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I don't find it a healthy playstyle or status quo, and that was what it was back in DLC1. I'm a bit of a fat balance hater since I find it can prolong games unnecessarily and can tech many ways to cheese the opponent (e.g. zapdos' static). I find it interesting that other people are...

The thing is that balance is not this holy playstyle that has to be preserved at all costs in order to shift tiering action towards other mons. I can name a lot of ample counterplay options to Volcarona, Gouging Fire, and Roaring Moon, mons I would be happy to see unbanned. However, I'm sure...

:hitmontop: UR --> C+ I believe Hitmontop deserves to be ranked purely because of how disgusting Tera Ice Triple Axel is. It can find a slot on bulky offense teams that don't necessarily rely on setup sweepers. Assault Vest and Choice Band are probably its best items, AV also lets it use hazard...

Late August update I've been going to this community for two and a half years now... and now I'm not sure how to feel about it. I'm kinda tired of going at the same place mostly and would like to explore other places and that social anxiety is once again trying to make its way in. It feels...

Just got reqs, yay. Used a team based on the one made by MethMaster4546 - link here https://pokepast.es/2d04dd81dd2c82c2 I will be voting do not ban on Floatzel thanks to its numerous counterplay options. I also personally think Floatzel is good for the metagame but I will be focusing on how to...

This philosophy makes sense if you're tiering around balance archetypes. But this is not the generation where it is viable to do so, as other metagames e.g. ZU and PU, as well as the history of SV OU have shown. In ZU I will be doing my best to get reqs and vote DNB on Floatzel - adjusted for...

Fat balance is already learning to tech around those rediscovered breakers especially with OLT going on, same with stallcord. ZapKingLu is an euphemism that forces a Gambit / Weavile / Dragonite endgame throughout frustrating playstyles involving a lot of RNG, para/burn spam, and boots overload.

Well you made my argument, ZapKingLu has the ability to trigger political debates in threads analyzing games for children jk jk but on a more serious note, although the metagame has evolved quite a lot since Kyurem's 2nd suspect test, I believe most of the concerns cited by SupaGMoney and CTC...

My opinion is that nothing should be banned. Especially not offense tools. There's been a fairly large and constant outcry throughout the generation that pokemon A and B should be banned and it's honestly kinda mind boggling that this movement is just not dying. It should die because offense is...

Beartic needs way too much support to set up. You have to bring Abomasnow in somehow, use Veil, and find a way to bring the bear in to set up swords dance and wallbreak. You have no pivoting moves since Aboma doesn't get any. So do all this in 5 turns, while sharing weaknesses with Abomasnow...

Jolteon is definitely do not ban for me, although I get the value of Specs Volt Switch, especially early game. Jolteon is not great against fatter teams because it still has poor physical bulk and snorlax for example can turn it into setup fodder. AV users can handle it pretty well since they...

my G i would like you to expand your view here, otherwise i like memes as well you say that Dura provides a soft check to status spam, well as an offensive tank that's a pretty good role already since scald bothers it only in conjunction with hazards and toxic does jack. On the no clerics, i...

you were never required to use that core to check Duraludon. honestly just keep offensive pressure on that thing and it will never get a chance. I've used trick rotom-C, voltturn cores, tera steel rotom-H, and wow+hex+eruption h-typhlo and that was often enough to reel Duraludon in. Also glowbro...

I never thought Milotic + Glowbro cores are this big giant boogeyman, honestly ghost types clown on that core. CB Golurk/Houndstone/Trevenant can switch into glowbro and proceed to spam the hell out of poltergeist especially with a weakened Duraludon in the back. Even H-Typhlosion has access to...

I want to address some arguments regarding the pro-ban stance, specifically those coming up regarding Choice Specs Duraludon. It seems the main concern of Specs Dura is that it hits too hard and the prediction game is in favour of the Duraludon user. In this sense I find Assault Vest users to...

hI just feeling the need to post an update I decided to get myself an e-ink tablet, and got Plato's complete works. A few others will be coming on the way. Understanding people better is going very well, but it's hard to disconnect from the virtual world tbh. So I started reading Plato to get...

I'm sure fat balance is not the top playstyle at the moment but that's because of all the breakers we have. That doesn't stop others from using mola, lu, corviknight together.

I know this is another metagame, but I've just gotten reqs for PU's Duraludon suspect test and I enjoy that metagame way more, hoping it will get unbanned... because I feel offense is now way better with new ways to tech around milotic, glowbro etc I prefer offense, I really dislike fatter...

I just got reqs, first time I've been playing PU more seriously and finished with a 40-12 tally. On my first attempt I used asa's teams before eventually deciding to build my own (https://pokepast.es/887ff6ca3b7bb8c6) - it's tons of fun and a bit cheesy but here you go if you wanna try it I'm...

I remember tera blast being much less of a discussion point before dlc2 dropped since some people were analyzing the possibility of banning Tera as a whole. I don't like fatter metagames personally, and while I do respect the community's wishes, I believe banning Tera Blast would take away some...