megas then:>CHARIZARD WITH DROUGHT? HOLY SHIT>KANGASKHAN'S MOVES HIT TWICE? KINO>PINSIR'S NORMAL ATTACKS BECOME FLYING? GENIUSmegas now:>it just has the same ability>mold breaker lol lmao>give it no guard even though it has no good moves to take advantage of itgrim
>>59144772Did Game Freak not want new unique abilities to debut in Champions?
>>59144772My giga mega cope is they are saving the good megas for June or whenever mobile releases, this is why Mawile and Salamence aren't in the game
>>59145833Yeah bro, mega golisopod with the ability kalosian retreat (aka wimp out 3.0) is gonna such a strong mon
>>59144772No Guard Hawlucha is actually neat compared to>Stalwart Skarm
>>59145859>Pokemon gets a doubles ability>Smogon players throw a shitfitEvery time lol
>>59144772Did you expect pokemon games and design choices to get better over time when every generation in the last 15 years has proved the opposite to be the case?
>>59144772It really is a big letdownMegas were hype because they were reaching near legendary status with brand new moves. Enhancing what the pokemon was originallyNow with them getting garbage filler stat increases (excadrill getting sp.atk??) and the same exact ability as their regular. Or even worse abilities than their regular form. It just feels like they're a downgrade
>>59145882Doubles ability = Must be goodHow did mega audino turn out for you?Skarmory doesn't even want stalwart. It can ohko all the rage powder users with brave bird so it will be focusing them rage powder or notStop being a mindless drone and defending a doubles ability which is worthless in doubles on said pokemon.
>>59145882But even then what's the point of Stalwart for Skarm?
>>59145928>Pachirisu used follow me
>>59145833I think the game is just half baked as evidenced by the nonsensical MegaEvo turn order and actual bugs.
Will the 3 Z megas abilities be broken or mid?
>>59145920Megas were hype because of their potential. Shitmons getting Megas that boost them to competitive viability sounded great.In practice they keep going to popular mons or are so shit that they do nothing for viability. The only excitement is for their new designs, and with the newest batch in ZA even that was a letdown.
>>59145938>shitmon not in champion
>>59145928The point of redirection moves is that you don't actually want to hit the redirection user Getting rid of the offensive sweeper that's being protected is always more valuableThat said it's really not that great of an ability
>>59145938What pachirisu? lol
>>59145948>>59145961>thinks they won't add previous pokemon it's a gacha
>>59145882Because they're given the bottom of the barrel doubles abilities instead of something like power spot or friend guard
>>59145882Stalwarts isn’t even good in Doubles, and Skarmory would target Rage Powder Pokemon anyways.
>>59145970If skarmory isn't even good in a low power format like this one. How the hell is it meant to be any good when they start adding the stronger megas like salamence, metagross. Let alone legendaries like groudon, kyogre, calyrex.
>>59145987>Over 15 abilities designed to be doubles specific>Only 1 of them is actually used in doubles (friend guard)The smogon haters really don't understand that abilities intended for doubles, are for the most part trash. Even there they prefer to intimidate spam like in singles. Even archaludon who was a menace there and also has stalwart prefers to use stamina instead >>59145996Stalwart works better for a pokemon that wants to disrupt with status, taunt or stat reducing. Doesn't help that skarmory is flying type and rage powder are all bug/grass types it can OHKO, most of the time it's targeting them anyway so whats the point in stalwart
>>59145996Stalwart IS good in doubles, the problem is as you say, nobody that can use rage powder is saving their partner from Mega Skarmory. If there were more Follow Me mons running around it would matter a lot more, but Indeedee is out.
>>59145996>>59146044Bro, Skarmory doesn't want to waste a turn hitting the rocky helmet volcarona. It wants to hit the Urshifu/Fluttermane/Calyrex
>>59144772ZA Mega Evolutions were a mistake
>>59146061>Mega Evolutions were a mistakeYes.
>>59146046>nobody that can use rage powder is saving their partner from Mega SkarmoryThere's also the knowledge check when you're vsing a mega skarmory with a rage powder/follow me. You obviously aren't going to use it as it's pointless. Meaning you save yourself from wasting a move on that turn and use something else like spore or helping handThe skarmory player in turn essentially gained nothing because you're still going to use a move that turn (just not follow me/rage powder)You can just protect your ally and spore the skarmory with your amoongus instead of using rage powder. If amoongus dies being targeted then it's like you used rage powder anyway. Essentially a 0 gain for the skamory player while a massive upside for the amoongus player if they attack into the protect and you get the spore off. Retards really overrate this ability.
>>59146075>You can just protect your ally and spore the skarmory with your amoongus instead of using rage powderBut I know that you know that I will attack your ally, and elect to protect with Skarmory while my ally attacks it instead
>>59146044>abilities intended for doubles, are for the most part trashfriend guard, hospitality, armor tail, neutralizing gas (this is a big part of how it's used), commander (I know that's the gimmick but nobody is running storm drain giri) were all seeing significant VGC presence.The biggest issue is that a lot of these abilities get shit distribution, despite the abilities not being shit. Some of them are (healer sucks, plus and minus suck), but some of them are just "Aroma Veil is crazy good next to a support pokemon, but you're not putting Oinkologne next to your support pokemon just to get it"Armor Tail is a prime example; it's a huge part of why Farigiraf is relevant, but if the only pokemon that got Armor Tail was Dunsparce, everyone would call Armor Tail a shit ability.
>>59146081They can spore or attack your ally, or pollen puff their ally. The point being is stalwart doesn't limit you as much as people gas it up to be. You're not wasting your move for the turn because you just don't click it, you click something else. It's just a slight knowledge increase for the skamory player since you know they wont rage powder, that's it.
>>59145970Pachirisu isn't getting added until they want to do a quirky gimmick event where you can only use Pikaclones.
