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Thanks for the warm welcome, Brawler! I am sure I will enjoy my stay here with Team Hurricane.

I have been testing out three decks currently: Gyarados, Machamp, and Nidoqueen.

Gyarados still seems to be a solid choice in the metagame, and while it does have its flaws, they are mostly situational. I have had much success with Gyarados. I haven't tested it with Expert Belt yet, but I am expecting it to be even better. An 150 HP beast that hits for 110 for no Energy is never something you'll want to deal with.

Machamp is also a very good choice, but it has a ridiculously hard Salamence matchup, mostly due to resistance and the fact that you can't do much for the same reason. Expert Belt makes Machamp even more of a beast, boosting the damage of Take Out and Hurricane Punch mainly, as well as HP. I also used a Regirock tech for late-game Rage usage, and it has done spectacularly.

A choice I am quite fond of is Nidoqueen. Nidoqueen takes the role as a swarmer and a tanker, which is quite interesting. Basically, you swarm Nidoqueens and when your opponent manages to knock one out you send the next one up. Expert belt + Nidoqueen = a beast combo, but you can;t recklessly attach to Nidoqueen. Poke-Healer+ is also a nice bonus to the mix, and I am even experimenting with Life Herb.

That is what I have been testing with. Now, for what I expect to be big:

Luxray AR. Seriously, with the LA Shinx, you're looking at 120 damage T2. That is great for this format, and I expect big things from this deck. Technically, you could even opt for a Spiritomb start in this deck and just slowly tank with Luxray.

GeChamp will also make a comeback. The newest additions to this are Gengar Lv.X and Spiritomb. Spiritomb will slowly set you up while the opponent struggles to set up, and then you can sweep with Poltergiest. Gengar Lv.X also makes it harder to get around Fainting Spell, and it counters many good metagame deck out there.

Luxray variants now have Expert Belt on their side, and they can conveniently Poke Turn before you KO them. Definitely we will see some of them being played.

I have more to say, but for now I must leave. I'll post more later. Hopefully I have posted enough for you to discuss about. xD
 
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Name:(optional) Ronald
Username: JC
AIM, Skype, etc.: ajmpwn23
TCG records: 78-35
Current Season Record: 4-4 :(
Premier rating: Not sure
Placings at events: mostly firsts at Pre's, mostly 5-3 in Br.
Current Decks: Shuppet/uxie. Ghost of henry's mother. Champardos. PalkiaG/Toxicroak G/ Alakazam 4. Toolbox.
Why you'd like to join:(at least 2 sentences): I've been fairly active in team typhoon, but I feel that the quality of advise has been lowering. I wanted to join a new team where I hope to do more than just help others. Especialy since my TCG record is a bit dissapoiting as of now.
 
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Sorry, we don't take applications that aren't PM'ed. Unfourtuntely we need a Premier rating of over 1600 or a rated record of over .500%. anymore. I forgot this was supposed to be an elite team, and we are cutting back on members that join.

Don't feel bad though. Nothing personal :)
 
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TofU said:
Quite obviously. I don't know where is Luxray stuff is coming from, but it needs to go. Luxray is horrible considering this idea, but whatever. I don't care if I can bring someone up and wall 'em. >.>

Don't mention Luxray when talking about my list. :/
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Luxray is a great idea in Gliscor! Why not drag up a Claydol, then use shoot poison, and burning poison so they cant play trainers, AND cant use cosmic!
 
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Makes the list more clunky for me. It's one more thing I have to get out.

I could care less, I'm not playing it.
 
RE: Team Hurricane- The storm is coming

Welcome Deck Tester, who I think currently has the best record this year to the team!
 
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TofU said:
Makes the list more clunky for me. It's one more thing I have to get out.

I could care less, I'm not playing it.
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All right! Lol thats fine...So you will just fill your deck with trainers for speed, thats good.
 
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I said this before to Juliacoolo and in the original post, PM all applications!

EDIT: Richkid, I don't feel your reasons why you want to be in are good enough. It dosen't make me as a leader want you to be on the team. So I'm going to say no.
 
