Recent content by Zer01

I think it’s hard to argue that replacing Dynamax with Terastal makes for a healthier metagame, if for no other reason than how Calyrex-S interacts with each. Last gen, Caly-S was still very good, but it wasn’t out of control. The ubiquity of Yveltal played a huge part in keeping Caly-S in...

I think it would probably be fine if Z-moves and Megas worked like the previous gen, i.e. pokemon holding a Z-crystal or Mega stone are not eligible to Dynamax or Terastallize. As for Dynamax and Terrastall, if would be nice if every mon on your team could be assigned a valid Tera type, and then...

Really awesome work, qazxswedc! Hopefully, at some point in the future there will be a way to elect to Dynamax a pokemon that has a set Terastal type (but has not and will not Terastallize during the match, obviously). A separate button, for example.

Having played more of the meta, I agree with everything Zrp200 said. I think the meta would be much healthier and much richer with Dynamax in it. And that is to say nothing of its relation to Evasion boosting and passing. I spent a lot of time laddering with Baton Pass before the Dynamax...

Yeah that is really disappointing. Hopefully at some point in the future it gets solved (perhaps for some other metagame) and can be easily implemented.

I know, that's my point. Mega Evolving needs both an item and an accompanying mechanic (as evidenced by the fact that you can't do it in gen 8 even if you illegitimately obtain the item), whereas Dynamaxing only requires a mechanic, not an item. You need more rationale to include Mega Evolving...

If that's the rationale, then I don't see why pokemon would not be able to Dynamax, as they could in gen 8. You're saying it's because they're linked to an item, but the mechanic still needs to be ported into the current generation for it to work, as Mega Evolving didn't work in Gen 8 even if...

Yeah, but in gen 8, the mechanics for Mega Evolving weren't implemented, and yet you could Mega Evolve in Gen 8 Nat Dex Anything Goes. I don't see why this should be different.

So with this most recent update to the OP: It seems that this part of the OP should be edited: As something is being cut, namely Dynamaxing. Very disappointing decision, very much against the spirit of National Dex Anything Goes. Perhaps in the future we will have a format -- perhaps called...

They said no mechanics would be removed, so I'd imagine this is just a temporary thing while they figure out how to implement both Terastallizing and Dynamaxing in the same format on the programming side of things.

You mention Z-moves, Mega Evolving, and Terastallizing. Any word on Dynamaxing?

The first thing I notice is that your team really struggles with one of the most common Calyrex-Shadow sets (Focus Sash, Nasty Plot + Psyshock). As soon as you see Calyrex-Shadow on team preview, you can't really lead Giratina or Quagsire. Of the remaining mons, all of them still go...

http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/balancedhackmons-459902341 It seems to me like Sturdy and Focus Sash are not interacting properly. In this replay, Aerilate M-Rayquaza attacks Sturdy Shedinja, which breaks its Focus Sash. However, if my understanding of Sturdy is correct, it should activate...

Would it be possible to turn these into actual moves (in the sense of CAP moves) so that we could continue to use them in custom battles even after the meta is gone next month? Edit: And if so, presumably that would make it possible to have the move descriptions/effects listed in the client...