Recent content by Skyuchi

I appreciate the cooking Chef, though I'm not too sure about Porygon-Z and it actually got me thinking about Kommo-o. I think it might actually be pretty unexplored at the moment because it might be weirdly good at the current metagame. Anyone had any luck? Surely someone else noticed the...

This does make sense, but I have three issues with the 60% quickban system as is implemented currently. 1) Palafin was quickbanned from a metagame which no longer exists (pre-HOME might as well be another generation entirely) 2) It was unanimously agreed upon that Palafin would have been hard...

Absolutely not, but not because Iron Crown isn't a dumb Pokemon. I don't think necessarily it pushes quite over the edge into Uber even with this but the only thing it has that's truly game-endingly strong is Stored Power. Stored Power just ruins the game and forces you to either answer...

What is your stance on sleep as a mechanic under the current Sleep Clause? Is it balanced or uncompetitive? Hypnosis is inherently uncompetitive, Sleep Powder is iffy but we don't have any strong abusers so I think it's fine, and Spore/Yawn are inherently competitive. The accuracy of these...

Flinch moves? Yes. Absolutely. Flinch moves on Serene Grace Pokemon boil everything down to luck with or without paralysis support. It is an inherently uncompetitive strategy and the primary reason Shaymin-Sky should never return to OU. despite its otherwise quite mediocre stats and extremely...

While true that this was not a major issue before Darkrai, the point stands that Iron Valiant is just about as dangerous, and still just as cheesy in allowing an unskilled player to win through sheer RNG. You simply handwave this away saying 'well you should use Encore anyway', which is probably...

Yes. But to not make this a one-liner, it definitely is beyond any reasonable doubt. It is an obscenely strong Pokemon with almost perfect (albeit inaccurate) coverage and a boosting move that makes it unwallable outside the Unaware ability or Blissey, and the few things that can switch in are...

I really do not understand this argument. If Darkrai landing a sleep move is overpowered in OU, it doesn't matter whether that sleep move is 100% accurate or 1% accurate. Its existence should not be in the tier, either by removing its ability to sleep or by removing it itself. Adding more RNG...

You're right that things play out much differently here because we have a few key differences in what Pokemon are available, but unfortunately I don't think either is a good answer. Koko has fallen off as a pivot in no small part due to the fact he enables Iron mons, which is weird to think...

This is an absolutely, uniquely terrible argument. Bans and the sleep clause exist in Pokemon for an extremely good reason. We are playing this baby game intended for toddlers in an attempt to play it competitively because we enjoy it that way. Time and time again we have gotten to unique...

I think in this largely electric terrainless meta it can be summed up pretty easily. It's just a slightly more extreme Volcarona that doesn't have Quiver Dance and trades Poison for Bug. Great Pokemon? Sure, yeah, but why are you giving up on Quiver Dance? It's one of the best boosting moves in...

I do think Choice items break a lot of Pokemon, but without them wallbreaking would be nearly impossible in this day and age. You can look back at GSC which had no real power items really where your generic Special walls were pretty unbreakable (lax, blissey, kinda raikou, few others) and the...

That is true, yeah. Jolly + Tera Dark might be a better set overall but I guess the point I'm getting at is it's Chien Pao 2: Electric Boogaloo. Tear open the packet and just add sun. I think people are starting to realize this and I think longterm, even if he's not banned, he's not healthy for...

Roaring Moon is the most insanely broken and entirely slept on mon of Gen 9. Nothing switches in reliably, not even the hardest of physical walls, unless you resist everything - 252+ Atk Choice Band Protosynthesis Roaring Moon Outrage vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Dondozo: 288-340 (57.1 - 67.4%) --...

Koko already has good coverage from Grass Knot and has a really solid defensive typing. There's no way Ice Koko would be anything more than a gimmick, especially because it already has Fairy STAB to get rid of dragons. We also have a desperate need for natural Fairies to be able to switch into...