Nothing's wrong with it. No reason to change "super effectively" as long as it's 1. not capitalized 2. not hyphenated and 3. being used in the right context (Thunderbolt hits Gyarados super effectively).
The term "paraflinch" is accepted as meaning "to attempt to paralyze and flinch an opposing Pokemon," usually until they are KOed.
both are completely fine. No need to change things like this
Personally I've always been fine with "Choiced" as in "holding a Choice item", but "Choice Scarfed", "Choice Banded", and the like frankly sound terrible and informal and I see no reason why just the item name wouldn't work in the cases I can come up with.. (e.g. "Choice Band Entei" over "Choice Banded Entei".)
"If Entei is Choice Banded, it will capitalize on opposing teams." In this case, just using "Choiced" or "Choice-locked" doesn't properly designate which Choice item Entei has. I agree that they sound informal, but there are edge cases like this that I can't think of alternatives for.
I guess I'd just change it to 'if Entei is running / holding a Choice Band,' I agree it's more wordy but it does get around the slang neatly imo (and after all we wouldn't use 'Life Orbed' either). The only other case that came to mind was something like 'Choice Banded wallbreakers', but in cases like that it's pretty clear from context which Choice item is meant (wallbreakers don't use Scarf, physical attackers don't use Specs, etc)
According to this, a cleric is "a Pokemon that uses Aromatherapy or Heal Bell to cure itself and its team of status."
It's pretty intuitive what classifies as a role. If it doesn't use the item or the name of the set in whatever you're talking about ("Choice Band Emboar is a wallbreaker" rather than "Emboar is a wallbreaker with a Choice Band" or something) then it's a role and shouldn't be capitalized.Muk said:
I know, I wasn't talking about the capitalization part -- I was saying that there should maybe be a list of established roles in this thread for clarity, but that article's probably good enough despite being from DP.
I don't like the word, but I much prefer it as a verb than as an adjective. 'To clutch' is a verb in regular speak as well, as a motion of the hand to grab something rather forcefully. The way it's used in analyses is just a figurative extension of that. Although 'to clutch out' sounds more natural to me - it's like 'to squeeze out'. 'Clutch' as a Pokémon-specific adjective is far more strained, for me, as it it's changing the verb into an adjective without any morphological adjustment. I think it's far too colloquial.
Yeah, 'clutch' as an adjective is obvious slang and should be avoided imo. As for the verb, I'm... not sure. The verb exists, it isn't informal or anything, but merriam-webster (the dictionary I use while GP checking, dunno how much actual authority it has though) only acknowledges the literal sense, not the figurative sense applied here, so it does come off pretty colloquial and I'd lean towards avoiding it.
Yeah, but I don't think it's really being used as a figurative "to grab" here; I parsed the meaning as: obtain an important/critical KO -> obtain a clutch KO -> clutch a KO. And if the adjective form is frowned upon as overly slangy, than this certainly should be too. As to the figurative grabbing, clutching seems more like holding on to something you already have, rather than reaching out and taking something like a KO, making even the figurative form a bit odd, though as you note, more defensible.
