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I fail to see what would prevent us from making an Electric type Pokemon "creative" and "versatile." We can literally give this Pokemon any combination of stats, movepool, and ability--unrestricted by preexisting bias. C'mon, people. We're most likely not going to recreate the old Boltbeam fast...
I see Electric as the most flexible typing from which Stats/Ability/Movepool can springboard off of to allow for a solid utility counter. Other types have solid cases for them, but I feel that strong points and weak points that we're going to try to plug up everywhere are going to be ultimately...
I've said this before, but I think that Rebound's main strength is that just knowing it's out there makes people want to be more careful about using things that Rebound can... rebound. Regardless of how effective it actually is during playtesting.
CAP Battle is amazing.
I'm just having a slight issue in that grabbing seems difficult to the point of practically impossible. The website says Light + Medium attack but no matter how I push the buttons I always end up with an attack instead of a grab.
Perhaps in the next version a separate...
Or... y'know, Stone Edge coming off of 122 Base Attack and possible Guts boost. Not that we necessarily need to give this thing Stone Edge.
Odds are, most bulky waters and bulky grounds (Hippowdon and Gliscor mostly) will do a pretty good job at checking CAP 9. Certain non-EQ weak Steel types...
Gladly.
There are two ways in which Guts can benefit the process of reducing the secondary's influence:
1. It provides benefits for being hit with status (which is a very large part of the secondary... or at least a well-used part). Whether it's self-inflicted or done by your opponent, it...
I think Auto-Magic Coat has a lot of value - not just what it actually does in the metagame, but the psychological aspect it has on people by looking at it.
Okay, sure, AMC might be horrible at actually blocking the secondary - it might be the most amazing thing the world has ever seen at...
I voted Auto-Magic Coat. Not just because of what it can do (I admit that it can require prediction to work properly), but because it has a scare factor that extends to CAP 9 regardless of the other ability. Guts - if we choose it for secondary ability - doesn't cover everything secondary, but...