Behold, the greatest regional bird ever made.
>>57201367Shitmon
>>57201372but enough about tinkaturd
>>57201367>steel typeSoulless
False
Why is it considered better than Skarmory?
>>57201772powercreep
>>57201367The most shameless chuuni shillmon to surpass even StaraptorAn essential symbol of a certain kind of failing in modern Pokemon design
>>57201772Skarmory has no SpDef
>>57201772It sacrifices attack power, slightly less physical def, and some speed for more HP(highly important for taking hits) and Sp def, making it overall more tanky than SkarmIt also has the advantage of Bulk Up, Body Press, and Screens to give additional team support while also buffing it's own defensesMirror Armor is also a broken ability for a defensive mon to have, as it reverses the opponents attempts to deliver debuffs, making it very tough to bring down
>>57201831man this is a very misinformed postboth of them have iron defense + body press, and corv literally never uses mirror armor because it sucks
>>57201909>corv literally never uses mirror armor because it sucksthere is literally no reason not to run it you dumb motherfucker
>>57201936you don't play competitive at all, do you? mirror armor is fucking garbage.
>>57201968i play competitive exclusively and mirror armor is literally the only viable ability on corv. it's a direct intimidate deterrent. now granted, it has very little use in formats that has any restricteds but you would be absolutely retarded to take anything but mirror armor if you're gonna run corv
mirror armor is good but at the highest level of the game 98% of people choose Pressure insteadhttps://www.smogon.com/stats/2024-12/moveset/gen9ou-1825.txt
>>57202180>competitive>singleschoose one
>>57201772Simply because it can pivot with u-turn, Skarm is too passive and invites too many threats for free. Defog used to be invaluable too but not so much now with ghold running around.Also Corv's much higher hp makes it just as tanky even if Skarm's def stat is way higher: 252 Atk Meowscarada Knock Off (97.5 BP) vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Skarmory: 81-96 (24.2 - 28.7%) -- 98.1% chance to 4HKO252 Atk Meowscarada Knock Off (97.5 BP) vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Corviknight: 99-117 (24.7 - 29.2%) -- 99.9% chance to 4HKOThis, with the added advantage of Corv having much better spdef.Not that Skarm's completely outclassed, it's still the second best spike setter in the game (third if you count Hamurott)
>>57202185Shut the fuck up Yawnfag
>>57201936You always take pressure to pp stall hazard setters and other misc stuff.
>>57203154You take pressure in singles and Mirror Armor in doubles
>>57203154Presumably he's saying mirror armor because they used the word "competitive", and for a large portion of the battling community, that's VGC since it's the only "formally competitive" circuit. It's likely just a lack of clarity from both parts.
>>57203133>"claiming SWSH has the most balanced VGC metagame"that alone is a red flag for just retarded behavior, SWSH was horribly balanced for VGC. it wasn't nearly as horribly balanced as it was for singles, but the dynamax mechanic as a whole that belongs raped and murdered in a ditch off a dirt road outside new mexico
>>57204252I'd honestly be surprised if anyone at GF who played competitively (either singles or doubles) even greenlit Dynamax before its revealWho am I kidding, things get approved and disapproved at random and communication between devs is a joke
>>57201367>57
>>57203133You forgot campaignshitter
>>57202180>mirror armor is good but in this fanfic format that has absolutely no relation to the game that I don’t actually play people choose Pressure instead
>>57204302a little bird told me that image predates the common usage of "campaignshitter"
>>57201367
>>57204307>>57203133
>>57201791>chuuni shillmonI don't even know what that means
