First things first....THIS IS NOT A TIER DISCCUSIONThe ops of Smogon have voiced there opinion on this matter in recent days and I intend to respect that, so keep tier discussion out of here.
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Now....The evasion clause and competitive battling go hand in hand. Without it, the game just wouldn't be as fun as it is for you and me. I mean, could you imagine if we had Umbreons running around, passing Double Teams to Cresslias? The game just would not be fair and balanced. Its also why we have tiers and nonsense like that.
Anywho, it has caught my eye in specifically two threads this month that there has been a lot of controversy over one pokemon, Garchomp. Some people feel as thought it should be banned to Ubers in order to maintain a fair and balanced metagame. I have not been convinced that this is needed yet, but I do feel as though a new addition could be made to the metagames very popular evasion clause. This new addition would help make Garchomp and several other pokemon a bit fairer for there current tiers.
The clause would ban the combination of the Sand Vail/Snow Cloak ability in tandem with Sandstorm or Hail, the move Substitute, and the item Bright Powder.
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+ SAND/HAIL = ALL BAD
The Sand Vial and Snow Cloak abilities = 20% evasion
Bright Powder = 7.8% evasion
Other Additional Variables
Confusion = 50% Confusion Rate
Paralyzed = 25% Paralyses Rate
Attract = 50% You poke are to sexy to fight Rate
The combo of Sand Vail and Brightpowder = an evasion rate of 27.8%. Not very much. But when you combine it with substitute, things start getting hazy. With a Sub up you will have to hit a pokemon twice, just to do damage. Over the course of two turns, the evasion rate shoots up to 55.6%. Now that seems like quite a bit doesn't it? Well thats because it is.
One double team does not boost a pokemon's evasion rate past 55.6% but it is banned. So basically, Substituting in weather with the Sand Vail/Snow Cloak ability while holding a Brightpowder raises your chance of evading an attack more in one turn than double team does.
And after your sub is up you get a second turn to throw down Attract, Confusion, or Paralyses, boosting your evasion rate to even higher, as high as 70%.
BUT we do have to take several things into consideration.....
1. Substitutes are not permanent, and can be broken.
2. Weather effects can be stopped by other weather effects and Golduck/Rayquaza.
3. Confusion is temporary.
4. Not all pokemon can be attracted to your pokemon, as there is now Briana Banks of pokemon.
5. Sub takes away hp.
What pokemon does this effect?
Pretend there is a picture of Mamoswine and Froslass here. (broken links)
Please read the entire post before posting...thank you.
Now....The evasion clause and competitive battling go hand in hand. Without it, the game just wouldn't be as fun as it is for you and me. I mean, could you imagine if we had Umbreons running around, passing Double Teams to Cresslias? The game just would not be fair and balanced. Its also why we have tiers and nonsense like that.
Anywho, it has caught my eye in specifically two threads this month that there has been a lot of controversy over one pokemon, Garchomp. Some people feel as thought it should be banned to Ubers in order to maintain a fair and balanced metagame. I have not been convinced that this is needed yet, but I do feel as though a new addition could be made to the metagames very popular evasion clause. This new addition would help make Garchomp and several other pokemon a bit fairer for there current tiers.
The clause would ban the combination of the Sand Vail/Snow Cloak ability in tandem with Sandstorm or Hail, the move Substitute, and the item Bright Powder.
The Sand Vial and Snow Cloak abilities = 20% evasion
Bright Powder = 7.8% evasion
Other Additional Variables
Confusion = 50% Confusion Rate
Paralyzed = 25% Paralyses Rate
Attract = 50% You poke are to sexy to fight Rate
The combo of Sand Vail and Brightpowder = an evasion rate of 27.8%. Not very much. But when you combine it with substitute, things start getting hazy. With a Sub up you will have to hit a pokemon twice, just to do damage. Over the course of two turns, the evasion rate shoots up to 55.6%. Now that seems like quite a bit doesn't it? Well thats because it is.
One double team does not boost a pokemon's evasion rate past 55.6% but it is banned. So basically, Substituting in weather with the Sand Vail/Snow Cloak ability while holding a Brightpowder raises your chance of evading an attack more in one turn than double team does.
And after your sub is up you get a second turn to throw down Attract, Confusion, or Paralyses, boosting your evasion rate to even higher, as high as 70%.
BUT we do have to take several things into consideration.....
1. Substitutes are not permanent, and can be broken.
2. Weather effects can be stopped by other weather effects and Golduck/Rayquaza.
3. Confusion is temporary.
4. Not all pokemon can be attracted to your pokemon, as there is now Briana Banks of pokemon.
5. Sub takes away hp.
What pokemon does this effect?
