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0 Atk Incineroar U-turn vs. 252 HP / 252 Def Malamar: 104-124 (53.8 - 64.2%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
wow that's bad
still a 2ko
Does it survive a struggle bug from Volc
okay, well you don't always have to put the most popular PKMN on the team!!!!
LMAO
Yeah the bulk didn't do anything
You don't
252 Atk Choice Band Dragapult U-turn vs. 252 HP / 0 Def Malamar: 252-300 (130.5 - 155.4%) -- guaranteed OHKO
Free ahhhh pivot
Totally agree.
But there is a difference between using uncommon pokemon and using shitmons
but malamar isn't what you put instead
uncommon mons need to at least fill a niche that's useful into the meta
Rillaboom is not popular yet its still on 1/4 of everyone's team at worst
what's malamar's niche
Just giving friendly advice, youre more than welcome to run favorites
nothing
Incin counter?
Yeah damage numbers are just numbers - data and nothing else.
Idt superpower at +1 even KOs
your opponent says "oh look a malamar" then watches as it dies turn 1
Lurantis does a better job with contrary superpower
me trying to do Greninja+CIR:
Lurantis is lowkey 🔥
Grass
Leaf Guard, Contrary (Hidden)
70/105/90/80/90/45
480
Lurantis-Totem
at least lurantis has a cool design
But you really gotta build around it to make it do more than nothing
its lowkey gas
i used it back in swsh series 10 it was pretty fun
oh yeah remember when we use lurantis to fuck over one of the starters raids
I still have to do chien poo raids
is it true that ampharos is OP?
No
No
who told you that
just a Rocket rumor...
his resume:
2014
Oh hey Ampharos.
if only there were some other relatively slow bulky electric dragon type
His resume: unemployed
Me
or a slow bulky electric fighting type
Brian HANDS
damn ampharos gets outbulked outstrengthed and outnecked
brian hands
Raging Goat
man we are doing outnecked moment
I was raised on the rumor that there is power in the pokemon, and that you have train extremely hard to bring it out
I mean
Yeah? But no
yes but no
Oh you mean Karen? Yeah, no, she was wrong 
who still blindly trust Karen's words
Unless you mean EVs
Like when we were all in Gen 1 we thought Onix was really strong and really he's garbage. The anime hyped him up too hard.
that'd be a pretty cool way to refer to EVs
Like he's Brock's ace twice
rather than chucking supplements on them
PV
The Anime is a bad influence on Comp pokemon lmao
again, Masuda told me and i think i confrimed it once...
Power Values
Rock/Ground
Rock Head, Sturdy, Weak Armor (Hidden)
35/45/160/30/45/70
385
My grandad is Mister Nintendo.
Bug/Electric
Compound Eyes, Unnerve, Swarm (Hidden)
50/47/50/57/50/65
319
Ground/Rock
Lightning Rod, Rock Head, Reckless (Hidden)
105/130/120/45/45/40
485
they really just made onix and better onix in the same gen
well, my extended dad is masuda, and we don't see eye to eye...
honestly fuck ash ketchum plot armor
can you tell your dad to dexit urshifu please
and to send me some money i have paypal
can you tell your dad to let me play miraidon in reg H
i thought u meant archaludon
Close enough
Gets rekt by Ursa
😋 well, i'm pretty sure he'd kill me, if he heard i exposed everything on this server...
Cool. Anyway. O.o
yeah i think we can bump up Regular Ursaluna's placement after the massacre in reg I
search my history in genral chat and here
no thanks we are fine
I'll pass.
boy i sure love pokemon conspiracy theories
Reg Ursa is basically a 3rd Restricted.
you can move on and let the adults talk
honestly we can add a Pseudo Restricted list for them
Bolt is also one of them
maxi you are the last person to say the second point when mika is right there
is landorus also a pseudo restricted
I'm a big boy shut up
you are younger than me lmao
I'm a strong tough and terrific big boy!!!
for gen 5-6 maybe
rn i don't think its that strong compare to bolt
me
👀
Man I'm not that old lmao
If I was, I'd be screwed at my job 
ik ik the gif was just too tempting
lol
i think we saw them the first time there's just a bit too much to unpack in 4 minutes
That and being 10 O.o
it's okay i dont mean to be harsh just letting u know
all good
first things first perish trap doesn't work in reg i
yah, iguess
way too much offense to make that work
the other teams are not horrible but likely need some set reworks
and a few mons replaced maybe
okay, what do you think could be replaced?
im doing something rn i'll try and give u some feedback in a bit
thanks so much
can i get some feedback for my team too? feel like i might need ursaluna but the farig is mainly there for support and to prevent fake out https://pokepast.es/11fe604f05bd6a7e
triple fakeout might be too much, espicially against other farig
sneasler rilla incin gambit is okay i just dont think farig gliscor is the play for the last two
looks more like a dnite angle to me
i just want gliscor for anti-sneasler
you can do gholdengo over kingambit
considering 5/6 of your team is physical
you kinda get destroyed by rain
yeah that might work considering gambit just gets destroyed by cc and body press a lot
Is talonflame competitive?
in reg h yea
In Regulation H and some others, yes.
i might need to rework my team then, idk what to do about peli arch
Electabuzz
Which attack stat should I raise, i keep getting low attack on it!
replace farig with buzz?
