Recent content by Marxman

Zubat: A Available early. Great defensive typing. Decent offensive typing and movepool. Evolves super early. Haze is great. Lacks power and coverage, but not too bad. Salandit: C Good offensive and defensive typing. Movepool is okay. Lacks power until Nasty Plot at 32. Terrible bulk despite the...

I really like Crobat, and I do think it's a decent mon, but there are several things holding it back. Defensively it's typing is outstanding, especially in the early game. However it's coverage is very limited. While I do believe Flying is the best offensive typing (at least for the first 2...

The nicknames of the mono explosion team were what made it 10/10. Hilarious.

The difference between Assist spam and Shedinja is Shedinja actually requires thought and skill to use effectively. AssistDon requires neither. Press Assist. You win 80% of the time. I personally hope we just ban Assist and remove the issue entirely. Thousand Arrows is a brilliant coverage...

I've actually been curious about that for a long time. Obviously Imposter copies your HP stat + EVs, but how do the other EVs interact with Imposter? In other words, if I'm running a Chansey with 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 Spe and copy something, do MY EVs translate over to the copied pokemon's base...

May I present to you... Focus Punch Alakazam! http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/balancedhackmons-207095471

I have never personally seen an Assist team that wasn't PGroudon TA spam. I'm not sure why we're trying so hard to save something that really doesn't need to be saved. I would ban Assist and put this bullshit to rest for good. While banning Thousand Arrows does significantly weaken the team...

Personally I'm in favor of banning Assist, as I think it has the least collateral damage. Assist isn't used in any legitimate team, it's only used in the PGroudon spam bullshit team. As for whether it deserves to be banned, I absolutely think it does. Anything that requires an inordinate amount...

I think we'll continue to see most of the same strategies and sets running rampant. You'll still have Chansey/Sturdinja/AerilateRay on every single team. Except now, you'll only have 1 MegaRay instead of 2. That certainly helps, but it doesn't solve the problem to any realistic degree. You still...

I definitely think a "-ate + STAB clause" is the best course of action, as non-STAB -ates, while powerful (as seen by MewtwoX), aren't format-warping to the insane degree that Aerilate MegaRay is. Since that's not an option, I will vote to simply ban the abilities outright. I don't believe...

I see Extreme Speed as a larger issue than Boomburst, simply because you can easily revenge kill an -ate user with a Scarfer or faster mon. That's not the case when they have 160 BP Extreme Speed that OHKOs everything but walls.

I agree that neither Aerilate nor Mega Rayquaza are too nuts on their own. It's really the combination that makes it so, SO far over the top and difficult to counter. Aerilate is powerful, but fair on other mons. Mega Rayquaza is still among the best offensive threats without Aerilate, running...

More importantly, Speed Boost Balloon Giratina... wat.

I was not suggesting Mega Gengar, Deoxys, etc. are rising in usage due to Mega Ray. I was simply stating the fact that every team I face follows that blueprint. Double Dragon, because lol why not, and then a selection of those different mons. Once in a while you'll see Aegi or Registeel as a...

So when can we expect suspect tests? I'm done with this format until then. Every single team is Mega Ray x2, Chansey, Shedinja, and 2 of: Kyogre, Mega Gengar, Deoxys S, Groudon. This is supposed to be a format of creativity and experimentation, and because of this damn dragon, there is none of...