Recent content by Yozora

To be true in the various threads on Sleep Clause I don't think anyone really provided arguments supporting banning Yawn at all (could be missing something though), so its inclusion is a bit weird. I get that with no Sleep Mod it's more powerful, but the thing is you can always switch out...

I have no strong opinion on the matter, but I believe this misses the point. Sure, Tera Normal Basculin may be a niche option because it makes Double Edge stronger at the cost of making Wave Crash weaker, but there is very little reason to Tera Water Basculin in the first place (you just gain a...

Great format, I've been enjoying it very much! Just a small suggestion: should Z-crystal really be given as held items? In my experience they're mostly pointless and prevent you from Terastallazing, generally ending up doing more harm than good.

Let's take a look at Terastalization: Tera Ghost is a must have. It allows you to pull out a surprise Curse on something that is about to die, and lets you avoid all form of trapping. Should be the default on everything. The icing on the cake is the weakness to Knock off. Flying makes you weak...

Just a quick follow-up question on Pokémon being prevented from generating in the lead spot: is it really necessary to prevent lead Zacian? I understand that's a bit of a waste, but even then Zacian seems so good that I would still prefer Zacian over a great number of other options in the lead...

After reading the last couple pages on this thread, I think that there are mainly three points to consider, one being fairly balanced, another one broken, and the last uncompetitive. - Balanced: "Fixing" the defensive type of a pokemon (eg: giving Garganacl a good typing like pure water). This...

One particularly problematic point with Terastallization is its potential to create 50/50 (i.e., you try to bring an offensive answer to say a boosted threat or whatever, and said threat randomly survives by changing its type). Since we're already discussing quite complex solutions/bans to Tera...

I love your stories ! I've read a couple of absurd Pokémon playthrough but yours definitely take the cake. For Emerald, you can probably save a few PP by attempting to flee against a faster wild Pokémon. While the odds of escaping become greater after several attempts, they eventually roll back...

There has been little activity since the end of the OMotM ladder, so I thought I could share two sets I had fun with. Keep in mind I did not play this meta extremely seriously so they're probably far from the best, mostly just funny to play with.

I have a question regarding the concerning the consistency of some abilities. If Trace (once technical difficulties are solved out) only copies the natural ability of the active pokemon, shouldn't Mold Breaker and Neutralizing Gas also negate only one ability at a time ? This would make these...

I may not have played as many SP games as some of you, but I think that dismissing a valid concern by calling it a fallacy is a poor way of handling things. I actually think that Fur Coat and co, while certainly quite centralizing, are actually a good thing for the meta, as they require HO...

Assault Vest : it's really stupid. It puts the other player at an immediate disadvantage because they have to immediately go to Swoobat/Accelgor (and risk a Toxic on the switch) or risk losing one mon to it. Other countermeasures include faster Sub and Weezing, but Swoobat has 114 base speed and...

I'm really excited about this meta being LCotM ! Many mons regained Magic Coat thanks to Home... including everyone's favourite cancer : Gothitelle @ Choice Scarf / Leftovers Ability: Shadow Tag EVs: 252 Spe Timid Nature IVs: 1 HP / 0 Atk - Magic Coat - Heal Bell - Toxic - Trick /...

I think we should actually try to play this meta before talking about bans... Anyway Inferno has substantially better distribution than Nuzzle (it's hard to be actually worse than "all your users are in PU and most of them are not even ranked there"), with at least three decent users in...

The op does say that moves retain their regular types, but I guess the typing-changing thing is part of Weather Ball primary effect so you're probably right. However, it actually makes Victreebell much better because it has pseudo Fire STAB from Sunny Day, and I'm not sure wether Weather Ball...