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Hello everyone! After a some time and lots of new toys from June shifts, we're going to get into Week 8!!
RESEARCH WEEK 7 POINTS DUMP:
+20 Points DiannieRatson - Highest Elo (10), Documented Findings (5), Exemplary Effort (5)
WEEK 6 WRAP:
From what we learned, Armarouge is just as scary as...
Hello everyone! I'm here to announce the next Live Research Tour for the Research Academy.
This week we're going to be covering a part of Tera, the move Tera Blast. This turns into a stab move of the pokemon's preferred Tera type which can turn a pokemon from okay, to a super strong contender...
Hello everyone! We're sorry about the delay from the last week but thanks to everyone who participated last week and we're going to get into week 6!
RESEARCH WEEK 6 POINTS DUMP:
+20 Points pomfpomfpluff - Highest Elo (10), Documented Findings (5), Exemplary Effort (5)
+15 Points...
Thanks to everyone who participated in today's Live Research Tour and also to the winner ramydos.
So to the question, how did the banning of Damp Rock affect the rain meta? There are a couple of things to note in that the banning of Damp Rock does hinder a hard rain playstyle much more, because...
Hello everyone! It's me again to announce this week's Live Research Tour!
Alongside the two mons we are researching another drop to UU is the return of Pelipper. Rain has always been a controversial topic in UU, is it broken? Where does the problem lie in rain? So for this week we want to...
Hello everyone! We had our Live Research Tour and I'm going to go over the results of it. Congrats to pomfpomfpluff for winning this week!
So what were the results of Choice Scarf being banned? It was quite interesting for me, in previous generations the impact of Choice Scarf was immense...
Hello everyone! Sorry about last week but this Friday we're having a live research tour in the UU showdown room!
Every item has its uses, but some of the most widely used are the choice items. They can drastically change an outcome of a game based on its use but we wanted to focus on one. What...
Alright so imma comment on more than one thing in this post but I mainly wanna focus on one nomination
:sv/dudunsparce:
Dudunsparce: UR -> C+ [I can see it being B- as well but for now, starting off here]
Dudunsparce is the new evolution of Dunsparce in SV and despite being a pure normal type...
Hello everyone! First I wanna congratulate HydreigonTheChild for winning again! Before I get onto next weeks team I just wanna make a small note that we at Break This Team are fully happy to accept team submissions from participants! If that is ever something any previous participant had...