It didn’t for a long while
#Pokemon
outer eagle
Box art legends are pretty unlikely to get raw stat buffs since they have stuck with the 670/680 motiff for so long
ashen barn
in doubles
Yeah, insane in singles tho
pseudo goblet
funny Brambleghast is more known than Rabsca
ashen barn
The great wall
tacit sphinx
Like
outer eagle
Even in singles Lugia was only really great in gen5
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Its probs because stall just doesnt work when you are staring at 2 mons on opposite side
outer eagle
Past that it was at most fine
tacit sphinx
Ahem
ashen barn
Even in singles Lugia was only really great in gen5
And gen 7
ashen barn
Lugia was surprisingly good
pseudo goblet
ashen barn
I do wish they went back to some older legendaries and give them better abilities
ashen barn
Like...what's Mewtwo doing with pressure
tacit sphinx
Remember how
ashen barn
Same for lots of others
tacit sphinx
Mewtwo got Unnerve
outer eagle
a mon needs to be at least A for me to rank it as great
tacit sphinx
and then Calyrex got Unnerve and a bonus
outer eagle
B- is the definition of fine
fading stratus
I think people clown mewtwo in doubles for being awful but like lugia is way worse than mewtwo
ashen barn
And proceeded to do nothing because caly
tacit sphinx
Like the real issue is that Game Freak used to balance mons by either giving them amazing abilities or amazing stats
ashen barn
I think people clown mewtwo in doubles for being awful but like lugia is way wor...
Lugia was spec'd as wall
tacit sphinx
and now they do both
tacit sphinx
Like TTar and probably Mence were the only big exceptions for a long while
ashen barn
And chomp
ashen barn
Chomp kinda redefined the concept of stats
outer eagle
Chomp just has really good effective BST
ashen barn
Yeah
outer eagle
Not just raw BST
ashen barn
I remember the surprise draco set
tacit sphinx
Chomp is what set us down the horrible train of minmaxing
ashen barn
Where people would switch in their best counter to physical
And got blasted by draco on the switch
ashen barn
Chomp is what set us down the horrible train of minmaxing
Tbh gen 4 and 5 still have some mons not as minmaxed
Like, infernape and lucario are mixed
ashen barn
Same for some others, azelf
outer eagle
ass elf
ashen barn
For gen 5, amoonguus saw play in OU because of Keldeo
outer eagle
pixie legendaries are weird in terms of minmaxing
cuz gf has always built them to be even across the board
ashen barn
And mienshao was an effective special attacker
tacit sphinx
I miss leads dude
ashen barn
Azelf is willpower, so attacking stats
Uxie is knowledge, defense
Mesprit is emotions and it's the worst one of the trio, no wonder Cyrus didn't like emotions.
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azelf was funny because of explosion
ashen barn
Even uninvested, that chunked
outer eagle
125 uninvested base atk still did tons of work due to explosion being broken back then
ashen barn
Halve def
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yeah
outer eagle
explosion gengar was funny in gen1
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its so funny to me that Amoongus used to play same set back then 13 years ago like it does nowadays
outer eagle
Fear man 1000 swords and all that jazz
ashen barn
Can't improve on perfection 
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ig it changed giga drain to pollen puff/sludge bomb
outer eagle
We could give it Trick Room
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but still
outer eagle
tacit sphinx
Back when I played a little DPP UU, your girl dabbled in the dark arts a bit
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amoongus with trick room sounds like a war crime
ashen barn
That was a great metagame
tacit sphinx
I played Lickilicky
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mug was in his late 50s when he played dpp uu for the first time
he said it was a good format
ashen barn
warm sky
https://twitter.com/arrow_cupertino/status/1957781266369245502?t=0wD_B-qJXCdCUWZGAYICeA&s=19
https://twitter.com/bouillustration/status/1958104169577087064?t=SZCuKyXfhR2cp81FG8-w1A&s=19
https://twitter.com/horimhkw11/status/1957081181616288229?t=pwqEB_rfgHCPvPPtcVZ0BQ&s=19
https://twitter.com/Kiobarts/status/1957079190005592259?t=qvoF_fCco2IgtjwzpZ4ewA&s=19
https://twitter.com/hokaimo_pkmn/status/1957035050782056880?t=Ezfjmzf1degYmdx9MZcIig&s=19
X
X
X
X
X
ashen barn
play dpp ou and post your rant on the internet
I need iron head jirachi banned
Not anything else, just iron head on jirachi
pseudo goblet
what I missed while doing 3ds stuff
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dwai zane
tacit sphinx
I like Lickilicky tbh
warm sky
play dpp ou and post your rant on the internet
UNFORTUNATE
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we were talking about how lunala is good
tacit sphinx
They have like
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tacit sphinx
Negative energy
Lickilicky the kind of guy to look at his rival across the street with a telescope
warm sky
https://twitter.com/arrow_cupertino/status/1957781266369245502?t=0wD_B-qJXCdCUWZ...
