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First impression on the Greninja/Cinderace nerfs is they are probably going to be relagated to becoming Choice Band/Spec nukes. Its weird to me though that Protean, Libero and Intrepid Sword/Dauntless Shield all got (rightfully) nerfed but Speed Boost was apparently left unchanged. I'm...

I think the design itself of Bewear is fine personally, it's just the color palette it got isn't very aesthetically pleasing. I think GF did a better job with Stufful in that regard.

IIRC, isn't speed-passing banned?

Nope. Doesn't boost Crabhammer either. Definitely an oversight on GF's part.

I think GF has come to regret the Speed Creep that has occured over the past two gens.

That is true, but unfortunately it still lacks any way to heal itself outside of Leftovers/Black Sludge so Amoonguss is still looking better all around.

With how many Special Moves it learns, I'd be more on board with Muk if the Attack and Special Attack stats were swapped.

You can give it a Focus Sash though, so that kind of makes up for it.

Outside of maybe guaranteeing one quick revenge kill, I don't see how.

While rain support itself is nice, I would not say Politoed is an automatic A just because of it. Independently, Politoed has mediocre speed and doesn't offer much in the form of Special Attacking that another Pokemon like Greninja doesn't already do better. It's only function would be rain...

That would make sense.

That's one of the changes I still don't quite understand. If Gunk Shot is the poison equivalent of Hydro Pump, why didn't it's BP get lowered as well?

Any thoughts on making Stealth Rock it's 4th move?

Well considering it's in the OU forum, that's what Pidgeot's moves are going to be compared to.

Yeah I'm doing the calcs and quite frankly, HP Ground is pretty damn redundant. It's only benefit is that it would keep Heatran from completely walling Pidgeot.

Honestly, it's about the best mileage most can get out of a M. Pidgeot (save for maybe trading Workup for Defog). As a special sweeper though I dunno, I think it's still going to get Overshadowed by others like Charizard Y.

What's the general consensus on Mega Swampert and Rain Support? Should Rain be one of it's four moves or will it need to carry Politoed by the hip like Venusaur had to with Ninetails last gen?

Not criticizing you but one thing to keep in mind is that the rankings are all hypotheticals based on what a pokemon potentially brings to the table. A pokemon can be S-rank but that won't prevent someone from using it in effectively.

Charizard Y is S-Rank because the unpredictability of which form it'll Mega Evolve into.

I get wanting to be creative, but pushing a Physical Greninja would be like adamantly sticking to a Special Azumarill. One version is objectively better than the other, so don't get upset when you're told that.