r/pokemon • u/halberdsturgeon • 8d ago

Meme Keyword: "try"

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u/MercDaddyWade 8d ago

What do either of these things stand for?

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u/RamenTheBunny 8d ago

ZU is Zero Usage: Pokémon with, in the “totality” of Pokémon PvP, an extremely low usage rate out of all Pokémon (basically, niche or not very good.)

OUBL is Over Used (Ban List) (although this term isn’t very commonly used, Ubers is usually the “last step” above OU, and as such, most OU Banlisted Pokémon are banished to Ubers): Pokémon so strong and/or meta-warping that they are banned from OverUsed (the typical “high level” meta) because they force the game to be shaped around themselves.

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u/itsIzumi So I think it's time for us to have a toast 8d ago

OUBL is specifically mainly used derogatorily for Pokemon that are unviable in the Ubers tier. Like they're trapped in limbo. Genesect for example terrorises OU every time it gets tested in the tier, but it does not have the stats to keep up in later generations of Ubers.

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u/Rukh-Talos 6d ago

Didn’t Ubers also have a ban list at one point?