CAP 18 CAP 18 - Part 2 - Typing Poll 1

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Time to pick a typing for the Pokemon that'll fill out our Latias/Lucario core. Please familiarize yourself with the reasoning for the choice of our slate of five typings in the conclusion (and preceding discussion) of the Typing Discussion thread.
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Fire/Water
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CAP 18 so far:

Leadership Team:

DetroitLolcat - Topic Leader
PttP - Ability Leader
jas61292 - Typing Leader
ginganinja - Movepool Leader
srk1214 - Stats Leader​

Dummy007 said:
Concept: Major Third

General Description: A Pokemon that forms an effective offensive or defensive core with two lesser-used OU Pokemon.

Justification: Cores have always been an integral part of the metagame, whether you're running Talonflame/Staraptor to brute force everything, Slowbro/Amoonguss/Heatran for Regenerator-Leftovers stalling, or a whole team of Dragons + Magnezone. We've previously explored what it takes to make a successful partnership in CAP11 (Voodoom), but the metagame (and the simulator!) has changed dramatically since Voodoom's creation. I would also like to up the ante a little bit: Instead of just one, can we now take TWO Pokemon and find their missing piece? Whether we opt to build on an established two-Pokemon partnership or choose two previously unrelated Pokemon and put them together, I think that we can certainly find a Voodoom for a more offensive time.

Questions to Be Answered:
  • How do effective cores in the current metagame differ fundamentally from the cores of previous metagames, if at all?
  • Is synergy as important (relative to power) in the current metagame as it previously has been? (That is, has power creep rendered synergy unnecessary?)
  • What differences are there between tailoring a Pokemon to two others and tailoring it to one? What else must be considered besides weaknesses and resistances?
  • How does the addition of a Pokemon to a core change what other Pokemon can be effectively run alongside the core?
  • Does Team Preview make running cores more difficult?
  • Is it possible to create a core uncounterable by a single Pokemon? (For example, Celebi/Heatran/Jellicent was a very effective BW core that got slaughtered by Tyranitar. Can a core force opponents to counter it with another core?)
  • Tagging onto the above, what is required to "counter-core" a core? What combination of offensive and defensive characteristics among "counter-core" members achieves this?
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Bughouse

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Fire/Water
Dark/Poison
Poison/Electric
Electric/Fire
Ghost/Normal

I don't like being Ground weak, but I dislike Ghost/Normal more. Why is something that good against Aegislash better for this core than any other?
 
Da Pizza Man

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Electric/Fire
Fire/Water
Dark/Poison
Ghost/Normal
Poison/Electric

I honestly think that CAP18 should be ground weak (For Latias switch ins) and have a typing that can counter Aegislash.
 
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Clankenator007

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Ghost/Normal
Dark/Poison
Poison/Electric
Electric/Fire
Fire/Water

*Subliminal Messaging vote Ghost/Normal*

Solid Slate here hard to go wrong :)
 
Mowtom

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Dark/Poison
Fire/Water
Poison/Electric
Electric/Fire
Ghost/Normal
 
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