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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

[Furtuka]

This week's Pokemon Generations is out. Featuring Courtney's spooky face.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Now remember what Psychics looked like back in old Gen III?

[Neonivek]

I'd say this whole thing makes me wish they had a generations game

But then again people have been saying that FOREVER!

[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.

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.

I can't remember the last time I saw a quagsire.  Of those three my fave is Gastrodon but I almost never use walls.

And Victini is BL now.

[Reudh]

BL as in "We're not sure it belongs in UU anymore, so we're considering promoting it to OU?"

[Culise]

BL as in "We're not sure it belongs in UU anymore, so we're considering promoting it to OU?"

BL means "we're banning this from UU due to power, but not enough people actually use it to make it OU."  OU, UU, RU, NU, and PU are usage-based (hence Over-Used, Under-Used, Rarely-Used, Never-Used; PU was just named for the pun), not power-based.  If no one uses a powerful Pokemon, it drops off the ladder, and by the same token, if a relatively weak or gimmicky Pokemon sees widespread usage for whatever reason (say, because it hard-counters something that's genuinely powerful; quite a few bulky waters used to be like that), it can jump to OU despite not actually being all that great outside of the meta.  AG (Anything Goes), Ubers, and the various BL (Border-Line) are all power-based ban lists, though AG and Ubers have both developed their own metas due to their popularity.

[Furtuka]

Reportedly the Sun and Moon Demo is now live on the eshop. As a reminder, playing it allows you to obtain Ash Greninja which can be ported to the full games when they're released.

[Akura]

Not yet for me. But then again it's only 6AM.

[Cerol Lenslens]

They appear to have been running a bit late, but it's up now.

[Greiger]

My DS battery is too low to download because I forgot to plug it back in after draining it during the hurricane.  Darn you lazy DS, you were two inches from the charger why couldn't you plug yourself in?  Now I have to wait 5 minutes or so. #firstworldproblems

[MagmaMcFry]

Spoiler: Leeks of all new Gen7 mons (click to show/hide)

That last one looks shopped in though

[xaritscin]

the lasts ultrabeasts. that's some serious Neon Genesis Evangelion sh*t im looking at right there....

[neotemplar]

I think I'm swaping to water type now lol.

[umiman]

Competitive pokemon is certainly going to be... different after this.

[MagmaMcFry]

I don't like a single one of these new Pokemon. Well, Rockruff is okay I guess, but not its evolutions. And those Ultra Beasts look like something directly from a postmodern sculpture gallery.

[Neonivek]

Goodness I can't tell which are overdesigned garbage and which are actual legendary pokemon.

I don't like a single one of these new Pokemon. Well, Rockruff is okay I guess, but not its evolutions. And those Ultra Beasts look like something directly from a postmodern sculpture gallery.

To admit the art style is DRASTICALLY different then the previous generation... and some of the pokemon intentionally just throw away art cohesion as their theme.

Though apperantly they are trying for a western art style motif kind of...