Competitive Pokemon General thread #23 - tfw you realize Electrode is Polandball edition

QP's renowned shittastic ladder challenge: http://challonge.com/tournaments/signup/TQsdXKYiHn
http://challonge.com/cpgladder

Introduction to Competitive Pokémon: http://www.smogon.com/dp/articles/intro_comp_pokemon
Tiers Explained: http://www.smogon.com/bw/articles/bw_tiers
Clauses and Banlists: http://www.smogon.com/bw/banlist/
StrategyDex & Movelists: http://www.smogon.com/bw/pokemon/


Online Pokémon Simulators:

Pokémon Showdown: http://www.pokemonshowdown.com
Pokémon General: http://www.pokemon-online.eu/
Pokémon TCG Online: http://www.pokemontcg.com/

Official Website: http://www.pokemon.com/us/


Other Informative Websites:

Serebii: http://www.serebii.net/index2.shtml
Bulbapedia: http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Main_Page
Veekun: http://veekun.com/

TotT: what is your favorite non-OU Pokemon to use in OU?