Talonflame is mostly support, somewhat of an attacker. You just do max physical attack. Don't use Special Talonflame
Brave Bird/Flare Blitz are the higher damage moves
i'm kinda concerned about having no speed control if i replace farig
Choice specs hurricane in the rain !!!
Buzz with Twave or Eweb. He is speed
ebuzz dengo is great into rain
Buzz is cracked
Buzz alone just weighs the Rain matchup more in your favor.
And def?
Eweb is my preferred spice. Breaks Sash.
buzz helps redirect beat up junk too
Zero
Yeah good tool kit going for it
And then they switch in the bridge 🥀
mika are you still uisng bax?
Pelipper hates this one trick
Vital Spirit to avoid sleep or Static to be annoying to physical attackers
That means it's just a speedy, flying, fragile rock!
I love Static Buzz.
Yeah, and?
Viral spirit is like 18x better on most teams
Like what's your point? You're not training Talonflame to survive anything meaningful, he doesn't get a chance to stick around, sets Tailwind, maybe scares Rilla or picks up a KO on Sneasler, leaves
I see competitive Pokemon is going to take some drugs...
Once Gale Wings is broken then he's pretty cooked.
They overhyped every Pokemon i said about
No. It just takes understanding and observation. Experience helps, but comes with time. 
And I'm training them!!
Train whatever you want. Resources are infinite.
I'm not sure. On the one hand, I love Bax, on another, this is my last real chance to run my homeslice Dragonite in a high-competitive scene.
i just dropped bax for dnite lol
My wife's first shiny in SV was a Dratini that she gave to me.
Full odds accidental shiny
it's been great
Are rhyperior and kangaskhan op?
Kanga isn't in Gen 9. Rhyperior is not especially "good". He's somewhat niche, at best.
i'm pretty sure dratini was my first sv shiny and i got it the exact same way lmao
i love shiny dragonite
It's a sentimental thing and it's Dragonite, so it may just happen. I'm just unsure what to run.
I know there's like a 90% chance I play something with Buzz/Sneasler.
https://pokepast.es/c80bb5c934e43eca i've been using this
Oh yeah I actually like that. How's Harc been?
I could see topsy turvey helping rhyperior...
My goat using sneasler 🥀
it's mostly justin tang's toronto team
haven't tested it out that much, just swapped it out for volc
it's sounds fun in theory
You need to set up for Topsy Turvy to even be anything, and even then, you're investing so much time and effort into just getting KO'd in the process. It's not worth it.
I mean Volc here looks really solid.
i just like coaching
i didnt bring it all too much and when i did it felt eh
I really need to work on my team
it's so fun
Is chandelure op?
It has some really awful MUs
No, Chandelure is not OP
dude who is feeding you this information
It seems like a mix of anime and Smogon.
I mean I look at those stats and I’d be thinking the same thing
What about the hated Decidueye?
im not sure what speed to run on my gholdengo tho
Ghost/Fire
Flash Fire, Flame Body, Infiltrator (Hidden)
60/55/90/145/90/80
520
Oh yeah Chandelure has dummy Sp Atk but everything it's scared of is faster and hits about as hard anyway
H decidueye was used but got replaced by flamigo so no
honestly thought it was faster for whatever reason
It just has really good options too
ig everyone just runs scarf on it tbf
Good stabs and good coverage
Like Chandelure is niche, but not OP
It will never be the best in slot
No, never.
Alolan?
basically doesn't exist
It’s worse
I like H-Decidueye in Reg H for some reasons, but Alolan Decidueye is nothing.
H-Decidueye just gets rudely outclassed by a ton though
I did run into one at Toronto. It died.
Triple arrows and scrappy is the only reason it’s usable
Raised a good one in gen 7. Made top news on Pokemon site!!!
Triple arrows is literally one of the most broken moves ever made
This I doubt.
dies to mild winds
No one is reporting on how things get trained in playthroughs.
Anyone can feed EVs into a pokemon. It's not special.
