Pokemon Megathread 6.0: You'd have to have mega stones to not play this.

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lezard_valeth: Mar 14, 2016

Pureauthor posted:

Z Moves honestly sounds kinda weird/pointless if they're just gonna be huge elemental nukes you can use once per battle.

Pokemon damage formulas are made so that you can usually OHKO anyway if you're exploiting weaknesses.

I'd like them if each of them has a unique element to it other than "Hits really hard"

Like, Grass Z-Moves does damage AND heals all your parties Status Ailments/heals some Hp.

Ghost Z-Move does minor damage AND places a curse on the field that reduces X stat by 1 stage on switch ins.

Flying Z-Move does damage and creates a hurricane on the field that forces switch every other turn.

Also depending on the stats and how the ability works, Oriocorio can be a beast in doubles. Just have a fast/bulky Pokemon use Quiver Dance, and Protect with Oriocorio. Dancer will copy the stat boosts without risking getting hit/force switched.

And yeah they better buff Ice defensively or change it's ability otherwise RIP Alola Sandshrew/Sandslash on arrival. 4x Weakness to Fire AND Fighting.

lezard_valeth fucked around with this message at 02:18 on Aug 2, 2016

# ? Aug 2, 2016 02:15

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# ? May 26, 2024 08:23

Countblanc: Apr 20, 2005; _{Help a hero out!}

lezard_valeth posted:

Flying Z-Move does damage and creates a hurricane on the field that forces switch every other turn

# ? Aug 2, 2016 02:24

Shneak: Mar 6, 2015; A sad Professor Plum
sitting on a toilet.

lezard_valeth posted:

I'd like them if each of them has a unique element to it other than "Hits really hard"

Like, Grass Z-Moves does damage AND heals all your parties Status Ailments/heals some Hp.

Ghost Z-Move does minor damage AND places a curse on the field that reduces X stat by 1 stage on switch ins.

Flying Z-Move does damage and creates a hurricane on the field that forces switch every other turn.

Calm down, Smogon's already blacklisting them.

# ? Aug 2, 2016 02:27

Super No Vacancy: Jul 26, 2012

what pokes can i farm up that will be in demand on the trade systemdex so i can get my living dex goin

# ? Aug 2, 2016 02:35

greatn: Nov 15, 2006; by Lowtax

Bongo Bill posted:

I hope that there's an Alola Pikachu, so that they're forced to acknowledge that Raichu still exists.

In Alola and all future versions, new baby baby Pokemon KaChu is first form, Pikachu is final form, Raichu is mega evolution and temporary.

# ? Aug 2, 2016 02:37

Manatee Cannon: Aug 26, 2010

trade evos

I could get basically whatever I wanted for a scizor

# ? Aug 2, 2016 02:37

lezard_valeth: Mar 14, 2016

Shneak posted:

Calm down, Smogon's already blacklisting them.

Hahaha yeah I went overboard, but if you are gonna sacrifice one moveslot AND probably a held item for just one move, which your opponent can easily anticipate with Frisk, then they better be OP, specially if they are supposed to be the Ultimate Move of Friendship! Either go full anime or no anime

Super No Vacancy posted:

what pokes can i farm up that will be in demand on the trade systemdex so i can get my living dex goin

Well, if you wait a bit till more is revealed about Alola forms (wether they are only available from capturing Pokes in that region OR you can change your Poke into their new form) stocking up on competitive Vulpix would be a good idea.

# ? Aug 2, 2016 02:42

hopeandjoy: Nov 28, 2014

Super No Vacancy posted:

what pokes can i farm up that will be in demand on the trade systemdex so i can get my living dex goin

Eevees, Charmanders if you're going the GTS route. Stuff kids like.

# ? Aug 2, 2016 02:44

MorningMoon: Dec 29, 2013; He's been tapping into Aunt May's bank account!
Didn't I kill him with a HELICOPTER?

Bongo Bill posted:

I hope that there's an Alola Pikachu, so that they're forced to acknowledge that Raichu still exists.

Alola Pikachu ends up looking exactly the same but with even better stats than Raichu and it cannot evolve.

# ? Aug 2, 2016 02:59

Space Cadet Omoly: Jan 15, 2014; ~Groovy~

Nethilia posted:

Bae: Go watch the new video for Pokemon
Me: What's so excit--

HOLY poo poo MY FAVE POKEMON EVER IS EVEN MORE PRETTY.

ICYPIX IS EVERYTHING I NEVER KNEW I WANTED TIL NOW.

Also Dancybirb rules, I'm going to draw like a million of them

oh and there's some other Pokemon, I guess.

Since ice Ninetales is part fairy and so is Mimikkyu I think I might try having a mono-fairy team.

If Popplio ends up part fairy that's definitely what I'm going to do.

