I mean Ive never used one and I wouldn't mind hacking in a flying and rock move to give my mans stab
#other-pokemon-games
coarse estuary
unkempt egret
I think it gets acrobatics anyway but I don't recall it getting a special flying move
coarse estuary
I mean it gets some via the post game tutor and egg moves so I'll use those and stuffs
drowsy nymph
Just logged back into unite. Turns out I’m only lvl 2 💀
There’s so much stuff on my screen 😭
drowsy nymph
Yeah. I didn’t like it that much when I first played so I dropped it
wraith musk
and I have a lot of unused aoes stuff
wraith musk
Yeah. I didn’t like it that much when I first played so I dropped it
I actually did like it
since only other pkmn game I knew was GO
and no it is not good
I did like pvp tho
even got to rank 20 once
drowsy nymph
I just don’t like this genre of game lol
drowsy nymph
I must be doing something right
My first game I came last but once I got the hand of things I’ve been first and second
vernal garnet
theyre not in gen 9, but in gen 10 they might be able to use the mirror herb
wraith musk
hmm
drowsy nymph
Plus all the teams we go against surrender at the end
vernal garnet
unite was so weird
wraith musk
lmao
wraith musk
unite was so weird
Is*
vernal garnet
i was trying to feed shots into enemies and run away but i kept moving forward
graceful osprey
I...
sweet crypt
i was trying to feed shots into enemies and run away but i kept moving forward
Probably ping issues
lyric radish
POGRE!
coarse estuary
after weighing all the different suggestions from every server ive asked i think this is the team im going to use and ima just hack em all in right away to make it easer for me and so i can bond with everyone earlier
drowsy nymph
Nvm I love this game
lyric radish
closecall XD
drowsy nymph
I can’t connect to the internet anymore because of that stupid picture 😭
lyric radish
bro made a saacrifecid for us XD
sweet crypt
Nvm I love this game
I can't tell if this is a bot game or not because it gives vibes of a bot game but even a bot isn't as bad as this
Maybe tutorial? Idk
Since the game is usually 5v5
So it isn't the base gamemode
drowsy nymph
Nah I did a quick battle for a mission
sweet crypt
And yes I doubt the Unite playerbase enough to say that a normal player would in fact play that badly when a bot wouldn't
drowsy nymph
Also I got my internet back on. Had to take my switch downstairs 😭
I wish it was easier to get outfits and stuff lol
Also do u think I can get urshifu before the event is over 💀
Nvm I only need 3k more coins
sweet crypt
Should I replay the Pokemon main series games to see how difficult they are in comparison to each other?
I think SV, B2W2, L:A and BDSP are fresh enough in my memory to judge fairly
graceful osprey
Do t bother with gen 9
sweet crypt
But I might need to replay SV's DLCs since I overprepared due to the hype surrounding Indigo Disk
sweet crypt
People hyped up Indigo Disk as extremely difficult so I feel bad for instantly effortlessly steamrolling them with an EV trained Calyrex-Shadow and Kyogre
sweet crypt
I may have misintepreted extremely difficult
sweet crypt
I'm not good at Doubles either I just heard "extremely competitive movesets" and went "Well guess I'm gonna go all out as well"
And then steamrolled it
graceful osprey
Ot is competitively built
Bit remeber
it's still the base game ai
So still easy
sweet crypt
I mean I first tried BDSP Cynthia tbf so maybe I'm just built different
sweet crypt
So who knows whether I'm gonna struggle with the DLC or not
sweet crypt
Since on one hand I'm extremely unaccustomed to Singles
