If a pokemon doesn't believe in god, do they just get to do double damage to Arceus?
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Is Arceus weak to atheist pokemon?
- Thread starter Let's go shuckles
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God can catch these hands
All tiers I do not play do not exist.
I do not play OU, UU, RU, NU, PU, ZU, DOU, Draft, any Other Metagames, any Unofficial Metagames, any Pet Mods, CAP, or any Nintendo-sponsored formats.
Therefore, none of these tiers exist.
However, I do play all generations of LC and, for worse or worse, Ubers.
Therefore, these tiers exist.
If only these tiers exist, then only Pokemon that are in those tiers, or usable in those tiers, exist.
All formes of Arceus are usable in Generations 5, 6, 7, and 9 Ubers.
Therefore, other Pokemon in Ubers encounter Arceus.
Therefore, Arceus exists.
I do not play OU, UU, RU, NU, PU, ZU, DOU, Draft, any Other Metagames, any Unofficial Metagames, any Pet Mods, CAP, or any Nintendo-sponsored formats.
Therefore, none of these tiers exist.
However, I do play all generations of LC and, for worse or worse, Ubers.
Therefore, these tiers exist.
If only these tiers exist, then only Pokemon that are in those tiers, or usable in those tiers, exist.
All formes of Arceus are usable in Generations 5, 6, 7, and 9 Ubers.
Therefore, other Pokemon in Ubers encounter Arceus.
Therefore, Arceus exists.
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According to Sovereign citizens, you don't actually
Knowing that Arceus exists, do you think it would also be able to bestow LC it's presence? Not being able to hold evio would surely hinder it in a fighting type heavy metagame
idk man 120/120/120 bulk is a lot and i dont think a single lc mon can tank a +2 espeed
LC Pokemon are too low-levelled to comprehend Arceus.
You can't legally obtain an Arceus at a low enough level to be LC legal. Therefore it is forced to rot in NFE with Kubfu.
Everyone in Smogoff is Aethiest, so we are all blessed
Well, let's think through the implications. If Arceus is weak against things that don't believe in it, that suggests that it draws its power from belief rather than having it inherently. If that's the case, it seems to naturally follow that nobody believing in Arceus would cause it to either cease to exist or be so weak that anything could handle it in battle. Arceus is never mentioned by name in the original Sinnoh games, and only scant allusions to its existence can be found throughout; even Cynthia, a dedicated student of the region's mythology, doesn't seem to know much of anything about it. Therefore, if we accept that Arceus draws its power from belief, it should follow that Arceus is extremely weak due to the widespread lack of awareness about it among the people of Sinnoh and beyond. However, this is demonstrably not the case, as the Arceus that can be encountered in-game by hacking in the event item is one of the most powerful wild Pokémon in the game. I can think of a few ways to resolve this contradiction:
- Arceus does not, in fact, draw its power from belief, and not believing in it does not weaken it at all.
- Every Pokémon has an innate knowledge of its existence, rendering human belief/awareness unnecessary for it to be very powerful.
- Arceus is so enormously powerful that even a very small number of believers is enough to make it much stronger than most other Pokémon.
the IRS isnt available in the pokemon games, yet arceus is. curious
i believe in the irs but i dont pay my taxes
can't wait for the day when this smogon.com post will be used as evidence in tax court
As a proud sovreign citizen I have not paid taxes in 4 years and I personally bludgeoned an Arceus to death in my backyard, dont let them tread on you man