#showdown-general

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weary bronze
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Why can't my Raichu learn endeavor anymore ?

sullen ore
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It's an event move in the games

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Not obtainable in if

fast blade
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Aggron with qd is wild

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Technician boosted Ancient power and HP???? Bro is cookin' 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

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Oh come on we have sleep clause

frigid frost
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yeah the spore ban and imposter ban both seemed a little out of left field to me, but whatever, it isn't a super competitive format so i def understand how banning things that aren't fun for some people can be good. i just hope that line of thinking does not go super far 😂

fast blade
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Oh yeah the announcement isn't in there anyway

frigid frost
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yeah the bans from yesterday were not posted about

hoary canopy
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It is! I check back from time to time, and I am consistently blown away by how far this game has come!

outer tusk
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someone should make a list of the most common fusions in ou

sudden prawn
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The game is still adapting into a possibly stable state

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Gliscor and Toxapex running rampant. Plus the starter triple fusions

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And can’t forget Dragonite

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I think the Sylveon/Noivern hype has died down

steep plover
fast blade
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Isn't flamethrower 90 BP? so HP Fire becomes basically a flamethrower clone?

steep plover
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with no burn and fewer pp

frigid frost
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im pretty sure aggron having qd is being fixed soon lol

fast blade
sudden prawn
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That's what it seems like

frigid frost
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which is weird because i dont think thats how it was done in infinite fusion

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i could be wrong but for example the wiki gives swamptilikens stats as 83HP/105ATK/75DEF/100SpA/82SpD/87SPE

fast blade
frigid frost
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no, as in there may be a discrepancy between the IF game and the IF showdown server

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i have all the triple fusions on my IF save, i can just check

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oh wait, they may have changed it for 6.0 so i have to update

frigid frost
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yeah ill update my infinite fusion and confirm

median thunder
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no power gem?

frigid frost
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technician ancient power is exclusively better

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outside of pp

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but like

median thunder
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oh technician aggron lmaooo

fast blade
frigid frost
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yeah, i was right

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all the triple fusions are coded incorrectly

steep plover
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ngl, I wouldn't exactly hate for them to get nerfed

frigid frost
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i really dislike the triple fusions and they have insanely inflated bst on the showdown server which is pretty frustrating

fast blade
frigid frost
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i have all of them on my savefile

white oar
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to me it's the fucking triple STAB

sure the triple starters get walled by dragons, but then there's zapmolticuno

frigid frost
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i have debug mode enabled so i can edit the iv's /ev's to confirm

steep plover
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at least zapmoltcuno straight up dies to rocks so it's not seen very often

white oar
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ig

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still one of the most threatening offensive mons I can think of

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people don't use it by merit of triple fusions being boring

frigid frost
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yeah idk im not about to complain about "oh fuck u have rocks up i literally cant switch in my pokemon"

white oar
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Might just be my lack of rock setup

frigid frost
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well

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that would be an error at team building

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why does your team not have the best move in pokemon

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lol

white oar
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gimmicks

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that and hyper offensive

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and defog being my clearer so it's kinda pointless

frigid frost
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hyper offensive teams should be running rocks

white oar
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and Im stupid

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seethe

frigid frost
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you choosing to not use rocks then complain about pokemon that dies to rocks doesnt make me sad

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i am just trying to fix ur issue for u

white oar
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no I mean

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get it

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I hadnt registered that it insta dies to rocks

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I just like to do dumb gimmicks because it's fun to do unique shit

frigid frost
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i dont think i understand but im glad you now understand that it instantly dies if you switch it on rocks lol

steep plover
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rock is a bit like pre-buff knock off, the effect looks subtle but it really isn't

white oar
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might make a full hazard team with a prankster ghost roar to fuck up their dreams

steep plover
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it was pretty funny when after knock was buffed all the old gens started realising it's good even if it hits for 20 BP

white oar
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aye items are really important

steep plover
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honestly the meta has been really fun for me, my biggest gripe is all the poryvern and azunite spam

white oar
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true

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but that's solvable

frigid frost
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idk

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i think

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ghost types are like

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necessary for ur team

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to function

white oar
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my favorite solution is to have psychic terrain up and just outspeed them

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but that's a gimmick

frigid frost
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my current thoughts on team building in this meta is if you dont have a ground, flying, ghost, and steel type

white oar
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it is funny though

frigid frost
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you failed at team building

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and you need to go back

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lol

steep plover
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yeah

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but even with the ghost type

white oar
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aqua jet is a bitch on certain mons

steep plover
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maybe I'm using the wrong one haha

frigid frost
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idk there are plenty of bulky ghost types that will just

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solve ur problem vs those guys

frigid frost
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im glad that

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i was not wrong when i played this game forever ago

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and looked at the triple fusions

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and said "most of these look insanely ass"

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i was questioning my world views when i saw them on the showdown server

elfin hazel
median thunder
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it goes after focus punch

white oar
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ah

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fuck

median thunder
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even with prankster it doesn't go to +1 prio

white oar
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tragic

median thunder
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in gen 5 tho prankster assist roar was a thing

white oar
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if only

median thunder
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cos assist ignores the negative prio

frigid frost
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also fun fact before someone else gets owned by this because it happened a few times on the ladder

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espeed moves before prankster

white oar
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indeed

frigid frost
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so many people tried to prankster willo my dnite

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many people also stayed in on porygon because they had a sub

white oar
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I need a way to stop defog

frigid frost
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i have found out theres a lot of critical knowledge missing

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👻

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defiants all you got

white oar
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i mean

frigid frost
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/competitive

white oar
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fusions makes a lot of weird situations

median thunder
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espeed is +2 yea

white oar
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anyways

median thunder
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mach punch prio moves are +1

white oar
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time to make a full bulk team with a fuck ton of taunts and ghost types ig

median thunder
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sucker is +1

frigid frost
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competitive / defiant + ghost is a nice way

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to stop hazard removal

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let me search through my boxes for the "fuck you dont remove my hazards section"

white oar
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outstanding

frigid frost
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there was some more but they aren't ghost type

median thunder
white oar
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kill

