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I thought new information HAD leaked out. Aren't you the guy who handled the leaked info in this article? http://www.smogon.com/articles/leaked-sun-moon If you're officially admitting it was an April Fool's Joke, that would be great, because I have some friends (well, just one, really) who are...

To be more specific, the rule is this: A Heart Scale can train a Pokémon in any move that it learns via Level Up, or any move that it knew upon being hatched. For this reason, Egg Moves can be relearned, as can moves learned only by a prior evolution, as long as your Pokémon knew that move...

I beg you to check the accuracy of Hypnosis. And then to remember the Sleep Clause: Under competitive rules, you are not allowed to put more than one of your opponent's Pokémon to sleep at a time. Also, Heal Bell and Aromatherapy.

Yes, because we all play a game with structure and rules because we love the thrill of the lottery. OHKO moves are extremely luck based. Even worse, when they hit (or if you use an accuracy booster), they are completely unblockable. You can do nothing against them. They literally make the...

I agree. Is there any way we could short-circuit this process? Or at least find someone with a good argument for it staying OU? Half of these seem like they aren't even trying. It doesn't matter. It got a Power-Up Punch off. Even with +1, it can then Mega-Evolve and Crunch. Dead Ghost.

Yeah, it is used on Garchomp and Ferrothorn. Absolutely. Though, again, it is not the "only good choice" on them. And it is only viable on them because they have the bulk to weather multiple hits, and they have Rough Skin / Iron Barbs. As I pointed out, you don't, and never would, run it on...

That wasn't what he was arguing, at all. He was saying that neither Mega-Kangaskhan nor Mega-Gengar should be banned. Just because they're Megas. That being a Mega means they should be kept in, or otherwise, GameFreak will stop making Megas in future games/events. It's still a horrible...

That is a horrible argument. It is wrong in nearly every regard. Reason 1: Smogon doesn't care about Nintendo's shiny toys, it cares about creating a healthy, competitive metagame. Reason 2: 90% of the Mega-Forms are nowhere near being banned, so getting rid of the few that are overpowered...

You do realize that the analysis has concluded that Fake Out is one of Mega-Kangaskhan's worst moves? It can only be used once, only has 40 BP, stops all your momentum (which might matter if you weren't using Mega-Kangaskhan, which doesn't really care), and takes up a slot that could be used...

Wish and Seismic Toss, yes. Knock Off, no. It was an incorrect tutor moves in the listing, and it was only checked recently because, until Gen VI, Knock Off sucked. But it has been confirmed, Kangaskhan does not learn Knock Off. I knew that. >.> Focus Band, maybe?

No one runs an item that is only useful for a single match up, unless that match up is either: A) easily set up, or B) the only match up that can threaten it. Rocky Helmet is almost completely useless outside of Mega-Kangaskhan. It hits such a small portion of the metagame at all, and for most...

Focus Sash Wobbuffet FTW? As long as you don't have hazards on your side.

Yep, that's a fallacy. There is absolutely no threat of, for example, Mega-Gardevoir or Mega-Manectric getting banned. Mega-Kangaskhan is not up for bans because Mega-Gengar and Mega-Blaziken are no longer available. Mega-Kangaskhan had people calling for it to be banned almost since day one...

For the past two weeks, people have been unable to name even one counter in the Mega-Kangaskhan thread, with the closest being Sableye (which burns Mega-Kangashkhan, but then dies). Name these "several", please. Heh. Ferrothorn gets slammed by Mega-Kanga. It MIGHT kill it if you run Rocky...

Until you realize that Mega-Kangaskhan has 120 BP Priority in the form of Parental Bond Sucker Punch. Add that and watch that list suddenly become a whole lot shorter.

This is not a valid argument. We do not ban things based on their usage. We ban them based on how broken they are and how much they change the metagame. Mega-Gengar was broken. It completely dominated teams, and ruined entire play styles. That got it banned. If, in fact, Mega-Kangaskhan's...

Quick Attack, Bullet Punch, Extremespeed, Aqua Jet, Ice Shard, Mach Punch, Vacuum Wave, Shadow Sneak. Gale Wings. Tailwind. Speed boosts don't mean anything if you have a Pokémon that runs priority. If you have no priority users in your entire party, you're probably well and truly hosed...

In which case, the entire thing becomes rather pointless. Because you'd need nigh infinite calculations comparing the damage U-Turn does, compared to the damage of the next attacker that you send in against each and every Pokémon. Feel free to list those if you want. In my experience, I've...

If you're challenging people and dueling for fun, you should be able to set up a custom game and agree with them as to what is and isn't allowed. And I totally forgot about the VGC and Battle spot setups, that Halcyon just mentioned, which I believe use the official Nintendo banlists, rather...

Switch "format" to "Ubers". Ta-da! Problem solved.