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  1. Baton Pass - its role in the metagame and possible solutions to nerf full Baton Pass chains

    I've looked at this video. Whoever was using Scolipede there, I'm sorry to say, was clearly not experienced enough to make your statement valid. A good player would know that Nidoking has fire attacks and would work around it via Protect and Subsitute. While it might not have been able to...
  2. Baton Pass - its role in the metagame and possible solutions to nerf full Baton Pass chains

    Sorry about that, with how long the post was I did read quite alot of it, however I thought it might be good to put a big summary that might help to see the exact cause of the issue. Since It was my first post, I thought it best to show that I knew what I was talking about. -- "best things...
  3. Baton Pass - its role in the metagame and possible solutions to nerf full Baton Pass chains

    If we reduced the Baton Pass to only 4 members, it would still make the stragety playable. Adding an additonal ban of Ingrain with Baton Pass makes sense, as once you have the Magic Bouncers out of the way, you do have the option of Roaring/Whirlwinding out the oppisite side. It's ashame...
  4. Baton Pass - its role in the metagame and possible solutions to nerf full Baton Pass chains

    Is Baton Pass (with specific reference to full Baton Pass teams) a problem for the development of the metagame? Only if the team is not prepared for basic threats. For the real reason, we must investigate the part Baton Pass played in the previous generations. Was it an issue for previous...
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