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  1. Unknown Warrior

    Metagame SV OU Metagame Discussion v4 [Gouging Fire remains in OU]

    Maybe I'm just too small brained for this Sleep discussion but what makes Sleep so fundamentally different from paraflinchers (hello Jirachi) or Encore spam? It seems to me what most people here take umbrage with is quick, yet not frail, action deniers. If Darkrai had an ability that, I dunno...
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    Smogon Wi-Fi's 7th Annual Secret Santa Giveaway! [Santas Revealed!]

    1. What is your favorite Pokémon type(s)? : Ghost 2. What is your favorite Pokémon region or game? : Sinnoh 3. What is your favorite type of Poké Ball? : Moon Ball 4. What is your favorite color? : Orange 5. Do you prefer cute or powerful Pokémon? : Por que no los dos? 6. Which Pokémon nature...
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    SPOILERS! Scarlet & Violet: The Teal Mask

    Neat, the first non-Mega specially-oriented Ground with >125 SpA. Without Sandy Shocks (and Lando-I) we wouldn't even have a special Ground with >110 SpA. Nuts we went like 25 years without ever getting one.
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    SPOILERS! Scarlet & Violet Leaks Thread - Data/Mechanics

    There's a key distinction here in that, while you couldn't get Knock Off again in G7 until USUM, that didn't preclude you from transferring over something that learnt it in PtHGSS/B2W2/ORAS. Really it was only relevant for the Battle Stadium/VGC side of things. Honestly, with how brazen the...
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    SPOILERS! Scarlet & Violet Leaks Thread - Data/Mechanics

    ...Or it was pre-release footage of a mock-up fight with animations they had on hand. ...Or it's a new move altogether that reuses the same animation. I'd be really surprised if GameFreak went through the process of scrubbing Scald from everything and give it a soft (very soft) replacement in...
  6. Unknown Warrior

    Metagame SV OU Metagame Discussion v2 [Update on Post #5186]

    Even without the ability to put any pressure on most things... and being functionally complete incapable of touching Ghosts?
  7. Unknown Warrior

    Metagame SV OU Metagame Discussion

    Fair enough, we'll see on the 24th. Hope you're right.
  8. Unknown Warrior

    Metagame SV OU Metagame Discussion

    Honestly the reason I think they just wipe is because if they don't, they'll need to either: A) make a system to legalise a transferred Pokémon (à la Battle Tower wiper) B) Exclude transferred Pokémon again ... and GameFreak has been nothing if not cutting corners lately. Also, citing...
  9. Unknown Warrior

    Metagame SV OU Metagame Discussion

    Hah, I was about to reply but you said just about everything I was planning to. People who live and play on sim like most of Smogon don't seem to be cognizant of how annoying some moves are to (re)teach. Nasty Plot is a perfect example. In SV it requires Spiritomb bits that are rather rare as...
  10. Unknown Warrior

    Metagame SV OU Metagame Discussion

    Here's how I'm interpreting the move relearner scenario: 1. You have a lv.60 Weavile in Scarlet, you teach it Ice Spinner (TM), but you then delete it for Icicle Crash. Its moves are: Ice Shard, Icicle Crash, Swords Dance, Night Slash 2. You send it to HOME, then to Sword. 3. Its moves get...
  11. Unknown Warrior

    Simple Questions/Requests - Mark 51 (Minor Pokemon Trades, Item Requests etc GO HERE) (NO HACKING)

    Getting shiny Kommo-o from SOS in USUM: Go for since it's possible or opt for the more conventional or ? Other spicy suggestions also welcome.
  12. Unknown Warrior

    Pokémon Walking Wake

    Protosynthesis/Quark Drive follows Beast Boost rules, i.e. Attack > Defense > Special Attack > Special Defense > Speed in that order. So yes, you'd need 244 SpA (one below) to get the Proto Speed boost, with a tie it'd favour SpA.
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    SPOILERS! Scarlet & Violet Leaks Thread - Data/Mechanics

    Think this is the right thread to ask this in: Does Covert Cloak stop rocks or spikes being set up when targeted by Stone Axe or Ceaseless Edge respectively?
  14. Unknown Warrior

    Unpopular opinions

    I think Typhlosion itself tarnished its reputation, being an meh copy of Charizard and all.
  15. Unknown Warrior

    Unpopular opinions

    Hoenn sucks. IGN was right, too much water. I've revisited Hoenn a lot (because of RNG/Ribbons) and every time "hey, this ain't too bad, why do I dislike Hoenn so much?" and then, BAM, I hit Lilycove and "I remember now"! Gods, so much boring ocean filled with shitty constant water spawns...
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    Resource Simple Questions, Simple Answers Thread

    What happens when Tri Attack with its 20% status effect (1/15 for para, burn, freeze) hits, say, an Electric/Limber Pokémon? Does it keep the 20% status but now with freeze and burn at 10% each, or does it simply remove the para option and have a 2/15 chance for the other two?
  17. Unknown Warrior

    Metagame SV OU Metagame Discussion

    I'm going to expose my overall scrubness here, since I don't actually play OU and just casually watch from the sides... but is that Iron Jugulis placement justified? Is it actually good? I took a look at its decent stats (122SpA, 108Spe), but what else? It doesn't get Nasty Plot or even Calm...
  18. Unknown Warrior

    Metagame SV OU Metagame Discussion

    Skeledirge after terastalization, you mean? Because Skeledirge-Vanilla can't be trapped.
  19. Unknown Warrior

    Metagame SV OU Metagame Discussion

    Raid bosses already have egg moves, it's just... none of them are Heal Bell. Even if this game kept SS's egg move passing mechanics Blissey could still get Seismic Toss because the 5-star Blissey raid has it.
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