Recent content by Missingn000

I see your point, but things like wonder guard are much rarer than sleep moves. I would argue that the commonality of sleep moves and difficulty of countering it are almost strictly frustrating, unlike the fun of getting a crazy ability like that (even when it's your opponent). Sleep clause mod...

Hackmons Cup is one of my favorite metagames, but when your opponent (or you) get(s) a Pokemon with a sleep move, it's totally busted. There's almost no way to counter it with such randomization, so your opponent can just put all your Pokemon to sleep and there's pretty much nothing you can do...

http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/randombattle-279020684

http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/1v1-255121630

http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/anythinggoes-257894774

(under alt "malsallo") http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/uu-257009366

http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/anythinggoes-251775521

Hey all, I'm a new 1v1 player, I was shown this thread by someone on the ladder and honestly I can't help but agree with the points being made. As a new player it's been pretty frustrating and downright boring to battle players who use only/primarily this strategy, it makes the game a whole lot...