Recent content by Ropalme1914

This one is very interesting to me, since I just assumed that's the flag Psychic Noise and Heal Block would be based around. Are those moves still blocked by them or has that changed? It would be quite an oversight if they're blocked but miss the flag. A lot of those are signature moves, but...

I can't speak on Soak as I haven't tested that (likely the same as previous games, but needs confirmation), but I did fight Greninja and yes, if you changed types by Protean before Mega Evolving, you can change again after. Here's a video (not mine) of it, too:

Indeed, looks like non-Champions Megas don't display abilities. If anyone had any doubt, however, Mega Starmie did have its base Attack lowered like expected.

That's still the case with Jolly, though. Jolly Mega Gatr is slower than any 142 base Speed (Mega Greninja and Dragapult) and up. If anything, I imagine Swords Dance might be a better fit for Gatr than Dragon Dance since 78 is a tad too slow for it (and it's already the more popular setup move...

So, I know we were going against custom abilities...but Mega Raichu X is a rare Pokémon that does have an ability in Z-A. While it's not a stat changing one like Starmie's Huge Power, Mega Raichu X specifically gets +1 Attack after it uses Volt Tackle - no other Pokémon has this (even Raichu Y)...

Ok, so - Primals work by sending out the base forme and they instantly transform on the field if they hold the Orb (similar animation to Power Construct) while in battle (they detransform if you end a trainer battle or make it come back to the ball after a Wild battle). Regarding Desolate Land...

I just got the TM for Triple Axel. For those who wanted to check, yes, Mega Starmie can learn it.

Well, that's like someone saying Rapid Spin and Defog exist to someone complaining about hazards, and then you say that's not a solution because everyone runs hazard control. The fastest movement speed Pokémon are not attached to pseudos (Metagross is actually very slow) or the actual Speed stat...

A Pokémon being faster than the trainer means they can't keep running away - even a Pokémon as fast as something like Agility Mega Dragonite (the fastest Pokémon in the game) wouldn't be able to dodge a Dragon Rush from Mega Garchomp because Dragon Rush locks into the enemy and, despite Mega...

Just to be clear, movement speed is an actual mechanic here, with some Pokémon moving even faster than the player character. Speed buffs already greatly boost that, but if you're using Steelix, you'll never be able to outrun a Talonflame locked onto you, for example, even if you're both at +0 Speed.

Saves and redeems the villain from the prequel Gives you a pebble Guides you to fight your first Rogue Mega Evolution Crashes the tournament unannounced and participates on it anyway Has 3 themes, the last being one of the best legendary themes ever Saves the entire world Uses a Z-Move in a...

Heads up, Zygarde now also gets Iron Head, which always 2HKOs Clefable and 2HKOs Mega Meganium after Stealth Rock with Adamant Zygarde, even if both are fully invested, but doesn't risk the miss of Iron Tail and even comes with that 30% chance. At least for now, I don't think there's much reason...

Gonna have to say I support Drizzle on Dragonite. Soul Heart is a signature ability, so it doesn't fit much. Aerilate is frankly boring, lame, and repetitive, we already have Salamence, every hackrom gives Aerilate to Mega Dragonite because they want to see it with Extreme Speed, and it doesn't...

Well, it's hard to call diminishing returns for two reasons: 1-Specs Calyrex-Shadow still 2HKOes a lot of things that Zygarde straight up threatens (or even guarantees) a OHKO depending on their spread and Zygarde's nature, regardless of their type, like Ho-Oh and other Arceus formes (even...

Zygarde doesn't run Extreme Speed on Ubers, it's way too weak and you can already boost Speed anyway. Really, the difference is how spammable the move is and how bulky Zygarde is. You can compare it to Specs Miraidon, but Electro Drift still is a move that can't touch any Ground-type and doesn't...