# ? Aug 2, 2016 02:59

Countblanc: Apr 20, 2005; _{Help a hero out!}

lezard_valeth posted:

Hahaha yeah I went overboard, but if you are gonna sacrifice one moveslot

i had assumed it'd just be a 5th button ala mega evo, was this stated somewhere

# ? Aug 2, 2016 03:01

notoriousman: Nov 18, 2007; I'M AWARE I'M
AN IDIOT

Bongo Bill posted:

I hope that there's an Alola Pikachu, so that they're forced to acknowledge that Raichu still exists.

I remember Puka.

# ? Aug 2, 2016 03:03

oddium: Feb 21, 2006; end of the 4.5 tatami age

i forgot i restarted y to get ocean vivillons. hmmm

# ? Aug 2, 2016 03:05

Tired Moritz: Mar 25, 2012; wish Lowtax would get tired of YOUR POSTS

_{_{(n o i c e)}}

alola pikachu is just regular pikachu but with surf

# ? Aug 2, 2016 03:06

Phrosphor: Feb 25, 2007; Urbanisation

There has to be a Aloha Pikachu because of that one other poke making itself look like him, it needs a reference!

# ? Aug 2, 2016 03:07

The Bee: Nov 25, 2012; Making his way to the ring . . .
from Deep in the Jungle . . .

The Big Monkey!

It turns out Mimikyuu is really accurate, and Aloloa's Pikachu just kinda look like dried-out corpses.

# ? Aug 2, 2016 03:11

oddium: Feb 21, 2006; end of the 4.5 tatami age

mimikyu is a perfect replication of aloha pikachu......

e: heck !! beans !!

# ? Aug 2, 2016 03:11

Electric Phantasm: Apr 7, 2011; YOSPOS

Countblanc posted:

i had assumed it'd just be a 5th button ala mega evo, was this stated somewhere

No, but a Pokemon can use any Z move if they know a move of the same type.

quote:

There are two conditions for performing Z-Moves: a Pok�mon must learn a move of the same type as a Z-Crystal, and it must be holding the corresponding Z-Crystal.

When you see these moves in action in the game, each overwhelmingly powerful move will be on full display, filling the entire screen!

So depending on how Z moves turn out it's possible you could sacrifice a move slot to have access to it, but then again only once per battle.

# ? Aug 2, 2016 03:17

Nuns with Guns: Jul 23, 2010; It's fine.
Don't worry about it.

Super No Vacancy posted:

what pokes can i farm up that will be in demand on the trade systemdex so i can get my living dex goin

any of the starters are good, or eevees, yeah

# ? Aug 2, 2016 03:20

Internet Kraken: Apr 24, 2010; slightly amused

Theta Zero posted:

It's meant to look like an old school detective, hence the name basically being "gumshoe."

That might be the case but every American saw that hair an immediately thought "that thing is Trump".

# ? Aug 2, 2016 03:21

Ruggington: Apr 21, 2012

Internet Kraken posted:

That might be the case but every American saw that hair an immediately thought "that thing is Trump".

actually,

# ? Aug 2, 2016 03:25

Countblanc: Apr 20, 2005; _{Help a hero out!}

i didnt think of donald trump when i saw the mongoose adult

# ? Aug 2, 2016 03:28

Ms. Unsmiley: Feb 13, 2012

Internet Kraken posted:

That might be the case but every American saw that hair an immediately thought "that thing is Trump".

i thought it looked like a hat

# ? Aug 2, 2016 03:28

Phrosphor: Feb 25, 2007; Urbanisation

As soon as it put it's hands behind it's back I instantly though Detective.

# ? Aug 2, 2016 03:40

lezard_valeth: Mar 14, 2016

Internet Kraken posted:

That might be the case but every American saw that hair an immediately thought "that thing is Trump".

Abomasnow: Obama owns

Pokemon company has been predicting the US presidency since the 4th Gen

# ? Aug 2, 2016 03:44

Sockser: Jun 28, 2007; This world only remembers the results!

Fire vulpix and ice vulpix? Same pokedex number

Purple nidoran and blue nidoran? CLEARLY DISTINCT SPECIES.

# ? Aug 2, 2016 04:06

Phrosphor: Feb 25, 2007; Urbanisation

Sockser posted:

Fire vulpix and ice vulpix? Same pokedex number

Purple nidoran and blue nidoran? CLEARLY DISTINCT SPECIES.

Prof Oak was drunk.

# ? Aug 2, 2016 04:06

hopeandjoy: Nov 28, 2014

Professor Oak wrote his Pokedex before phylogenetic testing was widely used, please understand.

# ? Aug 2, 2016 04:15

Sockser: Jun 28, 2007; This world only remembers the results!

Professor Oak is a dipshit who couldn't find room for a goddamned baby Pikachu anywhere in his drat bullshit pokedex

#1 wish for gen VII is a revised national dex especially now

# ? Aug 2, 2016 04:19