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>LET ME J-JUST SOLAR BEAM YOU PLEEEEASE!!!
>AAAAAH I NEED TO USE SYNTHESIS!! PLEASE DON'T ATTACK ME PLSPLSPLSPLS
>NOOOOOO IF ONLY I HAD A SET UP MOVE
lol
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just run Giga Drain and run a defensive set, it hurts, I know, but you need to stop pretending you can sweep with a 80 base speed shitmon.
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>>59127438
Just scarf the cuz
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>>59127438
It's a wallbreaker
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>bubuububububububububuububu gi-gi-gi-gigi ga drain d-does no d-d-damage
It does more damage than Solar Beam, simply because you don't have to waste a turn healing back, you fucking shitlord. The things that are scared of Solarbeam will heal you a good ammount if hit by Giga Drain. The things that don't you will most likely have to hit them with Weather Ball or Earth Power.
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>>59127438
i just know people would shit on this design if it was a fanmade it's literally everything people complain about fakemon designs
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>>59127438
Just use Mega Venusaur at that point
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>>59127444
No, it fucking isn't. It's weaker than Life Orb Venusaur.
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>>59127449
>120 special atk
Silence, adults are talking.
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>>59127446
If the flowers would fold down it wouldn’t be so egregious. The way they are permanently inflated like pool tubes is what bothers me
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gatggrs are getting desperate I see
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>another day where /vp/ clittyleaks over mega meganium
The Chikorita line caused an immense amount of buck breaking the moment ZA's starters were revealed.
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It's basically turning Mega Meganium into a special grass type Conkeldur without the need of having to run an Assault Vest. which means you can actually run mirrors or grassy terrain.
Now your Giga Drain is a lot scarier.
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>>59127438
did you really get mad enough to make multiple threads about this after being called a retard
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>>59127438
Would it getting Growth help? Swords Dance + Nasty Plot in one slot in sun.
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>>59127438
252 SpA Meganium-Mega Solar Beam vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Assault Vest Alomomola: 320-380 (59.9 - 71.1%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
252 SpA Meganium-Mega Giga Drain vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Assault Vest Alomomola: 204-240 (38.2 - 44.9%) -- guaranteed 3HKO
I'd prefer being able to reliably overcome Alo with the intended playstyle over being walled and killed by the fish because I'm trying to be cute about its set.
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>>59127484
People are mindbroken over Mega Meganium.
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>>59127457
If you're not using Solar Beam and Synthesis, you're completely missing the point of Mega Meganium. It effectively has no ability.
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>>59127446
It’s perfectly inline with the shillmon megas. They did the same thing for meganium that they did for the CHARIZARDs
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>>59127438
>just run Giga Drain and run a defensive set
That's my plan, you fucknut.
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Synthesis heals 2/3rds of your HP no matter what.
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>>59127534
Yes, and you will be doing no damage in that turn. If your opponent just switched to a counter, you're fucked.

Giga Drain lets you heal while damaging the things that get countered by Meganium. You're supposed to spend the other turn setting up screens or using Earth Power on the Gengar that is going to switch in your Meganium. Please, just learn to play.
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>>59127579
Or I can just run Solar Beam/Synthesis/Earth Power/Weather Ball (or Dazzling Gleam)

If I want screens set up, I'll use a mon with Light Clay
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>>59127504
If your Meganium is damaged, you just got some health back. If it isn't, you set Grassy Terrain on that garbage Alomola. If it flip turned to a Meganium check, I hope you're carrying Earth Power with you. Oh, the choices get fucking slim when you have to carry Synthesis don't they? You won't even be able to use it if the opponent has Sludge Bomb, lmao.
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>>59127588
>80 speed
>sweeper moveset
lol good luck with that
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>>59127579
252+ SpA Meganium-Mega Solar Beam vs. 0 HP / 0 SpD Gengar: 147-173 (56.3 - 66.2%) -- guaranteed 2HKO

252+ SpA Meganium-Mega Earth Power vs. 0 HP / 0 SpD Gengar: 294-346 (112.6 - 132.5%) -- guaranteed OHKO

Gengar is not switching in
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>>59127600
>You won't even be able to use it if the opponent has Sludge Bomb, lmao.
this applies to every move meganium learns
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>>59127600
Why would I ever manually set terrain?
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>>59127600
Are you actually retarded?
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>>59127600
>manually setting terrain
This board is fucking lost
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>>59127514
Clearly not since it doesn't turn into a deviantart edgy OC
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UNLIMITED SEETHE WORKS
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holy shit two awesome mega meganium strategies
we're eating good dinobros
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>>59127613
I can do calcs too!!!!
>252 SpA Gengar-Mega Sludge Bomb vs. 80 HP / 252 SpD Meganium through Light Screen: 270-318 (84.1 - 99%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
>172 SpA Meganium Earth Power vs. 0 HP / 0 SpD Gengar-Mega: 210-248 (80.4 - 95%) -- 50% chance to OHKO after Stealth Rock

