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Pokemon Scarlet & Violet - 18th Nov 2022! **OFFICIAL INFO ONLY**
- Thread starter DHR-107
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So:
- A Crystalized attack, will always have STAB. Since the Crystalization process makes the Pokémon match the type of the Crystalization adquired, an Earthquake will always be a STAB EQ with a Crystalized Ground mon.
- If a Crystalized attack not only match the typing of the crystalization (which is always) but also the type or the types of the Pokémon prior to the crystalization process, it'll get an even greater boost.
Now, imagine fighting a +2Nite for it to suddenly become a +2+2 pure ground type monster spamming stab earthquake.
- A Crystalized attack, will always have STAB. Since the Crystalization process makes the Pokémon match the type of the Crystalization adquired, an Earthquake will always be a STAB EQ with a Crystalized Ground mon.
- If a Crystalized attack not only match the typing of the crystalization (which is always) but also the type or the types of the Pokémon prior to the crystalization process, it'll get an even greater boost.
Now, imagine fighting a +2Nite for it to suddenly become a +2+2 pure ground type monster spamming stab earthquake.
Honestly people are saying the new gimmick is busted but you only get the boost to 2 typings at most so it only makes certain pokemon broken and unwallable, so its not quite on the level of dmax, and it seems a little more balanced than one might think.
For those that care these are all the returning fully evolved Pokémon that weren't in Sword and Shield
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Zangoose would also be a lock, since a lack of Zangoose in Paldea despite their infamous rivalry would be downright jarring.
I personally rather not take risks unless the mods wouldn’t mind.
I’m overall impressed by the trailer, and I’m happy that Terastal isn’t going to be as insane as Dynamax before it, and lasting for the rest of the battle means that it can’t be cheesed by stuff like Red Card or other switch-forcing items. We have to see how well this goes in practice though; worse case scenario it’s just a Gen 8 repeat where Terastal got banned as a whole.
I don't see this anywhere. It specifically says:
"When a Terastallized Pokémon uses a move that matches its Tera Type and at least one of its original types, the boost to that move’s power will be even greater!"
To me, this means that when a Cristalyzed Pokémon uses a move that not only matches it's current crystalized type, but also one of the types it had prior to undergo crystalization, it'll receive an EXTRA boost.
Now, crystalization is only 1 type and this is an "and" type of phrasing. So, if a Dragon Flying Pokémon goes into Flying Type Crystalization and uses Flying Type Attacks, it'll receive stab AND a great boost. But if it does Dragon type attacks, it should get nothing, since it does not match with both crystalization typing and its original typing.
Dusk Mage Necrozma
formerly XenonHero126
Tera is suspect-worthy, but clearly not on Dynamax level.
DrCoeloCephalo
Banned deucer.
They also seem to imply Tera Types can't be customized or changed. You have to go out and find a new one of a certain element. That totally doesn't sound obnoxious.
Correct, you have to fish them out of the raids.
I'll bet that DLC will probably add a way to swap them around like how it added max soup
someone on deviantart predicted cetitan 6 years ago, and its honestly not that far off
https://www.deviantart.com/lukeacioli/art/073-Cetitan-611752008
https://www.deviantart.com/lukeacioli/art/073-Cetitan-611752008
Do we also count stuff like Pikachu getting super charged with like 10k Volts to fight Brock's Onix for Z-moves?
Place your bets. How long before Tera-Dragon Charizard is announced? Pre-release? DLC? Event only?
Don't forget Onix being Soaked in its Gym Battle.
Dusk Mage Necrozma
formerly XenonHero126
nah that's just anime bullshit
perhaps, but a lot of offensive mons would undoubtly go for terra ground/fire/fighting for steels (not to mention that eq/focus blast/fire coverage are really widely distributed). might lead to interesting metagames that are like camomons/bonus type. will smogon like it? maybe not, but at least it will probably in the oms somewhere
DrCoeloCephalo
Banned deucer.
>Onix is still unconfirmed.
Watch it not even be part of the Dex or any eventual DLC for no reason.
Of course something that convenient would be behind an eventual paywall. What was I thinking?
True but there's an enormous red zone in between "suspect worthy" and "dynamax". It's hard to imagine this gimmick not being broken, but it could also be like Z moves where it's possible to just ban individual mons instead of the entire mechanic.
I just don't trust Gamefreak to know enough about their own game to balance it. RIP to all the Showdown personnel who will spend weeks importing hundreds of crystal pokemon sprites only to have it banned immediately after.
So basically is "press this for make your pokemon a monotype with adaptability" kind of thing.
It would be better if there was just a type of cristalyzation that activates the inate Tera type.
Dusk Mage Necrozma
formerly XenonHero126
Oh my god this will be impossible. Let’s say there’s a dex of 500, that’s 9,000 sprites
That’s exactly what Terastillization is, the Tera type is the type it turns into
They should just add a crystal with the tera type on it's name. It's enough.
Just put a seperate sprite on top of the Pokémon’s sprite would do the job fine.
Or what you said. Foolproof!
Dusk Mage Necrozma
formerly XenonHero126
I think they’re leaning away from having gimmicks require items. Definitely limited to 1 per battle, the site said you have to recharge with a crystal or pokecenter
DrCoeloCephalo
Banned deucer.
Isn't that just Protean or Libero? Which, thanks to Gunk Shot, once put Greninja over the edge.