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Is Aura Sphere over Body Press on Scarf Archeludon (with t-bolt, flash cannon, draco) just an "artifact" of it getting a ton of moves and needing aura sphere to roll specs ?

Makes sense I guess since Barra and M-Sharpedo are kinda similar as fast wallbreakers. That said I wouldn't compare STAB moves that target different defense stats (physical vs special) as the opponent faced matters there (unlike, say, liquidation vs waterfall). I'm hoping we see something...

Doubt you'll be able to observe anything significant since it's already a perfectly balanced pokémon, and it will be very hard to isolate this change from other meta changes that may affect Barraskewda's performance, and from usual ±0.25-0.50% variance that seems to happen every month. I want to...

I saw Barraskewda gets Waterfall over Liquidation now. Would be very curious to see if it prevents it from getting 2HKOs now (or even 1HKO), and if that's actually worth the 20% flinch instead of 20% def drop. Just a very quick look on the calc page shows me a lot of 2HKO/1HKO odds dropping...

Is Spidops getting stakeout over insomnia just a consequence of the ability ratings ? I know stakeout isn't completely useless, but it's not like it hits hard even on a switch (and it's not like it threatens that many foes to switch unless you have a magic bouncer i feel like), and I feel like...

Or it's an ode to how Spain was a pioneer of world exploration. Could be seen either way, really.

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If the stats show that it's overpowered (high win rate), its level will be lowered accordingly. If it's lowered to the point of being bad, it will be removed and the level will be adjusted up. It's also not undealable with unless as you say you have a very bad draw.

I do not have fond memories of getting DK Hatterene when it was tried, so I full agree. It doesn't have the Comfey benefit of Triage allowing it to bypass it's super slow speed (not that comfey was slow obviously). But I really love your nuzzle suggestion. I know para is annoying and already...

Got my first Typhlosion, and what seems to be its only set - Eruption, Overheat, Flamethrower and Focus Blast. With Tera Fire. Ability was Blaze, but I guess it can also get Flash Fire? Scarf but also guess it can get Specs. Anyways, I feel like 3 fire type moves AND tera fire, when it...

That's what I wanted to get at. It's not going to become a thing on other Pokemon, so the only case left is Glaceon. It's not like Snow Cloak boosts accuracy by several stages; it's very manageable. With the duration of Hail (and the fact that without dynamaxing Glaceon itself, Glaceon will...

Sand Veil and Snow Cloak both have a viability rating of 1.5. Ice Body has a viability rating of 1. I think the only Pokemon that would be affected by Ice Body having a viability rating of 2 instead of 1 (therefore being prioritized over Snow Cloak) would be the mimes, as Screen Cleaner has a...

They don't know what they're doing, and don't seem to have any direction when it comes to balancing. Some of these nerfs/buffs just don't seem to make any sense when you compare them to others.

Think it has to do with how abilities are rated. Those three abilities are all rated 3 ("Useful"), so consequently, one is not favored over the other, and in Rhydon's case, it ends up being random. Lowering Lightning Rod's rating causes it to become equal to Static (Manectric, Pikachu), and...

Low probability, and as you imply, even if it gets an easy KO, it's locked in a move and this generally can easily be abused. It's not always a risk free KO for your opponent.

It's good in double combined with weakness policy. In singles, with no reliable way of boosting its offense - which is very lackluster - steam engine has very little value compared to the utility that flame body provides, imo

What he means is that : Lvl 96 84 SpA Vespiquen Air Slash vs. Lvl 80 84 HP / 84 SpD Gengar-Gmax: 97-115 (42.7 - 50.6%) -- 2.3% chance to 2HKO Lvl 80 84 Atk Choice Band Barraskewda Psychic Fangs vs. Lvl 80 84 HP / 84 Def Dynamax Gengar-Gmax: 254-300 (55.9 - 66%) -- guaranteed 2HKO +2 Lvl 80 84...

Makes sense. Has to do with the ability "viability rankings" I guess, and Own Tempo being ranked lower than Cloud Nine? I do agree that revealing a banded set can be a downside in certain situations. Kind of like when you could spot a Zoroark or a mega-evolution back in the days simply by...

I would like to talk about... Lickilicky. I just got, in a fight, a banded Lickilicky (knock off, explosion, body slam, EQ) with Oblivious. I noticed it after my opponent used Taunt on it. Oblivious is obviously fantastic on SD or Support Lickilicky sets. However, on a banded set? Its only use...

Scale Shot has an expected base power of 66. The speed boost is cool, but you lose a ton of neutral+STAB firepower without Outrage. At least it's a 130 BP Max Wyrmwind, which makes dynamaxing Garchomp more "viable" if at +1 speed.