>>59127631
You are also not sweeping with a 80 base speed mon, let me tell you that right away.
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>>59127671
your tailwind bro?
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>>59127671
Mega Meganium isn't trying to sweep, the point is to wallbreak with your massive Special Attack, Solar Beams, and Weather Balls
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>>59127678
Just use Life Orb Venusaur lmao.
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>>59127684
venusaur isn't a kino dinosaur like meganium is
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>>59127680
Many walls are faster than your stupid ass dino both in regular field or TR.
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>>59127696
>>59127678
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If you're not taking advantage of Mega Sol, you're better off using another Pokemon.
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Mega-M will most likely settle in as a side-pick to Mega-V on Sun Teams and fill in a similar role of dismantling enemy tanks and gluing the team around its defensive core. It's going to rip open holes for the actual Sweepers, with a prominent niche in that it takes out other Weather setters or abusers. It will most likely be spamming Leech Seeds and running Synthesis, with Giga and Solar being interchangeable (altho Solar will most likely be preferred for its pure nuking capabilities), and Weather Ball will melt Steels, with Earth Power being a surprise tool in the chamber if the team needs it.
While it may seem redundant to have Mega-M on Sun Teams, it's rather fitting for Sun Teams to be "ushered in" by Meganium, and it gives them a much needed, versatile "fuck you" cannon to break open opposing teams.
While yes, it is still slow, it's meant to be forcing switch outs and shelling enemy teams like an artillery, not outspeeding, as not much is going to want to take repeated Solar Beams, and many mons who resist Solar Beam won't survive a surprise Fire!Weather Ball or Earth Power. Not everyone is running Alomolola (I don't know who would ever switch Alo into a fucking Meganium in the first place), and the alleged Regenerator nerf means Alo isn't even going to be able to constantly come in to soak up a Solar. Mega-M's only reliable wall is Toxapex, so Teams will have to build around handling it.
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>but it's ability it broken bro!!!!
>yet another
>slow
>bulky, but not bulky enough
>Grass-type
Do I need to explain why Meganium is bad?
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>>59127745
Fuck off spammer.
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>>59127678
So, looking from a VGC pov, the problem is your prankster tailwind mons are:
>Murkrow (Not going to be in champions at launch if reports about no NFEs other than presumably Pikachu are accurate)
>Whimsicott (Type overlap)
>Tornadus (Likely also not going to be in Champions at launch)
>Volbeat/Illumise (suboptimal and terrible typing)
Which is really unfortunate. I guess there are non-prankster ones you could run but it's kinda suboptimal
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>>59127748
Would you prefer this one instead? (both going to be extremely common by the way)
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>>59127709
Mega Meganium is still a very good Pokémon.
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It can threaten Rillaboom and Amongoos.
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>>59127780
B-BUT MUH MEGA SALAMENCE AND MEGA GENGAR!!1
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>>59127785
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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Even among other Grass Megas it's awful, M-Venusaur is a better pick. You're wasting your stone on a Screen setter at best
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>>59127789
GET BANNED GET BANNED!!!!!!
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>>59127446
It's being shit on anyway so yeah lol
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>>59127794
The best grass mega is Mega Zard Y. You're better off usinga Venusaur.
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This is true by the way. You should look at this thing like an improved Conkeldurr. You tank dem hits, and hit with your Drain Punch.
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>>59127750
Talonflame and Hydreigon are good for tailwind and Talon even has prio
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>>59127822
oh right forgot about gale wings.
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What is it about Mega Meganium which makes individuals seethe?
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>>59127446
People on this board hate everything, yet still interact with and purchase the same products they claim to hate.
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>>59127872
Unironically, it's a real potential mon. Firing off Solar Beams in 1 turn with no sun and healing 2/3rds HP with synthesis while having a 100 bp fire move is insane, but it's got just not enough speed or bulk to be good.
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>>59127794
>Mega Meganium
>Screen setter
???
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>>59127743
this seems like a good reasonable take, though i feel like sun teams would rather have their mega slot go to a dedicated sun abuser like zard y or maybe one of the new fire megas
especially in the early champions meta where there aren't a lot of options for sun abuse
>>59127887
setting screens was about the only thing meganium was used for before getting the mega evolution
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>>59127895
It's still the only thing people are going to use it for. The boost from its ability just isn't worth it.
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>>59127879
I cant speak for the pedophilles on this board but just becauase I hate Game Freak and Pokemon fans doesnt mean I hate everything about pokemon,
Tera is amazing gimmick and the only good one

