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If ingame had more doubles battles I bet people wouldn't be so apprehensive about trying it.
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Blackheart posted:Ah. I always thought these guys were Oni. Raijin and Fujin absolutely have oni-like aspects to them and can be considered to be both Kami and Oni, using the very very old definition of what an Oni was, which was basically a formless evil disaster-spreading spirit. Since Raijin and Fujin are both aspects of the weather (Rain & Lightning and Wind respectively,) they're sometimes benevolent (Crop-watering showers and comfortable breeze, their kami aspects,) and sometimes malevolent (thunderstorms and monsoons, their oni aspects.)
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Sep 21, 2016 08:09
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The genies discussion you guys are having already is longer than the design team meeting that put them in the freaking game.
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I liked the new pokemon but I probably won't end up using either of them was surprised that the rugby monkey wasn't grass/fighting tho
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cancerianmoth posted:The whole point is to have fun with pokemon that aren't usually used. Blaziken, Greninja and Scizor a concern? Then lower the BST so they can't be used, which would be under 500 in order to exclude Scizor from being picked. There aren't that many pokemon over 500 as there are under so there is still ALOT to choose from and have fun with. I know you started this line of posts as a "smogon rules are bad" though, however if you like to use "Pokemon that aren't usually used" let me introduce you to lower tiers, where pelipper is a metagame defining choice
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Waffles Inc. posted:Can I ask the dumbest question ever: why is there a scene (or scenes) with rules that differ from the official vgc rules? Isn't everyone's goal to win the actual vgc? Aside from just generally loving around I mean I wrote the response to this a bunch of posts ago but here is the condensed version: Competitive mons started and got organized without nintendos help or interest, long before vgc was even a concept. Smogon lasted longer than any other competitive focused Pokemon site, and has had certain tournaments exist for upwards of 11 years straight. The singles community is based around these tournaments as the highest level of competition and they are seen as the most prestigious things to win in mons as a whole. Additionally the competitive level of the vgc scene is still lacking compared to the top level of singles, pretty average smogon tournament players tend to do very well when playing vgc even as a passing interest. So for the time being at least from my perspective, singles is more rewarding to play due to the developed community, trophies with "history", and higher level of play
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Sep 21, 2016 11:29
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Manatee Cannon posted:I liked the new pokemon but I probably won't end up using either of them I'm sure it can learn some Grass type moves though. Seed Bomb seems like a given.
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Sep 21, 2016 11:59
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Wonder what happens if orangutan instructs its doubles partner to reuse a Z move?
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Sep 21, 2016 13:51
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Nephzinho posted:Wonder what happens if orangutan instructs its doubles partner to reuse a Z move? Probably nothing since you can only Z-Moves once per battle and I doubt that there's a way to circumvent that.
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Sep 21, 2016 13:52
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Pure speculation, but it could cause them to use the prerequisite move. So Instructing Snorlax's thing would use Giga Impact.
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Sep 21, 2016 13:53
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AlphaKretin posted:Pure speculation, but it could cause them to use the prerequisite move. So Instructing Snorlax's thing would use Giga Impact. Can you Instruct a Pokemon fatigued from Hyper Beam so it keeps blasting out Hyper Beams?
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Sep 21, 2016 14:05
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Sep 21, 2016 14:38
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McDragon posted:what happens if two orangurus Instruct each other? ... But it failed.
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Sep 21, 2016 14:41
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McDragon posted:what happens if two orangurus Instruct each other? "But it failed!" In retrospect this is probably the boring answer for Z-Moves and Hyper Beam variants.
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I've been playing pokemon soul silver and I have really been spoiled by gen 6. The older games are pretty unforgiving. single use TMs are the worst and I'm so glad they fixed that Also maybe I just suck but I've actually lost a few times in this game
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Gammatron 64 posted:I've been playing pokemon soul silver and I have really been spoiled by gen 6. The older games are pretty unforgiving. single use TMs are the worst and I'm so glad they fixed that Soul Silver has a pretty bad level curve, its really easy to get underleveled unless you're obsessively backtracking and exploring all the caves dotting Johto that have like a third of the trainers in the game deep inside. It can also be easy to breeze through if you rock Feraligatr and some of the early powerful pokemon you can grab like Heracross. Zore fucked around with this message at 15:11 on Sep 21, 2016 |
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Zore posted:Soul Silver has a pretty bad level curve, its really easy to get underleveled unless you're obsessively backtracking and exploring all the caves dotting Johto that have like a third of the trainers in the game deep inside. I'm 4 badges and about 10 hours in. I did pick Totodile because the other starters suck. Where is Heracross? Currently I'm rocking: Croconaw Gastly Kadabra Flaffy Sudowoodo Magmar
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Sep 21, 2016 15:14
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Gammatron 64 posted:I'm 4 badges and about 10 hours in. I did pick Totodile because the other starters suck. Where is Heracross? Heracross is found by using Headbutt on trees (only certain routes have it though.)
