Is Dragon even that good a type? I always got the impression that it was the Dragon pokemon, rather than the type itself, that were powerful.
...except Psychic didn't have 600 BST monstrosities (an exaggeration, but still) every other generation. I don't think the problem is that Dragon-types are that much better than the other types. It's just that the Dragon typing itself is given to good Pokemon. In that sense, GF might be going about this the wrong way, nerfing a type instead of the Pokemon that broke it, but at least they're trying.
Well to be fair, all but five evolved dragons we have currently are incredibly powerful monsters with godly stats and movepools. I think the majority of them needed a nerfing for a long time.
Not quite. We're still a few orders of magnitude away from Dragon getting as nerfed as Psychic did in Gen II. We'd have to get a total overhaul of how the entire stat system works, in addition to new types and moves. There is no way that any type can be neutered as hard as Psychic was, because there was never a type anywhere close to as powerful as Gen I Psychic.
Go ahead and couple that with all your flinch hax, and you have one annoying son of a bitch.
Woah, okay then. Pardon my attempt to rustle everyone's jimmies.
Oh god, imagine all the priority status... and its typing will make it hell to take down without Earthquake.
Klefki confirmed for new Zubat. Also, pretty nice size ref for Klefki and Dragalge. I'd hate to see a horde of Wailord.
Hey thanks for reposting this, I remembered it wrong the first time. Seriously, I mean it.
It's even better than that, because it can switch forms when it is at full HP. It's unclear whether it changes form only with King's Shield. Then again, King's Shield seems like a great attack and almost every Aegislash is bound to carry it.
I think it's closer to Relic Song, given that you have to use up a moveslot (King's Shield) to activate it. We'll soon see just how good Stance Change is. Personally I think Aegishield's low speed will prevent it from being overwhelming, at least in OU.
Mud Sport works differently though (it's active as long as the one that used it is in the field). This appears to be an actual field effect like Rain Dance or Trick Room.
and Quick Feet right? I know Ursaring can have Guts or Quick Feet
I believe it will switch to its defensive stance/positioning when a protective or defense raising move is used. Hell, maybe even substitute too.
That also protects your foe from status, and only for grounded Pokemon, yes.clapyourhands said:
Didn't search very hard, the first post links to a BIG post with all kinds of stuff, including all the Gym Leaders.
I disagree, because Adgislash has a STAB priority move, Shadow Sneak.
Well, to be fair to gamefreak, most of the move ideas have already been used.
Aegislash could potentially become a great candidate in OU. So far, it sounds as though it might be immune to damage (physical, at least) as long as its in shield form. Couple with the ability to lower an opponents attack, and it could be a great counter to many physical threats, and at the very least , force a switch.
