PauseChamp Zamazenta in OU
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SPOILERS! Scarlet & Violet Leaks Thread - Data/Mechanics
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Holy cleanup moly.
More new abilities from Theorymon. Multiplicity mentioned Supreme Overlord being Kingambit's sig last night.
...also, Sword of Ruin? What pokemon ability is that even
With Intrepid Sword getting nerfed into the ground, I'd venture to say that the two new box legendaries will be the two strongest mons in Ubers, with only Kyogre, Xerneas and Calyrex-S being competitive.
Zacian will need to be used much like Geomancy Xerneas is currently, except you can't send it in at all until you're ready to sweep or holepunch. Not that it's useless without the ability exactly, but it loses a lot of its edge over the other various Ubers mons and it won't hold a candle in offensive power to either of the new dragons, beyond not having to worry about immunities as much.
Zacian will need to be used much like Geomancy Xerneas is currently, except you can't send it in at all until you're ready to sweep or holepunch. Not that it's useless without the ability exactly, but it loses a lot of its edge over the other various Ubers mons and it won't hold a candle in offensive power to either of the new dragons, beyond not having to worry about immunities as much.
Sword of Ruin, looks like one of the quartet debuff abilities.
Eh I don't think Zacian is dead "per se". Sure it's not getting a free +1 *every time*, but it's still a BST monster no matter what
This seems to imply it actually also affects its ally...
"All pokemon except itself".
Sword of Ruin, looks like one of the quartet debuff abilities.
This seems to imply it actually also affects its ally...
That's gotta be Ice Leopard's ability
Sword of Ruin, looks like one of the quartet debuff abilities.
Hoping to see more of Annihilape soon enough btw. A 455 BST evolved 'mon was perfect for getting an evolution after all, and it never dissapointed in Yellow.
(Shame Swoobat didn't get one, poor guy first didn't get a stat boost in Gen VII because WOOBAT got it instead, and it is stuck as a 425 BST species).
(Shame Swoobat didn't get one, poor guy first didn't get a stat boost in Gen VII because WOOBAT got it instead, and it is stuck as a 425 BST species).
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At the very least, the Hero form is now permitted back into Uber presumably.
Poor shield doggo getting nerfed for his sister's wrongdoing and get even worse
They both have basically the same description so I think they both are nerfed
the quad animal legendaries all have intimidate clones
Leopard lowers def
Fish lowers spdef
Snail lowers speed
Deer lowers spa
Leopard lowers def
Fish lowers spdef
Snail lowers speed
Deer lowers spa
Leaving out Groudon? It will still be top tier as ever.
It does but I can see the reasoning, they're mirrored abilities so it doesn't make much logic sense to change one but not the other.
On positive note, on top of potentially Zacian actually being unbanned from Ubers, it may actually let Zamazenta and/or Zamazenta-C drop to OU (expecially as OU powerlevel is likely to increase again due to the flood of high BST pokes coming, even without factoring Terastalyze) so... at least it may finally see use instead of being in the "ubers but not really" limbo?
Now it's time to give Zamazenta King's Shield, Moonlight and Body Press.
Earth Eater (Absorb) from kalalokki.
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I know, which sucks since Zamazenta was not a Pokemon who needed a nerf, and a nerf that is even harsher since Defensive Pokemon switch into attacks more often, and Zacian can at least cope by being a sweeper.
This is waaaaaaay too much to handle lol
More new abilities from Theorymon. Multiplicity mentioned Supreme Overlord being Kingambit's sig last night.
Kingambit quick ban to ubers right now
Battle Bond boosts stats.
The SpD debuff ruin ability, Beads of Ruin. The native chinese speaker said there are abilities for atk/def/spa/spd.