I’m trying to think how I make this team better into Incin
Sand Psyspam nice
Thank you I’m very creative
I keep friggen going back to that Exca team
player reportedly trains pokemon, crowds become ecstatic
It looks fun, I might wanna give it a shot
You know, I've been looking at a different Sand Psyspam.
Lemme grab the Paste
I made that team in Reg H1 one and it was solid then but it’s falling very flat now
Not very flat, that’s misleading
has power trip been any good for you
i could see tailwind
This looks super solid
Oh yeah idk what to do into ttar excadrill
I'd hate to see someone trigger Dondozo in front of a Primarina with a Mirror Herb.
That thing would pop off.
I mean it’s unaware anyway
yea
IF it's Unaware, you Haze
Then you get rid of your double omni boost
That's fine - Dozo is stranded.
i thought it was for dengo
Is Primarina dece in H?
It's always your advantage
you copy the nasty plots
yea it's decent
Is togekiss op?
nothing crazy but a solid water type
Probably one of the better water types to use in H
This of course, but it covers for Dozo in every case too
Wow these teams are similar
yes every pokemon is OP you're welcome
Im gonna be real original
https://pokepast.es/c419685c3073151a stole this six and changed the set
4/6 mons with almost the same sets
Yeah best water types in H are def Basculegion, Primarina, Water Tauros...... I think that's it?
Like Palafin is somewhere in top six?
Incin Rilla Prima
If I'm running incin sneasler rilla dengo gliscor buzz what should I lead into ttar excadrill
solo dozo is pretty good
Maybe a sneasler
Can’t forget Pelipper
The best water type in Reg H is Gholdengo
Sneasler gets destroyed by eq + tera blast flying
For sure. I figured I'd share because they're so similar.
Might give you some ideas
Yeah
pelipper i guess but it's not the typical water type you can slot into your fwg core
I ran Sand Psyspam at Toronto too
I’m thinking literally just going Ttar Drill Ape and finding what beats that badly
Not this team - a different one without Exca
Prim seems like a good candidate for your incin problem
So does ape !
True
That guy beats anything
This is what I ran at Toronto
Gale wings with sand seems…
Interesting…
And gale wings with psyspam
Ttar was there for things like opposing Psyspam and Weather
I really like Ttar drill into Indeedee Sneasler
Again, in the cases you'd take Indeedee with Talonflame, you're not always looking to Brave Bird. You're still getting priority TW
Conner do you run into many opposing delphoxes
About to use specs Rotom wash with pump for Incin
I don’t think I’ve seen a single one
I had a total of zero cases where TTar or Indeedee ruined Talonflame being around.
Don't use rotom wash, gets destroyed by archaludon
You just play like you have more than rocks in your head.
MOST of my leads were Talon/BM or Buzz/BM
But I like leading Sand Stream + Sand Rush
A very Sandy guy
If opponent didn't have a good answer to TW/Blood Moon or Hyper Voice, gg shake my hand
I guess I really need to play more to find out, these competitive teams are really killing the Pokemon dream world!!!
I wonder if bwahacough is still around
My hero
Ttar lycanroc
Lycanroc is just worse than Exca
Endeavour is fire though
Yeah ik but this guy was committed to it
Ah I don't know the guy 
Just a ladder legend
I'm not in with the online crowd. I'm old, remember?
Like 4legsdontcare always uses 4 legged pokemon
Was crazy in Reg H1 but haven’t seen him in a while
I'm approaching "get off my lawn" ages.
Nah don’t worry I doubt half the people in here know of him
Soooooo much different responses around popular Pokemon, infinite crash test results...
He is to Ttar Lycanroc what I am to Groudon
Talonflame is one of the best answers to Sneasler, btw.
You just pressure with priority Dual Wingbeat 
Sash is nothing
It's true. And Ttar does help with Sneasler, there, but Sneasler pressures the hell out of Tyranitar unless you Tera 100% of the time
And the Tera is soooo telegraphed
Yeah…
Then there's game freak changing stats!! What's with that?
But it’s almost never bad
Show me the electric types this regulation
I mean it really depends on the state of the match and what you're against.
Always true
I didn't always want to Tera Ttar, but I was always pressured by Sneasler.
If you can snipe him without losing such a costly resource, do it.
And I liked to make them bank on the 100% tera and switch instead
Indeedee is maximum in Reg H 
Both of them are really good.
I just hated constant mirrors.
