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I ran a PBR doubles tourney between some friends and limiting Explosion to 1 user per team alleviated the power that it has. They were decent players and we were modding the game, but it did help a ton nonetheless. It'd be worth limiting TWave to 1 user per team if the people here are...
I just started doing the Pokéathlon the other day as I work my way to 100% Heart Gold. Are there any unintuitive or unconducive problems that I'll run into as I learn it? Having trouble with the Goal Roll and Relay Run. What's the right amount of speed to use with RR? I feel I always drag too...
and yet Sand Veil was immediately banned here. How curious. @ me when evasion ban = changing cartridge mechanics or banning speed control for your convenience. Also thanks for the reminder that I was the unsung hero of BDSP DOU, the tier that could've been
I'd say this is the boogeyman for the players in this thread but most of you are too new to even know what an XY is judging by this wuss TWave ban. New players get to whine until banning TWave and Freeze Clause is cleared for comp, but we can't even get suspects on Pokémon locked in OU tiers for...
Aptly put, well said. This revisionism of XY is a ridiculous suggestion and is an amateur complaint. Pokemon is the way it is, and removing Thundurus or Thunder Wave would be absurd. I also agree with trying out Jirachi again. It'll probably be busted, but it's worth a shot and I'm always in...
Banning Waterfall is throwing the baby out with the bath water. It's not 60% of the time like Jirachi's Iron Head, it's just 20% which is negligible when compared to how useful and easy Jirachi is and how many more roles it can fulfill + enable. Aqua Tail isn't an acceptable alternative when...
That isn't vitriol. Calling it vitriol is an over exaggerated irrational response in the same way that saying to remove freeze, para, and sleep is the only way forward because you think it makes you sound better in your argument against luck. If you think someone saying bullshit is a terrible...
Bad faith arguing with a ridiculous claim of back porting at the end, 0/10 intellect in this post. If you're gonna argue against it provide detailed information and feelings on it not this kinda bullshit
Are we really doing a repeat of Last Respects again? Dire Claw is an obvious problem and the move should be banned not the Mon. It's ridiculous to think that banning Dire Claw is an unhealthy choice. The move is breaking sleep clause and it'd be an obnoxious move on any Pokemon. Sneasler is a...
Yeah the huge dif between Pincurchin and Torkoal is the coverage and defense Torkoal has as well as his synergy with some Protosynthesis Mons. The Iron series work well enough on their own to not need Pincurchin around. When the greatest Electric type of all type and overall best Mon ever Tapu...
All of my calcs are Proto boosts, they just don't show up on the calc and if it's Chi-Yu that boosts every special attacker to hell then that's not FM's fault. Tera typing is another ordeal, still doesn't stop her from being frail and if she's throwing her EVs into bulk then she can't keep her...
Flutter Mane is not a broken unbeatable killing machine and the vote containing no comments on her besides ban/no ban and coming down to just one vote is a bit much. I have listed ample ways to deal with her in my pastebin, including calcs for four different tanks as well as different ways for a...
The minimum should be to approach it how VGC is doing it in-game right now with Tera Preview rather than going with a flat out ban. I really think the vote should initially be either keep it as is or Tera Preview. It's a mechanic in VGC right now so no more coping with "but that's not how the...