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VGC: Learn the "Lingo"

Benzo

Benzo

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In the video game universe, it is easy to make up a "Lingo" that players use to "get to the point" or to make quick reference. Pokemon is no different. There are many abbreviations, terminoligy, and references that make it complicated for some new players to get into the competative scene with ease.

So, I would like to compile alot of the "lingo" into this thread to help out some of the newer players who are looking to get into the scene and at least have a chance to feel a little bit less "out of the loop" when discussing things about the game.

I encourage players of all levels to assist in making this main posting to contribute some "lingo" in here so everyone can benefit.


Basic or most common phrases:

OHKO: One hit knockout

KO: Knock out

LVL: Level

DBLB: Double battle

SB: Single battle

EV'd: Effort value raised in a specific stat

IV'd: A Pokemon with a specific stat that has an individual value of 31. 31 is the highest, a stat can range from 0-31 in the Pokemon's base stat.

UT: Untouched, meaning that the Pokemon has not gained any battle experiance or has gained a level and is at it's original level of being recieved.

HM slave: A Pokemon that can use multiple Hidden Machine moves to navigate through the game. A good example of an HM slave is Bibarel, who can have the HM moves dive, waterfall, surf, and cut.

Uber: Pokemon that are over powered for a certain battle format or for tournament use.

OU: Over-used, Pokemon that are in the top use and are seen in the most common battle teams and in tournaments.

UU: Under-used, Pokemon that have good/great tournament use but are not commonly used or seen.

NU: Never-used, Pokemon that don't get used in battles or tournaments for many reasons.

RU: Rarely-used, Pokemon that hold their own in battles or team well, but are often used and make the occaisional appearence in tournaments or battles.


Hold item:

"Scarfed": A Pokemon holding one of three items: choice scarf,

LO: Life Orb

LE: Lucky egg

"Banded": A pokemon that holds

"?Gem'd": The Pokemon is holding a (?) gem, where the gem is for a boost in a specific move. The "(?)" is for the first letter of the gem type, like "Fgem'd" is Fire gem.

Reference to a Pokemon's battle use:

Special sweeper: A Pokemon with max special attack stat that has potentual to knock out more then one opponant Pokemon.

Physical sweeper: same as a special sweeper, but has a max physical stat.

"Glass cannon": A Pokemon that hits extremely hard and fast, but is weak in defence and special defence stats that won't survive an attack from an opposing Pokemon.

"Mixed sweeper": A Pokemon that has max special and attack stats and can be used as a physical or special attacker in battle.

Wall/Tank/Staller: A Pokemon that is maxed in defence or special defence, or both stats that can stay in battle for a good length of the battle and can handle alot of attacks.

"Grunt": A Pokemon that is level 5 and under, has no egg moves, no good nature, easily caught in a Pokeball, and there is an endless supply to be captured in the wild. Grunt Pokemon do have a use, like trading Pokemon from one game to another in order to be able to restart a new file on a cartridge.


Moves-----:

SP: Sucker Punch

BP: Bullit Punch

CM: Calm Mind

EQ: Earthquake

Twave: Thunder Wave



Game References:
Y= Yellow version

R/B= Red and Blue version

HG/SS= Heart Gold and Soul Silver version

RB/Sap= Ruby and Saphire version

EM= Emerald version

Plt= Platnium version

GoD= Gale of Darkness


Pokemon abbreviated:

Ttar: Tyranitar

Dogs: Raiku, Entie, Suicune

Birds: Zapdos, Articuno, Moltres

Pixies: Uxie, Mesprit, Azelf

Genies: Landorous, Tornados, Thunderos


This is just a "start" on getting this filled in with as much info on the common used "Lingo" terms. Please, feel free to submit more "Lingo" terms, I believe this will be of help in the VGC scene. I will edit in information as it comes in, and as long as the "Lingo" grows.

(I will edit and "clean this up" and correct spelling and make this a bit more presentable when I have a bit more time to do so.)
 
