They already have 5 PP/8 PP too. Now they are basically straight upgrades.
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I'd rather say sidegrade when it comes to Moonlight / Morning Sun, as these 2 are actually nerfed under certain weathers but buffed on others.
Shore Up definitely just a straight upgrade, though.
Samurott already has a hidden ability.
What he means is "actually useful hidden ability".
Just theorycrafting, I have high hopes for a set on Iron Jugulis that utilizes quark drive and nasty plot like how Timid Kart uses beast boost with swords dance. No clefable or fini until at least the first wave of DLC, so things are looking up for hydreigon and his new form in gen 9
On that image with Gallade's new ability, it also shows that it knows the new Aqua Cutter as well as Sacred Sword.
Very hot: Skeledirge, Armarouge, Ceruledge, Scovillian, Tauros-Paldea-Fire, Iron Moth
Somewhat Hot: Koraidon, Fuecoco, Crocolar, Charcadet, Daschbun, Capsakid, Revavroom, Slither Wing
Middling Hotness: everything else
Somewhat Cold: Quaxly, Quaxwell, Quaquaval, Finizen, Veluza, Tatsugiri, Dodonzo, Wiglett, Wugtrio, Tauros-Paldea-Water
Very Cold: Cetoddle, Cetitan, Arbolovia, Arctibax, Baxcalibur, Iron Bundle
Wasn't too demanding :P.
6v6 online play in absolute shambles right now. My high from Sprigatito standing on two legs has been shot down and buried underground.
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My one big complaint with this Gen is someone of the typing choices are so weird.
3 Grass/Dark types? And all 3 are significant too.
2 Water/Fighting types? They easily could have made Tauros a fast Ice/Fighting type which would be unique and there are a lot of Water types and little Ice types this gen
2 Dark/Flying types
Yet another Fairy/Psychic
Just seems weird. But anyway, back to positivity with my next post!
3 Grass/Dark types? And all 3 are significant too.
2 Water/Fighting types? They easily could have made Tauros a fast Ice/Fighting type which would be unique and there are a lot of Water types and little Ice types this gen
2 Dark/Flying types
Yet another Fairy/Psychic
Just seems weird. But anyway, back to positivity with my next post!
Gallade's gonna actually be somewhat nasty then, if Sharp is the same boost as Strong Jaw/Mega Launcher (1.5x) Gallade can two shot Corviknight:
252+ Atk Choice Band Sharp Gallade Sacred Sword vs. 252 HP / 168+ Def Corviknight: 262-310 (65.5 - 77.5%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Leftovers recovery
Even if it's as low as Iron Fist (1.2x) it can still do it, though less reliably:
252+ Atk Choice Band Sharp Gallade Sacred Sword vs. 252 HP / 168+ Def Corviknight: 211-249 (52.7 - 62.2%) -- 98.8% chance to 2HKO after Leftovers recovery
Some other thoughts:
Yay to Snowstorm. I welcome any buff to Ice types
I'm so mixed on Recovery being nerfed. I love me some Stall, but also recognize how annoying spamming Recover is.
They better buff Sand Compaction to be immune now like Fidough's ability
I hope a lot of Ice types get Chilling Water to help counter Fire types (and Rock). I feel it is only fair as Fire types get Solar Beam, Water types get Ice Beam, etc.
Yay to Snowstorm. I welcome any buff to Ice types
I'm so mixed on Recovery being nerfed. I love me some Stall, but also recognize how annoying spamming Recover is.
They better buff Sand Compaction to be immune now like Fidough's ability
I hope a lot of Ice types get Chilling Water to help counter Fire types (and Rock). I feel it is only fair as Fire types get Solar Beam, Water types get Ice Beam, etc.
I agree, I kind of like stall but usually never use it and prefer balanced and HO, but now even balanced teams will be affected to an extent and that's why I was saying this is probably the biggest change to Competitive Pokémon since team preview.
252+ Atk Choice Band Gallade Close Combat vs. 252 HP / 168+ Def Corviknight: 235-277 (58.7 - 69.2%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Leftovers recovery
gallade can already 2hko corv. Not sure how much relevant coverage this ability will actually boost. Turning Sacred Sword into an approximately 0-downside CC is cool but beyond that it'll probably just be relevant for Night Slash pre-home?
Quaquaval is the most brazilian-stereotype inspired pokemon i've seen.
And this is weird, because Brazil has almost nothing to do with Spain. We wereexploited and looted colonized by another iberic country....
And this is weird, because Brazil has almost nothing to do with Spain. We were
Tbh I'm trying to think how much this would actually affect VGC/BSS since these are the formats they usually balance around (6v6 is more or less non accounted for).
I know timer stalling was a thing in BSS, and likely why the recovery move nerf is a thing as well.
I am however trying to think which pokemon even use these moves in actual VGC and the only one that really comes to mind is Porygon2
Seems like gamefreak is always making steps to try to force smogon to adopt a more offensive metagame. The wall powercreep simply can’t keep up with the power powercreep lol and now they are nerfing walls further. Not to mention the timer of course.
I wonder if OU will adapt or stay its course? Probably the latter and that means a lot of bans.
I wonder if OU will adapt or stay its course? Probably the latter and that means a lot of bans.
Gallade already gets Knock Off through breeding. Its mostly good for Psycho Cut since its physical Psychic STAB options were bad (and still could be depending on the power boost).
I can't wait for the list of moves and abilities and stats to he released.
I also wonder if the Rock Salt mon has potential as a wall or something. It has Recovery and I believe it's ability was pretty powerful or something.
I also wonder if the Rock Salt mon has potential as a wall or something. It has Recovery and I believe it's ability was pretty powerful or something.
Khu ended up posting the full image of the regional dex colours, though without transfers, if anyone wants a more specific idea of what's in. Personally I want to get it clear on what HOME mons are in but I guess we still need to wait for the full mine to go down.
I'm thinking Hail is dead.
We snow now.
We snow now.
Brazil was under the Spanish crown's indirect rule for a while, so it's fair game
But why the hell rename it?!! Never before has a move been so drastically renamed, the only renamings were space adjustments
Probably just to give a hint to the player that it's different from previous gen Hail.
Really, that's likely the reason, nothing fancy. We'll still call it hail after all anyway lol