@normal cave
outer eagle
it's funny that there have been 2 incidences involving dpp ou where a player crashes out so hard on rng that their rageposts became iconic
ashen barn
They have like
Several accounts of constraint orders
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mega lickylicky when
pseudo goblet
we were talking about how lunala is good
Prob am resting from DA 
I wont kid, playing Ultra Moon twice and soft reset now seems pretty appealing
tacit sphinx
mega lickylicky when
What would they give them
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lick
pseudo goblet
Dangerous Lick
ashen barn
What would they give them
Fluffy and a signature move
pseudo goblet
ashen barn
Like...appetite
100 power with a recovery effect
pseudo goblet
24 hours? for new mega
Yayyy timezone, have to wait longer for the other side of the earth wakes up lmao
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timezone was made by people to sell clocks
ashen barn
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pseudo goblet
timezone?
what about spacezone?
Irida fan
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teach zane a thing or two
pseudo goblet
‘I hired you to work, not to distract people ’
ashen barn
I work brilliantly
ashen barn
Also, I'm trying to look at the positives here
I have a weird feeling that the girls there will be taken by now
Call it instinct
ashen barn
Wouldn't be the first time a guy confessed to me
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mug's hot
outer eagle
Wouldn't be the first time a guy confessed to me
To a crime?
pseudo goblet
flirt with dudes
I just wanna look unrespectfully 👀
ashen barn
<:clearly:1247706297491656795> To a crime?
Same sex relationships are allowed in my country, so no crime
ashen barn
Unfortunately I don't swing both ways
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Unfortunately I don't swing both ways
missed opportunity really
pseudo goblet
Pretty sure general people dont like it here, another reason Bruial would step on Malaysia 
ashen barn
reading something like that I always feel bad for solar
Oh yeah, must be rough
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yeah
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<:nyarusnatchy:1402952930872787025>
satan
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I doubt raz
ashen barn
Unfortunately I have to do something else...ironing, groceries, cleaning...
Adulting sucks sometimes
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sometimes?
pseudo goblet
Unfortunately I have to do something else...ironing, groceries, cleaning...
Im in between both, mostly towards child lmao
polar osprey
@sonic inlet guess what won the pocket event at worlds?
sonic inlet
Darktina?
polar osprey
better
ashen barn
Im in between both, mostly towards child lmao
Lucky you
sonic inlet
Hmm
polar osprey
Idk what they are gonna give the mega zards to make them better than stokezard
sonic inlet
Stoke but as an ability, idk
polar osprey
surely they wouldn't
sonic inlet
More hp would help the deck even more too since zard hates silver rip lillie
frosty ledge
incineroar ex but the second attack is just 140 flat damage discarding an energy or something
polar osprey
we have the first mega zard ex and it's like fine
but if you play it after stokezard it does a lot of dmg but like
ehhhhh
we are for sure getting mega zard Y tho so I'm curious on what that one will do
at least the version we are getting for X is allegedly just a better A1 zard
big punchier punchy
sonic inlet
Hm, did not see any leaks yet
warm sky
||https://vxtwitter.com/Scepticskeptic1/status/1958009681747587333?t=P7Xhtlt9qNapFaW7U1oaXw&s=19|| fake mega fanart based off a real leaked mega
Oh what
It spoilers everything????
Discord moment
normal cave
https://twitter.com/arrow_cupertino/status/1957781266369245502?t=0wD_B-qJXCdCUWZ...
WEZL AND HYDRAPPLE
warm sky
https://twitter.com/ssalrobyul/status/1956704999444197588?t=3tOI2eskGX9kca5Vcmzi6w&s=19
https://twitter.com/eeveekoringo/status/1953833774493708405?t=Y7oP4G1Avk9h9JOdwUGjPw&s=19
https://fxtwitter.com/maru_bouro73/status/1953622185727119483?t=fndX0j2Ab0k9p6UOHHHGmw&s=19
https://twitter.com/kinakomocheeni/status/1952024591574139282?t=SflO3rIwhVkdKiYW-PM9Rw&s=19
https://twitter.com/pk3566/status/1951977415036559631?t=I3suq16YywMHb1MuDhuh4g&s=19
Here this fixes it
@pseudo goblet
normal cave
https://twitter.com/ssalrobyul/status/1956704999444197588?t=3tOI2eskGX9kca5Vcmzi...
Good night baby...
Also hungry dnite!
pseudo goblet
<@430667447692034059>
Lil bugs 
Wait for me weedle, Im taking you to home soon, literally
Honedge also
ashen barn
https://twitter.com/ssalrobyul/status/1956704999444197588?t=3tOI2eskGX9kca5Vcmzi...
The omelette asks a very important question
WHICH EGG IS USED FOR THAT???
pseudo goblet
Who set up Sunny Day vs Totem Araquanid
You get Sunny day before the trial? 
pseudo goblet
The omelette asks a very important question
WHICH EGG IS USED FOR THAT???
Chansey egg, duh
ashen barn
You get Sunny day before the trial? <:KEKW:622347587516628993>
Iirc yes
You can get that
ashen barn
https://tenor.com/view/chansey-pokemon-blissey-phoibee-chansey-eggs-gif-26726192
This actually makes sense
Also, almost done with cleaning
I need a Cinccino so badly
pseudo goblet
Too many mini objects in my room, I panic finding out people moved my stuff lmao
warm sky
Everyone could use a tidy up mon
ashen barn
There's a reason why I wanted to move out...
warm sky
Personally I'd want a furret
ashen barn
My father is a clean freak
And guess who rummaged through my stuff every single time with the "it's messy" excuse
I may not be the most tidy person in the world, but holy shit stop moving my stuff
pseudo goblet
I just need a second room, and probably somehow get disaster-proof storage system
ashen barn
Everyone could use a tidy up mon
It's not just tidy up, Yummy...the pokedex describes Cinccino as a very clean creature that loves shiny things and cleans stuff. I wouldn't even need to train it to clean, it's in their nature
ashen barn
I just need a second room, and probably somehow get disaster-proof storage syste...
