06-02-2020, 04:48 PM | #451 |
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The Dodrio line should be an exception, not a trend! Wasn't the entire reason Gengar lost Levitate because the 3D sprite was standing on the ground?
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I figured it was more of a balance thing, Gengar needs that Ground Weakness....
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Dodrio, meanwhile, might not be capable of outright flight, per se, but the general implication is that its jumping skills are sufficient enough to compensate for that. I could easily see the same holding true for Galarian Zapdos. Hell, this sort of thing was why I was predicting Fire/Flying for Scorbunny's final evo last year. |
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06-02-2020, 07:58 PM | #454 |
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Yeah uh Gengar was nerfed. This was also the generation that took away the Legendary Beasts having good HAs instead of the shit ones they have now.
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As for Gengar losing Levitate, I think it was because it doesn't weigh 0.2 lbs/0.1 kg like the other two members of its evolutionary line (Gengar is heavier). And yeah, I also think it's because its 3D sprite is standing on the ground. Also, this was the generation that nerfed Aegislash's base stats. In my opinion, that was completely unnecessary.
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Gengar was hit by the Nerf Bat the same Generation the Beasts were- Gen. 7. Everything Emi said is entirely correct there. I remember people freaking out about how Suicune was ruined by the Beasts' change during SuMo's leak period (though it wasn't quite as common as people yelling about how decidueye shouldn't have been so slow; that's it's movement speed, not its overall attack speed people!). What a wild time that was...
I mean, Aegislash has been in Ubers or OUBL pretty consistently since its conception, despite not being a Legendary, Psuedo-Legendary, or Mythical Pokémon. It had no right to be so good, especially after Gale Wings got nerfed so badly in the last Generation! That said, the stat decreases... didn't really hurt aegislash all that much? At least, not quite as much as the reduction of King's Shield's recoil did (it's now -1 to both Attack stats on contact instead of -2), anyway. |
06-04-2020, 09:36 PM | #457 |
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Aegislash is pretty bad now. It's UUBL in natdex OU and despite almost exclusively using it, I found it to be my weakest Pokemon. Aegislash would be fine in OU without the nerfs.
It no longer has the wallbreaking power to muscle through Pokemon like Tapu Fini, and if it's not running King's Shield it's virtually useless even if it survives a Knock Off. I'm fairly sure the only reason Aegislash was nerfed was so Leon could use it in the champion battle. Aegislash would be extremely difficult to beat for casual players if it was running Life Orb/Leftovers alongside the regular King's Shield. Gengar's nerf was baffling considering how popular a Pokemon it is, but GameFreak is a baffling company.
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I still maintain that Gengar's Ability change may not have been intended as a complete nerf. Yeah, losing immunity to Ground sucks, but then you look at what Gengar gained in exchange;
Yeah, most of these involve the terrains, but with how much more prevalent they're becoming as of late, between Max Moves, and the Surge Abilities going to mons other than the tapu, that ain't exactly nothing. Like I say, it's obviously not all upside. Loses a damn immunity. But there's more than that to consider here, is my point. |
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Yeah no losing an immunity to a weakness is huge. It's especially bad since Gengar already used Disable in its sets so getting more disable isn't exactly good.
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Zarude: 105.120.105.70.95.105 (BST: 600)
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I could see either of them using Choice items in competitive play.
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06-17-2020, 06:37 PM | #465 |
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I wish Gyarados had Zarude's stats. It's annoying that GF felt the need to give it an efficient BST spread, seeing as the mon is basically worthless with that bad typing + bad ability.
Add in that it stars in possibly the worst Pokemon movie, it's very transparent as a committee-brainstormed event Pokemon.
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06-17-2020, 08:01 PM | #466 |
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Zarude can definitely still be good.
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06-19-2020, 12:13 AM | #467 |
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I used Urshifu today and I've got to admit it's massively overrated. Banded Surging Strikes in rain isn't enough to OHKO another Urshifu - in fact, it does about 20% less than Jolly Dracovish. So the wallbreaking power isn't there, or isn't spectacular anyway.
