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Hey! I just wanted to thank you for the bottom up teambuilding thread in Victory Road. I don't have a badge, so posting there isn't possible, but it actually was very helpful (even in its bare bones state) in making a team today, and I expect it will continue to be so. Thanks again!

This is really wonderful, Halcyon. Thank you very much! I've been seeing a lot of teams build around SR Exca lately by some of the stronger team builders, and I've been itching to give it a try. Thanks again! Edit: I did have one question. Does EQ on Hera hit anything notable other than Aegi...

My opinion is that it is too frail and trying to do too many things on a single set. Not fast enough to scare things off without scarf, but complete set-up bait with SR and the scarf. Better off to just stick to RS + 3 attacks, imo.

I'm working on trying to build a team around Mega Gyarados, but I'm not sure where to start, really, because Gyara spends so long in normal form as well. So, when building around Mega Gyara, what do you need to keep in mind? I've heard a lot about Goth to trap and wallbreak, but what else...

Hm, I guess I'd like to see a balance or bulky offense team built around Mega Heracross and Tyranitar (maybe scarf to take advantage of Megacross' wallbreaking?) Maybe para support?

You know, I really think this might be the pokemon to use with SD, as opposed to Aegislash. I'm a bit more impressed by UltiMario's Automotize SAtk spread for Aegislash, so maybe Doublade will find a nice niche as the SDer in the family.

Actually, when the status quo is the thing in question, the question really is "why?" See, it takes effort to change a thing, and unless there is a beneficial reason to make that change, then it probably should not be made. Now, I say that I don't think there is a beneficial reason because I...

I definitely agree with this.

The Smogon metagame has clauses, and tiers, and all sorts of things that the wifi metagame doesn't have. Also, the Smogon metagames have been established for far longer than wifi has even been a thing. You're wrong. The only thing that is the same is that they both were set at level 100...

FastFlygon - Champion of an informed voter base Also, it really has nothing to do with not wanting you to enjoy playing on the 3DS. I think I speak for Manaphy when I say that it isn't Smogon's aim, nor responsibility to have any effect on the wifi metagame.

It is there to help players play competitively, but not to help them build better teams on the cartridge. Those are two different things. People started (including myself) playing smogon because it was a large community that played pokemon constantly, at an incredibly competitive level. It's...

Oh man. The point of Smogon is not to help cartridge players. There are places on the forum where you can get that help, no doubt, but that is not the point of Smogon in the least. The Zapdos, Terrakion, and etc (etc, etc, etc....) arguments are there to show you that ~ (read: about) 5% is...

I second this, even if the votes seem to be going in the direction I want them to.

Let me get this straight, you prefer a ~5% power creep across the board, and banning more pokemon because they're then made unbalanced because of that power creep, just for the hell of it? I really, really, really don't understand.

I...I'm not even sure what point you're trying to make anymore. The point is that at level 50 it has a chance to be able to beat it. Why would they switch and lose all of their momentum if they have a 50% to 2HKO on the switch with SR? Also, you know, the fact that Terrakion has counters is...

Why is that a good reason?! It doesn't matter that you like to do that - go get a calculator and figure it out on your own. Why do people need to establish an entirely different metagame, write analyses, and change the way that Smogon has worked for generations for your convenience. Again, this...

The idea being that he can switch into a CC, and then EQ on the next turn, killing the thing that is sweeping your team. It doesn't matter if he's crippled, and that is so far from the point, either way.

You guys are missing the point. Terrakion has counters and checks, the point is that at level 50 he has less because of a ~5% power creep. That changes when you drop the level cap to 50.

That's really not the point, though. The point is that Hippowdown should be able to stop Terrakion, and at level 100 he can. That's due to a powercreep, man.

That's just not true. Seriously dangerous mons from the last gen get severely more dangerous! Look at FastFlygon's posts, please. On the other hand, what viable reasons other than "It goes against what GameFreak wanted" and "It'll make it easier for wifiers" can you offer in return...