I am NOT lending you my basement 
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unless?
pseudo goblet
pseudo goblet
warm sky
It's not just tidy up, Yummy...the pokedex describes Cinccino as a very clean cr...
Plz just say Yami lmao
Also. Yeah ik
pseudo goblet
Probably time to change back no lol
ashen barn
You either change back or become such an icon that people imitate your style and name
MD general has like 5 different people copying my signature mug rn
pseudo goblet
Im like, one of the 2-3 people here using pic from irl lmao
Second person being Bruial I believe
Check* okay yeah real cat
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My pfp is the one a friend of mine made
pseudo goblet
Awww
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its a penguin + plunder patroll blackbeard + beat, bladesman fur hire
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@normal cave are you planning to play next format (reg h)
normal cave
I don't see why not
normal cave
typhlosion, dragonite, mienshao, sneasler/weavile, samurott...
whims
dozo/giri
uhhhh
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what about intimidate mons
normal cave
I love incin
he's a good kitty
arcanine is a good boy too
salamence is probs my favorite mon that gets intimidate
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what about any grass types
normal cave
I honestly like most intimidate mons
whims, amogus, serperior (maybe my fave grass), maractus, sawsbuck...
I also like venu
and jumpluff
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any dragons not named nite and mence?
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even the ugly ones?
normal cave
I love pult
hasty anchor
I was gonna say Druddigon
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haxorus
normal cave
I love Drudd
hasty anchor
...Really, Druddigon's very unfortunate
normal cave
I LOVE Haxorus
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dragalge
hasty anchor
Yeah Haxorus is the best
normal cave
I love Dragalge
hasty anchor
You got a dragon that has a literal greataxe for a jaw
And it's just, such a cinnamon roll
normal cave
Kingdra is my second favorite dragon
hasty anchor
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lets say strat
HO Balance Trick Room
hasty anchor
Lookit this fella
normal cave
lets say strat
HO Balance Trick Room
never played Trick Room, HO is my comfort zone
and Balance is fine, depends on the team
wait I have played TR
vs Zane
hasty anchor
All those other rooms wish they were trick room
...Can't say I ever hear Magic Room and Wonder Room ever brought up
normal cave
I'm fine with most strats, but I do best on HO because it's kinda straightforward
magic room is items?
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yes
normal cave
that one was relevant
hasty anchor
Really surprises me how violent Xerneas is
normal cave
life is struggle
hasty anchor
Literally only ever gets Moonblast and a few other special moves
Everything else it learns is an incredibly brutal physical attack
normal cave
and deer horns are not just for show
yeah but geomancy power herb means you never use anything else
hasty anchor
Naturally learns Close Combat, Megahorn, Giga Impact, Outrage...
Geomancy's cool
But can it compare to how metal "Death Wing" is?
hasty anchor
Yeah it's Oblivion Wing here, but come on
fading stratus
and uhh volc
hasty anchor
Death Wing just sounds metal
normal cave
idgaf about indeedee's and gholds design, but I like their concepts of play
esp indeedee
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not female indeedee
normal cave
volc was my favorite mon for a while
hasty anchor
Indeedee really is nice.
Though, I do wish it was more distinct from Audino
normal cave
not female indeedee
both are fine with me, I enjoy psychic terrain bullshit
hasty anchor
Almost thought the two were related species at first
normal cave
male indeedee is the more offensive one
normal cave
Almost thought the two were related species at first
same
normal cave
it'd be a no brainer razor shell if it wasn't 95% accurate
the upside is so big, but the downside...
eh, aqua cutter
I don't like missing
the upside is not as game winning as missing a turn
even if it is 50% vs 5%
hasty anchor
Oh shoot they buffed Razor Shell
hasty anchor
-Wait, no they didn't?
normal cave
aaaaaaa why the innacuracy
hasty anchor
Actually it's just water-flavored Crush Claw
But it's got a good chance of lowering DEF, so that's very nice
normal cave
50% is so good
also boosted by sharpness
which Hamurott gets
I wanna use razor shell so bad but I just lose 5% of the games as a tax for that benefit
normal cave
also hamurott is probs on ceaseless edge, which is 90%, so I probs want a reliable stab move I can click without any concerns
fading stratus
we will change stuff based on what you lose vs
normal cave
tho I think aqua cutter does more damage?
normal cave
oooooh coaching sneasler
hasty anchor
It can be a good option for use if you don't think Samurott can take out something, but can make it more vulnerable for some other heavy-hitter in your party
normal cave
yeah this team looks good
normal cave
It can be a good option for use if you don't think Samurott can take out somethi...
knock off just fucks up a slot regardless of what happens
they swap in incin to tank it? lol lmao bye bye safety goggles hello amogus
also aqua cutter has a good chance to just ignore intimidate
hasty anchor
I just wish standard Samurott also got Sharpness as an ability
Shell Armor just isn't as cool.
