Recent content by Colress

vyomov, you can not say that with certainty. It is not possible to be certain of the results of a large metagame shift. You are only speculating. There could be less diversity after the shift for four reasons: Pokemon who rely on Stealth Rock being set to fulfill their specific role becoming...

Youngjake93, that is not more that can be said of any other thing that has been banned from OU. One example is Drizzle + Swift Swim. It destroys every playstyle that is not rain or a rain counter-team. That is a lot worse than simply weakening a few playstyles, that would not even necessarily be...

Lady Alex, it is more than anecdotal evidence. You may not be familiar with the UU format, but that does not mean it does not exist. It is true that my personal success without focusing on Stealth Rock is an anecdote. I am not basing my argument around it, however. My anecdote is simply in...

Kidogo, correlation does not imply causation. In the UU Top 10, there is one Pokemon that resists SR and three that are weak to it, including the second most used Pokemon. The Pokemon that does resist it is Mienshao. The fact that Mienshao resists Stealth Rock has minimal bearing on its...

It is true that Stealth Rock is more powerful than other support moves that require minimal opportunity cost. How do we draw the line for "too powerful", though? You draw the line at every team using it. I do not believe the line should be drawn there, however. I draw the line at it having a...

It is true that you mentioned this fact directly after that, however you did list that as a point against keeping Stealth Rock earlier in your post and I simply pointed out the issue with it. That is all. I see you are frustrated with some of the lackluster arguments being provided in favour of...

Lady Alex, I would like to make two points. First, it is up for debate whether or not the ubiquity of Stealth Rock is unhealthy for the competitive environment. However, there is little logic in comparing it to a threat which requires one of two specific Pokemon to be on your team. One moveslot...

I was not referring to its attack stat, but rather its usefulness in UU. I do not believe Hitmonlee would be good enough to justify even a C-rank without the Endure set, although I admit that I have not tested a Gem moveset so I can not say that with complete confidence.

Metal Sonic did mention his revamp - he was referring to his revamp of the Hitmonlee UU analysis, which focuses on the Endure Reversal set. I do agree that Hitmonlee should be in C-rank.

TPO3, you are slightly off point. This conversation is not about Hitmonlee equipped with a Gem, which is generally not strong enough to cut it in UU. We are discussing the Endure + Reversal Liechi Berry moveset, which does have a way to boost attack (Liechi Berry and 200 power STAB).

Hitmonlee only has a single viable set, which happens to be somewhat dependent on surprise factor. As it becomes more widespread, you will see significantly less success with it, as the playerbase becomes aware that it relies on Endure to be relevant. In addition to being weaker without the...

The complete ubiquity of Stealth Rock does not indicate that Stealth Rock is too powerful. Rather, Stealth Rock is present on every team simply because it is an extremely low maintenance support move with wide distribution - it only requires a single moveslot and a single turn, and there is a...

You have good points. The 4x weakness to Flying-type attacks is certainly relevant, however. Much like a physical attacker's HP Ice, Aerial Ace will not OHKO Mienshao despite its frailty, whereas it will OHKO Heracross. Moxie was not useful for me in the fifteen battles I used it in before...

Through extensively using both, I felt that Heracross had the less useful typing for two reasons - first, it takes twice as much damage from Stealth Rock, and second, it gains a 4x weakness to Flying, meaning moves such as Aerial Ace are incredibly lethal, allowing several Pokemon to destroy...

I would like to discuss the possibility of Heracross being moved down to B-rank. Compared to Mienshao, it has worse defensive typing, less power, significantly less speed, and no way to maintain momentum against Pokemon that wall it. In return, it only really gains coverage of Psychic-type...