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Honestly

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doublade has one of the dumbest moves I swear

frigid frost
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biblade is pretty good

white oar
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spectral thief

frigid frost
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super buff and hits very hard

white oar
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hate

frigid frost
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spectral thief is legit just haze but better cause you cant taunt it lol

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its funny

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and then also steals the buffs

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just for fun

white oar
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I didn't know it existed and I set up in front of a bibarel/doublade

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and then fucking got swept

frigid frost
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LOL

outer tusk
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what is a lobby tour?

pure breach
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a tournament ran on the showdown lobby

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Showdown has an integrated function for tournaments, makes it super neat

outer tusk
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cool

fast blade
thick axle
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How do i get the role of showdown pings

vivid junco
pure breach
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sick

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Nagisa's been very quiet lately, I thought they'd really be into IF

vivid junco
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they kinda dipped from all discord servers except the one in a active draft league their in

pure breach
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ah, that's a shame

lusty wagon
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Yo how long until they bring in Gen 7 IF Dex Monotype.

Because Monotype is unironically my favorite Showdown format lol.

outer tusk
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congrats Pitiman

thick axle
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That was a fun tournament happo

outer tusk
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though sometimes decided at team select

lusty wagon
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Part of the fun to me is designing a team that's able to counter its own weaknesses

outer tusk
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I really curious what teams the top 10'ers are using

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for gen 7 OU

verbal pine
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I'm trying to fit hazard removal somewhere

hexed umbra
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I'm basically running double regen + 2 dumb breakers

trail wagon
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hey I need some help with IF dex AG

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I can't find matches

slender abyss
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AG is stinky

odd kiln
steep plover
viscid skiff
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I wish you guys didn't schedule lobbies when I worked 😭

frigid frost
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did you change the jirachi weezings name specifically so it wouldnt be jizing

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😂

steep plover
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yes...

frigid frost
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hahahahahahahha

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anyways it looks pretty good, main issues id say it has you are willingly choosing to play a psychic fusion which is crazy and drifbloom + registeel is probably not that good

steep plover
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Zapdos/Celebi is Grass/Electric

frigid frost
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oh

viscid skiff
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I have a question for yall btw

frigid frost
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that still isnt great

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but thats better than a psychic type for sure

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😂

viscid skiff
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What would you recommend for catching up on competitive pokemon

steep plover
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honestly it performs pretty well, the shaky bit has been the ghost type for me

viscid skiff
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Coming from someone who's only ever played casually and just really started understand the whole OU/ubers system like a few years back

frigid frost
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idk electric/grass just like

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doesnt really have a lot of resists

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so its awkward

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if its working its working tho

frigid frost
viscid skiff
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wew

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fair nuff I suppose

frigid frost
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yeah idk i understand that sounds like a meme but

viscid skiff
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Hard to get in matches working grave shift all the time

steep plover
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just don't play gen 9 OU if you want to keep your sanity

viscid skiff
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I'm planning on sticking to comfy gen 7 ou

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For the upcoming tourney

frigid frost
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oh, if you mean for like, infinite fusion stuff in particular uhhh

viscid skiff
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I'm still happy I got to sprite the meme cannon Slyveon Noivern 🫡

frigid frost
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youre even more forced into my awful answer of "just play the game"

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😂

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there's not really any content inparticular

viscid skiff
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As someone who enjoys his difficulty wall games I get what ur sayin

frigid frost
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i wanted a sample team thing but

viscid skiff
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Just wanted some nice content to pop into my ear while I work

frigid frost
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idk how many people are willing toi put those forward

viscid skiff
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Like primers?

frigid frost
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no like just teams people already built

viscid skiff
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I'd kill for some primers tbh

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When I get home I could link boomburst meme team

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I'd need to adjust it to OU though

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Shouldn't be too much of a change tbh

frigid frost
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i mean if you just want a team + a short writeup id be willing to drop my team that i hit top 10 somewhat recently with

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fell down because i havent had time to play though

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too many students today

viscid skiff
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But yeah that'd be dope

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That's how I managed to figure out old ass magic metas

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IFs been my first pokemon game I just sat down and finished since like dp

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And having my friends yell at me "dumbass toxic doesn't work on steel types" is still shockingly high

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I'm very amused by how much of this game I never understood because (older) pokemon ui is bad at showing information

frigid frost
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ok well im too lazy to actually write something atm but

steep plover
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yeah I faced it a couple times

frigid frost
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did you win

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🧐

steep plover
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iirc I won once and lost a couple

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though my team was a bit more out of whack some time ago

frigid frost
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i lose a lot of my first games to people because i am dumb

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😭

steep plover
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to be fair this meta really lends itself to surprise strats

frigid frost
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i am not gonna pretend to be playing an honest strategy when i have zoroark specifically to convince people to suicide their porygon checks into me

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lol

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but also for some reason people fall for it 8 times in a row

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🤔

steep plover
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I mean, when poryvern comes out you need to go to the boomburst resist/immune

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there is surprisingly little choice 😆

frigid frost
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the secret is you can usually go to a middle ground

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especially if you know that the zoroark is usually disguised as the poryvern for that reason

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i do not even bother attempting to hide it, it's just always disguised as the poryvern and i am down to just run the 50/50 with people

viscid skiff
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Isn't poryvern worst slyvern

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Like statwise

frigid frost
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no

viscid skiff
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Just to be clear we're talking adaptability porygon z right

frigid frost
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yessir

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105 spatk + 102 speed on sylvern vs 122 spatk + 112 speed on poryvern, poryvern is less capable of taking hits but like

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it doesnt

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really need to

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lol

viscid skiff
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Oh what the fuck

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I thought it was the other way around

steep plover
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200 SpA Life Orb Adaptability Porygon-Z Boomburst vs. 248 HP / 252+ SpD Snorlax: 265-315 (50.6 - 60.2%) -- guaranteed 2HKO

frigid frost
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local man finds out porygon has insane stats

viscid skiff
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Listen it's all new to me

steep plover
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took some EVs off to simulate Noivern having less satk

viscid skiff
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I had to relearn IVs and EVs for the fifth time this year

frigid frost
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you know

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you can actually just like

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calc it hahahaha

steep plover
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too lazy lol

frigid frost
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fair enough

steep plover
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I mean, it'll be in the ballpark 😆

steep plover
viscid skiff
frigid frost
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no but showdowns calc lets you input stats manually

viscid skiff
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🫡

steep plover
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yeah I figured

viscid skiff
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I'm just happy the tournaments not going to be 50 shedinja checks

steep plover
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not a guaranteed 2HKO on SDef Snorlax, PU at best