There's also "boltbeam" for the thunderbolt/ice beam combo used often due to its ability to hit most pokemon for neutral or better damage.
"Musketeers" are sometimes used for Terrakion/Virizion/Cobalion
SD for Swords Dance
BP is also occasionally used for Baton Pass

If I can think of more I'll post them, but it's 4 AM and I'm tired lol.
 
I'd remove these as they aren't really ever used:

DBLB: Double battle
SB: Single battle
LE: Lucky egg
"Grunt"

And people more commonly refer to the games like this:
RBY
GSC
RSE
FRLG
ADV (all Advance generation games)
DPP
HGSS
BW

I've honestly never really heard of people referring to Sucker Punch as SP... And yes, BP is more commonly referring to Baton Pass than Bullet Punch I think but that's not going to be seen much in VGC (Doubles) play.
 
^Thus, my attempt to collect as much lingo as possible. The term "grunt" is used a lot in my area. That is why it is on the list.
The more this site caters to us gamers, the more we need to provide information for the cause.

You are correct in the lingo that you provided, but I am also trying to combine "like" terms. I also am aware of the lingo in reference that you provided, and it will be added.

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This is a community effort, that is why I ask that members provide lingo that is not just "dominant" in my area among the local group of base players, as well as the local lingo among other players across the globe.

I do think that having this thread is a great place for people who are new to get an understanding of what us experianced players are talking about.

One thing to consider is the BP matter of reference: It does share the same two letters for different moves. Therefore, since I myself know that BP is more commonly usued for Batton Pass, but I have seen and heard BP refered to as Bullit Punch as well.

Whether the lingo is VGC or casual play, this is just a guide thread to keep people in the loop as to what the lingo is.

Even if some of the information here seems minor or useless to an "expert", I do not want to leave out information that could mean usefull to others.

Thank you guys so far, I am doing the best I can to combine and provide players with as much usefull information as possible to all players, new or ninja.
 
Yeah, personally when I hear BP, I think back to singles and baton pass before thinking of bullet punch lol.

Never heard of grunt in my life though, and as far as I know, no one ever refers to the "3rd" game of a series separately, I've always seen it as RBY altogether for example.

Raikou, Entei, and Suicune have also been called cats just as much as dogs (I personally fail to see how they're dogs), though gerbils is pretty much a neutral term for them. PBR = Pokemon Battle Revolution as well.

And for what it's worth, Atk = Attack, Def = Defense, SpA = Special Attack, SpD = Special Defense, Spe = Speed.
 
^Yeah, Cats I have heard less frequent as dogs for the trio.

"Muskateers" I have heard as well, but "swordsman" is kind of getting used a bit more since the movie announcment.
We need to consider the "public" as too what they may know as a specific term that refers to things, and try to merge the VGC players viewpoint to at least have a happy medium or just simply display both versions of the referal-
Example: A dictionary may or may not contain "phrases" like: "jimmy rigged" and give a definition with and example.
We experianced players can get away with using such a phrase, but the public may only know it to be meaning something else. I simply want to define or combine is all, while trying to hold the original meaning or the variant of the meaning.

A good example of how this can be somewhat difficult to do is this: Live and Live.
See my point?

I am greatfull for the help, and I do not want to get or give, let alone misrepresent a group or to prefer/favor one side or the other. I also do not want to let my own opinions be factual- such as the term "Grunt" which is widely accepted in my group of friends or the locals here.

I will work on updating the main title to include the veriants of lingo.
 
Yeah, my post was more from online competitive Pokemon battling community than any one local area. I just don't want people to think they can use those terms and expect anyone to know what it means =P
 
WoW=Will-o-Wisp

Specs'd=A Pokemon with Choice Specs

Crit=Critical Hit

Lefties=Leftovers

There's a TON out there, I have more, but that's all for now. Merry Christmas!
 
