National Dex Monotype has suffered too much power creep, which led us to ban most of the offending Pokémon, no matter how cute they were.
Even if Chien-Pao is the goodest cat, when it’s coming into your home alongside piles of Dragon and Flying teams, you know it’s time for it to spend some time with Pokémon of its own level (Ubers). Dragapult and Kartana were too strong on their respective types, and Z-Moves made their checks feel more like maybe checks. It was fun blowing up Heatran and bullying stall Water, though.
Anyway, the same thing happened to Ogerpon-Hearthflame. Even though deleting Steel-types is arguably a net positive for the tier, it still broke every semblance of balance teams in NDM. The same goes for Annihilape, whose bulk made Rage Fist effective enough for players to emulate the move against their own (device's) screens.
Basically, these Pokémon were problematic because they were too strong on one of their other types. Which makes us wonder: is there a Pokémon that’s only single-typed, so we wouldn’t have to worry about it breaking other types? Some types have suffered enough from the tyranny of their Pokémon’s secondary typing, after all.
Such a Pokémon does exist; The god of Pokémon himself, coming to save these types.
Starting today, Arceus-Ice, Arceus-Fighting, Arceus-Fire, Arceus-Ghost, Arceus-Grass, and Arceus-Bug will be legal in National Dex Monotype!
372 Speed isn’t actually that impressive these days, as these threats are easily revenge-killed by Choice Scarf users and Mega Pokémon, and they aren’t immune to hazards (unlike some setup sweepers like Dragonite with the broken Roost + Multiscale + Boots combo). Yes, these forms can hold Z-Moves, but only for their own types so there are no nasty surprises like Arceus-Bug suddenly OHKOing Corviknight.
Common Pokémon like Mega Aerodactyl, Choice Scarf Tapu Lele, Choice Band Excadrill in sand, Choice Scarf Meowscarada, and Alolan Raichu with a Z-Move can all readily OHKO offensive Arceus variants with minimal chip. Meanwhile, defensive sets suffer from four-moveslot syndrome, they’re prone to being worn down by threats like Toxapex or Gliscor if they lack Refresh, and they must choose between being setup fodder or sacrificing utility by dropping Will-O-Wisp or Defog.
Even offensive variants face dilemmas in move selection. For example, Arceus-Fire can’t break Steel teams with Air Balloon Heatran if it’s only running Flare Blitz + Earthquake. Because Steel is balanced like that, LOL.
What about the other types? Will other Arceus formes be unbanned?
…Do you really want a meta where Steel, Dragon, and Fairy become even more broken with Arceus? These types are already too powerful, we’re leveling the playing field by not adding Arceus to them. Also this doesn't break type clause since Arceus-Ice isnt the same mon as Arceus-Steel just as Ogerpon-Hearthflame isnt Ogerpon-Wellspring.
As this is a huge change and was just announced after the week ended, tours like NDMPL and Stellar Cup will be exempt from this update for this week. Please play these tours on SmogTours in the meantime to avoid complications.
Tagging dhelmise and Marty to unban Arceus-Ice, Arceus-Fighting, Arceus-Fire, Arceus-Ghost, Arceus-Grass, and Arceus-Bug in National Dex Monotype. Thank you in advance!
Even if Chien-Pao is the goodest cat, when it’s coming into your home alongside piles of Dragon and Flying teams, you know it’s time for it to spend some time with Pokémon of its own level (Ubers). Dragapult and Kartana were too strong on their respective types, and Z-Moves made their checks feel more like maybe checks. It was fun blowing up Heatran and bullying stall Water, though.
Anyway, the same thing happened to Ogerpon-Hearthflame. Even though deleting Steel-types is arguably a net positive for the tier, it still broke every semblance of balance teams in NDM. The same goes for Annihilape, whose bulk made Rage Fist effective enough for players to emulate the move against their own (device's) screens.
Basically, these Pokémon were problematic because they were too strong on one of their other types. Which makes us wonder: is there a Pokémon that’s only single-typed, so we wouldn’t have to worry about it breaking other types? Some types have suffered enough from the tyranny of their Pokémon’s secondary typing, after all.
Such a Pokémon does exist; The god of Pokémon himself, coming to save these types.
Starting today, Arceus-Ice, Arceus-Fighting, Arceus-Fire, Arceus-Ghost, Arceus-Grass, and Arceus-Bug will be legal in National Dex Monotype!
372 Speed isn’t actually that impressive these days, as these threats are easily revenge-killed by Choice Scarf users and Mega Pokémon, and they aren’t immune to hazards (unlike some setup sweepers like Dragonite with the broken Roost + Multiscale + Boots combo). Yes, these forms can hold Z-Moves, but only for their own types so there are no nasty surprises like Arceus-Bug suddenly OHKOing Corviknight.
Common Pokémon like Mega Aerodactyl, Choice Scarf Tapu Lele, Choice Band Excadrill in sand, Choice Scarf Meowscarada, and Alolan Raichu with a Z-Move can all readily OHKO offensive Arceus variants with minimal chip. Meanwhile, defensive sets suffer from four-moveslot syndrome, they’re prone to being worn down by threats like Toxapex or Gliscor if they lack Refresh, and they must choose between being setup fodder or sacrificing utility by dropping Will-O-Wisp or Defog.
Even offensive variants face dilemmas in move selection. For example, Arceus-Fire can’t break Steel teams with Air Balloon Heatran if it’s only running Flare Blitz + Earthquake. Because Steel is balanced like that, LOL.
What about the other types? Will other Arceus formes be unbanned?
…Do you really want a meta where Steel, Dragon, and Fairy become even more broken with Arceus? These types are already too powerful, we’re leveling the playing field by not adding Arceus to them. Also this doesn't break type clause since Arceus-Ice isnt the same mon as Arceus-Steel just as Ogerpon-Hearthflame isnt Ogerpon-Wellspring.
As this is a huge change and was just announced after the week ended, tours like NDMPL and Stellar Cup will be exempt from this update for this week. Please play these tours on SmogTours in the meantime to avoid complications.
Tagging dhelmise and Marty to unban Arceus-Ice, Arceus-Fighting, Arceus-Fire, Arceus-Ghost, Arceus-Grass, and Arceus-Bug in National Dex Monotype. Thank you in advance!