Yeah
Like I'm super hesitant to run TTar again. He cost me day 2 last time
I wonder if Ape would work with Ttar Drill
I don't want to be in that winning position and lose to a Rock Slide miss again. 😐
Ape explodes to Psyspam and Ttar drill can beat Psyspam fairly well
Yeah I didn't run Exca last time
That’ll be me when I use Groudon
That's the only thing that teeters me toward it
Getting more value out of your Sand is pretty great. You're mostly running Buzz and something else out into Rain anyway
And you're turning it off with a TTar switch when everything is more manageable
See also: dead bird
Ok so the idea is
Ttar
Drill
Ape
Levitater
Talonflame 
I’m thinking Rotom Wash
Corviknight is really strong, honestly 
It's bulk, it's damage, it's longevity, it can be speed control
It messes with Incin
Corv isn’t bad
Immune to Sand
But then I’d need a heck of a good Arch answer
Sneasler is a good-ish answer
I mean going Ttar/Exca, you're penning yourself into a tight design space from the get-go
Blood Moon.
Archa hates BM
This is true
And he's fairly okay into Rain if you're already spooking Pelipper
But then that’s 3 fighting and water weaknesses
BM no speed control?
Buzz is speed control
Other than eweb
Eweb is an answer.
I’d have to run speed invest
And if you're playing Corv you can afford TW at worst
Does glowking actually have a niche in reg h? I want to use chilly reception to mess with weather and get a ragenerator off lol
I run fast bulky Buzz.
I mean speed invest on BM
Fair
I don't think that trying to find a lot of bulk is worth it
You wanna scare the crap out of your opponent's lead with it 
I’ll have to try it when I get off my house sitting job
Cause team building on mobile is worse than death
Oh it's terrible.
I'm not saying I'm any authority on teambuilding, either. I'm just saying things that fit 
Man team building is my kryptonite
It's really tough.
Outside of restricted formats that is
Give me a restricted format and I’ll find ways
Yeah but it's still tough. People who say teambuilding is easy aren't making really great teams anyway >.>
But I’m really bad at not having a centrepiece on every team
Or they're like... insane at the game and competing at high levels.
I have a Groudon shaped hole in my team builder
Yeah you do
Ttar fits it best he can
He's trying.
But man rock slide does 4 damage
I mean he's great into Sun teams
Ttar/Exca is a nightmare for Sun
Ninetales(both forms), Pelipper and Torkoal
Yeah, I ran into a Politoed at Toronto 
He’s quite annoying I can’t lie
That thing was out for blood but I punished an early mistake and made my opponent tilt for G2
Especially since I can’t use Rilla
I called his Tera Steel Politoed
Epic
What other offensive grass types besides Rilla exist?
Uhhh
None right
Tsa...reena?
wow, y'all are cooking it seems
Meowscarada!
Hisuan lilligant
Ehhh
Meowscarada has use, I don't even care what you think, Conner.
There’s no substitute for Rilla 😔
Protean Triple Axel goes boom
I’m piling up fighting weaknesses
Ahhhhhhhh
Free terrain gud
Lilligant isn't good for Sand.
If you're planning on Indeedee you don't want Rilla.
Nah I probably wouldn’t run Indeedee
Oh I thought you just meant in general existence lol
But also I can’t run boom
Rilla's okay in Sand.
EQ cannot be 50 BP
Eh, it's not required.
But it is nice into the toed
Politoed doesn't really dig Electabuzz either. You redirect the Weather Balls
You're Grass or Dragon Tera. Eat for days.
It’s a great mon but it isn’t offensive enough to threaten anything
You’re kinda selling me on the electabuzz idea
I ran Electabuzz right into the Toed without remorse.
Ok so wait
Electabuzz lead is not friendly for any Rain team
Ttar
Drill
Buzz
Corv
BM
Like you Eweb and you can slow down Archa so BM outspeeds every time
You can just Eweb and Protect, scout the Tera
Blood Moon that thing
I wonder what as a 6th
Pelipper doesn't often hang around to see the Eweb
Well now you need something to deal with fighting types
Buzz will take like.. maybe a few CCs but he's going down after
There’s always Tera fly Ttar
But Tera’ing every time is never a guarantee
But it’s close

It’s the closest I’m gonna get
Talonflame so good for fighting types xD
Uhhh. Primarina.
I dont subscribe to the Throat Spray Haze Prima though
Tree what other slow bulky weather setter that misses moves can I use
No this is the worst set of all time
Lowkey I dig Prima here
I had Gastrodon on my old team for Dozo but Prima does it too
Gastro is a thing but it doesn't deal with fighting guys as well
https://tenor.com/view/ed-edd-n-eddy-cancelled-carlomalis-tiktok-ed-edd-n-eddy-been-cancelled-for-years-yo-gif-8417432622773784190
replace ed edn eddys been cancelled with conner not playing groudon
I’m not allowed to play him right now
y
Cause screw Reg J
💯
but u can run groudon
Groudon would actually be better now cause Magearna brain rot

This does not outweigh me having to play against dark void 🥀
I know my limits to luck
counterpoint: dark voids accuracy and darkrai sucks
Tree is making good points.
