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  1. pika pal

    Unpopular opinions

    My hot take: Thematically Yveltal should have been Poison, whether Flying or Dark was kept as its secondary typing. Dark is a typing associated with malevolence and evil (especially given its Japanese Type name), but Xerneas and Yveltal are presented as two halves of a balance rather than...
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    Game Freak hit with another hack, info leaking

    In Buzzwole's case I wonder if it was a cosmetic form or meant to look like something. Like maybe it's green when it's drained energy from something (per the Mosquito basis). Maybe Nihilego had a similar idea, though not sure on what basis. I say this because they keep the primary color so...
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    Game Freak hit with another hack, info leaking

    I wonder what in particular led to the change. Was Aegislash prominent in VGC and/or something they would have wanted to retain uniqueness for a while with (considering the next mon to get it was a VERY special case with Gholdengo)?
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    Metagame SV OU Metagame Discussion v4 [Kyurem unbanned]

    One thing I do think should be iterated for Wellspring is that the Mask not only provides a free power boost to literally all its damage, but also means Knock Off doesn't make progress against it from Utility Mons vs attackers. The trade-off has been noted in not allowing Boots to alleviate a...
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    Game Freak hit with another hack, info leaking

    My thing is that I can't see them making these any more simply because with VGC being so big, the game is more subject to new mechanics, edge cases, balance tweaks, etc. between Generations, while most of the "Battle Sim" games have been pretty static all things considered. Stadium 1 was...
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    7* Tera Dark Feraligatr (November 1-3 and 8-10)

    I think that depends on exactly what moves Feraligatr goes with. Psychic Fangs for example would make it extremely cumbersome to keep Screens up as is, and thus adds more value to a consistent power-down in exchange for a chance of Hax (and that's assuming your typing is one it would click...
  7. pika pal

    Pokémon GO

    I did it with 20 people at my local park (though I can only vouch for half of them being particularly invested) The big problem is that GMaxes are scaled with essentially Level 51 stats and a massive HP Pool, and unlike Raids, you ONLY get your 3 Pokemon, so you can't rely on a few strong...
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    Pokémon GO

    The infographic itself shows Palkia and Dialga as in raids from the 18th-27th, and the Raid Slides for the schedule and hours say they have a chance at the move from the 18th 10:00 AM until 24th 11:59 PM at the bottom in the same fine print as "if you're lucky you may encounter a shiny"
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    Unpopular opinions

    Here's an opinion of mine: Megas do not preclude a Pokemon from receiving buffs or upgrades, GF simply never elects to. See Gigantamax and several NFE Pokemon having one that they can't retain by evolving (including retroactively with Duraludon). Gamefreak could make a Mawile or Audino...
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    Pokémon GO

    Two important things I want to note with the raids. 1. Lugia is the first time in the game's history that I know of where a Pokemon has been rerun with an ETM Legacy Move in raids (exception for the Origins coming after which literally cannot get them any other way). Mostly a note of precedent...
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    Resource SV OU Indigo Disk Viability Ranking Thread - (update on post #643)

    Watching this now, the first replay had some severe misplays I have to note on the opponent's part that would have very likely impacted the outcome of that match. - Turn 1 they simply let AV Samurott-H go down with only one layer of Spikes. Had they swapped it out for Pecharunt, they would...
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    Unpopular opinions

    Nothing I cited states a Solar-sourced Power Plant doesn't exist. The notes were about how the game makes specific mention of power being generated by the "Kalos Power Plant" via an in-game textual source, and said power methods being through means that would very much overlap with the Volcanion...
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    Unpopular opinions

    There's more than one citation here also in the game. The ground and surface is not Solar as a source of heat.
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    Unpopular opinions

    The leaks do point to some scrapped Electric/Steel Pokemon in the same section where the Legendaries appeared, which is what a lot of people now speculate to have been a more likely Power Plant encounter than Volcanion (who I agree would have been a weird choice even with the premise of that...
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    Metagame SV OU Metagame Discussion v4 [Kyurem unbanned]

    Wellspring I can see as very demanding but I wouldn't really call it an RPS broken relationship with Kyurem and Gliscor. Kyurem's no safer for Oger to switch into than vice versa (assuming Play Rough to 2HKO since it doesn't have any other move to touch it with) but Oger also really hates Spikes...
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    Game Freak hit with another hack, info leaking

    I like how that last exchange is basically that one bit from the final boss of Metal Gear Rising, just without the player using the non-E Rating language of "you're batshit insane"
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    Metagame SV OU Metagame Discussion v4 [Kyurem unbanned]

    (Note: Most of the following is a perspective moreso than a counter argument on my part.) Kyurem really wasn't Gliscor's main counter all things considered if you get past the "Ice into 4x Weak Ice target" idea. Kyurem has very few safe entries into Gliscor without a Pivot (several of which...
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    Metagame SV OU Metagame Discussion v4 [Kyurem unbanned]

    At the same time, many of those "newish" additions (not just the ones you cite as broken) have also drastically altered the metagame such that the Year-old Verdicts do not apply to the present context effectively. Even if Kingambit is indeed still overpowered in DLC2, it would be for a very...
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    Sticky Orange Islands SQSA Thread

    Mildly annoying since that means a Living Dex doesn't futureproof for later dex rewards, and I'll probably be miffed when the Galar Dexs get a Shiny Mythical (since I skipped buying SwSh for myself), but at least good to have cleared up.
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    Sticky Orange Islands SQSA Thread

    For the Pokedex tasks like the Magearna or Meloetta in Home, do the Pokemon have to originate from the game their Dex tracks (i.e. must have a Paldea mark to count for Paldea task)? I've heard PoGo transfers don't count, but unsure if that's because they're NOT Paldea or because they're Go...
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