Recent content by Croconaw Guy

My thoughts are the same as they were four years ago. The fundamentals of this issue are never going to change. So I support a SpeedPass ban, because while there will absolutely be collateral that will banish some "legitimate" or healthy uses of BP, that is inevitable with any action against...

I have two streaks to share: 125 tournaments in the Dome and 525 floors in the Pyramid, both level 50. I'll start with the Dome. First, the Dome Assistant link in the OP should be updated from the command line application to the far more usable web version I only found when Googling some of the...

The issue isn't Ninjask or Sand Attack, it's Baton Pass, as always. Just ban it on any Pokemon not named Zapdos, Celebi, Jolteon, or Vaporeon, limit to one abuser per team, and be done with this years-long debacle.

The distinction between suspecting Machamp or DynamicPunch is interesting. Normally, I think suspecting Machamp would be the clear choice: DynamicPunch isn't problematic on anything else, as it's really the combination of No Guard + STAB + high Attack that makes it so strong, i.e...

StatPass Celebi isn't broken, which is why I called it collateral. We all know the actual target. It's just really, really hard to make a BP clause that both preserves the diversifying benefits of the move and prohibits its many, many abuses. Trying to do so is a fool's errand. But if we do try...

The title of this thread is a massive indictment on how this has been handled so far. Baton Pass is obviously broken, and it’s so broken that multiple attempts to constrain it — from much better players than me — have failed…again, and again, and AGAIN. If the community doesn’t want to ban it to...

Baton Pass is a broken move, so it should stay banned. Drypass isn't broken, but Excal's excellent post earlier summed up the issue here where, for some reason, there are always these efforts worthy of the mental gymnastics meme to preserve "legitimate" applications of the move. Remember the...

Ignoring the Ja Morant situation for a moment, how many teams in the Western Conference playoff race would you feel confident about Memphis beating in a playoff series assuming good health? Their half-court offense at the end of games is completely inept. "They just need Steven Adams back" is...

Sorry if this is the wrong thread for this, but while trying to learn about this metagame, I've found it pretty hard to find anything up-to-date on some of the Pokemon, especially Groudon and Kyogre. Are the sets from either the sample teams or from the linked mini-analysis thread in this post...

This thread is awesome! Some amazing strategies and teams in here, many of which I would never have the patience to actually use. Lots of fun reads and useful resources so major thanks to everyone involved! Anyway, I suppose I should share my Battle Tower streak on retail. I've been trying to...

Before addressing the issues of collateral, I want to just say that Baton Pass is a broken move. We have over a decade of evidence from multiple generations and tiers that the mechanic of passing boosts and other conditions to other Pokemon can be easily abused in flagrantly broken combinations...

got obliterated 2-0 by seeme lol, but i did wanna post to say thanks for making it possible given scheduling hell & gl in the rest!

I won against Vapo 2-1 in a tight series. Sorry for the Game 2 Pinsir para :x I am playing Seeme within the next two days because I am going on a backpacking trip until May 31 to celebrate my graduation from college and as a last hurrah with my friends who will soon be moving very far away...

tied 1-1 right now, doing game 3 tomorrow 3 pm usa east coast/9 pm italy

won, ggs