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**Molk** · Jul 27th, 2012, 10:37:19 PM

Oh god, please dont add tentacool as a defensive threat, it is incapable of doing much of anything and the fact that its usage is so high really surprises me, ESPECIALLY in this metagame. Tentacool has absolutely no offensive presence, having a godlike base 40 special attack, its also terrible at spinning and spiking. It cant reliably get past golurk, misdreavus, OR frillish. To make things worse, toxic spikes are pretty bad in a metagame with poison-types EVERYWHERE, chances are the hazards will be absorbed before they can affect the opponents team at all. Another point ill have to make is walling a pokemon means nothing when it cant do ANYTHING back to them without sacrificing a STAB attack. Overall, i always thought tentacool was lolworthy, and i would even use the mighty metang over it.

TL;DR plz dont add tentacool, everything else is fine

Jul 27th, 2012, 10:37:19 PM	#15
Molk Recipe for disaster Moderator Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 2,218 Long Island	Oh god, please dont add tentacool as a defensive threat, it is incapable of doing much of anything and the fact that its usage is so high really surprises me, ESPECIALLY in this metagame. Tentacool has absolutely no offensive presence, having a godlike base 40 special attack, its also terrible at spinning and spiking. It cant reliably get past golurk, misdreavus, OR frillish. To make things worse, toxic spikes are pretty bad in a metagame with poison-types EVERYWHERE, chances are the hazards will be absorbed before they can affect the opponents team at all. Another point ill have to make is walling a pokemon means nothing when it cant do ANYTHING back to them without sacrificing a STAB attack. Overall, i always thought tentacool was lolworthy, and i would even use the mighty metang over it. TL;DR plz dont add tentacool, everything else is fine __________________ 16:46 <TLCNU> Esca literally is 2HKO'd by Stoutland Fire Fang 10:33 skylight molk put me in your sig