@ Mathew
I am just curious as to why you felt chandy was underwhelming. It seems like a lot of the time it will be able to take out any one of your pokes regardless of what you do. I am not saying that there arent ways to overcome chandelure, but i have never played dw and therefore i am not familiar with any strategies that are known/available. I would really appreciate your insight on the matter. Thanks
chandelure is disappointing, I want to say, is when Dream World became more and more recognized is that it evolved past Chandelure. When building a team I rarely consider it to be a top-tier threat when I look at it. Sure, it can come in on Ferrothorn or Blissey and set up. But when you're liable to Spikes and Stealth Rock, both of which are extremely easy to set down in this metagame, your use is limited. It's Speed stat is lackluster as are its defenses. For example an Adamant 252 LO Techniloom has a pretty good chance to OHKO Chandelure with Stealth Rock in play. If it isn't Choice Scarf and it hopes to Sub down then that play is completely neutralized. If it is Choice Scarf then it can't switch in again. Albeit that's one example. However I don't feel that removing stall as a play style is honestly a bad thing. That is also to say that you think that just because Chandelure can trap Blissey it's instant GG. Far from the truth with pokemon like Tentacruel and Heatran playing valuable roles on stall teams.
It is true stall is probably the least played style in Dream World, however that remains true in OU as well. If I were to ask "what kills stall in OU and let's remove it no matter what," I'm sure there would be an outcry saying, "well that pokemon isn't broken!" Chandelure is super good, but instantly having 145 Special Attack and Shadow Tag does not make a broken pokemon. Especially not with Team Preview.
Honestly I'd say Ditto and Serperior were WAY more "disappointing" than Chandelure. Sure, the whole Sub+CM domination was pretty rare, but can you honestly say that Scarf Chandelure didn't do its job extremely well?
The rom is already out, and that doesn't really have anything to do with it. We only knew that in BW1, no Unova DW mons would be released bar Musharna and lolZen Darmanitan via the entralink specifically because there were no overworld sprites of Unova mons.
HEY! Serperior is amazing and don't you forget it. I also never said that Scarf Chandelure isn't good at what it does (KO one pokemon, lose Chandelure), but it is far from as broken as we are lead to believe.
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if you build a team that is entirely weak to Ghost- and Fire-typing you deserve to lose.
Judging by its usuage, I'm curious as why you said Chandelure is dissapointing
I believe the Dream World & Wifi metagame are different as there are much much lesser players on the Dream World metagame thus therefore lead to a different gameplan/style. Correct me if i am wrong.
Usage doesn't relate to brokeness. Scizor has been #1 in two gens so far (4th and 5th), and in no way is it broken. It simply fills a team slot that you think is valuable. However, as shown by the April 1337 stats, Chandelure is leagues below it is in the normal stats. If I were to try to make a comparison to OU -- Landorus was a lot higher in 1337 stats than normal. So better players know Landorus is good, while better players in DW know Chandelure isn't all it's cracked up to be.