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252 SpA Life Orb Adaptability Porygon-Z Boomburst vs. 248 HP / 252+ SpD Snorlax: 257-304 (49.1 - 58.1%) -- 96.9% chance to 2HKO

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maybe I need some of this in my life

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252 SpA Life Orb Adaptability Abomasnow Boomburst vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Assault Vest Abomasnow: 70-83 (20.3 - 24.1%) -- guaranteed 5HKO

hexed umbra
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Ayyy its my set

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It can pivot into specs thunderbolts from Porygon fusions very well

steep plover
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great minds think alike... but fools seldom differ

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when the moves

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I think this might suit my style more tbh

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though the stats are lower

unborn pine
hexed umbra
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Yes, it's designed to spread status and knock items

ebon oyster
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Any place to find out what these mean specifically?

wary flame
ebon oyster
wary flame
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ou means overused or stander play stuff is banned from this tier and stuff ability clause and Evasion Clause are in place

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ag means anything goes there are no banneds

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and doubles just means there are 2 pokemon on the filed rather then 1

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hope this helps

ebon oyster
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Good to know, are OU specifics listed anywhere by chance?

wary flame
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when makeing a team you check the list of stuffed banned by clicking the validate button

unborn pine
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Abilities and moves are marked in red if you click on them

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Pokémon that are banned are just marked as illegal and don't appear in the teambuilder unless you specifically search for them

late kestrel
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jebus

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this, this is nearly as broken as some of the combos I have made

thick axle
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Meloetta has been announced ohyes How does this affect the OU meta? (Once it gets in game)

rose night
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Will it be like the games and you can only use Pirouette if you run Relic Song? If so, bleaugh lmao

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100/77/77/128/128/90 doesn’t seem too oppressive. The high speed of Pirouette is locked away.

deft oasis
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Meloetta's stats are quite good for the head slot (HP/SpA/SpD) and it has Serene Grace too, so it could see some limited use if paired with a type that works well with Normal

rose night
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Oh I clean forgot about Serene Grace heehee

sudden prawn
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More normal ghosts

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Meloetta/Mismagius

fast blade
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135/120 vs 128/128 offense

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And serene grace shenanigans

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STAB Close combat

thick axle
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idk, I feel like it wouldn't be that broken, and that alakazam doesn't really deserve the ban, there are way stronger mons on the current meta

fast blade
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Super fast pivot

deft oasis
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Pirouette is like Mega Lopunny but exchanging the ability to hit Ghost-types with a free item slot of choice

thick axle
fast blade
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And Aria forme has one of the best head stat spreads in the game at 100/128/128

fast blade
fast blade
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I was assuming that Pirouette form is like default. Not banworthy otherwise

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The normal form has an incredible head stat spread but that's usually not enough to ban

frigid frost
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the stat spread is nuts + magic guard mind blown is like fire blast on crack

fast blade
frigid frost
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idk i kinda disagree with that LOL if mind blown is only broken on one pokemon than its not the problem right

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as an idea last respects is banned in OU specifically because that move is broken, its the reason why basculegion-m and houndstone are strong, those pokemon are not strong without the move, but rage fist is not banned and annihilape is because primeape also has rage fist and primeape is not broken with rage fist

sudden prawn
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The Aria head is normal type too, so it has to compete with Porygon-Z adaptability

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Unless the devs change that. (Heat crash and Heavy slam this twig lol)

fast blade
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does iron fists affect plasma fists?

frigid frost
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yep

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you can always check on bulba for that stuff

fast blade
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damn showdown is already dead, we are at 3 active battles rn

steep plover
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Slowthorn has been putting in the work ngl

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having some firepower vs more immediately offensive things w.r.t. Regiapex has felt like it's worth the bulk downgrade

outer tusk
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the only real downside of illusion is that it won't show a fused sprite

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so it has to look like a non custom

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at least it did before when I tried it

steep plover
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idk about Melo, the head stats are very good and the body stats are solid, but normal type is eh and the movepool isn't anything special (unless it gets custom stuff like Quiver Dance or something)

sudden prawn
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Damn, had to miss the lobby tour for dinner

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also, I want the Showdown Pings role, where do I get it?

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aight, found it for anyone else looking:

sudden prawn
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Just fought the OUest team to ever OU. I think I'm done for a while lol

steep plover
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what was it like

elfin hazel
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AG players putting bulky darkrai and focus sash shedinja on their team (they are very original)

sudden prawn
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FerroTox, Slyvnite, Poryvern, bugged triple fusion, Jirachomp, Gengar/zoroark to snipe Poryvern counters

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And I know I'm a trash player, but I was trying stuff out

steep plover
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yeah some of the stuff floating around requires really specific counters

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btw the more I play and vs snorcor the more I think something has to be done about that thing

sudden prawn
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The only thing I can applaud is the Gengar Zoroark, but I haven't played in a while to see it.
How on earth can anyone new get into this without getting bodied and just dropping this

steep plover
elfin hazel
frigid frost
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this is why there should be sample teams

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so new people can get into the format

sudden prawn
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I'll just wait for RandBats or UU I guess, I'm glad they're not advertising it more cause it would destroy people who were genuinely interested

elfin hazel
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its a shame theres not many players though cus i queue for like 20 min to play against someone i fought last game

frigid frost
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no clue howd theyd even attempt to make uu tbh

sudden prawn
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It's a ton of fun when two people just trying things out meet up. But any fun team eventually hits the meta wall

frigid frost
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well yes people want to win

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its inevitable that would happen

sudden prawn
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Yeah, It's why OU titans existed

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It'd just be cooler if with the thousands of fusions in the game, people would try to win more creatively

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UU was always the place I would go to experiment with fun stuff

frigid frost
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theres plenty of ways to win with creativity

