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    7* Tera Dark Feraligatr (November 1-3 and 8-10)

    I know Feraligatr's a bit old hat at this point, but want to shout out Gouging Fire as a Support I saw online. Burning Bulwark can burn through the Shield (since Feraligatr has no non-attack moves) on top of Breaking Swipe debuffs, and the former isn't susceptible to random Crits ruining things...
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    Unpopular opinions

    This is all well and good for me if not for the fact that, again, the move is literally only useable by a Pokemon that's banned from the only formats Gamefreak pretends to care about balancing. What reason does the casual-only Mythical Pokemon have to have a use-deficient signature move if it's...
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    (Little) Things that annoy you in Pokémon

    It also should be remembered that Lance had many Draconic Pokemon, but the typing itself was exclusive to the Dragonite line in Gen 1. Since he notes them as tricky to catch and raise, I wonder if he just meant Dragon-like Pokemon, since Gyarados also fits that bill with Magikarp's schtick and...
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    Unpopular opinions

    My conspiracy theory has been that Nintendo considered a line crossed when Palworld started collaborating with Sony and Aniplex for Joint Ventures with Palworld (not dissimilar to what TPC sounds like as a venture between Nintendo, GF, and Creatures with the IP), on top of the controversy about...
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    Game Freak hit with another hack, info leaking

    On the Deoxys talk: I always wonder what it'd be like if it had been 110 across the board (550 divided among everything while keeping the Base 50 HP). Development timeline aside, the Mono-Psychic typing and low HP would make it decently bulky for an attacker without being too hard to break...
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    7* Tera Dark Feraligatr (November 1-3 and 8-10)

    I just hope they don't make Rayquaza another Boost Spammer like Mewtwo was. As is Malamar can neuter that unless it Turn 1 Shields too, but those aspects in tandem would make the raid completely impossible with randos given there isn't a "use this!" signpost like Mew had. The aspects I do...
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    Announcement np: SV OU Suspect Process, Round 15 - Higher Ground [SEE POST 2 FOR NEW SUSPECT INFO]

    I think it's also fair to say that that prior Metagame isn't definitely reflective of what we'd have if we repeat the Gliscor ban. Several tools are available that would heavily undercut those infamous structures like ZapKingLu (Kyurem and Raging Bolt certainly take advantage of the members if...
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    Little things you like about Pokémon

    I could maybe see it at least to an extent, like comparing a Domesticated Stray Cat to a Cheetah or Lion or other wild cat. We do see things like Ash's Litten as a wild Pokemon for a while, albeit kind of leaning on Stoutland as a parental figure.
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    Metagame SV OU Metagame Discussion v4 [Gliscor suspect]

    I remember Overqwil was a mon discussed for Rain at times, being a Swift Swimmer that doesn't get stopped immediately by the typical Water Resists, though lower output obviously due to not having Water STAB to stack with the Rain, but decent options with its actual STABs into Ogerpon-W...
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    Unpopular opinions

    I genuinely consider the Dark Void nerfs to be Top 5 Most idiotic/incompetent Gamefreak decisions for Gameplay. The only place they give a crap about it is VGC on Smeargle, which was already covered by the "Darkrai Only" clause, so every other nerf to the move did nothing besides affect a...
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    Metagame SV OU Metagame Discussion v4 [Gliscor suspect]

    At what point do we just stop engaging with these posts for pages at a time when a lot of the responses will likely take the same angle, whether the post is sincere-and-misinformed or ragebait (I usually assume the former but that is a significantly more exhausting angle)? Though since it was...
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    Metagame SV OU Metagame Discussion v4 [Gliscor suspect]

    What is this trying to say? Just because I think Kyurem or Ogerpon-W are more worthy of removal (hypothetical to make the point moreso) doesn't mean I can't ALSO think Gliscor is a bad presence for the Meta and ought to go. The problem then becomes the argument that if the current suspect isn't...
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    Metagame SV OU Metagame Discussion v4 [Gliscor suspect]

    On that front at least, Basculegion with Modest misses some Benchmarks that seem notable for a Rain team, going from 560 to 510 under rain. +1 Moon +1 Valiant Scarf Meowscarada +1 Ogerpon (most common likely Teal but I've heard the others dabble with Trailblaze) +1 Iron Moth (only a threat with...
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    Resource Simple Questions, Simple Answers Thread

    Is Turn order decided before or after Terastalization? Primarily would concern turn-order when using Grasspon's Tera and gaining the +1 at the start of turn (vs Megas where the inherent speed stat changed).
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    (Little) Things that annoy you in Pokémon

    One thing I appreciate about the SV DLC that retroactively annoys me about the SwSh Expansion is that SV is designed to be two parts of one experience, which makes them logical to package together as products: Besides Gameplay elements, things introduced in The Teal Mask directly carry into and...
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    Little things you like about Pokémon

    Also want to laud the ID for a bit, because it actually has a good scope for a Pokemon expansion, whether you're in it for competitive/mechanical reasons or Story/Main game ones. "Casually" speaking, it has a nice size for the additional areas in the Terrarium, a cast of characters that get to...
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    Metagame SV OU Metagame Discussion v4 [Gliscor suspect]

    Sorry to "um actually" this post since I do find the match-up amusing (even if not particularly practical to lean into), but I believe Gliscor lost Roost this Gen with the Learnset changes (though I also question if it'd even run it given how hard it is to break on its passive recovery while...
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    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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