Is this pokemon good at battleing?
>>59594944>Is this pokemon good at battleing?pure trash
>>59594966What about friend?
>>59594944No.
>>59594944One time in the TCG but that's it
>>59594944even without clandestine precipices most priority moves are enough to get it under 50% and fuck its only useful stat. special sets are a gimmick and dont get stab unless you use fucking ancientpower
>>59596732Not even then. The fucker stayed on the bench, banning evos like a coward.
>>59594944it was kind of good in gen 5 and maaaaaaybe gen 6, but general powercreep has completely tipped the scalesbecause its main gimmick was that 110 speed was kind of a lot in gen 5, and normal gem boosted acrobatics with 140 attack OHKO'd most things that dont resist it, so if you could successfully get one attack in before your target it would almost certainly delete it
>>59594944Only when Flying Gem was in the game.Gem+Acrobatics outdamaged Mega Salamance Double Edge iirc
>>59596979Its crazy how many flying types struggle to find an attack with more than 60BP if they don't get Brave Bird, until Dual Wingbeat forced them to deal with a non-perfect accuracy move with still only 80BP
>>59597262People cry about Gyarados but not a single peep is said about all the other Pokemon victimized by Game Freak.
>>59596883>normal gem>acrobaticsobvious typo spottedmaking you tonight's biggest loser
I wanted to try it but it’s probably terrible. Really cool card though. Looks great.
>>59594944Honestly, does Archeops still deserve Defeatist nowadays? There has been so much powercreep, especially after Gen 9.I'm not good at pokemon strats but even without Defeatist, it doesn't seem super powerful nowadays. It's walled by Steel, has bad bulk, is weak to sneaky pebbles and many other mons outspeed it nowadays.
>>59594944Minmaxed megas the very next made this think look like even more of a complete joke
>>59598693It’s Rampardos but fast, can go physical, special, mixed, and has more versatility with U-Turn, Taunt, Endeavor, Knock Off, etcIt will be annoying to deal with but not broken
>>59598693>Honestly, does Archeops still deserve Defeatist nowadays?It never did to begin with.
>>59598693>It's walled by Steel? It isn't
>>59598693given that there's several other fast mixed attackers running around with better typings and abilities like dragapult, iron valiant, blaziken, etc.if it had a non-dud ability it'd be finegive it rock head and it'd be UU>walled by steelit gets earthquake/earth power/heat wave, and it always had those moves from its debut
>>59598693>does Archeops still deserve Defeatist nowadays?Archeops never deserved Defeatist, it came out in the same gen where Sand Rush Excadrill in permanent sandstorm was a thing.
>>59594944I liked using one in B/W
>>59600859>>59598757And then in gen 9 we get Archaludon with 600 BST despite not being a pseudolegendary, mythical, or legendary, and not to mention Gholdengo being immune to status effects while being Steel/Ghost.It's absolute horse shit.
>>59594944No, it isn't, but it's probably one of the best Pokemon in the game at always making progress the first time you send it out. It's not making it past 1 turn with more than half health so just give it choice band headsmash and it will just about always successfully revenge kill something, hurt the next thing real bad, and then die so you get a good switch.
Carracosta is cooler, they should buff him too.
I'd replace Defeatist with Speed Boost out of pure spite.
>>59601258Early Bird would make the most sense
>>59601258We've heard you loud and clear, we'll be giving Archeops a brand new Hidden Ability to shake up its niche. From now on you can have an Archeops with Slow Start to give it more staying power.
>>59601459Sound exactly like something Game Freak would do since they have a tendency to subvert expectations.And the subversion is always for the absolute worse.
