So I made multiple points within Tect's video, but I decided to highlight some of my opinion's with a post. In my mind it is not a question of Throh being broken, rather a question of if it's reintroduction into the tier will be beneficial towards a healthier meta game.
With regards to Throh improving the viability of balance and semi-stall play styles, I believe Throh still lacks the ability to aid cores that are currently being stressed by wall-breakers such as Exeggutor. This fearsome breaker will still have the ability to tear apart cores and make balance and semi-stall sub-optimal play-styles. This being said I do believe the addition of both a Knock-off absorber and spammer into the tier offers an interesting circumstance that raises the question of does the positive attributes outweigh the negatives? In my mind the pros outweigh the cons, as PU can be a very eviolite reliant tier. Therefore, by having a very splashable absorber, it can negate some of the pressure that cores and walls endure throughout the course of a match.
This being said I think Throh will become a very meta-defining pokemon, in that most teams will find themselves using a Throh as a knock-off absorber. Is this healthier than the current meta-game? I believe it is not, as Exeggutor is one of the main wall-breakers and it will become an even greater threat to Balance and Semi-stall play-styles because, in all probability, Throh will be used on these teams due to the utility it provides these play-styles. All in all, at this point, Throh does not improve the health of the meta game but simply changes it a more Throh dependent one, making it possibly worse off than before.
With regards to Throh improving the viability of balance and semi-stall play styles, I believe Throh still lacks the ability to aid cores that are currently being stressed by wall-breakers such as Exeggutor. This fearsome breaker will still have the ability to tear apart cores and make balance and semi-stall sub-optimal play-styles. This being said I do believe the addition of both a Knock-off absorber and spammer into the tier offers an interesting circumstance that raises the question of does the positive attributes outweigh the negatives? In my mind the pros outweigh the cons, as PU can be a very eviolite reliant tier. Therefore, by having a very splashable absorber, it can negate some of the pressure that cores and walls endure throughout the course of a match.
This being said I think Throh will become a very meta-defining pokemon, in that most teams will find themselves using a Throh as a knock-off absorber. Is this healthier than the current meta-game? I believe it is not, as Exeggutor is one of the main wall-breakers and it will become an even greater threat to Balance and Semi-stall play-styles because, in all probability, Throh will be used on these teams due to the utility it provides these play-styles. All in all, at this point, Throh does not improve the health of the meta game but simply changes it a more Throh dependent one, making it possibly worse off than before.
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