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  1. Machi

    np: USUM UU Stage 6 - Chanel (Ninetales-Alola banned, see post 19)

    So how is the council going to avoid the Shadow Tag fiasco this time around with this "new" requirement? Because having post quality decided didn't exactly go over well 4 years ago when the controversy broke out with the amount of discarded votes in what was a very close call. Is there going to...
  2. Machi

    Resource Simple Questions, Simple Answers Thread (read the op before posting a thread)

    I'm not even sure why this is a problem? The council already elaborated on very strong points that easily led to the decision, note that he actually has more than one characteristic going for him. Simply taking away his Z-Crystal or his Signature move would not be enough, he has viable...
  3. Machi

    Pokémon Pheromosa

    I think Ice Beam would be the choice move given that the relevant threats hit by Ice coverage are actually hit harder the uninvested Ice Beam, primarily because said defensive sets are geared towards physical -- if you run through the sets on the Damage Calc. 4 SpA Life Orb Pheromosa Ice Beam...
  4. Machi

    Pokémon Pheromosa

    I do not see why it wouldn't be possible if you're going down the road of being a lure set, and given how high Pheromosa's Atk and Spe stat are she would still be fairly threatening regardless. I mean the calcs show the most relevant thing you'd want to kill off with Pheromosa, which also open...
  5. Machi

    Metagame Metagame Discussion Thread

    I find her cornered by these mons on the basis of priority, otherwise if I have psychic terrain in play I find them significantly less threatening to deal with. Course there is a lot of other factors to consider but the only thing to emphasize really is how much priority can give you more...
  6. Machi

    Metagame Metagame Discussion Thread

    Personally I lean eitherway with Pheromosa, but admittedly I do prefer to err more onto the side of banning. That said, I think the biggest challenge with evaluating Pheromosa is that she has more or less received a trial by public opinion, you just check online and broken or UBER are pretty...
  7. Machi

    Pokémon Magearna

    First, I am not even sure how Modest VS Hasty is a contest? Why on earth would you want to decrease her defense stat, when one of her strengths is actually being able to take hits. So I will assume you meant something else. With regard to hidden power I would honestly not bother with it...
  8. Machi

    Pokémon Mimikyu

    Well in this case outspeeding Tapu Lele kinda necessitates that benchmark that you should run a Jolly nature, there is also going to be Kyurem-Black. However, I suppose if you have the speed control / shadow sneak adamant would work but really it is all a it depends scenario of what works for...
  9. Machi

    Pokémon Salazzle

    Focus sash is rather situational so its not some sort of general item to slap on as it requires support, that said I don't really see the merit in it since Salazzle since she'd much rather benefit from immediate fire power of LO or yes passive recovery -- both items have more general...
  10. Machi

    Metagame Metagame Discussion Thread

    Bluntly I don't think she would even last that long, she is more or less ban materials anyways.
  11. Machi

    Metagame Metagame Discussion Thread

    Except that doesn't mean the support itself cannot be considered broken in its own rights, with a solid combination of actually being able to pull its own weight offensively while supporting other offensive mons -- meaning it is a low cost but high reward support. Support in itself can be...
  12. Machi

    Metagame Metagame Discussion Thread

    When you have fairly fast and frail mons that are generally allergic to priority, e.g. Greninja, Pheromosa, Lando-I, Mega-Alakazam, etc. You can't exactly say she's doing anything beneficial to helping keep ""Pheromosa and friends" from being any less broken, considering that they are among the...
  13. Machi

    Metagame Metagame Discussion Thread

    You missed the point about having Chansey be brought up, namely how difficult it is to actually WALL Lele. Chansey is first and foremost benchmark, a point of reference because obviously it is among the most common and effective means of walling a special attack. And you're just shifting the...
  14. Machi

    Pokémon Pheromosa

    The stable core of Aegis / MSable / Toxa more or less covers her in a stall team, and a lot of others too. Stall doesn't really have issues with Phero, it becomes very evident quickly she can't touch the obnoxious core mentioned above. She is just cancer against hyper offensive teams, who don't...
  15. Machi

    Pheromosa Discussion

    This was AFTER the fact that they were banned prior people didn't really think those roles you mentioned were as big of a deal, you can easily see this in the rational behind the banning threads. Prior to that when the two forms were allowed they were simply being slept on. Till eventually we'd...
  16. Machi

    Pheromosa Discussion

    Deoxys-N was never really considered outside of the forums because all that was looked into was its offensive stats period, which was better than anything. So it has nothing to do with psycho boost or anything its just a matter of whether of its offenses being above what the metagame had to...
  17. Machi

    Pheromosa Discussion

    Well to be honest it will be hard to say what we are preparing for at this point in the game. Since more than Phero I'd actually be more concerned about the upcoming resurgence in weather wars, in particular rain, in tandem with the terrains. So I think its rather hasty to say this mon would...
  18. Machi

    Pheromosa Discussion

    If you are aiming to min max, because there is an obvious lack of special priority as compared to physical (which is the most likely hit you'll be dealing with) so naive would be the way to go.
  19. Machi

    Marshadow Discussion

    The metagame will be different that is all there is too it, in so much that obviously bulky offense or balance and even stall have found a boon in all this. Offense does have its boost as well but its not unavoidable that the metagame will likely change when it comes to speed tiers or the types...
  20. Machi

    Resource ORAS OU Metagame Discussion

    This really should just be on the Simple Questions and Answers but given the limited distribution of the ability itself, Greninja (its family line) and Kecleon, you only have two extremes to compare that there just isn't proof that Protean necessitates a blanket ban on Pokemon. Asking for a more...
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