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literally every tier on smogon suffers from this btw youre just less likely to see it on low ladder in lower tiers lol

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if you go to uu instead of seeing great tusk and friends youll see the broken mons of uu

steep plover
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which are just the pre-dlc ou mons

frigid frost
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😂

sudden prawn
frigid frost
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idk i see this complaint often about competitive pokemon and to me it usually just sounds like "WELL IM TRYING TO WIN WITH CREATIVITY WHY ARENT OTHERS 😡 "

sudden prawn
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Competitive Pokemon do be competitive Pokemon

frigid frost
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because they arent you and dont have the same values as you

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some people just want to see victory screen and dont care about how they get there

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but also you will always see people innovating and coming up with creative teams and succeeding

steep plover
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btw getting rid of celebi has made a real difference

frigid frost
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id argue the same for this format btw, theres a lot of creative and innovative teams out there that do well

sudden prawn
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Yeah, it's just lame to see the same Pokemon recycled when there're so many to choose from. But there's a reason that people do. I even see cool ideas and snatch 'em. You have to build around a meta which I just naively thought would take longer to develop in IF

fast blade
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Wait weakness policy is allowed on showdown?

sudden prawn
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As far as I know

steep plover
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rock polish regitrio about to smoke the meta

fast blade
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Is it one of those randomizer loopholes?

sudden prawn
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probably

hoary canopy
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Whether it's Magic: The Gathering or Pokémon, any game format where you go in to a match with your choice of all possible options is going to lend itself to running the most consistently effective deck/team, or at best, a novel variation on it.

sudden prawn
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Yeah, I just hoped people wouldn't feel like they had to take IF Showdown so seriously. No one gives a shit if you're number 1 on the ladder of a fan game. But for some people the only fun is winning. Different values.

steep plover
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I mean, nothing stops you from going around in low ladder, I do it myself on my alt

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I'm sorry if this comes across badly btw

sudden prawn
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There's not enough people for there to be a low ladder, just a ladder lol

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You're fine

steep plover
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yeah I guess that's true

hoary canopy
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With Magic, I consider draft formats a better version of the game, since it tests you strategically in real time. "Here's 90 cards; take turns drafting them, then build the best deck you can with the ones you picked, and then play the game with it." But really the game started at the draft.

sudden prawn
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I loved draft leagues for Pokemon, no argument there

hoary canopy
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The real dream is "here's 18 pokémon, pick 12 of them, fuse 'em, and that's your team. Then fight someone who might've picked a different 12 of those same 18."

sudden prawn
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I F draft league, after a bit more fine tuning of the server. I’m down! I just got frustrated with OU cause I’m trash at Pokemon and I wasted time building a team that got trashed by the “meta”.

hoary canopy
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Something like that would test your team-building ability and strategy in a way that can't be outsourced to the meta.

sudden prawn
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tldr (whiny bitch opinion) Team building: Very fun. Watching said Team bounce off a Toxapex and get BB/E-Speed’ed: Less fun

thick axle
inner jasper
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Instead of Aqua Jet you could run Rapid Spin to get rid of Leech Seed and get a x2 speed boost heehee

fast blade
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Wait wtf why does rapid spin boost speed in this game?

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They're supposed to be gen 7 movesets

dusky steeple
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Is there a way to search Expert Moves?

fast blade
thick axle
white oar
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oh fire

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that shit should get pinned to team building tbh

frigid frost
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the wiki page is slightly better for readability lol

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idk if its the most up to date but

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it gives you all the ideas at least

white oar
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one could always manually write it out and then pin it

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if someone were to guarentee it'd get pinned i'd probably write it out

fast elm
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if you update it then mention me

frigid frost
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🫡 thanks yoshi

white oar
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yikes I need to automate this

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it's too much text damn

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I just have an annoying long google doc now

white oar
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this thing

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@fast elm idk how to format this so it's easily readable but there

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tempted to put a description of the move in the message but I

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dont have the patience tbh

radiant rampart
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this tourny seems hype

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idk how to join though

odd kiln
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idt you need to formally join

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just be on the server when the tour starts and then join

radiant rampart
#

oh do I not need to formally join

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I'm unsure but I'd like to try

frigid frost
#

it shouldnt

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that was a gen 8 change iirc

hexed umbra
#

It doesnt

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Not in IF dex at least

fast blade
#

If it doesn't then we good nvm

hexed umbra
#

I've fought rapid spin mons, it doesnt

fast blade
frigid frost
#

im gonna be playing in an infinite fusion draft league, would anyone be interested in watching if uploaded to youtube / streamed?

pure breach
#

There’s already a draft league going for it?

frigid frost
#

me and some friends organized one, yea

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its definitely very far from the usual draft ruleset though as

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it kinda has to be, at least atm 😅

pure breach
#

Yeah, IF drafts are bound to be weird, but I’m sure it’ll be a lot of fun

frigid frost
#

we just drafted 24 pokemon, and can only fuse within those 24, if you win with a particular fusion then its gone so that you cant abuse a single fusion to the end of the league
ie if you win with like jirachi + tangrowth, you cant use jirachi + tangrowth together anymore, but you can still use jirachi and tangrowth

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no clue if this is the best way to go about it but it seemed like itd result in the most fun + innovative ways to win so

hexed umbra
#

That seems really fun, I would watch that

frigid frost
#

🫡

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my selection is the first box here

sudden prawn
#

You drafted some HEAT

frigid frost
#

🫡

sudden prawn
#

Slowking and Bro lol

frigid frost
#

i was second pick so i got shafted fairly often on picks so i had to make sure to pick up the good regenerators who are not pex

#

being one of the middle picks in a snake draft is never fun...

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its okay though i have some fire ideas

sudden prawn
#

I’ll be rootin’ for ya! @ me if you do end up posting something

frigid frost
#

can do, ty 😄

vocal bolt
tribal trellis
#

atleast i will watch it

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and some other answers on here seems like they will too

fast elm
thick axle
#

Would love some day to participate on a draft league, it seems so fun

warped veldt
#

Man, I don't know why I'm struggling so hard in this format.