On the other, I am pretty decent at the game
And yeah using fucking
graceful osprey
Shadow calyrex is broken for doubles
graceful osprey
I think I used ogrepon
sweet crypt
Rest of the game should be a breeze though
sweet crypt
Ogerpon is basically a regular Pokemon in BST
graceful osprey
I love ogrepon
sweet crypt
It has the same BST as Volcarona it's fine
graceful osprey
I also love umbreon
sweet crypt
Ignore how Volcarona tears OU to shreds and even got banned in Gen 9
sweet crypt
And tbf so did Hearthflame Ogerpon
graceful osprey
Still shredded
sweet crypt
And Wellspring Ogerpon (but not quite banned yet)
graceful osprey
Could care less about types
graceful osprey
Use mr peper
sweet crypt
I don't like Scovillain a bunch
graceful osprey
Scolvillain is honestly really good
sweet crypt
I definitely prefer Ogerpon
graceful osprey
It's INSANE how good scolvillan is
sweet crypt
I'm probably just gonna try to steamroll base game and Teal Mask
graceful osprey
Pecharaunt didn't join
sweet crypt
Those I can confirm are easy
sweet crypt
You probably did it early
sweet crypt
The levels are scaled to postgame after beating the base game
graceful osprey
No
sweet crypt
But I guess they didn't scale in between
wraith musk
Nvm I love this game
dude istg i carry all matches with my brother n siste
graceful osprey
The enemies are level 40
wraith musk
we all think as one
sweet crypt
I should steamroll Teal Mask first for early Ogerpon fr
wraith musk
enemies just get obliterated
sweet crypt
I grinded to level 40 before the 3rd gym once alongside getting Gholdengo before the 3rd titan
graceful osprey
Yes that's her name
sweet crypt
It should be fine
wraith musk
he knows da lines
sweet crypt
Also yeah I'm definitely playing Platinum over DP
sweet crypt
I have heard horrible things about DP
wraith musk
You don't get a legendary
yveltal is my fav legendary ngl
sweet crypt
I've only played Platinum and it will stay that way
wraith musk
i jut love it so much
sweet crypt
(I completely forgot what I did during that)
graceful osprey
I have heard horrible things about DP
Do I snag the ai video
wraith musk
somehow made death pkmn non edgy
wraith musk
lol tahW
sweet crypt
???????
wraith musk
???????
sweet crypt
My main worry is that I can't get trade evolutions
sweet crypt
https://youtube.com/shorts/Ynz7vPtga74?si=rvBHjV_bxl0Z8PWA
Surely it can't be worse than Gen 1's AI
wraith musk
https://youtube.com/shorts/Ynz7vPtga74?si=rvBHjV_bxl0Z8PWA
lol
ppl forget platinum had it fixed
sweet crypt
Honestly I'm betting that I struggle the most with Gen 2 because I spend 50 years grinding for levels because of the level gaps
wraith musk
dont shit on em for no reason
sweet crypt
I could actually just say "FUCK IT WE BALL" and play while underleveled actually
It would be funny
graceful osprey
Cool
graceful osprey
I beat her in gen 5
sweet crypt
Pokemon is inherently an easy game so I doubt I'll struggle fully
graceful osprey
Does thay count?
sweet crypt
The most I see myself struggling is due to unfamiliarity with older games and having to grind up levels
wraith musk
Does thay count?
sure !
graceful osprey
Cool
wraith musk
yup
sweet crypt
And grinding levels is easier in later games so ig they'd be easier in that regard?
Idk
graceful osprey
Ngl
wraith musk
johto just has low xp unfortunatly
graceful osprey
Younger me got stuck on the very beginning of leag green
I couldn't read or something
wraith musk
quick atck rattata
graceful osprey
I played leaf green
sweet crypt
Do I use tools to allow myself to get trade evolutions without trading?
