Hello all (especially
Ortheore and fellow writers / qc team members / gp members / moderators)
I don't see the need for this to be a closed discussion, so I am going to just put it out here; what do you think of this proposed modification to the skeleton?
Checks and Counters
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If it helps to organize seemingly disparate points below, describe briefly the general idea behind mitigation before moving on to the list.
Examples:
1. This Pokemon is very versatile and thus needs specific checks for each set.
2. This Pokemon's functions (such as laying hazards) need to be mitigated, not so much the Pokemon itself because it is passive.
3. This Pokemon hits everything common for a lot of damage, but is otherwise very frail, so mitigation the threat will generally involve smart pivoting, trapping and revenge killing.
**Insert mitigation measure here**: Describe the mitigation measure. See below for details.
**Insert mitigation measure here**: Describe the mitigation measure. See below for details.
Examples of mitigation measures:
Specific Pokemon: Tyranitar, Dugtrio
Specific Moves: Pursuit, Spikes, Toxic, Reflect
Battle Effects: Sand
Specific Abilities: Natural Cure
Categories of Pokemon: Bulky Water-types, Physically Offensive Pokemon, Setup Sweepers, Phazers, Trappers
Cores of Pokemon: Salamence + Metagross (this definition needs to be refined; many times cores cover different sets of the same Pokemon, in which case they would have been covered under individual Pokemon, but there are also reasons for cores to act sequentially)
Categories of Moves: Fire-type moves, Hazards, Status
Categories of Battle Effects: Indirect Damage (combination of sand/status/hazards).
Specific Strategies: Revenge killing (can also be category of Pokemon), PP stalling, Denying Setup Opportunities
Descriptions should convey the following
1. Which sets do this mitigation measure apply to?
2. How effective is this measure?
3. How common is this measure?
Edit: It probably won't end up being in this exact form because its not very readable right now, but i just wanted to get the idea out first.