#

I did decently in vanilla Pokémon- why is IF kicking my ass NANI

thick axle
#

Random question, is zapmolticuno good? Never seen someone use it before, ig because of the rock weakness, a shame heavy duty boots are gen 8

solar kettle
#

I think rocks just kinda makes it useless, Ive seen it in AG a few times and it got OHKOed by rocks without doing anything every time

pure breach
vivid junco
#

But if your not using any type overlap then its good

#

Pretty knock off weak

unborn pine
#

A Pokémon getting ohkoed by rocks is really funny

thick axle
#

What about Celemewchi? Does it have anything going on?

vocal bolt
unborn pine
#

has alot of support moves

astral yoke
#

It's a good support mon drowned by its poor typing

proven fjord
#

i would not call grass steel bad typing

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if you mean grass steel psychic then yeah no thats not that good my bad

astral yoke
#

Weak to bug, fire x4, ghost

proven fjord
#

neutral to ground

astral yoke
#

Hmm?

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what resisted ground?

proven fjord
#

grass resists ground

#

psychic is not weak to ground

astral yoke
#

Oh... i confused it with rock

#

yeah, it's not weak to ground

fast blade
#

Bro my electric terrain team did pretty good last night

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I was like 10-1 or something like that

#

It's unfortunate that rising voltage isn't in the game, otherwise it would be the highest power in the entire game

unborn pine
#

why is this pure flying?

warped veldt
#

Noivern's first type (Flying) + Noctowl's second type (Flying) = pure Flying fusion

unborn pine
#

there goes my plan

#

it seems to always just pass flying type

proven fjord
#

most normal flying birds only pass on flying

frigid frost
#

i thought they got rid of that

proven fjord
#

they got rid of that for most other mons

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not the birds

frigid frost
#

i see

proven fjord
#

yep see

unborn pine
#

i love this sprite

unborn pine
fast blade
#

Are they gonna make an ubers tier? Just has all the broken pokemon but has all of the usual clauses

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Plus add a wonder guard clause if that doesn't already exist

fast blade
frigid frost
#

i can say id def enjoy the idea of playing an ubers tier more than the existing ag tier lol

proven fjord
frigid frost
#

but might be for the best to not add too many tiers

fast blade
frigid frost
#

it's not like we have a lot of players as it is

fast blade
fast blade
thick axle
#

Was just playing If, when I found a bug gem, shouldn't all gem be allowed then?

fast blade
thick axle
#

Nope, I got it by checking a web in the forest

#

Plus i swear you could buy the gem from the stores when I first played

frigid frost
#

i definitely remember being able to buy all the gems in the stores

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maybe not all of them

#

but a lot of them for sure

fast elm
#

i haven't changed the item legality at all

#

if gems are in i can legalize gems

solar kettle
thick axle
#

They are indeed in ditto

frigid frost
#

i disagree that theyre like z moves

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you can bait out gem activations

#

you cannot bait out z move activations

#

or rather

thick axle
#

This is gen 7 btw, before they were removed, they got nerfed to only 1.3x boost, so they are kind of bad
(Except for unburden mons, they are gonna go nuts after the change heehee )

frigid frost
#

there is more rps with baiting out z move activations

#

oh yeah, also 1.3x boost, forgot about that

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single use life orb

fast blade
steep plover
unborn pine
#

keeping the flying stab

warped veldt
#

I had a Hitmonlee/Crobat fusion for Unburden strats. Not that good, unfortunately.

unborn pine
#

this is usable I guess

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but I wouldn't say its better than regular hawlucha

frigid frost
#

🤔

#

i mean

#

i dont think id use headsmash on that

#

but id definitely say its better than normal hawlucha

warped veldt
#

The Gen 3 triple fusion would go wild with Gems. Fire Gem + Flare Blitz?

frigid frost
#

the gen 3 triple fusions should be getting nerfed... soonventually

#

well

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all of them

#

but

#

@fast elm any eta on that btw lol

pure breach
fast blade
frigid frost
#

i meant the starter fusions

#

but

#

yea

#

regitrio is correct

#

this is what i get for yapping while working

solar kettle
fast blade
# unborn pine this is usable I guess

Now to get your speed boost you need to have already attacked, which sucks because you need to be able to setup first on a forced switch. Run it in terrain w/a seed

fast blade
thick axle
proven fjord
fast blade
#

A one time 30% use kinda sucks. Might as well just use the 20% one all the time.

#

Only useful for unburden users sometimes

solar kettle
#

and only in if dex, natdex would just run seeds

fast blade
steep plover
#

gems would have the advantage of being self contained

solar kettle
median thunder
frigid frost
#

we were theory crafting gems because they are all in the game

astral yoke
#

U can probably get away with fusing Ambipom with Hawlucha or Hitmonlee to use Normal Gem with STAB Fake Out if you really wanna use gems with Unburden

frigid frost
#

yes but also u can just use fly gem once theyre unbanned

#

lol

median thunder
#

are they getting unbanned

frigid frost
#

yes

#

they are in infinite fusion

odd kiln
#

fake out 🤢

astral yoke
# odd kiln fake out 🤢

STAB fake out from a Technician Ambipom hurts alot if you're not resistant to it... fcking hate it

odd kiln
#

no man i go into my regen and take 20 and switch out

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with all the boombursts around you have to have a normal resist anyway

hexed umbra
#

Every second team has a regenerator steel

rough rapids
#

anyone want play IF dex AG, I keep getting the same person they quit 😦

proven fjord
frigid frost
#

just wait til you hear about steel type

proven fjord
#

i know what the steel type does im just saying

fast blade
#

AG is cancer with the wonder guard spam

#

@odd kiln You're a genius

odd kiln
#

nuh uh

median thunder
hexed umbra
#

Regen is really really good, but it's also holding a lot of stuff back

frigid frost
#

regenerator is kinda necessary

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while boomburst and espeed are around

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which shoulda been banned before like

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5 other things

hexed umbra
#

Espeed on it's own is fine imo
Boomburst yeah, get it out

frigid frost
#

ehhhh

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i dont think espeed is fine on its own

#

lol

hexed umbra
#

and V-create while we're at it, it's so annoying

#

Espeed relies on Pixilate and Huge Power to be broken, anything else is perfectly fine

frigid frost
#

no those are just the most broken versions of espeed atm lol

#

you'll just see new espeed variants pop up as others get banned

#

v create is def not ban worthy though

hexed umbra
#

But they won't be as powerful

#

V-create is just annoying, not banworthy (my fire resist sucks)

fast blade
#

It's not like game breaking

hexed umbra
#

No it really is

#

But it's needed

#

Shoutouts to Anaconj's quadruple(?) Regenerator team I hate it so much

fast blade
#

Has a pokemon with regenerator ever gotten banned from OU for being too strong?

