We need a phys def assault vest. or a phys def blissey that doesn't suck
Not good enough for you?:v
We need a phys def assault vest. or a phys def blissey that doesn't suck
a QD sweeper that gets murdered by both Aqua Jet and Grassy Glide? You may want to rethink that ground typing.
I don't think aegislash particularly was an issue either (gen 7 at least) but got a nerf to gen 8. VGC might be a target point for them, but if we're talking about them removing abilities rarely used or overlapped by items its probably less predictable than VGC. Skill link I would think would be booted not because of VGC but because an item basically replaces it, there aren't many non-skill link users I can think of that get better with multihit moves over raw damage like life orb, the skill linkers primarily had movepools centralized around that multi-hit gimmick (rock blast, bullet seed, tail slap, etc).
What however I wouldn't be surprised happening is... more Intimidate nerfs.
This gen we already had a bunch of indirect nerfs to it: several abilities make you immune to it (notably, Inner Focus, which was already a very strong VGC ability due to fake out immunity), several of the new nonrestricted legendaries either ignore it (Urshifu) or get buffed from it (Zapdos / Articuno, tecnically also Enamorous). And it wasnt enough, cause if you saw Worlds, Incineroar still turretted at over 90% usage.
We need a phys def assault vest. or a phys def blissey that doesn't suck
You know, I could see using recharge/charge moves as a way to represent the past/future theme, since they're two-turn moves with the effect weighted at different times. Power Herb would need to be buffed to not end up with a zacian/zamazenta-level internal balance failure, though.Eh to me it just kind of reads as a gimmick item. Through Breloom te trailer already tells you what they want you to do with this item - Slap it on a Technician mon that either gets STAB on the moves (Such as Breloom) or gets various different multi-hits that could be valuable coverage (Say something like Cinccino, idk). Its definitely no top tier item but there have always been gimmicky items and this is 100% not here to just replace or recreate Skill Link. This isn't much different from Focush Sash and Sturdy having similar effects or Utility Umbrella and Cloud Nine for that matter. Idt that Skill Link will be nerfed just to match this item.
To be honest I see these less as nerfs are more as new methods of counterplay. Intimidate itself isn't necessarily getting worse, and will probably remain a meta-defining ability for as long as it exists, but what they're doing here is essentially taking the fact that Intim shapes the meta and making mons that have different ways to take advantage of that. Specially when talking about VGC, a Pokémon's interaction with Intim can be really defining for how viable it ends up, so essentially having intim countermeasures as a form of "anti-meta" is more of a way to make different Pokémon have different matchups vs the big defining ability, while not making Intim itself worse against any other users, if that makes sense
I'll be honest, I don't really get the need some people have for this kind of symmetry when it would just kind of make things more boring imo. Pokémon has deliberate choices to make Physical mons and Special mons play differently - an easy example being Physical moves usually being more reliable (For an example, having moves that have high BP and good accuracy at once but with some sort of drawback that endangers you such as recoil or defense drops) while Special has a lot more secondary effects and the high BP special moves tent to not have as good accuracy. Stuff like Intim and Burns already makes Physical a lot easier to handle than Special so idt a physical assault vest or a physical Blissey really add anything positive to the game.
Now back to SV - something I either have missed when reading the past few pages or just hasn't been mentioned itself:
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The TCG refers to Koraidon as a Dinosaur, which I find rather fascinating. We all already knew that Koraidon was meant to represent the past, but I didn't expect it to be dozens of millions of years old.
Also could note that Dino Cry or WildImpact could respectively be its ability or signature move in-game, but do note that the TCG often goes by its own rules and makes up its own moves pretty often
This. Everyone will be more than ready to carry answers to Steel Teras, but a lot of them won't apply to Poison. Especially for Levitate users since EQ is the most common way of handling them.The second most tempting type with Levitate if you're looking at weaknesses is Poison
They are not nearly as bulky as blissey is on the special side though.
it'd be hilarious if they also nerf Dauntless Shield to maintain symmetry and end up making Zamazenta even more of a joke than it already is.
They could make both Download clones, which would nerf Intrepid Sword while buffing Dauntless Shield.If the rumor of nerfing Intrepid Sword turns out the be true, it'd be hilarious if they also nerf Dauntless Shield to maintain symmetry and end up making Zamazenta even more of a joke than it already is.
Water Coalossal also takes 45 instead of 30 from Rotom-W's Hydro Pump in the same vein.
We JUST went over this, that’s the Water type. Or are you in denial.That's ice Colossoal. Ice resists water in this gen. Crazy
what do you mean, why are you being a butthole about thisWe JUST went over this, that’s the Water type. Or are you in denial.
It's Waterwhat do you mean, why are you being a butthole about this
Cool detail they chucked in.
BRELOOM IS BACK LET'S GOOO ! I like this item a lot, a bit gimmicky but still plenty useful for Technician users.
If that's the case, maybe now they'll actually do something about that enforced 20 minute online timer by preferably not having it be there. (...)
I certainly hope they ditch it.
Slowbro used Shed Tail!
Congratulations! Your Slowbro devolved into Slowpoke!
who needs Teleport you've got Shed Tail now
The player characters finally have names...they're Florian and Juliana. I like the ring to those names a lot!
It's a shame that Tera Blast will probably be akin to a 50 BP move if you're not Terastalized
If it was like 70 it'd be a decent thing to have on hand for various Normal types if they wanted to throw out a special move
It only has the users Tera Type after Terastalizing. Lower power before Terastal would be insult to injury.
If Cyclizar truly is a prevo to Koraidon and Miraidon... They'll get Shed Tail too...
That move on a 670 BST Legendary scares me
Shift Gear too.
Imagine if Alolan Ninetales could use Shed Tail alongside Snow Warning + Aurora Veil.
Have they confirmed whether or not Pokemon need to be holding an item to jump into their Tera forms?
I know that you have to have the Tera Orb or whatever, but I couldn't find anything specifying whether it's just a key item in the inventory or an item that a Pokemon has to hold in order to Terastalise.
Something about the music stood out to me. Maybe just because it was awesome, but Toby Fox would help explain it. IIRC, he said that he was shown a crystalline Lucario with a flower on its head, told it's the Gen 9 Gimmick, and told to make a song based on it. It does sound crystalline.EDIT: Wait a second, is this the new music piece that Toby Fox made?