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Why is OU metagame so centralized?
- Thread starter Xrinix
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Nothing shitty about wanting more than 20 pokemon out of nearly 200 reasonable choices consistently "good," especially since with Shoddy Battle we have the power to actually change shit.
Agreeing with smarty Gorm in that the metagame is currently in a sort of transition period from heavy offense to a sort of "mixed" or "slow bulk + spam paralysis" stage, since somewhere along the line it was realized that status and the move "substitute" kick the crap out of offensive teams.
Things like Endeavor Infernape and T-wave Zapdos are examples of threats which are only just now starting to gain popularity...so talking about the metagame as if it has already settled really is a bit naive.
Then why are you on this site. Smogon is a site dedicated to Competitve POkemon and being succesful at competitive pokemon, you can see this in the team rates section and all over the place. I'm not saying wanting to be different is shitty, but I suggest looking somewhere else if that is what you are after. People on Smogon Shoddy Battle server are mostly there to win, not to play with lower Tier Pokemon, it's Smogon's philosophy.
lol i know, i used to have a team of
Tyranitar/Garchomp/Creselia/Celebi/Heatran/DeoxysE
it was so cheap
but now adays, pokemon like Scizor are so broken
Gengar was always a big threat, although it went down some with Hypnosis going down
starter pokemon are being used more (meaning swampert and infernape)
i dont think its so much of the 600 pokemon thing, because the 600 pokemon can easily be countered
its more of that the 600 pokemon are some of the best when it comes to certain roles on teams
i mean think about it, Nite/Tar/Mence/Gross have the highest Atk Stats in the business
They dont come any faster than Deoxys or Skymin
its very hard to top Cresselia's combination of 120/120/130 HP/Defenses
the list goes on
Yes, it is overcentralized but not over 600 pokemon, it just happens some of the most used pokemon are 600 pokemon, and people build their teams to keep up with the trend
You cant really change anything because if you take out stuff like Heatran and Skymin(which im not against) then the pokemon they counter will become the new centers of the metagame
Tyranitar/Garchomp/Creselia/Celebi/Heatran/DeoxysE
it was so cheap
but now adays, pokemon like Scizor are so broken
Gengar was always a big threat, although it went down some with Hypnosis going down
starter pokemon are being used more (meaning swampert and infernape)
i dont think its so much of the 600 pokemon thing, because the 600 pokemon can easily be countered
its more of that the 600 pokemon are some of the best when it comes to certain roles on teams
i mean think about it, Nite/Tar/Mence/Gross have the highest Atk Stats in the business
They dont come any faster than Deoxys or Skymin
its very hard to top Cresselia's combination of 120/120/130 HP/Defenses
the list goes on
Yes, it is overcentralized but not over 600 pokemon, it just happens some of the most used pokemon are 600 pokemon, and people build their teams to keep up with the trend
You cant really change anything because if you take out stuff like Heatran and Skymin(which im not against) then the pokemon they counter will become the new centers of the metagame
I dont really see Golf and Competetive Pokemon being a great base for making comparisions but that aside..
To be honest Id say a player that can win say...85-90% of his/hers battles not using the 6 OU-OU Pokemon a better then a player using the 6 most common Pokemon who iwns 90-95% of his/hers battles.
Thats what I like about Pokemon, winning a good portion of the time using different strategies, rather then using the same exact strategies as many of my opponents and hoping that the stars align better for me then my opponent...
The pokemon team everyone is mentioning takes no skill...
A; Azelf / Starmie / Weavile / Gliscor / Gyarados / Donphan is much better. :3
A; Azelf / Starmie / Weavile / Gliscor / Gyarados / Donphan is much better. :3
I also don't want to get into garchomp. We were right for banning it, end of story.
Point being there was already a move towards the types of teams we have now, platinum or not.
Zapdos/heatran/salamence/bulky water/celebi/[Lucario/Metagross/Bronzong] became
Zapdos/heatran/salamence/bulky water/[skymin/celebi]/[Scizor/Metagross/Lucario . . . /bronzong . . .] . . .
(look, two more pokemon than before, it's less centralized, lol)
Point being is that it's not just that platinum came out, but also simply where we are in the development stage of the metagame.
chou, in ur platinum breadkwon, you listed Skymn/Celebi
are you talking about both as Subseeding, or both as offensive grass types
i personally used offensive CM celebi, but i dont think they fit the same role
also, i dont think Zapdos was THAT abundant back then, or perhaps its just me
are you talking about both as Subseeding, or both as offensive grass types
i personally used offensive CM celebi, but i dont think they fit the same role
also, i dont think Zapdos was THAT abundant back then, or perhaps its just me
This thread is not substantiated with any evidence, and besides, the idea of restricting Pokemon on the grounds of something completely arbitrary, such as legendary status, which is only relevant ingame anyways, is preposterous.
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