Permission received from DHR to post this, it might be moved to OI general later tho
So I saw this topic earlier which got locked after pointing the original poster to the IGTL section of the forum, which makes sense as the IGTL is the single-player arm of Smogon. However it got me lamenting a little bit about this board, and the reason why is because, once a tier list is done and written up and put on-site, there's no real room for reopening the topic or re-evaluating the Pokémon after the fact. I'm a little sad that discussions are basically tied to the temporal aspect of "is this thread open and am I a registered user at the time it's open", so with permission from the mods, I'd like to start a topic for discussing single-player tierings, strategies, etc.
This however is called the "expanded" tier list because it's going to allow for discussions of some aspects that the in-game tier lists usually don't cover:
I also encourage you to use the Tier Maker and to get into heated discussions with other users so long as you're mutually respectful - it's only a game, remember, and opinions are opinions!
If this gets very popular, we might consider splitting it up by game to make it a less crowded topic, but for now let's see how this goes in a single topic.
I don't have much to say myself as I haven't really played Pokémon much in the past few years. If someone wants to take over this topic (or future spin-offs of this topic) to keep track of tiering discussions or anything, that's fine by me, just contact me and a mod and we can see what we can do. I just wanted an excuse to see people discuss in game stuff again, I see these discussions all the time on the r/Fire Emblem discord and it's honestly fun (most of the time)
So I saw this topic earlier which got locked after pointing the original poster to the IGTL section of the forum, which makes sense as the IGTL is the single-player arm of Smogon. However it got me lamenting a little bit about this board, and the reason why is because, once a tier list is done and written up and put on-site, there's no real room for reopening the topic or re-evaluating the Pokémon after the fact. I'm a little sad that discussions are basically tied to the temporal aspect of "is this thread open and am I a registered user at the time it's open", so with permission from the mods, I'd like to start a topic for discussing single-player tierings, strategies, etc.
This however is called the "expanded" tier list because it's going to allow for discussions of some aspects that the in-game tier lists usually don't cover:
- Obtaining Pokémon earlier than they would otherwise be obtained, or in games they aren't normally obtainable, through methods such as trading, trading Eggs, glitches, or hacking (only as long as the hacking is used to only get the Pokémon and not modify any aspect of it)
- Tiering Pokémon in relation to specific challenge runs, such as Nuzlockes, monotype challenges, etc
- Discussing interesting egg moves (normally skipped due to the inefficiency of breeding) or tradeback TM/Tutor moves
- Discussing other glitches or oversights that can affect a Pokémon's performance (so X Acc/OHKO move strats can finally be discussed)
- Discussing how making non-standard routing decisions in a region, or going out of your way to backtrack or go to an optional area, can yield rewards for a Pokémon or your whole team that might be skipped in a normal tier list due to being inefficient
- Discussing the best Pokémon to use for side options, like catching other Pokémon in things like Pokédex playthroughs, Bug Catching Contest solo mons, Contests, Pokeathlon, etc
I also encourage you to use the Tier Maker and to get into heated discussions with other users so long as you're mutually respectful - it's only a game, remember, and opinions are opinions!
If this gets very popular, we might consider splitting it up by game to make it a less crowded topic, but for now let's see how this goes in a single topic.
I don't have much to say myself as I haven't really played Pokémon much in the past few years. If someone wants to take over this topic (or future spin-offs of this topic) to keep track of tiering discussions or anything, that's fine by me, just contact me and a mod and we can see what we can do. I just wanted an excuse to see people discuss in game stuff again, I see these discussions all the time on the r/Fire Emblem discord and it's honestly fun (most of the time)