sweet crypt
Because it would suck to be locked out of trade evos
wraith musk
when i was 10 i played i played og red
graceful osprey
I thought my game was bugged
wraith musk
from gameboy
and this one grunt ruined my life
24 resets in and i dodged him to save myself
like
sweet crypt
Because it would suck to be locked out of trade evos
Main application of this would be to obtain Alakazam in Gen 1
wraith musk
HOWW TF U USING A RATICATE WITH HYPER FANG AT LVL 9
sweet crypt
It's one of the best Pokemon I would be able to get for sure
wraith musk
i wiped so badly
graceful osprey
HOWW TF U USING A RATICATE WITH HYPER FANG AT LVL 9
The egg bug
wraith musk
and it crits so much
sweet crypt
Technically I can get any Pokemon but I do not feel like looking for Tauros in the safari zone
graceful osprey
Oh
wraith musk
while i had a fkn zubat geodude n charmander
wraith musk
geodude was just shit
sweet crypt
I won't need the undisputed 3rd best mon in the game to beat Pokemon
wraith musk
only for tanking stuff
graceful osprey
HOW TO PEOPPE BUULD IN ANY GEN BUT 9
AAAAAAAAAA
Gen 9 SPOILED me
It's so easy to jusy
Build and rebuild
However you want
sweet crypt
The most significant Pokemon I see myself going for are Snorlax, Starmie and Alakazam
I don't feel like grinding for Tauros or Chansey in the Safari Zone
So I won't
It'd probably be better if I was playing without knowing metagames but you can't easily unlearn things you've learnt
And also I don't really have much bias for Gen 1 mons
So I don't have any Pokemon that I would use simply because I like them apart from like Starmie who's already like the 6th best Pokemon in the game sooooooo
The Johto games I can see being an issue but for a not good reason
AKA the level curves
I do plan on fighting beating Kanto in the Johto games even though that would be postgame
I guess I should also go after Steven in Emerald
But I do not feel like doing too many of the postgame bosses so I'm only doing the infamous/famous ones and the quicker ones
So Cynthia in Gen 5 as well
Maybe N in B2W2 I recall him being not too difficult to get to
Maybe I'm misremembering though
graceful osprey
That's so much hp
sweet crypt
I probably don't need to play B2W2 though
I feel confident in putting it in 3rd place behind BDSP
And I'd be surprised if another game would take that spot
graceful osprey
Gen 5.2 is easy emough
sweet crypt
I'm referring to specifically B2W2 challenge mode btw
I do plan on doing remakes seperately
Not too sure on second games like BW B2W2 or SM USUM
graceful osprey
I mean
sweet crypt
I also only have USUM and not SM
sweet crypt
But I mean I recall not struggling much in USUM apart from a few of the totems giving me a bit of trouble and wiping out to Ultra Necrozma like twice
atomic orchid
Only major difference between SM and USUM is story changes and an expanded postgame
sweet crypt
Ig that would put it at 2nd above BDSP technically but I was extremely prepared for BDSP
atomic orchid
Like UN is not in base SM
sweet crypt
And the experience difference between my playthrough of USUM and BDSP is massive
So can we really take me losing twice to UN compared to 0 times to BDSP Cynthia as USUM being harder?
Idts
So I'll probably be replaying USUM
atomic orchid
Black 2 and White 2 are imo better than originals, but can’t compare them as they are sequels, so you really have to play both games to get the full story. The sequels are more challenging imo, but also you have a wider range of mon options
sweet crypt
I'll also replay ORAS, but I suspect Mega Latios and Pdon will trivialise it
sweet crypt
Black 2 and White 2 are imo better than originals, but can’t compare them as the...
I'm mainly playing to judge difficulty
And see how true the "Pokemon got easier over time" mentality is
L:A and BDSP will be hard to beat
atomic orchid
Black 2 has the challenge mode if you memory link.
sweet crypt
B2W2 is in 3rd place
atomic orchid
It is challenging
graceful osprey
So like
sweet crypt
I've played challenge mode B2W2 before
atomic orchid
But then again I don’t play meta so 
sweet crypt
Top 3 hardest
atomic orchid
Will say Cynthia is in BW, not B2W2
sweet crypt
For b2w2 that is
sweet crypt
Will say Cynthia is in BW, not B2W2
I've definitely fought Cynthia in B2W2
So she is in those games as well
As in, in the house
graceful osprey
Are we counting like
sweet crypt
And not just the PWT
atomic orchid
So she is in those games as well
She’s in the PWT but she isn’t just hanging around the resort town
graceful osprey
Full post game and everything?
atomic orchid
That’s BW
sweet crypt
No I literally fought Cynthia in that infamous house I swear
atomic orchid
Yeah. That’s base BW
sweet crypt
Unless I managed to play both BW and B2W2 and managed to mix them into one amalgamation without remembering
atomic orchid
Sequels have Alder and his bratty grandson as their top challenge
They tend to do that
sweet crypt
SHE IS IN B2W2
graceful osprey
Oh?
sweet crypt
AS IN IN UNDELLA TOWN
atomic orchid
Undella town is BW!!!
