If that's what the poop analogy means I think your friend lives under a rock and has a problem with speaking for entire groups of people
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R.I.P. Leads and Scouting
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If that's what the poop analogy means I think your friend lives under a rock and has a problem with speaking for entire groups of people
I must be on stupid mode to not understand that analogy. I re-read it again, makes way more sense.
Would have been awesome if you accidentally ate a shit covered cake. I wouldn't have been alone finally >>
But on a serious note you just never know man, surprise factors happen all the time, and to be honest, without testing forrhis new meta, we'll never know if you can predict their team, or if you can't.
Unless you have amazing deducing abilities, I doubt it.
Are they REALLY taking all of the strategy out of this game with this + Shanderaa?
Like I said before, you can deal with the changes and evolve with the strategy, or stick to your rebellion/idea on it being retarded, and stop playing. Pretty much simple.
Either that or hope there's a way to choose a different option. It's highly unlikely though.
Either that or hope there's a way to choose a different option. It's highly unlikely though.
Thanks a lot Gamefreak. If battle simulators implement this bullshit...
At which point you have essentially set your pogeys up as wasted slots if he saves his Mence for later, knowing that you're just sitting around and passively waiting for him to move. Simply by allowing you to know that he has a Mence he has put you on the defensive and limited your playstyle, quite possibly allowing him to set up other shenanigans.
This switches the core of the game from 'wait and counter' to 'seize the momentum.' Some people might not like that, but pretending that it's somehow invalid or takes less skill is asinine at best, and absolutely retarded at worst.
That reminds me of a story I heard once. It was about a guy who didn't like green eggs and ham. He wouldn't eat them on a train, he wouldn't eat them on a plane, he didn't like them here or there, he didn't like them anywhere. Then, finally, his friend got him to try some and
it turned out he did like green eggs and ham!
Because Gen IV pogeys have the same versatility and number of options that they do in Gen V with new moves and dream world abilities available.
While seeing your opponents' pokemon before a match certainly eliminates a large part of scouting, you still don't know their movesets or exactly what your opponent will do at any given point in the match. Thus I still see most scouting tactics having at least some value in battle.
U-turn (and Baton Pass/Volt Change) still allows you to see your opponents switch-in before you switch, and Protect can be used to scout your opponents moveset.
So scoutings definitely not nearly as good, but also not quite dead.
U-turn (and Baton Pass/Volt Change) still allows you to see your opponents switch-in before you switch, and Protect can be used to scout your opponents moveset.
So scoutings definitely not nearly as good, but also not quite dead.
If you play foolishly, yes. There are alternatives.
I'm talking about options when team building.
If you're a good player, your strategy is all you need. If you lack skill, of course this intimidates you. I like this idea. I liked the element of surprise but it's a new twist to a new generation. Let's see how it goes, right?
Besides now it's not the same boring Azelf Aero leads that become repeltitive and boring in itself.
Besides now it's not the same boring Azelf Aero leads that become repeltitive and boring in itself.
Close enough.
So you've already figured out which pogeys are going to come out viable and utterly dominate the pokétransparent metagame? Astonishing! Why don't you just go ahead and tell us the tier lists and dominant sets and save us all the time and trouble?
So you would counter a SD/Taunt/Mold Breaker Ono the same way you would a Scarf/Rivalry one? To say nothing of the pogeys that actually have more sets than 'choice or boost and physical sweep.'
I'm willing to take that risk.
You have any other basis? This is Gen 5, everything is speculation.
Dahaha /win
I'm done lmao. I like it, Machamp leads are still very viable, Metagross leads, etc.
*sees that team* *looks at my team, then looks at my fast U-Turn-using pokemon and is planning to use it first since the opponent's team is very weird and typical.
U-turn will get to counter whatever your lead pokemon is, by switching in the best counter for it.
Any more ideas from looking at this team?
Out of this, the only one I would assume to be standard is Gyarados. Garcomp can be two diff things to me, Blissey can be many different types, every one of them.
The only one I'd be confident in knowing is Gyara is DDbulkyGyara. They will see your team, and now you strategize accordingly.