normal cave
Iron Head Scale Shot Dnite is vile
surprisingly not tera normal either
I guess it deletes fairies and tanks hyper voice from ursa better
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there's not many good fairies in the format
normal cave
yeah this team looks lovely
normal cave
then why the iron head tera steel
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well scale shot iron head checks tera fairy dnite
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also steel resists make it rain from ghold
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this is basically what the format looks like
this team is like top 5 mons
plus samurott
I didnt even realise
lmao
hasty anchor
Annihilape~
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annihilape has a really strong archetype
called mausape
where you use beat up with maushold to stack rage fist
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jokes aside
amoongus is the glue holding the team
btw do play the team and I'll list the changes you can make
normal cave
I will
not rnrn but later today
it looks really fun, hamurott is just a fat fuck that cuts shit and doesn't die
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- razor shell consideration
- sludge bomb over pollen puff
- Flare Blitz over Knock/Taunt
- Metal Coat/Life Orb over Lefties
- Stomping Tantrum/Low Kick/Tera blast flying over Iron head
this is the changes you can make depending on what you struggle against
coaching + scale shot is very disgusting
icy heath
GAYMERZ
I finally got to play Pokemon TCG Pocket
For the Flareons
That's how it works right?
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pseudo goblet
normal cave
https://x.com/seviyummy/status/1958255693145706705?s=46&t=q-1AmjVFLGCcEVWLfARPPw
every artist/writer needs to hear this
twin shard
Programmers know this far too well
pseudo goblet
every artist/writer needs to hear this
Not sure I wanna redraw the Helheim fruit I did last year, jfc
mighty storm
Pocket back to bugging for me 🙁
Edit: getting a new well ya know because yeah the sideways crash is getting rediculous
pseudo goblet
pseudo goblet
Oh right they did remove it
Was just thinking kinda boring no parental bond without abilities
pseudo goblet
What if they gave it population bomb with parental bond
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pseudo goblet
I did not just typed Parental Bomb just now
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Idt that would be that amazing realistically
pseudo goblet
I did not just typed Parental Bomb just now <:icant:1310294700384714813>
Idk what you are talking about
pseudo goblet
Population bomb is physical right
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Yep
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pseudo goblet
<:icant:1310294700384714813>
Was checking the dmg power, then saw WHAT
I thought Sharpness ONLY boost slicing moves
mighty storm
So ready for tomorrow
pseudo goblet
I thought Sharpness ONLY boost slicing moves <:monkaGIGA:652734094664269835>
Not bombs
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Have you never seen pop bomb's animation
pseudo goblet
So they WERE using ‘bomb’ here, thought something like hyper fang https://youtu.be/Ps3TG3GRbJA?si=JV-dKLwGMh_lws13
Parental Bond Hyper Fang 
pseudo goblet
https://youtu.be/v_JfJ0WS07U?si=BWEkhL3qyhVL2XP-
Am I gonna try find a DS
pseudo goblet
Wait no, Gameboy Advance 
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https://youtu.be/v_JfJ0WS07U?si=BWEkhL3qyhVL2XP-
I havent fully watched this but can you get a mew that obeys you with this
spice rivet
I havent fully watched this but can you get a mew that obeys you with this
You can!
mighty storm
btw what deck everyone playing in pocket right now?
Im on the WashiDos
Water gamba go brr
tacit sphinx
btw what deck everyone playing in pocket right now?
Im on the WashiDos
WA
SHI
DOOOOOOOOOOO
I have heard it’s a good deck in Pocket rn
But I only know this like
Second hand?
Pocket seems like it would cause some issues for me
young river
Spoiler for the mega revealed tomorrow
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yeah we knew as much
well expected atleast
they took down the vid tho
which is funny
pseudo goblet
Spoiler for the mega revealed tomorrow
Ooooh 7 hours
From now
Wait, timezone, 10 pm for me
fading stratus
if the leaks are real I'm not looking forward to its design
mighty storm
The leaks were exactly right on mega dragonite
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the leaks were something like this so uhh yeah
pseudo goblet
the leaks were something like this so uhh yeah
Smh wheres the pair of wings on the head, not silly enough
Honestly, thank god they add in Dragonair design into the Mega, imagine if it just dragonite with head wings, whats worse is the implication of
‘Oh you re a flying type, okay, here Terastalize hats again but its actually tumor in the shape of your typing’
pseudo goblet
… calling it rn, Emma later shows up in the building incident video
May or may not with voice
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May or may not with voice <:yeetbrain:780566992309846029>
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https://vxtwitter.com/spicyBeefu/status/1957899195827798285
What the zeep zorp!
pseudo goblet
https://vxtwitter.com/spicyBeefu/status/1957899195827798285
Oh its a new thing??? People already made it into tenor
I think, I swear I saw it today somewhere
Found it
warm sky
Oh its a new thing??? People already made it into tenor
it's not new zane read the full post
smh
daring pine
pseudo goblet
https://fxtwitter.com/BlokeesOfficial/status/1958356621714993486?t=W2lSdly6ghEaX...
A word Rev, would you buy every pokemon from Blokee lol
daring pine
No
pseudo goblet
Which ones would you get
pseudo goblet
SCYTHER???! Not Scizor? 
