Recent content by aeladoodles

very grateful for survey transparency and noting on all options and responses, even the minority ones, but we should probably not give all our attention to the fringe/niche picks mentioned by a few people cough you know what i mean cough, and instead focus on the things that will actually affect...

I think there is merit to sleep being "uncompetitive" beyond just the discussion of cart accuracy--hypnosis (and other moves, like sing) are just barely better than chance, but being on otherwise very strong and fast pokemon (as opposed to like, spore) gives those pokemon a chance to just win if...

exactly, serperior hits like a wet sock without a boost, but it's got the tools it needs to set up situations to be able to throw out a leaf storm and go crazy from there.

ghost types were only immune to glare in gens 2 & 3. it's such a stupid fucking move but as a certified snivy line enjoyer i'll use the shit out of it nonetheless

If your favorite pokémon isn't a solid OU/UU pick, you can either use them in higher tiers but acknowledge that it will be suboptimal/not ideal, or play them in lower tiers where they might be able to shine. You also don't have to only play one tier or anything, you can play OU and NU or...

I love the dedication to blastoise but I think you're gonna have to wait a second for it to drop a few tiers to truly enjoy it. OU is just too strong for it right now, but I bet it will find a place in NU/RU.

i love skymin, but seeing as its main function is to raise your resting heart rate and spike your blood pressure by being an rng-fishing little shit, OU is probably better off without it regardless of what its other aspects might indicate.

I think there's a decent difference between something like Darkrai, which had its best quality utterly gutted, has to contend with so much powercreep, and has only been in the meta for a week anyway, and something like box legendaries which lack any glaring flaw other than "pretty mid in Ubers".

what makes you think stellar tera will be quickbanned? it seems mid outside of specific abusers (i.e. contrary mons)