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Sep 21, 2016 15:17
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When will we get double rotation battles? I hope SM
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Sep 21, 2016 15:41
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Battle Royal is the new metagame.
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Gammatron 64 posted:I'm 4 badges and about 10 hours in. I did pick Totodile because the other starters suck. Where is Heracross? You can get Heracross way back in the town you fought Bugsy in by headbutting. In general, a lot of good pokemon come from Headbutt trees.
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Sep 21, 2016 15:56
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That Triples hack of Black/White was pretty hilarious and made me appreciate triple battles, especially trying to nuzlocke triple battles because they are the deadliest. A Battle Royal only mode for S&M would be cool in theory but horrible in practice because I can only imagine it lags like crazy.
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Sep 21, 2016 16:55
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Emerald had the right ratio of battle formats. Like 2/3 single, 1/3 double, and 0/3 rotation.
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Sep 21, 2016 17:02
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Rotation is good. Anything that makes dumb gimmicky combos more viable is good.
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Sep 21, 2016 17:13
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AlphaKretin posted:The genies are Raijin, Fuujin, and some land spirit related to those two who doesn't come up as much. They're kami. thundurus is raijin, tornadus is fujin, landorus is okumura
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https://twitter.com/therealzef/status/778674806900330500
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Sep 21, 2016 21:28
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Well thats good at least. Did anyone really think Megas were entirely going away though?
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Sep 21, 2016 21:32
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Zore posted:Well thats good at least. I didn't think, but I hoped.
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What did people expect? "We've spent an entire generation creating mega evolutions, putting them in the spotlight and featuring them heavily in side games like Pokken as well on the Anime, let's just abandon them all together." Megas Rule. I'm glad they're staying so I can continue to pet my Mega-Ampharos and his perfect Glam-Rock hair.
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Rich Uncle Chet posted:What did people expect? "We've spent an entire generation creating mega evolutions, putting them in the spotlight and featuring them heavily in side games like Pokken as well on the Anime, let's just abandon them all together." i was confident that they'd still be around but we've been learning about this game for months and this is the first confirmation we've had that megas are still in, i can't blame people for getting skeptical
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Sep 21, 2016 21:40
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Megas are probably postgame only this time
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cheetah7071 posted:Megas are probably postgame only this time We can only hope.
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Zore posted:Well thats good at least. I'm sure some people did. Hopefully we can stop arguing about it now that it's confirmed.
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Sep 21, 2016 21:44
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don't forget to transfer DUX from red/blue to get farfetch'dite
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Sep 21, 2016 21:44
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Kill Megamence! Kill Megamence!!
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mega farfetch'd is steel/flying, he's got a cute little kabuto helmet and a very sharp but still clearly leek leek
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Sep 21, 2016 21:45
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alcharagia posted:Kill Megamence! Kill Megamence!! don't worry, Ice/Steel Sandslash resists all of Salamence's STAB so we're in the clear
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oddium posted:mega farfetch'd is steel/flying, he's got a cute little kabuto helmet and a very sharp but still clearly leek leek and his special attack will be reduced to 1 so the mega gets 157 points to distribute
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Countblanc posted:don't worry, Ice/Steel Sandslash resists all of Salamence's STAB so we're in the clear f i r e b l a s t
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Countblanc posted:don't worry, Ice/Steel Sandslash resists all of Salamence's STAB so we're in the clear I don't care! Mega Salamence should go away. I was mad when it was first announced and I'm still mad now. gently caress off Megamence. You don't deserve to exist. loving stealing pinsir's glory. pinsir deserves better
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