sweet crypt
I literally checked Bulbapedia because I really remembered fighting her there in B2W2
And what do you know
atomic orchid
We just had someone playing White 2 here last week who said she was gone!
sweet crypt
graceful osprey
Let me see if my ds is charged
sweet crypt
Guess I fought her in the correct time then
atomic orchid
Maybe Firesword wasn’t playing at the right time
atomic orchid
graceful osprey
But puddles suck during winter
atomic orchid
Agreed
graceful osprey
Gen 5 is the reason I hate ice puzzles
sweet crypt
Now to be fair to Cynthia I pulled up to her house and instantly stacked up hazards on her ass but like
graceful osprey
Funny thing
sweet crypt
I don't recall it being the worst
atomic orchid
So you did what Geeta should have done 
graceful osprey
Glimmora
Assuming she survives
Can just deny all hazards
Posion absorbs toxic spikes
sweet crypt
I think Geeta is a stinky little liar ngl
graceful osprey
And the signature move is poison rapid spin
atomic orchid
Think she pulled a Mr. Satan from DB?
graceful osprey
I think she's am idiot
sweet crypt
"I am incapable of holding back" Then what do you call swapping over to terastalising Tera Flying Kingambit than?
atomic orchid
Premier fighter who won a single tournament then proceeded to bs her way tot he top?
graceful osprey
I hate Geeta
Top chmap
BITCH
5 SECONDS AGO
YOU SAID
NEMONA
KICKED YOUR ASS WHILE HOLDING BACK
AND YOURE SUPPOSEDLY INCAPLE OF DOING SO
STRONGEST CHAMP MY ASS
RETIRE
sweet crypt
Geeta has to be actively deceiving us
atomic orchid
STRONGEST CHAMP MY ASS
Strongest champ among students
sweet crypt
There is 0 explaination for her claiming to be not holding back
atomic orchid
Not strongest champ
sweet crypt
And then revealing she had Tera Flying Kingambit
graceful osprey
She has deminshia
sweet crypt
Like bro?
atomic orchid
Basically Geeta is the student council president but she’s treated as a bigger deal than that
graceful osprey
I thought nemona was
sweet crypt
I had a heart attack when I first saw that Glimmora not being her last Pokemon
Then saw Kingambit
graceful osprey
I had a heart attack when I first saw that Glimmora not being her last Pokemon
I could care less
atomic orchid
I thought nemona was
She is but it’s implied Nemona is going to be her successor
sweet crypt
Then saw it terastalise into a Flying type
sweet crypt
I can't believe Gamefreak just pulled a fucking Smogon OU on us
atomic orchid
As in “next top” after she graduates
graceful osprey
I feel bad for any future trainers that make it that far
Nemona actively uses stealth rock lycanrock
atomic orchid
I mean we beat her at every opportunity and we only started a few months ago. She’s an upperclassman
sweet crypt
I mean we beat her at every opportunity and we only started a few months ago. Sh...
It's called main character buff
graceful osprey
It's a given
atomic orchid
I don’t do the meta and I never had a problem with her
I as a person
And one time I forgot she was gonna fight me!
graceful osprey
The most meta I've ever done is fucking around with shadow Calyrex
sweet crypt
I was using the least optimal team on my first SV playthrough ever
graceful osprey
I will say
atomic orchid
In the third time I played the game (due to outside problems)
graceful osprey
All fire team against final nemona js a nightmare
sweet crypt
Honestly, Eri was the hardest battle
sweet crypt
The final Team Star boss
sweet crypt
It was the only battle I remotely struggled on in my unoptimal playthrough
atomic orchid
My biggest problem was Larry because my first run I stupidly did the gyms and other stuff in counterclockwise order
So he was my 3rd gym
And that left Great Tusk as second Titan
graceful osprey
"I don't use meta"
sweet crypt
And my team was pretty good against Fighting too actually
graceful osprey
Says giving leftovers to a subist8ue Zygarde
sweet crypt
Eri's built different
atomic orchid
Oddly my next struggle was against “Clive”
graceful osprey
True
atomic orchid
Despite saving Team Star for last
sweet crypt
Turns out Scyther sucks
sweet crypt
Well in a playthrough
sweet crypt
Why are you using scyther
I have no online subscription
graceful osprey
Leftovers on a pokemon woth 400hp isn't that toxic right?
