Hello everyone. My name's Ryanide. I may be new to these forums, but I'm by no means a Pokemon noob, having been active on the Gamefaqs and Smogon boards. However, I want to give Libelldra a try because it seems like a more intelligent environment than Gamefaqs while still being a lot more friendly than Smogon.

I've always enjoyed playing games competitively, especially Pokemon, which I consider to be a game of infinite replay value. My hobbies include animating and drawing, and I have a DA page where I showcase my works. In general, I design characters in the anthropomorphic style, not because I'm a furry, but because I genuinely believe that non-human characters have a certain intrigue to them that makes them very appealing as characters.

My favorite Pokemon, OU as it is, would have to be Weavile for its looks and usefulness. I was also one of the people who predicted that Weavile would be awesome as soon as it was revealed. Of course I could never have predicted just how good it would have been since back then the special/physical split hadn't been announced. This is one of the reasons why I like Weavile so much.

Competitively, I don't really care if I win or lose, just so long as I get to try out interesting strategies and teams. I'm a huge fan of baton pass and other such gimmicks as well as "hit or miss" teams with high risk high reward.

I am quite picky about my Pokemon though, and you'll never see me using certain Pokemon that I hate. Salamence for example (never mind stats, I don't like it's design!).

Anyway, I hope this site can provide for me what Smogon and Gamefaqs failed to do: a helpful environment that's both competitive and enjoyable.

Please stop by my DA gallery if you wish. www.ryanide.deviantart.com

Hey there, welcome to Libelldra. Hope you find what you're looking for here.

I really like that avator by the way.

hey there. i'm sure you'll have a great time here

[QUOTE USER="Truthiness" TIME="1197610651"]Hey there, welcome to Libelldra. Hope you find what you're looking for here.

I really like that avator by the way.[/QUOTE]

Thank you. I made it.

I should probably make some other moveset avatars for my other favorites.

Welcome to TlF. I am guessing your favorite Weavile set is the SD one right?

[QUOTE USER="Gengar_OU" TIME="1197626965"] Welcome to TlF. I am guessing your favorite Weavile set is the SD one right?[/QUOTE]

Well it's the one I consider the most effective. However my favorite Weavile set is:

Weavile@focus sash
jolly nature

counter
night slash/pursuit
ice shard/swords dance
ice punch

A nasty surprise for all of Weavile's physical counters. I feel it needs ice shard to surprise things like Crobat and Yanmega, but you could put swords dance there too I suppose.

^.^ welcome to TLF :3

Your avatar is friggin' pimp :O!! How'd you make it lol :D?

[QUOTE USER="JellyDemon" TIME="1197645579"]^.^ welcome to TLF :3

Your avatar is friggin' pimp :O!! How'd you make it lol :D?[/QUOTE]

Thank you. I used Macromedia Flash to make it. If it weren't for the size limit for avatars, I would have made the animation a bit smoother.

I'm thinking of doing one for Floatsel next, lol.

Do you take requests?

Anyways, welcome.

I hope you know the instant you remove your avatar I'm gonna use it :P

I hate Salamence too XD

I was just wondering, your Weavile avatar is using SD, Brick Break, Night Slash and Ice Punch, yet you don't follow that set (I do, cept I use Pursuit)

[QUOTE USER="Destati" TIME="1198129181"]I hope you know the instant you remove your avatar I'm gonna use it :P
[/QUOTE]

erm, you realize he made it, right?

anyway, it is freakin' awesome.