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I think for how Game Freak programmed the Pokemon games, as long as you were below level 100, it needs at least one increase in level to have the EVs fully accounted for.
I'm not sure of that one myself. I know in colosseum, you started in the high 20s and the last shadow pokemon was fought...
It's doing OK. Very physically bulky. Has some good utility options in Parting Shot. Its ability makes it so that any time it poisons, it also confuses.
It is OU viable, but having base 88 in every other stat other than defense, poor offensive coverage, and struggling against a certain Pokemon...
I'm up for a quick ban for both, and then a possible suspect test later on. I'm tired of these two jerks committing war crimes since day 1, and the constant coping that people keep making for both. There's TWO BIG reasons why Great Tusk keeps floating around #1 or #2 in usage and people need to...
Maybe we should remove sleep clause entirely, don't ban any sleep moves, and accept deep down that Pokemon will always be an inherently broken game.
I think our problem is that we keep staring into the abyss, but then expect the abyss to not stare right back.
Shaymin-S is one of three Pokemon(?) to ever receive a 100% ban rate throughout Smogon's entire history.
No one ever wants to deal with 60% flinch chance and a 100% chance to drop your special defense by 2 stages off of base 127 sp. attack.
Doesn't Terapagos already receive tera benefits in its Pre-Stellar form anyway? So from a technical standpoint wouldn't it be that Terapagos is the only mon with access to the generational mechanic once Tera gets banned if Tera gets banned?
I've been doing a bunch of testing over the past few weeks in XD as I felt I said all I could about Colosseum's in-game tier list. Plus, despite being the more favorable entry, XD isn't covered as much by the people. I'll admit that while I do find XD objectively better than Colosseum in most...
If Gholdengo at least has suspect priority in the DLC2 meta if it's still deemed to be problematic in December/January (as in the first Pokemon-specific suspect. Not Kingambit. Not a <680 BST Terapagos. Not Raging Bolt or any other potentially broken new or old mons), then I guess it's alright...
Happy 20th Anniversary to Pokemon Colosseum! Remake/Remaster never ever!
It's interesting how unique of an experience the Gamecube games hold, even with their numerous flaws. Genuinelly surprised no fan game or ROMhack (besides the 2D fan remake in the works) have ever attempted to do an...