#

Not that I'm aware of

median thunder
#

recovery moves just gota nerfed to 5 base pp

hexed umbra
#

There are MUCH better regenerators in this tier

#

And you can stack multiple with very low downsides, unlike OU

median thunder
#

"have any stallmons been banned from ou"

#

yes

fast blade
hexed umbra
#

Smogon loves stall 😔

frigid frost
#

espeed and boomburst are definitely the bigger problems atm tbh

fast blade
#

Even then giscor is the only one

frigid frost
hexed umbra
#

Gliscor, Mega Sableye

median thunder
#

regenerator got a % regen nerf in gen 9 as well

#

it's like

#

ur asking the wrong thing

hexed umbra
#

Still 33%

frigid frost
#

yeah it didnt get a nerf

#

lol

hexed umbra
#

I wish it did

frigid frost
#

i dont

median thunder
#

mb

hexed umbra
#

Game Freak only balances around doubles

frigid frost
#

its fine and every pokemon with it is fairly balanced

#

pex is like

#

an exception

median thunder
#

i remember ppl saying it did at start of gen

frigid frost
#

but even then

#

pex is not that crazy

frigid frost
#

atm

median thunder
#

in base game?

#

sure

#

pex has base 50 hp

frigid frost
#

yes

hexed umbra
#

Regenerator is (nearly) the sole reason for draws

willow cipher
#

If you have regenerator your also giving up a potential other ability like magic bounce which might just be better

hexed umbra
median thunder
#

if regenerator werent insane in fusion you wouldnt see every stall team have 2+ regenerator mons

#

ur spinner has regen

hexed umbra
#

Regenerator, Magic Guard, Magic Bounce, the weather setting abilities (not ordered)

median thunder
#

ur knock off/hazard setter

willow cipher
willow cipher
hexed umbra
#

Levitate is not top5

#

Neither is mold breaker

willow cipher
median thunder
#

and u can give it to all ur mons

thick axle
frigid frost
#

magic bounce also sucks in if

hexed umbra
#

Sheer force is only good on some mons, literally anything could abuse regenerator

frigid frost
#

lol

#

because the pokemon that give it

willow cipher
#

Magic bouncec is better than regenrator

fast blade
frigid frost
#

are all kinda ass

fast blade
#

Not regenerator

odd kiln
#

huge power (technically not signature) regen mg ph bounce

hexed umbra
#

Rip Toucannon

odd kiln
#

i forgot fc bc thats not technically sig either

fast blade
#

It's like impossible

thick axle
odd kiln
#

once i dcd

frigid frost
#

do u count adaptability as signature

#

lol

odd kiln
#

once i got crit haxed i think

#

no bc crawdaunt

hexed umbra
frigid frost
#

i think adaptability is better than bounce

willow cipher
#

Oh protean but i gues thats just nationaldex

frigid frost
#

at least as far as if goes

hexed umbra
#

In IF there's only 1 magic bouncer, espeon is very mid

thick axle
#

Protean kecleon meta when heehee
Rip the guy running an all kecleon team saddo

willow cipher
#

Adaptability is great to

thick axle
willow cipher
#

Regenerator is annoying but not top 5

median thunder
median thunder
frigid frost
#

idk i think in if you have to take the quality of the pokemon into account as well and bounce has extremely shit mons

#

and regenerator has great users

fast blade
hexed umbra
#

Good pokemon with regenerator: Toxapex, Slowbro x2, Slowking x2, Mienshao, Tangrowth, LC Mienfoo
Bad pokemom with regen: Corsola

thick axle
frigid frost
#

u missed tangrowth

#

mienshao isnt in if

hexed umbra
#

I meant in the main series

frigid frost
#

oic

odd kiln
#

mienshao pretty mid

#

good in inheritance

frigid frost
#

yea

#

mienshao def isnt very good in gen 9

median thunder
#

are heavy duty boots really not ingame

thick axle
#

Nope, gen 8 Despair

hexed umbra
#

They aren't in gen7

frigid frost
#

u can use adaptability dragonite as an example

median thunder
thick axle
#

A lot of mons are held back by heavy duty boots not being in game

hexed umbra
#

Dragonite fusions would go crazy

thick axle
#

Specially zapmolticuno heehee

willow cipher
#

With heavy duty boots gale wings would be awesome

median thunder
odd kiln
#

mukuno (real mon) and encuno (real mon) would finally be good

frigid frost
#

i am surprised ur playing encuno anaconja

#

lol

hexed umbra
#

Talonflame isn't that good

frigid frost
#

braver than i

median thunder
#

hurricane is tho

frigid frost
#

talonflame is mostly just very niche

median thunder
#

bravebird is

frigid frost
#

u can also do galewings oblivion wing

hexed umbra
#

Brave Bird removes gale wings

odd kiln
#

bb gale wings 11

median thunder
#

is it nerfed gale wings?

frigid frost
#

yes

#

its gen 7

#

lol

hexed umbra
#

Gen7, yes

#

Talonflame got murdered by Game Freak

odd kiln
#

most offensive mons have to have a boosting or stallbreaking abil to be good

thick axle
frigid frost
#

i was using that

odd kiln
#

all the chandelure jolteon stuff just isnt good

frigid frost
#

lol

frigid frost
#

galewings hurricane is pretty fun

hexed umbra
#

Every time I see a jolteon fusion I wall it with my regenerator water type weak to electric

frigid frost
#

the people playing chandelure jolteon feel like they are in

#

a different meta from me

#

lol

thick axle
frigid frost
#

well lets not get carried away and call it high damage

#

😂

hexed umbra
#

"High damage" yes

frigid frost
#

but yes more or less

#

ghost and electric are both good stabs

#

and it has very high speed + good spatk

#

tbh i feel like

fast blade
#

It's fast and has high SpA

frigid frost
#

people need to play w kyurem more

#

if they wanna play offense

hexed umbra
#

Kyurem seems to be strangely decent?