Not gonna lie I could get Cincderace, considering the official Cinderace plamo
normal cave
https://vxtwitter.com/spicyBeefu/status/1957899195827798285
I love them...
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2? hours before the mega [REDACTED] video
jovial gobletBOT
2? hours before the mega [REDACTED] video
Could not resolve English data for searches: redacted
warm sky
I love them...
This is so me when I see you
random stream
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Speed boost + baton pass?
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struggling mence
that was a peak game
I like how they intimidated you 4 times or sth
and still couldnt live a double edge
random stream
Oh not mine but yeah it's cracked
jovial gobletBOT
10? minutes before mega [REDACTED]
Could not resolve English data for searches: redacted
outer eagle
megaman?
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yes
icy heath
Without wanting to name anything because I'm trying to forget it again, Pokebeach spoiled me because their maintenance page had an old looking link for a guest book which linked directly to their Twitter that right away had that information
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Without wanting to nyame anything because I'm twying to forget it again, Pokebeach spoiwed me because theiw m-maintenance page had an owd wooking wink fow a guest b-book which w-winked diwectwy to theiw Twittew that wight away had that infowmation
icy heath
warm sky
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daring pine
what a bong
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mighty storm
the leaks were something like this so uhh yeah
Spot on
short heath
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this does confirm the leaks
swift jasper
i don't like it tbh
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official sprite
swift jasper
but i like victreebel
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my man gained 110 kgs in weight
crimson moat
I actually like it less looking at this sprite
golden lance
i like it
outer eagle
why is man strangling himself
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why is man strangling himself
The energy of Mega Evolution has produced such a large amount of acid within Mega Victreebel’s body that it has to wrap up its own throat to prevent the acid from spilling out. As a result, it doesn’t keep its mouth open while waiting for prey like Victreebel does. Instead, it actively goes after prey to take it down in a distinctively aggressive style. Its massive body can deliver tackles that are packed with destructive force!
random stream
Why would you ping me
So we suffer looking at ||mega victreebel together||
Wait what did I do sorry 
icy heath
Yes renren I am trying to avoid spoilers dummy
fading stratus
renren you capped me while saying dawn wings is good and swampert is mid
icy heath
outer eagle
The energy of Mega Evolution has produced such a large amount of acid within Meg...
ah yes
obese victreebel
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and even then in chile
random stream
Sigh
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while dawn wings has 2 regs win 1 internats win 3 second place multiple top 4
and so on
random stream
Sigh.. dusk mane is better anyway
outer eagle
This is what happens when you chew 5 gums ahh mega evolution
hasty anchor
Ayyy Victreebel
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ah yes
obese victreebel
it canonically gained 110 kgs
outer eagle
when other mega evolutions give them cool new abilities while yours just gives you indigestion
hasty anchor
Hey, it's better than being overclocked to the point you go over to the nearest living being just to try and kill it
sand forge
My boy has a full belly :3c
pseudo goblet
https://youtu.be/NyfDz36JkkU?si=Fzna6EnGjSvF1bTh
Fuck, I missed it while playing Skyblock lol
fading stratus
not a big loss tbh
pseudo goblet
official sprite
Ohhh James~~~
placid junco
God I hope that’s the last new kanto mega
random stream
Heh
pseudo goblet
https://youtu.be/f79j5pSboEQ?si=DXhHX2A_Pe3PopYd
Its so goofy, I kinda like it lmao
fading stratus
God I hope that’s the last new kanto mega
I think kanto hate is just pointless
pokemon wouldnt have existed if not for kanto
so like
its like hating dm/blue eyes support
which I think is just unreasonable
placid junco
its like hating dm/blue eyes support
That’s also me
sonic inlet
As long as it's not another charizard, idm
fading stratus
if you're upset over those stuff honestly get a better hobby
placid junco
I’m not upset I just think there’s other stuff that deserves it more
hasty anchor
Eh, fair.
fading stratus
well victreebel getting a mega doesnt mean idk coallosal will never get a mega
hasty anchor
Kanto's just easily marketable. But wanting others is perfectly valid
Having mega evolutions for anything past Black/White would be hype though
placid junco
I at least like mega victrebel’s design
I think most of the new megas should be for Gen 6 mons
hasty anchor
And at the least, it's Vicreebel and not something like... I don't know, Machamp?
vagrant steppe
Kanto just gets way too much fan service compared to everything else
hasty anchor
I mean I like Machamp but come on, that's low-hanging fruit if they do go for it.
placid junco
I understand it getting a majority but it’s skewed even beyond that
vagrant steppe
Victrebell is fine, albeit kinda not a great looking mega
But like. That could have been any grass type
hasty anchor
Just reminds me that X-Y introduced Mega Evolution but has no mons introduced that can mega evolve.
hasty anchor
Well there's Diancie but that hardly counts since it was Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire that introduced it
Of all things Introduced in Black/White, only Audino can Mega Evolve. Which I don't know if it's disappointing or hillarious
fading stratus
well emboar will almost certainly get a mega
hasty anchor
Like sure, it's only one. But it's Audino. The same pink-thing that most players just see as a punching bag for EXP.
fading stratus
being a Legends starter
hasty anchor
It could happen!
void herald
hasty anchor
pogbell
sharp kernel
Having mega evolutions for anything past Black/White would be hype though
You ask and you shall receive, Mega Incineroar joins the fight!
