, and it's the indomitable Ice type. One of the best offensive types in all the game, Ice makes up one-half of the BoltBeam combo, and is one of only two types that takes down Dragons. Defenses can be a bit iffy, but many Icers have secondary types that buff their ( Read more... )

If the Grass-type is unsexy, then the Poison-type is plain fugly. It has two ubiquitous weaknesses, and only one super-effective offensive strength (which is buffered by secondary types on popular Grass-types like Venusaur, Vileplume and Torterra). And to make things worse, it's completely ineffective against Steels on offense ( Read more... )