I'm just gonna say that stoutland is in no way stronger or more relevant than either braviary or staraptor who are like extremekiller but with fake out, dual stab, and nearly perfect coverage with a 120 BP move the former of which is stronger than extremekiller(admittedly extremekiller functions as a sweeper but braviary has a way to get to +2 semireliably without having to move and breaks through intimidate and kings shield/parting shot).Diggersby in STABmons is pretty much exactly like Aegislash suspect in OU, despite their difference ways of functioning.
I won't go straight up and say that it's broken. Because honestly, it isn't. Diggersby isn't hard to switch in to, isn't hard to force out, isn't hard to wall. Quite honestly, it's your average, every day revenge killer, on extreme steroids. But that doesn't make it broken. The shell smash set is admittedly very hard to stop, but hell, shell smash meloetta is extremely hard to stop without fake out and I don't see anyone complaining. Shell smash bibarel and belly drum Stoutland are very hard to stop, but I don't see anyone complaining. So, why is it ban worthy?
However, if we take a look at the things that diggersby does revenge kill effectively, well, that's pretty much 3/5ths of all the pokemon in the game (not counting ubers). If you come up with a new, innovative idea that's very anti-meta, very effective, and original, and suddenly find out that "oh, it's weak to diggersby", well, that idea is pretty much not as good now. So many pokemon in STABmons are held back simply because they are weak to diggersby. I'm comparing Diggersby to Aegislash because Aegislash limited the potential of so many pokemon in OU that entire sets were sometimes marked as "not as good" due to being weak to Aegislash. Yes, there are numerous counters to this thing. Yes, it usually doesn't cause too many problems. But the way it limits the STABmons metagame from growing; developing; changing; that in itself is the main reason why diggersby should be looked upon.
Okay, so there are other fake out + espeeders in the meta. I get that. However, most of them are far weaker (they can still revenge kill, just not with the effectiveness of diggersby.), and the only one that's stronger is Ursaring. Unfortunately, Ursaring suffers from severe speed and longevity problems, meaning that it can be whittled down easily for a chance for other sets on your team.
As for the other fake-speeders, the power difference is extremly noticeable:
Since Stoutland is the next strongest relevant one, I used it for calcs:
252+ Atk Silk Scarf Stoutland Fake Out + Extreme Speed vs. 0 HP / 4 Def Landorus: 250-295 (78.3 - 92.4%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
252+ Atk Silk Scarf Huge Power Diggersby Fake Out + Extreme Speed vs. 0 HP / 4 Def Landorus: 331-390 (103.7 - 122.2%) -- guaranteed OHKO
252+ Atk Silk Scarf Huge Power Diggersby Fake Out + Extreme Speed vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Keldeo: 331-391 (102.4 - 121%) -- guaranteed OHKO
252+ Atk Silk Scarf Stoutland Fake Out + Extreme Speed vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Keldeo: 252-297 (78 - 91.9%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
252+ Atk Silk Scarf Stoutland Fake Out + Extreme Speed vs. 160 HP / 0 Def Togekiss: 240-283 (68.3 - 80.6%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
252+ Atk Silk Scarf Huge Power Diggersby Fake Out + Extreme Speed vs. 160 HP / 0 Def Togekiss: 318-375 (90.5 - 106.8%) -- 43.8% chance to OHKO
252+ Atk Silk Scarf Huge Power Diggersby Extreme Speed vs. 0 HP / 4 Def Thundurus: 271-319 (90.6 - 106.6%) -- 43.8% chance to OHKO (Thundy can't risk trying to revenge)
252+ Atk Silk Scarf Stoutland Extreme Speed vs. 0 HP / 4 Def Thundurus: 204-241 (68.2 - 80.6%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
Just my 2 cents.
oh yeah forgot about braviary, will edit calcs with that insteadI'm just gonna say that stoutland is in no way stronger or more relevant than either braviary or staraptor who are like extremekiller but with fake out, dual stab, and nearly perfect coverage with a 120 BP move the former of which is stronger than extremekiller(admittedly extremekiller functions as a sweeper but braviary has a way to get to +2 semireliably without having to move and breaks through intimidate and kings shield/parting shot).
The only reason to use scrappy is for bellyspeed(ghosts don't setup unless they're aegislash who honestly couldn't care about extremespeed).
When calcing against lando ppl assume it's lando-t unless explicitly stated otherwise since lando-t is the defensive one. Next time say landorus-iJust to let you guys know I was calcing landorus-I, hence the 0 HP/4 Def
My point was that Landorus-I would definitely be an emerging, defining threat if Diggersby leaves, even more than it is right now.
Or you can read the calc, which says landorus.When calcing against lando ppl assume it's lando-t unless explicitly stated otherwise since lando-t is the defensive one. Next time say landorus-i
Which can be interpreted either way. Seeing as how Lando-T is more used, it's reasonable everyone would assume it.Or you can read the calc, which says landorus.
No, if it was landorus-t it would have said "Landoris-Therian"Which can be interpreted either way. Seeing as how Lando-T is more used, it's reasonable everyone would assume it.
actually, landorus Incarnate was called "landorus" pre BW2 due to being created first and not knowing of therians existance (kinda like how we call giratina JUST giratina, and not Giratina Alternate-which is the correct term.) so it kinda wins that title by default.Which can be interpreted either way. Seeing as how Lando-T is more used, it's reasonable everyone would assume it.
