Because I like it. >.> And because I want this clause in my tourney.
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The First Wheneverual Safari Festival: Better Late Than Never
- Thread starter Lorak
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I think it's fair, lefties is all alone, offensive people get 5 useful items, and berries for that matter
Just as much as my decision to limit it to Safari Zone Pokemon or have a species clause.
Restricting the tournament to Safari Pokemon isn't a clause though. Its basically its own tier with no limits at all. The Species Clause is an obvious keeper, because the idea of a team with 2 Shuckles and 2 Heracross would obviously be over centralizing to the Safari metagame. The Item Claus though hurts this tournament. It eliminates stall teams, thus it will be lowering the amount of defensive minded pokemon we see in this tournament. Limiting the amount of poke that can be used when they are clearly not broken in any way takes away from the fun, and experimentation of this tournament. At least multiple leftovers should be allowed. Or else this tournament will turn into the Safari Offensive Fest.
I vote for item clause to be off.
It will make the game fair for players who are used to playing defensively as well as offensively and will even out the odds of whoever wins, it makes the game open ground.
An example of this is that people who play defensive will not play as well as those who play offense as there are only three recovery items (Shell Bell, Lefties, and Black Sludge) as opposed to offensive in which there are a lot more items to be used (Life Orb, Expert Belt, Choice Band, Choice Specs, Choice Scarf, and a few more who have little merit).
It will make the game fair for players who are used to playing defensively as well as offensively and will even out the odds of whoever wins, it makes the game open ground.
An example of this is that people who play defensive will not play as well as those who play offense as there are only three recovery items (Shell Bell, Lefties, and Black Sludge) as opposed to offensive in which there are a lot more items to be used (Life Orb, Expert Belt, Choice Band, Choice Specs, Choice Scarf, and a few more who have little merit).
i think it should be two actually.
i think this because too many people's teams have become "dependent" on having 3+ pokemon holding leftovers
im sure people could pull off a stall team without having too many pokemon holding leftovers
also if we turn item clause off then what would we do with everyone running around with 6 focus sashes or something?
if you battled them i bet you wouldn't enjoy it..
and as i said already.. people have become too dependent on their items..
they should become more dependent on their pokemon instead of the items
they could find replacement items for leftovers (meh blacksludge (poison types), and dare i say it.. shell bell?) and it takes more strategy and wits to go about it without the same item on 3 or more pokemon
well basically im saying people should find new strategies then having more leftovers on most of their pokemon
oh and being in goodbars pants would just be a plus
EDIT:
for some reason my post doesn't seem too persuasive
sounded better in my head :S
i think this because too many people's teams have become "dependent" on having 3+ pokemon holding leftovers
im sure people could pull off a stall team without having too many pokemon holding leftovers
also if we turn item clause off then what would we do with everyone running around with 6 focus sashes or something?
if you battled them i bet you wouldn't enjoy it..
and as i said already.. people have become too dependent on their items..
they should become more dependent on their pokemon instead of the items
they could find replacement items for leftovers (meh blacksludge (poison types), and dare i say it.. shell bell?) and it takes more strategy and wits to go about it without the same item on 3 or more pokemon
well basically im saying people should find new strategies then having more leftovers on most of their pokemon
oh and being in goodbars pants would just be a plus
EDIT:
for some reason my post doesn't seem too persuasive
sounded better in my head :S
good enough for a backstage pass ;), i just hope you don't freak out when you find out i'm a transvestite
i actually didn't consider focus sash abuse, as a reason to use a limited item clause. 3 lefties isn't going to make anything less unique, it'll just make balanced teams more useable, as well as a certain degree of stall, hopefully.
i actually didn't consider focus sash abuse, as a reason to use a limited item clause. 3 lefties isn't going to make anything less unique, it'll just make balanced teams more useable, as well as a certain degree of stall, hopefully.
>_> Why not just allow two of the same item, but, no more? Since there are only two viable users of Leftovers in the Safari Zone- Azumaril and Kangaskan. Black Sludge can go to Drapion and Toxicroak. Staraptor can be Choiced, just as Toxicroak. I mean, c'mon there's not many possibilities in the Safari Zone, why limit them further?
What about Forretress and Donphan?
Viciously beaten by Kawl, good work sir. However, I have defeated Goodbar!
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And as I said..