I would characterize the bulk of Ubers metagame development as a cycle between stallish and offensive phases. Right now, we are in a stallish phaze, as evidenced by the fact that Forretress is on 25% of all teams, and that Garchomp usage has plummeted.The Uber metagame doesn't evolve that much, really, which is why I find it interesting. I'm always on the prow, looking to create a new and unseen moveset. This is the sort of mindset many Uber battlers are in, IMO, and it keeps the metagame striving, and unpredictable.
I have no concrete reasons, but a number of hypotheses.mtr, what would you say drives those cycles?
Naturally, things are more complicated than this, but this is a distilled version.If stall becomes popular, as it is now, you can bet that things like ScarfKia and ScarfChomp will fall in usage because Scarfers aren't good against stall. Because these guys are falling in usage and stall teams are rising in usage, things like MixPalkia and SpecsOgre or even MixOgre will rise in popularity. Then stall declines, and offensive play rises. Then players decide to once again use tools to beat offense like the aforementioned ScarfChomp. Then those tools become popular and stall begins to rise...
Yes, Arceus is still banned. Obviously, when he is allowed, there will be a massive change. It'll be like adding 17 new Pokemon into the tier (Since he can change type), each with possibly 2-5 sets each.I guess Ubers is the least used tier. I think it's very important to find something game breaking in this tier, like a new moveset. Every pokemon is usable here, so I think that's possible. Besides, when Arceus is usable again, Ubers metagame will change I think. (Arceus is still banned right?)
Actually, the reason Arceus is banned is because Shoddy is unable to implement its limitations on the ladder (the limitations being that Arceus can only have a maximum of 100 evs per stat). If Arceus is released at a level below 100 or Shoddy 2 comes out, it will not be banned in Ubers.Doesnt Arceus have a counter for all of its movesets?
The most commom Arceus moveset i've ever seen was that irritating Insect Plate moveset because all it would do would spam the shit out of judgement until it ran out of PP and then switch to either Scarf-Palkia or Specs-Kyogre!!!
The only reason it is actually banned is because of its ridiculous unpredictability
and the sheer power of its sets!!!!
P.S (Is their a reason I have never seen a Stall Arceus before?)
Does the recent Arceus event in the UK not allow you to acquire a level 80 Arceus? I'm sure I've seen something on another server about them now allowing Arceus because it's possible to acquire one below level 100.Actually, the reason Arceus is banned is because Shoddy is unable to implement its limitations on the ladder (the limitations being that Arceus can only have a maximum of 100 evs per stat). If Arceus is released at a level below 100 or Shoddy 2 comes out, it will not be banned in Ubers.