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Anyone that ever says Tera is as bad as Dynamax is crazy. The whole reason Dynamax was stupid was because it had a bunch of arbitrary and invisible gimmicks attached to it like breaking Choice/Encore-locks and the plethora of random immunities (i.e. phazing, weight moves) it granted. The closest...
If you believe Dynamax is the only unique thing about this generation then you are naive.
The Pokedex has been massively trimmed down, with only like 3 Gen 7 OU Pokemon surviving. If that isn't a defining feature of the generation then what the fuck is? Also the distribution of previously...
Technically there is the option of running Tinted Lens to turn your 0.5x hits to 1x which possibly isn't the worst idea in a Metronome format but that's just about it, and it leaves you high and dry against MSab/Majin spam.
The Mold Breaker family would probably be a better choice since it'd...
I'd like to propose the banning of Magearna, speaking as someone who peaked and stayed #1 on the ladder. (Before being crushed by a 6-game loss streak to Torment and Self-Destruct. Fun.)
Aegislash (and all Steel/Ghosts but Smogonsword is the most relevant) is banned because of the typing having...
The Ignore Tournaments feature is nice and all so you don't get annoying notifications while doing other things but sometimes I actually want to join a tournament without having to inconveniently refresh the page, since toggling off Ignore Tournaments alone doesn't seem to take effect until you...
I personally feel that Expert Belt might ultimately be better than LO.
Despite being made of paper (literally) on the special side, it CAN survive some resisted hits with ~10-30% which ends up being moot after a couple Life Orb chips.
Selecting a Minior color from the drop-down not only has no sprites (assuming they're not done/implemented yet) but also has no stats and tries to enter abilities into the item slot.
While not strictly a bug per-se and more just awfulness, some commands (namely /coverage, /ds, and /weak) are annoyingly inconsistent.
Searching with "steel type, electric type"
Searching with "steel/electric"
Searching with "steel, electric"
remove altarianite (Hydreigon) @ Pidgeotite
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Draco Meteor
- Focus Blast
- Fire Blast
- Dark Pulse / Flash Cannon
Abusing all the low accuracy moves Hydreigon has to offer (no blizzard ;-;) with a MONSTROUS 190 Sp. Atk and a "I can...
Ditto keeps moves after Mega Evolving.
EDIT: Putting an Orb on Ditto prevents Imposter triggering but using Transform after Orb just toggles Sun/Rain off (not changing the ability though), keeps the stats, but changes moves + typing
Mismagius finally gets the Ghost/Fairy typing some people (myself included) wanted!
Mismagius's stats go from 60/60/60/105/105/105 to 60/100/80/145/105/105 and it trades its Ground immunity from Levitate for neutrality to Sucker Punch/Pursuit and near unresisted STAB coverage.
Shadow Ball +...