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This also depends a bit on where we're talking about, because while Mence was a viable attacker as far as I can tell in VGC (the format GF's active design tends to focus on), Mega Sableye I don't think was ever particularly notable there compared to its Singles Stall team prowess. I do not know...

This might be a very specific one based on me not knowing the Japanese words in proper detail, but the other thing for me is that the JP name for Ceaseless Edge doesn't really sound like a Dark (or "Evil") Type move? Secret Sword obviously has the fighting association, but "Thousand Waves" also...

I calc'd using Sacred Sword because the main point of the demonstration was that Sharpness is a bigger boost than the raw ATK buff, while also advantaging Gallade over CC by not reducing its already Meager defenses (and thus making it even more vulnerable to chipped Revenge Kills). 252 Atk...

Ostensibly Lightning Rod does have a benefit on Mega Sceptile by nullifying Thunder Wave given it's a speedy attacker, and Mega Garchomp has a clear idea behind it (monster Wall breaking mixed power) that just didn't pan out in Singles because the speed drop did matter more. These are not so...

Ultimately I think this is a major part they had to consider for marketing/brand image: you can't put that genie back in the bottle without severe backlash once you allow a set of games to be back-and-forth on a shared app, especially if the new cut off is still USING that same app and its whole...

There's some misinformation I think needs to be corrected here as to how it impacts your point being made. Namely that while I agree double-dipping on both paired versions AND their DLC is absurd, you're tacking on $10-20 for the Paldea Switch 2 upgrade, when it's one of the games in which said...

If anything this proves they had workarounds before my assumption for those aspects and makes it MORE likely that the stapled on Super Mechanic data retention is what's causing the bloat I was citing in the first half of that paragraph (in which my point is "do defaults if this info didn't...

Toxtricity reaching further than Decidueye's Hidden Ability for the chance at a sound based Fire Move with a free +1. Also for Triple Arrow, I can't think of anything with Archer flavor immediately besides base Decidueye, who is moderately better at using its secondary effects with 10 more Base...

Here's my reaction to this legitimately plausible scenario: Stop inventing new mechanics constantly that require remembering to create these compatibility issues. Off-hand as a layman I can conceive of the following as things individual instances of a Pokemon might have to retain - IVs - EVs -...

See I'd understand this idea if they didn't continue to make big "sturdy" or fat Ice types that are supposed to LOOK bulky as much as be so in their stat line like Glalie, Regice (these things don't look fragile despite their Phys Def in practice), Walrein, Avalugg, Cloyster, and Abomasnow. If...

The problem I see there is that Ting-Lu has a hard time maintaining momentum once it surprises the first target, due to its low speed and pretty exploitable weakness list which makes taking REPEATED hits a tall order. Ting-Lu is very good at interrupting certain mons but it doesn't seem the...

Might have been more unpopular before learnset culling but Scald should be SE into Ice, like Freeze Dry in reverse. If it's hot enough to burn it's hot enough to melt Ice vs Neutral regular water.

I think besides personal preference/bias, Gengar is a bit below the line those mons tend to be at (Charizard had some major feature in Gen 6-8, plus special treatment like Ash's being brought back repeatedly for other regions). Gengar is shilled no doubt, but it's not to the degree of shouting...

Gapdos is a mon that in a vacuum feels plenty capable of making strides in OU given its really good type coverage into a lot of the top-cut mons (Gambit, Tusk, Ting-Lu, and Zama all hate the 1v1, Ogerpon and Ghold don't want to come in on a STAB or Knock respectively, Lando-T lacks any...

I think this is a failure of communication by the art teams, because if PoGo is any indication, Grumpig is supposed to use its tail to bounce forward or rebound from impacts, but its body structure means it's not conducive to general usage or its idle animation like Spoink obviously displays.

To add to this, every good Psychic Pokemon I encounter feels like it's good in spite or or with no relevance on the Psychic typing a lot of the time. The only two resistances it gives are itself and Fighting, and given how poor Psychic's Coverage is outside of strong neutral STAB like Alakazam's...

The Galarian Regional Evolutions infuriate me similarly because it feels like such a transparent way to say "we give up" on the Old Pokemon's design without wanting to totally abandon its branding for marketing (because, you know, most of them are Kanto Pokemon). Cross Gen evolutions were some...

The big thing is Dragon can afford to only hit itself SE because it has next to no resistances and its users have massive stat totals. Whereas something like Fire is resisted by common defensive Waters, a Dragonite or Salamence with Outrage hit only slightly less hard than some SE moves with...

If they wanted it to be a deep cut, it'd be Chi-Yu in Sun against a Blissey (Tera optional but the joke works that far)

As a Go player, Wigglytuff deserves NOTHING outside of the Mystery Dungeon series. Charm spam brainless fat pillow.