graceful osprey
HA
sweet crypt
Because it doesn't exist
sweet crypt
Apart from like Gen 4-5 making TMs unbreakable i guess
Physical/Special split was a mixed bag
Some Pokemon became worse
Most became better
graceful osprey
Why does everything in gen8 need b0
graceful osprey
Apart from like Gen 4-5 making TMs unbreakable i guess
Cries in gen 9 tms
sweet crypt
But because some Pokemon became worse I don't feel confident in saying it is the best for that
sweet crypt
Cries in gen 9 tms
You can remake them unlike certain TMs in older games
sweet crypt
Just commit pokemon murder and you're good to go
graceful osprey
No
They're sleeping
It's rated e
They can't die
This isn't vanguard where you can actively watch a murder
sweet crypt
Well you can be told about people dying painfully
So there's that
And I feel like there's a 75% chance Ogerpon's friend got fucking murdered by the Loyal 3
sweet crypt
Nah that's because they hid the body
graceful osprey
Let's be real
They probably ate it
Let's do some battle tower
Woth my freshly built zygarde
Keeping it real
If I have the option
graceful osprey
I'm bringing a mon to gen 9 to build it
sweet crypt
I won't even use Mega Latios to prove I can win with my favourites
(I don't like Mega Latios)
(And prefer Latios)
graceful osprey
I don't lile their megas
sweet crypt
I won't even use Mega Latios to prove I can win with my favourites
Also I say this as if regular Latios isn't insane
graceful osprey
Especially their megas
sweet crypt
And as if I don't get Primal Groudon down the line
graceful osprey
Dm
Damn
That sucked
O guess ubsosute is here to take a chunk of health
I hate getting mints in gen 8
sweet crypt
I guess I still need to cover Gen 8
graceful osprey
It's bottom 3
sweet crypt
I think that Crown Tundra may give some trouble
graceful osprey
This game is a fucking joke
sweet crypt
But comparitively to the other games it'll be easy
ORAS has to be bottom 1 though
No way it isn't
XY might be bottom 2
sweet crypt
Game gives you Mega Lucario
graceful osprey
I'd say just get urshifu rapid strike
sweet crypt
You can pick options to get Mega Zard Y
graceful osprey
But you don't even need that
sweet crypt
It's joever
sweet crypt
I'd say just get urshifu rapid strike
Single Strike is better for single battles
And Single Battles is all I'll be doing
graceful osprey
Rapid strike beats sturdy
sweet crypt
This also allows me to pick Calyrex-Shadow as the main boss
graceful osprey
Fair
sweet crypt
And STAB Astral Barrage from 165 SpA is a bitch
graceful osprey
Or focus sash
Lemme
Yea
Focus sash
Just survive the endeavor
It lacks quick attack
Zygarde feels like a cheat code
X4 ice hurts though
sweet crypt
The level 70 legendary feels unfair in the main game
Woah
Yeah idk why they made it accessible before the 1st gym
sweet crypt
No the Crown Tundra legendaries
sweet crypt
I think?
graceful osprey
I wouldn't think so
sweet crypt
I'm pretty sure they should always listen if you're the OT
sweet crypt
Not entirely sure though
graceful osprey
They listen
if
You have enough gym badges
The original level
Say I have 0 gym badges
Catch a level 25
Level it up to level 30
I still only need to badge for level 25
Cause that's the level it was caught at
sweet crypt
Yeah no they always listen if they aren't outsider Pokemon (non OT)
According to Bulbapedia
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Them not listening no matter what started in L:A according to it
sweet crypt
You can test if you want
graceful osprey
Pokemon in gen game
sweet crypt
Wait, I can test if I want
sweet crypt
Leon is a trainer at Battle Tower yeah
sweet crypt
You picked Cinderace?
