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:dracovish: :blastoise: :polteageist: :corviknight: :rillaboom: :mew:
Typing chart and matchup become irrelevant when you have a +2/+2 dracovish behind a sub.
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Now that Gen7 DOU ladder is up, can there be a mention of it somewhere? Right now there is absolutely no mention of it anywhere that is easily seen.
At least put it in the roomintro so that people can see it?
For the record:
Marshadow and Snorlax were simultaneously free at one point. It was the suspect test before Snorlax, so why would anyone think it was a good idea to free it, when it was JUST banned?
Same for Mega Gengar. Marshadow -> Snorlax -> Mega Gengar 1 -> Mega Gengar 2. There was talks of...
Ferrothorn: 3 -> 4:
With Incineroar being everywhere, zard-y being one of the best megas, along with better x4 Fire weak options in the names of kartana, gensect, and arguably even mega scizor, it’s really hard to justify putting this Pokémon on any team, not to mention kartana and...
Mega Salamence 3-> 4
Ya I just made this nomination a while ago and what's changed since then? Nothing. Zero use in Snake since last nom, only saw 1 use in r8 of Seasonal, continues to be the least used mon in Tier 3 by a landslide, zero reason to use it over Zygarde, Intimitdate being...
Salamence Mega: 3-> 4 or lower
I haven't seen any use for this Mega. With Incineroar out DDance is much harder to pull off, for a dragon dancer I'd much rather use Zygarde who has access to Z-crystals or leftovers. Sure it's powerful under the right circumstances but the current meta doesn't...
Excadrill 5-> 4.
I’m looking at tier 5 and wondering why excadrill is there. Excadrill feels like it sees far more use compared to the other tier 5 mons. With the swords dance set, z move set, it acts as a very scary check against megagross by outspending and nuking. With sand being a fairly...
I’m not going to say pro or anti ban just yet but I’m going to say it’s extremely frustrating reading the pro ban arguments because they mention 3 different sets at once (lo sneak, lo hp ice, sssss) and making it seem like marshadow can somehow use all these sets at once and take on every damn...
Can someone test if Solar Blade in the sun gets redirected by Follow Me? It doesn't seem to in PS.
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen7doublesou-611107334 <- The discovery
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen7doublesou-611108408 <- Proving it is Solar Blade...
I feel like the argument against Haze has changed. Here was the argument back then.
There are clearly way more times that Haze is going to be useful in this current meta than in the EvoBoost meta. While it may not stop Spec. Thief + Swagger (what pokemon has the exact speeds to fall in between...
I do see that the Tapus are a centralizing force in SM, but I agree with Pocket in that it's not overly restrictive. Terrains offer amazing support for the pokemon on your team, and while it is extremely beneficial to have on each team, they aren't required (More on this in a bit). The problem...