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  1. Sultan

    Data Usage-Based Tier Update for March 2024

    I don't know if you've heard, but they kind of already did that
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    Unpopular opinions

    I don't think the reason for the limited variety in starter's secondary typings is out of a desire to stick to type advantage triangles, as every type besides Normal, Dragon, and arguably Ghost fits neatly into at least one (Grass/Ground/Poison, Ice/Ground/Rock, Electric/Water/Ground...
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    Unpopular opinions

    Yeah, one of my criticisms of SM's story is that they try to say that Lusimine's actions were all because of Nihilego's poison or whatever, which really cheapens any of the character interactions that came before. I like that they didn't take the cop out path with Kieran.
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    (Little) Things that annoy you in Pokémon

    Some of the repeated excuses the fandom makes when aspects of the games are criticized. "But capitalism, you can't expect Pokémon to stop doing what is profitable!" "But the games are balanced around doubles, stop expecting singles to be balanced!" "But this is justified because twenty year old...
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    palworld

    Basically sums up the whole discourse around this game
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    Metagame SV OU Metagame Discussion v4 [Gouging Fire remains in OU]

    This is a bad argument. The problem with sleep is that it's random, both in whether it hits (for moves not named Spore) and in how many turns it lasts. What moves an opponent brings or whether a person runs Booster Energy is not random, it's a conscious decision made in the teambuilder. Thus...
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    Metagame SV OU Metagame Discussion v4 [Gouging Fire remains in OU]

    I feel an argument can be made for keeping Yawn, since it works differently mechanically and avoids the uncompetitive elements of the other sleep moves because the counterplay is consistent. I mean, Perish Song is legal despite the OHKO moves being banned, and I feel like this is a similar...
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    Unpopular opinions

    If they can do it for all the Vs. Seeker trainers, they can do it for the gym leaders.
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    Unpopular opinions

    I don't really see the concern of level scaling/updating rosters for major trainers when even some random trainers had updating teams in gens with the Vs. Seeker. It probably wouldn't be that much effort to just do it for the eight gym leaders.
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    SPOILERS! Scarlet & Violet Leaks Thread - Data/Mechanics

    Respect to Zubat for having the longest-standing unique type combination
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    SPOILERS! Scarlet & Violet Leaks Thread - Data/Mechanics

    It's happened before. Accelgor has learned Water Shuriken since ORAS.
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    Unpopular opinions

    I'd say Gens VI-VII are the "modern" era and VIII-present is the "postmodern" era
  13. Sultan

    (Little) Things that annoy you in Pokémon

    How they aren't bringing back Primal Groudon and Primal Kyogre despite them functioning the same as Zacian-Crowned and Zamazenta-Crowned.
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    Unpopular opinions

    No, that would just make offensive Psychics ridiculous, since most have Fairy coverage for the Dark types. If Steel lost its resistance to Psychic, the only combos that resist Psychic/Fairy coverage would be Steel/Psychic and Fire/Psychic, not a lot of mons for a coverage combo that is so common...
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    Metagame SV OU Metagame Discussion v3

    I'll pay 100 trillion Zimbabwe dollars to retest Shaymin-Sky So this isn't a one-liner, are Mamoswine and Weavile having a comeback after Bax's ban or do they still struggle too much?
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    Metagame SV OU Metagame Discussion v3

    Darkrai wasn't nerfed this gen, but was in Gen VII and to my knowledge wasn't tested then. That's where most of the "free Darkrai" movement comes from
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    Metagame SV OU Metagame Discussion v3

    Although to be fair, for Shaymin-S you could just use Covert Cloak It's not just for Garg anymore!
  18. Sultan

    Metagame SV OU Metagame Discussion v3

    LOL, why would Espathra only be at +1 Speed after two Calm Minds? You do realize that it has Speed Boost, and it often runs Substitute and/or Protect to help rack up boosts? I'm going to assume you've never actually played against the ostrich
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    Metagame SV OU Metagame Discussion v3

    It's worth noting that in Monotype, Darkrai is legal and is seemingly fine there. While yes, different meta and all, I do think it's enough to show that Darkrai isn't so ridiculously broken that it shouldn't even be considered.
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    Pokemon Scarlet & Violet - 18th Nov 2022! **OFFICIAL INFO ONLY**

    The whole point of having a physical version is so that the DLC will be preserved even when the eShop inevitably shuts down. Congratulations to GAMEFREAK for even fucking that up, I guess.
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