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normal cave
official sprite
okay nevermind I love this
hasty anchor
Bold to assume I'd have any objections to this
normal cave
You ask and you shall receive, Mega Incineroar joins the fight!
support mega
fading stratus
mega incineroar with an ability that's a combination of vessel of ruin and tablets of ruin
normal cave
mega incineroar with an ability that's a combination of vessel of ruin and table...
that exists, it's called Friend Guard
fading stratus
its called friend guard not self guard
normal cave
Mega Incin does a face turn
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so it doesnt work on self
hasty anchor
Mega Incin does a face turn
That would be really cool
Bonus points if the mega evolution makes it so that there's much more incentive for going on the offensive instead of doing support stuff
sand forge
I hope Victreebel doesn't just get Corrosion
outer eagle
Pokemon wouldn’t have existed without Kanto
Pokemon wouldn’t have become a franchise without Johto
Pokemon wouldn’t have been a competitive game without Hoenn
Etc etc etc
normal cave
agreed. show ALL regions some love.
fading stratus
agreed. show ALL regions some love.
well my point was kanto hate is unwarranted
I feel like people just hate to hate
tacit sphinx
Victreebel finally ate James
fading stratus
its been bad week for james
first he loses to giovanni
then he gets eaten by victreebel
long stone
Is it me
Or these new megas... don't look mega
Like it looks like a form sure, but where is the mega-ness
outer eagle
Yeah they generally don’t seem any more imposing than their base forms
Which is fine for Dragonite i suppose
But the rest is eh
fading stratus
let's wait for mega [REDACTED]
jovial gobletBOT
let's wait for mega [REDACTED]
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mighty storm
this does confirm the leaks
Mega Dragonite confirmed the leaks, this is just extra confirmation
oh btw Pocket set news
outer eagle
Latinas coming to booster packs
mighty storm
Note no mentions of megas so not the set with the megas?
normal cave
well my point was kanto hate is unwarranted
for sure
kanot is important and has its ups and downs
but FFS YOU HAVE 8 OTHER GENERATIONS, SHOW THEM LOVE TOO
outer eagle
Delphox and Chesnaught starving
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I think there's a decent chance gen 6 starters might get megas as well
since its a gen 6 legends game
and they even killed ash gren
outer eagle
Hopefully
To think that in the same gen the gen 6 starters and Megas were introduced they got passed on for gen 1 starters in their own game and ignored entirely in the remake game
fading stratus
THAT would be really funny
mega xerneas with an ability that turns 2 turn moves into 1 turn
that sounds peak
outer eagle
ah yes, hyper beam as actual coverage
outer eagle
milotic's entire shtick and motif is beauty
it's unlikely for them to somehow fuck that up
sonic inlet
Water sucks in pocket, however
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dog water as they say
sonic inlet
Bc misty's there to ruin everything
normal cave
if a misty deck is ever good people scream
normal cave
the way to handle this is to give water good 1 energy attackers and make it rely on energy on multiple mons
make it go wide, not tall
sonic inlet
We finally got a mon with low energy and it was... kingdra
normal cave
but nope, they want you to stack 7 energy on one mon to MEGA ULTRA GIGA CANNON
sonic inlet
Gyarados in a nutshell pretty much
obsidian juniper
idk if people care about za spoilers
||https://vxtwitter.com/Life_with_SBRDN/status/1958530658978201732||
sand forge
This Victreebel would've worked as a Giga
sand forge
it probably gets stench based on the trailer name
Merciless would be ideal
normal cave
This Victreebel would've worked as a Giga
I can see it, it has the kaiju goofiness
golden lance
I mean some of the mega designs were always silly, look at slowbro
||not looking forward to starmie tho||
warm sky
golden lance
X
normal cave
he chonk
magic thunder
I mean some of the mega designs were always silly, look at slowbro
Mega slowbro is canonnically mega Shellder tho
the slowbro is exactly the same in the shell
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hasty anchor
This really looks like something you'd find in a Dragon Quest title
pseudo goblet
https://i.redd.it/koibc8e7idkf1.jpeg
Almost cant see a girl in the pic
pseudo goblet
https://youtu.be/H-7LDlmlO0U
Hi Lockstin lol
pseudo goblet
young river
Apparently all the EXs Poke Power say "At end of your turn, if this Pokemon is in your active spot, draw a card"
also water baby mon
pseudo goblet
also water baby mon
Lets goooooo they kept making more Mantyke after Jaiden’s japan video
young river
X
mighty storm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkwK4C_E1zE&ab_channel=%ED%8F%AC%EC%BC%93%EB%AA%...
video unavailable
Ok found trailer through another youtuber
the twin dragons are psychic
@waxen moat new slow card next to new supporter
pseudo goblet
@hasty anchor @normal cave https://vxtwitter.com/newo22cube/status/1958499892134899877?s=46&t=q-1AmjVFLGCcEVWLfARPPw
X
mighty storm
afternoon pocket pack
fading stratus
bets on if chi yu will be over or under 5 mil
oh wait nexts ting lu
so ting lu ig
pseudo goblet
bets on if chi yu will be over or under 5 mil
Still gotta contribute my one fight with it
fading stratus
all 3 of the treasures could very well be in your Malaysian nats team
pseudo goblet
Who knows, without Lunala I could have the will to do couple more
I swear if you say Kyogre
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pseudo goblet
Im not sure
pseudo goblet
they arent affected by shiny charms
So I didnt remember it wrong
I mean Im already willing to do Poipole with the same number once I have time with 3DS
Twice
fading stratus
you have a shiny rillaboom right?
