>>21865446Smogon is basically a hive mind of people who have played this game seriously for years working together to make deductive logical conclusions through rigorous testing.
Its basically the exact same process you use with your own conclusions and logic except instead of one brain doing the work, its thousands of brains working together for years in dedication
You are not smarter with this game than smogons decisions outside of the few corrupt agenda decisions that go through that everybody calls bullshit on anyway. For the most part smogon offers you and everybody else in the world the ideal choice game combinations on a silver platter due to 1,000s of people working their butts off just to give that information to you.
Without them you wouldn't be half as good as you'll ever be at this game. You're welcome.
-Smogon