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Again, Dragon spam was effective in Gen 5 because of the specific dragons used, not because of the type as a whole. Using OU as an example, I remember teams using cores of:
Kyurem-B/Latios/Latias/Garchomp
Dragonite/MoxieMence/Garchomp/Haxorus
Haxorus/Dragonite/Garchomp
Latios/Garchomp/Haxorus
Hydreigon/Salamence/Haxorus
What do they all have in common? These Dragons have some of the most powerful BST spreads + movepool to accommodate hyperoffensive strategy. It also doesn't help that Haxorus is the only non-pseudo and non-legendary dragon-type in the cores listed.
The Dragons definitely needed balancing, but introducing a new type was a horrible way to accomplish that. What should've happened was nerfing BSTs and/or having new abilities to minimize the efficacy of certain dragon Pokemon (for instance, Multiscale and Moxie are such fantastic and braindead ways for Dragonite and Salamence to set-up quickly).
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I agree with nerfing BSTs to an extent, but part of the reason why these core were so effective was because of how good of an offensive type Dragon used to be. The main reason why Outrage/Draco Meteor spam was so common, and not Thrash/Overheat/Leaf Storm spam was because having a type that has no immunities, and is only resisted by Steel (which in turn, can't do much back without Hidden Power Ice) meant that you could just spam these moves with little regard for what switches in, whereas you can't do so for their non-Dragon counterparts. Especially so if you ended up using 4 Drag + 2 Mag back in Gen 5 to get rid of any potentially worrisome Steel types.
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No idea, makes as much sense as Fairy being a good counter to fighting alongside Dragon, and Fairies also being strong against Bug is weird, you would think bugs could be strong against them considering most fairies are woodland spirits.
Azumarill is MVP of my heart, fat fuck was already a top 5 but its Fairy boost shot it up to Favorite of all Time for me.wouldn't chansey be better with evolite?
Azumarill was the MVP of XY
Yeah I feel like its the Drampa of this gen. I think this gen the Pseudo will be surprising and not of the Dragon Type. Personally hoping its an ice type.
I really hope we get a Water/Fairy Psuedo Legendary like Mr Buddy suggested for his England Reigon Video
Just please not dragon. It's crazy that's been 5 gens since the last one.
Agreed but i have a feeling it will be another Dragon. I hope it's a unquie typing though
You'd think with fairy, they would realize the whole dragon aura lost its mystic appeal and try something different. It doesn't help that the last two pseudos have honestly been underwhelming. Like it's hard to top hydreigon.
Tapu Koko has been one of the most dominant pokémon (in VGC) since it was first introduced. It'll (probably) be missed in SwSh. Tbh I hope UBs, Tapus and Incineroar aren't available in Galar lol
You believe James Turner's prodigal son won't be in Galar?
If SWSH continues the trend of 1st new games not having many non-regional legendaries, it could be a huge shake-up.
Landorous mains weeps world wide. I'm personally tired of facing Landorous online all the time.
Being VGC, this should be changed to the Tapus of Healthy Meta
VGC next year is gonna be fun, no Tapus, no Genies and DMax/Gmax are gonna shake things up a lot. Dreadnaw especially I feel is gonna see a ton of useage.
Inb4 the Tapus and Genies made it into the regional dex
So what Pokemon will they reveal at Worlds this year that in reality has no competitive viability?
That Crabrawler reveal was even stranger it ended up being an early-game Pokemon with an evolution.
That Crabrawler reveal was even stranger it ended up being an early-game Pokemon with an evolution.
I wonder how useful Dreadnaw will actually end up being. Nessa seems to be an early-game gym leader and it looks like it's her ace.
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Running at a decent frame rate and resolution is going to make it a lot more spectator friendly at least. Having a laggy 3ds game scaled up for streaming was always quite offputting.
Better have a decent FPS, I'm still worried it won't in the final game, not from any footage I have seen just because I'm sceptical the game is going to look as smooth as it has in the trailers.
