BP

Stands for the base power of a move. As an example, Crunch has a BP of 80.

BST

Stands for the total number of a Pokemon's base stats. This total number comes from the sum total of a Pokemon's HP, Attack, Defense, Special Attack, Special Defense and Speed. As an example, Rayquaza has a BST of 680.

EVs

Stands for Effort Values. These are points you can assign to a Pokemon to increase a specific stat. Every Pokemon can get up to 510 EVs, and every stat can get up to 252 EVs, so you have to split your Pokemon's EVs wisely. As an example, Rayquaza's base Speed at Level 100 is 226, but when it gets 252 EVs in Speed, its Speed will increase to 258.

IVs

Stands for Individual Values. These act like the DNA of a Pokemon, and are determined as soon as the Pokemon hatch from the egg. Every stat of a Pokemon can get a total of 31 IVs, and when a Pokemon gets 31 IVs in each stat, it's a perfect Pokemon. You'll get to have a perfect Pokemon if you breed it, or if you build it on Pokemon Showdown. As an example, Rayquaza's Speed with full EVs is 258, and if this Rayquaza has perfect IVs, its Speed will reach 289.

Dual Screens

Refers to the moment when a Pokemon successfully lands a Reflect and a Light Screen. As an example, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Corviknight is excellent for setting Dual Screens, as it's bulky and has enough time to do it.

Entry Hazards

These are moves that set dangerous traps that deal damage to your opponent's Pokemon. There are currently three main ones: Spikes (Ground-type move), Toxic Spikes (Poison-type move), and Stealth Rock (Rock-type move).

OHKO

Stands for One Hit KO. An OHKO happens when you defeat one of your opponent's Pokemon with a single turn, or when you land a Guillotine, a Horn Drill, or a Sheer Cold, which are moves that automatically defeat your opponent's Pokemon, but has only 30 percent accuracy.

NVE

Stands for Not Very Effective, and it's shorthand to refer to a move that does less damage due to the Pokemon's type resistance. As an example, Water is NVE against Grass-type.

Priority

Every move has a Priority that will determine if it'll get executed first, will obey the Speed stat of both Pokemon in play, or will get executed last. As an example, Protect has priority over most moves, while Roar has negative priority, which will make the user go last.

STAB

Stands for Same Type Attack Bonus. This is a bonus that increases a move's damage by 50 percent only if the Pokemon that executes the move has the same type of the move. As an example, a Raichu's Thunder will have STAB, but a Dragonite's Thunder won't have this bonus.

Revenge Kill

A Revenge Kill refers to the moment when you KO one of your opponent's Pokemon shortly after this Pokemon defeated one of yours.

Residual Damage

Refers to the damage a Pokemon can take without being directly attacked. It can come from recoil (the usage of Brave Bird, Fire Blitz, Volt Tackle, etc.) a weather effect (Hail or Sandstorm), a Status♔ effect (Poisonings or Burnings), or a previously mentioned Entry Hazard.

Dedicated Lead

A Pokemon who will always start the match by setting Entry Hazards in the field. Examples: Clodsire, Garganacl.

Attacking Lead

A Pokemon that can attack as soon as the match starts and doesn't need setups. Examples: Machamp, Yanmega.

Baton Passer

A Pokemon that boosts itself, then send those boosts to another Pokemon of its t💎eam through Baton Pass. Example: Gliscor.

Cleric

A Pokemon that heals itself and its team through Heal Bell🌱,🦩 Wish, or Aromatherapy. Example: Blissey.

Dual Screener

A Pokemon that can learn and use Reflect and Light Screen to boost its teammates' Defense and Special Defense. Examples: Corviknight, Espeon.

Glass Cannon

A Pokemon with a great offensive power but very weak defenses. Examples: Sharpedo, Gengar.

Sweeper

A Pokemon that can deal a lot of damage through its high Speed and Attack or Special Attack stats.

