Yu_IOTJ
formerly NoahIOTJ
Final Submission
Name: Debuff Specialist
Description: This Pokemon excels at debuffing the enemy team through whatever means available.
Justification: In a high powered metagame such as this one it's easy to get bowled over without strong defensive options. This Pokemon would be an option not necessarily to be a defensive stalwart in its own right, but rather go bolster the ability of defensive teammates to make progress through a game through various debuffs such as status and stat drops, as well as using the desire to switch out of stat debuffs we inflict to our advantage.
Questions to be Answered:
Name: Debuff Specialist
Description: This Pokemon excels at debuffing the enemy team through whatever means available.
Justification: In a high powered metagame such as this one it's easy to get bowled over without strong defensive options. This Pokemon would be an option not necessarily to be a defensive stalwart in its own right, but rather go bolster the ability of defensive teammates to make progress through a game through various debuffs such as status and stat drops, as well as using the desire to switch out of stat debuffs we inflict to our advantage.
Questions to be Answered:
- Should the mon be self sufficient in its debuffs and use them to the Pokemon's own advantage, or should it be more reliant on its teammates?
- How can we best abuse the opponent wanting to switch out of our status afflictions?
- How can we differentiate ourselves with our status further from support mons that have come before, i.e.: Astrolotl, Grimmsnarl, Tomohawk, and what status and stat drops could we explore more effectively?
- What abilities can be used to further facilitate debuffing the opponent?
- Is offensive support or defensive support more useful when deciding the stats and movepool?
- Should we utilize the debuffs to benefit more offensive structures as well?
- Do we want debuffing moves such as Acid Spray, or other moves of the same ilk that lower defenses, to be considered for pressuring with more immediately threatening damage?
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