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With SwSh massively changing the landscape of the meta, what are you thinking of the new mechanics, as well as stuff like the Dex cut affecting OU? Also post thoughts on the Dex cut in general.
I'm excited to see how the best way/ways to use dynamaxing shake out, whether offensive/defensive plays with it have more impact and how much your own dynamax needs to be saved to counter an opponent's or whether there's solid ways to save it until they pop theirs. Not sure how popular the mechanic will be late into the gen, but I'm definitely excited for the first few months. The dex cut doesn't really affect OU that much imo besides removing some key players for us in past-gens like Lando-T, but I'm not against that shake up. Where it really hurts will be in lower tiers, whether there's enough mons to constitute a real PU/NU etc. I'm sad about the dex cut -- it won't affect my in-game playthrough, but knowing my post-game is limited is kind of a bummer. Have been coming to accept it though, and I'm excited to see how well the balance actually looks like for VGC, since I'd like to get more into those tourneys.
If there’s one thing on Smogon/PS you’d want to implement, what would it be? (Friends lists don’t count!)
Multi-battles, 100%
Thoughts on Z-moves and Mega Evolution in competitive Pokémon?
Fan of both tbh, z-moves add a lot of variety to coming up with gimmicky teams and sets when building which I like, making unconventional lures to enable some dumb mon on your team or unexpected boosting sets is pretty fun to use when hitting the ladder w/ friends or playing someone in a friendly
Was USUM OU Memetagame Discussion really a mistake?
yes
- fams, what y'all like to listen to? favorite songs, artists, or albums?
Open Mike Eagle, Milo, Oddisee, Anderson .Paak, Tyler the Creator, tobi lou, Rex Orange County, Noname, occasionally Watsky and Mac Miller, Joji, Taylor Bennett, Frank Ocean, Dave B., Chance the Rapper, Kyle, and of course lofi hip hop radio beats to study/relax to
- u guys like to practice any sports in ur free time?
Yeah, recently I've been boxing
- overall, how is moderating such a big forum like ou like? y'all ever get burnt out? i know i would!
very chill, when you've got a good team the work gets spread out pretty well. No point in getting burnt out overdoing something you're doing for fun, like spending too much time on the vr etc.
Would you rather fight a horse-sized duck or a hundred duck-sized horses?
horse-sized duck
Matching or mismatching socks?
Gotta be at least the same color if you're mismatching, unless you're purposely trying to pull off an outfit
Favorite Pokémon (in general)?
Ditto
Favorite team of the generation? Current favorite?
Of the gen it's this Kommo-o/Ditto team
neomon passed me, and in general there's 4 teams I really like. For ORAS, and overall probably my favorite team, it's
STODGY Uninspired Balance by
in control, end of ORAS I really liked Wonder Trio stall and messed around with a couple variants, and early SM I used a modified version of the
TWave Mimikyu White Herb Ditto Webs team by
Protoscourge and
this amazing Z-Talonflame HO team by rip vertex.
Whats your favourite Replay of this gen?
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen7ou-753297492
Best mons game
Worst mons game
ruby best, bw1 worst just because of my interest in mons when I played each I think. Got obsessed with the secret base system as a kid
Leo
Please may each of you recommend me a song or an album?
Do you think that more Pokemon should have been suspect tested in OU?
What is your favourite Pokemon game?
How do you become a mod?
tobi lou - live on ice
yes
ruby
be chill and make good posts
What are some of your favorite wallbreaking cores to use on a team and why?
I used to use an offensive type-spam core of crawdaunt + mega gyarados, and it was my favorite because of how upset random people on the ladder would get on the mega evolution, like "why r u running two water/darks? learn to teambuild" before they'd get dropped because crawdaunt left them so weak
Do you consider a mega evolution mandatory on every team? If so, why? If not, what are the advantages of not having a mega on your team?