Urshifu has surprising physical bulk but is OHKO'd by almost any super effective special move. So you don't stay in on something you can't OHKO, meaning a misprediction can be punishing. Single style is basically the same as Terrakion. Slower, but more powerful with fewer boosting options but a strong U-Turn. Grassy Glide Rillaboom is a beast. It can pressure out Dracovish due to the healing it gets from Leftovers + Grassy Terrain. It can run all-utility and just rely on priority STAB. Zarude sucks. Mega Alakazam was banned.
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06-19-2020, 12:15 AM | #468 |
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Mega Alakazam getting banned is pointless because NatDex OU is a glorified OM.
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06-19-2020, 12:35 AM | #469 |
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To a degree, all Smogon metas have been like this, as long as sleep clause has existed. But natdex feels more real than the official OU which is a chaotic mess, and the bans in natdex just serve to illustrate just how insane GameFreak was with this generation's power creep.
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10-27-2020, 01:38 AM | #471 |
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Slowpoke.jpg but Crown Tundra dropped? Why October? Isn't Pokemon usually a November release?
We all know this is "the" game right? Anyhow, anyone playing this now and can give the dirt on what's happening? I've been surprisingly isolated from any feedback on the game lately, so I have zero idea about it.
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The horseys use generic stock horse sounds as their cries. It's pretty bad.
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10-27-2020, 04:10 AM | #473 |
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Generally heard good things about Crown Tundra: the environments look really good, Dynamax adventures are very fun, decently challenging post-game area with a multi-battle tournament.
New Regi is base 200 speed which will be fun and the new legends are both super silly.
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10-27-2020, 04:42 AM | #474 |
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I got a look at the new Pokemon (Ice Horse, Ghost Horse, Calyrex, Regidrago, Regieleki).
I think the Ghost Horse is an Uber in both forms (base and fusion with Calyrex). At first blush it's a buffed Blacephalon, but if you look closer it's actually a buffed Ash-Greninja, sporting slightly less power and speed than Ash-Gren but no need to nab a KO to transform...and Beast Boost as an ability. Even with a nonexistant movpool, Shadow Ball is enough. Specs Shadow Ball dents everything and even pressures resists or specially defensive balance switchins. You're basically required to run Chansey, Blissey or Snorlax to handle this thing, and that's going to centralize the tier. I think Calyrex, Ice Horse, Calyrex Ice Fusion and both Regis blow pretty hard. Regieleki is a failure from a design standpoint as yet another fast, frail, hard-hitting Electric-type. As if the type wasn't stereotyped bad enough they introduce this. It's inferior to Tapu Koko but not necessarily better than Zeraora, since Zeraora already outspeeds most of OU and has the meaty coverage moves Regieleki doesn't have. Regidrago is...Guzzlord. L o freaking L. Yes, it's faster than Guzzlord but it's still horrendously frail, slow for a Dragon-type AND, unlike Guzzlord, has no good moves. Guzzlord has Knock Off, Fire Blast, and Earthquake. These don't redeem it but they're the bare minimum of coverage for a bad Pokemon. Regidrago doesn't have ANY of those moves. Ice Horse is pretty decent as a slow, bulky hard-hitting Ice-type, but it's not OU material. Ice is too weak of a defensive type, its ability is better on a fast offensive sweeper and the good bulk is held back by the typing. Calyrex has awful typing, stats and ability. Calyrex-Ice looks like a future OU Pokemon to me, at least it fits in the tier better than Kyurem-Black does today. Calyrex-Ghost is a buffed Lunala, who in turn was a buffed Necrozma-DW. My predictions: UBER: Calyrex-Ghost, Ghost Horse OU: Calyrex-Ice UUBL: Regieleki UU: Ice Horse PU: Regidrago, Calyrex
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10-27-2020, 05:29 AM | #475 |
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Regieleki is faster than most of the relevant Choice Scarf users. It's actually unreal how fast it is and Transistor is such a good ability (+1 boost on using an Electric move, it's not actually Adaptability) that it ends up not having low power. Thunder Cage is also a super strong move that will likely see play on Eleki as a new substitute for Dugtrio.
Calyrex-IR is actually an Ubers level Pokemon. Native access to Trick Room and having immense bulk along with 160 base Attack and a 130 BP Ice move means its actually really dangerous. It's more balanced in Ubers thanks to Kyogre and better Ice resists but it's actually just too strong thanks to its massive bulk, imo.
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