Pokemon Go is solid
TCG art has always been peak and improves even to this day
etc, etc
Even the main series slop averages out to be tolerable
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>>59127872
It isn't seethe in the slightest it's a failure on your part to remember what Mega Evolutions it has to compete with for a slot when so many common threats fuck it over. It's so close to being good if it wasn't so slow and lacked boosting
>Salamence eats it
>Gengar destroys it
>Venusaur stomps it
>Zard Y incinerates it
>Spa nature Zams melt it
>Skarmory doesn't even need an ability against it
>Froslass ends it...
you get the idea, it's a bad choice when you only get one Mega
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>>59127910
>admitting you hate yourself
At least you're honest.
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>>59127438
guys i thought big numbers were good?? omfg 150 bp weather ball!!!
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>It's good if you set up:
- Trick Room
False
- Rain
No.
- Sun
Also no.
- Grass
No, Rilla doesn't need it on his team.
- Psychic
lol
- Wind
Congrats, you found the one thing it benefits from. Still worse than Life Orb Venusaur.
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>>59127934
The point is that it's a wallbreaker that isn't cucked by other weathers
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>>59127951
Why would you use this and not mega Charizard Y?
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>>59127438
If it’s ability makes it so it’s always sunny for it, and if sun’s fire boost is actually based on the target being in the sun, not the attacker, does that mean fire moves will always roast it extra hard?
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>>59127977
mega sol makes the user's moves behave as if the sun is up, nothing else
so it won't take sun boosted fire attack damage unless the sun is up
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>>59127579
>or using Earth Power on the Gengar that is going to switch in your Meganium

Why would you send in Gengar, when Charizard double resists grass and is immune to Earth Power?
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I just want Mega Meganium to be good so that everyone shitting on it get utterly buck broken.
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>>59127457
There is little reason to use M-Megainium without Mega Sol-moves over M-Venusaur
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>>59127994
Da 4X weakness to le Poisonerino.
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>>59128026
your steel type bro?
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>>59128025
There's also little reasons to use Mega Venusaur over Mega Salamence.
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>>59127457
Mega Venusaur is only weak to Flying and Psychic, so you're better off with it if you're not using Solar Beam and Synthesis
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>>59128026
Crobat, then.

>252+ Atk Life Orb Crobat Poison Jab vs. 252 HP / 252 Def Meganium-Mega: 218-265 (116.5 - 141.7%) -- guaranteed OHKO
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>>59128022
I only play doubles but there's way too many ways to fuck it over for it to ever be good imo, the one thing it has going for it is a pretty hard type advantage against Dondozo but megas need to be more than situational counterpicks
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>>59128026
*glaring weakness to extremely common Flying-types
It can't even handle Pelipper
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252+ SpA Choice Specs Meganium Giga Drain vs. 12 HP / 252+ SpD Snorlax: 102-120 (21.9 - 25.8%) -- possible 5HKO

252+ SpA Meganium-Mega Giga Drain vs. 12 HP / 252+ SpD Snorlax: 99-117 (21.3 - 25.2%) -- possible 5HKO

If you're not using Solar Beam, then regular Meganium with Choice Specs hits slightly harder
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>>59127438
Meganium should have gotten Regenerator instead.
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the most ironic thing is that Hisuan Typhlosion can still shut it down even in the rain. Not even a meme-pick by the way, it's common in Doubles. All those months mocking Typhlosion just to die to it clicking a button, not a problem with Venusaur btw
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>>59128128
"I can't pick a move, help!" virgin vs the chad "I only need one"
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Given Meganium is weather agnostic, why wouldn't you just abuse Aurora Veil/Ninetales and be the fattest fucking stall merchant this side of Johto?
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>>59128116
>NOOOOOOOOOOO WHERES THE NEW ABILITY
that would make campaignshitters seethe
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>>59128116
so it can be even shittier than it is?
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My bigger concern is Toiletgatr being good, I don’t want to see that ugly thing winning tourneys. I hope Salamence murders many Gatrs.
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>>59128334
No need to have any concern about that. Toiletgatr is gutter trash.
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>>59128116
Now you're competing with Amoonguss
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>>59127958
>isn't cucked by other weathers
I think anon explained why.
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>>59128445
Amoongus has a completely different role despite being a Grass type. Even with Regenerator, they would play very differently.
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>>59128105
>Needs to hold Choice Specs
>Needs to be Choice Locked and constantly switching
>No Fairy typing for STAB or Fighting/Dark resists, Bug Neutrality, and Dragon Immunity
>No increased bulk
>No 150 BP Fire coverage
>No 66% Synthesis that can’t be shut down by weather
>All for doing less than 1% to Snorlax
This is what an actual Campaignshitter would agree with



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