Recent content by Lord Gloom

Grass.

I'm pretty sure that isn't the definition of OU. To be fair, neither is the one I'm giving, but just for an example: there are 49 regular OUs, and 7 CaPs, for what one would assume makes a total of 56, assuming that an equal number of UUs moved up to OU as OUs moved down. Number 45 out of 56...

That seems so extremely arbitrary to me. What exactly exempts Yanmega from being considered OU in CaP, besides the fact that it's UU in Regular and the number you put up solely to be intentionally higher than Yanmega's usage?

I've already said that I would argue against Hustle. As it should have been by EM's definition. Revenankh gets Shed Skin.

Considering there's 49 Pokemon in regular OU, I would say that qualifies it in a game with 7 more Pokemon.

I'm going to argue that Yanmega should be considered OU for the purposes of the CaP metagame. I guess this boils down to differing definitions here. Yanmega is UU in normal, but we aren't designing this Pokemon for the normal metagame, we're designing it for CaP, where Yanmega does get enough...

Are you ignoring the because? It's specifically talking about abilities that are undervalued because the Pokemon with them suck. This thread isn't for talking about what is and what isn't an undervalued ability, so I'm just abiding by what the concept states. I don't see how I can make it any...

I don't see where this interpretation of EM's concept is coming from. It outright gives the reasons for what he considers to be a neglected ability; "...isn't used because the other pokemon with this ability don't have the stats or movepool to make it work." Until EM or cyberzero tells me...

Personally? I agree. If we're going to vote for a concept, and then immediately ignore what it directly says, why vote for it? Those abilities should be ignored in favor of abilities that fall under the boundaries the concept set, and are even more neglected in that manner. Besides, Pyroak...

Dude, I'm not arguing the definition of neglected, quit driving a point I've already said I agree with. I'm arguing that it doesn't fall within the parameters set by the concept, which rather bluntly states that the ability in question is neglected because the Pokemon is bad. You can e-sarcasm...

Maybe I'm being too literal about the concept here, but it pretty specifically talks about abilities that are undervalued because the Pokemon that have them are, frankly, bad; they don't have the stats or moveset to use them effectively. Is Speed Boost better than Tinted Lens? No doubt. Is...

I'd say we follow EM's definition, since we voted for it. While it may not be ultra-specific, it gives a pretty definitive guideline that we can sort all abilities into. Yanmega CAN use Tinted Lens and make it work. It's undervalued, but not because the Pokemon that has it has a poor stat total...

To quote the Concept: The concept revolves around good abilities with Pokemon who can't make them work because they just aren't good enough to compete in OU. Simply put, Yanmega can use Tinted Lens and be fine, it just has a better option. Nowhere in the concept does it say anything about...

CS Yanmega?

While I personally think it's stupid to ignore flavor completely, I guess an answer would be that Electric/Grass with Sun has a solid special Grass STAB. Grass Knot is, as stated before, iffy at best, and Energy Ball is just lackluster. Pretty much nothing utilizes Solarbeam, and it's not...