Could be a sign of centralization. The metagame isn't changing because it can't. I mean, even ordinarily we should see some responsive changes, such as Skarmory numbers falling because Magnezone numbers are rising.
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- Thread starter DougJustDoug
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...Hmmm. I wonder.
Thanks for the Stats!
Thanks for the Stats!
The OU game is getting boring...
At least there are some new things in UU
At least there are some new things in UU
This is why I don't think the tiers should be adjusted solely on usage. Cresselia is clearly not UU.
Bug good work Doug getting all that information.
And if it proves to be too defensive or supportive in UU it will be tested and banned and sent to BL or OU. :/
Also, not cool seeing the OU metagame so..settled. No one trying to come up with crazy new sets or new ways to use Pokemon o: Can't wait for next month, loving the Tyranitar increase, hoping it gets past Rotom-A at least, even though it will still be in the third spot.
How do you know? people said the same things about dugtrio, rhyperior, and alakazam, and they were proven wrong every time.
EDIT: 1k posts!!
It does have Baton Pass, though, meaning you can BP out on the Blissey switchin and nail it with a Pursuit from TTar or Scizor or someone.
Thanks for the stats, DJD. How much more effort would it be to provide stats above a certain rating threshold? Say greater than 1450 or 1500 CRE?
The increased stagnation/centralization of OU should help too.
It's been on a steady decline for the past year. Still waiting for people to exploit this trend tbh.
Ludicolo is coming close to the cutoff for becoming OU. If Manaphy goes down to OU, that will be all it takes to push it over the edge because Manaphy is often used with Rain Dance and almost every Rain team includes a Ludicolo.
From Suspect:
The usages of Rain Pokemon in Suspect are very high compared to OU. This Rain-filled metagame could be the future in the likely event of Manaphy getting moved down.
The usage of LS and Reflect on Azelf made a huge jump beating Fire blast now. :)
Oh, and Cress in UU is just absurd, IMO. Look at its gargantuan stats. It'll be walling much of UU (ecpet maybe subCMkou, but CMCress beats that...)
Oh, and Cress in UU is just absurd, IMO. Look at its gargantuan stats. It'll be walling much of UU (ecpet maybe subCMkou, but CMCress beats that...)
appreciate the great effort doug!
I discovered that Azelf, as a lead, can be played around to your great advantage with say, a lead which invites the opponent to use Taunt, as you switch in CSTyranitar. Let's face it, ScarfTar and Skarm go hand-in-hand with the current semi/quick-stall motion in full throttle. And yet, Metagross (the best lead, in my opinion) is a fair distance behind Azelf.
I discovered that Azelf, as a lead, can be played around to your great advantage with say, a lead which invites the opponent to use Taunt, as you switch in CSTyranitar. Let's face it, ScarfTar and Skarm go hand-in-hand with the current semi/quick-stall motion in full throttle. And yet, Metagross (the best lead, in my opinion) is a fair distance behind Azelf.
Now THAT is the attitude to have. No whining and bitching about how "broken" it is, just anticipating the new strategies and metagame!
Mesprit actually gained 0.11% and 19 positions since November. And yes, it's a greatly underrated Pokemon especially considering Porygon2 gets so much attention. Most Ground-types can't do squat to it, it can threaten the otherwise annoying Machamp and Breloom, and it can send Gyarados and with the right EV spread DDMence into oblivion.
because I used to play back in D/P when Cresselia was a fucking force to be reckoned with even in OU. Those others you mentioned never were too good. Alakazam and rhyperior may seem powerful, but alakazam is frail as fuck, and rhyperior is too slow. Rock polish helps it's speed but even with increased speed it's not very hard to handle. Cresselia on the other hand, used to be very very good before Scizor. CM versions were probably the deadliest to teams but the standard wall ones were also hard to deal with. It has moonlight, which in OU is not much of a recoery move since the sand makes it gain less HP, but in UU people will be forced to use snover or hipopotas to limit it's recovery.
And other people seem to think the same as I, so it's not as crazy as you might think.
Yeah, the anti-sweeper set can check three huge threats on its own. Mespirit is HIGHLY underappreciated.
My thoughts exactly. It seems contradictory to have all this suspect testing and not even debate whether PZ and Cress are UU or not and the impact they may potentially have. It certainly looks like we will never have a balanced UU metagame at this rate.
Instead, potential drops from OU should be discussed and specifically chosen to balance suspects before putting half the decent UU pokes into BL, where they are effectively useless.