How do you claim shiny Wo Chein?
The counter counterpoint is that Pblades accuracy sucks and Groudon is ok at best
Gravity Pblades and Dark Void
honestly i dont see y ppl hate reg j cuz of mythicals, hate reg j cuz its basically reg i 2.0
honestly Calling Groudon ok at best in this gen is calling Zacian Great

I wanna see Deoxys attack do well
bruh
Yeah Drago take that
Guy spitting fax
In the “Using a bad restricted” competition I win
But yeah Reg J is just Arceus and Magerena joined the top 10 restricteds currently
so why bother
nd those r both mid
We are not saying Magearna is better than Groudon 🥀
id rather any of the top 10 over those 2
I’d rather Arceus over Ho oh
You take that back
😔
ho-oh is 11th
Agree with tree on both points.
Ho-Oh isn't top ten, but that's slander and heresy
My ho oh hate stems from missing so many sacred fires
skill issue
Groudon is safe from that cause I know Pblades is gonna miss
If you're missing off a 5% chance then you're beyond help, I'm sorry man.
I dont think i miss a single sacred Fire when i play Entei lmao
Missing that much*
Calyrex Ice Rider players missing High Horsepower be like:
It's 95% accuracy.
Why I stick to electro drift nowadays
The good thing is caly shadow wasn’t dominant winning every tournament. Miraidon and Caly ice won most tournaments
In reg G, those 2 won 4 tourneys
Both in a tie for the most successful single restricted
Yeah Calyrex-Shadow suffers from greatness. It's extremely good and always the boogeyman, so everyone comes prepared to beat it, and it has to work twice as hard at everything.
I hated that phase where people would run anti CIR stuff with levitate mons cause what does Groudon do to them
Yeah most will bring a dark type to counter it. Either Incin, scarf Chi yu or sucker punch Chein pao
That's how metas work 
Shadow Rider is like
Ok so i have the massive kick me sign on my back
Not as large as Xerneas but still large enough to let people know i am here
double eweb miss my beloathed
Lmao
i dont see what arceus or magerana offer as a restricted slot that gives u benefit over an actual decent-good restricted. they dont synergize w/ anything really and outside good bst and typing they arent exactly great self enablers even something like ho oh has shown an ability to be solid into certain duos even if its staying power was short lived
Xerneas never won worlds either cuz was enemy number 1
Dude I remember I double missed icy wind and Pblades and just stopped playing for the day
im not suprised if Shadow Rider win Worlds again anyway
It still has that shot
It hasn’t won before tho, would be first time
I’ll be surprised if Miraidon doesn’t win worlds
if Miraidon got overprepped then Shadow Rider can take the opportunity
we ignore 2022
🤨
It won with Zacian in 2022
It beat out Groudon Zacian and it had a Gastro on the team
Zacian CSR won against Rinya sun lmao
That was a bad worlds for the Groudonation
Another silver medal 🥀
the beginning of the end for groudon
That also gave Thundurus his 3rd worlds
His downfall is a marked point in history.
Groudon could’ve been the most decorated world champ if he only won 2022 and 2016
we all kinda expected that Groudon got cooked when see saw Groudon
But my goat was washed or something I don’t know I didn’t play those years
Groudon will be good in gen 10 when koraidon dies to a clefairy draining kiss
Do we forget that Groudon and Kyogre won twice in worlds
agreed, or atleast better then it is now
as early as the first restricted format in VGC history
Oh I am pumped for new Megas
Tera while a good mechanic, I don’t like it
Yeah and it missed out on 2 because it came second
im ready for tera to be done
Dragonite is gonna hang on to this crown of relevancy as long as he can
I was ready since I started competitive
i hope
Not looking forward to the return of xerneas and primal Groudon
good
Fuck that
Tera types are a good mechanic but I don’t like it honestly
I’ve played some formats without Tera and holy it’s like heaven
That’s just hating for the sake of hating
its a good mechanic as afar as gimmicks go, i just dont like having to always account for things changing type
I can imagine
No more 50/50 bullshit if they will tera or not
Oh you mean where you get rewarded for successfully pinning your opponent instead of having to play around their tera as well? 
