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  1. Thorhammer

    Ubers is now a tier; a new Metagame called Anything Goes is added; M-Ray is banned from Ubers

    Jesus, that thing has 788 BEFORE double-counting the Special stat. Mega Rayquaza just has 780.
  2. Thorhammer

    Ubers is now a tier; a new Metagame called Anything Goes is added; M-Ray is banned from Ubers

    I've been wondering about the whole Dragon Ascent thing. That is a good precedent for allowing the move but not the Mega Evolution though. And wait. I've been hearing talk of "ban stag" - is that supposed to refer to Shadow Tag, Xerneas, or either one? I assumed Xerneas, but "ban STag" sounds...
  3. Thorhammer

    Ubers is now a tier; a new Metagame called Anything Goes is added; M-Ray is banned from Ubers

    XY introduced standard Mega Evolutions, most being singular, but with Charizard and Mewtwo getting a choice of two. ORAS introduced a whole lot more standard ones, as well as the slightly different and generally superior Primal Reversions for Groudon and Kyogre and an item-less Mega Evolution...
  4. Thorhammer

    Gen 6 ORAS Ubers Viability Ranking Thread

    Are the absences of regular Scizor and Mega Tyranitar intentional?
  5. Thorhammer

    Ladder Anything Goes

    Both of us that responded acknowledged the one hour time limit; it's just that it's still too damn long to have to spend fighting a strategy that has no intention of winning.
  6. Thorhammer

    Ladder Anything Goes

    I've seen nothing about AG being "supposed" to simulate cartridge games. And certainly, it's ridiculous to call it "unfair" when the clause only stops behavior that's not even trying to win in the first place. That's not to say the one-hour time limit is necessarily a bad alternative; it's...
  7. Thorhammer

    XY Ubers ORAS Ubers (peaked 1400)

    When you're partially investing in two stats within the range they both can reach either with positive or neutral nature, you NEVER want the positive nature in the lower one. Lugia with 4 SpA, 252 Def, and Modest nature reaches 238 SpA and 359 Def, yet you can reach that same SpA with Bold and...
  8. Thorhammer

    Ubers is now a tier; a new Metagame called Anything Goes is added; M-Ray is banned from Ubers

    But Pokemon can be tiered in a linear manner connecting Ubers to OU/etc., unlike Doubles and LC.
  9. Thorhammer

    Ubers is now a tier; a new Metagame called Anything Goes is added; M-Ray is banned from Ubers

    How/why? Aren't non-propagating bans potentially a big problem?
  10. Thorhammer

    Ubers is now a tier; a new Metagame called Anything Goes is added; M-Ray is banned from Ubers

    I imagine any decisions on that account would not be made on the Ubers level, at least not at first. Hopefully.
  11. Thorhammer

    Ubers is now a tier; a new Metagame called Anything Goes is added; M-Ray is banned from Ubers

    Philosophically, it would. But the fact that stuff can be banned from Ubers in the form of AG rather than just clauses means that if Mega Gengar were to be that big of an issue, it could be banned alone rather than messing with other Shadow Tag users. Hopefully this will not turn into too much...
  12. Thorhammer

    Ladder Anything Goes

    That sounds like a really poor Annoy team in that case. Surely they can do better than that, especially in their "best" matchup?
  13. Thorhammer

    Ubers is now a tier; a new Metagame called Anything Goes is added; M-Ray is banned from Ubers

    To be fair, that kind of IS the definition of a dictatorship. Not that it seems to be a problem in this case.
  14. Thorhammer

    Ubers is now a tier; a new Metagame called Anything Goes is added; M-Ray is banned from Ubers

    If we get more ridiculous Pokemon like Primal Dialga/Palkia/Giratina/Arceus, then if they allow a metagame that seems at least somewhat sane like Primal Groudon/Kyogre, they'll be allowed in Ubers, and if not, they'll be restricted to Anything Goes like Mega Rayquaza. Restriction to AG is a...
  15. Thorhammer

    Ubers is now a tier; a new Metagame called Anything Goes is added; M-Ray is banned from Ubers

    That would've been a needlessly elaborate way to just dismiss the whole deal of Primal forms being specifically designed different from Megas and STILL wouldn't have fixed the problem of Mega Rayquaza existing.
  16. Thorhammer

    Ubers is now a tier; a new Metagame called Anything Goes is added; M-Ray is banned from Ubers

    People criticizing Smogon will find anything to complain about. I found out about the change from someone whining about how "Smogon made a new tier just to ban Mega Rayquaza".
  17. Thorhammer

    Ladder Anything Goes

    What about Sableye?
  18. Thorhammer

    Ubers is now a tier; a new Metagame called Anything Goes is added; M-Ray is banned from Ubers

    Someone accepted a battle against your Mewtwo and ragequit when it wrecked them and you're blaming Smogon? There are people with bad conduct, but this won't help address it.
  19. Thorhammer

    Ubers is now a tier; a new Metagame called Anything Goes is added; M-Ray is banned from Ubers

    Why are you even trying to say Smogon is relevant to this? If someone is looking for battles using and fighting against Pokemon with BST in the 500-600 range, they're not going to want to fight 700 BST Pokemon whatever they think of Smogon's rules. Of course, if they see from Smogon what...
  20. Thorhammer

    ORAS General Discussion - Mark 2 - Spoilers Inside

    Not being before Salamence on the regional Pokedex doesn't mean being postgame. Wasn't it Platinum that stuck on more Pokemon at the end? We could suppose Salamence was moved back nine spots due to the additions of Gallade, Probopass, Magnezone, Budew, Roserade, Dusknoir, Chingling, Rhyperior...
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