What?
BH Council is beginning a suspect on Shedinja as per discussion in the Balanced Hackmons Thread (see below)
Why?
(Discussion on it began here)
Recap/Summary on the presence of Shedinja
Where?
You must post your proof of reqs in this thread and play your games on the main pokemonshowdown.com sim.
Shedinja will be in effect in the ladder for the duration of this suspect; I would recommend using it as much as you can to get a feel of how it is in the meta and have a good idea of it is broken, or if its a piece of its common sets, or if it is perfectly manageable after all.
Do:
This suspect period will last until 11:59PM Friday, January 24, 2019 (<-this link will show how much time is left). I will try to begin the voting immediately after confirming some other details on how it will be done and posting the Voter Id Thread similar to past suspects.
GLHF!
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TLDR?
BH Council is beginning a suspect on Shedinja as per discussion in the Balanced Hackmons Thread (see below)
Why?
(Discussion on it began here)
Recap/Summary on the presence of Shedinja
- Longstanding feature of BH, Shedinja is primarily known for its (in)famous Sturdy Shedinja set that allows it to tank most damaging moves from its opponents
- Due to the above, it has shown itself as an extremely effective momentum gainer. When armed with Endeavor, it almost mandates the use of a Ghost type switch in, which causes it to be able to force out other threats that can't hurt it very easily while pivoting to something that can punish the new switch in heavily. This ability to warp gameplay around it has led to many deeming it overpowered.
- While Gen 7 has introduced the "mold moves" (Moongeist Beam, Sunsteel Strike, Photon Geyser) that allows the user to ignore Shedinja's ability, oftentimes it is easy to stall their low PP
- Otherwise to defeat it, hazards, status moves, passive damage from weather, partial trapping or residual damage like Leech Seed are usually required. Mold Breaker and its sister abilities also do the job
- As mentioned before, these become almost necessary to run and there is a further problem that if only a limited portion of your team that is dedicated to eliminating Shed is removed early, Shedinja can often win the endgame purely because the opponent has nothing else left to threaten it
- Meanwhile, Gen 7 has also introduced the item Protective Pads which allows Shedinja to be able to use its stab U-turn or Endeavor to deal moderate to extreme damage with impunity, without having to worry about common held items like Rocky Helmet that was previously used to check it fairly easily
- Generation 8 also introduced Heavy Duty Boots that allows Shedinja to avoid hazards on switch in, while simultaneously removing Pursuit (one of the few surefire ways to eliminate Shedinja with Mold Breaker) and a variety of previously viable Ghost switch-ins (chiefly Giratina)
- Because of this extreme success, there have also been a small number of lure Shedinja sets, such as -ate Sheds to hit Ghost types on the switch in, or Magic Bounce and others to lure walls designed to just set hazards or status it
- We will be using the new suspect process laid out by Zarel here(aka no COIL). I already did not support game limits so that shouldn't be an issue.
Therefore the requirements simply are 83 GXE with at least 40 games. - Do so by making a new alt with the sequence "SHED" in it anywhere, but not separated.
- The alt must have a creation date on or after January 10, 2019
ShedSkinHologram ✓
ShellshockedHologram X
- I will also hold a mini contest, where the alt I like the most will also be given a shoutout during the final announcement in the BH Discord (and maybe even a custom role) and the voting thread on Smogon
I have several reasons: allows me to eyeball ladder/room for suspect activity for future suspect tweaks, lets people know who are participating in suspect/raises awareness, etc. However, the key one that should matter is that if you don't have an alt with one with reqs, you can't vote/I won't count your vote.
NEW! The rest of smogon seems to now agree with me and this seems to be how most suspects are done now! Wouldn't you believe it..
NEW! The rest of smogon seems to now agree with me and this seems to be how most suspects are done now! Wouldn't you believe it..
You must post your proof of reqs in this thread and play your games on the main pokemonshowdown.com sim.
Shedinja will be in effect in the ladder for the duration of this suspect; I would recommend using it as much as you can to get a feel of how it is in the meta and have a good idea of it is broken, or if its a piece of its common sets, or if it is perfectly manageable after all.
Do:
- Post your proof and, if you wish, your stance on the matter briefly, in this thread. Read the following CAREFULLY on how to do so:
- Post in this thread if you have any questions about THIS SUSPECT PROCESS
- Post your stance in detail on the matter in this thread without proof. (Why? Post in the main suspect thread instead)
- Post anything in this thread unrelated to this suspect (with or without proof)
This suspect period will last until 11:59PM Friday, January 24, 2019 (<-this link will show how much time is left). I will try to begin the voting immediately after confirming some other details on how it will be done and posting the Voter Id Thread similar to past suspects.
GLHF!
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TLDR?
- 83 GXE after 40 Games for new alts
- "SHED" alt with image proof IN THIS THREAD
- Shedinja ALLOWED on ladder
- DEADLINE: 11:59PM Friday, January 24, 2019
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