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Thanks for accepting me Jimmy! :3

Personally, I think Xatu SW could make a comeback if Gliscor Spiritomb becomes popular. In decks like Gyarados, that would normally punish it, would appreciate it greatly seeing that it's a power and they get a free kill on Spiritomb/whatever is active. In all honesty, if it becomes too popular, he could become a staple. Once the Paralysis is gone, the deck doesn't have a lot of backbone. Take out one thing and the crippler becomes the crippled.
 
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Bob Franklin said:
Thanks for accepting me Jimmy! :3

Personally, I think Xatu SW could make a comeback if Gliscor Spiritomb becomes popular. In decks like Gyarados, that would normally punish it, would appreciate it greatly seeing that it's a power and they get a free kill on Spiritomb/whatever is active. In all honesty, if it becomes too popular, he could become a staple. Once the Paralysis is gone, the deck doesn't have a lot of backbone. Take out one thing and the crippler becomes the crippled.
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Wow hadn't thought of this. but I do rember when Magnezone was Hyped up it got some use. IDK I'll have to see it alot before I actually include it in a deck.
 
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While Xatu SW is actually not that bad of an idea, most Gliscor decks pack in Cyclone and/or Luxray GL Lv.X. In most cases, they will simply bring up your Xatu and kill it. After that, the lock will be easy to maintain. Really, I think the best way to counter Gliscor is to play something fast that can do loads of damage. Kingdra, for example, is a great counter against Gliscor, and the matchup for them is near impossible to win. Gliscor isn't very fast (it's slower than Flygon), and it has low HP. Those are its primary weaknesses, and in my opinion, the only ones worth warrant of attemtping to abuse.
 
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I have an idea of what I'm going to play for CC's. Blissey with E-Belt. :p Thoughts?
 
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Weak to 'Champ, Promocroak and Gliscor, all of which are very much expected at CCs this season. Also with out the Energy that provide multiple energy it just takes to many energy to do good damage.
 
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Name:(optional) Matt
Username: Wailmerman
AIM, Skype, etc.: nope. I go on chat as googisaurus
TCG records: Don't really get what to put here
Current Season Record: 13-4
Premier rating: 1617.59
Placings at events: Attended 3 BR's: Won two, Top 4'ed one
Current Decks: Gyarados, Shuppy, Neo-Plox
Why you'd like to join:(at least 2 sentences): I want to join to talk about strategys. 2 heads are better than one.
 
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Please PM all applications. Did anyone read that part of the post? lol

Welcome to darkrai master777!
 
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Zangoose said:
I have an idea of what I'm going to play for CC's. Blissey with E-Belt. :p Thoughts?
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Lolwut? Are you like not worried about your premier rating? Cause that is a terrible idea. Go aggroqueen if you really want a healing tank. That doesn't have as many problems.
 
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Zangoose said:
I have an idea of what I'm going to play for CC's. Blissey with E-Belt. :p Thoughts?
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It has too many weaknesses to become a reality. For one, Blissey is an exceptionally poor attacker (assuming you are using the PL one instead of the MT one, which has its flaws as well), and it has the offensive power of a kitten. Lol. It is easy to get out fast, and its high HP is good with Expert Belt, but the fact that a lot of Fighting will be popular and the fact you won't be able to counter it efficiently enough makes the deck unreliable. Expert belt has better uses. My testing so far has also seemed to imply that it is a bit more of a tech than a deck focus. I haven't had great success with it as a centerpeice in my Machamp and Nidoqueen decks, and I now wonder if its only use is as a tech; which indeed, it does that job well.
 
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Well I currently lost my PokeTurns, which were needed for SP's(which i was going to play), so for now Blissey it is otherwise Luxray.dec.
 
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I'd definitely give Luxray a try. Anything capable of doing 120 T2 has to be somewhat good. Play ti with Porygon-Z G to get back the Expert Belts, and maybe even that card that gets you three Tools could work. Blissey has no way near the potential Luxray has.

And don't forget, Luxray still has the option of teching in one LA Luxray for a metagame counter. That might help swing the favor of a few of your matchups.
 
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