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Recently I'm seeing a lot of "which Pokemon is better" questions, which usually don't have context, i.e. the rest of the team, so there is absolutely no way of saying which is "better". Listing pros & cons doesn't work either because it still depends on the team as to which Pokemon to pick.

Additionally, I still don't think "which Pokemon should I use for this team" questions should be allowed because it's essentially asking for others to make someone's team for them. Granted, it's not asking us to make their whole team for them, but even on the RMT rules it says:
>Full teams only: In general this means 6 Pokemon for 6v6 singles. Doubles teams would be 4 Pokemon. If you don't have a 6th Pokemon then put something in and say you are not sure about it and would like more suggestions.

so you should still come up with a moveset/ items/ ability/ nature et. al for a Pokemon and not ask someone to pick for you.

Can we just resolve this once and for all and say that these questions are not allowed because they're too opinionated?

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I disagree, if the person has a 5 pokemon team and wants advice on the last pokemon then it's fine for them to ask. And most of the time they do have 5 pokes and just don't list them in which case we comment and ask them to give us the rest of their pokemon.
I just think that even if you're not sure on the 6th, it would be better to put either one or both of the Pokemon you want to use and then receive advice on whether that was a good choice or not, because that helps you understand team building more than someone just picking for you.
Most people do that though, from my experience anyway. And in any case sometimes they ask simply because they cannot think of anyone to fill the role in their team. I know that's happened to me several times. So if they have 5 pokes and can't think of anyone for their sixth then it is imho totally fine that they ask other people's opinions. Because what is clear to us is not necessarily clear to them.
well, i have no problem with VS questions, but the pokemons have to share role or at least typings imo. example:

yeye:
florges VS sylveon

why yeye?  both sylveon and florges are supporting pokés who can wish pass and use heal bell/ aromatherapy. questions like these should be allowed as the person wants too know which of too very similar mons is most useful.

nono:
swampert VS  mega gengar

why nono: these too has very different roles. swampert works as a bulky pivot while mega gengar is "glass cannon" and is used to sweep. these questions should not be allowed.

most users know to not ask weird  VS questions like mega gengar vs swampers so lets just allow it and hide the weird ones
I can see the sense in that ^
So these questions would have to be specific and have some sense to them. Which makes sense, most questions should. However I don't think it's fair to just hide a question when someone asks it simply because they don't understand the game. We were all n00bs once.
I remember one I answered asking for opinions on which is a better Dark Type, Tyrannitar or Hydreigon.  *facepalm*
I agree with the banana dude :)
@MrK: and I see most people leaving the 6th Pokemon blank in my experience? Until they're asked to anyway. And as for really not knowing, I would even just stick Sunkern in there to just show that you've triiiied to come up with a 6th one.

And yea, if the Q was "which is a better cleric for my team, Florges or Sylveon", then the question is more than answerable. If the question was "random water type vs. random water type", then no.
Before: Which Pokemon should be my wall for [insert tier], Bastiodon or Steelix?

After: hay guyz should i pick mageekrap fur ma [IN-GAME] team or dat weekling arceeyus
AYAN
You just won the internet again.
I dunno if you ever seen my answers to these types of questions but it's not exactly difficult. Yeah, some background info would be nice, but t's not needed. You compare stats, roles, how they work, movepools and sets. Basically, a smaller smogon analysis. Then the asker can choose which Pokemon for what purpose

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On the Battle Subway, it's full teams only. However, people can provide an option of 2+ Pokemon for one of the 6, but if they do that they must include all the usual details like moveset/EVs etc. Like "For my last Pokemon I'm not sure which to use, Garchomp with [all moves and stats here] or Tyranitar with [all moves and stats here]."

On Pokebase, we do have a lot of questions of the form "Pokemon A or Pokemon B". I don't mind these in general because the answers are quite good and weigh up all the pros and cons between the Pokemon. You don't need a whole team context, but the Pokemon should be somewhat similar i.e. "Garchomp or Blissey" is silly because they fill completely separate roles.

So to sum up:
If it's part of a team, it should be on RMT and include full details for each Pokemon.
If it's a straight comparison between two Pokemon it should be on Pokebase and they should be somewhat related.

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