Recent content by Captain Marshadow

What happened with CTC anyways? I haven't been too active on the forums for the past few weeks due to personal stuff and apparently the guy's account got nuked while I was busy.

Eh, I'd argue that VGC is just being more so marred by threats with high power at the gate. Flutter Mane, Urshifu, and Ogerpon (particularly Hearthflame) don't need to start building up to their max potential to threaten teams, and those are the premier offensive presences at the moment. The...

Which thread can I go to to see the tier shifts myself?

Terastal Terapagos doesn't really seem TOO bad honestly, it's ability is basically just slightly souped up Multiscale. Stellar Form is absolutely bonkers, yeah, but that can be fixed by just removing Terapagos' ability to Terastallize-somewhat like how banning a Mega in Gen 7 just meant...

People hated Pex with the force of 1000 burning suns and calls for bans were decently common (never considered seriously iirc, but common). Toxapex will probably go down in history as one of the few Pokemon in the series to have it's overall popularity be NEGATIVELY affected by it's presence in...

And that 1% of interactions can create literal win/loss scenarios based on game states that're 100% non-replicable on the literal basis for the entire format (aka the actual goddamn game), and with how many games are played on Showdown daily I'd imagine that 1% ends up rearing it's ugly head far...

The way I see it, Sleep Clause is being argued about less so because people think it's outright awful and more so because the way it exists currently presents a horribly contradictory take on (what I personally consider to be) one of the core tentants of competitive Singles on Smogon-that being...

Relic Song is in the game too dude, Meloetta is transferable.

Yeah, but this isn't Stadium or Battle Revolution, it's Gen 9 where no such mechanic exists, and thus isn't "as close to cart as possible". It's a conscious decision to maintain this incongruity with the official game for the sake of keeping Singles formats healthy-which I don't think is a bad...

Doesn't Sleep Clause as it's implemented on Showdown literally conflict with cart mechanics? Dire Claw and Relic Song both outright lose their ability to put something to sleep if another enemy 'mon is already asleep when they use it. I can definitely agree with the sentiment that sticking to...

I feel like people are sleeping on Munkidori. It's somewhat dependent on Tera to get that consistent coverage it needs, it's a tad bit prediction reliant, and it's awkward "kinda fast" speed tier leaves it really susceptible to revenge kills courtesy of Meow, Weavile, and other superfast mons in...

Close Combat hasn't included fists in it's animation since Gen 6 and it's description says nothing about punching. If anything the fact that it looked like a move that should be boosted by Iron Fist in the past was a genuine screw-up on the animators' part.

I'm honestly of the opinion that Wellspring Ogerpon is actually incredibly strong, probably overly so alongside Hearthflame, now that I've played with it for the past week or so. If you can get it into a position that lets you get an SD with minimal punishment (i.e behind Veil, on a switch) then...

Those calcs do look insane lol, I see what you guys mean now

Sorry if this is obvious, but is Ogerpon's Masked Forms gaining a 1.2x boost on every move really such a big deal? It's essentially just weaker, recoil-less Life Orb in exchange for what's essentially a dead item slot otherwise (if you don't Tera, which obviously isn't guaranteed every match).