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Suspicious Derivative it was very interesting to read your thoughts about a game I still (with all of its noticeable flaws) hold dear to my heart. Just a minor comment to add to what QuentinQuonce said:
I agree that he's not really all that as a rival (Blue does a much better job at being a...
Huh I was expecting Slowbro to rise back up to RU after Slowking returned to UU last month, surprised it got so little usage when it used to be a staple. Slowbro-Galar still dropped to PU but at least that didn't happen right as its cousin left NU.
Also Boulder dropping to UU is crazy, the tier...
While I agree with you that Return can be worth it for a mon that gets nothing between Tackle and Tri Attack at level 36 (seriously, why doesn't it learn Headbutt? As the Ukrainian guy from The Wire would say "Does it have a head? Can it move? Then it should get Headbutt") something to remember...
This was a very fun read guys!! I wasn't expecting you to fight Steven what with the level difference but you did and won, impressive. One minor nitpick DrumstickGaming you posted the wrong Phoebe team, one of her Banette have Thunderbolt (I learned it the hard way).
Regarding Swampert I sort...
I was today years old when I learned that Substitute was obtainable in Lilycove, lol (but like QuentinQuonce said it's still post Surf so you can't use it against Norman).
Another small correction is that Seedot isn't available in Sapphire, only in Ruby and Emerald. I still think the Ruby...
I kinda had to lol, skipped him and went to Dewford first to train Magikarp (obviously on Switch Mode, otherwise it'd take forever). Don't think I did Wattson tho because I could've at least had the Rock Smash HM instead of just using Tackle/the weak special Bite.
Hi guys, love the dual Let's Play! You actually reminded me I still have an unfinished Emerald mono-Water run, lol. I think I was in the middle of the E4 when I lost interest.
My thoughts are similar to yours, Brawly is a huge threat in this version where even my Gyarados struggled a lot to win...
So yesterday I decided it was as good a time as any to go back into teambuilding since everyone would be trying out stuff. I wanted to build first a Veil team and then a balance one centered around CM Slowbro and Zap—reminiscent from the BW/early XY UU days. For the Veil squad I chose a core of...
As I couldn't post in the other thread in time I figure I'll add some stuff since I was part of the original council.
To keep it short, when kokoloko was leading UU he decided in the transition to XY (when Megas became a thing) that it'd be worth it to take a more drastic approach to tiering...
Thanks for the support!! I'll try to gather my thoughts and see if I can come up with something meaningful from a tiering philosophy to actually contribute to the topic.
Man I wish I had a deeper knowledge of the current OU meta because I see they're arguing the kokoloko method and as one of the OGs I kinda want to comment to clear some misconceptions but I dunno if it'd add much to the discussion :\
Hey pe5e thanks a lot for this!
On Pinsir I'd say that again Bulk Up is worth mentioning (I might sound like a broken record but I found setup is more amazing in these games than in others). Additionally it learns Swords Dance unlike Heracross but since it's a level 49 it might be too late to...
Late to the party but as someone who's spent the last few years learning different languages this was a beautiful gift. Also since Spanish names have always been the same as English ones getting to see Ferrodada (as in ferro + rodada) and Pelarena (pelo, hair + arena, sand) is kinda striking...
Hey! I don't have much to comment but considering Alakazam and Kadabra are tiered differently you may want to stress the differences more: namely the significantly lower physical bulk (Zam can at least hope to live neutral hits), but also that Kadabra doesn't learn Calm Mind by level up so you...
I know this thread is technically for territories that WON'T ever be Pokémon regions but I gotta say I got pretty hyped when Patagonia was first mentioned because I could see something like the Southern Cone (so including parts of Brazil and Paraguay to have a larger pool of biomes) being...