It does
not do what it's supposed to, it does much more.
Concept:
Originally Posted by Fat reachzero
Name: Utility Counter
General Description: This Pokemon is capable of being customized to counter virtually any specific Pokemon, but is incapable of countering a large number of Pokemon at the same time.
Justification: It is not unusual for people to say that "versatility is broken" from an offensive standpoint; less attention is given to versatile defensive Pokemon such as Zapdos or Hariyama. This Pokemon would allow us to study the impact of having a Pokemon that is capable of dealing with such varied threats as Salamence, Lucario, and Gengar....but not all at once.
I bolded the two important parts in the quote. To be honest, if the concept was:
"This CAP can counter just about anything, and large portion of the metagame in just one set", we would've succeeded. But, if that was the proposed concept, I don't think it even would've been picked, since that would be a concept that would just require good stats and movepool and be done with it.
No, the part that actually made the concept special, and gave us something really intriguing to work with, was the "but not all at once" part. That part totally failed.
Fact: My Magic Guard LO Krill took on Mence, Gengar and Metagross (not Luke, but close enough), all at once, with Ice Beam, Surf and Overheat respectively, in contrast to the pokemon specifically mentioned in the concept.
Don't get me wrong, I like Krill. In the few matches I had with him, I totally enjoyed it's capabilities. It's very strong on both offenses and defenses and in most matches, it takes out at least 2 members of the opposing team if played right. As a competitive pokemon, it's a job well done!
However, on the concept part, I'd like to say it utterly failed. The easy way was taken out, and, just as with a previous caps, the actual goal was only somewhat met, but it's capabilities to sweep are much much more apparant. (Krill, Collosoil)
I'd even go as far as saying that we may have learned a bit in making this CAP through good discussion, but the thing we really really could've learned a lot from, was thinking more about how the "but not all at once" part could've been met. I feel there has been way too less emphasis on this part, even though this really could've brought up incredibly interesting discussion and decisions, even if it would've resulted in a subpar pokemon, that would only function as a niche product. At least we would've learned a lot on carefully tweaking a pokemon.
