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SPOILERS! Scarlet & Violet Leaks Thread - Data/Mechanics
- Thread starter DHR-107
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It looks like...someone made a Kirlia taller, then borrowed Megallade's cape to turn it into a skirt.
I love it!
AHAHAHA
Whew... how to instantly buff any pokemon to make them that gens poster child: give it fucking protean or a renamed version of it.
Well *Allegedly* protean got nerfed according to khu so I guess its a matter of how nerfed. Not sure what they could do since tera basically does something similar and multiplies stab by 2x.
This 7.43 gb thing is old and is supposed to be cory in the house or something. pkmnleak fell for it earlier as well.
EDIT: Apparently he went private after the strikes and the code cracking discord deleted their old channels with the picture so all I can say is trust me bro.
Wow :(
I wonder how one nerfs it? really cannot see how you nerf something basic like that
So Weedcat gets Protean and not even a clone or even really fitting the design any more than Delphox. I was expecting it to get the shill ability anyways.
So what do the other starters get?
So what do the other starters get?
I don't see how they can nerf Protean without changing a bunch of mechanics for it other than to delay the type change and not work with Tera.
I remember people say that it'll now only activate once per battle or that it will only activate once per time the pokemon in on the field (it'll activate again if you switch out and then back in).
Idk how to feel about the paradoxes now,
I like that the past versions are complete redesigns, but the future ones feel kinda... lazy? Like just mecha versions of the original. I hope in-game they look a lot cooler in animation (maybe volc's wings spin around or turn purple or something idk). I was really rooting for violet paradoxes at first but they're not as unique.
I like that the past versions are complete redesigns, but the future ones feel kinda... lazy? Like just mecha versions of the original. I hope in-game they look a lot cooler in animation (maybe volc's wings spin around or turn purple or something idk). I was really rooting for violet paradoxes at first but they're not as unique.
Maybe...it only transforms for the first move you use?
It could also just be that Protean just doesn't proc when you're tera'd
So now that we have the types confirmed and before the abilities and stats get datamined
which paradox stand out competitively.
Gallade, hariyama and mangenton stand out to me first off.
which paradox stand out competitively.
Gallade, hariyama and mangenton stand out to me first off.
Hmm the first option seems way too restrictive, the second option sounds more resonable, and a decent way to nerf it. Thats still a very solid ability, and if you run a choice item on it that change doesnt matter
Sheen, this is the 3rd generation you've given a starter Pokemon Protean
Volcarona immidately looks interesting if its anything like base volc.
Fire/Poison and Bug/fighting are significantly better typings than bug/fire, and bug/fire never made it too terrible either. Its abilities are kinda meh as well but these forms supposed all get a new one (beast boost like?).
Will depend on movepools. If future volc loses quiver dance it could suck, and who knows what past volc does if its physical or special (larvesta is actually physical so that makes sense), bulkarona could be taken even further if it gets bulk up lol.
Magician cat really is Greninja the third.
I'm not saying I'd agree with it, but theoretically you could make it so that the type only changes after you use the move, making it near useless for frailer Pokémon but less spammable in the process.
Alternatively, making it so you can only switch types once after switching in, or... the entire battle.
The most logical nerf to Protean is to have it swap types before STAB is factored in.
We were all saying Sprigatito was Delphox 2 because of the stance and magic theme. Little did we know, it was actually a Greninja all along
