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It's an undeniable part of human nature that they will over-emphasize anything that they have support in, as well as it's a fact that others will rebel simply to rebel, or be biased because of some emotion towards something. But that's true that it would probably be a waste of time. That...

I'm for an early suspect. People keep comparing mence to lucario/aegi, and both of those got suspects. Lets face it, it's not the strongest thing in OU. M-Pinsir outdamages it from the start, and with swords dance it gets stronger faster. Admittedly it's typing and movepool are both better than...

To add on to Harsha, what impact do you think more team slots would make, and whether or not it would improve the game, specifically relating to matchup?

I feel like the best sets will probably be mixed, pure offensive, and bulky DD (much like the lando-t bulky doubledance set). In my opinion it doesn't have the typing to go bulky with one attack (2x to rock, fairy, dragon, 4x to ice, all very common types). I also feel like pure special sets are...

Roost is mentioned twice. I think sub should be added to the list of useful moves, perhaps slashed next to refresh, because although it takes some precious hp away, it does give you a better chance to set up without wasting a turn to refresh.

Pure calcs don't quite say it. Switching in a fully offensive mence into a non-weakened t-tar is just asking to be revenge killed by drill, and switching in mence vs drill (I am of course talking about the only fully offensive drill, sand drill) is asking for half your health to be taken off...

So far haven't been so awed with mence. It's defensive typing is pretty shabby with ninja and drill on every team, and it just doesn't have the power to be as threatening as say, mega-luc. Overall, I'd say it wreaks unprepared teams, but it just doesn't seem OP to me. Unhealthy for the meta...

Honestly, right now it's a bit of a liability to run mence/set up sweepers in general considering that everybody and there mother is running thundy/klefki/sable. I've had more success with lop/drill/scep than I've had with mence. I've yet to try mixmence though, but I don't know if it's worth...

Adamant is probably the best way to go, given that it doesn't get an item. You could go into specifics and see what relevant scarfers it needs to outspeed at +2 with a neutral nature, and adjust the evs from there as well, but I'd just go with 252/252 adamant. Mega Mudkip is freakin terrifying...

Megagross could and probably should run Hone Claws/PuP/Coverage, instead of agility for late game sweeping, considering that he's so bloody fast. With hone claws he could even feasibly run DynamicPunch (not really lol, but still). Hone claws also gets rid of zen/mash iffy accuracy. I think I'm...

Volcanion, Hoopa, and both Mega-Lati data are all already in, so yes, I assume so.

I'd just like to point out that getting all hyped up about certain megas and their implications for the metagame to the point of "omg quickban nopelol" is called a bias, and will affect the outcome of any suspects for these guys should they come. Just my two cents. As for actual thoughts on the...

Still not fully trusting this leak, considering that no new megas were revealed besides m-hoopa, the faulty logic behind some of these additions, and the fact that we only have the demo.

Though these stats are believable, I still think we should operate under the presumption that they could change anytime from now until release, even though it does make for some interesting theorymoning.

Honestly I think M-Bro might be more broken than mence... Or on par... We all laughed at shell armor, but now we pray for regenerator as it sets up 6 cms with impunity in our faces.