Go to http://www.smogon.com

Then, go to Banette's page and look at it's most commonly used attacks. Follow it up by looking at some of it's better, but not quite as good attacks. (It only has one or two effective movesets, last I recall.) Use these in your calculations against Pokemon that give Banette an issue within it's tier. Banette has issues with Taunt leads and Status'ers, iirc.

Use Damage Calculations against some of it's most common counters. Ambipom is a very common Taunt Lead.

Honestly, though, Banette will probably see most of its changes via Talent Tree. Stat wise, it's not amazing, but its not bad. It just lacks a very solid movepool to make use of it's other skills.

Hey Tabby, and welcome to PU.

We're all pretty friendly around here; especially Mr_Dark. He's really friendly with new people.  I'm sure we'll grow on you, though. We're kind of like a fungus that way.

To be generic: check out the forum announcements and rules if you haven't already. It has all the updates (and the rules, obviously). Other than that, hope you enjoy chilling around here with us.

Way to kill the wondering mood Jerry (yes, Jerry was right people). I thought about using dusknoir, but think about it. Moves like shadow punch or something arent all that strong, and i dont think dusknoir would be good for mixed battles. Doesnt it have low defenses or something too?

To clarify: Dusknoir is one of the best defensive ghosts in the game. Both of his defensive stats are on par with Groudon and Kyogre, just as an example; they both sit at 135 Base. The only thing that he suffers from is low HP. Something that is easily taken care of with Substitute and Pain Split.

He also makes an amazing attacker. I've personally used most of his sets and can attest to their effectiveness.

Back on topic, Dusknoir is a ghostly cyclops. A Japanese one-eyed mountain-dwelling creature named the Yamawarawa may have been what inspired him.

I have another question.

Do you play Pokemon competitively?

I do play competitively. It's actually a contributing factor to me being on the balance team.

Name: Raikt Dragmier (Eh, you can call me Austin, if you want... [Seriously, though. I will kill you.])
Age: 20
Location: Florida, as of the moment. My residence is Georgia, however.
Quote: "The two most common elements in the universe are Hydrogen and stupidity." - Harlan Ellison
Position: Gameplay Optimiser.

1. Do you have pets? I don't have any pets; though, I am aiming to get a dog.
2. What is your favorite color? White. I grew up on snow, and it's always stuck with my how beautiful freshly fallen snow is.
3. What kind of music do you like? I like anything interesting. From pop to jazz to heavy metal. If it's good, I'll listen to it.
4. What do you do on your free time besides spending time on PU? You mean... there is a world beyond PU?! Joking aside, I have a variety of ways to spend my time. I couldn't possibly list them all in a simple question. I meditate; I go to mixed marital arts classes; I read; I game; I cook; I go on runs; I hang out with friends; I surf the web; I troll the web.
5. What are your goals/dreams in life? My current goal is to passing all my college classes; my dream is to, eventually, end up owning my own gaming company. (Think small like Red Octane, before they got the shaft from Activision.)
6. What got you involved in PU? Boredom, for an honest answer. However, I was enthralled from the time I finished reading the introduction page. Game design and all its aspects strike a chord with me, and PU promised to be all that and more.
7. What makes you different from the rest of the PU team? Quite a few things, I would imagine.
8. Who do you admire? Why? Myself? Or is that a bit too narcissistic? I have quite a few people I look up to. Most of them are family members. Outside of that, few people play key to influencing my decisions.
9. Are you into sports?  If so which ones? I'm not into sports, per say. However, I do enjoy getting out and doing things on occasion. (Shocking, right?)
10. What is your dream job? Owning my own game company, or falling short of that, working as a developer for another.
11. What was your first screenname? Way back when I first joined the web, going on half my life ago? I have no idea. Something stupid, I would imagine.
12. Do you have any piercings? None, though people keep telling me I should get some.
13. Are you a lefty/righty? I'm actually ambidextrous.
14. Do you have any tattoo's? If not do you wish/plan to get one? None right now, though I have a sleeve planned for the future once I can afford it.
15. Do you have any siblings?  If so, how many of each? Two siblings. One brother and one sister.
16. What is your favorite website? 4.chan.org/b/
17. Do you play computer games?  If so, which ones? I do, and I play many. Starcraft II, Dragon Age: Origins, Fallout 3, World of Warcraft, Diablo II; those are just a few.
18. Do you play video game consoles?  Which ones? Quite. I own most consoles coming up into the new gen. NES, SNES, Atari, Sega CD, Sega Genesis; even the black sheep Virtual Boy. In current gen, I own a DS, Xbox 360, my computer, and a Wii. (Though it's a friends and not really mine.)
19. Are you married or planing to get married? No and no.
20. Which languages do you speak? I speak English as my main language; other than that, I speak piss poor Italian, French, Spanish, and I'm learning Mandarin.
21. Do you drink? I do not.
22. Do you smoke? Nor do I smoke.
23. Do you have a license? Yes, I do.
   a) Do you own a car? I own a vehicle, though the tires were recently slashed in a case of retard goes wild. Someone mistook my car for someone else's and slashed the wrong tires.
   b) Have you ever been stopped for speeding? Not yet.

