Recent content by SarahPhoenix

Arguments for banning based on rarity are an incredibly slippery slope, how would you even begin to define something is rare and nearly only obtainable by hacking? Until the day gamefreak adds a Pokémon generator to the game, having them hacked will always be the easiest way to build and play...

Chien Pao is pretty absurd on paper, but its a high cost to tera it just to edge out those 2hkos. And it can be completely nailed by correct tera usage unlike Chi-yu who would just KO anything. I think the current meta is just on the borderline of what's acceptable for Chien Pao, it can brute...

I think at the end of the day the greatest problem of running great tusk set A is that you don't get to run great tusk set B. I agree Chien Pao has far more opportunities due to higher speed, tusk speed is also not ideal for SD. But if I'm running screens and get it in, Tusk has become my main...

Is great tusk fine now? I think people are so focused on how good he is at hazard control that they don't appreciate him as a breaker. He feels safe to switch in if you're running hazard control or some bulk up set, but absolutely nothing switches in on CB great tusk if you guess the wrong STAB...

Covert cloak NP/Recover ghold is a solid punish to garg without relying on lure sets or getting chipped, NP will likely go off if it wants to test for cloak or protect scout, and then almost nothing enjoys switching into +2 Ghold.

What can actually switch in and break garg? You speak of people trying to switch in and position, but this thing can just beat 90% of the meta 1v1.

Chi Yu has been tanking all the attention for Chien Pao because it hits a bit harder and most walls are physically invested. I played around with Hydreigon and Dragapult as a Chi-Yu replacement but 125 SPA is a joke, Band Chien Pao gets things done. Chien Pao has all the insane calcs Chi-yu...

In a meta where well timed Teras are essential to flip games around and make progress, garg leading and clicking Tera turn 1 speaks volumes about its strength.

I feel mirroring OU and implementing their own limitations without a proper suspect is just absurd and unfair to those who voted. The suspect was held with only full ban as possible. After the ban failed to pass its quite frankly dishonest and shady to try and find ways to limit Tera when the...

I would be too, but the road for that possibility has certainly been paved. I'm just late to the party, as this has probably been covered in Policy Review and between the council before this suspect even began. I just wanted to gather my thughts and post them this time. Thank you for reading and...

As far as i know, im allowed to think Dynamax was the dumbest mechanic ever put in the game, and also think that banning it may have been a long term mistake. I won't enter into policy anymore since its not the place for it, but no doubt Tera possibly being axed in 2 months just like a...

Pro Tera arguments have been "adhere to what has been 6v6 policy for a decade." Was anyone desperate for a Protean ban instead of a Greninja ban? How about a Last Regards ban instead of a Houndstone ban? How come banning 6 pokemon due to Tera is an unnaceptable overreach when there are far more...

A lot of arguments in this thread against Tera revolve around "if they did not have Tera here i'd win, therefore its uncompetitive". You can use this line of argumentation to ban almost anything, "I managed to set up, but my opponent had an scarf on a weird pokemon so i lost because i didn't...

The opposite my dear, its the result of a long tradition of baning strong pokemons and mechanics instead of playing the hand we were dealt. It started with garchomp in gen4, who by all standards was more balanced than things like gsc Snorlax, and culminated in the(deserved) dynamax ban. The...

Vgc has just revealed that Tera types will be available on team preview. While what happens there has no bearing on other tiers, one can now certainly argue that it shows Tera was designed and balanced around it being revealed to the opponent. Banning a Pokémon vs banning Tera is a non issue...