How come Shell Smash on Sinistea isn't legal? According to Serebii it learns the move via level up, same as Polteageist. Is it because it learns the move past the level 5 cap? If so, why do pokemon like Cutiefly get to use QD despite learning it around the same level that Sinistea learns SS?
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It's likely because Sinistea is genderless and the move relearner got nerfed from last gen (you can no longer learn 'future' level-up moves), so male-only and genderless Pokemon got screwed over.
Is Meltan going to be little cup legal when it comes out? The rules say "The Pokemon must be able to evolve, but be in the lowest stage of evolution." Pokemon.com lists it as evolving into Melmetal, like it can in pokemon go, but it can't be achieved in-game in SwSh and it can't use eviolite either. Would that make Meltan eligable or not?
We're going to wait until it actually releases, but if it's available at level 5, can evolve by normal means, and still is the lowest stage, it will be legal!
Will Galarian Slowpoke be usable in LC considering it released today?
It can’t evolve though. At least... not yet. Though it can use Eviolite. Hmmm... tough call there.
The way you had to prior to gen 7, breed two parents who both know the level up move and the child should hatch with said move.
is there any way to apply them to already existing mons? I have bred everything already :( Also, once I do breed the mon with the right moves, will then breeding it with a ditto preserve those moves again?
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I believe the Gen 8 egg move transfer mechanics don't apply to bred on level up moves sorry :/
Ditto breeding definitely doesn't pass down level up moves, both parents need to know the move. It's why genderless and male-only Pokemon can't legally have most of their level up moves at level 5.
I mean, there is the Pomeg Glitch in Emerald to help with that. But without the ability to transfer from previous generations yet, this is not a thing we have access to right now.
Why is Oddish higher on the Viability Rankings right now than Vulpix? Is this an error, or has some sort of bulky Strength Sap set on Oddish as a poor man's Foongus been in use lately?
Bulky Oddish is used as much or more than sun Oddish - it is partially a poor man's Foongus, but Strength Sap makes it superb at dealing with most physical threats in the tier, especially boosters like Munchlax and Timburr.
In all seriousness, what do the council members think of legalizing Galarian Slowpoke? It clearly CAN evolve, we just can’t obtain its evolution items yet. We know it’s coded this way due to its ability to use the Eviolite.
Aren't these different scenarios? Galarian Slowpoke doesn't have an evolution coded into the game at all for the time being, while male Combee and Salandit do have evolutions but they just can't attain them.
Hey,where i can found the % of pokemon use?
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To answer your question:
https://www.smogon.com/stats/2020-01/
Click any of the ones that say "gen8lc".
To answer your question:
https://www.smogon.com/stats/2020-01/
Click any of the ones that say "gen8lc".
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Will Cherubi be unbanned if Vulpix gets banned? (Assuming Home releasing Bulbasaur and (presumably) pushing Sun over the top)
Yes. Generally related bans are addressed at the same time (Torchic and BP come to mind).
They aren't popular enough to justify having their own challenge formats. However, we do play Doubles Little Cup sometimes. https://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/doubles-little-cup.3658672/
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Yes, Vulpix should be able to escape.