graceful osprey
Die in a fire
sweet crypt
That sounds like a move Inteleon would use
graceful osprey
It is
sweet crypt
He probably has another user though
graceful osprey
He hit blizzard without hail
sweet crypt
It was in his favour tbf
graceful osprey
I hate this guy
So much
Lee isn't good
TWOCE
TWOVE
OK
SURE
WHY NIT
JUST CHEAT
Fucker hit blizzard
twice
Of course
OF COURSE
sweet crypt
I think that's still slightly in his favour
graceful osprey
I'm going to kill myself
sweet crypt
Oh btw yeah they are obedient
graceful osprey
Why.....
sweet crypt
I hope you're happy because a Cryogonal had to die for that
sweet crypt
Testing again on Amaura just in case
graceful osprey
Unable to catch before level
sweet crypt
Anyways Amaura is also dead
Dw I quit out before saving
Both Cryogonal and Amaura are spared
But yeah I should ban that
The DLC clearly wasn't designed with base game in mind
Actually maybe I should and call it the easiest
But actually dynamax adventures are pretty difficult
Especially solo
So it might be easier to play normally
It's gonna be easy even normally
Based on theorising so far I'd rank SWSH as the 3rd easiest, XY as the 2nd and ORAS as the 1st
By theorising I mean experience and memory
The most I struggled with ORAS was using Sceptile line
Because Sceptile line sucks and is bad
atomic orchid
Only if you don’t count Let’s Go
sweet crypt
I can't remember Let's Go too well may have to replay that
atomic orchid
It’s decent but more on the “accessible to new people” side
sweet crypt
Man I wish Sceptile wasn't hot garbage
That would be so cool
I've got to use it in Gen 9
It got Shed Tail so it's probably good now
But Shed Tail is banned in OU for the crimes of Cyclizar and Orthworm
The fact that I'm not sure if Sceptile would be broken with it despite that is sad
graceful osprey
Would it be stupid to run coil and dragon dance?
On Zygarde
Hmmmm
I think it might be dumb
Can I just say
I hate competitive pokemon with a PASSION
sweet crypt
Hey how do you know if you have no life?
graceful osprey
I wonder that myself
sweet crypt
I think this is a pretty good sign personally
graceful osprey
Comp is jist stupid to me
wraith musk
yk what
graceful osprey
Used the broken shit or you lose
wraith musk
pkmn should remove abilities
graceful osprey
Honeslty
wraith musk
and make one stat special again
graceful osprey
All is should be set to like
graceful osprey
20
wraith musk
bring back old crit rate
graceful osprey
Them being random is stupid
No
Don't bring back gen....
Yknow what
Bring back old ohkos
I'm feeling zesty
Remeber when they were based on speed?
sweet crypt
Used the broken shit or you lose
That's why we ban broken shit
And have lower tiers for not broken shit
Or not good shit
Or in fact just shit
graceful osprey
Bur they ban the pokemon I enjoy using
sweet crypt
Bur they ban the pokemon I enjoy using
Then use them where they're best
sweet crypt
When I use then an a not broken way
You can't really say "hey stop using this broken Pokemon in a broken way" and expect people to stop using the broken Pokemon in a broken way
graceful osprey
Thats fair
sweet crypt
It is what it is
Also I disagree with removing abilities IVs and EVs
Since they've actually allowed you to not instantly have to reset if you get the wrong IVs or ability
Unless you need a 0 in Attack or Speed, which is on my wishlist for next generation
Making SpA and SpD just Special is literally the worst idea ever, same with crits and OHKOs based on speed, but those are obviously jokes
graceful osprey
Yea just
sweet crypt
Can't wait for Beedrill to have pathetic SpD again
sweet crypt
Nerfing the already bad Pokemon
sweet crypt
And Snorlax, it regains usage
Probably Chansey as well
But then the next 3, Alakazam, Starmie and Exeggutor, benefit a lot
Also, Amnesia 💀
Ykw
It is a Volcarona buff...
sweet crypt
Manaphy may rise out of RUBL and back into Ubers
Is it worth it though?
Probably not
But it'd be funny
graceful osprey
Make my boy goated
sweet crypt
Would Amnesia and Nasty Plot just be clones?
graceful osprey
Yea
sweet crypt
Anyways, Alakazam becomes insane
graceful osprey
People that say gen 1 is then best gen have 2 braincells
sweet crypt
I dont think I want to talk about Mega Gengar
graceful osprey
That say it unironically
sweet crypt
I dont think I want to talk about Mega Gengar
Unless we revert Physical/Special split
Then it's only AG
And not AGBL
sweet crypt
Don't we all?
graceful osprey
I have zero idea what any of that meana
All I know is Mr. Fish go woosh
Not very effecrive?
