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  1. blasphemy1

    SPOILERS! Pokemon Sword & Shield Pre-Release SPOILERS - Check Post 2!

    Raiding with friends / other humans is a fundamental change to how we play Pokémon. Same with the wild area. This is a possible stepping stone to the game most of my friends and I have been wanting for years.
  2. blasphemy1

    SPOILERS! Pokemon Sword & Shield Pre-Release SPOILERS - Check Post 2!

    Breath of the Wild isn’t a good looking game. Skyrim isn’t a good looking game. Witcher 3 would be an even better looking game if they took the same ‘linear but large level’ approach that W2 did. But guess what? All of those games are better for expanding the game design despite not focusing...
  3. blasphemy1

    SPOILERS! Pokemon Sword & Shield Pre-Release SPOILERS - Check Post 2!

    Ahhh... reviews. Clearly people in this thread have formed their own opinion based on leaks, misinformation, etc. and whichever side of the coin they fall on will be reinforced by their “preferred” review. I’ll be playing Friday instead of overanalyzing other peoples words, see you all on showdown.
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    SPOILERS! Sword and Shield in-game team discussion thread

    The decisions are simple: First playthrough (only new mons) - Corviknight - Coalassal - Copperajah - Toxtricity - Frosmoth - Grapploct THEN avian-only and herptile-only - Noctowl - Corviknight - Pelipper - Sirfetch’d - Hawlucha - Braviary - Drednaw - Seismitoad - Toxicroak - Salazzle -...
  5. blasphemy1

    SPOILERS! Pokemon Sword & Shield Pre-Release SPOILERS - Check Post 2!

    How very righteous of you for abstaining from buying a video game. Personally, the wild area alone is basically what I want in a Pokémon game. The rest (gyms and other nonsense) is fluff.
  6. blasphemy1

    SPOILERS! Pokemon Sword & Shield Pre-Release SPOILERS - Check Post 2!

    I meant from a logic and design standpoint. At one point normal was the “we don’t know wtf type this is” given to random Pokémon but now it’s seemingly Dragon.
  7. blasphemy1

    SPOILERS! Pokemon Sword & Shield Pre-Release SPOILERS - Check Post 2!

    Everyone saying they’ve broken the dragon mold but nobody asking why. There are plenty of other types to experiment with but now it seems we’ve just thrown rhyme and reason to the wind. Am I the only one whose starter will be Rookidee? The others are just miserable.
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    Mareanie, Toxapex Discussion

    You've gotta run Rocky Helmet on this guy right? Between Recover and Regenerator you have plenty of recovery options and being able to punish U-turn partners of Voltturn is fantastic. I see the merits for Lefties but considering its attacking stats it can use all of the help it can get against...
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    Rowlet, Dartrix, Decidueye Discussion

    No, your point is actually what makes it a great move. You get a free hit on something while being able to dictate momentum in the match by U-turning or switching. They are stuck that turn while you switch out and put the pressure on them to keep up. It's like the opposite of U-turn: Instead of...
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    Salandit, Salazzle Discussion

    Very much reminds me of Heliolisk in terms of design and stat distribution. I kind of want to try Substitute / Toxic / Torment / Protect just for the hell of it. It doesn't have the nice Steel typing of Heatran but it has the advantage of being able to Poison everything without worrying about...
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    Rowlet, Dartrix, Decidueye Discussion

    You need to be investing max HP / 248 if it gives max lefties recovery in this guy and choose a defensive stat to specialize in. Splitting between the two defenses is just going to make it mediocre at both. It'll depend on your team and the meta game surrounding it but pivots tend to target...
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    Rowlet, Dartrix, Decidueye Discussion

    Uhh yeah, I'm actually a huge fan of this guy. Spirit Shackle / U-turn / Roost / Leaf Blade actually has great utility as a pivot. Spirit Shackle spam, U-turn out of T-tar and other shit, Leaf Blade for scaring off Azumarill, Keldeo, and Rotom-W. It is on the slow side but it's fast enough to...
  13. blasphemy1

    Alolan Grimer, Muk Discussion

    Unless you want a Pursuit trapper, which is the very reason this thing is awesome in lower tiers where Drapion and Skuntank find usage.
  14. blasphemy1

    SPOILERS! Pokemon Sun and Moon Full Game Datamine General Discussion Thread

    We had this thing before and after Unaware... chip damage. Sandstorm, Toxic, Rocky Helmet, possibly the new Water/Poison's Protect, plus priority, rocks, spikes. Stall isn't dead it's just evolving. And if you want to look at the tier lists these days you'll see plenty of Pokémon getting usage...
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    SPOILERS! Pokemon Sun and Moon Demo Discussion

    Huh? The player character still has 'steps.' In past generations, each dimension of the tiles were the same distance as each step, but there's no reason to believe the steps themselves will be any different. The same can be said for any of the new movement options i.e. Tauros, which will...
  16. blasphemy1

    Gen VII: Pokemon Sun and Moon Discussion MKIII *Official Media Only*

    *sigh* well there goes my mono-Flying bird team for in-game... I don't know whether I'll choose Rowlet or Litten now. Incineroar is actually growing on me a lot. Yes, it's bipedal and cartoonish, but that's why I like it. It's memorable and it looks fast and powerful, which are traits I rarely...
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    Pokemon Sun and Moon Demo Datamine + Full Game Leaks Collection (Read the OP)

    Not really. Both are in the order Piciformes - both are cavity nesting, zygodactyl (two toes forward, two back), and tend to be arboreal. Meanwhile, you have stuff like Pidgey, clearly a songbird (Passeriformes) evolving into Pidgeot, which is probably a bird of prey in Accipitriformes that...
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    Pokemon Sun and Moon Demo Datamine + Full Game Leaks Collection (Read the OP)

    Having spent a semester studying abroad in Panama, I'm so pumped to use the toucan!! It's actually not that weird of a line since both woodpeckers and toucans belong to Piciformes. I hope its animation is it throwing its head back (this is how they eat things whole). I also need to see Rowlets...
  19. blasphemy1

    Gen VII: Pokemon Sun and Moon Discussion MKII

    You all know we already have two Poison/Water lines, right? That's the same number as Poison/Dark. Not seeing the issue with the Grimer line getting it instead of Poison/Water. You're getting into species concepts and that's something which is much debated in biology let alone Pokemon. And...
  20. blasphemy1

    Gen VII: Pokemon Sun and Moon Discussion MKII

    Poison/Dark is actually awesome if they give Muk Pursuit/Sucker Punch. It's more of the same (Drapion, Skuntank) but it has a better stat spread to pull off Pursuit trapping. Plus, I just like Muk more from a design standpoint. Grimer doesn't look very interesting, though. Perhaps it suffers...
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