Nah fuck tera
honestly
I think its less oppressive than before
Smeargle losses Dark Void,Both Dogs Exists against Xerneas,Miraidon, newer pokemon available that probably does better
I like clicking the super effective button and not seeing “X Mon is immune” and eating a super effective move they didn’t have before because of Tera blast
yeah so watch this
u can still do that w/ tera its just the extra steps are annoying lol
I mean I don't hate Tera but I think you missed my point there
Oh yeah for sure, it was just being jokey about it 
nah i feel u
I can’t wait for CSR to not be a fairy type
Yeah I know was sarcastic
Actually
Ah yes
Flying Dragon Incin
I’m more excited for CIR to not be a water type
Let it get 1 shot by assurance
Primal Groudon + scarlet paradoxes to make it even more fun with xerneas fairy aura
I'm not a Tera hater but even I can see why kids love Cinnamon Toast Crunch.
Flutter + xerneas
I'll be 100% fine when it's gone, but if it stays with Champs and we just add Mega in with it, then that's fine too, whatever.
I'm always just gonna operate with whatever I'm given
How about Chi yu + Yveltal
Chi yu + primal Groudon
Missing with maximum efficiency
if we do get megas id be curious wat actually stays as a good mega from the original days (parental bond nerf, aerliate nerf etc) nd what new megas actually become meta relevant
Parental Bond got nerfed?
i think lucario could be good
cuz i was seeing some calcs, power creep is real on quite a few megas
yep
Serves it right.
From 50 to 25
i think power up punch did too
Mega Gengar will fall off
That's fine. A free 25% is pretty good.
Power up punch doesn’t exist
Flutter Mane makes it a nightmare
They actually exploded that move
Gravity csr + primal Groudon
I'm still down to mess around with Mega Khanga but the new Megas are gonna be made for the current Gen anyway.
So I'm gonna have all eyes on them
Some of those could be bonkers.
I’m going to have to mess around with Groudon cause I’ve never done that before
i think 2-3 old megas will b good w/ prolly 4-5 new megas being good
Honestly even we ignore Big 6
Restricted format with all gimmicks is not fun at all
I rather just play National Dex Format+Megas
Mega ray is washed
y
y
Pokémon Y 🥀
I'm not gonna discuss it but there's a lot of things swimming around that says there's no such thing as Mega Incin. 
Because miraidon and flutter outspeed
incin might as well suck with Mega anyway
Oh 100%
Mega Incineroar
New ability, Bully
On switch, lowers the opponents Atk and Sp Atk by 2 stages
🙄
Lmao
Mega drill would give me life
Im not gonna speak about leaks cuz idk if its legal here but there’s a list about them
i feel like thats still a lot of stats + an insane ability, ppl will make it work

Sadly Flygon isn’t there
Should dm me that 🙏
I hope Groudon Groudon pair wins
i feel like tofu said discussing spoilers/leaks here was fine, could be misremembering tho
I just want a Groudon in top 8
yes its fine
Top 512 if we’re lucky
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so if its comp based/related its cool otherwise has to be in the spoiler channels
Well every Mon is related to competitive
Mega Clef gonna be counting bodies for a living.
So I guess it’s chill

I can’t wait for Mega Cofagrigus
Togekiss was always a problem. Here comes Mega Clef, ruining your day.
is it actually a confirmed leaked list of new megas? or just speculation
I just hope Mega Dragonite sticks. Tera made it matter, now it gets justice.
I’ve seen literally nothing about anything
Wish I had the answer though
same havent been looking but usually stuff will pop up
I meaaaaaaaaaaan.
The leaks started with Dragonite, Dragonite got confirmed, with the same appearance as described, by reputable leakers, so it's safe to do some assuming
gotcha
The "leak" still is more like rummors. They were right about mega Dragonite but could be wrong about everything else
mega crabominable
That's the nature of leaks
He had a mega and they killed it
That's why I didn't say "it's safe to claim they're true"
I said "it's safe to assume some things"
I mean they've done less with more 
Mega Avalugg
And make it a mega button
Kanga is literally just "the little guy isn't in the pocket anymore"
nah it just got a hisuan form
haha
old mega designs were mostly lazy
Mega Galarian Slowbro please
some cool ones tho
Also I fould funny that, some people was "why did slowbro get a mega if its a preevolution"
Yeah everyone acts like all of the old Megas are peak and some are undeniably lazy
But Slowbro and Slowking are a branch evolution
nah fuck that
yea i think ppl are just nostalgic
You right you right
100%
Mega Mawile is cute but its only Mawile with a second mouth and pants
Why? its cooler than that new design
i like mega gengar
Mega Gengar is absolute liquid hot magma
it looks like a hybrid of gengar and haunter while still feeling like its own thing
Yes I love the design
Gotta say that mega tytar is ugly af
One of the coolest megas
Feels so overdesigned
mega ttar is like lets add more spikes and make it look angrier surely ppl will love that
IF Flutter Mane is around
And they weren’t wrong
Ash Gren its own thing
+i rather have a universal form for Gren than an exclusive form that got retconned
oh and why not make a face out of the stomach
There's literally zero confirmation of Paradoxes not going the way of Ultra Beasts
common conner L
Dude mega Ttar is fire
nah
God forbid a guy like a pokemon design
ttar is a great design, the mega is just weird
How DARE you have an OPINION?