pseudo goblet
Grookey, same thing lol
fading stratus
and roaring moon
pseudo goblet
Surprisingly
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you own all shinies except chingus right
pseudo goblet
Chingus is Chi Yu right lol
fading stratus
yes
pseudo goblet
Think so
pseudo goblet
Teddiursa if needed
fading stratus
and landorus?
pseudo goblet
Nope
pseudo goblet
Tornadus pretty sure
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heatran?
pseudo goblet
Would I be able to get other three before this year ends lmao
pseudo goblet
Prob not the worst
UltraSM just needs you bring the two genie in team to encounter it
I can cheat with using my friends hacked shiny Thundurus with my Tornadus
Zane dropping the info bomb that he does have a lot of shinies already, he just choose not to use em
pseudo goblet
do landorus next then
Sheer force time? 
I wonder if I can share you my Boxpoke checklist like Excel file
Thank god Im setting on moving my 3DS shinies next, they re not safe till they go home
Rn my task list goes Ting Lu event+3DS training and go HOME > Poipole run > something else
Probably wont buy ZA so soon, even If I do, need time to play lmao
fading stratus
Sheer force time? <:blob3c:856791836059762688>
get two landorus
but yeah sheer force
fading stratus
you own all shinies except chingus right
If Malaysian Nats is regulation I I'll probably start with one of these two teams
second is more appealing because no chi yu
but ogerpon doesnt have a shiny
pseudo goblet
get two landorus
So DA
pseudo goblet
I could hunt it in Ultra Moon once Im done with Poipoles
Same thing if Bank is still alive by then and I can do Kyogre there, even with 1/4000 odds
fading stratus
if you dont mind missing half your moves we can do LunaDon
where all 6 mons will be shiny
fading stratus
LunaDon is Lunala Groudon
pseudo goblet
Figures
fading stratus
Koraidon doesnt play a missable move
pseudo goblet
We will see 
fading stratus
unless you go loaded die scale shot
pseudo goblet
I am feeling like, Koraidon is a trusty partner
It is a world champion afterall
Srsly GF, stop being purist and let us shiny hunt ffs
Let us waste our time
fading stratus
Koraidon is a pretty good mon in the sense that past paradox mons are insane
and chingus
if it doesnt miss
if it misses you'd want to make sashimi out of it
I kinda always get the feeling that
Miraidon is strong on its own
while koraidon is strong because of its friends
you get what I'm saying
mighty storm
big steps
pseudo goblet
I do have UltraMoon, just not first playthrough lmao
fading stratus
I've always liked Lunala more than Solgaleo but yeah I do like Zacian and Koraidon over the counterparts
mighty storm
Switched to evo harmony for ladder 
psychic cats go meow
pseudo goblet
Btw Bolt I thought you re about to exam date lmao
pseudo goblet
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dwai
just think of it as while communication its the process of transmitting stuff without losing quality and taking least space as possible
communication as in it could be phone, message
pseudo goblet
So run process at top performance while saving power
fading stratus
yeah you can think of that
frosty ledge
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkwK4C_E1zE&ab_channel=%ED%8F%AC%EC%BC%93%EB%AA%...
the dogs all sound really solid with that ability
can't tell which one is the best one so far, entei seems to have the biggest potential later
frosty ledge
so long as 16 tool slowpoke doesn't take off 😎
random stream
💔
mighty storm
Leaks mentioned ||What if the above image is before a rogue mega fight?||
pseudo goblet
Suigoat as they say
Btw Bolt, Champions with Tera means Kommo-o stays relevant
outer eagle
"Yeah bro trust the possibility is still there surely enough people will still play SV ladder once gen 10 comes out"
outer eagle
So looking at the activity charts of all the previous Gens' OU on Showdown during July, ranked from most to least games played, we have:
Gen 3 (227967) > Gen 7 (103844) > Gen 4 (65364) > Gen 6 (47003) > Gen 5 (43563) > Gen 8 (28330) > Gen 1 (18989) > Gen 2 (8882)
Gen 8 OU literally only having more games than the 2 stalliest generations which inherently lowers the game count, while being nowhere close to Gen 5 OU numbers
tacit sphinx
So looking at the activity charts of all the previous Gens' OU on Showdown durin...
I’m pretty hurt at GSC being that low
It’s a really cool metagame
I think Snorlax just hurts its image
outer eagle
As more generations are introduced that fractures the Showdown playerbase, with Champions and VGC in general syphoning the pool even further
tacit sphinx
Y’all know how dead GSC OU is right now? The Discord’s general chat is discussing which mon in the metagame would be most useful in a zombie apocalypse
outer eagle
Who knows what Gen 9 OU's activity statistic will be like when it's no longer the current meta
tacit sphinx
Not even joking
outer eagle
Reminds me of Pojo days
Good decks had pretty active and relevant Pojo threads all the time
outer eagle
Meanwhile the Gusto thread was discussing Pokemon
outer eagle
I'm not even playing Showdown actively nowadays anymore
tacit sphinx
Aw come on
tacit sphinx
I’m like the worst regular player of GSC on Showdown…
I’m tired of losing to the same people over again
outer eagle
Got multiple accs to top 500 in early gen7 OU and dipped cuz life got busy
outer eagle
I mean i like items tbf
But realistically if i want to have some entertainment with Pokemon nowadays i will just do a randolocke
tacit sphinx
No so get this
You run no item on like Jynx or Misdreavus
Specifically to Thief Lefties off something
outer eagle
Lax really be leaving PTSD on people
fading stratus
Btw Bolt, Champions with Tera means Kommo-o stays relevant <:fluff:4180563581102...
