Or—hear me out—we're talking about Power Shift like it's found in a currently unreleased singleplayer title with zero competitive prospects and a wide array of mechanical departures from the main series. Nobody is earnestly talking about pulling up to Gen 9 with Shadow Ball Dusknoir. At least all I've been gushing about is turning Cresselia into an unholy glass cannon because I want my Pokémon to know they're not safe in my hands, no matter how much padding is on them. "If I'm in danger, so are you. Now taste the adrenaline and use Giga Impact."You're all talking about Power Shift like it's viable, and forget that mons that get it are slow as fuck, and the move makes them frail. This is Power Trick Shuckle all over again
Power Shift I can actually see having a (very niche) use on a frail mix attacker that has a surprisingly good defensive profile. Like a Pokemon with similar stats to Rayquza and Necrozma-U with reliable recovery.
It still very niche and gimmicky, but it's still possible.
Idk, seems like complete garbage. You can try a specially defensive spread to get more "special attack" with Power Shift but again you're better off just running offensive EVs on a Calm Mind set.
...What. Okay, Gliwick was right.Yeah in 6v6 singles, Power Shift seems like a bad move. A pokemon relying on Power Shift shifting its offensive and defensive stats doesn't work in a metagame where you are constantly switching, unless the move's effects stay active even after switching. Might be good in Doubles though, since that format is much faster.
Guys, Power Shift is not niche. It's stupid, senseless fun and nothing more. We should not be promoting this move for any Pokémon in a competitive context, least of all when it currently does not exist in any such context. But also, we should not need to compare mathematical evidence to reach the conclusion that Power Shift is unviable against real players. Like, just read what's printed on the tin. This concept warrants neither defense nor critique.
Legendaries tend not to get Route 1 moves like Tackle. Only stuff like the tundra horses, Xerneas, and Type:Null ever did before. Seeing Tackle distributed to Cresselia and the cloud genies is funny because they've been pretty explicitly denied such basic moves in years past.Curious, why is Enamorus getting Tackle interesting?
Last section, I promise.So now knowing the movepools what would your final opinion be?
How would a Team of Ridable Pokemon fair (Wyrdeer, Braviary, Basculegion, Ursaluna, Sneasler + one of the starters)?
Because a Team of Boss Nobles does not seem such fun with 3 rock types and H-Arcanine, H-Avalug and H-Liligant all have at least 1 double-weakness.
Or maybe a non-Noble Team of H-Goodra, H-Zoroark, Overquil and all 3 Starters (as it seems you can eventually get them).
Can you Mark all of these Teams ideas?
- Full disclosure: a team of ridable Pokémon sounds like drek. Wyrdeer and H-Braviary are shaping up to be two of the weakest new species, and Basculegion is forced to go mixed by its extremely restricted movepool. Do it only if it makes you happy.
- Overqwil and H-Zoroark do not live up to the hype. They are both missing crucial STAB moves for their main attacking stat, much like both forms of Basculegion. They are looking inferior to Drapion and Gengar... or even H-Samurott and H-Typhlosion, respectively.
- Remember when I said there were three promising forms to monitor closely? H-Lilligant is the winner by a long shot.
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