Recent content by marmotnz

Actually, yes. One of the advantages I've found of Diggersby over Azumarill is that it is superior with Sticky Web support due to its greater speed which allows it to outspeed many things after it has been set up.. Also, it counts with U-Turn which allows it to keep momentum and predict switches...

I've found that Heatran has really good synergy with Gourgeist. Gourgeist takes physical moves from things Heatran fears (Fighting, Ground, Water) like a champ and tends to be able to retaliate with WoW or Leech Seed. Meanwhile, Heatran technically takes Ice, Flying and Fire moves like a pro...

I feel that if anything, mega manectric will be able to form interesting cores with Pokemon such as Gyarados a la GenIV. Activating Lightingrod, then mega evolving to activate Intimidate whilst making use of superior bulk and speed may make Manectric a good team player, more than a stand alone...

Any indications as to whether moody works the same way as it did last generation?

I had a look and couldn't find anyone reporting it, but Infestation makes contact as it activated Poison Point from a wild Nidorina.

I'm looking forward to seeing if Pokemon with the Anger Point ability benefit from what looks like a more widely used Frost Breath

There's no indication of this being true.

I'm guessing there's no news yet regarding old Pokemon learning new moves? Aside from those fairy type moves that were given to the retconned Pokemon.

The horde thing is very promising. Perhaps an indication of the AI being significantly better? I know it is a kid's game so it is hard for complex strategies to be involved as they probably don't want to make it too challenging but it would still be nice if the AI didn't feel like someone was...

Plus such moves are still very niche. As of now, mainly used for subseed users or ice body users. Like they said, the impact of such moves is yet to be seen. I personally welcome the flavoursome counterpart of Protect, as opposed to the straight up clone Detect. Particularly excited about the...