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Needing to own a console and a game is a barrier when compared to other competitive scenes that don't require such investment, it's part of why there has been tension between the console FGC and arcade FGC (the latter of which was historically more accessible). It's also a problem that VGC does...

Another issue with Pokémon's official play is accessibility. In order to play the official competitive mode, you need to buy a Switch, multiple Switch games in order to be able to get all the Pokémon, a subscription for Nintendo Switch online, and travel money if you want to attend the actual...

This is missing the forest for the trees, Rock types would absolutely love to spam their stabs against bulky Steels, Grounds, and even Fightings (Zamazenta). Sure, coverage exists but only needing one move eases on prediction as well as makes choice sets more effective, Dracovish is what happens...

LOL at assuming Baxcalibur would be AG. Firstly, this all depends on Aurora Veil, something which has never seen serious usage in Ubers anyway even despite powerful sweepers like Zygarde-Complete, Mega Salamence, etc. who would theoretically benefit. And while it's funny that in the right...

If you want to go impressive calcs, try these: +2 252+ SpA Magearna Fleur Cannon vs. 0 HP / 4 SpD Ice Scales Baxcalibur with an ally's Aurora Veil: 263-309 (70.8 - 83.2%) -- guaranteed 2HKO +2 252+ SpA Fairy Aura Xerneas Moonblast vs. 0 HP / 4 SpD Ice Scales Baxcalibur with an ally's Aurora...

Probably a cool ability for Mega Bax if they want to do something different is Ice Scales, would make it very bulky on Aurora Veil teams. Would still be busted though but you can't really avoid that when making Mega Baxcalibur

People talk about Gen V favoritism like it's a new thing and is only because of the nostalgia of the people who've recently grown up when in reality it's been a thing since mid-Gen VI at least and despite people claiming for years that Gens VI and VII would see similar reevaluations it has thus...

Is it really confirmed that Mega Evolutions can't terastallize or is it a National Dex assumption that is being treated as gospel for some reason?

Having every move it uses basically be U-Turn could actually be pretty good

I can see them wanting to try a new Garchomp mega simply because the old one fell so flat in terms of viability. Absol is a bit more unusual though I suppose there are more directions they could take its mega.

The should just give Power Gem to more Ice types in general. Cryogonal, Vanilluxe, Glaceon etc. Ice is after all technically a mineral and these mons tend to have shit coverage so Power Gem would at least give them something

You're both overlooking the real reason Florida is turning so red — the influx of conservative retirees. The fastest-growing "city" in Florida is just an overgrown retirement home and Florida's median age is the fifth-highest in the nation. Compare that to Texas, which has a much more varied...

But is this really the case when 2000, 2016, and 2020 were all razor-thin elections that could have easily gone differently if they were held a week earlier or later? There is a strong argument that the Comey letter alone was enough to swing 2016, and without it Clinton would have likely won a...

Unironically yes. Trump came very close to winning Minnesota and within a hair of winning New Hampshire in 2016, while Virginia and New Jersey both swung sharply to the right in their 2021 gubernatorial elections. These are all states Biden could easily lose if things continue the way they are.