No, as long as you're covering a big enough chunk of meta-relevant threats, you don't need a mega. There's not really inherent advantages or disadvantages as long as you're not artificially limiting yourself by saying "I won't use a mega," just use whatever fills the team up. It's not like XY where the megas are leagues above everything else, there's plenty of mons that can match them in terms of power. Megas are still good, and often end up filling a team out nicely, just not necessary.
What are(is) your favorite team archetype(s) to use and why? What about your least favorite team archetype?
Depends entirely on the day. In-game I like using balanced teams because I like letting games against friends last longer, not fun for the opp if they just get rolled by HO or can't break stall. On the otherhand, I love spamming whack HO like trick room or some shedinja stall on the ladder. Don't have a least favorite, except I don't like teams/mons that rely heavily on inaccurate moves
Leo
Have you ever used Mega Charizard Y? If so, what were your experiences using it and would you recommend others to use this pokemon? If not, why haven't you used it?
Yes, it's amazing to watch things just drop. With that said, use flamethrower 100% of the time because playing with inaccurate moves isn't fun
for the weebs of y'all, fave character from shingeki no kyojin (aot)?
hard to say cause I'm not caught up and things keep changing in these last few chapters
What is your opinion on Smogon user
blarghlfarghl?
good user
What dogshit mon would you like to see get better in the future?
lickilicky
What is your favourite longstanding thread in the OU subforum?
How do you deal with getting burnt out on pokemon?
Favourite game to play other than Pokemon?
Do you play in-game very much, or do you tend to play competitive exclusively?
Who is your favourite poketuber?
Favourite niche set in the metagame?
What is the most challenging aspect of modding on a large forum like this one?
What's the best life advice you have for everybody here?
the ou bazaar, love seeing creative ideas for teams come along even if they're not polished, it's good inspiration for building
stop playing for a while, no reason to grind ladder etc if you're not having fun with it
I tend to cycle through a number of games, I had a binge on monster hunter world, just beat borderlands 3, been playing some risk of rain, and right now I got back into old school runescape
I usually play the in-game for the first set of games in a gen
Liked watching emvee videos for a while, haven't been watching poketubers much recently though
Choice Scarf Alolan Golem
Finding good ways to deal with borderline posts, like someone posting a set with replays but the replays are at 1100
This is my advice
What is your least favorite pokemon to use in OU?
tornadus-t, though I like using it a little more now than in ORAS because of flyinium. Just hate relying on a Pokemon thats main STAB is only 70% accurate
What's a kind of Pokemon that you think could be interesting that you feel is underexplored or just doesn't exist? It doesn't have to be CAP levels of conceptual. For example, mine would be a special-attacking Technician user.
is Roserade not enough for you? Minior satisfied the niche I wanted explored, which was an inverse Zen Mode Darmanitan, something that's more defensive and status-resistant while it sets up then can change into a more offensive form
Looking at the entire history of OU subforum for SM, are there any cases you wished you could've handled the case better?
probably some times when we've locked the vr instead of deleting posts. A lot goes into that thread, and constantly having to deal with a stream of bad posts can get a bit grating, but I feel like targeting the offending users specifically is a better approach than shutting it down for a while to let people cool down. It's an approach that's hard to put into practice though, just because of how bullheaded people can get in that thread
Is Hydreigon > Latias?
What is the daily life a mod?
Why meme sets exist in random battles?
Can u ban someone from actually BATTLING in showdown?
Are u sad/happy about the removal of megas and z moves?
DO you guys/girls play non-pokemon games?
yes unless it's mega latias
I do my normal job, and when I feel like I need a mental break, I'll toss open smogon and discord and see what's up for a little bit
for fun
mods on smogon forums don't necessarily transfer over to showdown. SMods do though, so finch could ban users from showdown. I think other than him I'm the only other showdown staff on the ou mod team right now. You need pretty high access to be able to battleban users and a reason to do so (ladder boosting, etc), but the functionality is there
neutral about the removal of megas and z moves. I think the change up is good, and the high-powered form mechanic is still there with gigantamaxing, so for me it's more of a wait and see thing. Only feature I really want back is seals from gen 4
Yes