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Originally Posted by Fat Ryanide
I still want my Pachirisu evolution. A fast, bulky electric/flying type who gets Roost and has just enough special attack to do pachirisu's job better, pissing people off with super fang, thunder wave and volt turn.
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Bad Zapdos is bad.
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Originally Posted by Fat inanimate blob
What? Teravolt and Turboblaze are great abilities, they work just like Mold Breaker. Turboblaze allows Reshiram to have unresisted STAB coverage (without Turboblaze, Heatran is able to resist using both natural typing and Flash Fire). Teravolt allows Zekrom/Kyurem-B to hit Pokémon like Jolteon and Lanturn expecting a free boost.
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If they are functionally Mold Breaker, why don't they just have Mold Breaker?
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Originally Posted by Fat Redless
Yes, choice items hurt the metagame when they are used on a Pokemon exclusively to spam a certain move, like Thunderus-t with its hurricane or [insert rain sweeper here] with its hydro pump, because this is a strategy that doesn't take any skill. But when choice items are used to allow a Pokemon to revenge kill or wall break, as opposed to just spamming a powerful stab, I think that they can be healthy for the metagame.
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Well... personally I love Choice Scarf Ditto... and it is pretty good (but in no way broken, especially in 3 on 3 wifi where it's often useless).
That said, I don't think Choice Band or Specs hut the metagame at all; they allow for more OHKOs but also rely upon switching, allowing Shadow Tag-esque effects to be more powerful, as well as entry hazards.
Quite Frankly, the only situation where I'm actually upset - or even notice - opposing choice items is when they have choice scarf and I'm surprized about the speed of their pokemon! I'm all like "Choice Specs Starmie outspeeds Latios, so Ice Beam", and I get Choice Scarfed to death. Then again, it's like that for Focus Sash sometimes, and berries sometimes... so I can't really complain about them. Mind Herb pisses me off more often though, as it alone can win or lose the game in triples so very easily.