Same reason why Scald has a 99.9% burn rate when used on them: no one remembers the millions of offensive teams, but they'll remember the 30 minutes spent dealing with a stall team
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I don't really like comparing Xatu and Espeon personally because Xatu fits on balance due to its greater utility (T-Wave+Roost+U-turn+Psy/Night Shade) while Espeon fits on offense due to its better offensive presence (Psychic+HP Fight+Signal Beam/Baton Pass+CM/Baton Pass). Wherever they sit in terms of future position in the VR thread should come down to the position of the other if Sablenite gets banned imo, but that is a topic for after the suspect test.
But yea in terms of Magic Bounce users without Sab the ability will mostly grind to a halt in terms of dedicated usage. I'd say look at the build of your team before deciding on which Magic Bounce user to use.
But yea in terms of Magic Bounce users without Sab the ability will mostly grind to a halt in terms of dedicated usage. I'd say look at the build of your team before deciding on which Magic Bounce user to use.
RP Diancie, Mega Scizor, Feraligatr, Mega Gyarados (Dark Spam), basically anything that appreciates Bulky Psychics gone and whatever coverage moves it runs.
If you don't run Jolly you run: 80 HP / 252 Atk / 176 Spe with an Adamant Nature. Jolly is usually ran but that's fine too.
I thought that was standard procedure?
No, but the reset had happened after the suspect test had already started and only like 2-3 days after at that
SketchUp
Don't let your memes be dreams
The suspect started yesterday. It's not like you already won 24 matches in a row
To qoute the message in the news feed on PS:
Edit:
I'm quite sure several people had already played around 40-50 games when the ladder got reset.
I guess that's what i get for not checking the news feed.
Also,
Quote from me raging earlier:
are you psychic or something?
Could I clarify something real quick:
In the suspect vote, which of the following are going to be the options?
In the suspect vote, which of the following are going to be the options?
- Sablenite, Shadow Tag
- Sablenite, Gothitelle+Gothorita, Shadow Tag
the first one says it in the thread ._.
Wobb is going to jail with his sister Goth, AM clarified it in one of the pages of the thread.
Only 5 megas were banned.
Only in the same way switching or attacking are centralising. It's just a battle mechanic, there's nothing inherently centralising about it. The individual megas themselves can be, but often aren't.
Thing is, you can stop attacking and switching, or at the very least disparage it. With mega evolution, there's no way to prevent it, and more importantly, no real downside for doing so, other than the fact you're only allowed one per team.
You can't stop attcking, you'll struggle if you run out of PP
^you can stop an attack's effect, though.
Anyway this is broadly true, but for it to matter, you'd have to prove that the act of mega evolving itself is overpowered. Officially, when you're in dire straits and your opponent brings out a Charizard, your next thought shouldn't be "oh no! He's gonna Mega Evolve!", but rather "oh no! He's going to sweep with Mega Charizard X!" The actual forme change is irrelevant, it's the form itself (and any pre-evolution qualities the player can leverage) that cause trouble.
Anyway it'd be really really really hard to prove that MAudino, MAmpharos, MCamerupt and co are even remotely broken.
Protect/Detect, Taunt, Magic Bouncers.
That's blocking an attack, not stop attacking.
About Megas, you cant remove a battle mechanic, is one essential part in the catridge and showdown uses all catridge mechanics bar sleep clause.
And that disproves my point how? You're still preventing the attack from going off. You can't do that with mega evolutions. And quite clearly they can ban mega evos, as you've already pointed out in your first reply.