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  1. Karxrida

    Metagame SV OU Metagame Discussion v4 [Gouging Fire remains in OU]

    Working off decade old memories here god, but I distinctly remember most Gen 6 and Gen 7 discussion being more concerned with the viability rankings and not so much overall meta discussion. I'm actually kind of surprised people are still talking on the forums this much in a post-Discord world...
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    Include Acupressure in Evasion Clause (BW)

    Doesn't even need to roll evasion to be stupid. Imagine a Mega Medicham in ORAS/SM getting a +2 boost to Attack or Speed it wouldn't otherwise have. I see no downside to banning the move in all generations under Evasion Clause. It adds nothing to the game and only detracts because it exists...
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    Proposal Reviewing the SM OU Lando-I Quickban

    Haven't played this tier in years but U-turn -> Pursuit Tyranitar fucks a lot of counters. I should know, I ran that (with LO on Lando even) during early XY while the genie was somehow still legal. Stupidly effective. (Different meta and all, but the same principle applies.) That combined with...
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    (Little) Things that annoy you in Pokémon

    I came up with what I thought was a cool ability for an alternate Diagla form (basically a field effect that checks the turn counter twice at the end of each turn and removes the charge/recharge for moves like Roar of Time), so naturally I was disappointed by Pressure again lol. (Couldn't come...
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    Pokémon Movepool Oddities & Explanations

    I agree with this tbh. I think it's more interesting from a game design standpoint when the player has to make choices and can't just have everything. Last couple times I played Gen 5 (or maybe it was ORAS idk) I remember slapping Earthquake on half my team in the endgame and being all "huh this...
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    Pokémon Movepool Oddities & Explanations

    This post reminded me of how Sky Drop had barely any distribution. Like I kind of get it? The move's been a menace to Game Freak since its inception (bunch of glitches, potential balancing issues for Doubles, etc.) and they seem to have Dexited it. But why did they bother making it a TM in Gen...
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    Pokemon Day Presents 2024 - Pokemon LZA 2025

    Smaller, more intimate world maps with lots of detail > large empty ones. Every time I play Skyrim I can barely remember shit about the world. Pretty sure the Yakuza series does something similar to what LZA is probably going for to great effect.
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    Pokemon Day Presents 2024 - Pokemon LZA 2025

    It was brought up in another forum that Paris went through a major renovation during the 19th century, so expect that to be the timeframe. Hey guys look at this concept art I found.
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    Pokemon Day Presents 2024 - Pokemon LZA 2025

    Since when has GF actually cared about balance outside of some token gestures. I can totally see them throwing Megas back into the meta.
  10. Karxrida

    Pokemon Day Presents 2024 - Pokemon LZA 2025

    >wakes up >expects dumb news to be disappointed by or the obvious news to be "meh"ed by >GF takes third option Huh. Well I'm pleasantly surprised. Also PLA's new mons got imported into the main games so I expect Megas -- the best battle gimmick -- to be returning to us eventually. Maybe we'll...
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    Pokémon Movepool Oddities & Explanations

    I can only assume it was an oversight because nothing about it seems to be bug-related. Bulbapedia thinks that Heatran more closely associated with dragons, if only tangentially, due to its Japanese name. Though that does explain why it gets Dragon Pulse. Actually as long as we're talking about...
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    Pokémon Movepool Oddities & Explanations

    I think Qwilfish learns Destiny Bond because it's a sea mine lol. So it blows up and takes you out.
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    Pokémon Movepool Oddities & Explanations

    Keldeo getting Pain Split at least can be explained by the fact it's partially based on the kelpie, which is for all intents and purposes a water demon. So fey adjacent and in line with the regular suspects. I think the intention with Alomomola learning it is to leverage the mon's high HP stat...
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    Pokemon Day Presents 2024 - Pokemon LZA 2025

    Friendly reminder that Centro will peddle any remotely passable garbage they come across for clicks. iirc they ripped speculation straight from this subforum for one such "leak". Stop giving them attention.
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    Pokemon Day Presents 2024 - Pokemon LZA 2025

    Want Gens 1-3 on NSO. Maybe some other bonus things like Stadium compatibility or the pinball games. Pie-in-the-sky desire is the Orre games remastered. Expecting a shitty remake of Gen 5 or, heavens forbid, a Let's Go game for Gen 2. I mean an Explorers remake is still possible. It's the most...
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    Resource GSC Simple Question, Simple Answer Thread

    Thanks a ton for these looks into the past. Also, really funny seeing a couple names like MrE who are still around lol.
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    Metagame Views From The Council

    Since the Kokoloko tiering method is being brought up again: what a lot of people seem to be forgetting is that it was devised to work within the specific confines of how UU exists and operates. As the tier directly below OU, it could, on any give month, either have something important to the...
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    Metagame Views From The Council

    I personally find this reasoning to be quite off. That's just how competitive games work? Niche things are niche because they have issues impacting their consistency overall utility -- Tera's presence doesn't really change that. And people naturally gravitate to what they see as the best...
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    Resource GSC Simple Question, Simple Answer Thread

    So I know HP Legends ban used to be a thing in the olden days. Do we have an article (or some other resource) about its history and when the ban was repealed?
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    Pokémon Movepool Oddities & Explanations

    Forgive me for not knowing about these, I totally skipped Gen 8. Also haven't played Gen 9 yet even though I own Violet. Snap Trap being Grass is weird tho. You'd think it would be Steel, especially since it seems to be a bear trap.
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