odd kiln
#

not feeling it

#

its a good stat stick

fast blade
#

But bro just run Porygon/Jolteon instead you get way more damage, are faster, and only have 2 weaknesses

odd kiln
#

not much else

frigid frost
#

well

#

ghost is a more spammable stab than normal

#

so i think

hexed umbra
#

I fought a bulky offensive with recover one and it was really annoying to switch around

frigid frost
#

itd be better in a less stall oriented metagame

#

but

odd kiln
#

walled by grass steel

frigid frost
#

i think

#

kyu + chomp is pretty good

#

tbh

#

but idk

hexed umbra
#

And Regen steel + normal

frigid frost
#

havent thought about normal laddering a lot lately

fast blade
#

It hits ridiculously harder than chandelure/Jolteon

frigid frost
#

bans have been

#

kinda bumming me out

#

tbh

odd kiln
#

which

frigid frost
#

i dont even play anything thats getting banned

#

it just feels like

#

so out of touch

#

to me

flint kayak
#

There aren’t that many bans tho?

frigid frost
#

spore + imposter bans

#

were kinda wild

#

lol

hexed umbra
#

You have never played BH i see

flint kayak
#

Okay spore makes sense

median thunder
#

bh?

hexed umbra
#

Balanced hackmons

frigid frost
#

i just played like they had an imposter mon

willow cipher
#

trapinch has 3 good abilities and higher atk than flygon which is kinda funny

frigid frost
#

the ditto was a blank slot on his team

#

so i won

#

:x

flint kayak
#

Dib getting banned was good

hexed umbra
#

Ditto is best played with Eviolite

frigid frost
#

that

flint kayak
#

That move was annoying

hexed umbra
#

It becomes really stupid

frigid frost
#

doesnt have an effect

#

lol

#

dib was a good ban yes

hexed umbra
#

You run it with an NFE

odd kiln
#

if its munchlax ditto it does

frigid frost
#

does it?

hexed umbra
#

YES

frigid frost
#

that doesnt really make sense but i take ur word for it

odd kiln
#

bc ur an nfe

#

so u get eviolite

frigid frost
#

yea

#

no i get it

hexed umbra
#

You can switch into a bulky pokemon, copy it and you get the eviolite boost on top of the bulk

frigid frost
#

i just assumed ud take the rules of the pokemon u transformed into

#

for evolutions sake

hexed umbra
#

BH in regular smogon has Eviolite Imposter Chansey

#

Spore wasn't that common due to poison heal [200 fusions] but it was only a matter of time before something was found

frigid frost
#

but anyways yea idk my opinion kinda remains on it lol

#

on both spore and imposter

#

if u play + build well u can nullify a lot of the advantage gained from both

odd kiln
#

imp has a greater effect on def mons imo

frigid frost
#

thats ok

#

defensive mons are good enough atm

#

😂

hexed umbra
#

Imposter proofing is difficult without access to moves like Judgement

#

Has anyone found a good Oricorio fusion? It seems like a fun gimmick

frigid frost
#

oricorio doesnt have qd in this game

#

so its like

#

not that great as a fusion fodder imo

#

only really offers rev dance which is not super crazy

hexed umbra
#

Oh right

median thunder
#

does it hit twice or anything

frigid frost
#

rev dance matches ur primary typing

#

its not like amazing but

#

u could get flying as a primary typing? ig

median thunder
#

so it's only good in doubles 😭

fast blade
#

@odd kiln I only had one contingency plan for wonder guard which is apparently not enough. My Arceus/Haxorus has Mold Breaker+Dual chop which invalidates wonder guard and their sashes, but otherwise my team doesn't have anything inherently that wins aside from just having the ONE type that hits through the wonder guard which in that case is my only fire type

bronze sail
#

Do most people here play singles or doubles?

slender abyss
#

Singles

#

They should ban huge power to ubers or AG

white oar
#

did you have a bad encounter with an azurill/dragonite

#

if so

#

ghost type

slender abyss
#

It's still extremely annoying

white oar
#

and so is boomburst

#

either just

#

have a better espeed

#

porygon-z and dragonite breaks through them easily

#

or just have a good defensive steel type

#

it can barely live anything anyways

#

I mean 76 defense and 60 sp.defense

#

with 63 hp

fast blade
#

Doesn't rock resist too?

opal fiber
#

Frogman has plans to make Meloetta Pirouette its own slot rather than a battle form

#

Meaning we can use it right off the bat like Oricorio or Lycanroc

#

How will this affect the OU metagame

fast blade
#

If we are consistent

opal fiber
#

Mega Lopunny was OU only tbf oopsies

sullen ore
#

Natdex hisui decidueye/meloetta piroutte
Serene grace triple arrows heehee

#

Or sneasler/meloetta dire claw if sneas didnt get banned i dont know if they keep parity with smogon stuff

fast blade
#

Does whirlpool/infestation/etc work on wonder guard?

opal fiber
#

They only work if they deal damage

#

So probably not

sullen ore
#

It's 50% to do any of the effects randomly
So it can pick any

opal fiber
#

I feel like it would have a priority on what takes effect first

#

So like if poison 50/50 doesn't trigger it checks for Para 50/50

#

And if that doesn't trigger then it checks for Sleep 50/50

#

Or smth

sullen ore
#

Everything ive seen says the chances are even

hexed umbra
#

If dire claw is used against a poison/electric type does it have a 50% chance to sleep?

opal fiber
#

I'm probably thinking from a Game Dev perspective too much

opal fiber
#

Toxtricity fans when I hit them with the off-brand spore

odd kiln
opal fiber
#

So we can make things like Aria/Pirouette fusions

odd kiln
#

right

opal fiber
#

Rn you just have to use Relic Song for it

tiny wadi
#

Anyone having any issues with the Showdown player rn? I was doing fine earlier today but then sometime in the afternoon it just stopped showing sprites and won't let me log in.

