I kinda hope the list turns out to be real just so that Shiruba guy feels like a massive asshat.
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To be honest, zoroark's illusion tends to last about... 1 turn. Zoroark's moves consist of pretty much Nasty Plot (a kind of poorly distributed boosting move with fairly few good users) and offensive moves (dark pulse is obvious based on damage since the closest mon to it statswise is houndoom (unless you intentionally invest less to make its special attack lower or something stupid like that) and flamethrower is pretty obvious since pretty much nothing gets nonSTAB flamethrower to begin with... U-turn does not create much of a problem, obviously).
The whole point of zoroark is not to keep the illusion up, but to keep it up for that one vital turn when you can get a KO with it before you take some sort of damage that can be used to identify zoroark in the future (full health spiritomb is suddenly 63%? hmmmmmmm); megazoroark doesn't really create any problems for zoroark (but unfortunately does nothing for its speed tier unless it has protect).
From Serebii, about next weeks PokeSmash:
"In the trailer for next week's episode, it also showed a battle where Mewtwo Mega Evolved while promising a shocking revalation about Mega Evolution, but they covered up the result of the evolution, with the host Shokotan seeming shocked."
Total speculation, but the whole Mewtwo having two mega evos could still be true.
EDIT: Lol ninja'd so hard :)
"In the trailer for next week's episode, it also showed a battle where Mewtwo Mega Evolved while promising a shocking revalation about Mega Evolution, but they covered up the result of the evolution, with the host Shokotan seeming shocked."
Total speculation, but the whole Mewtwo having two mega evos could still be true.
EDIT: Lol ninja'd so hard :)
Would you believe it if CoroCoro revealed it a day before Smash aired?
Would you, R N?
The big secret behind MEvo may not be anything too spectacular. I'm going to bet that they're overhyping the reveal and guess that the secret is "if you're Mewtwo you get two different forms" or "Mewtwo can MEvo twice"
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Yes, at least on August 18th. They showcased MegaMewtwo last month, there's no reason to cover it up again.
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Has smash talked about mega evolution at all before?
750 BST MegaMegaMewtwo. Make it happen. (Suddenly, Ubers is broken)
To be perfectly honest not really because Smash gonna Smash
It's always best to go in with tempered expectations
You're talking about a banlist that formed into its own metagame. It was born the love child of brokenness and favoritism.
yeah I know :P
I see where R_N's coming from. Nearly every Smash reveal has been a disappointment, so he just doesn't believe that they'll ever get something cool at this point.
That said, CoroCoro releases before the next Smash, and Smash often shows the CoroCoro reveals in the same week the magazine releases, so it works out that there really is something new there.
That said, CoroCoro releases before the next Smash, and Smash often shows the CoroCoro reveals in the same week the magazine releases, so it works out that there really is something new there.
Lucario's main (marketing) gimmick is that he can use Aura, his stats reflected that by being inclined(ever so slightly) towards a special movepool. Mega Lucario instead chose to go physical. So unless we're getting some physical Aura moves, it's entirely possible for Zoroark to ditch the illusion gimmick.
Now, if I were give Zoroark a mega evo, I would make it Dark/Fire so that he can hit Lucario with a stab SE attack.
All this news about Mewtwo's second mega evolution is very confusing as how can a Pokemon mega evolve twice? We can expect to see something like maybe holding different types of mega stones will mega evolve your Pokemon into different forms.
When can we expect CoroCoro to leak this month?I'm thinking around 10-11th or something?
When can we expect CoroCoro to leak this month?I'm thinking around 10-11th or something?
They don't seem OP, you only get 1 per team and all defensive buffs aren't accessed on switch-in(you have to already be in to mega evolve).
Yeah I have to agree with the above. Mega-Evo's are now going to be a central game mechanic, responsible for introducing a sizable amount of essentially new (if not upgraded) pokemon into the metagame. I think mega evolutions will probably have to stay, the meta will simply find a balance around them rather than vice-versa. That isn't to say some won't be banned (Mewtwo, Blaziken, etc) however it's just another power spike, they won't be mass banned because hopefully most should balance each other out. I for one am incredibly excited by the strategy and mind games that megalutions will hopefully bring to the meta. With the limit to one per team you can probably do some pretty nifty stuff by running multiple pokemon that can megavolve and messing with your opponent.
I get the feeling that smogon will recognize MEvos as a buff to the corresponding Pokémon, not as a separate tier, which is what I'm getting from all this "Mega banlist" talk. It will require playing and deliberating to see which Mega Stones are worth having in favor of other items, which ones aren't and which ones may possibly be broken.
Because right now, it's like Giratina's Griseous Orb without Giratina's stats. That's probably a problem.
Nobody ever said you can't play with more than one MEvo'd Pokemon ever.
Because right now, it's like Giratina's Griseous Orb without Giratina's stats. That's probably a problem.
Are you saying that you suddenly will be incapable of using all of them at different points in time just because you will have access to a handful of starters?
Nobody ever said you can't play with more than one MEvo'd Pokemon ever.
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