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Skore · Feb 18th, 2013, 9:05:43 PM

I'm in love with the idea of a Grass/Fighting mon with dual stab on Drain Punch and Horn Leech whose "weapon of choice" is the Big Root of Doom, bulky enough to take a hit then smack back with vampiric savagery on those that want to Rain on Ninetales' parade.

Other than that, Grass/Dark is not doing it for me as so many mons can carry U-Turn that it could find itself taking major damage from the likes of Jirachi, Lando, Celebi etc. before it gets to do it's job.

If this mons niche is "take a hit to get Ninetales a free pass in" then damn sure people are going to start predicting that pretty easily after a match or 2 and then boom! - CAP is only good against those that haven't seen it before.

While the niche of allowing Sun to keep momentum and maintain the weather is a noble and just cause, it can't be the only niche CAP gets molded for, otherwise it becomes a one trick pony that quickly becomes a dead horse.

The typing needs to be flexible enough to allow that.

Feb 18th, 2013, 9:05:43 PM	#134
Skore Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 340 Oz. No, not Australia. Fucking Oz!	I'm in love with the idea of a Grass/Fighting mon with dual stab on Drain Punch and Horn Leech whose "weapon of choice" is the Big Root of Doom, bulky enough to take a hit then smack back with vampiric savagery on those that want to Rain on Ninetales' parade. Other than that, Grass/Dark is not doing it for me as so many mons can carry U-Turn that it could find itself taking major damage from the likes of Jirachi, Lando, Celebi etc. before it gets to do it's job. If this mons niche is "take a hit to get Ninetales a free pass in" then damn sure people are going to start predicting that pretty easily after a match or 2 and then boom! - CAP is only good against those that haven't seen it before. While the niche of allowing Sun to keep momentum and maintain the weather is a noble and just cause, it can't be the only niche CAP gets molded for, otherwise it becomes a one trick pony that quickly becomes a dead horse. The typing needs to be flexible enough to allow that. __________________ B/W FC: 2193 9707 7179 I use legal hacks. Still learning, throw whatever you got at me.