#

The logo in the corner also won't show up, and there's an eternal loading bar where my name should be.

deft oasis
hexed umbra
#

That first battle was a slaughter

frigid frost
#

yeah i noticed he didnt have a good ground resist

#

well

#

any ground resist

#

😂

#

and i figured i could just win if he tried to set hazards

hexed umbra
#

This doesnt seem to work

frigid frost
#

ah, sorry

#

i hate discord

hexed umbra
#

It moves me to different places each time

hexed umbra
#

Thats just discord for ya

frigid frost
#

drafts just slightly below it

#

im also not getting pulled all the way up to the original message so you may have to scroll a bit

#

but you can at least see most of the original message

hexed umbra
#

I just searched for it with search

#

If theres another draft in the future could I join? It seems like fun

frigid frost
#

i'll talk to the others about it, they're just friends from my local fighting game community

#

id also be willing to do it again with a group of people here tbh, it's easy enough to set up

median thunder
odd kiln
#

you fell for the illusion

median thunder
#

IM WATHING THE REPLAY AND I FELL FOR IT LMAOOO

frigid frost
#

😏

#

my immaculate zoroark play fools all

#

it was really funny hearing everyone in my vc

#

thinking that somehow jirachi + hydreigon just had enough attack to be doing this

#

until the illusion broke

frigid frost
# median thunder im down

🫡 if we got one more person i'd 100% be down to run it! 4 people with 24 pokemon seems to be the best i could think of for numbers, at least for the specific way we're doing it

#

if dex is not super large so

#

you start looking at some real shitmons to draft after a while LOL

median thunder
#

that's chill owo

frigid frost
#

if anyone else is interested, just feel free to @ or dm me

hexed umbra
hoary dune
#

I'd be down

fast blade
#

We gotta start like advertising this showdown or something there's like 6 active players unfortunately

warped veldt
#

Quick, get Finchinator in the server!

fast blade
drifting kite
steep plover
#

message for mkap

solar kettle
tribal trellis
#

also when the randbats is complete there will probably be more

#

atleast in showdown i think it's the most played mode

solar kettle
#

Idk why randbats is so popular tbh, the sets and teams u get are usually incoherent at best
Battle factory is just randbats but better

oblique silo
tribal trellis
#

also a part of the no building the team before and balancing is really nice for a new player

#

and it can get them into building a team

solar kettle
tribal trellis
#

but it's like it's unwanted to be popular by showdown

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you need to search for it

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random is the first thing you have

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you don't even have to search for another mode and you can just get into the randbats

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which is a big part of it being popular for sure

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but it's also how easy it is to get into

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even tho it is random

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which makes it fun

frigid frost
# hoary dune I'd be down

almost missed this, but sounds good, i'll add you and @hexed umbra then so we can figure out a time that works best for everyone 🫡

solar kettle
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is there still a spot open?

frigid frost
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id like an even number of people, so if we get another after you, sure! theres time to figure out a +1 anyhow

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so again, if anyone wants in, dm or @ away 🫡

hoary dune
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Ngl, I have no clue how a draft leauge works

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But I do greatly enjoy the competitive side of Pokemon IF as of now

solar kettle
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the team being not a normal pokemon team but like 8 or 10 mons or so

frigid frost
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i do not have a point value system readily available btw, if really wanted i could figure out one beforehand but because of how if works its a little difficult

solar kettle
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u just gotta put all the mons into tiers, no?

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to make sure nothings too broken just highball mons strengths a little and it should prolly be fine

frigid frost
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for the draft league im currently doing we just drafted a number of pokemon and can only fuse within the pokemon used, and to prevent abuse of particularly broken fusions when you win vs someone all the fusions used cant be used again

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but yea, i can prooobably get a point buy system done sometime today regardless

solar kettle
frigid frost
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down for doing whatever people prefer, i know in draft leagues ive done previously people havent been fans of point buy systems, the one im currently doing was just because my friends wanted to get it done immediately lol

solar kettle
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In the draft leagues Ive played point buy worked quite well tbh

frigid frost
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im also a fan of point buy

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if its okay with you, i can just send you a rough draft for a point buy system later today and let me know what you think. always better to have two sets of eyes on it anyhow

solar kettle
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sure

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just noticed that apparently in 1 of my former drafts I managed to get this team together somehow

frigid frost
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wtf LOL

solar kettle
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dunno how they let me have incin+lando+char y sun in a doubles draft

hoary dune
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Okay so we'd never be able to use the same fusion twice with all of our selected pokemon? Thats actually really cool

solar kettle
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that should help with a problem I ran into with the previous draft leagues I played where the more casual players would just bring 1 team every time

frigid frost
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yeah that was also the idea, if you lose then you still could refine the ideas you have, but if you win then you gotta use new ideas, also adds like, a rubber banding mechanic of if you win too much then youre stuck with shittier fusions vs people with their better fusions which is kinda funny

solar kettle
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o its only if u win, Ig that works as a comeback mechanic, Id have just done it for everything for maximum fusion diversity

frigid frost
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again im down to do whatever, i will leave it up to what people prefer

hoary dune
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I'm down for either

thick axle
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I would love to participate on a draft league, specially an IF one, it sounds so fun TeamBidoof

frigid frost
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excellent, just waiting on dusk to accept my friend request and we can figure things out then!

sullen ore
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Id be down for this
I like draft leagues and now i can join a format i have played like 10 games in

pure breach
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PIF official league when Thonking

hoary dune
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Good question

frigid frost
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vivid junco
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Draft document

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Like a google sheet

frigid frost
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nope, did mention id have to work on that later

vivid junco
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Ah ok didn't read all the 200 messages since ive last been here lol

frigid frost
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the draft league im currently in was just "draft 24 pokemon who cares about power level" lol

vivid junco
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Ah ok you able to go to dm's

pure breach
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based

vivid junco
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It is based

frigid frost
# pure breach based

with a meta as fresh and difficult to understand as this one it feels fine to just say fuck points pick what you want ngl LOL

frigid frost