Well Zane
Kommo o's niche was the z move
Rather than tera
With z move I'm sure it'll atleast be decent
kommo o has a bunch of tops with z move including but not limited to
tacit sphinx
@fading stratus by the way
I have a question for you
If you had to guess, what do you think the top 10 for GSC OU’s VR looks like
fading stratus
VR as in
tacit sphinx
Viability rankings
Or shit make it top 5
Probably easier
The funniest part is that you know what the top 1 is already
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- Snorlax
- Tyranitar
- Umbreon
- Zapdos
- Blissey
- Alakazam
- Suicune
- Jolteon
- Skarmory
- Forretress
lets say this
tacit sphinx
You know the wildest part
fading stratus
what
tacit sphinx
Skarm is off by 1
fading stratus
oh is it 8 or 10
tacit sphinx
10
fading stratus
ah
tacit sphinx
fading stratus
oh no umbreon?
tacit sphinx
Nope
tacit sphinx
Umbreon is 18
fading stratus
ah
tacit sphinx
Let’s see
tacit sphinx
Lax - 1
Ttar - 6
Umbreon - 18
Dos - 2
Blissey - 28
Zam - 21
Suicune - 24
Jolteon - 22
Skarm - 10
Tress - 13
Honestly not terrible
fading stratus
average ranking of 14.5
tacit sphinx
Yeah you undervalued the rise of Cloyster and Golem
Skarm is good but hard to make work in a format where 2 of the top 4 in the game are Electrics
Although Raikou is honestly dropping a bit
This is the last official VR from 2023, there’s some unofficial ones too
fading stratus
honestly idk how smogon viability rankings work
like I look at a vgc ranking
and incineroar is THE best mon
and its not on S
dragonite being in A tier is honestly criminal too
should be A+
dnite is the second best mon
tacit sphinx
This is Melancholy’s current ranking
It’s a good ranking tbh, lots of people siding with it
Also the only gen where MEGANIUM VIABLE IN OU BABY LETS GOOOOOO
(Meganium has SD and a good matchup into Cloyster)
fading stratus
behold meganium page for VGC
tacit sphinx
That was unnecessary and hurtful
fading stratus
I just did it as a joke sorry if it hurt you tho
tacit sphinx
It doesn’t
Once you’ve heard seventy thousand “Meganium bad” jokes, they stop hurting, haha…
I’m surprised to see Forretress creeping back up the VRs
Last I checked it was pretty resoundingly agreed that Cloyster was just a better spiker
fading stratus
doesnt forretress also get explosion
apparently not
outer eagle
forretress without the entry hazard meta is only fine
fading stratus
outer eagle
spikes was good but rocks was what ushered that in
outer eagle
sigh it's so hard to parse data from future gens when it comes to specific things
ttar, jirachi, heatran, metagross, skarmory, bronzong, swampert, azelf are all seeing significant play in dpp ou and they commonly bring entry hazards, but they all have other sets they could also run so can't combine everything 
not to mention all the other niche but still relevant rocks/spikes setter
tacit sphinx
That’s fair
But like in GSC think about it
Everything is bulky and most things have Leftovers
So Spikes is the best counter
outer eagle
sonic inlet
Oh thank god we're getting a water baby
Suicune EX
HP: 140 — Type: Water
Ability – Legendary Pulse: At the end of your turn, if this Pokémon is in the Active Spot, draw 1 card from your deck.
Attack – Crystal Waltz
Cost: 💧💧
Damage: 20×
Effect: This attack does 20 damage times the total number of Benched Pokémon (both yours and your opponent’s).
Weakness: ⚡ +20 — Resistance: — — Retreat: ⭐⭐
Since it was in Korean
Nvm
Everything's here
tacit sphinx
Suicune EX
HP: 140 — Type: Water
Ability – Legendary Pulse: At the end of your...
What Waltz?
sonic inlet
warm sky
https://fxtwitter.com/PkScept/status/1958576864055759000?t=2yyGcXkxqffrr5jjq9m17A&s=19
https://twitter.com/lozyrosie/status/1958615810999759005?t=nlUvEuIJu095DHLABFpskQ&s=19
https://twitter.com/mako_makotoo/status/1958527327232790994?t=VnTrP08IHAGoEQjeyez0tw&s=19
https://twitter.com/PSaber97/status/1958544702463938770?t=27H5vPhm4DcYDK8AhMX2qw&s=19
https://twitter.com/_otumami_/status/1958546129358049462?t=VOwMiGwZJ2yDATpRZ9vv4g&s=19,
daring pine
fading stratus
oh that looks pretty cool
spice rivet
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LMAO they did that meme
