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I think the idea of the entire game taking place in Lumiose is kinda... odd, think about it, where in Lumiose would you be able to find an ice type? or a ghost type? To make an entire pokedex's worth of pokemon fit inside one city just seems logistically impossible, and more importantly in my...
random innitial thoughts:
:hoopa-unbound: distinct lack of switchins and can come in obscenely easily with good team support, ban this thing
:terrakion: legitimately underwhelming, cool mon but nothing special, at least for now
:politoed: rain is probably broken, but I could see it mellowing...
tbh, I dont feel like it will be, at most I expect maybe 1-2 of the new pokemon to be overtuned, none of the returning things sound particularly strong unless they decide to free some deoxys forms for whatever reason
and on a single pokemon that will likely be mediocre due to an unfortunate typing
also, it just occurred to me that Paradox Entei's sig being a protect clone was probably intentionally trying to prevent it becoming obscene under sun
its possible it can be passed down to a few other pokemon through breeding, but yeah I wouldn't have high hopes for any of the non tm moves having good distribution
It's like a magic trick, every time I reload the page, more people are viewing the thread!
that being said, I am fully expecting at least one attempt of someone trying to pass off total bogus information as real and at least 30 people will somehow fall for it
a nom I've been thinking about for a bit now
:garchomp: A+ -> A
chomp to me just feels like it's stuck between being a sidegrade to Lando defensively and being a slower but bulkier kart/vile offensively, and it leads to Chomp feeling out of place among the A+ ranks in my opinion.
compared to...
first impressions, bear in mind I didnt play much of the predlc meta:
:maushold:
holy fuck this thing is annoying, not impossible to beat, mind you, but annoying, hard punishes frailer builds like nothing else really does, not banworthy rn though imo.
:ninetales: :lilligant-hisui...