And no one uses giratina-o.actually, landorus Incarnate was called "landorus" pre BW2 due to being created first and not knowing of therians existance (kinda like how we call giratina JUST giratina, and not Giratina Alternate-which is the correct term.) so it kinda wins that title by default.
that doesn't change the fact that like landorus incarnate, it has a proper name that often goes unused due to the natural way we presented its name pre platinum. its kinda like...getting something i will call "version", then having a version 2, henceforth the original thing is forced to be named version 1 for consistancy sake. we dont call version 2 "version" because that's not the original "heir to the throne" so to speak. kinda like how playstation is now called PS1 due to having newer versions. neither of which is comfortably called "playstation" except of course...ps1And no one uses giratina-o.Don't hate
That doesn't change the fact that I have rarely seen lando-i called lando(the only time I can recall being that calc). Gira-a isn't called gira-a since everybody knows no one would ever use gira-o but it's hard to imagine a stall team without gira-a.that doesn't change the fact that like landorus incarnate, it has a proper name that often goes unused due to the natural way we presented its name pre platinum. its kinda like...getting something i will call "version", then having a version 2, henceforth the original thing is forced to be named version 1 for consistancy sake. we dont call version 2 "version" because that's not the original "heir to the throne" so to speak. kinda like how playstation is now called PS1 due to having newer versions. neither of which is comfortably called "playstation" except of course...ps1
well, no one has been posting anything about diggersby anymore,Can we get back on the topic of diggersby now, please? Who cares someone called Landorus-I Landorus.
to be honest, i think it was considered more then you think it was. diggersby really needs fakespeed to scare pokemon out, and without it its basically a powerful sweeper(or a deadly bander) but both suffer from the same fate that other setup sweepers/banders do. lack of setup chances/risk factor, and bandeds need to predict like a god to do anything useful (ESPECIALLY when being locked into normal/ground moves are 2 of the riskyest plays in the entire WORLD) i get they weren't talked about much, which is bizzare, but even so, i dont think that would change the end outcome of this suspect much, diggersby is strong, but it has plenty of counters to plenty of sets depending on which one you use, most teams using one of the best counters(sableye) which turns setup sweepersby into a joke. (plus eevee even posted his opinions on setup diggersby, meaning he actually gave it some consideration)Some points I want to make that either haven't been made or that seem to have been overlooked when they have been made.
-Thinking of Diggersby as just an immensely good Normal type is ignoring that Diggersby is the only Normal type in the entire meta (Now that Mega Lopunny is gone) with STAB coverage for its Normal moves -other Normal types that carry Earthquake or Close Combat (Or the inferior Superpower) are substantially behind Diggersby in the ability to push through high damage on almost everything, even if they have more Attack, because they consistently underperform against Rock and Steel types when compared against Diggersby, often substantially.
-Diggersby doesn't help Stall defend itself against set-up sweepers, it helps Hyper Offense defend itself against set-up sweepers, and there's plenty of HO options for that. Stall generally already carries the tools to shut down set-up sweepers, with those tools being Stall choices in their own right.
-FakeSpeed is not the only thing Diggersby can do and arguing that Diggersby is fair because FakeSpeed Diggersby is fair is misrepresenting things. Literally every anti-ban argument has been predicated on the idea that we're discussing FakeSpeed Diggersby, not Diggersby. If FakeSpeed Diggersby was broken, then Diggersby would be broken, but FakeSpeed Diggersby being not-broken isn't the same thing as saying Diggersby isn't broken.
I'm particularly disappointed that the Eevee General's decision to not ban it frames things primarily in terms of FakeSpeed being the only thing worth discussing. (eg Rocky Helmet is primarily relevant for chipping FakeSpeed Diggersby, not any and every Diggersby build) This puts an official badge of approval on ignoring Diggersby's potential to do other things -a big part of what I was trying to convey in previous posts is that the pro-ban/anti-ban arguments were focusing on FakeSpeed and ignoring anything else it could do, and I don't think this was ever really taken seriously.
-By extension, part of what's going on with Diggersby is that it's flexible -my own point about set-up sweeper Diggersby isn't actually that it's broken in and of itself, but rather that it's very different from FakeSpeed Diggersby and that starting from the assumption that you're facing FakeSpeed Diggersby can seriously cost you.
-Also by extension, scouting out Diggersby tends to cost you (Very possibly you end up losing a Pokemon outright before you have any information to work with), and you do have to scout it since it actually has multiple viable sets -and not "carry Y move to surprise-counter X Pokemon" viable sets, but sets that stand on their own two feet.
Mostly though I'm just not a fan of the fact that the discussion has consistently focused on FakeSpeed Diggersby. That's not really a discussion about Diggersby, that's a discussion about FakeSpeed -there's a reason someone was arguing we shouldn't ban Diggersby because then what? We ban all FakeSpeeders? That reason being that the discussion was focusing on FakeSpeed, not on what Diggersby can do as a whole.
Put another way: is this decision "Diggersby is fair" or is it "FakeSpeed Diggersby is fair and other Diggersby don't matter?"
(I'm not trying to undermine the decision exactly, but I really am frustrated at how consistently FakeSpeed was the only thing treated as mattering, up to and including the "no ban" decision also mostly focusing on FakeSpeed)
(plus eevee even posted his opinions on setup diggersby, meaning he actually gave it some consideration)
This doesn't really sound like he gave it much consideration to me. It sounds like it got dismissed by default. I don't even really agree that every other Normal type can do it better. Better by what metric? Bibarel has Simple, but other Normal types have... less Attack? Worse STAB coverage? What exactly makes them do it better?Eevee General said:Finally, setup wasn't my main reason for suspecting Diggersby and here's why: every other Normal can do it and many do it better.
There's something of a difference between a discussion being completed and the discussion being told to stop because an official decision was handed down.No offense Ghoul King, but regardless of whether or not the decision was made fairly, at this point you're just perpetuating a debate that has not only already been completed but, together with the Slowbro stuff, has basically torn apart the STABmons thread.