Here you will vote for the secondary typing for CAP 10. Please remember that posts like "I voted for x" aren't allowed. This is very much so a discussion thread and I expect to see a lot of substance in your posts.
Our CAP so far:
Main Typing: Electric
After much pondering, discussing and listening to people make their cases on both IRC and in the typing discussion, I have narrowed down the final slate to a simple choice between Water and Poison. I'm aware of the fact that Fighting was popular, but it had pretty much nothing going for it that the other two types don't have really. It maintains the Ground weakness and only gains resistance to Rock, Dark and Bug for the most part. Very powerful Rock and Dark attacks are only really used by Tyranitar, whereas the most common strong Bug attack is U-Turn, which is not something you counter because it's effectively a free damage move. For these reasons, I felt that it wasn't worth it to include it in the poll for basically the same exact reason that I felt it wasn't a good idea to include NST. Out of these two choices, what will make the best Utility Counter?
This poll will be closed at 1:20 AM, EST, March 17.
Our CAP so far:
reachzero said: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.
Questions To Be Answered:
--How useful is defensive versatility in a metagame with so many different threats to account for?
--Given the existence of a Pokemon that can hard counter only specific major threats, which threats will be prepared for the most?
--How would team building change if certain difficult-to-prepare-for threats became easier to prepare for?
--Which is more useful, a Pokemon that can somewhat handle a wide range of threats, or a Pokemon that can handle a few threats extremely well?
Main Typing: Electric
After much pondering, discussing and listening to people make their cases on both IRC and in the typing discussion, I have narrowed down the final slate to a simple choice between Water and Poison. I'm aware of the fact that Fighting was popular, but it had pretty much nothing going for it that the other two types don't have really. It maintains the Ground weakness and only gains resistance to Rock, Dark and Bug for the most part. Very powerful Rock and Dark attacks are only really used by Tyranitar, whereas the most common strong Bug attack is U-Turn, which is not something you counter because it's effectively a free damage move. For these reasons, I felt that it wasn't worth it to include it in the poll for basically the same exact reason that I felt it wasn't a good idea to include NST. Out of these two choices, what will make the best Utility Counter?
This poll will be closed at 1:20 AM, EST, March 17.