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I ATTAC

8 (15.4%)

I PROTECC

6 (11.5%)

Waiting on the third one

2 (3.8%)

Waiting on the third AND fourth one

1 (1.9%)

GET WELL SOON ZYGARDE

5 (9.6%)

I am a concientous objector and abstain from taking up arms

30 (57.7%)

Total Members Voted: 51

[Aklyon]

Apparently Trainer Battles are now dependent on proximity and movement speed, not line of sight.

Aw, no more stealthmon?

[Furtuka]

Scizor announced for Pokken Tournament.


...why does it have the moonlight butterfly?

[Cthulhu]

Excuse me, that's clearly Hassam.

Also, is that a fighting game or like a super smash bros kind of deal?  It looks really slow for a fighting game.

[Furtuka]

It's a fighting game based off Tekken

[Ultimuh]

The Tekken team seem to be behind it, if I'm not mistaken?

[Flying Dice]

Huh, that's... interesting. Gonna wait-and-see, I think.

[Akura]

Apparently there's some distribution event going on for Volcanion in North America, but it requires a card with a serial number. However, I don't see where the cards are being distributed from.

[Cerol Lenslens]

Apparently there's some distribution event going on for Volcanion in North America, but it requires a card with a serial number. However, I don't see where the cards are being distributed from.

Gamestop, according to Serebii.

[Cthulhu]

That sounded more like a single-player discussion than competitive.  I love defog cause of how it changed up the meta, but it's useless in single-player.

I kind of love how convoluted Pokémon has become to the extent where the competitive scene is just messed up.

Pokémon needing to be imported from several versions and the like just for slight abilities and changes that occurred along the way.

Or single event pokemon that have a move that will never EVER be used again (Hello Rakastan, WOW how did I forget the name?, with Victory Flame... another pokemon's signature move)

then again there are reasons why the pros don't actually play pokemon

Rakastan what, victory flame what?

Are you talking about V-Create Rayquaza?

While you once again seem to be communicating to me from a different dimension, I do agree that previous-gen benefits and weird breeding and shit to get optimal pokemon is a huge detriment and the main reason I never bothered with pvp in real games.  Sylveon was the one that really miffed me on it, I love specs sylveon but it requires hidden ability and you can't get a hyper voice sylveon in XY

[Neonivek]

Yes sorry V-Create Rayquaza...

Which goodness... How embarrassing is it to have your signature attack... a move that only you can use. Given to another pokemon because they are more popular.

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Truthfully my biggest gripe with the series and the biggest barrier for reentry.

Is how much they just flat out want to keep the pokemon very exclusive.

Maybe I want a Regi-ice... >_>... Even though I am sure it sucks...

[Cthulhu]

Regice isn't bad in PU.  It's got a decent special attack and very good coverage and the low speed of the PU meta lets it get really ugly with a rock polish.

And Victini's good too as a physical wallbreaker.  If you go ham with a choice band V-Create will nuke anything that doesn't resist it.

As a bonus he's got Bolt Strike which he stole from Zekrom so he's not entirely the victim here when it comes to signature move creep.  V-Create and Bolt Strike together on a banded 100-attack pokemon is hard to tank.

[Cerol Lenslens]

Yes sorry V-Create Rayquaza...

Which goodness... How embarrassing is it to have your signature attack... a move that only you can use. Given to another pokemon because they are more popular.

What's worse, Victini can't learn his own signature move naturally! V-Create's an event-only move for him as well! The hell, Gamefreak?



Also, new trailer. Bounsweet and Cutiefly evos, Psychadelic Muk, new NPCs, and other stuff.

[Reudh]

Regice isn't bad in PU.  It's got a decent special attack and very good coverage and the low speed of the PU meta lets it get really ugly with a rock polish.

And Victini's good too as a physical wallbreaker.  If you go ham with a choice band V-Create will nuke anything that doesn't resist it.

As a bonus he's got Bolt Strike which he stole from Zekrom so he's not entirely the victim here when it comes to signature move creep.  V-Create and Bolt Strike together on a banded 100-attack pokemon is hard to tank.

Victini is mid-to-high tier UU, I believe. He hits like a brick and is tough to counter; Bolt-Blaze is almost as good a type combo as Boltbeam. Additionally, STAB Banded Zen Headbutt hits pretty hard too, for everything Bolt Strike and V-Create can't break, plus due to Victini's decent-ish speed for its tier and resistances to Fighting (an absurdly common type in UU) you have a good chance of a sweep with Viccy. Admittedly, it is walled to hell and back by the three Water/Grounds, Whiscash, Quagsire and Gastrodon, all of which have healthy HP stats.

Whiscash defense: 110/73/71; admittedly not great, but 110HP is decent.
Quagsire defense: 95/85/65; again, not very high
Gastrodon: 111/68/82

Of those I'd probably pick Quagsire, especially as it's considered marginally more useful than the others, and a locked-in Victini on Bolt Strike is fodder for any Ground type or switch bait.

[Furtuka]

Serebii reports that the Japanese version of today's trailer indicates that Parental Bond has been nerfed to 25% power on the second hit.

[neotemplar]

If anyone gets an extra Volcanion card I wouldn't mind if they sent me the code.. (USA region)