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Cinderace will be amazing if it actually gets a Protean clone. Its movepool that we know so far is great and being able to switch your type and always get STAB is incredible.
Aight we're less than a week from release. Where are the stores breaking release date so we can have nice and respectable dataminers tell us the real important stuff like movepools :pirate:
I really want to know how Aegislash and Galarian Weezing's ability interact. Whether in VGC or singles, it could potentially invalidate Aegislash's form changing.
It's also going to be much easier to quickly breed a pokemon to have perfect IVs if you have the ditto for it than it will be to collect 10 billion bottle caps. I dont think breeding is dead just yet.
People want to know about mons and forms, that's why they're here. I dont understand wanting to spoil the story of the game at all (why would you even play it if you know what's going to happen?), just like I'm sure you dont understand why someone would care. Just try to put story spoilers in...
Has anyone confirmed how dynamax/giganimax works? Is it like megas or z moves where the pokemon has to hold an item to do it? This has huge implications for competitive
I don’t really like the idea of dropping Ho-oh, Groudon only threatens it by locking itself into a rock move (I don’t like rock coverage on non choice sets, I’d rather have sub or SD or Stomping Tantrum) and the sun boosts its Sacred Fire. Stackataka beats it, but only if it has a rock move and...