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Overdrive doesn't 'lack effects,' it's a stronger thunderbolt that trades the paralysis chance for hitting both enemies in doubles and hitting through subs (since it's a sound move).

I did mention that later on. That if an argument was to be made about Blaziken being overpowered it would have to come from the direction of the number of different sets it can run. Just keep in mind that, like I mentioned, that is -the same reason- that Garchomp was put up for his (eventually...

But regular Blaziken -won't- often outspeed an opposing scarfer after the first speed boost because it's only 80 base. Mega Blaziken has a much better shot at that, but if the argument is that -mega- blaziken is unstoppable then banning the mega stone would be the issue. Also, as mentioned in...

I've asked this before and I'll continue asking until it gets answered: Many of Blaziken's counters are scarfers or priority users who can survive an unboosted hit on the switch and OHKO by outspeeding +1 speed Blaziken. How is there a rampage to continue at this point, and how is it going to...

It's a fair question, though. And it points directly at a lot of problems with the way people address calcs vs switch-ins in general. When is a Blaziken counter ever going to be switched in to a +2 attack? If you're switching in your counter, it will be on the turn Blaziken Swords Dances or...

So there's this thing I didn't really see mentioned much earlier outside of one guy mentioning a gimmick special set. Kangaskhan can learn Fire Blast, and with Parental Bond it has somewhere between 90~100 effective SpA spread out over two hits. That's more than enough to carry Fire Blast as a...

Darumakka ALWAYS has Hustle (Excepting dream world), which becomes encourage when it evolves.

And starmie doesn't outspeed Jaroda when it's already glared. If starmie switches into Jaroda during sub, it gets glared breaking the sub and now Jaroda outspeeds it and can either wait for FP or just fire off Leaf Storm (Or it can even fire off a leaf storm while the sub breaks). The counter...

The only thing a priority sub is going to do to something that can one-shot you anyway without setting up is use up three extra PP from the enemy.

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...

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.

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...

Kind of like how knowing what Salamence and Garchomp were going to do (Come in and sweep either with choice or setup) made them so predictable and easy to deal with in Gen IV?

And you've never seen two pokémon pop out and do their thing and successfully predicted the rest of their team in Gen IV? I will give you a dollar if you can just look at the pokémon lists for even 75% of the teams once the new ladder starts up and successfully predict their entire moveset, let...

No, forgoing synergy in order to catch an opponent off guard and disrupt their plan is the equivalent of a gimmick set. It might work the one time you fight an opponent and they don't know what you're doing, but then you've lost your edge. Gimmicks will certainly still exist, but now they're...