Wait a second, does it put down the screens or nullify its effects? Because there's a huge difference between nullufying screens while in-battle (similar to mold breaker but ignoring screen instead) AND disable them entirely.
If you look at how it’s worded I think it’s safe to assume it just removes them entirely when he enters the battle, meaning that any screen that is used after this pokemon enters the battle works just fine. I feel like this won’t work like primals’ weathers but rather it will work like intimidate (when it comes to how and when it activates).
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Think of it as Gastro Acid but as an ability that affects every other Pokemon. Some abilities like Disguise, Stance Change and RKS System cannot be negated by Gastro Acid.
We don't know for sure and that's why we're currently debating it xD
Likely, "natural/integral" abilities will be unaffected, so Stance Change, Hunger Switch, Zen Mode, Disguise, and Schooling will work as normal.
It also says it nullifies their *effects*, not nullifies the screens themselves. This is consistent with how Cloud Nine and Air Lock are worded, and is a distinction that Pokemon is usually quite careful to make.
Abilities don't take effect while the Pokemon isn't sent out, as a general rule. (Weather and terrain abilities create a field effect that persists, but the ability itself is not persistent.) So specifying that the ability only has an effect while the Pokemon is in play is redundant. It makes no more sense to assume Screen Cleaner is permanent than it does to assume that Fairy Aura passively boosts your whole team for the battle because the ability doesn't specifically say that it doesn't.
That should keep the strategy in check, though. While more Pokemon can act as setters, you will only ever get one opportunity to set up terrain in this way. Much like Geomancy, if your opponent somehow manages to interfere with your setting up, you're screwed.
Cloud nine’s wording does not include the word ”nullify” but imo it doesn’t really matter what verb they use but rather what moves it nullifies: we always call the effects of the moves light screen and reflect by their name, but the effects of light screen and reflect aren’t the move themselves, what I mean by this is: while there is an effect that boosts your special defense that effect isn’t light screen itself but rather the effect of the move light screen. pokemon doesn’t refer to the weather rain using “rain dance” or “drizzle” this is because the effect of the move rain dance and the ability drizzle does have a name in pokemon, that is not the case for light screen or reflect. light screen’s description for example is: “A wondrous wall of light is put up to reduce damage from special attacks for five turns” game freak probably decided to refer to the “wondrous wall of light” as the effect of light screen but not to light screen itself, therefore I feel like by nullifying the effects of light screen, reflect and aurora veil you’re just removing them entirely.
Side note: I wonder if Galarian Darmanitan has a Zen Mode form. I know if it does it still won't see use competitively because it's always been highly impractical, but Darmanitan ever since its debut always had the Zen Mode gimmick where it changes to a slower, bulkier, part-Psychic-type form when it falls below half HP should it have Zen mode as its hidden ability. Wondering if Galarian Darmanitan keeps said gimmick as a hidden ability.
Just something I wonder about. It'll be interesting to find out when the game comes out.
Just something I wonder about. It'll be interesting to find out when the game comes out.
Look at how Brick Break and Psychic Fangs are worded. The barriers themselves do have a name -- it just happens to be the same name as the move which sets them. Gigantamax Lapras's move will probably be worded as setting Aurora Veil or something.
It could just will o wisp incoming counters and then tank a hit to boost its speed. The strategy writes itself
"Incineroar? Never heard of him." - some guy in Galar, probably
F for Incineroar.
I just find it really odd that Gamefreak doesn't include Pokemon in Smash.
Really curious to see what Centiscorch's stat spread ends up being, and what it's other abilities are (PLEASE IMMUNITY TO ROCK TYPE MOVES)/what movepool it gets (PLEASE RELIABLE RECOVERY). REALLY hoping that it's on the higher end of the stats listed.
With the new Anti-Hazard-Boots, it can actually work defensively and offensively. Yes, with the lower end of stats, the thing's physical defense is not good, but it's still physically bulkier than Volcarona which could run a Bulky Quiver set (or even a support set, especially with the new boots). Bug/Fire has a lot of really good resistances, and yes being quad weak to Rock still sucks, as well as weaknesses to good and common Flying and Water types moves...but resisting Fairy, Fighting, Steel, and Grass, all of which probably will be pretty common, is quite nice.
With the new Anti-Hazard-Boots, it can actually work defensively and offensively. Yes, with the lower end of stats, the thing's physical defense is not good, but it's still physically bulkier than Volcarona which could run a Bulky Quiver set (or even a support set, especially with the new boots). Bug/Fire has a lot of really good resistances, and yes being quad weak to Rock still sucks, as well as weaknesses to good and common Flying and Water types moves...but resisting Fairy, Fighting, Steel, and Grass, all of which probably will be pretty common, is quite nice.
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The stat ranges aren't on the spreadsheet. From what I remember seeing on the OG image it looks pretty similar if not the same to vanilla Rapidash.
Not sure about that. Darmanitan is the Blazing Pokémon. Zen Mode was its Hidden Ability, and the fact that you could get that in-game in the Desert Resort made me think it was used to promote Hidden Abilities, and not the fact that its Darmanitan's gimmick. With Mr. Rime being a thing, it's questionable if Zen Mode will be available again as a Hidden Ability to gain Psychic-type to Ice, but on the other hand, Galarian Rapidash, Hatterene, and Gardevoir being available as Psychic/Fairy types didn't bother the developers or the 3 new Fighting-types either, so what's the harm in another Ice/Psychic type?
Does Snipe Shot have any use in Singles?
Only if it outright negates Storm Drain, including the immunity.
I'd assume not too different from regular Rapidash's stat spread based on the precedence set by Alola forms
i'm surprised by the lack of Rapidash stats because it's Shield exclusive and most missing pokemon are Sword...?
Zen Mode was both to promote HAs but also a gimmick unique to Darmanitan. It'd be a shame for Galarian Darmanitan to be just another pure-ice type when its Unovan form had a unique (albeit impractical) trait
Link to the spreadsheet?
Also someone said they’ve been playing games of speculators gen 8, where at? I don’t see it on showdown
Also someone said they’ve been playing games of speculators gen 8, where at? I don’t see it on showdown