It can be divided between Physical Sweepers, which uses its Attack (Example: Annihilape), Special Sweepers, which uses its Special Attack (Example: Kilowattrel) or Mixed Sweepers, which uses both 𒐪Attack and Special Attack stats (Example: Dragonite).

Hazer

A Pokemon that uses Haze or Clear Smog to remove stat boots from its opponent's Pokemon. Examples: Muk, Dragalge, Clodsire, Toxapex.

Phazer or Shuffler

A Pokemon that can force the opponent to switch Pokemon through moves like ♎Yawn, Roar, or Perish Song. Examples: Dondozo, Altaria.

Pivot

A Pokemon who's usually used for forcing your opponent to switch by switching in and out from the field.

There are two types of pivots: Defensive and Offensive.

The Defensive Pivots usually have good defensive stats, so they take little damage when switching in, forcing the opponent t♐o switch to any other Pokemon to ☂pass through it. Examples: Skarmory, Toxapex.

The Offensive Pivots force a switch by threatening to KO your opponent's Pokemon. Example: Scizor.

Rapid Spinner or Defogger

A Pokemon that can get rid of the Entry Hazards by using Rapid Spin or Defog. Example: Corviknight, Great Tusk.

Spin Blocker

A Ghost-type Pokemon that can block Pokemon with Rapid Spin. Example: Tera Ghost-type Glimmora.

Revenge Killer

A Pokemon whose main job is to finish off the Pokemon who defeated one of your own. They usually 🎉have very strong Attack stats, but are very frail. Example: Scizor.

Stallbreaker

A Pokemon that can disable Stalling strategies by preventing them to use their moves through the usage of moves like Taunt. Example: Palafin.

Status Absorber

A Pokemon that can take advantage of status effects by using Items like Toxic Orb, Abilities like Guts, or moves like Sleep Talk. Examples: Gliscor, Heracross.

Suicide Lead

A lead Pokemon whose task is to set up Entry Hazards and prevent the opponents to do the same before going down, usually through Explosion. It'll not get out the field by switching. Example: Glimmora.

Supporter

A Pokemon that uses non-offensive moves that benefit its team. Example: All Dual Screeners and Clerics.

Tank

A Pokemon with high Defense, Special Defense and HP stats that receives damage but also counters it. Examples: Dondozo, Scream Tail, or Baxcalibur.

Utility Pokemon

A Pokemon that can have multiple roles in a team, usually because of a wide movepool, ꦑgreat type combination or useful Ability. Example: Garganacl, that can be a Dedicated Lead, a Tank, and a Phazer through its signatu🍒re move, Salt Cure.

Utility Counter

A highly defensive Pokemon that can cover its team from a variety of threats, but only depending on switching its moveset. Exꦺample: Great Tusk, which can be a Rapid Spinner or a Tank.

Wall

A Pokemon capable of taking both Physical and Special attacks during the course of the match without much hesitation, but doesn't have many offensive options. Examples: Clodsire, Toxapex.

Wallbreaker

A Pokemon able to defeat Walls through the usage of powerful Physical and Special moves. Example: Gholdengo☂, who has an ability named Good as Gold, which makes it immune to status effects.

Offensive

Offensive teams usually rely on outspeeding and outdamaging its opponents. Players with this playstyle will usually start attacking since the start, pressuring their opponents to take bad decisions and gaining mo🐻mentum since the beginning.

Stall

Stalling teams rely on dealing residual damage through the usage of Entry Hazards, weather effects, and moves like Will-O-Wisp, Toxic, and Salt Cure. Most of the Pokemon in a Stalling team will have highly defensive stats and will be experts on forcing switches through Phazers and Walls.

Balance

Balanced teams are teams that use powerful attackers that are backed up by defensive threats, stallers, and tanks. Balanced teams always focuses on a specific t𝕴hreat, like a Wallbreaker, and the rest of the team a൩ims to support said threat.