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I think this is a good argument. Dragon is one of the rarest types, and yet it's also shoehorned into very specific roles in many of its appearances. Every new generation will only introduce a handful of new Dragon-types, and three of them will be earmarked for the pseudo-legendary archetype...

Well, yes, that is kind of the point. Thing is, a tank is supposed to have heavy armour and a heavy gun. The ability to take attacks, and the ability to attack back. Ice's "armour" problem is that it will almost never enjoy that 0.5x damage multiplier that comes from resisting the attacking...

I laughed a bit more than I should have.

Great one as always! Gotta wonder if it initially held Toxic Orb, but it was found to be too powerful during playtesting or something like that.

I've been playing Pokopia a lot recently, and finding an under-representation of Ice there too. 208 Pokémon in, and so far the only Ice-types I've found are Lapras, Aumara, and Aurorus. I know Glaceon is in the game too, but still it seems very little. A little over 5.3 % of all Pokémon have Ice...

Always looking forward to these! Great fun to read about the relative merits of Splash versus Teleport in this setting. It's not very often we see Splash compare favourably to any other move!

This is a really great resource! You might want to edit the thread title a little, perhaps? At the moment, every time I see it, I keep thinking for a second "Wait, did a Squarespace spambot slip through the cracks here?"

Another reason why these three generations are well appreciated by those who played them as they came out, is that each game surpassed the previous in terms of content, scope, stuff to do, and visual fidelity. Each game felt bigger, prettier, and overall more polished than the ones that came...

I think there are really few Pokémon that actually meet the definition, the way I see it. Basically, it is a Pokémon that is encountered early ("being usable for every Gym" is a good enough benchmark), is relatively powerful from the moment you catch it, and grows in power alongside the game's...

You can still micromanage with EVs, though, it's just that the possible range of micromanagement has been reduced somewhat.

Until now, we've used the same thread for Winds&Waves discussion and Champions discussion. Things are getting a bit tangled now that Champions is right around the corner, while WiWa is still months away if not more. Please discuss Pokémon Champions in the brand-sparkling-new, purpose-built...

We have a release date! The other thread is getting quite cluttered with Winds&Waves and Champions discussion tangled up in one another, so please continue all Champions discussion in this thread.

Lillipup is definitely up there. It's one of the first Pokémon you encounter after obtaining your starter. I think it definitely was designed to remain a useful team member throughout the entire game. It evolves twice by level, at levels 16 and 32. Unlike the early-game birds, bugs, and rodents...

Dark-type moves are a bit special in that they tend to have a somewhat low base power, but they trigger disruptive effects or get boosts under certain conditions. In fact, apart from the Z-moves, no Dark-type moves have a base power above 100, and only three are above 90 - two of them are...

In addition to the little symbol on the Japanese logo, there's also the fact that the trailer ended with a few seconds of darkness and storm sounds. Perhaps super weather is the gimmick this time?