Thats why I said, bring Ash Greninja back but rename it to mega greninja and make it a mega button
I think the Kaiju designs are peak and the mega just made it more that
Mega Ttar is literally one of my favourite megas
I love Tyranitar but not the mega
i mean sand stream is just like that
Mega Slowbro is cute
You would make the Mon horrible if you got rid of sand stream
i like mega scizor
I like it so much its so silly
He's just geating eaten by the shell.
Literally me
It's 
Why we all hating on the megas right now
But that means, why would you ever mega?
If nothing changes
because stats
fair enough, i just find it to be too much overdesign
So it has better stats?
Just more stats
its not as bad as mega garchomp tho
This is the answer.
Rock/Dark
Sand Stream
100/164/150/95/120/71
700
Tyranitar
what i miss
Holy bulk
Yeah but that doesnt realy justify it imo
ttars stats after mega is fucking impressive-
AND 164 attack?
Why would you want your weather setter to lose its ability to set weathers
Lol
lol
I'd Mega Tyranitar in a match for sure.
They should’ve given it Hadron engine but sand stream version
I ran a fast Tyranitar at Toronto.
Trust me it wouldn’t be broken
Tailwind matters. Team composition matters.
He also gets ddance
71 speed is in a weird spot where its slower than most things but not slow enough to be used in trick room
i feel like theres good reason it didnt really do anything in the mega formats tho
That's fine. He's got the bulk to survive hits and the offense to do damage in return.
If only there were certain styles of teams that could make this type of Pokémon work...
None of the megas used sand very well
If only 
But ig there is no way for it to work
All the one that did were god awful
Steel/Psychic
Tough Claws
80/145/150/105/110/110
700
Metagross
peak spread btw
Mega steelix 🥀
Still gets OHKO by Mach Punch tho
Mega Kangaskhan was rough for it yeah
Steel
Filter
70/140/230/60/80/50
630
Aggron
But kangaskhan lost power up punch no?
This is peak bro
Oh, are we doing things in a vacuum that support our arguments? Electabuzz Follow Me
I love the wall

atp just play Miraidon Zamazenta
Now tree is going to tell me that Mega Aggron’s design is also bad
I mean tailroom sure, but even then, with 71 speed will still be slower than many things even in tailwind
“It just gets spikier”
Unless you invest a lot in speed
bingo
This isn't wrong.
And that makes it cool
Do you have an affinity for porcupines?
Lmao
Do you like Sonic the hedgehog?
Agreed
Conner getting absolutely raked out here.
The simplicity makes it awesome
I know right
its lazy tho
God forbid a guy like some strong looking mons
Dragon/Flying
Aerilate
95/145/130/120/90/120
700
Salamence
P E A K
Mega Pidgeot is also one of the worst pokemon designed ever (competitively)
Do you, like Sonic? He's spiky @shadow wind
Again, how dare you (I'm kidding, not trying to offend you)
Sonic is cool
How do you give it adaptabiliy with a mid typing and 0 good stab moves
tbf idk wat u do to make pidgeot good
Ok at least thats a good opinion
Wait no no guard
spikes 👍
im spamming Mega Mence with Hearth/Chi-Yu
Idk why I said adaptability
Make it not suck
But it has hurricane only
No guard is like best case scenario for it
but how (reasonably)
Or sheer force
And hyper beam lol
Mega Pidgeon cant make good use of its mega outside of Hurricane
Ting Lu:
Make it into something like Salamence, and then rename it into Mega Salamence
Atleast the mega to give it a real coverage with stab
Give it fisure
i think itd still suck

Tree, how do you find Groudon’s design
love groudons design
Yet Mega Ttar is bad
yes
yes
Yes
Normal typing is actually pretty good. Immune to ghost, only weak to fighting, offensively neutral into all but ghost, steel, rock 
its really underrated
Now is that because you like Ttar’s original design?
Normal/steel is too good of a possible type. I'm waiting for them to not be cowards, and make it happen.
Maybeeeeee
Cause I love Mega Ttar
i love dying to Koraidon /j

how so?
Quad weak to fighting 🥀
im curious as to why, the 4x fighting weakness sucks
It walls flutter mane 🔥
r u asking me?
