Recent content by Tagrineth

I think part of what made Nintendo add team preview might be that they didn't like the "lead" sub-metagame (that elevated entry hazards esp. stealth rock to god tier) or the process of scouting (that elevated the otherwise decent U-Turn to god tier) toward the end of the Gen IV metagame. The...

Prediction of the unknown? It takes away guesswork, not prediction...

Egg moves are incompatible with the Dream World. Dragon Dance is an egg move for Salamence. Ergo, no Dragon Dance if you want a Dream World ability. It sounds strong on paper... we'll have to wait and see how it actually plays out.

Okay I may be missing something here but you do know GameFreak programmed the game right? GameFreak's view on RNGing pretty much == Nintendo's view. :| You say they can prevent RNG abuse but I feel I should point out that it was discovered and developed pretty damn recently. The only games...

And conversely, if you don't predict right and Mence Fire Blasts into your Skarmory, or EQs or Outrages into your Blissey, or some similar "oops", what do you do? lol. It works both ways.

The trouble with decrying the possibility of a Mence ban as a slippery slope is that while Mence slipped under the radar for the massive wave of Suspect testing already done for DPPt, his power level HAS been a majour topic ever since DP's launch off and on - but for a long time he was somewhat...

I like how to you it's meaningful that nothing already in OU has Insomnia, yet you proceed to point out a non OU pokemon as your choice counter... There needs to be a BlackBerry-compatible Shoddy client, I want to try out this metagame... It sounds fascinating. Could be a real huge shakeup...

ExtremeSpeed can be passed on? I thought you couldn't breed it.

I just caught Lugia in my SoulSilver. I made sure I answered the Master in the Dragon's Den's questions correctly... but he still isn't giving me a Dratini at all, let alone one with ExtremeSpeed. What are the actual requirements for getting that Dratini?

Bad luck with him getting two minimum-duration sleeps. lol

Just like with all the other Wonder Card pokemon, when you go to pick it up from the PokeMart, the IVs are generated when you receive the pokemon... just like when you catch one with a pokeball in the wild. If you want one with good IVs, pick it up at the PokeMart, get it to level 40+ with Rare...

Way to bump a two year old thread... o_O BL isn't a tier. And your 10 tiers still wouldn't cover your own example of Monferno.

that Dragonite isn't really comparable at all because it carries one fundamental flaw: Choice Band. He Superpowers? Bring in Gengar or Rotom. He Fire Punches? Bring in Heatran or your Bulky Water. Earthquake? Bring in a flyer. Aqua Tail? Again, bulky water (or even Vaporeon!). Now he's...

Note that No Guard only works on moves used by and on the pokemon, so a Duggy + Champ 2v2 team wouldn't work because Duggy is neither Machamp nor targeting Machamp.

I'd like to reiterate a few things that people seem to be missing here: 1. Centralization is not a characteristic required for a pokemon to be Uber. Wobbuffett is a huge example of a pokemon banished to Ubers that wasn't even used heavily before being banned. 2. This is not a "Should...