I don't ca-
Oh you have focus sash
And it's sunny day
sweet crypt
Funny OHKO Blissey with a neutral special move goes brrrrrrrr
sweet crypt
Also, Dracovish wasn't banned for shitting on offence
I mean it does shit on offence with a Scarf
But bigger factor is how it makes Stall literally unplayable
sweet crypt
It completely removes a playstyle from the game
graceful osprey
What war crimes
sweet crypt
And also shits on Balance hard
graceful osprey
What did my boy do?
sweet crypt
And Offence actually
sweet crypt
What did my boy do?
OHKO every Pokemon, resist or not
graceful osprey
Right
sweet crypt
Well, unless it has Water Absorb
graceful osprey
Forgot about that
graceful osprey
Well, unless it has Water Absorb
Or outspeed
sweet crypt
Because no sane person clicks any move apart from Fishious Rend
sweet crypt
If you see a Seismitoad you switch out
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If you see a Seismitoad you switch out
I refuse
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Who?
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So in Gen 5 people joked about Genesect being able to effectively hold 2 Choice Specs, 2 Choice Bands, 1 Scarf 1 Band etc
Because of Download
Fast forward to Gen 8
Darmanitan gets a Galarian form
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Download is stupid
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gorilla tactics...
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Stacks with Choice Band and Choice Scarf
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140 attack/ 95 speed as well
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Regular Darmanitan kinda struggled a bit with Scarf, Band or Life Orb
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That's funny
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Well, this Darmanitan runs 2 Bands or 1 Band 1 Scarf
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powercreep my beloved
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Why would they do that
Idk it's pretty funny though
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It is really funny
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That's just a 100% attack boost
125% actually since it's multiplicative
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And that's not counting any baton pass shenagains
Not that you'd need them aside from maybe a tailwind setup
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G-Darm also had this nice niche Belly Drum Sub Salac set with Zen Mode
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But nobody really used it over Gorilla Tactics, similar to regular Darmanitan's Zen Mode VS Sheer Force
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Miraidon and Koraidon?
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The normal ones
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Cyclizar?
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It was banned for Shed Tail
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Ok
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But then they realised Orthworm was as broken
If not even more so
So they banned the move
And unbanned Cyclizar
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Why...
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Sceptile never got to try it out in OU
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They shoot themselves in the foot
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It was too late to the party
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Ban the move?
They typically only ban moves if they're broken on every Pokemon that has them
Yes, this does mean that Last Respects Basculin was broken in Ubers
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Last Respects is "fair and balanced"
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Honestly I kinda want to see if Sceptile would be broken with it
It'd be worse than a Shed Tail+Rapid Spin+Regenerator combo
And worse than Slow Shed Tail to keep the substitute up 100% of the time
But I feel like it has got to be still broken
But I still want to see it
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Sceptile needs to have something going for it
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With its 240bo boomburst or sumin
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Exploud is not in Gen 9
Kommo-O is though :)
It wasn't at the time of the move being banned though
And using sound moves to bypass it just is way too specific
Kommo-O is the best user of sound moves and is not good
And it didn't even exist yet
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Is noivern ever used?
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At the time, Volcarona wasn't banned for who knows what reason
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So it would technically be capable of using Bug Buzz to go through Substitute
Tbf, Bug Buzz Volcarona isn't common
It needs other moves for coverage too
And if it is passed to a Bug resist, it won't end too well
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Which is a big problem with using Sound moves to bypass Substitute in general
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On top of dot
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On top of dot
Because its DoT is two times less effective as Poison
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Is toxcricity banned?
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Is toxcricity banned?
