Recent content by Jiro7

Why do all OMs have to ban tera? Could we at least try to justify it a bit? What makes Gen 9 unique is tera, we'll be able to have endless Nature Swap in Gens 10+ without tera, I think it's great to be able to explore what could be done with tera + being able to swap a stat

You can EV for speed boost in Sun, with Specs and Tera Water and 2hko most of the tier. So pretty similar to Palafin with wave crash except that you take huge recoil in exchange for a bit more damage. And ofc, Wake is way faster And just like Palafin can predict CC Ogerpon, Wake can Draco...

I'd like to ask something, from my complete low 1500-1600 ladder ignorance: is Rain good atm? Are weather teams unhealthy for the meta and deserve to stay bad? I've always really loved and enjoyed running weather teams. Sun seems to be great this generation with the new Proto mons, and snow...

I agree on 1 and 4. But it DEFINITELY doesn't have the defenses of dondozo (+ no Unaware) and 4mss isn't the same as set versatility. Yes, Palafin would love to run CC, Ice Punch, Acrobatics, Wave Crash, Boomburst, Encore, etc but he often can only run 1 of those

So we are just ignoring that Palafin has Zero to Hero form activated? Yes, you can still add Choice Band on top of it, just like you could with most of those mons in there - most are also boosting solely from their ability (except waterpon). I'd even argue that stuff like Rilla or Kingambit have...

I find it pretty funny how you are assuming that having only 1-2 weeks of suspect will make people vote unban instead of ban. I'm very confident that, if anything, letting OU have Palafin for longer (let's say 1-2 months) would make LESS people want him banned. People would finally understand...

And when the community votes something, they usually have a good reason for doing so aswell. Talking about fairness, it's unfair that bans require 60%+ votes to go through, but to unban a Pokémon that was automatically banned without the opinion of the community, 50%+ is enough to keep it...

How exactly does Dondozo lose to Palafin? I've had this matchup a few times, Bulk Up Palafin ALWAYS loses to dozo even with taunt, Drain simply never heals enough. Only chance to beat Dozo is Tera Water Band in Rain, which requires setup, commit Tera and lose like 70% hp in recoil from Wave...

I spend my only 8 likes on Species Clause suspect test for OU

Thank you, I understand. However, I find it a bit counterintuitive that a meta that requires less changes (or even none) has to go through a more strict process to even be considered. The first conclusion that comes to my mind now is that I should force a change in the mechanics that is not...

Hello, this is not an OM submission (yet), but rather a question related to it, because I've been searching everywhere and got no answer. I want to make sure my idea hasn't been suggested/rejected before. Most simple mechanic changes have been explored yet but, for some reason, there's one that...

Haters will hate but I really agree with this. I'm not saying Annihilape is balanced now, but it should at least be considered and be given a chance at some point, at least after we see how the meta develops. Metas shift all the time, even without dlcs or updates, we shouldn't be so...

I understand, but if someone went out of their way to make them and post them in the Smogon forums, doesn't that mean they are fine with them being used? If we were talking about something complex like, a piece of code or software, I understand not trusting it. But we can see the art moving and...

As a programmer myself, I came here to ask: how exactly should I go about helping with this? I feel like being able to play in other languages is one of the most basic and fundamental features of any game, and I failed to introduce many of my friends to PS mostly because of the language barrier...

Hello everyone. I've found this place because I was really looking for information on why there are still many 3D models missing in Pokémon Showdown. I read most of the comments and I have to say: thank you so much for all the hard work. I could have never realized something like this took that...