New Breed
ka$h
Might as well post my thoughts..
The thing about Shuckle isn't so much that it's outright broken by itself but the support it provides for common offensive Pokemon in the tier is the thing that puts it over the edge. I want to go more in-depth into the fact that Shuckle gets both SR and Web as imo that is one of the main reasons why Sticky Web as a playstyle easily functions atm, allowing for the other 5 slots to be used up with a Doublade + 4 Wallbreakers gives the playstyle such a huge advantage vs everything but Stall. Afro Smash mentioned some good points and quite a few Pokemon that can actually prevent Shuckle from getting up two hazards but unfortunately it's never as simple as "lead this and prevent hazard" and if it was then the playstyle definitely wouldn't be as common or effective as it has been and Shuckle doesn't always have to be lead with lol. Also to the people that are saying "sticky web teams are weak to this so it's not broken etc".. every playstyle is weak to something, Stall struggles with shit like CP Sigilyph and CM Spiritomb, 90% of HO is weak to Sharpedo.. but it doesn't make any of these playstyles any less effective.
Tired af atm so tl;dr Shuckle provides way too much support for other mons, has almost no risk and very high reward and restricts teambuilding to a point where bulky offense is non existent (similar to Froslass in a way with team support + giving stall a hard time). Looking forward to playing the tier once it leaves :]
The thing about Shuckle isn't so much that it's outright broken by itself but the support it provides for common offensive Pokemon in the tier is the thing that puts it over the edge. I want to go more in-depth into the fact that Shuckle gets both SR and Web as imo that is one of the main reasons why Sticky Web as a playstyle easily functions atm, allowing for the other 5 slots to be used up with a Doublade + 4 Wallbreakers gives the playstyle such a huge advantage vs everything but Stall. Afro Smash mentioned some good points and quite a few Pokemon that can actually prevent Shuckle from getting up two hazards but unfortunately it's never as simple as "lead this and prevent hazard" and if it was then the playstyle definitely wouldn't be as common or effective as it has been and Shuckle doesn't always have to be lead with lol. Also to the people that are saying "sticky web teams are weak to this so it's not broken etc".. every playstyle is weak to something, Stall struggles with shit like CP Sigilyph and CM Spiritomb, 90% of HO is weak to Sharpedo.. but it doesn't make any of these playstyles any less effective.
Tired af atm so tl;dr Shuckle provides way too much support for other mons, has almost no risk and very high reward and restricts teambuilding to a point where bulky offense is non existent (similar to Froslass in a way with team support + giving stall a hard time). Looking forward to playing the tier once it leaves :]