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Name: Icing on top of the Cake
Description: A Pokemon that fits well with a playstyle of the Generation, and a second Pokemon that counters a popular playstyle.
Justification: This Pokemon would fall under the Archetype category, as playstyles are always defined by certain Pokemon. The...
Name: Two-Face
Description: A pair of CAP’s that are related in some way but play very differently (IE Gallade and Gardevoir)
Restrictions:
Have to share an ability, but they must also have a separate ability (two different abilities and one pair of the same)
They have to play differently...
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This is a concept for slow start that I think is phenomenal, unique, and balanced as it shows a way to use Slow Start as a sort of set up sweeper that has to wait out its turns until it destroys the other team. I hope that this gets more attention. Also...
I feel as if some abilities that would fit underneath this umbrella of negative abilities would be abilities such as Emergency Exit, Hustle, or Perish Body, and the abilities that just straight up have no effect such as Illuminate or Telepathy should not be discussed as that would not help...
Recently I tried a new set for Miasmaw - a stat dropper. I used Skitter Smack and Lunge to drop attack and special attack to make room for Dragapult to set up and sweep. You could also run a set intended for Miasmaw to set up, but I prefer support.
I feel that the ability to run mixed sets as well as roadblock and offense sets will make it very unpredictable to play with. I feel like it needs its coverage moves to work, however, and is otherwise walled by many common Pokemon such as Togekiss.