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Borat · Sep 26th, 2012, 10:33:37 PM

Celebi is stupidly dominant in GSC. It would completely alter GSC's metagame and its rankings. If celebi were to come back given today's knowledge of players and the metagame, stall is the ONLY way to play. Celebi would utterly break the metagame, and in that sense, it's more "dominant" than snorlax. Snorlax aids both sides of the metagame, and having it available just means an overall power creep. Celebi would just... flip the metagame upside down, completely and utterly. It's not only better than adv ttar, it's not even on the same level as adv ttar. One is a good pokemon, one is a metagame in and of itself.

Comparing each of their dominant gens:

Celebi in gen 2 >>>>>> ttar in gen 3
Celebi in gen 3 < ttar in gen 4 (idk anything about gen 4)
Celebi in gen 4 > ttar in gen 2

Sep 26th, 2012, 10:33:37 PM	#83
Borat Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 720	Celebi is stupidly dominant in GSC. It would completely alter GSC's metagame and its rankings. If celebi were to come back given today's knowledge of players and the metagame, stall is the ONLY way to play. Celebi would utterly break the metagame, and in that sense, it's more "dominant" than snorlax. Snorlax aids both sides of the metagame, and having it available just means an overall power creep. Celebi would just... flip the metagame upside down, completely and utterly. It's not only better than adv ttar, it's not even on the same level as adv ttar. One is a good pokemon, one is a metagame in and of itself. Comparing each of their dominant gens: Celebi in gen 2 >>>>>> ttar in gen 3 Celebi in gen 3 < ttar in gen 4 (idk anything about gen 4) Celebi in gen 4 > ttar in gen 2 Last edited by Borat; Sep 26th, 2012 at 10:54:57 PM.