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I would say speculating on Megas not to change significantly beyond known changes like Gen 8-9 non-transfer movesets on their base forms is pretty reasonable at the moment (Salamence kept Hyper Voice by TM, and Scale Shot for Chomp basically fixes Mega's main issue which was speed tiers), since...

To be fair I doubt you had a Thunder shooting lizard while his was unconscious which probably incentivizes honoring the wager.

When the battle system being different in some manner was one of the first features showcased, it stands to reason people would expect to see more details leading up to the release. If it's not that different as you suggest, then that's the marketing team's screw up for touting it as a major...

I'm pretty sure it's entirely gameplay related. Steel gained a new Resistance to a type Gamefreak wanted to make prominent (Fairy), so they took away other resistances to "even out" the playing field. They didn't think about it too hard considering it was a 2-for-1 trade that I'd almost argue...

The thing here is that even without the big-boy stat mons, the appeal of Ghost and Dragon isn't in hitting things super-effectively so much as so many things they DON'T have to watch for resistances. In competitive play, the ability to hit most of the game with just one STAB is incredibly...

The impression I got out of SV DLC there is that Carmine is 2-3 years older than Kieran and your MC falls either around his range or in-between the two (the outfits and mannerisms give off a younger air than the more overtly teenaged Unova MCs, so it's hard to judge sometimes). The Main school...

My counter argument is that broken stuff stops being fun when every team I play or use is one of 5 or so templates that functions with or against the OP element the game is based around. Getting rid of overcentralizingly broken elements and pure luck-sac elements IS cautioning on the side of...

At the risk of oversimplifying things to explain to friends, do I understand that a Bounced/Stolen move is essentially "recast" by the Bounce Mon as the user, as opposed to the original user but retargeted to themselves? EX: I have a Prankster Sableye use WoW on a MB Hatterene. The WoW is...

Can't speak for Kieran's name since as far as I can tell it's a pretty typical one in each respective language, but Carmine's name in English and in Japanese (Seille) being attributed to a French basis ("Groseille", apparently French for the redcurrant Berry plant), at least among several...

I mean on this front I always just assumed Megas were only assumed for battle or other specific activities rather than meant to be a consistent liveable physiology. Hedgehogs don't walk around with their quills CONSTANTLY spiked, it's only when they need it for a confrontation.

The Astronomical candy cost is clearly to force people to play the event instead of using any Stockpiled Rare Candy. I'd like to note that for this to match standard raid rates, it would have to be literally 200 Candy/100 XL per Max Battle, and that's assuming you fit the ~30-40 battles inside...

Also might consider Struggle Bug and Morning Sun in case you're hit by the opening Ruination or another DPS is an Acid Spray user. Debuffing Wo-Chien's SpA helps to idiot-proof the raid to the point of nearly winning with a team that brought a Hippowdon and had a Torkoal Clear Smog our own...

That would be very bizarre because I think the initial reveal in the previous Presents had Megas and Tera Pokemon in the footage, which while not in-game would be a very odd marketing decision if the Super Mechanics weren't going to be a selling point and thus included out the gate vs an update.

Give it Heal Pulse just to complete the potential kit thematics.

>Dragon/Flying >Pseudo-Legendary >Base form ability for survivability >Dragon Dancer Welcome back, Mega Salamence. It'd be an odd exclusion since a lot of Megas had their identity at least partially defined by their abilities (Mega Kangaskhan is obvious, but also the Huge Power mons and -ate...