I find a problem with the Gem'd thing. What if you said DGem'd? That could mean either the pokemon is holding the Dark Gem or the Dragon Gem, which can be especially confusing with a pokemon such as Hydreigon. It could be holding the Dark Gem(for Dark Pulse), or the Dragon Gem(for Draco Meteor or Dragon Pulse).

Speaking of Dragon moves, a few terms I use are :

D-Pulse--> Dragon Pulse
D-Claw--> Dragon Claw
D-Meteor--> Draco Meteor

I'm sure you get the jist of it.
 
FEAR in general can refer to anything that can be Lv 1 and sashed with Endeavor and a priority move imo, like a Phanpy with Sash/Endeavor/Ice Shard.
 
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I think for some of the terms that have been listed a sub-list of synonyms with the most dominant being the first listing.

Some Pokemon that aren't listed that might be good to list are Regis (for Regirock, Regice, and Registeel) and GChomp (Garchomp)

I'll think of some more later
 
Also, I have never seen GoD be Gale of Darkness. Most times I've just seen XD as the abbreviation for it.
 
I can only assume my post was edited because the guy I was quoting had his deleted XD (the smile, not the game).

But yeah, I've seen it as XD, GoD, and XD: GoD as well...Colloseum I've usually seen as Collo for short also.
 
Red Striker said:
I find a problem with the Gem'd thing. What if you said DGem'd? That could mean either the pokemon is holding the Dark Gem or the Dragon Gem, which can be especially confusing with a pokemon such as Hydreigon. It could be holding the Dark Gem(for Dark Pulse), or the Dragon Gem(for Draco Meteor or Dragon Pulse).

Speaking of Dragon moves, a few terms I use are :

D-Pulse--> Dragon Pulse
D-Claw--> Dragon Claw
D-Meteor--> Draco Meteor

I'm sure you get the jist of it.
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Usually "Gem" is followed by the name of the attack that uses the Gem. You'll hear people talk about "Gem'd Draco Meteor" or "Gem'd Close Combat" and it'll be obvious what type of gem is being referred to. If you need to talk about a specific gem, you'd normally spell out the full name of the item like "Dragon Gem" or "Dark Gem".
 
edgequake=earthquake/stone edge another good type combo simialar to bolt beam
drizzletoad=politoad with drizzle
droughtales=ninetales with drought
FEAR= rattata with focus sash, endeavor, quick attack
sashed=any poke with focus sash
wishbliss=blissey with wish, which is an event move.
d-bond=destiny bond
e-vire= electivire
rachi=jirachi
skymin=sky forme shaymin
tyraniboah=tyrainitar with focus punch and special based moves
phaser=a pokemon that uses roar, whirlwind, or some other switching move to remove stat boost from the opponets pokemon
Hazer=a pokemon that uses haze to remove stat boosts
SR=stealth rocks


sorry for spelling mistakes...its late and i am tired

edited the stuff the post got removed for...
 
Never seen Jirachi referred to as rachi (kinda lazy if you don't bother adding 2 more letters in any event...), and FEAR doesn't refer to Rattata only to my knowledge, it can mean any Pokemon Lv 1 capable of Endeavor + Priority move while sashed; Phanpy and Smeargle are both capable of FEAR sets for example.
 
the original was rattata. as for rachi...idk about vgc stuff, i played in another capacity but i did it for several years, everyone was lazy and so ya, rachi was preferred.
 
yeah- gonna edit through when I got some time to do so, and I have considered dropping some of the lingo and try to stick with the lingo thats most dominant over-all-

When I started this, I thought that it would be something just to add in stuff as it all goes along, as there are so many varients- I am just glad that I am not including foriegn countries ( not that I am against that, just that they could have total different slang/lingo terminolagy is all)--

but, this is just to get it somewhat started for when people come to the site and at least have a "dictionary/urban Dictionary/Pokenary" what ever for reference.
Thanx for what has been submitted so far- itll get added in and as the discussion continues....
 
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