24. Do you obtain a good amount of sleep daily? Define "sleep". I regularly get 2-3 hours a night, if I actually do sleep.
25. How do you sleep? With my eyes closed? Usually on a futon or the floor.
26. Have you ever been on an airplane? Multiple times. Still not a fan.
27. Have you ever broken a bone? I've broken most of the bones in my body at some point or another.
28. Do you wear jewelry?  If so what jewelry do you wear? I occasionally wear an old necklace I got from my grandfather to go with his class ring.
29. How do you dress? Depends. Usually just jeans and band t-shirts with a beanie.
30. How many keys are on your keyring? About six or seven, I would guess.
31. What time do you go to bed?  What time do you wake up? Bed is whenever and wherever I pass out at. I always wake up at six.
32. What's the freakiest thing you have done? Uh... I think I will save those stories for a later date.
33. Do you live alone? I do.
34. How many hours a day do you spend in the computer? Most of my time is spent on the computer, as it's where I do most of what I need to.
35. How many hours a day do you spend in PU? I lurk all day. I constantly have it open with a few other websites.
36. What is your favorite beverage - coffee, tea, soda, beer, other? Other. I drink water more than anything else.
37. What do you hate? Ignorance would probably top the charts.
38. What do you love? Bacon.
39. What is your religion? Agnosticism, so I suppose I wouldn't have one.
40. What is your hair color? Brownish black.
41. How tall are you? 5'8", or 173 cm.
42. How much do you weigh? 168 lbs, or 76 kgs.

That's all for those questions, though as I said, some seemed pretty arbitrary. If you have any others, ask I suppose.

I have an entire collection of parodies on hand. For quite a few songs. Most of them are WoW based, mind you, but they are catchy nonetheless. I could do a link dump. (Yes, dump. There are that many.) But, I couldn't post all the lyrics. That would take many, many posts to do.

In Call of Duty, the higher level you are, the more choice of guns etc. you have.
In Halo, you begin every match with a rifle and if you want another gun you have to find them scattered over the map.

You could argue the same thing about the "Power Weapons" in Halo. In fact, most people do. Plus, I don't know if you played CoD4: MW (The one that didn't suck) but most of the weapons you had at level 1 could do just fine at max level. However, I digress.

Halo 1 > Halo 3: ODST > Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare > Halo 2 > Halo 3 > Everything else.

Fix'd.

Hmm, I actually liked ODST more than Halo3. In anyway, got legendary edition waiting for me.

You are not. I honestly never played Halo 3 much except for the occasional match making and forge. ODST was an excellent game, though. I had the Legendary Edition pre-ordered, before I ran out of funds. Now I'm settling for the normal edition.

Metroid: Other M whe-... Oooh, look at that. A nickel.