10 resistances, two immunities is pretty stacked
Yeah
Only 3 weaknesses is crazy good
hm, fair
But they’re the most common weaknesses
Tytar has fucking 8 and one is a X4 weakness
Ghost, Poison
Bug, Dragon, Fairy, Flying, Grass, Ice, Normal, Psychic, Rock, Steel
Dark, Electric, Stellar, Water
Fire, Ground
Fighting
Steel-types cannot be Poisoned.
Steel-types take no damage from Sandstorm.
And its still a goat
the stats are so fucking stacked
ok thats kinda really good but
you are weak to common types which kinda sucks
and your offensive coverage isnt great
Fairy Steel is also weak to common types
Your weaknesses are the same as any steel type.
☝️
Tree about to give me an essay on why Ttar is cooler than Mega Ttar 🥀
thats, yeah good point
Like you can't make an argument based on weaknesses making something bad if you're weak to the same 3 things that steel mons are weak too and they somehow end up still being good
https://sg.portal-pokemon.com/play/resources/pokedex/img/pm/47593c73cdf2c006688384c736711a526f5ea267.png
this is objectively a terrible design, so much going on for no reason. oh yea lets extend the spikes an exceedingly long amount and also add a face in the stomach cause sure why not. like the additions are subtractions
dark and rock is terrible combo
It brings back some Pupitar vibes
That typing is dogshit
And its an overly edgy design ngl
mega ttar is too much
Y’all just don’t see the vision
Yeah I'm not talking about "is a mon good" here, I'm just talking about having 10 weaknesses, two immunities, and 3 weaknesses is crazy good
There is like no balance in the design
yeah fs
Where are my eyes supposed to go
Mega Ttar is just a cool guy
its just not a type i've thought about personally
It's a hypothetical thing at the get-go because it doesn't exist and there are no mons with that type so you can't weigh ability and stats
Ttar says fuck you and just do his own thing
Like do they want to look at the spikes, his face, his stomach
They want you to look at everything and be amazed at how awesome he is
But they failed
Ok shup up now
lmao
you gotta learn to use your eyes individually you look at the face with one and the body with the other
so it has nothing to do with the original design being liked r not, its taking the original and then basically worsening it by overemphasizing all the features for no real benefit on what its adding to the design to begin with
cant wait for mega dragapult to have like, 10 holes on its horns for the dreepy
Nah, Conner, have an opinion
Not allowed to
I’ll have my opinion quietly from now on
What else has a spiky Mega?
Im not but all the messages in the chat have been about glazing an ugly and lazy design
Who cares? Chill out and sit down 
that
Can't have fun anymore in comp chat
Oh yeah Chomp is spiky
Nah Mega Chomp is where I cross the line
Wrap it up guys
He’s literally mewing and I don’t mess with that
I wanna talk about more important things
lmao
Holy jawline
if you have something and its liked, and you take things about it that are liked and make those things even more obvious, that doesnt always mean the thing itself is then going to be more well liked. a lot of times it actually means the opposite because it cheapens the art. something of a similar sentiment is like dialogue bascially spelling out certain aspects of the narrative or plot when most of the time if a show does a good enough job, its assumed by the viewer
The spikes on Mega chomp's chest are cool
Like how many dragon fairy types we should get
Idk about the jaw and hands lol
I mean after that I'm pretty sure people aren't really concerned with how you view stuff if you're gonna be so negative and rude to people for having opinions 
no one is stopping you from sharing said important things
Just sayin' 
This is objectively a good take
I still like Mega Ttar cause I’m a simple guy
yea thats fair
I'm gonna switch sides and join Conner. Mega Ttar is great.
just explaining myself
Conner are you sure you don't like dinosaurs
I see a trend
Dont take it too seriously lmfao, but anyway
Dude I love dinosaurs
the thing that never happens in arguments/discussions

I'm gonna hold fast on Mega Aggron being disappointing.
the wall (: wish the wall had more spdef
oh u were serious
Mega Dragonite will probably be dragon fairy
Now Mika will be sent to the dark void realm for having a different opinion
It’s always “Why are you playing Groudon?” And never “I’ll play Groudon with you” 😔
THE WALL
I'm on my way to the Shadow Realm. I'll send you a postcard
At least loses the rock type
Rock is one of the worst dual types
If not the worst
if it was better id be playing it w/ u, groudons one of my favorite mons lol
We like winning
I mean honestly Mega Aggron doesn't look too bad. He got fatter and I love chonk designs. 
Also on the dinosaur comment, Anklyo on top
Chonky Gundams are best Gundams. Chonky Pokes are great too.
I love Cetitan. So why not
I like Walrein
based
Oh yeah I love Walrein and Wailord
just not my thing
A9's one of my favorites due to its like, pretty design and i like zac cuz its cool
I'll turn you to the dark side of chonky Gundams
never!