The game won't decrease in quality from now to the launch. It's the opposite. Performance can only go up as they optimize the game further.
I think it's almost 99% safe to say that Tapus won't be in Galar. Like what would be the explanation to be considered part of the regional dex?
It's not like legendary Kanto birds which, apparently love traveling and conquering other regions lol
It's not like legendary Kanto birds which, apparently love traveling and conquering other regions lol
Eventually they will have to come up with an excuse though unless they play to remake Sun and Moon soon, same with other legendaries and starters
I think we'll see the Tapu's again in a future Island Region like Alola or Hoen.
I think it's "easier" or more "justifiable" to put someone like Mew or Mewtwo because they're not necessarily tied to a place, or because of their origin we know they don't really come from Cerulean Cave or the Faraway Island, but the Tapus go very hand in hand with their place, imo, because they aren't just inhabitants but the actual guardians of the respective island.
I mean, at this point they can do whatever they want, and it will never explain why some Pokémon can be in some regions and others can't, but I think if they're gonna appear in raids or that sort of gigs, they should at least come up with a more arbitrary "Raid Dex" or something like that instead of trying to shove everything in a regional dex and use it as the excuse, because it just won't make sense.
I guess we'll have to wait and see
Pocket dimensions like we've had with USUM and ORAS. I bet this doesn't happen until the eventual "Pokemon Wand", or 4th gen remakes.
Hoopa causing trouble again
Ultra Wormholes
"Fake" versions that are really the real thing but "story"
Raid Tapus in the next game are a guarantee, I don't see Gamefreak skipping out on Titan Tapus from the Z-Moves for Gmax.
Mewtwo will absolutely show up in a raid den with a Gigantamax form
As long as it's not Armored Mewtwo, I'm fine with it lol
What would an uber metagame even look like, assuming all the mythicals and legendaries are being saved later into the generation, with only a select few (The new ones and the Fifty Dollar Mew so far) being in the first entry.
I'm still holding out that they repurpose Megas as gigantamax forms
I still don't get why anyone wants this (or expects them to) when it'd make far more sense to advertise a brand new form. What's the point of giving a Pokemon a Gigantomax form only to have it look exactly like their Mega forms? It'd feel lazy and not to mention superficial, since they wouldn't get their changed typings and stat boosts.
The Sinnoh remakes already have the perfect basis for including past legendaries: the Distortion World. All they have to do is say something like "Mt. Coronet isn't the only place connected to the Distortion World. While wandering around inside, you might occasionally come across other mysterious portals that take you to places all over the Pokemon world!" You go through a door and boom, suddenly you're in a Tapu temple or at the top of Tin Tower or wherever.
There's a greater than 90% chance Distortion World is never brought up or referenced in any way in a DP remake
Honestly people are probably just gonna play a custom Ubers metagame on Showdown instead of on the Switch. Ubers is pretty pointless without all the legendaries, dexit is sadly going to destroy this format's ingame capability.
There's a model of a purple portal at the back of Turnback Cave with a plaque that reads "The Distortion World project has started!"
I can't wait for people defending that claiming "But guys, the remake is based on D/P, not Platinum!!!"
stop...the memories are flooding back..
because what they don't want is yet another mechanic that's gonna be thrown away next gen
I don't see how superficially pretending Megas are still a thing this gen is supposed to address that but ok
TBh, i dont like using box legends, but i love doing Mythical starter runs. My UM playthrough was mostly Zeraora, Emboar, and Archeops for a long while. Sad I never got to do a Marshadow run :/
it doesn't, but stuff like Steelix and T-tar with no form change is gonna be weird
Despite being more faithful as R/S remakes, OR/AS still featured Rayquaza and Sky Tower in the post-game. So even if D/P remakes ignore Giratina for the main story, I would still expect them to do something with it and the Distortion World as a post-game story.