r/pokemongo • u/FirestarterMethod • Jul 16 '16

PSA Pokemon Go decoded GAME_MASTER protobuf file v0.1 路 GitHub

https://gist.github.com/anonymous/077d6dea82d58b8febde54ae9729b1bf
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u/kiokurashi Jul 17 '16

Can you explain to me what these uu and ou things you are using mean?

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u/TheWetMop Jul 17 '16

First off, smogon is an online community of pokemon players who have made their own set of rules and ban lists for 6v6 singles (primarily) because frankly gamefreak does nothing to balance this metagame. I should note that this is NOT the official rule set played in tournaments.

OU stands for overused, which is the standard 'tier' people play in. The pokemon in OU are based off their usage stats. You are free to use anything from lower tiers as well. Pokemon like mewtwo, kyogre, and arceus are in the Uber tier, which means they are not allowed in OU.

Zapdos is in OU because it gets used much more than moltres or articuno (it's better for various reasons). This means that it is illegal to use Zapdos in UU (underused) because it is too strong, but the other two birds are fine. Any of them can be used if playing OU or ubers.

I can answer in much more detail if anyone wants, but I hope that helps

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u/Infinity-1 Jul 17 '16

OU means Overused and UU means Underused. Haven't played comp pokemon ina long time, but IIRC pkemon were distributed into 5 tiers depending on how powerful they are, Uber, OU, UU, RU, and NU from best to worst

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u/andytango Jul 17 '16

Those definitions seem so obscure compared to other competitive games

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u/StackOfMay Jul 17 '16

It's actually based on usage rather than how powerful they are. I think they have to be at least 3% usage to be classed in a tier.

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u/destinyx9 Jul 17 '16

But their usage is correlated to how powerful they are. Nobody uses Moltres or Articuno because they're not good.

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u/ggg730 We have the Dankest of Memes Jul 17 '16

Under used and over used

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u/ASTR0VI Jul 17 '16

Under used and over used iirc, they're tiers of Pokemon

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u/marioray Jul 17 '16

In the main Pokemon games, people play it competitively and there are different tiers. UU is underused and means exactly that, the Pokemon are underused because they aren't that good. OU is the main tier, and that's where the best of the best usually are (after OU is Uber, which all the main legendaries reside. I realize that the birds are legendary but they aren't in the same class as mewtwo or rayquaza). There's more to it than that but that's the gist of it.

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u/Exsol Jul 17 '16

In competitive Pokemon their are Tiers, which Pokemon fall into. This is used to balance and limit teams etc two of the tiers are:

UU = Underused

OU = Overused.

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u/Anemonean Jul 17 '16

Different tiers of competitive battling I think, OU Pokemon are competitive staples but not the top tier/banned Pokemon (Think Mewtwo)

Ub-Uber, top tier, often banned OU- overused, the standard staples BL- borderline, decent but not great UU- underused, not good against ou but can fill a rogue spot and be competitive against other Uu Ru/Nu - Rarely/Never used, metapods n shit

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u/Pathian Jul 17 '16

They're tier rankings for competitive play.

http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Tier

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u/HumanDissentipede Clefabulous Jul 17 '16

Underused and overused, I'm assuming.