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Zebstrika · Feb 24th, 2011, 11:13:52 PM

Name: Gravi-ton
Description: A pokemon that can actually make Gravity viable
Justification: Gravity is easily the worst and/or least used of teams that are based around a certain condition. To make it worse, a surprising amount of Gravity abusers are weak to Ground (but then a lot of Rain pokemon are Water typed, Sun pokemon are Fire or Grass, etc.). This pokemon can make Gravity much more viable, but because one pokemon probably can't do that and Gravity is just 4 turns (5 with Fidgit) of abuse, this pokemon should not be an epic fail outside of Gravity.
Questions:

Could just one pokemon make Gravity teams viable?
Is there enough to abuse in Gravity that can make a pokemon OU material in Gravity, but largely outclassed (or just plain bad) outside of Gravity?
Will lesser used pokemon be brought into OU if they can fit well on a Gravity team?

Explanation: Gravity really sucks compared to weather, Trick Room and other teams like that. They are somewhat viable now, but generally not as good as the others, as Gravity does not provide speed or defensive boosts unlike the others. Gravity also never lasts long and it's never activated automatically, like Trick Room. Gravity just needs to be better and a threat in the OU metagame.

Feb 24th, 2011, 11:13:52 PM	#43
Zebstrika Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 623	Name: Gravi-ton Description: A pokemon that can actually make Gravity viable Justification: Gravity is easily the worst and/or least used of teams that are based around a certain condition. To make it worse, a surprising amount of Gravity abusers are weak to Ground (but then a lot of Rain pokemon are Water typed, Sun pokemon are Fire or Grass, etc.). This pokemon can make Gravity much more viable, but because one pokemon probably can't do that and Gravity is just 4 turns (5 with Fidgit) of abuse, this pokemon should not be an epic fail outside of Gravity. Questions: Could just one pokemon make Gravity teams viable? Is there enough to abuse in Gravity that can make a pokemon OU material in Gravity, but largely outclassed (or just plain bad) outside of Gravity? Will lesser used pokemon be brought into OU if they can fit well on a Gravity team? Explanation: Gravity really sucks compared to weather, Trick Room and other teams like that. They are somewhat viable now, but generally not as good as the others, as Gravity does not provide speed or defensive boosts unlike the others. Gravity also never lasts long and it's never activated automatically, like Trick Room. Gravity just needs to be better and a threat in the OU metagame.