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CAP 24 CAP 24 - Part 4 - Primary Ability Poll
- Thread starter Quanyails
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Drought
Chlorophyll
Chlorophyll
Drought
Used to be behind Chlorophyll. Thread convinced me otherwise.
Used to be behind Chlorophyll. Thread convinced me otherwise.
Chlorophyll
I feel like taking advantage of Chlorophyll is more crucial than taking advantage of Drought no matter what.
I feel like taking advantage of Chlorophyll is more crucial than taking advantage of Drought no matter what.
Drought
Drought
Drought
Malaconda isn't a terrible setter, but I can't really see CAP24 be a very good Chlorophyll sweeper anyway. After all, Kingdra and Mega Swampert are heavily reliant on Rain boosting their STAB for strong damage output anyway (Kingdra has base 95 SpA and Megampert's Attack looks a lot less impressive once you realize it can't use a boosting item) so by not making CAP24 a Fire type we practically counteracted that already. Rather than adding yet another mediocre Grass-type Chlorophyll sweeper I think we'd better make another viable sun setter. As mentioned, speed control can be done in other ways too (most Choice Scarf users outspeed the entire relevant meta anyways).
Malaconda isn't a terrible setter, but I can't really see CAP24 be a very good Chlorophyll sweeper anyway. After all, Kingdra and Mega Swampert are heavily reliant on Rain boosting their STAB for strong damage output anyway (Kingdra has base 95 SpA and Megampert's Attack looks a lot less impressive once you realize it can't use a boosting item) so by not making CAP24 a Fire type we practically counteracted that already. Rather than adding yet another mediocre Grass-type Chlorophyll sweeper I think we'd better make another viable sun setter. As mentioned, speed control can be done in other ways too (most Choice Scarf users outspeed the entire relevant meta anyways).
Drought
Drought
Here comes the sun (do-do-do-do)
Here comes the sun
And I say
It's all right
Here comes the sun (do-do-do-do)
Here comes the sun
And I say
It's all right
Drought
Drought
Pipotchi made a great point in the discussion thread that Chlorophyll sweepers need to preserve their health by not switching in a lot, so that they can survive a speed control hit (by opposing priority or choice scarf) and continue to sweep. However we chose the Grass/Fairy typing for its defensive synergy, which we won't be able to use if CAP can't afford to switch in liberally. Therefore Chlorophyll doesn't suit what we've done so far.
Pipotchi made a great point in the discussion thread that Chlorophyll sweepers need to preserve their health by not switching in a lot, so that they can survive a speed control hit (by opposing priority or choice scarf) and continue to sweep. However we chose the Grass/Fairy typing for its defensive synergy, which we won't be able to use if CAP can't afford to switch in liberally. Therefore Chlorophyll doesn't suit what we've done so far.
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