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Competitive Battling Dictionary In competitive battles, experienced players use lots of words and abbreviations that new players may not understand. This page will help you understand some of those words so that you can tell "OU" apart from "UU" and know what "WoW" and "BP" means. STAB - Same Type Attack Bonus - If a Pokemon uses a move that's the same type as it is, that move will be 50% stronger. For example, if a Pikachu uses Thunderbolt, then Thunderbolt will be 50% stronger since both Pikachu and Thunderbolt are Electric type. This is basically a very important and fundamental part of Pokemon. Moveset - A set of 4 moves that a Pokemon will use in battle. Movepool - All the moves that a Pokemon can legally obtain. This includes level-up, TMs, HMs, breeding, tutors, or other means (such as special moves from the New York Pokemon Center). Some Pokemon, like Magikarp or Wobbuffet, have small movepools meaning they can't learn many moves. Others, like Mew, have large movepools so they can learn a lot of different moves. Tiers Tiers break the list of Pokemon down into how well they can compete with other Pokemon. Based on this, they are placed in one of five tiers shown below. Uber - Ubers are Pokemon that are considered too powerful
to use in an OU battle, mainly because they have incredibly high
stats, extremely large movepools, or abilities that make them tough
to defeat. UU - Underused - This tier is for Pokemon that have trouble
competing with OU Pokemon usually because they have low stats or
small movepools. NU - Neverused - This tier is for Pokemon that are too weak
to compete even with UU Pokemon. Common Pokemon/Move/Item Abbreviations
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