It's bad
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And also I don't think it existed at the time, could be wrong
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Take that back
No I mean competitively
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But it has boombirst
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From a casual standpoint it's pretty fucking cool
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And an ability to boost it
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Boomburst alone doesn't make a Pokemon good
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Just give it throat spray and you're golden
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In fact, Kommo-O is the best Boomburst user
And it doesn't even reach OU
(Technically it's Palafin but you'll never see Palafin use Boomburst)
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This burn is doing nothing
Leftovers is outselling it
Outhealing
Fuck off autocumber
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Leftovers heals as much as Burn does damage
Burn effectively negates Leftovers which is great
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Halving physical damage helps keep extremely monstrous Pokemon like Kingambit and Roaring Moon in check
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Can't burn Gouging Fire though
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Battle tower is so stupid
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Burn is probably my favourite status condition
It is about as easy to play around as Poison
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And you definitely want it to stop Physical attackers who don't have Guts
Guts users want to be burnt though
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And if a special attacker sees you have Twave or Toxic, it will want to get burnt too
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And belly drum
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Poison is similar but doesn't have the benefit of halving physical damage
It's just decent damage over time
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Poison has toxic
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Badly Poisoned is kinda like Poison but better
Which woah who could've seen that coming
The damage starts lower but ramps up extremely quickly
It's both good on Stall teams and good against Stall teams
And also good against sweepers who generally want to stay in to
Yknow
Sweep
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Leftovers has stopped my zygarde from just going dead
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I feel like every time I get paralysed I don't move for 10 turns in a row
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OH MY GOD
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Sleep is also bad
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WHY DOES EVERY FUCKING MON KNOW PROTECT
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Mmm yes random 1-3 turns of sleep
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YOURE JUST PROLIGING IT
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DIE
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I hate protect in singles
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You know exactly how to play with and around it
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It's so annoyong
In double it makes sense
In singles it's just a fuck you or a toxic stall
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I hate Freeze
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I love freeze
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You're either thawing instantly or never thawing ever
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It's why I have my zygarde
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dont forget it allows for extra lefties healing
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That's what it feels like
And of course whenever I get it it's the former
And whenever someone else gets it it's the latter
I've been playing Pokerogue recently
And god damn
Why does it feel like Tri Attack is freezing me 30% of the time?
It's almost as bad as Chewtle Bite flinching 10 times in a row
But at least that one is being performed by a Chewtle
And not threatening mons like Magnezone and Pory-Z
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I love space duck
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I wouldn't call it a space duck
I'd call it a duck with a few (many) glitches and maybe a computer virus
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Porygon z is space duck
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Anyways, Pory-Z one of my favourite Sinnoh mons
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I hate how there's like
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Tied with other top favourites like Mamoswine
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4 good natures
Every other one is useless
Modest
Admant
Speed up sp atk down
Speed up atk down
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Jolly and Timid?
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Defensive natures are great too
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But that sounds about rifht
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As long as they lower your worse Attack
Or your Speed
Slow trick room attackers also go for speed lowering natures
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I built my umbreon like a psychopath
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The only natures you'd never want are Defence lowering natures
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I need to check to see what build she currently has
The guard swap or the toxic stall
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My "6th" favourite Pokemon is a title held by "a few" Pokemon
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My favorite is umbreon
It's almost a mainstay of all my runs
It's funny how many battles it wins
Simply cause it don't die
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on my gen 3 only run
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Namely, Chien-Pao, Ultra Necrozma, Iron Boulder, Iron Moth, Iron Valiant, Frosmoth, Chandelure, Mamoswine, Porygon-Z, Palkia-O, Gigalith, Darmanitan, Ferrothorn, Buzzwole, Kartana, Joltik, Kingambit, Marshadow, Eternatus, Meowscarada and probably even more Pokemon I haven't ranked yet
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started with 1
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got that primal found another ogre and just got that primal
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Tell me about it
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Then there's mons like Gigalith
Who look cool
But are shit
And it makes me sad :(
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One of my favorite mons is hisuian arcanine
It looks so cool
I hate it's shiny
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I dont really hate many shinies
But I don't like many either
Lunala's has to be my favourite though
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Heh
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Literal blood moon
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So my uh
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Holy peak
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Yknow if Lunala's base colour scheme wasn't so fucking peak
I might prefer the shiny
Problem is that you cannot improve perfection
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But Shiny Lunala gets close
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That's not a Funbro